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Respectfully, Suck it, Trebek

Date: 2026-07-22 AO: Titan Q: Firefox , PAX: Pep, Makita, Tim the Toolman, DintyMoore, Firefox, Vector, Papa Bear, Vanilla Ice, CubCadet, Natural Ice, Topps, Thomas T, Duvet FNGs: None COUNT: 13 CONDITIONS: Pleasant… until you start moving
WARMUP: SSH, Merkins, stretching, Mosey to walkway beside main lawn
THE THANG: To celebrate the birthday of the late, great, Alex Trebek, born July 22, 1940, we played some Jeopardy. YHC provided a clue/answer to a selected PAX. Respond correctly (in the form of a question, per Jeopardy rules), all PAX did an exercise. Answer incorrectly, all PAX did double the amount of that exercise. PAX also had the option to respond “Suck it, Trebek”, in which case all PAX did 15 burpees instead. The results: – The title of Alex Trebek’s 2020 Memoir: “The Answer Is…” – Pep opted for 15 burpees – A 1970s gameshow that developer Alan Thicke promoted Alex Trebek to host (his first American gig): “The Wizard of Odds – double distance murder bunnies – The number of American gameshows that Alex Trebek hosted: “7” – double distance murder bunnies – A 1990s era sci-fi show on which Alex Trebek made a guest appearance: “The X-Files” – 15 atomic merkins (Vector got it right) – Alex Trebek’s on-screen partners when he made his guest appearance on The X-Files: “Jesse Ventura” – 30 atomic merkins – Alex Trebek carried the Olympic Torth through Jacksonville, FL as part of this iteration of the Olympics: “1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta” – 15 atomic merkins (Thomas T got it right) – In 2011, when Alex Trebek chased a hotel robber out of his suite, it was revealed that he did this at night: “Sleep in the nude” – bear crawl (Tim the Toolman got it right) – Ken Jennings once almost convinced Alex Trebek to do this while hosting the Tournament of Champions: “Host in his underwear” – Makita opted for 15 burpees – Alex Trebek used this writing implement to quietly take notes during Jeopardy episodes: “a crayon” – double distance bear crawl – Alex Trebek was named an Officer of this organization in 2017, the second-highest civilian honor in Canada: “The Order of Canada” – 30 V-ups – The year Alex Trebek began hosting Jeopardy: “1984” – 15 V-ups (CubCadet got it right…ish) – The Canadian province where Alex Trebek was born: “Ontario” – 30 V-ups – Alex Trebek dropped out of military school when he was ordered to do this: “Shave his head” – 20 pull-ups – In 2001, Alex Trebek made this shocking change to his image: “Shave his mustache” – 10 pull-ups (Vector and crew got this right) – Alex Trebek made it into the Guinness book of world records for hosting this many episodes of Jeopardy: “6829” – 20 pull-ups
Mosey to startex. Respectfully, suck it, Trebek. 15 more burpees.
MARY: 10 WW1s, Hollow Body Hold. Fin.
MOLESKINE: – Round of gratitude
ANNOUNCEMENTS: – CSAUP – State of the F3Nation address
COT: – CubCadet having to give a touch performance review
PLAYLIST: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/45Wnd3VmkVcoQzIP4jvuAy?si=f21896ecdf7f4240
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Insane Train

Date: 2026-07-08 AO: Insane Train Q: Natural Ice , PAX: Choo Choo, Half Lyfe, FLO, Natural Ice, Juicy J, Sooie, Roadkill, Splash, Derby FNGs: None COUNT: 10 CONDITIONS: 70F – Perfect!
WARMUP: SSH – Dodging Cars – Imperial Walkers – Stratchen
THE THANG: – Cant Run with a Bum Leg –
20 Stations (50 sec work / 10 sec transition) Run it twice (40 minutes total) 1. Around the World – Pick Up Shoulder to Shoulder 2. World War I Sit-ups 3. Sandbag Goblet Squats 4. Side Straddle Hops 5. Sandbag Bench Press 6. Flutter Kicks 7. Sandbag Bent-Over Rows 8. Mountain Climbers 9. Sandbag Curls 10. Forearm Plank 11. Sandbag shoulder to over head press 12. Russian Twists 13. Merkins 14. Toe Taps on the Sandbag 15. Sandbag Triceps Extensions 16. Bicycle Crunches 17. Plank Shoulder Taps 18. Around the World – Pick Up Shoulder to Shoulder 19. Hand Release Merkins 20. Side Straddle Hops (empty the tank)
MOLESKINE: Do Hard Things! – Except when your Dr and Your Physical Trainer tell you not too.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Holy Smokers this Thursday at Hair Band – YHC will be passing the Torch this Saturday at the Percy Warner Convergence 6 am stair fun time.
Big long stupid run/relay in August
COT: Praying for the PAX
PLAYLIST: recycled this old one https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6oxbeNXMdnBn0i24KrnRLK?si=a9fc45cd23054554
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Handsomizer

Date: 2026-06-26 AO: Handsomizer Q: Salami , Natural Ice PAX: Barney, Salami, SalPal, Cuban Missile, Natural Ice FNGs: None COUNT: 5 CONDITIONS: impeccable
WARMUP:
THE THANG: Salami lead us with Bench Work – with increasing reps and a lap & Natural Ice lead us through running around the stadium with various forms of merry
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 9/11 Convergence
COT: Prayers for our brother Squatter!
PLAYLIST: None!
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Titan

Date: 2026-06-17 AO: Titan Q: Spinal Tap , PAX: Spinal Tap, Natural Ice, Pep, Choo Choo, DintyMoore, Tim the Toolman, Black Lung, Papa Bear, Chunks, GameStop FNGs: None COUNT: 10 CONDITIONS: Sweaty
WARMUP: The Usual
THE THANG: DORA, 11’s, and Mary
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check slack.
COT: Prayers for Femurs family in Spring Hill, Squatter and wife through her treatments in Mexico.
PLAYLIST: A+++ except Papa Bear opinion.
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Handsomizer

Date: 2026-06-12 AO: Handsomizer Q: Natural Ice , Natural Ice PAX: SalPal, Salami, Barney, Natural Ice, Cuban Missile FNGs: None COUNT: 5 CONDITIONS: humid and Karen free
WARMUP: we ran to Andrew Wk’s it’s time to party and did a Merkin each time he said party. He said it a lot
THE THANG: 2 miles of running with period stops to do 20 merkins and 10 Ww1s. We start running 11s on the staircase, but I got too tired and decided I didn’t wanna do it so we just went back to running and merkins and WW1s. Calories were burned
MARY:yes and running
MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
PLAYLIST:
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No Fun Title Yet

Date: 2026-05-29 AO: Handsomizer Q: Firefox , PAX: DintyMoore, Vector, SalPal, Pep, Black Lung, Barney, Natural Ice, Spinal Tap, Firefox, Salami, Topps, CubCadet FNGs: None COUNT: 12 CONDITIONS: Muggy with a small but vocal chance of Karen
WARMUP: Mosey down to the bottom of the steps. SSH, GM, WMH, Merkins plus stretch
THE THANG: 9 years ago, YHC moved from San Francisco to Nashville. This Wednesday, the family will be returning for the first time to visit old friends and family, visit some colleges, and take some trips down memory lane in both northern and southern CA.
PAX partnered up. One ran up the 5 flights of step and back down. The other did an exercise. After each partner took turns running the steps, proceed onto the next exercise. Rinse and repeat.
Carolina California Dry Docks Atomic Merkins Leg Lifts Incline Merkins Frog Jumps Orangutans (slightly modified monkey humpers) Reverse Plank Leg Lifts Newton’s Cradle Imperial Walker Squats Alternating Shoulder Taps
MARY: Mosey back up the steps (one more time!) 40 plank jacks 30 mountain climbers (each side is a half) 20 merkins Mosey to startex
MOLESKINE: – Kudos to CubCadet and Black Lung for attempting to defuse, empathize, and reconcile. – Lest I be denied a ride back to Sylvan Park, this Q brought to you without murder bunnies, burpees, and bear crawls.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: – Grow School – Check Slack
COT: – Squatter’s M – family traveling – family battling pain and other health issues
PLAYLIST: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/174OOv8WYfOGIf6dRKef7i?si=2924afeacb2c4595
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Titan

Date: 2026-05-27 AO: Titan Q: Juicy J , PAX: DintyMoore, Pep, bluemule, Juicy J, Natural Ice, Big Red, Spinal Tap, The Merchant, Chunks, Squatter, Makita (Anderson Fader), CubCadet, Reddish (Fairview) FNGs: None COUNT: 13 CONDITIONS: humid as the Amazon
WARMUP: Mosey around the park. Wake up the sleeping friends of the park, side straddle hops, night clubs renamed to Imperial walkers (Chunks fault), low slow squats, Willie may Hayes, arm circles and backpacks.
THE THANG: Partner TOSS Competition. 3 rounds. Non stop squats. Step back w partner. See who can last the longest. Side straddle hops when eliminated. DintyMoore and CubCadet champs.
PARTNER RACE 3 rounds. down the park w bouncy ball. Toss ball far as you can. Sprint. Burpee. Rinse and Repeat. DintyMoore, Squatter bluemule Spinal Tap Natural Ice and many other winners.
Circle of Doom Abs to Finish.
All winners got fresh new F3 Stickers. DintyMoore was the total points champ overall and won a gourmet coffee package.
MARY:
MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Summer Fling coming up
COT: pray for our brother Squatter wife and family. Give them strength and healing. Pray for The Merchant divorce settlement Pray for Tim the Toolman Aunt passed
PLAYLIST: Nickelback and Creed and Alien music
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The Murph

Date: 2026-05-25 AO: Tora! Tora! Tora! Q: Giving Tree , SalPal PAX: SalPal, Hipster, Natural Ice, Chunks, Squatter, Right Said, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Giving Tree, Spinal Tap, Hipster Jr. and Hipster junior junior FNGs: 1 Hipster Jr. and Hipster junior junior COUNT: 10 CONDITIONS: Bit muggy
WARMUP: None
THE THANG: The Murph
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May the Westeros Be With You

Date: 2026-05-04 AO: Westeros Q: Vector , PAX: Papa Bear, Shy Guy, Pep, Spinal Tap, Vector, bluemule, CubCadet, Tim the Toolman, Natural Ice, Squatter, Topps FNGs: None COUNT: 11 A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away (well, in Missouri in 1977), YHC was 7 and his parents took him to see Star Wars (not “Episode 4” or “A New Hope” – in my day we just had one trilogy and we liked it). Needless to say, it was incredible and unlike anything young soon-to-be-named-Vector had experience. After many sequels and countless $$$ spent on action figures (which I still have in my collectable Darth Vader head container), it remains a strong childhood memory (despite later diversions into midachloridians and Jar Jar). So to celebrate May the 4th/Star Wars Day, the PAX re-enacted that first SW movie. So let’s go shoot at whomp rats and get going . . .
CONDITIONS: Crisp and bright, like a two sun sunrise on Tattooine.
WARMUP: Stormtrooper Hops, Imperial Walkers, Little Yoda Arm Circles, Tauntaun claps, Overhead force presses, Reverse Little Yoda Arm Circles, Jar Jars (Michael Phelps)
THE THANG: #1 Take the Droids to the Old Man: Coupon Rows and Burpees (for R2 and Ben) for 22s (double because Artoo . . . )
Break to do the Kessel Run — not sure anyone made it under 12 parsecs
#2 Find a Pilot: Ring of Fire with coupon presses — all made it and were deemed worthy pilots
#3 Rescue the Princess: Lunges (for Leia) and Star Jumps in a round of 11s (representing the 11 live action released SW films — sorry, Mando – your film ain’t out yet so doesn’t count)
#4 Attack the Death Star Ring of Fire with merkins and advance into circle with each rep.
Mary: Force flutter kicks, Bounty Hunter Boxcutters, Death Star Dollys
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check Slack – Holy Smokers, Juicy J marathon
COT: – Prayers for Squatter and his M and 2.0. While the workout and theme was done in fun, life can be serious. We lift up Squatter and his family — know that you have many brothers here to offer payers, support, love, anything you need.
RANDOM NOTES: – Appreciate the level of SalPal’s SW nerdom – Appreciate bluemule noting halfway through the work out that there was no way we’d get through all of the movie plots in time (Hmm, Empire next week?) – Glad I could feed Natural Ice’s Weird Al fandom once again with 2 deep cuts – It ain’t easy to plan a full playlist with SW themed songs, but I did have the disco version of SW theme that went to number one on the charts (it was 1977: all we had was disco, Star Wars and cocaine . . . )
PLAYLIST: Star Wars Main Title – John Williams/London Symph Orchestra Cantina Band – John Williams/London Symph Orchestra The Saga Begins – Weird Al I’m the Droid (You’re Looking For – Nerf Herder The Imperial March – John Williams/London Symph Orchestra Star Wars Theme – Meco Yoda – Weird Al Chewbacca – Supernova Return of the Jedi – Alex Jean The Empire Strikes Back – Meco Dual of the Fates – John Williams/London Symph Orchestra The Throne Room/End Titles – John Williams/London Symph Orchestra
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Westeros

Date: 2026-04-20 AO: Westeros Q: Natural Ice , PAX: Squatter, Vector, Pep, Tim the Toolman, Juicy J, CubCadet, Natural Ice FNGs: None COUNT: 8 The mission of F3 is to plant, grow, and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership. 1. Free of charge: No cost to participate. 2. Open to all men: Regardless of fitness level. 3. Held Outdoors: Held in all weather conditions (rain, shine, heat, or cold). 4. Peer-led (Rotating): Led by men in the group on a rotating basis, with no certification required. 5. End with a Circle of Trust (CoT): A closing gathering for fellowship and announcements.
And sometimes we also do stupid work out themes
CONDITIONS: chill
WARMUP: SSH, Some Slacking, Couch Sitting, and Pizza
THE THANG:
Each station 1minute with 15 sec transition 2 full rounds M – Merkins A – Air Squats – with block R – Rows I – Imperial Walkers J – Jump Squats U – Up-block overhead press A – American Hammers N – Navy seal – blockie with 3 merkins A – Al Gore (plank hold)
Midpoint Munchies – Sprint – because my hamstring was starting to feel better and I need to flair it back up again.
Secondary Set: “THE HOTBOX”
2 min each, rotate, no real rest • • Around the worlds
• • Roman dead lifts
• • Jane fondas
• • Pull throughs
• • Flutter kicks
MOLESKINE: THC makes me way too anxious and paranoid, but to each his own I guess.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Murder mile, Juicy J Half Marathon
COT: Lifting up our Pax!!
PLAYLIST: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37nRZXbEBxH3v6IUpNxJRW?si=baa8c0e674a442a8