Sandbags and Sprints

AO: the-castle
Q: hambone
PAX: Chunks, The Merchant, StepBro
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
CONDITIONS: buggy

WARMUP: pickup sandbags

THE THANG: 1 lap with sandbags and merkins

Carry sandbags while others squat, deadlift, and blank

Suicides with burpees

MOLESKINE: i was seeing stars at the start of the sprints. I knew it was gonna be fun.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

Punk Rocker Yes I am

AO: cruelhall
Q: Esposa
PAX: Deep State, Donkey Hammer, EZ-Go, Accounts Receivable, Pedialyte, Michael Freiburg, Movin On Up, 4Tran, Athena
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
CONDITIONS:
Moist
WARMUP: Broga like a Rolling Stone and 55 Burpees, lap around ball field

THE THANG:

Group 1 Blovk work Tri-ceps, Group 2 Run then switch

Group 1 Block Curls Group 2 Run then switch

Group 1 Skull Crushers Group 3 Run then Switch

Wall Sits/ Poll sits

Group 1 WW1 Group 2 Run 5 pushups for 6 then switch

Group 1 Heel Taps Group 2 Run 5 pushups for 6

Group 1 Low Plank Group 2 Run 5 push ups for 6

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT: Prayer for Ms of Pax

No Shenanigans Means a Little Shenanigans

AO: bomber
Q: Freakonomics
PAX: CubCadet, Vector, Papa Bear, Crawlspace, Sherlock, Pep, Hedwig
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: damp but not cold

WARMUP: the usual

THE THANG: Rounds of 5 exercises – Merkins, Squats, Carolina Dry Docks, Lunges, Rows (at the playground). Do 12 sets of each, run around the rec center and repeat with 11. Run around, do 10… I got down to reps of 5.

3 minute wall sit.

Superman Y.

6 minutes of mary

MOLESKINE: Can you show up at the end and still be counted. Just ask Crawlspace.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: none

COT: Pep’s Work, praise for Vector’s daughter honoring at graduation, those in Ukraine, and Natural Ice’s finding a new job.

Rice is Nice

AO: handsomizer
Q: Firefox
PAX: Natural Ice, Salami, Old Maid, caprate, FakePaw
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS: Damp

WARMUP:
– 20x SSH
– 15x FLBAC
– 15x BLBAC
– 15x Air Presses
– 15x Moroccan Night Clubs

THE THANG: YHC was given a gracious welcome by the handsomizer regulars, and I returned that by bringing gifts of rice.

Part 1: Indigenous peoples run around the stadium bring a rice bag up to the front of the line and passing it back.

Part 2: PAX partnered up over at the picnic benches on the turf patch. Pairs did a rice bag pass during an exercise

– Step-ups on the picnic benches (passing the rice bag at the top of the step-up) – 3 minutes
– Sit-ups (toe-to-toe, passing the rice bag at the top of the sit-up) – 3:30 minutes
– Squats – 3:45 minutes
– WW1 (toe-to-toe, bringing the rice bag up over your head when coming to the ground and then passing it at the top of the sit-up) – 5 minutes!

Part 3: Plank hold for 3:45 minutes during “Hold On” by the Alabama Shakes

Part 4: 45 sec on, 15 sec off
– Bench flutters (3 rounds)
– Bulgarian split-squats (2 rounds)
– One-legged stand-ups (2 rounds)

Part 5: PAX got back into pairs. One held a hollow body hold while the other ran with a rice bag. Each PAX ran twice (significantly shortening the run for the second round).

Part 6: 1 minute of shoulder tap plank jacks.

MOLESKINE:
– Lots of good mumblechatter time during the run and partner exercises
– What wore down the most during those WW1s? Core or arms?

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Hot wings challenge with The Merchant

COT:
– Job changes and the soul searching that accompanies coming to a career crossroads.

It was a pleasure joining and leading y’all this morning!

Feeling 42…..

