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F3 After Dark ™️

AO: 1stf
Q: Focker
PAX: SalPal, Strutter
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
CONDITIONS: a perfect fall night. Y’all missed out

WARMUP: none! Terrible parking for all meant a prompt start

THE THANG: SalPal and myself buddied up with a 30 lb ruck and went to the base of the Capitol’s grass hill.

Partner 1 Bernied up hill with ruck
Partner 2 did 10 burpees then sprinted to get ruck.
Each man did 100 burpees total

11s of WW1 and heel lifts. The catch was every set was 1 landing higher on the stairs
At the end of our 11s, Strutter finally found parking and joined us!

Mosey to Tennessee map where we did the road trip workout
I-40: 40 merkins in Memphis, 40 squats in Nashville, 40 crunches in Knoxville
I-24: 24 merkins in Chattanooga, 24 squats in Nashville, 24 crunches in Clarksville
I-65: 65 crunches in Lawrenceburg, 20-20-25 merkins,squats,crunches in Nashville and ended with 65 second low plank

MOLESKINE: nice walk over to Von Elrod’s together really filled up our proverbial cups. Strutter and I then got to fill up our literal cups

ANNOUNCEMENTS: check slack as always

COT: really a pleasant night of fellowship and getting to catch up with both these 2 great dudes. Sad to not see as many faces, but grateful for the intentional time together

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Tortoise & Hare, Run #4

AO: thestronghold
Q: Red Skull
PAX: Touchback, Laces Out, DintyMoore, Judy, Hipster, Right Said, Chunks, Barney, Decaf, SalPal, Salami, Wham-O, Bruh Bruh, Mater, Dinky, Mosh Pit, Puppy Chow, Shred-It, Cuties, Go Fish, Speed Date, Comic Book Guy, Raisin, Old Man River
FNGs: None
COUNT: 25
CONDITIONS: Wet, warm and dark

WARMUP: Standard pre-run warm-up: SSH, Squats, IWs, stretches, WMH

THE THANG: Partner up and RUN!! We were teased by the rain this morning…it held off until we got started and then somewhere along the route is started up.

SalPal hosted the After Party this morning, inviting everyone to join him at the picnic tables for some split squats, dips and decline merkins and more spilt squats.

MOLESKINE: Some how we were able to run 3 miles in the rain and attend the SalPal After Party but couldn’t execute the count in the circle. Life can be hard so at least get the easy parts right!

COT: Prayers for focus, consistency and endurance.

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Bomber burpee

AO: bomber
Q: Puzzlah
PAX: Pep, Vector, CubCadet, Wet Wipes, Tim the Toolman, SalPal
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
CONDITIONS: very nice

WARMUP:
– SSH x 20 IC
– Hillbilly Walkers x 15 IC
– Cherry Pickers x 10 IC
– Willie Mays Hayes x 10 IC
– Arm Circles (F/B)
– Broga

Roxanne
– “Roxanne” = Burpee
– “Red Light” = Merkins —merkins didnt work. About 26 burpees.
Mosey to the orb
– Indian run with a burpee

THE THANG:
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– 75 Burpees
– 150 Big Boys
– 225 Squats

I forget how we cut the last 2 for time

Burpee Suicides
– Car 1 = 2 Burpee, back
– Car 2 = 4 Burpees, back
– Gate= 6 Burpees, fin

Sprint
– Sprint half way and stride the rest of the path
– 5 rounds

MOLESKINE: Pep thinks I’m sucking up to the 1stF. No, just lack creativity. Listened to TSwift’s new album. “She is not Lana Del Ray” – SalPal

ANNOUNCEMENTS: slack

COT: gratitude to respect our DR AOQ

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Nightmoves Gauntlet

AO: 1stf
Q: Half Lyfe
PAX: Half Lyfe, Firefox, Natural Ice, SalPal, Salami, Roadkill, CubCadet, Lady Liberty, Bushy (Brendan), Dog Chow (Luke), Quattro (Aaron)
FNGs: 3 Bushy (Brendan), Dog Chow (Luke), Quattro (Aaron)
COUNT: 11
CONDITIONS: Perfect calm, mid 70’s evening.

WARMUP: SSH, BAC, BBAC, Shoulder Presses, WMH, Runners Stretch.

THE THANG: Thang 1:
Basketball Court: Suicides with merkins at each line increasing by 1 each line. Run to Monkey Bars 5 Pull Ups, Bear Crawl to tree (50ft), lunge back (50ft) to low bar and do 20 dips, run up hill (200ft), 5 burpee pull ups, 10 swing rows, 30 big boy sit ups, run to other playground (50ft), 10 Lt Dans, run down hill back to basketball courts (125ft) and start over.

Thang 2: Ring of burpee fire. Done to Johnny Cash’s Ring of Fire. PAX held plank then went around and did 1 burpee +1 each round. Got 2 rounds complete just in time.

MOLESKINE: Talked about F3 a little so FNG’s could get a good idea of what all it has to offer.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Lots going on. Check Slack.

COT: count off, name-o-rama, named 3 FNG’s. Welcome Bushy, Dog Chow and Quattro! Glad you could join us. Hope to see you out again! Thank you all for making it out. You all killed it! Great job everyone!

Everyone met at Fat Bottom after. Great Fellowship! Grateful to be a part of this group! Thank you men!

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Tortoise & Hare, Run #1

AO: thestronghold
Q: Red Skull
PAX: Right Said, Crawlspace, SalPal, Salami, Michelin Man, Brown Slip, Young and Restless, Barney, Hipster, Decaf, Demo – F3 NoHo HTX, Speed Date, Go Fish, Puppy Chow, 10 FNGS
FNGs: 1 10 FNGS
COUNT: 25
CONDITIONS: Dark!

