Block Burpee Ladder

AO: pain-train
Q: Derby
PAX: Hooters, Pitmaster, Motorola, Roadkill, G-string, Cheeks, Half Lyfe, Stubs, Siri, Chili Dip, El Capitan
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
CONDITIONS: Perfect

WARMUP: BAC’s, BACBAC’s, Moroccan Night Clubs (for the The Banker), Slow Merkins for each Core Principal, Runners Stretch, SSH

Credo & Mission Statement

THE THANG: Starting w/ Merkins Pax then carries coupon or sandbag ~25 yards and back then adds in the following exercise and repeats until they’ve added all 5 exercises into a set. Once set is complete PAX does 50 WWII’s then starts back at the top.

10 Merkins
10 Rows
10 Squats
10 Curl + Overhead Press
10 Block Burpees

Hero’d out at 3 Sets Complete.

Closed w/ Lunging Mary’s. PAX provided quantity of lunges then calls out exercise. SSH, Burpees (Thank you Motorola!), Shoulder Taps, Monkey Humpers, Freddie Mercuries.

Had a fly by and couldn’t tell if it was David Goggins or Pebbles?

MOLESKINE: Be the man you want your son to be and/or set the benchmark for the man you want your daughter to marry

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Keep Wednesday beatdowns at the Pain Train on your calendars and DM if you want to Q!!

Check slack for other events such as Octoburpee, Chili Cook Off, Tussle, Etc.

COT: Prayed us out. Safe travels for Stubs and Chili Dip this weekend!

Thank you HIMs for the opportunity to lead this morning! You guys brought it this morning.

1979 – Smashing Pumpkins

AO: pain-train
Q: Chunks
PAX: Young and Restless, Pep, G-string, Cheeks, Roadkill, FLO, Squatter, Sooie, Wolfpack, Stubs, Half Lyfe, Hooters
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
CONDITIONS: Perfect

WARMUP: Gave a 5 minute warning for the PAX to warm up.

THE THANG:

Partner Up and mosey to grab a coupon per team

Mosey to Church parking lot

Burpee Apocalypse

Round 1
Partner 1 Runs around Church Van Corral and back
Partner 2 – Shoulder Press
Switch

Round 2
Partner 1 Run
Partner 2 Tricep Ext
Switch

Round 3
Partner 1 Run
Partner 2 – Curls
Switch

Round 4
Partner 1 Run
Partner 2 – Bent Over Rows
Switch

Round 5
Partner 1 Run
Partner 2 Swings
Switch

Round 6
Partner 1 Run
Partner 2 Squats
Switch

Repeato! – Got to Round 4

Was great to see some guys pushing and racing each other back to their partners.

All of us took a mosey around the van corral and sprinted back to the coupons.

Headed back to drop off the coupons. Partner 1 took off with the coupon while Partner 2 did 5 Burpees and then caught Partner 1 to switch.

Stacked the coupons and mosey’d back to Startex

Finished up with another Burpee Apocalypse and some flutters.

MOLESKINE:

Thanks for the opportunity to lead. So excited to see how Bellevue has grown. Y’all are meeting a need. Keep up the good work HIMs.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Check Slack or ask Wolfpack

COT:

Buffet style

AO: pain-train
Q: The Banker
PAX: Derby, Cheeks, Chili Dip, El Capitan, FLO, G-string, Half Lyfe, Motorola, Pitmaster, Roadkill
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
CONDITIONS: perfect

WARMUP: OYO slow Merkin’s, slow squats, good mornings, Willy Mayes Hayes, mosey

THE THANG: At your own pace: 50 merkins, 1 lap around track (.25 mile), 1 min plank, 100 big boys, 1 lap, 1 min plank, 150 body weight squats, 1 lap, 1 min plank, 25 upper body, 1 lap, plank, 50 abs, 1 lap, plank, 25 lower body.

