3 Ring Circus: Part UNO

AO: titan
Q: Spinal Tap , Pole Dancer, Firefox
PAX: Firefox, Pole Dancer, Natural Ice, DintyMoore, Young and Restless, GameStop, Papa Bear, SalPal, Vector, Choo Choo, CubCadet, Good Morning America, Lewis Ngwenya, Salami, Sherlock, Squatter, Tim the Toolman, Wolfpack, Duvet, Capsize, Saddle Sore
FNGs: None
COUNT: 22!
CONDITIONS: perfect

WARMUP: ssh, lbac, wmh, good mornings etc

THE THANG:
Spinal Tap; DORA 50 merkins, 100 Carolina dry docks, 150 air press

Firefox: 10 pull ups alt plank jack shoulder taps x 5 rounds then 10 derkins with someone holding our legs and then leg lifts by holder

Pole Dancer: bear crawl to Parthenon then 50 dips, lap, 50 irkins, lap, 50 dips, lap, then 50 derkins

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
50 mile Team race next week
Small group opportunity for all led by spinal tap and natural ice – dm us if interested!

COT:
Praise for Young and Restless for coming consistently for the past year!

See link below to help our former F3 colleague F3G Noah Kinney :pray:

Detour Ahead

AO: the_eddy
Q: Stubs
PAX: Chunks, Lady Liberty, SalPal, Half Lyfe, Stubs, Pitmaster, Squatter, Legos, Sooie, Natural Ice, Gecko, Salami, Siri, Choo Choo, Grape, DintyMoore, Wolfpack, FLO
FNGs: None
COUNT: 18
CONDITIONS: sticky

WARMUP: none

THE THANG: a slightly longer ruck than initially planned.

MOLESKINE: “Perhaps some detours aren’t detours at all. Perhaps they are actually THE Path” – Katherine Wolf

A fitting quote for the official kick off of the Eddy.
Much like life we encountered some detours this morning.

Thank to everyone who joined us today to officially launch The Eddy
Apologies for going 8 mins over.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 50 mile CSAUP coming up
F3 dads event in October
As always check slack

COT: prayers and coffee

The big 39

AO: handsomizer
Q: Natural Ice
PAX: Black Lung, Freakonomics, Salami, Red Skull, Cuban Missile, caprate, Spinal Tap, One Star
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: Steamy

Warm-Up
We kicked things off with 39 Side Straddle Hops in cadence, then rolled through the usual suspects: cadence merkins, arm circles, seal claps, overhead presses, Moroccan nightclubs, and a sprinkle of imperial walkers mid–shoulder burn just to see if they’d help or hurt (jury’s still out). Closed with some light stretching.

The Thang – Part 1
Mosey to the top of the stairs.
– 13 8-count body builders
– 13 WWIs
– 13 jump squats
– Run down and up the stairs.
– Repeat 3x for a total of 39 reps per exercise.
The Thang – Part 2
Run to the benches.
– 13 dips
– 13 incline merkins
– 13 elevated Alabama prom dates
– Run to Benson Ave and back.
– Repeat for good measure.
Finisher
Cadence 8-count body builders, mosey back to StartEx, cadence Mary, and—you guessed it—more 8-count body builders.

COT
Grateful for another lap around the sun and for the men who showed up to start the day right.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Triple Threat Convergence – Three Ring Circus next week at titan atlantis bomber

Modify as needed

AO: bomber
Q: DintyMoore
PAX: Firefox, Chunks, Pep, Salami, Tim the Toolman, hambone, Sherlock, Young and Restless, Hedwig, Strutter
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
CONDITIONS: Heavy Air

WARMUP:
Mosey for Coupons
Shoulder Routine

THE THANG:
The Thang –
Partner Work
Alternate between following
Deep Squat x 100
High Pull x 100
Overhead Shoulder Swings x 50
Lap around ballfield in between sets

Alternate between following
Wall Jumps x 50
Decline Merkins X 50
Burpees x 50
Run to top of hill

Mary to Finish
Dealers Choice followed by this finisher
10 sec toy soldiers
10 sec high knees
10 sec tuck jumps
10 sec iron mike
10 sec side lunges

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MOLESKINE: one more thing

ANNOUNCEMENTS: CSAUP 50 Miler 8/29

COT: good thoughts for change, travel, and family

VF3NSSS

AO: the-castle
Q: SalPal
PAX: Strutter, Pep, Salami, Space Baby, hambone, Blankingononepaxpleasecommentbelow
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
CONDITIONS: Ick.

WARMUP: Mosey around running path.

THE THANG: Vacation F3 Nonsectarian Scripture School (VF3NSS). Three sets, comprised of a song, reading, and sketch.

Set One:
Song: Thunderstuck
Reading: Leadership
Sketch: DORA

Set Two:
Song: Roxanne
Reading: Get Right
Sketch: 7’s up the hill

Set Three:
Song: Cupid Shuffle
Reading: Live Right
Sketch: EMOM Burpees

MOLESKINE: Lots of mumberchatter.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: NIght Moves (NOTE LOCATION HAS BEEN UPDATED), CSAUP 50.

COT: Strutter’s family, career & jobs.

Stay salty Nashville.

It’s Too Humid for a Theme

AO: titan
Q: Firefox
PAX: Vector, Papa Bear, CubCadet, DintyMoore, Crawlspace, Salami, Choo Choo, GameStop, Cropduster, Sherlock, Spinal Tap, bluemule, Tim the Toolman, Pep, Right Said, Natural Ice, Downspout, Hacker
FNGs: None
COUNT: 19
CONDITIONS: Like the worst swimming pool ever

WARMUP:
– 10 FLBAC
– 10 RLBAC
– 40 Air Presses
– 15 Moroccan Night Clubs

THE THANG: Mosey to the circle
Part 1: PAX completed the following sequence and ran a lap, held a plank until all in. Performed 3 times.
– 50 LBCs
– 40 Flutterkicks
– 30 American Hammers
– 20 Boxcutters
– 10 V-ups

After 3 rounds, 30 V-ups. Mosey to playground.

Part 2: PAX split into groups of 3. 1 PAX ran around the dance center as the timer. 1 PAX did WW1s. 1 PAX did pull-ups with a leg raise. Everyone ran 3 times. WW1s until last group finished.

Mosey to Startex.

15 WW1s and almost a 60sec Hollow Body Hold.

MOLESKINE:
– Maybe my shortest backblast ever. With my big toe on the mend, I focused on core, keeping jumping and toe-bending activities to a minimum. No burpees or bear crawls to get on CubCadet’s good side. Feedback is always welcome.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Convergence at greenmachine tomorrow for ultimate frisbee and Nantan handoff
– July 4 convergence at handsomizer

COT:
– Everyone shared a word/thought of gratitude. Special mention to Tim the Toolman who is thankful that we are able to support each other and still have reasonable and respectful discourse on topics on which we may disagree. :muscle:

Hits of the 80’s

AO: handsomizer
Q: Spinal Tap
PAX: Natural Ice, Freakonomics, Old Maid, Salami, Abacadab?
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS: Fabulous

WARMUP: the usual SSH, LBAC, etc

THE THANG:
Mosey to turf and slow cadence dips, irkins, dirkins, step ups.

Mosey to bottom of stairs for stairway to heaven with incline merkins with various workouts at each platform.

Timed runs with each second over for each runner equal 1 burpee. First round the fastest time was 19 seconds and any time over that the second round was more burpees.

Stairway to heaven with double jumps and each pax calling an ab workout at each platform. Natural Ice pretty much knew all the artists for the songs hence avoiding burpee penalty.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: July 4th convergence at Handsomizer. 1st F and Nantaan handoffs coming up next week!

COT: Clarity of job situation and financials. Peace around the world.

What is a soft commit

AO: titan
Q: Pep
PAX: Cropduster, Right Said, CubCadet, GameStop, Old Maid, Hipster, Good Morning America, Choo Choo (F3 Spring Hill), Young and Restless, Sherlock, Crawlspace, Salami, Chunks, Tim the Toolman, DintyMoore, Papa Bear, Aba-caba(Johnson City)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 18
CONDITIONS: warm and muggy

WARMUP: none

THE THANG:
Rectangle (wrektangle)
– One partner runs the rectangle
– Second partner does slow movement until first partner gets to him
– Slow movements:
– Komodo dragon
– Crabwalk
– Bear crawl
– Lunge
– 7’s
– hand release merican
– Lieutenant Dan

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Ragnar run – ask Chunks or Salami for details
– Jul4 convergence at handsomizer
– June 26: nantan hand off at green machine

COT:
Prayers
– salami job
– Middle East peace
– Travel visa for game stop

Nice Throw, Now Do Some Burpees

AO: handsomizer
Q: Firefox , Freakonomics
PAX: Purple Tiger, Salami, Natural Ice, Old Maid, SalPal, Vector, CubCadet, Papa Bear, Hedwig
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
CONDITIONS: A little soupy

WARMUP:
15x SSH
10x FLBAC
10x RLBAC
10x Good Mornings
10x WMHs

THE THANG:
Part 1, led by Freakonomics :
OYO, PAX did the following
– 20 Merkins, plank hold till all in
– 40 Squats, chair hold till all in
– 20 Carolina dry docks, dry dock hold till all in
– 40 Lunges, squat hold till all in

Mosey down to the field
Part 2, led by YHC: Ultimate Frisbee!
Team Bomber-ish: Purple Tiger Hedwig Papa Bear Firefox
Team Handsome-ish: SalPal Freakonomics Natural Ice Salami Old Maid

Scoring teams walked and did 5 burpees. Scored upon teams stayed and did 15 merkins. Team Handsome-ish rotated out a player who exercised on the sidelines. Team Bomber-ish did a fair number of burpees to start but Team Handome-ish mounted a comeback late that was not enough to make up the margin that no one was keeping track of.

CubCadet and Vector walked and heckled. You can’t have ultimate without hecklers. This is the way.

MOLESKINE:
– Enjoyed witnessing Hedwig discover of the joy of ultimate. “I get why lacrosse players quit the team for this!”

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Game night next Friday, YHC hosting
– Convergence at greenmachine, check Slack
– July 4th convergence, check Slack

COT:
– Job searches and friends/family health
– All PAX shared a word/phrase of gratitude

Tortoise & Hare, Run #5

AO: thestronghold
Q: Red Skull
PAX: Right Said, Crawlspace, Judy, Young and Restless, Chunks, hambone, Salami, Barney, Decaf, Wendy’s, Ice Box, Stir Fry, Road Trip, Bobby Hill, Mutt, Singlet
FNGs: None
COUNT: 17
CONDITIONS: Beautiful 63 degrees

WARMUP: Standard pre-run warm-up: SSH, Squats, IWs, WMHs, Stretching

THE THANG: Partner up and RUN!!! This morning we had 5 PRs from the 4:13 Strong men and at least 3 PRs for the F3 PAX. A great effort and attitude at The Stronghold today by all. This is the first class that has a real chance at reaching a sub-30 “All In” time.

MOLESKINE: The right partner can make us stronger, faster and better. We have seen some great improvements on Tuesday morning as we set intentional goals and work together to reach them. Thank you to the F3 PAX who have consistently joined us to run with this class. Only one more run to go.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Signing Day is 11:30am next Friday, 6/20.

COT: Bobby Hill closed our group by leading us in prayer.