1st of the Year

AO: toratoratora
Q: 40 Minutes
PAX: greyalbum, Goodwill, Giving Tree, Hot Route, Space Baby, Ultratecht
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
CONDITIONS:

WARMUP:

THE THANG:

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

Frostbite Four Corner Contest

AO: toratoratora
Q: Space Baby
PAX: greyalbum, 40 Minutes, Giving Tree, Ultratecht, Hot Route, The Bobs
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
CONDITIONS: Chilly, felt like 22

WARMUP:
– SSH – 20 IC
– Mosey
– Willie Mays Hays
– Good mornings
– Cherry pickers – 10 IC
– Imperial Walkers – 10 IC
– Arm Circles – 10 forward / 10 backward
– Runners stretch to world’s greatest stretch

THE THANG:
The Thang – 4 corners (30 min)
Spin the wheel app
1 min exercise at each corner
Blocks in the middle

Round 1 – lunge to next corner
Winner – squats
Losers – jump squats

Round 2 – side shuffle to next corner
Winner – merkins
Losers – burpees

Round 3 – 50% mosey to the door and then back to next corner
In the middle
Winner – Swings with coupons
Losers – Skullcrushers with coupons

Round 4 – broad jumps to next corner
Winner – flutter kicks
Losers – mountain climbers

Round 5 – side shuffle to next corner
Winner – shoulder taps
Losers – Carolina dry docks

Round 6 – 90% to the door and then to next corner
In the middle
Winner – Curls with coupons
Losers – Rows with coupons

Round 7 – lunge to next corner
Winner – LBCs
Losers – V-ups

Round 8 – side shuffle to next corner
In the middle
Winner – Present press (overhead press) with coupons
Losers – Elf on the shelf (gravediggers) with coupons

Round 9 – side shuffle to next corner
Winner – WWIs
Losers – Freddie Mercurys

Round 10 – 50% to the door and then to next corner
In the middle
Winner – American Hammers
Losers – American Hammers with coupons

Round 11 – lunge to next corner
Winner – mountain climbers
Losers – Plank jacks

Round 12 – 90% to the door and then to next corner
In the middle
Winner – Curls with coupons
Losers – Rows with coupons

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT: Prayer for holiday stress and patience

No Excuse November

AO: thebuffalo
Q: The Bobs
PAX: Ultratecht, Space Baby, greyalbum
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
CONDITIONS: Mid-50s, clear; sunrise on Sevier Lake gave Cornelia a run for her money

WARMUP: Standard issue SSH, Good Mornings, Will Mays Hayes, Little Baby Arm Circles, World’s Greatest Stretch, Mosey on down to the watering hole

THE THANG: “November” = 8 letters → 8 rounds of increasing reps. Perform the following circuit; after each round, take a short mosey (~50 yards) and return.

Round Exercise Reps
1 Merkins 10
2 WWIs 20
3 Squats 30
4 Lunges (count one leg) 40
5 LBCs 50
6 Carolina Dry Docks 60
7 Flutter Kicks (4-count) 70
8 Air Presses 80

Mosey past the enchanted cave on the way back to base. MARY to bring us home

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT: New chapters

Where it all began

AO: toratoratora
Q: Chunks
PAX: Space Baby, greyalbum, Hot Route, 40 Minutes, Ultratecht, Squatter
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
CONDITIONS: Wet, Dark and Fall Like

WARMUP:

THE THANG:

Running

Moving Coupons

More Running

No Burpees or Abs (didn’t feel like getting wet)

MOLESKINE:

Big thank you to the men of ToraToraTora, for welcoming me into the fold 3 years ago. F3 has impacted my life in so many ways. It all started here and I’m so grateful. Keep doing what your doing HIMs.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

The Filthy Fifty

AO: thebuffalo
Q: Strutter
PAX: The Bobs, Steely, greyalbum, Hot Route, Ultratecht, Goose, Makita (Anderson Fader), Strutter
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
CONDITIONS:

WARMUP:
10 each IC
SSH
IW
Abe Vigodas
A short Mosey
THE THANG: Upon arrival to the parking lot, 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. With an earlier than expected finish, we held Al Gores and then a repeato of the first mosey.
Mary:
10 each IC
Flutterkicks
RRRRRRRosalita
Freddie Mercury’s
Mercury Freddie’s
We finished with 20) LBCs.

