Passing of the Flag

AO: handsomizer
Q: Natural Ice , Freakonomics
PAX: Detective Pikachu, Grayson Adkins, Salami, Black Lung, Down Range from Atlanta – Can anyone share his name to get properly tagged?
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS: Soggy

WARMUP: An OG warm up SSH, LBAC, MERKINS, SQUATS

THE THANG:

Thing 1 – YHC Natural Ice led the PAX through the rain to the top of the parking garage – instead of the planned burpee-stairway-a-clock-alypse we pivoted to the ramp-running-burpee-apocalypse. Pax performed a burpees apocalypse descending from 10 at each level of the garage. Once we hit the bottom we ran back to the top where the Q was handed off

Thing 2 – Freakonomics took the pack back down the garage, and each each level we performed a variety of exercises including, merkins (decline and incline), squats, lunges, and bear crawls!

Merry – A very long planril low plank, and a dealers choice ended in burpees

ANNOUNCEMENTS: A big warm welcome to Freakonomics stepping up as the new AOQ for Handsomizer! He has always brought a very energetic and positive attitude to the AO and I am excited to watch him continue to grow our handsome location!

COT: Prayers for Black Lung and his 2.0’s safety this weekend during their white water canoe trip. We also as lifted prayer for his family as they navigate a new job for his M and the changes to their schedule.

Final Tortoise & Hare for Class 2

AO: thestronghold
Q: Red Skull
PAX: Chunks, Right Said, bluemule, Decaf, Michelin Man, Longhorn, Skeet, Hacker (Franklin), Detective Pikachu, John Deere, Yak, Frozen, Westside, Pacer, C#, Triple Sevens, Blitz, Sgt Meatball
FNGs: None
COUNT: 19
CONDITIONS: A perfect morning for a run. 43 degrees, a beautiful sunrise, a train and a locked gate.

WARMUP: Westside took us through our warmup – SSH, IW, Stretches, Squats and Tappy-Taps

THE THANG: Pair up – each 4:13 Strong man picked an F3 running partner and set a goal time for the run. The pairings seemed to work well as today was our fastest run of the class. We were “All In” by 34:00 with 7 out of 8 4:13 Strong men setting a new PR.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Signing Day is this Friday, 11:30am. Come celebrate what these men have accomplished and stick around for some lunch and fellowship. It is one of the best ways to spend your Friday lunch hour.

COT: Red Skull closed with a prayer.

Complex Work

AO: titan
Q: DintyMoore
PAX: Right Said, DintyMoore, Sherlock, Detective Pikachu, Tim the Toolman, Pep, preacherman, The Merchant, Salami, caprate, Fishfry (from Chicagoland) Loafer
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
CONDITIONS: light rain, January daylight vibes

WARMUP:
Warm-A-Rama
Long Mosey around Park
Light stretching

THE THANG:
Complex Coupon Work
20 Min AMRAP

2 incline merkins
2 rows
2 RDLs
2 two-hand clean
2 squats
2 OHP
2 Reverse Lunge

Lap around circle after each round

Sevens at the hill
Merkins at bottom
Iron Mikes at top

Mosey back and Mary w/ 2:36 low plank

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6kEwdofwNcLDjoZxuIFV32?si=GLZKYbduReODnanaY5OWUg&pi=u-_k32Chs1SvuI

MOLESKINE:
F3 is designed to plant, grow, and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership.

Make the investment in yourself and your friend groups today!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Share the news of f3 far and wide with our new business cards. See Right Said for details.

COT:

Oh, oh, it’s MAGIC

AO: titan
Q: Vector
PAX: Black Lung, Chunks, Detective Pikachu, DintyMoore, Firefox, Freakonomics, Good Morning America, greyalbum, hambone, Natural Ice, Pep, preacherman, Right Said, Salpal, Spinal Tap, Tim the Toolman, 15-Love
FNGs: 1 15-Love
COUNT: 18
As is often the case with a Vector Q, the workout planning involves weeks of theme playlist curating and then a frantic 24 hours of “crap, how do I create a workout to match my super cool playlist?” So, in that spirit:

While many may try to use instant supplements or crazy muscle building ideas to get swole, you can’t rely on magic to get fit. So in honor of Harry Houdini, born 150 years ago in 1874, I present a different kind of magic to get y’all in shape.

CONDITIONS: Damp yet perfect

WARMUP: Mosey around the parking lot to the far side of the Parthenon. Willy Mayes Hayes x 10, LBAC x 10, Seal claps x 10, Overhead Press x 10, Reverse LBAC x 10, and Good Mornings x 10 OHO

THE THANG:
MAGIC #1 – 150 reps of each exercise and a run around the Parthenon between each:
M – Merkins
A – Alabama Prom Dates
G – Gorilla Humpers (which I had to example multiple times . . . hmm)
I – Iron Mikes
C – Carolina Dry Docks
(Fair amount of mumbling that each leg should not count only 1/2 on these exercises . . . I did not waiver).

MAGIC #2: 150 reps but no running in between due to time
M: Mountain Climbers
A: Ass Kickers
G: Great Form Squats
I: Incline Merkins
C: Crunches (Little Baby)

Ended at time – welcomed FNG 15-Love a recently married tennis fan EH’d by Detective Pikachu.

PRAYERS: To Grey Album on impending adoption and associated stress, friend Yuri and family facing pancreatic cancer, and others I forgot (apologies!)

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Hunger Games this weekend, Hike/Ruck with 2.0s to give M’s a break – see Slack for deets.

Honored to lead and that you all continue to tolerate my Q-uirkiness (see what I did there?) in leading . . . SYITG
Vector

Get Handsome the Fastest

AO: handsomizer
Q: Hair Band
PAX: Natural Ice, Spinal Tap, Freakonomics, Detective Pikachu, Frasier, Fudd
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
CONDITIONS: a riddle: a lactose intolerant person who had cheese 30 minutes ago

WARMUP:
50 SSHs

THE THANG:

Relay race:
2 teams

Round 1:
Both teams do burpees
1 person does 10 burpee buy in then runs the handicap ramp and back down the stairs (due to rain we moved to the parking garage)
Tag next person
First team to all in chooses next exercise
Rinse repeat

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– #leanpax still going strong
– #hendersonville relaunch tomorrow 01/13 at 6am
– #brewsday meeting (leanpax approved) is on the horizon
– January 24th Night Moves in the Nations for #Atlantis
– brewruck Feb 17th after leanpax

PRAYER REQUESTS:
– each man shared, prayers for family physical, mental, and emotional health. Prayers for work & research. Celebrating for DRer Fudd family, new grandchild born

Kultimate Kans

AO: atlantis
Q: sooner
PAX: Oatmeal, Salpal, Crawlspace, Detective Pikachu, Hair Band, Firefox
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
CONDITIONS: brisk but not bright

WARMUP: active stretching

THE THANG:

four things relay, lots of coaching… round 1-4 travels forward and back: murder bunny/redrum bunny, bear crawls/crawl bears, broad jump/backwards broad jump, mozey/jog

new game!!!
Ultimate KanJam, aka “Kultimate”
teams of 3, periodic exercises dictated by the q, general ultimate rules apply (5 stall count), hit the can-2 pts, in the kan-4 pts, in the slot-10 pts… play to 40… I thought we’d play best of 3, but turned into a turnover fest and only played 1 game.

share favorite memory below
– rugby scrum for the miss

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
a surprising number of announcements, leanpax, Firefox game night+hairband show on Jan 27, a special Atlantis night moves in February, others im sure im forgetting

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

Bomber vs Handsomizer – 2023

AO: handsomizer
Q: Natural Ice , DintyMoore
PAX: Detective Pikachu, Wolfpack, Siri, Salpal, Firefox, Spinal Tap, bluemule, Chunks, Grape, Crawlspace, DintyMoore, Rocket Mortgage, Frasier, Natural Ice, Down Range – Hunch Back, Pizza the Hut, Long Horn, Silver Spoon 2 DR FNGs Trainer and Couch Potato, 2 DR FNGs Trainer , Couch Potato
FNGs: 2 2 DR FNGs Trainer , Couch Potato
COUNT: 20
CONDITIONS: Crisp

WARMUP: We took the downrange visitors and #bomber brothers on a quick tour of Handsomizer ending with our traditional Geodis Warm Up, the Bearway2Heaven (bear crawl up the steps with a push up on each of the 92 stairs)

THE THANG: Bomber vs Hansomizer Kick ball
Pax performed five Burpees after three outs.

Bomber destroyed Handsomizer, with a little help from the youthful FNGs

ANNOUNCEMENTS: LeanPax is nigh upon us! Bulk up and put on mass while you can!

Prayers for Corporate and the broken foot!

I am incredibly thankful for all you!

Here is to another great year!
2024 : The Year of the Shred Part III – Brought to you by Ninja Ice

4 Alarm Fire

AO: titan
Q: Chunks
PAX: Firefox, t-cell, bluemule, Crawlspace, Detective Pikachu, Red Skull, Sarge, fiftycent
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS:

WARMUP:
SSH
Stretches
Mosey around the Parthenon Grass stopping at each corner for some Burpees 1,3,5 (Stop1) 7,9 (Stop 2) 10,8(Stop 3), 6,4,2 (Stop 4)

THE THANG:
A – Arms
L – Legs
A – Abs
R – Run
M – Merkins
PAX completed 4 Rounds for a 4 ALARM fire with the PAX choosing different exercises and a couple rounds with Hollow Body HO HO Holds since @firefox was in attendance. Last round was 5 burpees for each letter except the run around the circle.

Circled up for some P90X Yoga

Moseyed back to Startex for a 5 Burpee buy out and some Hollow Body HO HO HOlds to wrap up.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
New Years Day Convergence at Green Machine
LeanPax starts 1/2/24
Hendersonville relaunch 1/13 at Memorial Park

Thanks as always for the honor to lead this group of men.

SYITG,
Chunks

Christmas Caroloing

AO: westeros
Q: Chunks
PAX: Salpal, Grape, hambone, Right Said, Crawlspace, Detective Pikachu, Vector, Focker
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS:

WARMUP:
25 SSH
Some other stretches
THE THANG:
Mosey across West End for a tour of the neighborhood and lights.
Stopped at every house that had lights to do a variety of exercises.
Stopped along the way to deliver a christmas present to one of out fellow PAX
Mosey back to the hill near the startex for some dealers choice while one PAX ran up and down the hill
One more lap around the AO stopping at one last house for some exercises.
Mosey back to StartEx.
My gift to the PAX was ending a couple minutes early.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
New Year’s Day Convergence
Lean Pax #leanpax
Hendersonville re launch 1/13
TAPS:
DP’s family after loss of grandmother
Focker’s coworker’s husband

Always an honor to lead. Christmas is a time to be with family and you guys have become my family. So grateful to be a part of this group. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone.