The Natty Ice Titan Special

AO: titan
Q: Natural Ice
PAX: Good Morning America, Grape, Supernova, Goose, greyalbum, Chunks, Detective Pikachu, Black Lung, Crawlspace, porcelain, Sherlock, DintyMoore, Salpal, Red Skull, bluemule, Natural Ice
FNGs: None
COUNT: 16
CONDITIONS: A perfect 25F

WARMUP: SSH and Stretching

THE THANG:

Thing 1: Running Grapevine Burpee Apocalypse
A combination of @grape ‘s caboose is loose run while carrying the speaker, and @bluemule ‘s traveling burpee apocalypse. Pax ran exactly 1 mile and performed 55 burpees.

Thing 2: Classic Hilly Titan 11’s Now with 4 Bonus Bearcrawls

Pax took advantage of the fantastic hill with 11’s consisting of LT Dans at the Base and WW1s at the top. With one caveat, Pax had to bearcrawl up the hill 4 of the 10 times of their choosing.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: F3 Hendersonville is Rising! YHC was given a funny cowboy hat. Leanpax sugar/alcohol detox is in full effect!

This mornings playlist was a group effort of alternative rock starting with @chunk ‘s request for higher by Creed. I shamelessly added in a Green River Ordinance radio hit at the end.

Thank you all for the opportunity to lead!
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/29voKYmyRYmogocBIhkezt?si=745bbcfe6cbc4e69

2024 NYD Convergence – Teamwork Makes the Dream Work

AO: greenmachine
Q: Toothless , Michelin Man
PAX: Works for a Guy, faulkner, Black Lung, morning star, Red Skull, Crawlspace, Michelin Man, Vector, Deep State, Esposa, Spinal Tap, hambone, Pop-A-Lock, McAfee, 40 Minutes, Chunks, moneyshot, Wolfpack, sooner, DintyMoore, Natural Ice, Grape, Toothless, Cuban Missile, baggervance, Haggis,
FNGs: None
COUNT: 27
CONDITIONS: Crisp, overcast, still, expectant

WARMUP:

– 24 x Side Straddle Hops
– 12 x Willy Mays Hays, 2 each side
– 12 x Cherry Pickers
– 12 x Butt Kickers
– 12 x High Knees
– 12 x Windmills
– 12 x Good Mornings

Count off by 5s, take a lap and line up at the far goal line

THE THANG:

12’s – Round 1
– Hand Release Merkins
– Squat Jumps
– Bernie both ways for travel

Field Work
– Group up in teams, bear crawl 100 yds as a group
– Bear leads the group, all others lunge, side lunge, or broad jump for travel
– Stop and collect every 25 yds for 10 burpees done as individuals (including endzone)
– Repeato! Drop burpees to 5 at each 25 yds

Stair Work
– Stay in groups, run 24 flights as a group, up and down counts as one, split up flights however you like
– Runner calls out exercise for the rest of the group to perform while runner runs flights

12s – Round 2 (12 + 12 = 24!)
– Big Boy Sit-Ups
– Double count Dips
– Mosey for travel

Sprints
– Sprint both ways
– 70% to 15 & back, to 20 & back
– 80% to 25 & back, to 30 & back
– 90% to 30 & back

MARY:

– 24 x Happy Crunchy Frogs
– 24 x J-Lo’s
– 24 x Flutter Kicks

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

– #leanpax starts tomorrow, ends the day before the Super Bowl, sign-up sheet is in the channel
– Convergence at #iiipillars tomorrow 1/2 with #middle-tooth traveling to #iiipillars
– Hendersonville kick-off on Saturday 1/13, @Sunshine for details
– 4:13 is back in action week after next, week of 1/15
– One more big one from @Michelin_Man, but that will come later from him!

It was an honor leading you this AM, and it continues to be an honor to serve the PAX of F3 Nashville! Best way I could have asked for to start out the new year – thank you HIM for all you bring to F3, your communities, and our city!

#LeanPax Tune Up

AO: cruelhall
Q: Donkey Hammer
PAX: Accounts Receivable, baggervance, Black Lung, Esposa, Works for a Guy, Pedialyte, None
FNGs: 1 None
COUNT: 7
CONDITIONS: Cool

WARMUP: extended warm up and mobility work

– SSH, WMH, imperial walkers, Michael Phelps, light sprints, 90/90 hip openers, thoracic rotations, Spider-Man lunges, bear crawls/crawl bears, one minute plank, easy jog with a burnie

THE THANG: Tabata block work, 45 seconds on/15 seconds off for 18 rounds

– OH squats with block, curls, alternating block merkins, paused goblet squats, merkins with kick through and alternating front and side lunges with block

– Closed it out with some planks x 2, iron chair x 3, J.Lo’s and Alabama prom dates

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Convergence New Year’s Day at #greenmachine
– Convergence January 2 at #iiipillars

As we close out the year, let’s remember all the names that have been mentioned or were on our hearts throughout the year and honor them as we move forward into 2024.

The Shoppes of Green Hills

AO: iiipillars
Q: t-cell
PAX: Focker, Black Lung, Baguette, Grape, Pep, Bad Boy, Go Fish, Gov’t Mule, Howitzer
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: Cold, but warmed up just enough to get colder at Coffeterria

WARMUP: Light stretching while I complained about @blacklung and others being late and messing up my meticulously timed shopping workout.

THE THANG:
2.5 (25!) mi jaunt thru the main shopping district to gather gift ideas and look at lights. Generally speaking we did the following along the way.
25 Anthro Abs
25 Lululemon Lunges
25 Kendra Scott Drop Squats
25 Bud’s Liquor Burpees
25 Mall Merkins
2 sets of Doughbird Did
25 King Jewelers Jump Squats

MARY:
25 Happy Crunchy Frogs from TCell
25 Flutter Kicks from Go Fish
25 crunches from Focker
30(??) split leg sit ups from Black Lung who continued to sabotage my workout until the very end.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
LeanPax and Convergence next week at Middle Tooth

COT:
Pep and Baguettes dads.
Reminder from Focker that holidays are tough time for so many, including us as fathers, husbands, friends, etc. Stay present and stay alert during the next few weeks.

Coffeteria Festivus:
Grape told me to shut up and just lead the workout.
Focker told us about a workout that’s harder than F3.
We don’t like it when PA works is out too hard.

Merkins and Abs

AO: bomber
Q: Siri
PAX: Puzzlah, Firefox, Vector, Pep, Tim the Toolman, Crawlspace, Focker, DintyMoore, Black Lung, hambone, Wet Wipes, Cream Cheese, Young Pawn, Apologies to those who I can’t remember! Tag in the comments.
FNGs: None
COUNT: 17
CONDITIONS: Swell

WARMUP: mosey

THE THANG: mosey, merkins, mosey, merkins, mosey, etc. (merkin count: 120)

Abs at the playground:
3 sets of:
40 flutter kicks
10 merkins
30 LBCs
10 merkins
20 American Hammers
10 merkins
10 V-ups
10 merkins
(Merkin count: 240)

Miscellaneous exercises for the remaining 10 minutes including 70 incline merkins and 5 minutes of broga.

MARY:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: NYD convergence at Green Machine, 6-7am
Lean PAX starting 1/2/24
BrewRuck happening soon – ask Hambone
Other??

COT:

The Holiday Special

AO: greenmachine
Q: Timber
PAX: Esposa, t-cell, Cowboy, The Banker, Pop-A-Lock, Timber, Black Lung, Focker, Works for a Guy, moneyshot, monster biscuit, Grape, G-string (Eli Kresta), Haggis, Blinky (guest from North Carolina F3), Boyardee (said with a French accent)
FNGs: 1 Boyardee (said with a French accent)
COUNT: 16
CONDITIONS: 34 degrees, frosty turf, and beautiful

WARMUP: Mosey around the parking lot, coupon (cinder block) carry to the field, IC to 10: high knees, butt kicks, merkins, slow squats, BACs, back BACs, lunge stretch (covered F3 mission and core principles here)

THE THANG: done to a playlist with a lot of variety!
Part 1: 20/10s (20 sec AMRAP, 10 sec recovery)
– 10 exercises: merkins, iron mikes, burpee, coupon row, dry dogs, squat jump, coupon shoulder swings, mountain climbers, Apollo Ohnos, Prime Time merkins
– 1 min recovery run to opposite end zone and back
– rinse and repeat!
Part 2: DORA 100s (100 reps total between partners, 1 person runs 200 yards while other does reps)
– 3 exercises: burpees, floor to ceiling with coupon, WWIIs

MARY: The Little Merkin Boy: done to Bing Crosby’s “The Little Drummer Boy,” plank til end of song, merkin on every “pa rum pum pum pum”

ANNOUNCEMENTS: N/A (forgot to ask)

COT: famous playwright Tennessee Williams changed overnight after the success of his work “The Glass Menagerie.” He went from a man that scraped together all his money to afford an apartment and food, to a man that had everything given to him. He wrote about his unhappiness and how he became miserable in an essay titled “The Catastrophe of Success”. His lesson is a good lesson for me: don’t wish for a life without challenges, because that’s not the life we were meant to live! Embrace the virtue, joy, and authentic friendships you gain out of doing hard things!

We finished with a quick prayer, particularly for those during this holiday season who have lost close ones.

Thank you for the invitation, and for the great coffee, @Focker!

– Timber

Cardio and Core

AO: westeros
Q: Michelin Man
PAX: Right Said, Black Lung, Pep, Natural Ice, Red Skull, Focker, Salpal, DintyMoore, Vector, Sherlock, Crawlspace, Pop-A-Lock, Tim the Toolman, Supernova, Spinal Tap, Detective Pikachu, Grape, Shiplap
FNGs: 1 Shiplap
COUNT: 19
CONDITIONS: Effin Cold

WARMUP: Upon exiting his vehicle to his walkup music, Michelin Man warned the PAX to stretch before the disclaimer because MM wastes no time warming up. With the disclaimer aggressively given at 5:30 on the dot, a mosey then ensued.

THE THANG #1: First, the PAX ran around Elmington to the port-a-potty hill and held a plank for the six. Upon all in, the PAX sprinted up the hill 3x, with a mosey back and plank after each. MM then inquired of other PAX whether they came to work out (hat tip: Crablegs). Four PAX in succession answered in the affirmative and asked for 1 sprint extra, yielding a total of 7x sprints up the hill. Natural Ice also asked for a Bear Crawl, which YHC declined.

THE THANG #2: The PAX then mosey backed to the tennis courts and formed a circle, upon which time, Black Lung joined the group. The Thang #2 ensued. Each PAX in turn would call a number 1-10. MM would then provide an exercise corresponding to that number that the PAX would do for 1 minute. The number had to have special significance to the PAX (i.e. Tim the Toolman called 6 because he turned 60!!! today). There were two lists: Cardio and Core. I alternated between the two. Here were the numbers:

Cardio:
1. SSH
2. Plank Jack (not called)
3. Tuck Jumps
4. Mountain Climber
5. Squat Jump
6. Star Jump (not called)
7. Iron Mike
8. High Knees
9. Butt Kickers
10. Muhktars

Core:
1. V-Ups (not called)
2. Hollow Body Hold
3. American Hammer
4. LBCs (not called)
5. Scissor Kick
6. Box Cutter
7. Happy Crunchy Frogs (not called)
8. Bird Dogs
9. Leg Circles
10. Flutter Kicks

MARY: The PAX returned to the port-a-potty hill for one more sprint and a mosey to startex to finish. 1 burpee completed for Tim the Toolman (and Pep!) birthdays. Of note, Black Lung went back and did the 7x sprints after Mary.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. Brewruck
2. NYD Convergence
3. LeanPax
4. New AOQ at Westeros NEXT WEEK!
5. Welcome FNG Shiplap!

COT: Many prayers offered, with Crawlspace aptly summarizing as “Everyone’s family.”

It was fun. MM Out.

Cold Air Don’t Care

AO: handsomizer
Q: Grape
PAX: Natural Ice, Black Lung, Freakonomics, Red Skull, Young and Restless, Plunger, Lube (F3 STL)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: cold, but not cold enough to wear sleeves

WARMUP: “Say Anything” run- pass the speaker and run to front with speaker over your head- we did a loop that was exactly 1 mile

THE THANG: Deck of Death- Hearts were Merkins, Spades were squats, Diamonds were dry docks, Clubs were WW1’s; Jack and Queen were 10’s, Kings and Aces were stair runs with a burpee

The Boss, Mr. Springsteen, serenades us as we completed 74 reps of each exercise and 8 total stair runs

MARY: 4 MoM dealers choice

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Brew ruck, lean pax, etc

12 Coupons of Christmas

AO: titan
Q: Natural Ice
PAX: Black Lung, Red Skull, Michelin Man, Pep, hambone, Right Said, Chunks, Crawlspace, Spinal Tap, Salpal, Freakonomics, Tim the Toolman, Focker, Detective Pikachu, Natural Ice, Opie and Beatle
FNGs: None
COUNT: 17
CONDITIONS: Merry and Bright

WARMUP: A Quick run through of the usual suspects SSH, OHP, LBAC, SC, WMH

PAX grabbed all the coupons available and went out to the play ground.

THE THANG: 12 Coupons of Christmas

Similar to the 12 days of Christmas but better, PAX received a present each round building on top of the previous round, starting with “A jog around the building”. For each round PAX performed the new work out as well as all exercises proceeding it

1. And a Jog around the building (1×12=12)
2. Two Blockies (2×11=22)
3. Three Pull ups (3×10=30)
4. Four block Squats (4×9=36)
5. Five Overhead Block Press (5×8=40)
6. Six Block Derkins (6×7=42)
7. Seven Curls (7×6=42)
8. Eight Block Sit Ups (8×5=40)
9. Nine Mountain climbers (9×4=36)
10. Ten American Hammers (10×3=30)
11. Eleven Block Dips (11×2=22)
12. Twelve Lt Dans (12×1=12)

In the end, YHC’s generously gave the PAX 364 and ran over 2 miles.

Playlist was a variety of Rock/Punk Christmas music

Prayers were lifted and announcements announced

Thank you for the opportunity to lead!

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2WRg0IlN8BRdAlkJAGMrgB?si=00ff9b9f7d4f4c0b

Name that Tune (90 & early 00’s Rock)

AO: iiipillars
Q: Chunks
PAX: Grape, Hair Band, Pep, Black Lung, Focker, t-cell, Tackle Box, princessaurora, Go Fish, Harbaugh, Haggis, Formica, Swiffer
FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
CONDITIONS:
Brisk, but nice

WARMUP:
2 mile Pre Party run @hairband @grape @harbaugh @blacklung and YHC

THE THANG:
Left the friendly confines for the parking garages of Burton Hills Office Park. Quickly crossed Hillsboro road and made our way to the second hill between two of the parking structures. While moseying, Yacht Rock was the playlist
Before we started playing Name that Tune, we did 5 mins of Mary Dealers Choice, but must be 20 reps. Flutter kicks, Happy Crunchy Frogs, Box Cutters, Freddie Mercs (while a Queen song played) and LBCs

Name That Tune 90 & Early 00s rock Edition
PAX was given 20 seconds to name that song and artist, but once you answered correctly you could not answer again until all the rest of the PAX had answered. Incorrect answers resulted in 5 8-Count body builders at the bottom and top of the hill. If a PAX named the song and artist correctly, they got to pick the exercise to do at the bottom and top of hill. YHC still chose the mode of transportation up the hill. Next time per feedback of the group, I will have more variety. Everyone loved the Lunge walk up the hill. Maybe we just do sprints, who knows.
PAX got the majority of the songs right and hopefully fun was had by all.
Moseyed back to the Startex with a little sprint/race to the finish. We found PA back at the startex, and was given some brotherly feedback. 😉 Thanks for the coffee PA.
Finished with Name that Tune for two songs, so PA could be a part.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Brewsday Today at 4:30 12 South Tap Room 2for1
Brewruck on Dec 16th talk to Red Skull for all the deets
Several convergences coming up for iiipillars and middeltooth
January 13th at 6:00 am at Memorial Park in Hendersonville. Please invite any friends you have in Hendersonville to join us.
COT:
Prayers for Hairband traveling
Prayers for little Luca battling an illness

Thanks for the opportunity to lead. No better way to start your morning than with you men in the Gloom.

SYITG,
Chunks