Something about old dogs and new tricks.

AO: titan
Q: Michelin Man
PAX: Pep, Michelin Man, Natural Ice, Detective Pikachu, Spinal Tap, Firefox, Right Said, Crawlspace, Supernova, Papa Bear, caprate, Puzzlah, Good Morning America, Tim the Toolman, Salami, Kirkland
FNGs: None
COUNT: 16
CONDITIONS: solid. no complaints. no jackets.

WARMUP: none

THE THANG:

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

Final Tortoise & Hare for Class 2

AO: thestronghold
Q: Red Skull
PAX: Chunks, Right Said, bluemule, Decaf, Michelin Man, Longhorn, Skeet, Hacker (Franklin), Detective Pikachu, John Deere, Yak, Frozen, Westside, Pacer, C#, Triple Sevens, Blitz, Sgt Meatball
FNGs: None
COUNT: 19
CONDITIONS: A perfect morning for a run. 43 degrees, a beautiful sunrise, a train and a locked gate.

WARMUP: Westside took us through our warmup – SSH, IW, Stretches, Squats and Tappy-Taps

THE THANG: Pair up – each 4:13 Strong man picked an F3 running partner and set a goal time for the run. The pairings seemed to work well as today was our fastest run of the class. We were “All In” by 34:00 with 7 out of 8 4:13 Strong men setting a new PR.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Signing Day is this Friday, 11:30am. Come celebrate what these men have accomplished and stick around for some lunch and fellowship. It is one of the best ways to spend your Friday lunch hour.

COT: Red Skull closed with a prayer.

420

AO: the-castle
Q: Chunks
PAX: hambone, Pep, Right Said, Dilbert, Straight Racket (F3 Bowling Green, KY), Redline (Lucas from Bowling Green), Skeet, McAfee, Chicken Chaplain, Redline
FNGs: 2 Chicken Chaplain, Redline
COUNT: 10
CONDITIONS: Colder than the rest of the week and drizzle

WARMUP:

Mosey around the AO
Circled up under the shelter
4 exercises for 20 reps
SSH
Imperial Walkers
LBAC – FWD
LBAC – Reverse

THE THANG:

Partner Up for a DORA
140 – Burpees
140 – Big Boy Situps
140 – LT Dans

Partner ran the tennis court perimeter.

Dealer’s Choice Mary to finish

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Launch of F3 Bowling Green 4/22

COT: Excited to see the growth in Bowling Green and Hendersonville.

Concrete vs Steel

AO: thestronghold
Q: Chunks
PAX: Shocker (Mark Holmes), Dan Tanna, Young and Restless, toga, Grape, Dan and Dave, Skeet, Decaf, Red Skull, Right Said, Frozen, C#, Blitz, Sgt Meatball, Westside, Pacer, Triple 7, Yak, Wes (DR Seattle)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 20
CONDITIONS: More than Pleasant

WARMUP: No Warm Up – Played the Song “Great Day to Be Alive” as a 4 min warning and opportunity to stretch

THE THANG:

TRIVIA Concrete vs Steel

Divided the 4:13 men into their fraternities and divided the rest of the PAX

Must perform a Burpee before answering the question
Q1 – Core Principles of 4:13 Strong
13 SSH
Q2 – Mission of F3

2 Column Caboose is Loose run with YHC setting the pace

Round 2 – Bible
Q1 – Noah’s Sons Names
BOMBS – Starting at 5 and adding 5 reps each exercise
Q2 – How many years were the israelites enslaved

2 Column Caboose is Loose run with YHC setting the pace

Round 3 – Finances
Q1 – Reasons to save money
BOMBS – Starting at 10 and adding 5 reps each excercise
Q2 – Who needs a budget

2 Column Caboose is Loose run with YHC setting the pace

Round 4 – Work
Q1 – What does OSHA stand for
BOMBS – Starting at 10 and addeing 5 reps each excercise
Q2 – What are two free things you can bring to the job

2 Column Caboose is Loose run with YHC setting the pace

Stopped at stop sign and walked back to the Startex together.

Last Question for 5 points:
What are the requirements to graduate 4:13?

Group stuggled to answer this question, so we settled it with a Ring of Fire won by West Side.

Game ended in a tie for the first time.

Always honored to lead at 4:13. Thanks, Chunks

SIGNING DAY 4/26 AT 11:30 AM! Come support these men as they start the real work at their new jobs.

Complex Work

AO: titan
Q: DintyMoore
PAX: Right Said, DintyMoore, Sherlock, Detective Pikachu, Tim the Toolman, Pep, preacherman, The Merchant, Salami, caprate, Fishfry (from Chicagoland) Loafer
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
CONDITIONS: light rain, January daylight vibes

WARMUP:
Warm-A-Rama
Long Mosey around Park
Light stretching

THE THANG:
Complex Coupon Work
20 Min AMRAP

2 incline merkins
2 rows
2 RDLs
2 two-hand clean
2 squats
2 OHP
2 Reverse Lunge

Lap around circle after each round

Sevens at the hill
Merkins at bottom
Iron Mikes at top

Mosey back and Mary w/ 2:36 low plank

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6kEwdofwNcLDjoZxuIFV32?si=GLZKYbduReODnanaY5OWUg&pi=u-_k32Chs1SvuI

MOLESKINE:
F3 is designed to plant, grow, and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership.

Make the investment in yourself and your friend groups today!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Share the news of f3 far and wide with our new business cards. See Right Said for details.

COT:

Tortoise & Hare v6

AO: thestronghold
Q: Red Skull
PAX: Hacker (Franklin), Longhorn, Chunks, Right Said, baggervance, Decaf, Michelin Man, Bruritto, Yak, Frozen, Westside, Pacer, C#, Triple Sevens, Blitz, Sgt. Meatball
FNGs: None
COUNT: 17
CONDITIONS: Perfect 66 degrees with a light mist at the start

WARMUP: SSH, IW, Squat, Stretch

THE THANG: Partner up – each 4:13 Strong man picked an F3 man to run with him and help him reach a new PR. It worked….today we had 4 PRs and 6 sub 30:00 finishers! Thank you to the PAX for your one-on-one encouragement today. You made a big difference.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: One more run with this class. Next Tuesday will be the final installment of Tortoise & Hare for this class. Signing Day is next Friday, 4/26 11:30am. I would love to pack the house and run out of food so please come join us!

COT: After setting a new PR, Yak closed us out with a prayer.

Shouts and Whispers

AO: thebuffalo
Q: greyalbum
PAX: Hot Route, Right Said, Daylight
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
CONDITIONS: Mild, cool

WARMUP:
Mosey to picnic shelter
SSH
Seal Claps
Overhead Press
Good Mornings
WMH

THE THANG:

A mix of high intensity / low intensity based on whether the song playing is more of a “shout” or a “whisper”.

I can’t remember the order of things, but just chose randomly from the list below. 20 reps of each exercise until the end of the song or until we decided to skip to the next one.

Shouts

Rapid overhead press
Burpee
Squat jumps
High knees in place
Broad jumps
Merkins
Wood Cutters
Squat kicks
Iron Mike
Sprints
LBC
Mountain Climbers
Decline Merkin
Incline Merkin
Dips
Side Straddle Hops
Jump Squats
Mosey
Cherry Pickers
WW1

Whispers

Planks – front, side, low, high
Low and slow merkin
Squats
Lunge walk
People’s Chair
Rows
Hold Overhead
Prom Dates
Forward fold
One leg balance
Hollow Body
Leg lifts
Slow flutter kicks
Wall Sit
Bear Crawl

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Party at the home of Chunks – Saturday 5pm. See Slack for deets.

COT: Family health situations. Prayers for Hot Route’s family and celebration of the life of his grandmother.

Run It Back

AO: greenmachine
Q: Grape
PAX: Salami, moneyshot, Focker, Cowboy, Haggis, Right Said
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
CONDITIONS: gloomy

WARMUP: normal stuff

THE THANG: round 1, partner runs stairs while other completes

Burpees
Lunges
Atomic merkins
Carolina dry docks
Knees to elbows (Peter Parker’s)
Squats
Ukrainian hammers
Newtons cradle

Round 2, went to dry ground, partner lunge walks and Bernie’s while other completes

BBSU’s
Leg raises
APDs
Crunches (I don’t think this is what we did, can’t remember)
Knees to elbows (crunches)
Superman’s
‘Umpers of the monkey variety
Normal merkins

5MoM (including a 2 min plank)

COT: great prayer time and great coffeeteria

:grapes:

70 Times 7

AO: mistymountain
Q: McAfee
PAX: Linus, Transporter, Sanders, Rockies, Right Said, Mt Man x3
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: Chilly 38

WARMUP: OYO Stretches

THE THANG: Half Mile First Nations Run with 7 pushups required every time the last PAX reaches the front of the line.

Then, goal of hitting 70 reps in 7 minutes for:
Burpees
Lunges (2 count)
Pull Ups

Props to Sanders for hitting 120 Australian Pullups!

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Plankpril is ongoing, today is 90 seconds if you want to join in! (add 6 seconds of plank time each day for the rest of April)

COT: Great news for our friend Backrow’s wife, the chemo was successful and she is now in remission. Continuing to pray for the health of those who are suffering and ongoing strength for us all as we face the challenges of this life.

It takes movement … so, move!

AO: the-knoll
Q: morning star
PAX: Sooie, Wolfpack, Siri, morning star, Right Said, El Capitan, Merchant, Malibu, Ex-Pat, Pebbles, Big Red (2.0), Bumble Bee (2.0)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
CONDITIONS: low 40s and not too bad

5:30 – welcome to the knoll, where 2.”a are always welcome. Took a moment to appreciate the birds.

Mosey to the flood monument bench

WARMUP:
Circle up for Lazy imperial walkers, all arm movements balanced on one leg (alternate to other leg when you lose balance): LBCs, reverse LBCs, put your glasses on, take your glasses off, jimmy goes to Egypt, slow merkins, low slow squats

THE THANG:
30 rounds of 5 seconds of work, 25 seconds of active recovery, alternating between merkins and jump squats (or modification).
– roll after merkins, before getting up
– lots of variations of active recovery and silly interactions after squats

Mosey to the playground, find a bar and do a max habg, mosey back and plank to wait for six.

YHC remembered the disclaimer…

Repeat 30 rounds.

Mary:
– Alternate crab walk and cat/baby crawl back to playground.
– Baby rocking to wrap up

MOLESKINE: I’m a leadership and personal development geek. I love thinking about it and practicing it. I enjoyed sharing some thoughts on it today. Remember that to bless simply means to find good and call it out. Don’t forget to bless yourself as you practice blessing. It’s a skill. I also enjoyed all the laughter and horse play during our active recovery. Joy is also worth practicing.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– plankril today is 1min 16 seconds
– 5 mile Saturday run to support Richland creek, meets at Richland park, see Right Said for details

COT:
– Counts, names and announcements
– The founders of F3 thought they men functioned best when they were aware of and connected to something bigger than themselves
– Took a moment of silent reflection to connect with personal SkyQ … consider someone you’re close to, picture their face, what might be one thing you could do to deepen your connection? Commit to doing that today
– YHC blessed the PAX to go forth and practice bless today
– Poured ginger tea as YHC shared on leadership (see below)

Here is a framework for personal acceleration:
– draw a y and x axis … the y axis represents your motivation: who are you serving? Bottom is you, top is others … the x axis represents type of action. The left is responding (following or participating) the right is initiating (leading)
– bottom left quadrant is participating to serve yourself
– top left is participating to serve others
– Top right is leading to serve others
– bottom right is leading to serve yourself
– growth is recognizing what quadrant you tend to be comfortable in and then considering moving to another quadrant to practice something you may not be as comfortable in
– The key to maturity is to keep moving through the quadrants to be well practiced in all, there’s no “bad” expression here

Wolfpack encouraged the PAX to make their comfort spot with an x.

YHC encouraged the PAX to consider a growth edge: challenge yourself to do something you don’t normally do. That may be initiating or participating. That maybe to shift your focus to yourself or to others. Honor to each man in his unique journey. We all bring a contribution that is valuable.