Hey Gravity!

AO: westeros
Q: Sooie
PAX: Salpal, Chunks, Siri, Grape, Red Skull, Michelin Man, Wolfpack, Tim the Toolman, Natural Ice, Right Said, Spinal Tap, Sherlock, Black Lung, Solo Cup, Sooie, Cashcab
FNGs: None
COUNT: 16
CONDITIONS:
It’s been colder.

WARMUP:
Breathwerkins
BAC 15
BBAC 15
Don Quixote 10
Imperial walkers 15
SSH 15

THE THANG:
Pull-ups 30 sets of 1 EMOM. Between pull-ups AMRAPs of the following
Spicolli’s 3x
Squats 3x
Low plank 3x
Spicolli jumps 3x
Jump squat 3x
Plank thigh tap 3x
Leg raises 3x
Big boy sit-ups 3x
Mtn climbers 3x
Iron Mikes 1x
Burpees 1x
High/low planks 1x

MARY:
Big boys from 0614-0615

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Mosey from Dose (Murphy road) 0530 tomorrow. See @chunks.
@Grape on Q at #iiipillars tomorrow
#no-noise-november in full swing. Never too late to get in on it.
COT:
YHC shared how No Noise November is already having a positive impact on my habits. Offered up prayer for prayer requests mentioned. Enjoyed some Sooie Brewie™️ and maybe…just maybe we witnessed what will be known as The Westeros Miracle: my thermos is 64 oz yet all 16 PAX enjoyed the Sooie Brewie and there was enough left over for a full cup when I returned home. So take a moment to day to recognize the miraculous in the mundane.

Loving you was like Red

AO: middle-tooth
Q: t-cell
PAX: Focker, Young Pawn, Toothless, Michelin Man, Chariot, moneyshot, Oatmeal, Betty Ford, DrRupp, Subway, sooner, FeelTheBerns
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
CONDITIONS:Warmer than expected. Lots of Red. We were in our Red era. Then the power of TSwift took over and we let her take us where she wished as we fired up the Red album.

WARMUP: 22 SSH, some GM and WMH, followed by some baby arm circles and squats.

THE THANG: Long mosey down Granny White, so much so that MM thought we were headed back to Lipscomb. Wrong. Headed to the Hill!

11’s with 2 exercises = 22 (fuzzy T Swift math) Burpees at the bottom, drop squats up top.

Mosey over to the pavilion where we worked out next two either a dead body or a man sleeping. We will never know, we had DID business to attend to. 25 dips, 20 inclines, 15 declines for 3 rounds.

MARY: No time!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Brewsday, Gobbler, check the Slack

COT: Grateful for Fockers vulnerability and sharing over some recent victories and growth. He’s a true HIM.

The Official End of Octoburpee

AO: detention
Q: ccr
PAX: ccr, Deep State, Donkey Hammer, Esposa, EZ-Go, Focker, Michelin Man, Movin On Up, Pedialyte, t-cell, Topanga, Winona, Works for a Guy
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
CONDITIONS:. Gloomiest day in awhile. Steady rain, steady sweat

WARMUP: some stretching, some quick yoga and some arm circles forward and back. Also 10 slow and low merkins for good measure

THE THANG: well, everyone thought yesterday was the end of the octoburpee challenge. Today was a bonus day. We started with a sequence of 3 burpees, high plank and then another exercise. We did 10 total rounds mixing in merkins, dry docks, thrusters and low plank. 33 burpees.

Next was some ole fashioned 11s. Burpees and jump squats. 55 more burpees for a total of 88.

Last was some tabata work featuring atomics, sumo squats, 8 count body builders, WWI, low plank-high plank, lt. dans, BURPEES, heel touches and sprints. 16 more (for me) burpees for a total of 104 for the morning.

MARY: a quick Mary a ding in a few good mornings closed us out.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Not a ton of announcements from corporate or the AO, but @movinonup gave us a scouting report on Will Levi’s. He was good.

COT: prayers for the Tursi family in Des Moines and Rachel’s uncle Burl. Shared a quote A heard in a song and realized later was from proverbs. “God promises a safe landing, not a smooth journey”. This struck me last week as I was pondering some sad events and reminded me to keep my eyes farther down the road and know that we will all weather the ups and downs.

Great to be back fellas, Deep State, appreciate the invite as always.

Cheers,
CCR

Go Burpees for Donuts

AO: bomber
Q: Firefox
PAX: Subway, Papa Bear, Recharge, Cream Cheese, Michelin Man, DintyMoore, Vector, Tim the Toolman, Spinal Tap, sooner, Oatmeal, PeteTheCat
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12.5
CONDITIONS: No complaints

WARMUP:
– SSH x 15
– Good Mornings x 10
– WMH x 10

THE THANG:
To prepare folks for Game Night tomorrow, I adapted the rules of a fun, family game called Go Nuts for Donuts. But rather than collecting a variety of donuts, PAX were attempting to collect a variety of exercises.

6 cards, each showing a specific exercise and number of reps were displayed in a row, numbered 1 through 6. PAX were split into 5 teams and given a set of cards, also numbered 1 through 6. One member from each team held a plank and selected the number from their cards corresponding with the exercise they wanted for their team that round. If no one else picked the same number, their team “won” the exercise. If any teams picked the same number, those teams had to do 15 burpees instead. Meanwhile, all other PAX did SSH.

Exercises included (with variable but not trival rep counts):
– Merkins
– Decline Merkins
– Iron Mikes
– Buzzsaw Planks
– Jump Squats
– Drop Squats
– Monkey Humpers
– Pull-Ups
– Hanging Leg Raises
– Bear Crawl around the circle
– Crawl Bear around the circle
– Split Squats
– Plank Jacks

We did 12 rounds of this. For reference, Team 2, consisting of me, @sooner, and @tim_the_toolman did a crawl bear circuit, 20 pull-ups, 30 monkey humpers, 30 jump squats, 40 iron mikes (each side is a half), 40 buzzsaw planks, and 40 merkins to go along with 75 burpees (Thanks, @sooner )

Fun was had by ~all~ me.

MARY:
– 4 rounds of 10 WW1s and a Hollow Body Hold

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Did I mention Game Night?
– Family-friendly shindig at casa de @tim_the_toolman Oct. 27

COT:
– My mom’s speedy and smooth recovery from knee surgery
– Peace and comfort for all those suffering and/or under threat due to violence overseas

Donut Den donuts were consumed by many. Star Bagel was had by some.

Other observations:
– @PeteTheCat showed up and startled many a PAX with aggressive friendliness. @sooner was not a fan. Pete was wise to avoid the HBH but did try to sneak in for some donuts.
– I’m pretty sure there was at least 1 team that exceeded their burpee quota today (looking at @michelin_man and co)
– @oatmeal used some very subtle tactics to dissuade other teams from picking the same exercise as him. It only worked some of the time
– The 30 pull-ups card was in high demand and led to a lot of burpees, for some reason.
– Gratitude to @oatmeal for picking up all the cards

How bad we need each other

AO: thestronghold
Q: greyalbum
PAX: Chunks, Michelin Man, Ball Box, Skeet, Red Skull, Decaf, Sunshine, Right Said, Dan and Dave, Shocker (Mark Holmes), Ringworm, Phelps, Red Shark, Cool Cucumber, Peach Fuzz, and many more. (I thought I was filming, but failed to press record), @ThunderDuck
FNGs: 1 @ThunderDuck
COUNT: More than listed here
CONDITIONS: Honeycrisp Apple

WARMUP:

Mosey up to the stop sign and back
SSH
Seal claps
Imperial walkers
Good mornings
Little baby arm circles
World’s greatest stretch

Mosey to grab coupons and head to basketball court

THE THANG:

PAX circled up and counted off into 1s and 2s. Each team was stationed along their respective side of the court with coupons in hand.

The event was a race against the other team to finish. Each man was to complete a set of 4 exercises and then help anyone else on their team complete reps before planking and waiting as a team when done. Each round carried increasing difficulty as well as increasing points as reward.

ROUND 1 (worth 1 point):

20 overhead press w/ coupon
20 squat w/ coupon
10 Burpees

Round 2 (worth 2 points):

20 overhead press w/ coupon
20 squat w/ coupon
15 Burpees

ROUND 3 (worth 3 points):

20 overhead press w/ coupon
20 squat w/ coupon
20 Burpees

ROUND 4 (worth 4 points):

50 Little baby crunches
50 Mountain climbers (2 is 1)
25 Burpees

ROUND 5 (worth 10 points to keep it exciting bc Team 1 was leading 9-1):

20 overhead press w/ coupon
20 squat w/ coupon
30 Burpees

Mosey to return coupons and circle up in parking lot for MARY. We won’t kiss and tell here to reveal the winner. You had to be there.

