F3unky

AO: bomber
Q: Vector
PAX: hambone, porcelain, greyalbum, CubCadet, Tim the Toolman, Pep, t-cell, Sherlock, Chunks, Wolfpack, Papa Bear, Crawlspace, @CreamCheese, @Avalanche, @Topps, Waterboy
FNGs: 1 Waterboy
COUNT: 17
Continuing in the tradition of lessons in music history (previous classes included Disco, New Wave Post Punk, Old School Country, and @CubCadet ‘s favorite, Southern California Death Metal), YHC felt a Bomber Friday was the perfect time to teach a lesson on funk music. The playlist consisted of some of the greatest funk songs, but funky also means stinky. So, it’s time to break a sweat.

CONDITIONS: Perfectly funky

PLAYLIST:
Play That Funky Music – White Cherry
Get Down On It – Kool & the Gang
Funky town – Lipps Inc.
Low Rider – War
Shining Star – EWF
She’s a Bad Mama Jama – Carl Carlton
Flash Light – Parliament
Super Freak – Rick James (dammit)
Got to Give it Up – Marvin Gaye
Word Up – Cameo
Jungle Boogie – Kool & the Gang

WARMUP:
Mosey around baseball field to rec center and circle up.

THE THANG:

#1: Get Down On It: Side Straddle Hops while this funk classic plays. Every time the words “get down” are uttered, PAX do a jump squat. Reminder as we start that it’s a 5 minute song.

#2: Upper Body: 100 reps of incline merkins, dips, and underdogs. Run around rec center after each exercise.

#3: Legs: 100 reps (each leg = 1/2) of squats, iron mikes, and mountain climbers. Run around rec center after each exercise.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Welcome FNG Waterboy, a UF Gator
– Prayers for Yuri and family
– 9 days left for the leanpaxers

Thanks as always for letting me lead you. The mumblechatter dropped off, so I’m hoping folks got funky while we got funky. Appreciate all of you for pushing me.
SYITG,
Vector

Prayers for Lions Fans

AO: toratoratora
Q: Goose
PAX: The Bobs, Hot Route, 40 Minutes, greyalbum, Giving Tree, Culture Shock, Ultratecht, Invictus, Longcut
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
CONDITIONS:

WARMUP: Willie Mays Hays, Forward Fold, Cherry Pickers, Arm Stretches

Mosey the runway

THE THANG: Adora: Squats and LBCs, 300 each, 500 SSH while partner runs to light and back.

Lunges

Circle of Mary

ANNOUNCEMENTS:none

Prayers for all Lions fans out there.

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

I believe I can fly

AO: thebuffalo
Q: 40 Minutes
PAX: Ultratecht, greyalbum, The Bobs, Goose, Hot Route, Giving Tree
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
CONDITIONS
Surprisingly warm surprisingly rainy

WARMUP
A little mosey and a little stretching

THE THANG
– Jog down to the lake with some burpees along the way
– Ab waterfall
–> Group did a combination of LBCs, WWIs, Freddie Mercuries, Mountain Climbers while one guy ran
– Jog back up to the bball court with some more burpees
– 11s: Curls and Squats with a coupon rifle carry in between

TAPS
– @greyalbums mother in law

Starting the New Year Off Right

AO: toratoratora
Q: 40 Minutes
PAX: Ultratecht, greyalbum, The Bobs, Hot Route, Giving Tree, Goose, Culture Shock, Peaches
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS
Crisp

WARMUP
Standard

THE THANG:
Tabata
30 seconds on 15 seconds off for 5 sets of each exercise with a sprint up the hill in between each exercise
– Mercins
– Squats
– WWIs
– Burpees

5 minutes of Mary to close things out

ANNOUNCEMENTS
– Not too late to get in on leanpax
– Sign up to lead a workout 🙂

TAPS
– @greyalbum getting adjusted to life with a baby again
– Everyone heading back to school
– General sickness…

The First Buffalo

AO: thebuffalo
Q: Goose
PAX: Chunks, Ultratecht, 40 Minutes, greyalbum, The Bobs, Hot Route, Giving Tree, Third Coast, Goose
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: Cold

WARMUP: forward fold, willie mays hays, cherry pickers, elbow stretch

THE THANG: Mosey around the block
Elevens: squats/ merkins, SSH/ WW1
Circle of Mary

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
-Hendersonville Launch 1/13 contact chunks for details
– Get FNGs!
-Please share Q signup sheets to Buffalo & Tora channels
-Fleet Feet Green Hills 5k this Saturday, free merch give away

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

New Shoes

AO: thebuffalo
Q: Michelin Man
PAX: greyalbum, Sandlapper (David Suggs), Double Bass, Ultratecht, 40 Minutes, Splitter
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
CONDITIONS: Climate Change

WARMUP: None

THE THANG:

1. We ran 1/2 mile out and then 1/2 mile back. We then did a set of PDICOs – 5 Pullup / 10 Dips / 15 IYTs / 20 Carolina Dry Docks / 25 Overhead Press
2. We did that again.
3. We did that again.

MARY: Solid Mary.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Many given. I’ll note the announcements are in the thoughtfully crafted pre-blast on the #f3-nashville-general channel each week.

COT: Many given. Of note, Ultratecht was really into his colonoscopy and suggested we all get one too.

Drive-by

AO: thebuffalo
Q: greyalbum
PAX: greyalbum
FNGs: None
COUNT: 0
CONDITIONS: Toasty

WARMUP: Was already pretty warm

THE THANG: Looked around in all directions for possible PAX

Poured myself a cup of coffee

Drove away at 5:33am 😂

MARY: N/A

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Happy Thanksgiving let me know if you want to grab a Q spot!

COT:

Struggle bus: Grisham WOD

AO: thestronghold
Q: tampalibra
PAX: Skeet, Red Skull, Crawlspace, Right Said, Dan and Dave, Hair Band, greyalbum, Mullet, toga, Ginger, Decaf, Knuckles, Ringworm, baggervance, Thunder Duck, Hacker (Franklin), Young and Restless, Shocker (Mark Holmes), backtrack, pizzalot?, hops, re-inlist, peewee, sally the camel, peach fuzz, flipper, red shark, cool cucumber, iron lung, two more that split before the count
FNGs: None
COUNT: 31
CONDITIONS: Spicy

WARMUP:
Burpee-pocalypse 10 down to 1

THE THANG:
Burpee over block x 5
Block press x 5
R&R x 10, 15. 20, 25, 20, 15, 10, 5

The Grisham WOD was the welcome party workout for STRUGGLE 001 so YHC thought it only fitting to show the 4:13 men who opted out, and the F3 PAX who were unable to attend, what was up. The STRUGGLE 001 class endured this workout, q’d by @bigbang, after admin and before leaving the grounds. After completing this workout they still had 8hrs and 10+ miles left to go. Mad respect for these men, they absolutely crushed it then and did it again with confidence this morning.

Re-inlist was Team Lead for this portion during Struggle 001 so I thought it was only fitting he bring us home for the last 4 rounds

MARY:
I felt like the 4:13 men earned the right to choose Mary so they had the option of typical core work or the burpee-pocalypse. @IronLung loudly chose burpees for the group, which was super fitting for this class. He even took over calling out the rounds “3 BURPEES SIR, DOWN!” 😂

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Praise report for the Gunn family
– Prayers for @HairBand and his family navigating the death of a great-grandparent and the related family strife
– Praise again for the $5k from the F3 Foundation
– YHC shared that on Nov 21 we’ll be adopting a little girl we’ve been fostering for 1.5 years now
– Signing Day tomorrow!
COT: