Fire hydrants?!?!?!

AO: bomber
Q: Pep
PAX: Puzzlah, Firefox, DintyMoore, Tim the Toolman, Vector, Cream Cheese, Papa Bear, Hedwig
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS:
cold. Cold enough for Cream Cheese to wear a beenie

WARMUP:

burpee penalty:
– non-hc: 15 burpees
– hc: hold plank

THE THANG:

Run to nipple and then to playground

Dora at the playground:
– 100 pull ups
– 200 windshield wipers
– 300 firehydrants

3’s (same as 7’s) at the hill: burpees + merkins  

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Thursday Fun Run – check slack
– Saturday Fun Run – check slack

Candy Crush

AO: bomber
Q: DintyMoore
PAX: Crawlspace, Cream Cheese, CubCadet, DintyMoore, Firefox, Michelin Man, Papa Bear, Hedwig, Puzzlah, Pep, Tim the Toolman, Wet Wipes
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
CONDITIONS: a little soggy

WARMUP: typical activities

THE THANG:
There is candy for all in this adventure.

There are five locations. Teams must travel together between exercise locations. Teams travel together as a group via different modes of transportation. Each workout location requires you to find 10 pieces of candy per team.

The game locations.
Stairs by Community Center – first challenge
Twenty merkins at base of stairs then bear crawl to top of steps across street.

Parking Lot – second challenge
Sprint from roundabout side toward clubhouse, bring back one piece of candy via Bernie from picnic table by driving range until all pieces have been accumulated. Other team members hold plank.

Playground – third challenge
25 Pull Ups
Locate Candy by swings after completing pull ups. Hold plank for six.

Home Plate – fourth challenge
Run to first base, crab walk to second, bear crawl to third, lunge to home plate, find candy in first base dugout.

Start Ex – Final Challenge
25 wall jumps
Army crawl to picnic table. Return to start ex and hold plank and candy bag until all team members return.

MOLESKINE: 4:13 Strong commitment day and Struggle 003

ANNOUNCEMENTS: BrewsDay on Tuesday at 12South Taproom

COT:

This is Hallowesteros

AO: westeros
Q: Vector
PAX: Grape, Red Skull, Young and Restless, Salami, Hedwig, Pep, Tim the Toolman, Black Lung, bluemule, CubCadet
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
CONDITIONS: Crisp, cool and spooky

WARMUP: Mosey to front of school. LBAC x 10, Overhead Press x 10, Seal Claps x 10, RLBAC X 10, WMH x 10, Good Mornings x 10, SSH x 10

THE THANG:
‘Cause this is Thriller: Plank during Thriller with burpees/squats whenever the title is mentioned

Spooky Exercises: 100 of each and then run to school between exercise to pay off the 8 burpees owed for not HCing.
S: Squats
P: Pull-ups (which the PAX loved)
O: Overhead presses
O: Original Dips
K: Killer Incline Merkins
Y: Your favorite exercise (because the PAX deserved a treat)

MARY: A round of spooky an exercises

COT: Lifted up silent prayers and praises.

Grateful for the PAX for pushing me and each other to get better each daily.

SYITG,
Vector

PLAYLIST:
This is Halloween – Citizens of Halloween
Thriller – Michael Jackson
Heads Will Roll – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Somebody’s Watching Me – Rockwell
Superstition – Stevie Wonder
Ghostbusters – Ray Parker Jr.
Psycho Killer – Talking Heads
Twilight Zone – Golden Earring
Bad Moon Rising – CCR
Dead Man’s Party – Oingo Boingo

Dore-a

AO: westeros
Q: DintyMoore
PAX: caprate, CubCadet, Grape, Hedwig, Pep, Salami, Siri, Spinal Tap, Tim the Toolman, Vector, Young and Restless, FinePrint
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
CONDITIONS: Smelled like victory

WARMUP:
25 SSHs
5 Five-count deep lunge
5 Five-count Willy Mays
25 SSHs

THE THANG:
Mosey to bridge
Dora – part 1
100 merkins – partner 1 runs across bridge then starts merkins, partner 2 does pushups then runs when he reaches other side, confirm total count then run back across bridge while partner 2 continues merkins, repeat until you reach 100. 4-6 total

Mosey from 100 to base of love circle and plank for 6

Dora – part 2
200 lunges – each leg
Partner 1 lunges while partner 2 runs the circle

Plank for 6 when done

Dora – part 3
Top of Love Circle
300 Alabama Prom Dates
150 each partner

Mosey back to Shovel Fla -er, I mean Start X w/ stops along the way to wait for the six.

MOLESKINE:
Congrats to Vanderbilt on the biggest upset and their programs history. It was nice to see First Bank without one of their goal posts. We also were able to rile up the neighborhood a little bit with our Vanderbilt centric playlist.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Chili Cook Off coming at you. 2.0 and M friendly at Shelby Park.

Pain Lab :petri_dish: :test_tube: :lab_coat: making some noise on Saturdays at Northwest Nashville YMCA.

COT:
Prayers for Western NC flood relief/recovery. Prayers for Middle East tensions and intentions.
Prayers for Young and Restless celebrating 18 years of marriage and hopes for a family.

Because It’s My Destiny To Be The . . .

AO: westeros
Q: Vector
PAX: Grape, DintyMoore, Chunks, Pop-A-Lock, SalPal, Spinal Tap, Sherlock, Right Said, Pep, Young and Restless, Hedwig
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
Conjuring up this week’s theme, I felt we all needed a little bit of a push to make us better, because as “the kids” say, “No PAIN, no gain.”

CONDITIONS: Painfully pleasant, start of autumn, gloomy morning

WARMUP: To start the pain, we did W-O-R for the duration of Depeche Mode’s extended remix of “A Pain That I Am Used To.”
30 SSH, 30 LBAC, 30 Air Presses, 30 RLBAC, 30 Squats.

To reflect the missing HCs from the PAX, the group had to do 9 burpees. Then we repeated the above until end of song . . . 8 minutes later.

PLAYLIST:
A Pain That I Am Used To – Depeche Mode
King of Pain – The Police
Pain Lies on the Riverside – Live
Joy and Pain – Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock
Do You Really Want to Hurt Me? – Culture Club
Pain – De La Sol (f. Snoop Dogg)
Hurts So Good – John Cougar
Sucker for Pain – Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa & Imagine Dragons
Everybody Hurts – R.E.M.

THE THANG:
PAIN #1: 50 reps of
Prisoner squats
Ass Kickers
Imperial Walkers
Normal Julgarian Split Squats (“Free Julgaria!”)
Then sprint up and down hill.
Repeat.

PAIN #2: 50 reps of
Plank Jacks
Alabama Prom Dates
Incline Merkins
Normal LBCs
Sprint the hill.
Repeat.

Mosey to Startex for Mary where a grand time was had by all

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Brewsday Tuesday this week – Check the Slack

COT: Prayers for Chunks on the passing of his grandmother and SalPal as his wife navigates restarting work life. Was fantastic to have SalPal back out, as his special brand of saltiness fit the theme perfectly . . . Thankful as always for all of the HIM who push me and each other to be better. SYITG, Vec

Friday the 13th

AO: bomber
Q: Grape
PAX: Papa Bear, Vector, Pep, Right Said, Hedwig, Wet Wipes, DintyMoore, Tim the Toolman
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: soggy

WARMUP: SSH, LBAC, Moroccans

THE THANG: thirteen reps of the following exercises, mosey to a different location after 2 sets (we also changed up the exercises because I got tired of doing so many burpees…I think we did like 200 burpees though when you put it all together)

Jump squats
Ab thrusters
SSH
Original burpees
Normal merkins

MOLESKINE: enjoyed the conversation about music. I have included the playlist below!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: come workout tomorrow!

COT: prayers for Wet Wipes mom, Right Said elbow, Hedwig F-I-L and S-I-L and M, for our country, for peace in the Middle East

:grapes:

Basketball

AO: bomber
Q: DintyMoore
PAX: CubCadet, Firefox, Papa Bear, Pep, Sherlock, Tim the Toolman, Wet Wipes, Puzzlah, Hedwig, Dirtbag, Ronaldo 2.0, Leonardo 2.1
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
CONDITIONS: perfect according to Wet Wipes

WARMUP: mosey around big field to batting cages

THE THANG:
Warm-Up
Jog around baseball field to the batting cage

Backside of batting cage has lots of coupons and grab 1 coupon per PAX

Two Rounds of 10 – EMOM
20 Bent Row
20 Alabama Prom Dates
20 Shoulder Press
20 Kremlin Twists
20 Elevated Push-Ups
20 Toes to Chin High Pull
20 Blockees
20 Alternating Shoulder Taps
20 Leg Raises
20 Lunges

After two rounds – run to school playground for basketball game. Split teams based on numbers and play 3v3 (both ends) with 20 second shot clock. Defense calls out shot clock while defending. Two five minute games were played.

Mosey back to flag

MOLESKINE:
It’s great to be back at the most respected AO in Nashville. Thanks for granting time away for gullivers-travels-challenge and for all our guest Qs during August.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
23-year 9/11 Memorial Convergence at Capitol steps next Wednesday
10-year F3 Nashville Anniversary Convergence at Sevier Park next Saturday

COT: We all need a little more grace.