MARY:

Merkins
SSH
Diamond merkins
SSH
Imperial walkers
Prom dates
Homer & Marge
Monkey humpers
Plank and hold merkins

ANNOUNCEMENTS: See #-f3-nashville-general

COT:

4:13 HIM asked for renewed focus and determination to stay the course
Family
Health
Relationships

BurpeeClock-Alypse

AO: greenmachine
Q: Natural Ice
PAX: Esposa, Rocket Mortgage, moneyshot, Betty Ford, Cowboy, Grape, Michelin Man, Focker, NFT, Black Lung
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
CONDITIONS: Nigh Perfect

MUSIC Toto’s fourth studio album released in March of 1982 was played cover to cover.

WARMUP: SSH, Arm Circles, Squats, Willy Mays

THE THANG: Burpee-A-Clock-Alypse
5 Burpees every minute on the minute with a variety of “resting” exercises in between each set. Pax ran over 1 mile, lunged a good distance, and got in a sneaky amount of mary.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Octoburpee in full force

COT:Prayers were lifted for @Monsterbiscuit and the new 2.0, @MichelinMans current case, and YHC’s company going through lay offs and restructure.

Thank you again for the opportunity to lead!

Runnin’ and Burpin’ AGAIN!

AO: cruelhall
Q: Michelin Man
PAX: Toothless, Pedialyte, Michelin Man, Accounts Receivable, The Arch, Black Widow, Donkey Hammer,, Bonsai
FNGs: 1 Bonsai
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: Prime. Misting rain.

WARMUP: Nah.

THE THANG: Double Indian Running Burpee Apocalypse. Last Man to the Front Run for 40 minutes with ascending and descending sets of burpees every time we got back to a starting spot. Sets went 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2. Total burpee count = 110/a double burpee apocalypse.

MARY: #cruelhall is in too good of shape. We finished with 5 minutes to spare so we hit 4 or 5 all out parking lot sprints to finish.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Many. Check f3nashville.com/calendar/ for all of them.

COT: Many items lifted up. YHC noted that he is often not giving the best of himself to his wife and kids. Many Pax chimed in with similar feelings. Let’s take the action to prioritize our faith and family this week.

Welcome Bonsai.

MM out.

Runnin’ and Burpin’

AO: titan
Q: Michelin Man
PAX: DintyMoore, Right Said, Chunks, Natural Ice, Spinal Tap, Tim the Toolman, Michelin Man, Blue Mule, Pep, Firefox, Preacher Man, Bad Boy, Solo Cup, SalPal, Bham DR Pax, Charlotte DR Pax
FNGs: None
COUNT: 17
CONDITIONS: Still too hot

WARMUP: YHC was two minutes late so we went right into it!

THE THANG: Easy. Last man to the front run around the great lawn. Burpee apocalypse along the way at opposite corners. When we finished the burpee apocalypse we split into two groups and did the same thing again.

MARY: 4 burpees to get YHC to 100.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Many announcements. Check f3nashville.com/calendar/ for details.

COT: Its my birthday! Also, I’m grateful for all of you.

Bill of Rights

AO: westeros
Q: Grape
PAX: Chunks, Tim the Toolman, Red Skull, DintyMoore, Sherlock, Michelin Man, Natural Ice, CubCadet, Hayes Carll – Solo Cup, Pep, Black Lung, bluemule, Salpal, Vector, Samoa, Purple Haze, Just Work Out
FNGs: 2 Purple Haze, Just Work Out
COUNT: 18
THEME: The bill of rights was passed in congress 234 years ago, so we celebrated some of our rights and freedoms with an Americana playlist and an American BD

CONDITIONS: just right

WARMUP: long mosey (saw some nice houses) and some shoulder warmup

THE THANG: Right to assemble: Dora 234 (234 years ago)
234 squats
234 LBC’s
234 Jane fonda’s (117 each side)

Right to bear arms: ring of fire merkins, if out then hold high plank/squat/SSH

Mosey to bottom of hill

Right to a speedy trial: sprints on the hill

Mosey to startex

5MoM

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Octoburpee is almost here

COT: prayers for Purple Haze’s partner
Prayers for @salpal boss
Prayers for guys who haven’t come around in awhile

More Dudes = More Running

AO: handsomizer
Q: Michelin Man
PAX: Cuban Missile, Freakonomics, Detective Pikachu, Spinal Tap, Natural Ice, Michelin Man, slumlord, Rocket Mortgage, Blue Mule, Special Bike, Southern Nugget
FNGs: 1 Southern Nugget
COUNT: 11
CONDITIONS: FALL!

WARMUP: n/a (come warmed up)

THE THANG: simple. We did two indigenous people running burpee apocalypses back to back around GEODIS Park. I think we did 5 or 6 times around. 3.2 miles run. 111 burpees.

MARY: n/a

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Get your F3 gear. Check slack.

COT: