Repetitive Back and Forth Movement Will Not Back the HIM’s Spirit

AO: greenmachine
Q: SalPal
PAX: DintyMoore, Cowboy, moneyshot, Michelin Man, Shania, Works for a Guy, Canned Heat, Grape
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: Yes

WARMUP: Mosey to Football field. Start with 5 BBSitups at endzone, bearcrawl to 10 yard line, 1 Lt. Dan, mosey back to endzone. Repeato, add 10 yards and 1 Lt. Dan each time (think bear crawl Agassi’s) until getting to the other endzone.

THE THANG: Same as warmup, except 5 burpees at the endzone and burpees every ten yards.

MOLESKINE: no music, lots of panting.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Leanpax, NYD convergence, Juice-Day.

COT: Choose joy, do hard things, be a gift to others.

Sally out.

Burpee-O’Clock-Alypse

AO: greenmachine
Q: Natural Ice
PAX: Best Boi (F3 Hill Country), moneyshot, Young and Restless, Jeremy Vanslyke, SalPal, Cowboy, Betty Ford, Grape, Hanes, Topanga, Natural Ice, Dirty Dozen, Canned Heat
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
CONDITIONS: Humid and Steamy

THE HORRIBLE THANG: Burpee-O’Clock-Alypse

YHC kicked off the morning with an interval timer set to chime every 60 seconds, signaling a simple yet brutal plan: 5 burpees every minute on the minute for 45 minutes. In between each set of 5 burpees, PAX were graciously given the “opportunity” to catch their breath with a resting exercise called out by YHC. These included light stretching to start, followed by multiple rounds of a Free People’s Run, squats, lunges, Lt. Dans, bear crawls, crab walks, and LBCs.

The soundtrack for this beatdown was none other than Dave Matthews’ magnum opus, Crash, which eventually transitioned to Under the Table and Dreaming after some lag in the latter half of the album. This change tested not only our physical endurance but also our mental toughness.

Overall, there were absolutely no groans or complaints. Each call of “five burpees” was met with cheers and applause (or something close to that), and a new record of 225 burpees was set. YHC is hopeful that future F3 PAX will take on the challenge to push that record to 230 and beyond.

MOLESKINE: DO HARD THINGS

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Tn Tussle and Q School!

COT: F3 does not Suscribe – but we do lift up prayer!

Natty Out

Salt in the Wound

AO: greenmachine
Q: SalPal
PAX: Black Lung, FeelTheBerns, Rocket Mortgage, Betty Ford, moneyshot, Focker, Grape
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: Hateful

WARMUP: Irrelevant

THE THANG: Salty. Happy Octoburpee y’all. Let’s get it.
1. EMOM, alternate suicides and 10 Burpees, 10 sets
2. E2MO2M, alternate 400 meter sprints and 20 burpees, 8 sets.
3. Every 30 seconds on 30 seconds, alternate 30 yard dash and back and 5 burpees, 8 sets.

Signature salt in the wound: EMOM 10 burpees for 5 minutes.

Total burpees per person = 200, just shy of my burpee sprint Q last year (205).

Average calories burned in the 500-600 range

MOLESKINE: Great discussion at coffee about Transit Tax, voting, “stroads”, and 30 Rock.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: chili event, Grow School.

COT: fockers wife due soon, family friends with child in hospice.

Stay salty Nashville. Green Sally out.

Time to Workout!

AO: greenmachine
Q: sooner
PAX: Cowboy, moneyshot, Betty Ford, LorelaiG, Zelenskyy, t-cell, Black Lung, bluemule, Hanes
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
CONDITIONS: Fall!

WARMUP: mozy to track and do some active stretching

THE THANG:

Plank circuit- 1 minute each
– plank jacks
– mountain climber
– alternating plank jacks
– jump mountain climber
– alternating shoulder taps
– high plank hand shuffle
– high-lows
– T jump merkins

Track interval ladder up and back down, 100 meter resting mozy
– 100
– 200
– 400
– 800

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Brewsday was yesterday… There is a chili cook-off in a few weeks… Mini-Convergence at iiipillars next Tuesday. Don’t show up to middle-tooth because we won’t be there.