WARMUP: Circle Up, Warm Up – SSH, Squats, IWs, Stretches, WMH

THE THANG: Partner up and RUN!!!

MOLESKINE: A fantastic first run for the new class. 5 out of the 13 4:13 Strong men posted a sub 30:00 time. Another 4 finished sub 35:00 and we were “All In” at 41:37. This may be the class where we see everyone hit the 30:00 goal.

Thank you to all of my F3 brothers for such a great showing today. It had a huge impact on the 4:13 Strong guys who found it hard to believe that so many men would be willing to run with them.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Struggle 005 will be 10/24-10/25. Start making plans now to join us for this incredible physical and mental challenge.

COT: Prayers for strength, wisdom and guidance.

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An incredibly fair workout

AO: titan
Q: Wolfpack
PAX: Pep, Chunks, Natural Ice, Tim the Toolman, CubCadet, Spinal Tap, SalPal, Cropduster, Vector, Radish
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
CONDITIONS: Perfection

WARMUP: Mosey and the usual suspects

THE THANG:

Four corners on the Parthenon Mall
Partner up with one partner doing a dynamic exercise for reps and the other a static hold.

Round 1

Corner 1 – 10×10 Crunches with Hollow Body Hold
Corner 2 – 5×15 Squats with Low Squat Hold
Corner 3 – 5×10 Merkins with High Plank Hold
Corner 4 – 5×5 Burpees with Imperial Walkers

Round 2

Corner 1 – 10×10 Crunches with Hollow Body Hold
Corner 2 – 15×5 Squats with Low Squat Hold
Corner 3 – 10×5 Merkins with High Plank Hold
Corner 4 – 5×5 Burpees with Imperial Walkers

Sprint to Startex

MOLESKINE: “That was an incredibly fair workout” – SalPal

ANNOUNCEMENTS: greenmachine convergence tomorrow for 9/11.
Grow School coming up
Night moves on 9/18

Chiliteria on 10/19. Looking for a co-Q and a location with power. DM me if interested!

COT: Set goals. Take action. Be patient.

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3 Ring Circus – Day 3

AO: bomber
Q: Firefox , Spinal Tap, Pole Dancer
PAX: SalPal, Poppa Lock, Papa Bear, CubCadet, Vector, Tim the Toolman, hambone, DintyMoore
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
CONDITIONS: Festive

WARMUP: 10 SSH, OYO WMH and GM

THE THANG:
Part 1: Firefox
Mosey to parking lot by the playground. Circle up and hold a plank to “Ring of Fire”. Much mumblechatter.

Partner up. 1 partner holds a static hold position while the other does the exercise, swap and do 3 rounds per exercise with the goal of not resting in transition between the hold and the exercise
– Hollow body hold – 10 V-ups
– Low plank – 15 buzzsaws
– High plank – 10 plank knees-to-elbows (each side is 1/2)

Mosey to playground. 1 partner does 10 hanging leg raises, the other does Freddie Mercuries. 2 rounds.

Part 2: Pole Dancer
Back at the parking lot by the playground.
– 50 windshield wipers (in cadence)
– 50 supermans (oyo)
– 50 butterfly crunches (in cadence)
– 50 ankle taps (in cadence)

Big 10 – alternate WW1s (counting down from 9 to 1) and merkins (counting up from 1 to 9)

Part 3: Spinal Tap
Mosey to upper parking lot. 4 Corners.
– 20 (4-count) flutter kicks. Toy soldier walk to next corner.
– 30 (2-count) American hammers. Imperial walker walk to next corner.
– 40 (2-count) mountain climbers. Toy soldier walk to next corner.
– 50 LBCs. Imperial walker walk back to first corner

Mosey to Startex. Superheroes. Alternate between superman (arms forward), batman (arms to the side), and ironman (arms by your side).

MOLESKINE:
– I got called an angry little elf. Thanks?
– Kudos to Papa Bear Vector CubCadet DintyMoore for making it to all 3 days the circus was in town.
– Vector brought his clown nose
– CubCadet just assumed we were doing a 15min hollow body hold.
– Everyone shared a word/phrase/sentence of gratitude

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– CSAUP
– TN Tussle
– Small group w/ Spinal Tap and Pole Dancer

COT:
– Thanks for cool heads, organized administration and safety at school
– Support for those dealing with health issues and anxieties

It was a blast. It has been “fun” experiencing the cascade of soreness since Wednesday. Thanks to Spinal Tap and Pole Dancer for letting me rope you into this madness and making it a success!

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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:

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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

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The Filthy fifty

AO: 1stf
Q: Strutter
PAX: CubCadet, SalPal, Strutter
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
CONDITIONS: Humid

WARMUP: Run to the top of the Capital steps, take in the view, and run back down to the TN map.

THE THANG: We found the 4 corners of the TN map. Corner 1 10 merkins IC Corner 2 10 SDS IC Corner 3 merkin complex each round was unique. (Wide grip, diamond, handshake, hand release, Makhtar N’Diaye) Corner 4 10 squats IC Each trip around the map was a different mode of transportation. Round 1 mosey Round 2 duck walk Round 3 Bernie Round 4 sprint Round 5 combo of 1st 4 rounds. Mary 30 LBC IC and a penalty run up the steps for SalPal (tardiness).
Von Elrods for post workout ACR.

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: CSAUP 50, TN Tussle, next Night Moves September 18th.

COT: unspoken prayers, jobs, Pax.