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

TGIF

AO: thebuffalo
Q: Goose
PAX: The Bobs, Steely, greyalbum, Space Baby
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
CONDITIONS: Perfect

WARMUP: willie mays, forward fold, arm stretches

THE THANG:
-Dora: 200 SSH, curls, press while partner runs

-100 squats & WW1, with run around bldg every 25 reps
-100 calf raises OYO

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Walk for Apraxia Saturday, Fridays by the river tonight.

Dawg Days of August

AO: thebuffalo
Q: The Bobs
PAX: Hot Route, Giving Tree, Ultratecht, Space Baby, Hair Band, greyalbum, Elroy
FNGs: 1 Elroy
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: Ideal. Clear and cool

WARMUP: Moseying down the hill and stopping at the stations:
SSH, Good Mornings, Willy Mays Hayes, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Little Baby Arm Circles to World’s Greatest Stretch

THE THANG: Find a park bench or picnic table:
• Step-ups – 20 (10 each leg)
• Incline Merkins – 15
• Decline Merkins – 15
• Dips – 20
• Repeat x4 (5 sets total)

Run up the path to the secret cave and stop for 20 squats + 20 merkins. Finish moseying to the playground

At the playground (rotate through until time)
• Pull-ups – 10 (modify with rows using a bar if needed)
• Burpees – 10
• Plank Hold – 1 minute

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: F3 Nashville Night Moves, Walk for Apraxia on 9/13 at Cornelia Fort. East side HH is the works — please vote on Hot Route’s post

COT: Hair Band’s father’s health and friend who will soon be a father. TAPs for each of us to remain consistent, grounded, and to be lights to our communities

Partner Grinder

AO: thebuffalo
Q: The Bobs
PAX: Ultratecht, greyalbum, Hot Route, Giving Tree, Goodwill, Space Baby, Bryce Perham
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: Clear, calm, and collected

WARMUP: SSH, Good Mornings, Willy Mays Hayes, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Little Baby Arm Circles to World’s Greatest Stretch. Mosey around the neighborhood

THE THANG: Find a partner. One exercises, one runs around community center

While Partner A runs, Partner B does:
• Merkins
• Squats
• Overhead Press
• American Hammers
• Repeat x2 (total 3 sets)

Swap each time the partner returns and cycle through list

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Tomato Arts Festival, Nashville Night Moves, Walk for Apraxia (9/13) at Cornelia Fort

COT:

TGIF

AO: thebuffalo
Q: Goose
PAX: greyalbum, The Bobs, Ultratecht, Makita (Anderson Fader)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
CONDITIONS: Humid

WARMUP: Willie Mays Hays, Forward Fold, Good Mornings, Cherry Pickers

THE THANG:
-Deck of Cards:
Clubs=Squats
Diamonds-Merkins
Spades=SSH
Hearts=WW1
Aces and Faces=Run to goal line and back
-lunges, squat jumps, shuffles
-Circle of Mary

Welcome Back Struggle 004

AO: thestronghold
Q: SalPal , Chunks
PAX: bluemule, Dan and Dave, Wham-O, Sanctions, Papa Bear, Chunks, greyalbum, Crawlspace, Not-a-Sport, catfish, Penny Loafers, Shocker (Mark Holmes), Barney, toga, Decaf, Bobby Hill, Ice Box, Pick Me, Pope, Road Trip, Wendy’s, Stir Fry, Ambassador (F3 Annapolis), Mutt, Stage Dive
FNGs: None
COUNT: 26
CONDITIONS: Slightly moist.

WARMUP: A lot of side-shuffle hops and burpees, as it ought to be. Thanks to Chunks for getting the ball rolling.

THE THANG: 3 Groups rotating through sprints, burpees, and planks on a 1 minute timer, with 5 seconds to rotate. T-Claps to Dan and Dave for decreasing sub-30 second splits on all his sprints.

10 burpee salute to the Strugglers as they rolled in at 0600 hours.

Close with planks/”watersplashers” for Mary.

MOLESKINE: Great chatter and attitude today, and glad to be out in support of the men doing this latest Struggle. High concentrations of HIM on the 4:13 campus today.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Struggle 005 date TBD.

COT: Lift up the men that took on the Struggle the last 16 hours.