AO: pain-train
Q: DintyMoore
PAX: Timber, Cheeks, G-string, FLO, Wolfpack, Half Lyfe
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
CONDITIONS: Wet Ground, Thick Air

WARMUP:
mosey around AO
Dynamic leg stretch

THE THANG:
Honoring 42s of sports history for my 42nd bday

Jackie Robinson – 6 rounds
27 squats (total 137 for career RBIs)
37 second bear crawl (between squats)
42 mountain climbers
10 burpees

The Tillman – 7 Rounds
7 deadlifts
200 meter sprint
15 Pull-ups
45 seconds rest

Mariano Rivera – stretch
Cool down stretches to take it home

MOLESKINE: Thanks for letting me kick off another year with all of you.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: wing festival at The Merchant, convergence in Murfreesboro

COT: solid dads event at NCS for HalfLyfe, excited about some possible FNGs

Impossible/Manly/Murder Mile

AO: greenmachine
Q: Focker
PAX: Betty Ford, Toothless, SalPal, Pep, Cowboy, Pole Dancer, Works for a Guy, t-cell, Black Lung, moneyshot, Young and Restless, Esposa, Matador, Shania, Topanga
FNGs: None
COUNT: 16
CONDITIONS: Moist

WARMUP: Drive your car to the workout

THE THANG:
400 meter burpee broad jump :burpee:
400 meter lunge :leg:
400 meter bear crawl :teddy_bear:
400 meter “run” :man-running:

MOLESKINE: -the bear crawl makes the burpee broad jump feel like the lunges
-Works for a Guy unsurprisingly took the crown
-everyone was under one hour!
-coffee, Purity chocolate milk, and Donut Den treats provided (thanks Toothless!)
-one of my new favorite traditions is this horrible mile
ANNOUNCEMENTS: see ya next year!

COT: I think everyone wrestled with their respective higher power during the bear crawls

F3 Nashville Visit

Thanks for the heads up, FP! I know the AO is open that day.
@grape, who is copied here, is our fine AOQ for the site and can set this up. @Grape, what say you?

On Tue, Apr 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM Kris Zanardelli <delli@rocketmail.com> wrote:

Hambone:
I believe that I'm seeing that III Pillars is open for the day's Q on 4/29.  Is that correct?
Any chance that I might get onto the Q calendar?
Thank you,
Fanny Pack
F3 Asgard

On Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 04:20:45 AM PDT, F3 Nashville Backblasts <f3nashvillebackblasts@gmail.com> wrote:

Just kidding–I missed the “2” in the April dates. But yeah, I think you've nailed a solid crew.


On Thu, Apr 10, 2025 at 6:19 AM F3 Nashville Backblasts <f3nashvillebackblasts@gmail.com> wrote:
I think you nailed it. How's the visit going so far?


On Mon, Apr 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM Kris Zanardelli <delli@rocketmail.com> wrote:

Hambone!

I know you've got Salami in your midst.  It was all a part of our plan hatched in Northern CA to take over!!! He was simply our forward scout!

This is what I'm thinking

Saturday 4/26  – 6:00-7:00

Stoneboots

3021 Lealand Ln, Nashville, TN 37204

Sunday 4/27 – 5:00-6:15

The Grove

999 Wades Crossing, Spring Hill, TN 37174

OR Ruck/walk/run around hotel

Monday 4/28  – 5:30-6:15

Westeros

3531 West End Ave, Nashville, TN 37205

Tuesday 4/29  – 5:30-6:15

III Pillars

5033 Hillsboro Pike, Nashville, TN 37215

Also,

Middle Tooth
1200 Lone Oak Road, Nashville, TN, 37215

Wednesday 4/30  – 5:30-6:15

Titan

Centennial Park, 2500 West End Ave, Nashville, TN 37203

 

Middle Tooth Mafia

AO: middle-tooth
Q: Goose
PAX: Toothless, Topanga, Oatmeal, Matador, Esposa, DrRupp, sooner, Betty Ford, LB, The Shield
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
CONDITIONS: Perfect

WARMUP: Willie Mays Hays, Cherry Pickers, Goog Mornings, Arm Stretches, Arm Circles

THE THANG:
– 2 laps native american runs
– 150 Merkins, WW1s, with run between every 25 reps.
– Lunges: 3 trips down and back with 10 squats every 10 strides.
– Circle of Mary, fielders choice, 20 reps max

ANNOUNCEMENTS: nightmoves tonight!

Only the few

AO: westeros
Q: Pep
PAX: CubCadet, Young and Restless
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
CONDITIONS:
– Wet
– Rainy
– Water

THE THANG:
Dora
100: pull up
200: firehydrant (each side is one)
300: windshield wiper (each side is one)

7’s at the hill
Prisoner squat
Star merican

Pope
Pep project: tasks and deliverables defined

COT:
Prayer:
– pope passed away
– Pep: project tasks and deliverables defined

Chunks easy AI WO

AO: the-castle
Q: Chunks
PAX: (StepBrother), UTAH, Young and Restless, Strutter, Pep, Chunks, Splitter, hambone
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS:

WARMUP:

THE THANG:

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT: