Spring 2025 9-Square Tournament

AO: pain-train
Q: Wolfpack
PAX: Timber, Cheeks, Stubs, Siri, Pitmaster, G-string, The Merchant, Sooie
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: Cool and calm

WARMUP: SSH, Merkins, Squats, WMH, Mosey

THE THANG:
Bearcrawl Battle for starting King

9Square
– Two 15 minute halves
– Halftime run around the track
– Corners did 10 merkins between rounds
– Middles did 10 squats between rounds
– King does burpees equal to amount of points between rounds
– If King gets out he has to run to the buses and back

Congratulations to THE Timber who has been crowned our new Universal 9-Square F3 Champion of the Woooorrrlllddddd! And also now owns the record of 15 points!

MOLESKINE: Mumblechatter was consistent and glorious throughout.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Spring Fling April 6th, Merchant Hot Wings April 26th, PainTrain Merkins Madness March 31st

COT: Moment of silence and reflection, especially for those prayers unsaid we keep close to our hearts. Give us the strength and courage to bring those up with honesty to ourselves so we can bring them to others when help is needed.

A little bit of everything.

AO: pain-train
Q: Half Lyfe
PAX: G-string, Half Lyfe, Siri, Timber, Wolfpack, None
FNGs: 1 None
COUNT: 5
CONDITIONS: calm 63 degs.

WARMUP: SSH, WMH, Good Mornings, Mosey for Coupons.

THE THANG:
1-Jump Rope 60 count 1st round and 100 count 2nd round. Jump rope was timer. 4 other stations. Stacked 2 cinder blocks up and did side to side step overs with coupon. Switched feet halfway through. Basketball
Merkins roll basketball from one hand to the other and do offset merkin after each roll. Lunge with coupon farmers carry. Dumbbell arms raise to the side and forward.

2-Timer was 20 merkins with dumbbell lawnmower pull alternate hands after each merkin. 4 other stations. Modified mountain climbers (Knee to elbow, crisscross knee to other elbow, then knee to same elbow oblique). Swing rows. Dips. Flutter kicks.

3-Circle of Burpee Death. Circle up in plank form. Would go around circle and each person do burpee. +1 after each round. Got to 5.

Mosey back to return coupons.

MOLESKINE: Reading Wild @ Heart. 3 things in every man’s heart. A battle to fight, An adventure to live, A beauty to love. For me F3 has provided ‘A battle to fight’ and ‘An adventure to live’. Pushing myself in the morning and not knowing what the next workout (adventure) will be. Extremely glad to have found this great group of men and the fellowship it provides.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Spring Fling April 6th come out for some great Pitmaster bbq!

COT: Prayers offered up for Siri starting new job and all those traveling during SB. Thank you for letting me lead you this morning.

Timber great to have you back out in the gloom!

Wake up early and work hard

AO: the-knoll
Q: Malibu
PAX: Pebbles, El Capitan, Wolfpack, AAA, Malibu, Papa Bear, Étouffée, Siri
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: but nippy at the start but closed with some cosmic ray goodness and warmth at the end.

WARMUP:
Mosey to Peppbles’ place. Move 2k lbs of lumber, mosey back to playground and stretch (dealer’s choice). Prep for Thang 1 and Thang 2.

THE THANG:
(1) 15’ amrap: 7x squats + 7x Mericans.
Extra sauce for jumping squats, burpees, and variations galore.

(2) 13’ amrap: 5x plank walk outs, 10x sit-ups, 10x American Twists (variations encouraged).

MOLESKINE:
I‘ve been recalling recently the fact that I will one day pass away from this life. This reality focuses me more on living well, loving more, and giving of myself for others instead of the self-centered temptations I so often and so easily choose.
I also believe that at the end of my life I will be judged on how much I loved, and recently a friend encouraged me to try to live out and up this notion: how proud can I make my Heavenly Father when he has to judge my choices? A somber thought for sure, but a hopeful one when I know I am surrounded and encouraged by other men such as The Knoll is made.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Merican March Challenge. 4/6 BBQ meetup at Warner Parks.

COT:
Prayers for Étouffée’s friend Josh, El Capitan‘s dad, for good meetings for both Sooie and Papa Bear, and health of all our families.

Spontaneous Combustion

AO: pain-train
Q: El Capitan
PAX: Wolfpack, G-string, Stubs, Cheeks, El Capitan, FLO, Pitmaster, Siri, Waffle, @OfficerDangle
FNGs: 1 @OfficerDangle
COUNT: 10
CONDITIONS: Crisp + chilly

WARMUP:

– Downdog, Cobra, sprinter stretch both sides
– 10x three-count merkins
– Back stretches
– BACs & BacBACs x7
– Imperial walkers
– Mosey to grab two cinder blocks with some high knees & butt-kickers thrown in for good measure

THE THANG:

Station Work at playground

80 seconds on, 20 sec. Rest. (Three complete circuits, adjusted to 60 seconds of work for circuits #2 & #3)

– Pull-up / Hangs
– 20 merkins, then hold plank
– Jump rope or Knee Taps
– “Psycho” squats with coupon (goblin goblet, straight-arm, above-head)
– Bear Crawl Plank hip-knee-toes
– Swims :sweat:
– American Hammers with weight / Reverse burpees (sit-up to jump)

Ended with two burpees.

MOLESKINE:

Reading from Every Moment Holy, Volume 1: “A Liturgy for the Ritual of Morning Coffee” while drinking coffee. :coffee:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

March Merkin Madness continues! (We knocked out 70 today).

COT:

Nameorama, Countorama, named our FNG Wes @OfficerDangle (welcome aboard!), and closed in prayer.

I enjoyed our time together, men! :el-capitan:

An Excuse to Work Legs

AO: atlantis
Q: Hair Band
PAX: SalPal, Toothless, Pole Dancer, Puzzlah, Siri, Pothole
FNGs: 1 Pothole
COUNT: 7
CONDITIONS: chilly

WARMUP:
Mosey 1 laps around soccer fields
Good mornings
Cherry pickers
Willie mays hayes
Cowboy hip rotations (fwd & bck)
50 SSHs

THE THANG:
30 sec high knees + 10 perfect merkins
Repeat 10 times

15 Drop squats + sprint parking spaces
Repeat 8 times

Lunge walk around parking lot

4-5min of 10 burpees + 10 v ups alternating

MOLESKINE:
In a world of well rounded workouts, Hair Band seems obsessed with getting our legs solid as marble. Complaints from the pax about leg soreness will be seen as badges of honor from Hair Band and only seek to fuel his love of leg based workouts. If anything, Hair Band feels like a merciful Q in that he allowed us to do Merkins.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
• Night Moves hosted by SalPal March 6th, check his preblast for details
• AOQ Grow School coming back atcha Saturday March 22nd stonewall tel:0600-0800
• Spring Fling hosted by Natural Ice – CBO, check main channel for details
• May CSAUP coming your way

COT:
• prayers for work transitions and changes happening, prayers for men looking for work, prayers for babies on the way, over all health and well being

Thanks for letting me Q, this was a fun workout and due to my lack of bringing a speaker the mumblechatter was mumbling.

Welcome to Pothole!

Rock on,

Hair Band :sign_of_the_horns:

Go to church or the devil will getchya!

AO: pain-train
Q: Wolfpack
PAX: Stubs, Siri, G-string, Pitmaster, Wolfpack, FLO, Waffle, Cheeks
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: Shorts are back on the menu!

WARMUP: The usual suspects.

THE THANG:
Run to Bellevue Church of Christ
10 rounds of:
10 second high plank hold
10 merkins
10 second rest

Run to Bellevue Baptist Church
10 rounds of:
10 second low squat hold
10 squats
10 second rest

Run to Cross Timbers Freewill Baptist Church
10 rounds of:
10 second hollow body hold
10 big boy sit-ups
10 second rest

Run to Bellevue Presbyterian Church
10 rounds of:
10 second low plank hold
5 burpees
10 second rest

Run back to red caboose

MOLESKINE:
Loved the counting rhythm we organically fell into. I think it really helped us lock into the workouts and push it together.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: biscuit run march 1st. Boardgame night Feb 28

COT: My mom sent me a book of daily devotions as she felt it may be good to bring into our COTs when I lead. The thoughtfulness of wanting to share something that was meaningful to her because she felt it would help me too really made an impact on me this week. It made me ask myself the question, am I actively listening to others and am I actively supporting and providing for them based on what I hear? Encouragement to PAX (including myself!) to listen more and take action to better the lives of those around us. Thanks Mom 😀

2 minutes is short for a song but long for an exercise

AO: pain-train
Q: Stubs
PAX: Wolfpack, Pitmaster, Half Lyfe, FLO, Siri, Stubs
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS: wet ground, warm air

WARMUP:
IC
SSH x 20
BACs x 10
BACBACs x 10
Moroccan Night Clubs x10
Mission of F3
5 Slow Mercans for each principle
Slow Squats x5
Willie Mays Hays OYO
Mosey to get coupons

THE THANG:
I put together a playlist of songs that are 2 minutes or less
Broke it up into three 5 song segments with a minute of rest in between.
Each round was around 9 minutes of work.

Round 1
Incline Mercs
Step ups with Coupon
Dips
Flutter Kicks with Coupon
Bear Crawl around gazebo

Round 2
Goblet squats with coupon
Bent over Rows with Coupon
LBCs
Floor to ceilings with coupon
Plank jacks

Round 3
Incline Mercs
Step ups with Coupon
Dips
Flutter Kicks with Coupon
Bear Crawl around gazebo

Mosey to Return coupons head to play ground
Ended with Ring of Wolfpack
All pax hold plank while each takes turns doing ascending # of pull-ups
We got to 3

MOLESKINE: Sticking with the theme for the week. We’re not in this alone. Lean on each other.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Approaching final stretch of LeanPax
Franklin Biscuit Run
Upcoming Game Night
Check Slack

COT: silent prayer and coffeteeria

4-Stop Neighborhood Burn

AO: the-knoll
Q: El Capitan
PAX: Siri, El Capitan, Malibu, Sooie, Stubs, Wolfpack, Papa Bear, Sparrow, Pebbles, Pitmaster, @FLO, @AAA, @Iowa (2.0)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
CONDITIONS: Just cold enough

WARMUP:

SSH x25
Bacs & BacBacs
Yes, No, Maybes
Willie Mays Hays
Down Dog
Runners stretch
Back Stretches
Butterfly with deep breathing exercise

THE THANG:

Part 1

Neighborhood Mosey with work at four stopping points.

At each stop: 10 burpees, 15 overhead presses, 20 crunches, 25 squats

Rest :60 after each burn + share the 5 core principles of F3 + mission & credo

Final stop: plank crawl along curb as a group from one lit lamppost to another

Part 2: Cooldown

>From curb, as a group, slow lunge up the hill.

We played three rounds of Bear Crawl Battle Royale (Iowa was the juggernaut!)

Round of MARY

MOLESKINE:

My family has been out with the flu the last week & a half and my wife, unfortunately, has had the worst round of it. It has been humbling as a father & a dad to take care of her and my girls while she’s been sick. I’ve felt incompetent and clueless at times but it’s also been a good experience to grow. I’ve enjoyed the increased time spent with my girls as we’ve recovered together. Embrace those moments of incompetence & grow from them! It’s a good reminder of how much teamwork parenting & running a house requires. :pray:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Joy & thanksgiving for Sparrow’s new little one and for his wife’s healthy delivery!

Mystery V-Q on Thursday!! :party_parrot: :olive:

COT:

Nameorama, Countorama, and coffeteria enjoyed.

Grateful for y’all!

:el-capitan:

Total Body AMRAP

AO: pain-train
Q: Wolfpack
PAX: Puzzlah, Half Lyfe, Wolfpack, FLO, Pole Dancer, Lady Liberty, Siri, Stubs, G-string, Cheeks
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
CONDITIONS: Love when 27 feels warm.

WARMUP: Mosey to pick up coupons, mosey to the playground. 10 SlowSquats. 10 Slow Merkins.

THE THANG:

3 rounds of 10 minute AMRAP.
10 reps of 3 exercises.
Run around inner path at 5 minute mark.
5 reps of each exercise for remaining time.

Round 1:
Goblet Squats w/ coupon
Bavarian Deadlifts w/ coupon
Merkins

Round 2:
Iron Mikes
Big Boy Sit-ups w/ coupon
Blockees (Burpee w/ coupon press)

Round 3:
Monkey humpers
Alternating V-ups
Coupon curls

MOLESKINE: Solid mumble chatter throughout as usual here at PT! Unintentional Guitar Hero playlist slaps.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: leanpax, Spartan race, biscuit run, check the slack!

COT: Patience. I’m struggling with it with the kids at the moment. Constantly reminding myself to take a breathe, give some grace, and take a little longer to connect before responding. Encouragement to Pax to do the same. Where can you find patience with yourself and those around you through the day?

Ten Trees

AO: the-knoll
Q: Wolfpack
PAX: Siri, Wolfpack, Stubs, Half Lyfe, Pebbles
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
CONDITIONS: Cold for the first 10 minutes

WARMUP: SSHs til Siri gets out of his car. What was he doing in there?

Mosey to get coupons and carry to river table.

THE THANG:
Ten Trees:

Split into two groups. One person runs and touches a tree while the other completes a workout. You cannot touch the same tree twice throughout the workout.

River table: Coupon Squats

Walk to playground with coupon over head

Playground: Bent over Rows

Walk to back stop with coupon over head

Backstop: Floor to Ceilings

Walk to street with coupon over head and return them to Pebbles house. Mosey back to startex.

Thang 2 – PlankUps Ring of Fire
Pax lines up at pull up bars. Everyone holds a high plank. First Pax does a pull up goes back to high plank, second pax follows, all the way down the line. When complete, Pax rotates so first is last and everyone moves up. Now hold low plank and go for two. Rotate. High plank for 3 pull ups each. Rotate. Low plank for 4 pull ups. Rotate. High plank for five.

MOLESKINE: There are not ten trees close to the backstop

ANNOUNCEMENTS: leanpax, push up challenge, Franklin’s Biscuit Run, Spartan code in general channel

COT: struggled to get out of bed this morning. Only reason I made it is because I was leading and I knew others depending on that. Made me think… I led therefore I showed up, but how often in my life am I showing up to lead? How often am I being intentional about not just being in a place, but taking on leadership… Am I being proactive about finding opportunities to lead? Encouragement to Pax to seek out places in their life where they can show up.