COT: Thinking about NC

Shaking off the Rust

AO: greenmachine
Q: Focker
PAX: Cowboy, moneyshot, Black Lung, Goose, Betty Ford, t-cell
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
CONDITIONS: touch of cool

WARMUP: various stretches to look at the stars

THE THANG:
“Fake 11s”
3 chin ups, Bernie up hill, 8 jump squats
Rinse and repeat

Real 11s
Dive bomber merkins, Bernie up hill, prisoner squats

400m run
20,15,10 dip, incline, decline merkin
300m run
20,15,10 DIDs
200m run
20,15,10 DIDs
100m sprint
Wait for 6

5 minutes of gut work

MOLESKINE: Black Lung mouthing off like usual, Cowboy getting a trip down memory music lane, declines continue to be a man-maker exercise

ANNOUNCEMENTS: multiple 5K’s this Saturday, future chili cook off this Fall

COT: the word “legacy” has been bouncing around my head lately. Tomorrow is not guaranteed for any of us. So if today is our last day here or our last day of good health, what will our legacy be?
I butchered a quote, so here is the original:
“You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems” – James Clear from “Atomic Habits”

F3 Nashville 10th Anniversary Workout

AO: stonewall
Q: princessaurora
PAX: Chunks, moneyshot, DintyMoore, Grape, Black Lung, Focker, hambone, Strutter, Midwife, floppydisk, FLO, Young and Restless, Works for a Guy, Vector, Hi-Viz, osha, Natural Ice, Toothless, Right Said, McAfee, Michelin Man, Spinal Tap, caprate, Siri, Dewey, Cowboy, Zelenskyy, Salami, EZ-Go, sooner, Splitter, Jason Callen (Deep Dish), Pep, Wolfpack, Skinny Pop
FNGs: 1 Skinny Pop
COUNT: 36
36 PAX posted at the birthplace of F3 Nashville to celebrate 10 years of making better men.

WARMUP:

Medium mosey to Soccer Field for COP, all x 10
– SSH
– WMH
– LBAC F
– MNC
– LBAC R
– Groiners
– Newtons Cradle

Quick mosey to Sunnyside Mansion to show them that we’re all Men from U.N.C.L.E. This phase of the workout honors Jesse “Uncle” Wilker who flew in from Charlotte, NC to teach a handful of us about F3 and prep us for launch approximately 3650 days ago.

Partner up. With P1 running a lap around Sunnyside Mansion, P2 performs reps of the following exercises until they reach 100 cumulative for each.
– Uneven Merkins (aka Staggered Merkins)
– Newton’s Cradle (2 is 1)
– Carolina Dry Docks
– Lunges (1 is 1)
– Elbows to Knees (alternating sides every 10 reps or so)

Abs of choice while waiting for six.

Mosey to Tennis Courts

Line up along court #1 doubles sideline for some shuttle runs. PAX perform 10 jump squats followed by a shuttle run to center service line, court #2 doubles sideline, court #2 center service line, and court #2 far doubles sideline. Drop one rep and repeat all the way down to 1 Jump Squat and a shuttle.

Sticking around the courts, PAX circled up for everybody’s favorite jerk, Jack Webb: Merkins and Air Presses in a 1:4 ratio. We took this one all the way up to 10:40, and everyone LOVED it.

Mosey to Sunnyside Hill

Lining up with previous partner at the base of the hill, P1 performed LBCs while P2 sprinted up to the flag. RnR x 3.

Since we didn’t get here alone, one last AYG with everybody together up the hill before a mosey back to the startex.

2MOM
– Boxcutters x 10
– Crunchy Frogs x 10 (missed you t-cell)

One ten-second good morning to close things out!

COT/BOM

MOLESKINE:
It was truly an honor to lead this workout. I had no idea what the heck I was getting into 10 years ago, but I’m glad I didn’t let that stop me. Really grateful for the all the men that have stepped up to lead along the way. Whether it’s been as a workout Q, an AOQ, or a position at the regional level, you are making me and countless others better for it. I don’t take that for granted. Nor should you.

Can’t wait to see what the next decade holds!

Also, a special thanks to all of you who brought coffee, baked goods, and other refreshments for extended coffeeteria. What a great way to end!

BULLHORN:
Prayers for job changes, job searches, ailments, and recoveries.
f3gear.com/products/f3-nashville-10th-anniversary-pre-order-september-2024! Deadline to orders yours is 10/5.

PA out.

Only Wanna Be With You

AO: greenmachine
Q: Chunks
PAX: Cowboy, Grape, t-cell, Rocket Mortgage, FeelTheBerns, Young and Restless, NFT, Midwife, Natural Ice, Black Lung, Michelin Man, Legal Eagle, moneyshot, Focker, Fudd
FNGs: None
COUNT: 16
CONDITIONS: Brisk

WARMUP:
42 SSH
Stretching

THE THANG:
Round 1:
– Cinder Block Carry: One member carries the cinder block 50 yards and back.
– Bodyweight Exercise: Team does Jumping Jacks until the cinder block carrier returns.
– Switch and Repeat until each team member has carried the cinder block.
Round 2:
– Cinder Block Swings: One member performs 20 swings with the cinder block.
– Bodyweight Exercise: Team does Mountain Climbers until swings are done.
– Switch and Repeat until each team member has done swings.
Round 3:
– Cinder Block Curls: One member performs 20 curls with the cinder block.
– Bodyweight Exercise: Team does Plank Hold until curls are done.
– Switch and Repeat until each team member has done curls.
Round 4:
– Cinder Block Rows: One member performs 20 rows (10 each side) with the cinder block.
– Bodyweight Exercise: Team does Burpees until are rows done.
– Switch and Repeat until each team member has done rows.
Round 5:
– Cinder Block rifle carry: One member rifle carriers a block down and back..
– Bodyweight Exercise: Team does Merkins until the block carrier returns.
– Switch and Repeat until each team member has carried the block.

TEAM 1 were the Winners 3 – 2.

Circled up for some P90X Yoga for 10 mins

5 Mins of Dealers Choice Mary
MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 10 Year Anniversary Saturday

COT: Prayers for family and healing.

Always and honor to lead you men. SYITG!

Second chances

AO: greenmachine
Q: Wolfpack
PAX: t-cell, Triple Pane, moneyshot, Wolfpack, Topanga, Works for a Guy, Legal Eagle, Hanes, Michelin Man
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: Real nice.

WARMUP: Mosey to the football field and stretch.

THE THANG:

Five rounds of…
– Run 200 yards
– 30 Air Squats
– Run 200 yards
– 30 Merkins

PAX had a certain amount to complete the exercises each round…
R1: 6 minutes
R2: 5:30 minutes
R3: 5 minutes
R4: 4:30 minutes
R5: 4 minutes

Mosey back to flag (Sprint up hill)

Squats Ring of Fire to 5
Merkins Ring of Fire to 5

Mary
4 rounds of 30 seconds work, 15 seconds rest of…
– American Hammers
– Straight leg raises

MOLESKINE:
Michelin Man and Legal Eagle got scared and decided to do their own thing following a ChatGPT half marathon training plan that Legal Eagle has deemed “The best training plan I have ever, in my life, ever, come across. It was amazing!”

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Convergences are coming. Prepare!

COT: Messed up last time I was invited to Q here and had to back out night before… grateful to Focker for giving me a second chance. Reminder to PAX to take second chances when they’re given, be open to handing them out when you can and perhaps take the time to seek them out for yourself as well.

SUMMERISOVER

AO: greenmachine
Q: Grape
PAX: Triple Pane, Focker, Rocket Mortgage, Michelin Man, Cowboy, moneyshot, Sherlock, Haines
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: in honor of the name of the workout, it felt like Fall

WARMUP: SSH, LBAC F, LBAC R, Michael Phelps

THE THANG: spelled out summer is over with 12 reps each on an escalator:
S- SSH
U- Hammers
M- Merlin’s
M- mountain climbers
E- E2K (LBC)
R- Reverse lunges
I- IYT
S- squats
O- Original burpees
V- V ups
E- E2K (Peter Parker)
R- Reverse burpees

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 9/11 convergence, 9/14 convergence, check slack

COT: prayer for Focker to be unselfish with a pregnant wife and sick child