Tag: Freakonomics

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Gate Workers

AO: handsomizer
Q: DintyMoore
PAX: Natural Ice, Salami, Black Lung, Freakonomics, Triple H
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS: Balmy

WARMUP: SSHs, Good Mornings, WMHs

THE THANG: circled the castle, stopped at a few gates while listening to Halloween Mix.
Gate A = Ab work
Gate G = Glute work
Bearway to Heaven
Gate F = Friendship Lap for second set of stairs with forward lunge
Gate E = Energizer Runs
Gate D = DIDs
Sprints @ Supporters Gate

MOLESKINE: life is busy for most of us and trying to stay focused on small moments of clarity can help make sense of the noise around us

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Tussle, Struggle, 2.0 workout, Octoburpee – 1 week left, Grow School

COT: thanks for letting me lead

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Burpees and 80’s hits

AO: handsomizer
Q: Spinal Tap
PAX: Natural Ice, Freakonomics, Salami, Old Maid
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
CONDITIONS: noice

WARMUP: the usual

THE THANG: 100 burpees! Oh and we did some stuff around this like the stairs and dips etc

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 2.0 workout, chilliteria, check slack…

COT: love community and bonds we form through f3. Invite friends!

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Never too late

AO: handsomizer
Q: Focker
PAX: Natural Ice, Spinal Tap, Detective Pikachu, Grape, Freakonomics, Bungee- Jeff City 3rd FQ, Hot for Teacher
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: dry up top and wet on the ground

WARMUP: started off getting low and wet on the artificial turf. Somehow ended up, smelling like dog pee.
Butt kickers
High knees
Broad jumps
Bear crawls
Army crawls
Just legs
Just arms

THE THANG: mosey to stairs and start on first landing
25 Superman’s
25 merkins
25 leg exercise (changed every time)
25 gut work (changed every time)
Run to the top and down hill
Repeat on every landing

MOLESKINE: everyone had some good giggles from the Weird Al playlist. Truly an once in a generation artist

ANNOUNCEMENTS: please check slack

COT: had the opportunity to share part of my story and how living in the truth is much better than living in the darkness. Change can happen any day you choose.

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The Filthy Fifty

AO: handsomizer
Q: Strutter
PAX: Freakonomics, Natural Ice, Old Maid, Salami, Catfish, Cuban Missile, Strutter
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
CONDITIONS: low 60’s perfect morning

WARMUP: 10 each IC
SSH
IW
Abe Vigodas
Mosey to the field

THE THANG:
Upon arrival to the field, I plotted out the four corners that would become our workout areas.
The four corner workouts were as follows:
1) 10 merkins IC
2) 10 SDS IC
3) 10 IC merkin complex, a different style each round. Diamond, Wide, Hand Release, Makhtar N Daiye.
4) 10 Standard Squats IC.
The mode of travel between each corner varied each round.
1) Lunge Walk
2) Bernie
3) Duck Walk
4) Sprint.
5) The final round was a combo of all of the exercises and all of the modes of transportation.
We finished at the top of the stairs with 50) LBCs and then a Mosey back to the start.

MOLESKINE: coffee be Freakonomics was his own unique blend which was amazing.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Night Moves Thursday
Grow School
Octoburpee (w/ world record burpee count to end the month)

COT:
Prayers for Catfish MiL
Salami potential new job
The death of a young lady on the light rail has left me shaken.
Any unspoken prayers.

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The big 39

AO: handsomizer
Q: Natural Ice
PAX: Black Lung, Freakonomics, Salami, Red Skull, Cuban Missile, caprate, Spinal Tap, One Star
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: Steamy

Warm-Up
We kicked things off with 39 Side Straddle Hops in cadence, then rolled through the usual suspects: cadence merkins, arm circles, seal claps, overhead presses, Moroccan nightclubs, and a sprinkle of imperial walkers mid–shoulder burn just to see if they’d help or hurt (jury’s still out). Closed with some light stretching.

The Thang – Part 1
Mosey to the top of the stairs.
– 13 8-count body builders
– 13 WWIs
– 13 jump squats
– Run down and up the stairs.
– Repeat 3x for a total of 39 reps per exercise.
The Thang – Part 2
Run to the benches.
– 13 dips
– 13 incline merkins
– 13 elevated Alabama prom dates
– Run to Benson Ave and back.
– Repeat for good measure.
Finisher
Cadence 8-count body builders, mosey back to StartEx, cadence Mary, and—you guessed it—more 8-count body builders.

COT
Grateful for another lap around the sun and for the men who showed up to start the day right.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Triple Threat Convergence – Three Ring Circus next week at titan atlantis bomber

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Pacmans and sliders

AO: handsomizer
Q: Purple Tiger
PAX: Freakonomics, Spinal Tap, Old Maid, Steak Knives (F3 Cape Fear), Natural Ice, Nancy Drew
FNGs: 1 Nancy Drew
COUNT: 7
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WARMUP:

THE THANG:

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

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Hits of the 80’s

AO: handsomizer
Q: Spinal Tap
PAX: Natural Ice, Freakonomics, Old Maid, Salami, Abacadab?
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS: Fabulous

WARMUP: the usual SSH, LBAC, etc

THE THANG:
Mosey to turf and slow cadence dips, irkins, dirkins, step ups.

Mosey to bottom of stairs for stairway to heaven with incline merkins with various workouts at each platform.

Timed runs with each second over for each runner equal 1 burpee. First round the fastest time was 19 seconds and any time over that the second round was more burpees.

Stairway to heaven with double jumps and each pax calling an ab workout at each platform. Natural Ice pretty much knew all the artists for the songs hence avoiding burpee penalty.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: July 4th convergence at Handsomizer. 1st F and Nantaan handoffs coming up next week!

COT: Clarity of job situation and financials. Peace around the world.

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Final Round of the Goblet of Ice Trifecta – Same 11s format, new battlefield—92 steps of pain

AO: handsomizer
Q: Natural Ice
PAX: Old Maid, Donkey Hammer, Tinkertoy, Cuban Missile, Topanga, Freakonomics, EZ-Go, Betty Ford, Cowboy, Natural Ice, Pound Puppy
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
Handsomizer – June 6, 2025

Conditions: Stairway to sweat

Warm-O-Rama:
Quick stretch and Side Straddle Hops

The Thang – Triforce of Courage: Third times a Charm

Same 11s format, new battlefield—92 steps of pain.
– Bottom of the stairs: Burpees
– Top of the stairs: WWI Sit-Ups
Each round required a new movement up or down the staircase:
1. Bear crawl
2. Bunny hop
3. Crawl bear down
4. Lunges
5. Crab walk down
6. Imperial walker walk
7. Sprint (plain run)
8. High knees
9. Side shuffle (touch both feet to each step)
10. Lieutenant Dan (lunge + squat combo)
This was a grind. Courage was earned one step at a time.

Moleskin:
This wrapped the Goblet of Ice Trifecta:
– :white_check_mark: Power – Titan
– :white_check_mark: Wisdom – Green Machine
– :white_check_mark: Courage – Handsomizer
Whether you hit all three or just one, thanks for showing up and leaving it all out there.

Announcements:
– Bomber vs Handsomizer Ultimate next Friday
– 4th of July convergence at Handsomizer (TBD)
– CSAUP in planning – teams of 5
SYITG,
Natural Ice

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Habemas Papam!

AO: titan
Q: SalPal
PAX: Pep, Spinal Tap, Sherlock, Black Lung, DintyMoore, Right Said, Tim the Toolman, Freakonomics, Papa Bear, Squash (someone get this guy on slack!)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
CONDITIONS: A little moist.

WARMUP: Two laps around the parking lot.

THE THANG: PAX did dealer’s choice routine while they went up one by one to elect an F3 Pope at the Centennial Conclave, held at the Parthenon. Cardinal Burkrall was elected Pope Bearcrawl I, and in his honor we bearcrawled the length of the Parthenon green and back.

MOLESKINE: I need to work on giving clearer directions.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Middle TN Convergence, RenFaire, Brewsday in a month.

COT: For Papa Bear’s family friend Nancy that passed unexpectedly, for the Catholic Church as a new pope is elected. For intentions unspoken.

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Blueliner’s triumphant return

AO: handsomizer
Q: Salami
PAX: Blueliner, Freakonomics, bluemule, Black Lung, Spinal Tap, Natural Ice, Red Skull, Old Maid
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: Perfect

WARMUP:
Welcome to F3
Fitness
Fellowship
Faith
Mission statement
5 core principles
Disclaimer

Warmup:
25 SSH IC
12 forward arm circles IC
12 reverse arm circles IC
12 hillbilly walkers IC
12 Imperial walkers IC
12 Michael Phelps IC

THE THANG:
First Nations run around stadium
Pass hockey stick back and then last PAX runs to the front

Mosey to Astroturf
Break up into two teams and line up on turf – each PAX and his counterpart on the other team is a “line”
Lines will take the “ice” in turn and perform a different exercise with the hockey stick while everyone else does an exercise, until all PAX have taken the ice – this is one period

1st period
Lines: rotating stick lunges to edge of turf and back
Bench: WWIs

2nd period
Lines: stick hop x12 w right hand, x12 w left
Bench: Freddy Mercurys

3rd period
Lines: overhead stick squats x18
Bench: planks

Overtime
Lines: plank stick lifts x8/side
Bench: donkey kicks

Hockey trivia
Same teams as line drill
Answer questions – teams start in plank, I read question, whoever tags me first gets to guess first, if he gets it wrong other teams gets a chance. team w correct answer picks exercise and does 10 reps, losing team does 15. If they both get it wrong both do 15

Questions:
1. What year was the NHL founded? 1917
2. In the phrase “national hockey league,” the word “national” refers to which nation? Canada
3. What are the NHL’s “original six” teams? Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins, New York Rangers, Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings
4. In hockey, if you act injured when you are actually not, you may receive a 2-min penalty for what? Embellishment
5. What is the national sport of Canada? Lacrosse
6. What is the only team in NHL history to have been eliminated from the playoffs by the Phoenix/Arizona Coyotes twice? Nashville Predators

Mosey back to flag

MOLESKINE: pulled in an unnamed FNG right about when we started trivia, and he left right before COT. He lives in the apartment complex next to the AO so we hope to see him again.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:
Count o rama
Name o rama
Prayer
Pray for Blue Mule’s friend Isaac who has a brain tumor
Natural Ice, Salami looking for jobs
Blueliner is thankful to be back and also asks prayer for Cuban Missile while he is abroad