The Filthy Fifty

AO: handsomizer
Q: Strutter
PAX: Freakonomics, Natural Ice, Old Maid, Salami, Catfish, Cuban Missile, Strutter
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
CONDITIONS: low 60’s perfect morning

WARMUP: 10 each IC
SSH
IW
Abe Vigodas
Mosey to the field

THE THANG:
Upon arrival to the field, I plotted out the four corners that would become our workout areas.
The four corner workouts were as follows:
1) 10 merkins IC
2) 10 SDS IC
3) 10 IC merkin complex, a different style each round. Diamond, Wide, Hand Release, Makhtar N Daiye.
4) 10 Standard Squats IC.
The mode of travel between each corner varied each round.
1) Lunge Walk
2) Bernie
3) Duck Walk
4) Sprint.
5) The final round was a combo of all of the exercises and all of the modes of transportation.
We finished at the top of the stairs with 50) LBCs and then a Mosey back to the start.

MOLESKINE: coffee be Freakonomics was his own unique blend which was amazing.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Night Moves Thursday
Grow School
Octoburpee (w/ world record burpee count to end the month)

COT:
Prayers for Catfish MiL
Salami potential new job
The death of a young lady on the light rail has left me shaken.
Any unspoken prayers.

18th Anniversary Convergence

AO: westeros
Q: Michelin Man
PAX: Pep, Black Lung, Michelin Man, Sherlock, bluemule, Chunks, DintyMoore, Vector, Salami, Tim the TOOLMAN
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
CONDITIONS: Happy Fall Y’all!

WARMUP:

18 Star Jumps

TODD JEFFERSON HARTLEY
9 – Toy Soldiers
8 – Jumping Jacks
07 – Hillbillies

1 lap around the park. Black Lung joined us halfway through. 7 burpee penalty called by bluemule via the BlackLung rule.

THE THANG:

AMRAP. Pax made a circle with coupons. 1 Pax runs to the end of the parking lot and the remaining Pax did:

Squats
Curls
Overhead press
Rows
Eagles wings lunges

rosebud Pax heard it was my anniversary and started showing up throughout the workout. Thanks for joining Chunks , Salami , and DintyMoore !

We stopped several times to do 18 cinder block pull throughs.

MARY:

18 Flutters with block

LAURA RAINES HARTLEY
9 – Leg raises with block
8 – Rotational block twists
7 – High knees

1 more mosey to cool down.

MOLESKINE:

Today is my 18th anniversary. Laura and I were married on 9/8/2007 in Memphis, TN. I’m so thankful.

The Longest Warmup in Living Memory + Time Trials

AO: offthebooks
Q: SalPal
PAX: Salami, Michelin Man, DintyMoore
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
CONDITIONS: Yes

WARMUP: Run to Ft. Negley and back.

THE THANG: 1600m for time, 800m cooldown, stretch.

MOLESKINE: Good times had by all.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: CSAUP 50

COT: Prayers for job search

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.