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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.

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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:

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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Green Sally Up, Green Sally Down

AO: bomber
Q: SalPal
PAX: Pep, Chunks, hambone, Right Said, Salami, Papa Bear, CubCadet, Skittles
FNGs: 1 Skittles
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: Indecisively dry

WARMUP: HA! That’s funny… wait you’re serious?

THE THANG:

Green Sally up and green Sally down
Lift and squat, gotta tear the ground
Green Sally up and green Sally down
Lift and squat, gotta tear the ground
Green Sally up and green Sally down
Lift and squat, gotta tear the ground
Green Sally up and green Sally down
Lift and squat, gotta tear the ground
Green Sally up and green Sally down
Lift and squat, gotta tear the ground
Green Sally up and green Sally down
Lift and squat, gotta tear the ground
Green Sally up and green Sally down
Lift and squat, gotta tear the ground
Green Sally up and green Sally down
Lift and squat, gotta tear the ground
Old Miss Lucy’s dead and gone
Left me here to weep and moan
Green Sally up and green Sally down
Lift and squat, gotta tear the ground
Green Sally up and green Sally down
Lift and squat, gotta tear the ground
Green Sally up and green Sally down
Lift and squat, gotta tear the ground
Green Sally up and green Sally down
Lift and squat, gotta tear the ground
Green Sally up and green Sally down
Lift and squat, gotta tear the ground
Old Miss Lucy’s dead and gone
Left me here to weep and moan
Green Sally up and green Sally down
Lift and squat, gotta tear the ground
Green Sally up and green Sally down
Lift and squat, gotta tear the ground
Green Sally up and green Sally down
Lift and squat, gotta tear the ground
Green Sally up and green Sally down
Lift and squat, gotta tear the ground
Green Sally up and green Sally down
Lift and squat, gotta tear the ground
Old Miss Lucy’s dead and gone
Left me here to weep and moan
Green Sally up and green Sally down
Lift and squat, gotta tear the ground
Green Sally up and green Sally down
Lift and squat, gotta tear the ground
Green Sally up and green Sally down
Lift and squat, gotta tear the ground
Green Sally up and green Sally down
Lift and squat, gotta tear the ground
Green Sally up and green Sally down
Lift and squat, gotta tear the ground
Green Sally up and green Sally down
Lift and squat, gotta tear the ground
Green Sally up and green Sally down
Lift and squat, gotta tear the ground
Green Sally up and green Sally down
Lift and squat, gotta tear the ground
Green Sally up and green Sally down
Lift and squat, gotta tear the ground
Green Sally up and green Sally down
Lift and squat, gotta tear the ground
Green Sally up and green Sally down
Lift and squat, gotta tear the ground
Green Sally up and green Sally down
Lift and squat, gotta tear the ground
Old Miss Lucy’s dead and gone
Left me here to weep and moan

Also assorted merks, squats, bear crawls, wall exercises, hill sprints w/ burpees and Lt. Dan’s.

MOLESKINE: This song will live rent-free in your brain forever now. Also Puzzlah joined for coffeteria,

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Brewsday, Library Event, Struggle, see Slack for details. Welcome Skittles!

COT: Health, family, travel, other quiet intentions.

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Tortoise & Hare, Run #3

AO: thestronghold
Q: Red Skull
PAX: Chunks, Wham-O, Young and Restless, Right Said, Barney, Decaf, Judy, Salami, Wendy’s, Ice Box, Stir Fry, Road Trip, Practice?, Bobby Hill, Life Saver, Mutt, Singlet
FNGs: None
COUNT: 18
CONDITIONS: Perfect running weather – 66 degrees

WARMUP: The usual: SSH, Squats, IWs, Stretches, WMHs

THE THANG: Partner Up and RUN!! Find someone that will push you to get better and run with them. It worked…5 PRs this morning. Our “All In” time is improving…today we were All In at 34:30 leaving time for a Burpee Apocalypse with some Squats mixed in just for fun.

MOLESKINE: Improvements are a sign of hard work. Please keep encouraging the 4:13 Strong men as they figure out what it means to fight for change in their life.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Struggle 004 is next week. If interested one of the final spots, reach out to tampalibra.

COT: Prayers for continued wisdom, strength and endurance.

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Welcome FNGs

AO: titan
Q: Chunks
PAX: preacherman, Salami, SalPal, Sherlock, Natural Ice, Young and Restless, Papa Bear, Freakonomics, Doublemint (F3 RVA), Hipster, CubCadet, Spinal Tap, Black Lung, DintyMoore, Crawlspace, Pep, Cowbell (DR), Fanny Pack (DR), OJ, Kincade, Carrot Top
FNGs: 3 OJ, Kincade, Carrot Top
COUNT: 22
CONDITIONS: Perfect

WARMUP:

42 SSH = my age!

THE THANG:

The PAX voted and Yacht Rock was the playlist choice.

Pass the speaker run towards Love Circle.

Took a hard right on 29th and headed back to the hill next to the Parthenon.

Count off 1s and 2s. Partner up. Each partner group picked an exercise for the rest of the PAX while they were the timer and ran up and down the hill. Once everyone had a turn as the timer, mosey to the lawn in front of the Parthenon.

Round 1 25% to the other side and 1 burpee and back
Round 2 25% to the other side and 2 burpees and back
Round 3 50% to the other side and 3 burpees and back
Round 4 50% to the other side and 4 burpees and back
Round 5 90% to the other side and 5 burpees and back

Mosey back to startex with a sprint to the finish.

4 Mins of mary left with some up and downs with burpees

Always an honor to lead.

3 FNGs were welcomed to the crew: Carrot Top, OJ, and Kincade

MOLESKINE: 95% of men over 35 will never sprint again. We will not be a part of that statistic.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check Slack

COT: Prayed out!

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Rice is Nice

AO: handsomizer
Q: Firefox
PAX: Natural Ice, Salami, Old Maid, caprate, FakePaw
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS: Damp

WARMUP:
– 20x SSH
– 15x FLBAC
– 15x BLBAC
– 15x Air Presses
– 15x Moroccan Night Clubs

THE THANG: YHC was given a gracious welcome by the handsomizer regulars, and I returned that by bringing gifts of rice.

Part 1: Indigenous peoples run around the stadium bring a rice bag up to the front of the line and passing it back.

Part 2: PAX partnered up over at the picnic benches on the turf patch. Pairs did a rice bag pass during an exercise

– Step-ups on the picnic benches (passing the rice bag at the top of the step-up) – 3 minutes
– Sit-ups (toe-to-toe, passing the rice bag at the top of the sit-up) – 3:30 minutes
– Squats – 3:45 minutes
– WW1 (toe-to-toe, bringing the rice bag up over your head when coming to the ground and then passing it at the top of the sit-up) – 5 minutes!

Part 3: Plank hold for 3:45 minutes during “Hold On” by the Alabama Shakes

Part 4: 45 sec on, 15 sec off
– Bench flutters (3 rounds)
– Bulgarian split-squats (2 rounds)
– One-legged stand-ups (2 rounds)

Part 5: PAX got back into pairs. One held a hollow body hold while the other ran with a rice bag. Each PAX ran twice (significantly shortening the run for the second round).

Part 6: 1 minute of shoulder tap plank jacks.

MOLESKINE:
– Lots of good mumblechatter time during the run and partner exercises
– What wore down the most during those WW1s? Core or arms?

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Hot wings challenge with The Merchant

COT:
– Job changes and the soul searching that accompanies coming to a career crossroads.

It was a pleasure joining and leading y’all this morning!