Boat Body – Pontoon Rock

AO: bomber
Q: Natural Ice
PAX: Cream Cheese, Dirtbag, Tim the Toolman, CubCadet, Crawlspace, Marcus Wilcock (Homer), Black Lung, McAfee, Papa Bear, Hedwig, Firefox, Skeet, Spinal Tap, Linus, Strings, Tater, Dirtbag
FNGs: 1 Dirtbag
COUNT: 16
CONDITIONS: Felt like the last Friday of Summer

WARMUP: SSH, Merkins, Squats, Arm Circle, Air Press, M Night Clubs,

THE THANG: 3 mile mosey with periodic merkins and core

We took off for a mosey and as we hit the trail, Robert Frost’s words echoed in my mind – two paths diverged in a yellow wood. But unlike the poet, there was no luxury of contemplation. With the last shirtless weekend of summer calling I ditched my plan and pushed the PAX through the 3 mile loop around McCabe.

Three miles of sweat and glory lay ahead, punctuated by surprise stops for merkins and core-busters. The Playlist? Pure pontoon rock – think yacht rock’s rowdier country cousin. As we pushed through, letting the six catch up at each pit stop, we sculpted our summer bodies with every step.

MOLESKINE: No one was planning on running that far, and everyone pushed through it! Do Hard Things

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Big shout out to Strings and Marcus Wilcock (Homer) joining us down range from the UK, and also Linus from Tacoma WA!

growruck.com/event/gte-55/ is Sept 20-22 if you can make a last minute trip across the pond

COT: Prayers were lifted!

Thank you men of bomber and DintyMoore for inviting me to lead. It was great to come back to the original AO where I first joined F3 4 years ago!

:naturalice:

RS-PC-T

AO: bomber
Q: sooner , Oatmeal
PAX: Papa Bear, Pep, Vector, Schnauzer, Grape, Tim the Toolman, Firefox, CubCadet, Cream Cheese, Hedwig, Wet Wipes
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
CONDITIONS: respectable

WARMUP: mozy and a respectable amount of stretching

THE THANG:

Sooner begins we’ll choreographed routine

Thang 1: Ab circuit
– 50 crunches
– 50 heel taps
– 50 leg extensions
– 50 Freddie mercs
– 50 crunchy frogs
– 50 hammers
– 50 big boys

Oatmeal gets tired of ab work, throws sooners plan to the winds and takes over

Battle for the most respect (aka f3 bocce)
Split the pax in 2 groups… Sooner gets stuck doing 11s (burpees+star jumps) whilst oatmeal has fun and games getting his friends to play with his ‘bocce’ balls

There was a winner. They are now respected.

MOLESKINE: endeavor to follow in the footsteps of your respected forebearers

ANNOUNCEMENTS: September stuff

COT: healing and gratitude from oatmeal

I Hate Math

AO: westeros
Q: CubCadet
PAX: Tim the Toolman, Red Skull, Pep, Vector, Hedwig, Spinal Tap, Sherlock, Natural Ice
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: Sweat thru the shirt during warmups

WARMUP: 6 pax carried 1 picnic table to the corner just because. Then last man up mosey almost to the school, turn around back to corner. Standard warmups (SSH, WMH, GM, LBAS, Squats, etc).

THE THANG:
– Pax lined up youngest to oldest (math), counted off by 3s to make teams. .
– Three teams of 3 going for max reps of exercises with movements up / down hill (to port-a-potty as marker).
– Pax A does dips at top while Pax B jogs down to Pax C who was doing BBSU at bottom. Pax B tags out Pax C who Bernies up to tag out Pax A…continue for 13 minutes. Change exercises to Merkins at top, squats at bottom for 13 more minutes.
– Team of Spinal Tap Vector and Hedwig won, 1532 to 1403 to 1252. (lots of math). Their prize was to run with medicine ball to stairs and back to flag (conspicuously missing due to bluemule “software update”)
– Rest of pax moved picnic table back then did dealer’s choice Mary, before winning team joined us.

MOLESKINE: Mental challenge was keeping track of the numbers in the song titles. All songs had numbers in title. Vector missed at least one, which means the Q won :face_with_rolling_eyes:
– Fifteen, 1000 Nights, Summer of 69, 100 Years, 3 AM, 57 Channels, 1979, 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, Positively 4th Street, 25 or 6 to 4, 365 = 3677 (last math)

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Vector is back. We missed you. Though westeros is not technically the most RESPECTed AO in Nashville, you do the math. Pep has a theory he will share about us old people. He’ll share.

COT: Prayers for a good week of leadership and fellowship. Hedwig and his wife having big tests for 2.0. Thanks for the chance to lead.