Facebook’s birth

Date: 2026-02-05 AO: titan Q: princessaurora PAX: Chunks, Hipster, Tim the Toolman, Pep, Good Morning America, Puzzlah FNGs: None COUNT: 7 CONDITIONS:
WARMUP:
THE THANG:
MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

Ice Expedition

Date: 2026-01-31 AO: the-castle Q: Squatter PAX: Brown Slip, Mr. Pancake, Fabuloso, Barney, Space Baby, Pep, Horizon FNGs: None COUNT: 8 CONDITIONS: Frigid -1 degree windchill
WARMUP: SSH Imperial Walkers Butt-kickers WMH-RS-Twist Good Mornings Merkins Squats
THE THANG: The year is 2710. Decades ago Earth was attacked by an alien life form from the planet Pluto using ice tech developed from the planet’s icy atmosphere. The aliens covered all of the southeastern United States with a thick layer of ice. Finally it has started to thaw, and 8 brave PAX volunteered for an ice expedition to search for any items of value. They came upon a number of heavy items with instructions on what to do with them. The document also had some curious inscriptions on it. What could this mean for the future of these 8 valiant HIMs?
ANNOUNCEMENTS: ShieldMock Holy Smokers
COT: Prayers for many PAX Coffeteria at Black Elm

Celebrating Nation Fun at Work Day 2026

Date: 2026-01-30 AO: bomber Q: Vector , Firefox PAX: Chunks, Pep, CubCadet, DintyMoore, Tim the Toolman, Crawlspace FNGs: None COUNT: 8 YHC and his esteemed co-Q Firefox could have taken the easy route with a theme about ice or being stuck at home with no lights (I know, too soon.), but at F3 Nashville’s premier AO, we don’t get better by taking the easy way . . . So, today we recognize National Fun at Work Day (aside: how do these things become “official?” Can we just create a “National Bomber is the Best F3 Nashville AO Celebration” Day? )
CONDITIONS: Old and slippery (just ask YHC who stumbled, bonked a knee and definitely pulled my right ass cheek – not that the PAX knew anything about it, as I keep my medical issues private :face_with_rolling_eyes:. Rumor is Tim the Toolman pulled a “Grayson Allen” and tripped YHC.)
WARMUP: Carefully amble to Rec Center parking lot, armed with 3 bags of rice and 3 kettle bells. SSH x 20, LBAC x 15, Seal claps x 15, Overhead presses x 15, RLBAC x 15, WMH and Good Mornings OYO.
Because of a lot of PAX sass, a 10 burpee penalty was levied.
PLAYLIST: Ain’t It Fun – Paramore Working for the Weekend – Loverboy Everybody Have Fun Tonight – Wang Chung Work It – Missy Elliott Girls Just Want to Have Fun – Cyndi Lauper Work – Rihanna f. Drake Fun, Fun, Fun – Beach Boys We Can Work It Out – Beatles You Make Loving Fun – Fleetwood Mac Working in a Coalmine – Devo We Are Young – Fun.
THE THANG: WORK: Filing the T-P-S Reports 50 Tricep DIPs 100 Push Ups (modified from pull ups as playground was an ice rink) 200 Squats Run 3 circles around cul-de-sac between exercises
FUN (at work): Plank and kettle bell pull throughs Hollow Body Holds with Rice Bags Tight circle with weight passes
MOLESKINE: Great to see everyone and several comments about appreciating getting out of the various retreats/refuges and breaking the monotony.
COT: – Praises for hambone’s new addition (and thankful the scary day ended beautifully) – we’ve already named him BaconBit – Praises for the NES, safety, road workers helping get Nashville back on line. A lot of stress out there with homes cold, people displaced, and sad events like home fires, injuries. Now is when we can lead – step up and help in any way you can (and ask for help if you need it). – Prayers for my MIL and my M who is dealing with moving her mom our way (along with her 100 lb German Shepard) – leanpax is ongoing (even if many of us cracked like trees covered by ice — OK, ok too soon). Stay strong, HIM – only 2 weeks left! Try to make habits that you can carry forward.
MISCELLANY: – Great to see Crawlspace join the group after running 17 miles or something – Coffee at McD’s due to power outages and late starts at the usual haunts. CubCadet rejoiced at the prices and kindly paid $11 to get the whole PAX coffee (8/8 attended) – Do not (I repeat NOT) play Work It when standing next to Chunks – his booty shaking was, er, something. – The :bomb: AOQ handover is coming soon (as Pep noted, it’s the longest handover of an AO ever – going on 7 months it seems?). Who will be our new leader? It’s a mystery that can only be solved if you attend :bomb:
Grateful for all of you – SYITG Vec

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Date: 2026-01-13 AO: iiipillars Q: Shy Guy PAX: Go Fish, Harbaugh, Swiffer, Pep, princessaurora, Grape, Shania, t-cell, Blanks (F3 Legacy), Haggis, Howitzer (DR), Wax FNGs: None COUNT: 13 CONDITIONS: Cold and damp WARMUP: SSH ICx20 Squats ICx15 Merkins ICx10 Mosey THE THANG: Group 1 performs exercise while group 2 lunges 20 yards, moseys to the sideline, and reverses back Exercises: Burpee Bonnie Blair Crab toe tap WW1 sit up Merkin to hi side plank Squat jump knee tucks Superman with taps MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: “people don’t change until the pain of where they are exceeds the pain of change” – Dave Ramsey

Cold Iron

Date: 2026-01-28 AO: titan Q: SalPal PAX: Pep, Chunks, Squatter FNGs: None COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS: Freezing fog sighted
WARMUP: Careful weighted slowsy to Parthenon + SSH + WMH + Good mornings + merkins + squats
THE THANG: EMOM, 6 rounds: 10 Burpees Wall Sits 15 KB Swings 15 Squat thrusters Planks
MOLESKINE: good mumblechatter. Playlist grade: N/a
ANNOUNCEMENTS: See slack, shieldmock, after hours, holy smokers, etc
COT: gratitude for the men and women getting Nashville back on its feet. Career and work.

Igloo Building Prep

Date: 2026-01-23 AO: bomber Q: DintyMoore PAX: Squatter, Firefox, Pep, Puzzlah, Tim the Toolman, Vector FNGs: None COUNT: 7 CONDITIONS: Decent
WARMUP: SSH, Imperial Walkers, WMH, Good Mornings
THE THANG: Thang 1 Swings – 10 reps Cleans – 10 reps Squats – 10 reps Rev. Lunges – 10 reps Rows – 10 reps Merkins – 10 reps
Lap after each set
Thang 2 Hammers Flutters Mountain Climbers Prom Dates Freddy Mercury Hello Dolly
Lap after each set
MOLESKINE: Stay safe this weekend
ANNOUNCEMENTS: leanpax #holysmokers after-hours
COT: Pep having tough conversation with friend and we were happy to see CubCadet at Coffeeteria

Last man standing!!!

Date: 2026-01-21 AO: titan Q: Choo Choo PAX: Spinal Tap, Sherlock, Tim the Toolman, Hipster, Stumbles, Natural Ice, Drop Trow, Pep, Vector, bluemule FNGs: None COUNT: 11 WARMUP: some warmup with 5 core principles
THE THANG: Thang: we did 2 rounds of each Partner up. Keep pushing till one of you give up -> easy mosey -> switch partners HiFi merkins Curls American Hammers OH Press American hammers Swings
MOLESKINE: Its better to be a hole than a sink hole. A hole is something that you can see on the surface, you would know how wide, deep it is. But a sinkhole looks all good on the surface, it keeps corroding within then one fine day collapses, taking everything down with it.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: check out after-hours leanpax
TCLAPS to Tim the Toolman for being a HIM and getting blocks on demand.

LeanPax: Day 19

AO: westeros
Q: Michelin Man , Vector
PAX: Vector, Siri, Tim the Toolman, SalPal, bluemule, Grape, CubCadet, Michelin Man, Pep, Drop Trow
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
CONDITIONS: cold. Not effin cold tho.

WARMUP: 41 SSH

THE THANG:

DORA – partners do:
100 – squat thrusters
200 – Chest press
300 – Curls
Travel- overhead carry block to car and back

LT Dans down the hill
Sprints – 50, 80, and 110%
Return to Startex

Cool Guy Mary

MOLESKINE: Thankful for MLK.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: LeanPax forever

COT: did it

ImpromptQ For The Win! Score of 21-0

AO: greenmachine
Q: Toothless
PAX: Esposa, Michelin Man, Pep, Betty Ford, Shania, Sherlock, Blanks (F3 Legacy)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: Crispy & clear, as in the thin layer of ice in the parking lot

WARMUP:
20 x Side Straddle hops to salute the shovel flag
Mosey to field
At goal line, to 10 yd line and back:
– A-skips
– B-skips
– Karaoke
– Low shuffle
– High knees
– Butt kickers
– Sneaky gorillas

THE THANG: Offensive Drives :football:

Three rounds of full-field travel, broken up every 10yds for a first down reset (exercise) that adds up as you go

Drive 1
Travel mode: Broad jumps
Every odd first digit = dry docks starting with 10
Every even first digit = merkins starting with 10
e.g. 10yd = 10 dd’s, 20yd = 10 merks, 30yd = 15dd’s, 40 yd = 15 merks, etc
5 perfect burpees after the six gets in

Drive 2
Travel mode: Lunges
First 50 yds = happy crunchy frogs (e.g. 10yd = 10, 20yd = 15, etc)
Next 50 yds = WWI’s (e.g. opp 40yd = 10, opp 30yd = 15, etc)
5 perfect burpees after the six gets in

Drive 3
Travel mode: Bear crawl
First 50 yds = supermans
Next 50 yds = leg raises
5 perfect burpees after the six gets in

Salute the Fans
Stairs! Run up, across, down, across, up, etc. SSH while waiting to start, next man starts when man ahead tops the first flight. Repeato 3x, SSH for the six.

Return to Startex for a brief round of Mary & Broga.

MOLESKINE:
It was an honor to impromptQ! TBH maybe even better than being scheduled since there was no chance to spend too much time planning, which is good for me. The PAX were generally mumbly in a way that effectively made up for the lack of a speaker. Good chatter and effort by all.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check Slack!

COT:
Prayers for Pep’s job. Also, from YHC, I shared that it can be easy to make our problems the problems of those around us with our attitude. We can be sharp, short, or hurtful based on what we’re going through. That’s only human, but the reminder and encouragement is that we’re not promised any number of days with our people, and we should take each opportunity we’re given to appreciate what our people mean to us. Problems come and go, but the people in our lives will last longer and mean much more in the end. Think I said it better in person but that’s the gist.

As always, it was an honor to lead! Glad folks enjoyed the coffee – it was another FIL roast, which is always one of a kind! (Ethiopia, natural processed, Guji region, medium-light roast :coffee:)

SYITG next time!
— Toothless :tooth:

You only get wet twice

AO: bomber
Q: SalPal , Firefox
PAX: Firefox, Pep, Poppa Lock, CubCadet, Vector, Tim the Toolman, DintyMoore, Chunks, Michelin Man, Right Said, Crawlspace, Strutter
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
*Note: I’m including the running group ‘cuz I’m nice like that.

CONDITIONS: Perfect

WARMUP: Mosey

THE THANG: Foxey led some partnered merks/planks + HBH/WWIs. Followed with bear crawls, merks, squat jumps. Walls sits + aussie merks. Closed with playing in traffic.

MOLESKINE: Kinda wet. No music.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Leanpax, check slack

COT: Gratitude. Stay grateful