MOLESKINE: Grateful for all the F3 brothers, grateful we spend time pushing to each be better and we focus on those things and not the differences we all have.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: see general channel

B-Day Beatdown

AO: pain-train
Q: G-string
PAX: Timber, The Banker, Chili Dip, Cheeks, Half Lyfe, FLO, Wolfpack, Hooters, Sooie
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
CONDITIONS: Warm and muggy

WARMUP:
– SSH
– Slow Squats
– Groin and hamstring stretches
– BACs-BackBACs-Seal Claps-Overhead presses
– Mosey to grab coupons and then mosey about halfway to the 9 square
– Mission, Core Principles and credo with 5 floor-to-ceilings, thrusters, rows, squats, and swings

THE THANG:
Thang 1:
4 Rounds Hero Style
– 21 Block Swings
– 11 Pull-ups
– Run to the cones and back

Thang 2:
Tiny Tussle. Perform the four stations at your own pace. AMRAP 15 minutes. Mosey the longs and Burpee broad jump the shorts
– 25 Merkins
– 25 Row Mornings
– 25 Iron Mikes (2-is-1)
– 25 Big Boys

Mosey back with enough time for two rounds of Ring of Fire Merkins and a short stretch.

Handmade Q

AO: pain-train
Q: El Capitan
PAX: Roadkill, Derby, G-string, Half Lyfe, Motorola, Timber, El Capitan, Siri, Cheeks, FLO, Hooters
FNGs: 1 Hooters
COUNT: 11
CONDITIONS: nice & cool (for August)

WARMUP:

Climb stretch routine
Warrior flow stretch to Bac, bacbacs 10x
Don Quixotes 10x
Good mornings 5x
Motivators to 7

THE THANG:

Part 1: 75-50-25 (OYO – Hero-style finish)

Round 1
75 Diamond Merkins
75 Monkey Humpers

Round 2
50 Lunges (1 is 1)
50 WW2

Round 3
25 Burpees
25 American Hammers (4 count)

Part 2: Memory Relay

Two teams – two sets of memory cards facedown (12 pairs each)

One player from each team will search for a match, then perform the exercise written 12x

Other pax will perform various exercises while waiting to rotate.

Jump squats
H-S-K-T
Donkey Kicks
Jane Fondas
Break dancers

Rotation occurs once the memory card player completes his 12 reps.

First team to find all matches wins.

Teams flipped & repeated the game.

Mosey’d the loop, then did 5 minutes of MARY.

MOLESKINE:

We live in a world that is more and more automated. AI can help with all sorts of menial tasks at work… but what if the menial is good for us?

There’s something about working with your hands and enjoying the fruit of your labor that is so satisfying. My day job is a lot of manual labor (lifting boxes, printing, shipping, trimming posters, typing, etc.). I like seeing a clear desk at the end of the day, knowing that my work is complete.

Reflect on the satisfaction you get from finishing a physical task, whether it be a workout, yard work, your day job, etc. Give thanks to God for the health & ability to complete the task for today. It is a gift.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

3rdf community cleanup opportunities coming to the AO soon!

COT:

Nameorama, Countorama, named our FNG (welcome @Hooters!), FloJoe + ADG merch shared. Enjoy!

It was a pleasure leading y’all this morning.

:el-capitan:

F3 Pokémon Adventure

AO: pain-train
Q: Natural Ice
PAX: Siri, Wolfpack, Juicy J (JBowman), El Capitan, Pitmaster, G-string, Sooie, Derby, FLO, The Banker, Motorola, Cheeks, Roadkill, Half Lyfe, Timber, Natural Ice, sideswipe
FNGs: None
COUNT: 17
CONDITIONS: Incredible

WARMUP: We kicked off with the usual Warm-O-Rama

SSH, Merkins, Squats, Arm burn out of ArmCircles, Seal Claps, OHP, and Moroccan Nigh Clubs

THE THANG: We started the Q just like every other day. But hold up—I couldn’t contain my furry—I hit pause on the hype and switched gears. Surprise, fellas! The Pokémon Theme Song blasted through the airwaves, and we were off on a totally unexpected journey through Kanto! (Yeah, I’m that guy.)

After getting hyped, we grabbed our Pokéball coupons (cinder blocks) and made our first big decision: choose our starter Pokémon. Pax chose Squirtle (I was pretty disappointed), but we demolished our rival using Tackle (Blockie Block Burpees) over and over. He didn’t stand a chance.

With Pallet Town behind us, we grabbed our coupons and moseyed into the wild. We encountered a Caterpie—and how do we catch it? 8-count Body Builders with a block, of course.

We trained hard and crushed Brock’s gym with Cinder Block Curls and more Blockie Burpees to claim that first badge. Tackle for the Win

Next, we hit up Lavender Town, where we got a little creepy with Ghastly and his ghostly minions. We didn’t stand a chance with WW1s and Block Lunges, but the grind was real.

Then, we hustled to Cerulean City for the Misty showdown—but first we trained. Squats, Dips, and Incline Merkins powered us through. We got that badge and still had time for some LBCs to round out our Pokémon experience.

Throughout the whole journey, we ran a 3/4-mile mosey with our coupons in tow and hit multiple sets of Blockies, Curls, LBCs, Squats, Dips, Incline Merkins, and Derkins as well as a bunch of things as needed.

Great work by all the PAX— it was an absolute grind, and you crushed it. The Pokémon journey may have been a troll surprise, but we’re all stronger for it. Onward to the next adventure, Trainers!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Night Movies at 7 pm this Thursday kicking off at the TN State Map

Bellevue is crushing it!
Thank you again for the opportunity to lead!

Happy Birthday Cheeks!

AO: pain-train
Q: G-string
PAX: Cheeks, Siri, Timber, FLO, Motorola, Shakira, Sooie, Derby, Half Lyfe
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
CONDITIONS:
Cooler than yesterday

WARMUP:
– 31 SSH
– Mosey to the coupons
– Walking lunges with the coupons
– BACs/back BACs
– swings
– Overhead carry

THE THANG: AMRAPs all day
Round 1 – 10 minutes
– 10 block thrusters
– 15 curls
– 15 swings
– 15 block merkins
– Burpee broad jump

Round 2 – 10 minutes
– 15 rows
– 20 chest press
– 20 flutter kicks
– 15 big boys
– Sprint

Round 3 – 8 minutes
– 10 reverse lunges
– 10 get ups
– 10 Burpees over block
– Bear crawl

Finisher
– 30 merkins
– 30 curls
– 30 goblet squats (didn’t get to these)

MOLESKINE:
“Trash in, trash out”
I love horror podcasts. It’s my guilty pleasure. I was listening to one the other day with my kids in the car, and I realized the insane amount of profanity in it. I generally try not to curse, and I definitely don’t want it in front of my kids, so why is it okay for me to listen to? We make excuses for letting these little things in because we can handle it or ignore it or look past it, but, in reality, it is affecting us.
Think about it this way. If you were presented with a fudgey, gooey, chocolate chip filled brownie, but you knew three of those chocolate chips were actually poop, would you still eat it? No! So why do that with our media consumption? Why choose the thing we know goes against our values? I’m going to cut down on any explicit material (music, podcasts, etc.) whenever possible. We can’t protect ourselves and our children from everything, but we can stop some things from unnecessarily entering their lives.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
None

COT:
Siri for work stress and new baby on the way
Cheeks on his birthday

Crazy Train

AO: pain-train
Q: FLO
PAX: Pitmaster, Cheeks, Motorola, Shakira, Sooie
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS: hard to breathe

WARMUP:

– Good Mornings
– Willy Mays Hayes
– Slow Merkins with some amateur yoga style stretches

THE THANG:

Moseyed to grab coupons and took to church parking lot.

1. Listened to Black Sabbath – War Pigs / Luke’s Wall (RIP Ozzman) while doing following exercises:

– Curls x 5
– Overhead Press x 5
– Walking Lunges
– SSH x 5
– Reverse Walking Lunges

*Repeated sets until song was over (8 min)

2. Left coupons and mosey to 9 Square area.

– 7 pull-ups followed by burpee broad-jumps. Continue sets while reducing number of pull-ups until you reach 1.

3. Mosey to tennis court.

– 5 jump squats followed by suicides. Continue sets while reducing number of jump squats until you reach 1.

