Final Tortoise & Hare for Class 2026-01

Date: 2026-02-17 AO: tortoise-and-hare Q: Red Skull PAX: Pearl (Jonathan Halter), Barney, Decaf, Young and Restless, Chunks, Wham-O, Puff Puff, Finger Tips, Papa Bear, Slurpee, Pom Pom, Sticky Fingers, Chicken Little, Guppy, Stir Fry FNGs: None COUNT: 16 CONDITIONS: Perfect PR weather – 43 degrees!
WARMUP: Standard pre-run warm-up: SSH, Squats, IWs, Stretches
THE THANG: Find a pace partner and RUN!!
MOLESKINE: 5 out of 9 4:13 Strong guys posted their fastest ever run time today. It is such an encouragement to see men push themselves all the way through the finish line! Thank you to the F3 PAX that consistently showed up and encouraged the 4:13 Strong men. You will likely never fully appreciate the impact that your presence has on our men.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Signing Day this Friday, 2/20 at 11:30am. Don’t miss this opportunity to celebrate the men in this class and enjoy a delicious free lunch of Hot Chicken and Mac & Cheese.
COT: Prayers for peace this week as the men navigate the highs and lows of job interviews and offers. Join us on Friday to see how it all plays out.

4/5 requirements met

Date: 2026-02-17 AO: offthebooks Q: SalPal PAX: Salami FNGs: None COUNT: 2 CONDITIONS: Irrelevant
WARMUP: Warmup reps before each set
THE THANG: Tactical Barbell, Fighter Progression, 80%.
MOLESKINE: Coffee
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check Slack
COT: Bro hang
PLAYLIST: Whatever the YMCA had on.

Walk at the Greenway

Date: 2026-02-16 AO: the_eddy Q: Motorola PAX: FLO, Legos, Roadkill FNGs: None COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS: Foggy
THE THANG: 2-mile-ish out and back at the Greenway
MOLESKINE: In honor of Presidents’ Day, “Whatever you are, be a good one.” Abraham Lincoln
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Holy Smokers
PRAYER REQUESTS: Aaron Stokes, Austin Huskey, and their families. Aaron, Huskey, and two others died in a plane crash last week. I went on a fishing trip with Aaron last fall and was emailing with him last week. Prayers for their families.

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Date: 2026-02-13 AO: pain-train Q: Sooie PAX: Juicy J, FLO, Roadkill, Sooie FNGs: None COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS: Cold. Crisp. Waning crescent moon. Frost-bitten field. The kind of morning that makes poor decisions feel noble.
WARMUP: With only FLO and I present at 0530 we began with the F3 heresy of stretching. For a fleeting moment, I considered bypassing the labor entirely, fast-forwarding straight to coffeeteria, forging an epic backblast, and pretending the tables had been arduously carried. But before temptation could commit, Roadkill and Juicy J arrived in unison. And just like that, the motion I once considered… was tabled. We then as a group performed: – Motivators – Walkout merkins – Low slow squats
THE THANG: THE BEAST Six cones. Straight line. Ten yards apart. At each cone: 6 reps. Carry the tables the entire distance. Complete the circuit 6 times. Partner up. Acquire lumber. Cone 1: Merkins Cone 2: Table Squats (one PAX per side) Cone 3: Skull Crushers (incline Carolina Dry Dock style, hands on table) Cone 4: Step-Ups — 2 is 1 (Originally table walk-overs… but frost + slick lumber suggested we adjourn before litigation was introduced.) Cone 5: Dips Cone 6: Decline or Incline Merkins (dealer’s choice)
Lumber migrated. Shoulders fatigued. Grip integrity declined. Rounds accumulated.
Inspired by doubles luge, we proceeded to perform doubles WWII’s upon the table tops, undulating our torsos in unison! jk/lol we did not.
Instead, we shifted to ISO holds: – Reverse plank – Low plank Followed by suicide sprints to retrieve cones. 10 yards out and back. 20 yards. 30 yards. …and so on. Each cone claimed = points earned. Speed gradually decreased. Breathing escalated. Dignity fluctuated.
The remaining minutes were surrendered to abdominal exercises, as mandated by F3 law and upheld by unanimous consent.
MOLESKINE: Reflected on the faithfulness of God in the midst of uncertain circumstances.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: holy smokers Leanpax at an end. T-claps to those who made it through!
COT: Prayers lifted. Coffee enjoyed.
PLAYLIST: Gasps and Groans by the 440+

The Newest AO in Nashville

Date: 2026-02-12 AO: offthebooks Q: Squatter PAX: Dilbert, Stumbles FNGs: None COUNT: 3 CONDITIONS: Cold 30 degrees
WARMUP: SSH Imperial Walkers Butt-kickers WMH-RS-Twist Michael Phelps Good Mornings Mosey
THE THANG: HR Merkins 10 Shuttle Run Coupon Thrusters 10 Walk back 4x
Shoulder Taps 10 Shuttle Lunge Walk w Coupon Blockees 5 at each line Crawl Bear to start Shoulder Taps 10 Bear Crawl back to line Repeat
2 PAX hold plank or squat 1 PAX shuttle run with politician to line, 10 jump squats, and run back Rotate PAX
Coupon Circuit – 15 Reps Curls OH Press Tricep Ext Rows Swings Squats Flutter Kicks 2X
MOLESKINE: T-claps to Dilbert and Stumbles for coming to support this new workout location. They both drove over 30 min one way!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Shield Mock 2/14 Holy Smokers 2/19
COT: prayers all around
PLAYLIST: 90s Classic Rock

The Warm Up

Date: 2026-02-11 AO: insane_train Q: Hair Band PAX: Derby, El Capitan, Shakira, Siri, Juicy J FNGs: None COUNT: 6 CONDITIONS: damp & chilly
WARMUP: 50 SSHs 10 burpees on the min every min
THE THANG: Start w Mary
Team up groups of 3 1 person sandbag burpees 1 person SSHs 1 person bear crawls down and crawl bears back Switch and repeat until time
MOLESKINE: YHC reflected on my last day as a 26 year old, my time in Nashville F3, and my time in F3 since the beginning
ANNOUNCEMENTS: – ShieldMock this Saturday 02/14 at 0600 – HolySmokers @ Hipster’s home Feb 19th 7pm – AOQ GrowSchool @ bellevue Pain Train March 14th
COT: Prayers for health, work, and close friends
PLAYLIST: heavy breathing from the victims of the beatdown

Run #5 of 6

Date: 2026-02-10 AO: tortoise-and-hare Q: Red Skull PAX: Pearl (Jonathan Halter), Swig, Barney, Decaf, Young and Restless, Hipster, Brown Slip, Chunks, SalPal, Wham-O, Zumiez, Finger Tips, Papa Bear, Slurpee, Pom Pom, Sticky Fingers, Torta, Chicken Little, Guppy, Stir Fry FNGs: None COUNT: 21 CONDITIONS: Perfect PR weather – 52 degrees
WARMUP: SSH, Squats, Windmills, IWs, WMHs
THE THANG: RUN!! Two 4:13 Strong men had a PR this morning (Finger Tips and Stir Fry) and two F3 men had a PR this morning (Decaf and Brown Slip). Way to take advantage of the nice morning and lock in a new Personal Record.
Thank you to SalPal for hosting the “after party” this morning!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 1. Signing Day – next Friday, 2/20 11:30a at 4:13 Strong. All are welcome to come for the ceremony and stay for lunch (Hot Chicken and Mac & Cheese). 2. The Whiskey House Event – next Friday, 2/20 5:30p at The Whiskey House. This is a special event benefiting 4:13 Strong. Contact Red Skull or Barney if you are interested in joining.

The Eddy???

Date: 2026-02-09 AO: the_eddy Q: Choo Choo PAX: Siri, Roadkill, Juicy J, Stubs, Motorola, FLO, Wolfpack, Choo Choo FNGs: None COUNT: 8 CONDITIONS: We had to move this week from the usual spot due to park closure
THE THANG: Ruck
MOLESKINE: It’s better to be a hole than a sink hole
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Holy Smokes check -f3-nashville-general

Syrupy Waters of Pancake Castle

Date: 2026-02-07 AO: the-castle Q: Mr. Pancake PAX: Fabuloso, hambone, Space Baby, Brown Slip, Butterfingers, Horizon, Matthew Henry FNGs: None COUNT: 8 CONDITIONS:
WARMUP: 25 Side Staddle Hops 10 high knees 10 butt kicks 10 Toy Soldiers 10 Typewriters Arm Circles Coupon Mosey
THE THANG: 5 Workouts x 10 reps x 5 rounds 1. Squats 2. Murder Bunnies 3. Coupon (kettlebell) Swings 4. Overhead Press 5. Merkins
Native Coupon Walk/Run in between.
Finish with core/stretch WWI sit-ups Coupon Hammer Circle Low Plank
MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check the slack
COT: Prayers for Hambone’s family with the arrival of ‘Bacon Bit’. Prayers for good health and good sleep.
Prayers for those without power and those working to restore.
PLAYLIST:

Filling in!

Date: 2026-02-06 AO: pain-train Q: Derby PAX: FLO, Roadkill FNGs: None COUNT: 3 CONDITIONS: Cold but Beautiful Sunrise!
WARMUP: SSH, BACs, BACBACs, WMH, PE Stretch
THE THANG: 5-10-15-20-25 Started w/ 5 reps per exercise for a set and worked up to the 5th set of 25 reps for each of the following:
WWII’s Merkins SB Rows SB Curls SB Thrusters
Each set ended with Pull ups with quantity being the Set # completed.
PAX completed 1 full round and made it 3 Sets (15 reps) into the second round.
We dropped in 3-4 Mosey’s to give the arms a breather.
Ended w/ 2 min plank w/ 20 second Merkin burnout
MOLESKINE: Don’t forget to give yourself grace. We set high expectations for ourselves and tend to forget there are things out of your control that alter the expected outcome. Accept it, move on and continue to do your best.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Holy Smokers end of Feb at Hipster’s
COT: Prayed us out
Thank you gents for showing up and getting after it! Appreciated the opportunity to lead this AM!
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