4. Mosey to get coupons and stop at pavilion.

– Final 8 minutes – 10 dips on park benches followed by 10 ab crunches. Repeat sets until time.

MOLESKINE:

Discussed defining what success means to you personally at different stages of life. For me, it has changed over the years and it has always helped to slow down reevaluate where I am currently. Make sure my goals line up with my personal definition of success and the life my family and I want to lead and not someone else’s. Encouraged goal-setting with the balance of also being content, which is hard for me to do. Being grateful for your current place in life is important to remember, as where you are currently could be someone else’s goal.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Nerf Wars! Check Slack.

COT:

Moment of silence for prayers said and unsaid.

Have a great weekend gents. Enjoyed it!

FLO

Shorts

AO: pain-train
Q: Wolfpack
PAX: Stubs, morning stār, Siri, FLO, Cheeks, G-string, Derby, Motorola, Shakira, Pebbles, @Domino
FNGs: 1 @Domino
COUNT: 12
CONDITIONS: Little warm, great for shorts

WARMUP: Really short warmup of the usual suspects

THE THANG:
Short mosey to front of church
6 rounds (led in rotating fashion by PAX)
– 10, 4 count merkins
– 10 second high plank hold
– 10 second rest
6 rounds (led in rotating fashion by PAX)
– 10, 4 count squats
– 10 second low squat hold
– 10 second rest

Short mosey to side of church
6 rounds (led in rotating fashion by PAX)
– 10, 4 count leg raises
– 10 second 6″ leg hold
– 10 second rest
6 rounds (led in rotating fashion by PAX)
– 10, 4 count heel touches
– 10 second 6″ leg hold
– 10 second rest

Mosey to back of church
6 rounds (led in rotating fashion by PAX)
– 10, 4 count merkins
– 10 second high plank hold
– 10 second rest
6 rounds (led in rotating fashion by PAX)
– 10, 4 count squats
– 10 second low squat hold
– 10 second rest

Short mosey back to the flag
– Ring of Fire Burpee edition
– 3 minutes left!?…. A few more burpees while stretching

MOLESKINE:
Impressed with Domino jumping right into cadence, “Just like police academy” he says.
Impressed with the short shorts, especially from morning stār G-string and Shakira… The rest of yous… get your act together.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 Nerf Wars coming soon… keep an eye out in Slack.

COT:
Grateful to have a place to lead amongst leaders and be part of a team.

The Guinea Pigs

AO: pain-train
Q: Hair Band
PAX: Cheeks, Half Lyfe, Timber, Shakira, FLO, Motorola, Siri, The Banker, Derby, Blinker
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
CONDITIONS: warm and muggy

WARMUP:
Disclaimer with extra emphasis on staying hydrated and modifying as necessary

Mosey two laps around park
50 SSHs
25 8 ct Body Builders

THE THANG:

Round 1:
Burpee broad jump down about 20 yards and back in parking lot
Once back complete 10 atomic pushups
Repeat x 5 (the banker & timber did 6 i believe)

Break for water and breath, someone spilled their first merlot (maybe blinker?)

Round 2:
Sit Through Freeze tag, freeze tag but the unfrozen pax do cumulative sit throughs to unfreeze players

Mary to wrap up

MOLESKINE:
I think we often bring pride to our beatdowns and that hurts us. I expected to do more than I was able to do today and ended up having to modify some of my exercises to protect injuries. It was also hot and humid, there was a definite need for water. I’ve learned in 9 years of F3 that I have to push myself and only do what I can. There are some days that will inevitably be better than others.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
4th of July Convergence next Friday at Handsomizer! Keep your eyes on the slack channels
July 10th Night Moves led by SalPal, keep your eyes on the slack channels

COT:
Each man shared something going on in their lives. Lots of prayer requests for healthy family members, requests for traveling mercies, and requests for practicing gratitude in life’s ups and downs

God Bless each of you, it was an honor to Q the Pain Train today. You’re amazing men and I’m grateful to be given the opportunity to work out with y’all.

:sign_of_the_horns: Rock on,

Hair Band