Pain Training

AO: pain-train
Q: Wolfpack
PAX: Siri, Stubs, Piglet, Pebbles, BTB, Scoop, Smokey the Bear
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: Perfect

WARMUP: Mosey to get Coupons

THE THANG:
11’s on the hill
– Coupon Presses at the bottom
– Coupon Rows at the top
Carry coupons to the wheelchair ramp. Lt. Dans all the way up with coupons. Return to hill.
11’s
– Merkins at the bottom
– Coupon Curls (for the gurls) at the top
Back to the ramp for Lt. Dans all the way up.
Return Coupons. Return to Startex.
Merkin Ring of fire up to 3 and back down
15 crunches. 10 leg raises, 10 crunches. 5 WWII, 5 leg raises 5 crunches.
Carolina Dry Dock ring of fire up to 3 and back down.
15 crunches. 10 leg raises, 10 crunches. 5 WWII, 5 leg raises 5 crunches.
Merkin ring of fire up to 3 and back down.
15 crunches. 10 leg raises, 10 crunches. 5 WWII, 5 leg raises 5 crunches.

MOLESKINE:
Happy to have my cousins BTB and Scoop to pain-train for a workout today along with their buddy Smokey.
Smokey and Pebbles were on a different level during 11’s!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: leanpax starts on Monday!

COT: Good vibes for the year ahead as we push ourselves to be better men.

What do you mean “I’m not allowed to make you guys do burpees?!”

AO: the_eddy
Q: SalPal
PAX: Pitmaster, FLO, Motorola, Siri, Half Lyfe, Roadkill
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
CONDITIONS: Still pissed about the no burpees bit.

WARMUP:

THE THANG: Rucked offroad to paved. ~48 minutes.

MOLESKINE: Pope Benedict XVI / Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger: “The world offers you comfort, but you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness.” F3 is also not made for comfort. Reflect today on the ways you can, with God’s grace, translate daily personal excellence in F3 to greatness elsewhere.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas Eve beatdown, NYD convergence, check slack for details.

COT: Prayers for health, travel, hosting, Siri / Stubs and family health.

Tussle Takeover

AO: pain-train
Q: G-string , SalPal
PAX: Shakira, FLO, Siri, Motorola, Derby, Cheeks, Half Lyfe
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: Cold and wet

WARMUP:
SalPal started off on Q. We moseyed a few laps around the park, indigenous style. The six performed an exercise (Lt. Dan’s for first time through the PAX then Burpees) before running to the front of the line.

THE THANG: THE FLAG CAME OUT!
Unbeknownst to SalPal, I had the tussle flag in my truck ready to flex its magical powers of Q-Jacking. The flag came out, was planted, and we were off.
– Five rounds
– 5 pull-ups
– 10 reverse lunges with coupon or sandbag (2-is-1)
– 15 thrusters with weight
– mosey around the playground
– Four rounds
– 10 Rows with weight
– 15 HR Merkins
– 20 Squats with weight
– Broad jump to fence and bearcrawl back
– Little Drummer Boy
– High Plank with a merkin for each “Pa-rum-pum-pum-pum”

MOLESKINE:
“Is is hardly possible for (each man) to think too often or too deeply about.. his neighbor. The load, or weight, or burden of my neighbour’s glory should be laid daily on my back, a load so heavy that only humility can carry it, and the backs of the proud will be broken. It is a serious thing to live in a society of possible gods and goddesses, to remember that the dullest and most uninteresting person you talk to may one day be a creature which, if you saw it now, you would be strongly tempted to worship, or else a horror and a corruption such as you now meet, it at all, only in a nightmare. All day long we are, in some degree, helping each other to one or other of these destinations.” The Weight of Glory C.S. Lewis

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Grow School on 12/6
– Christmas party next Saturday

COT:
– Prayers were offered up.

Pure Pain

AO: pain-train
Q: El Capitan
PAX: Siri, Derby, Wolfpack, FLO, Cheeks, El Capitan, Piglet, Pitmaster, Roadkill, Stubs
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
CONDITIONS: 61 & misty

WARMUP:

Willie May Hays
Climb stretches
Slow Mo Merkins 10x

THE THANG:

Gather & Farmer-carry coupons to tennis courts

Line up along fence.

Round 1:

Burpee Broad Jump to far court’s furthest doubles line, bear crawl back
35x Rows

Round 2:

Burpee Broad Jump to middle court’s furthest doubles line, bear crawl back
35x Curls

Round 3:

Burpee Broad Jump to near court’s furthest doubles line, bear crawl back
35x Floor-to-ceilings

Round 4:

Burpee Broad Jump to middle court’s furthest doubles line, bear crawl back
35x Goblet Squats

Once Round 4 is complete, start Round 1 again.

AT 6:05 — load Coupons in truck (parked by the tennis courts) & mosey back to parking lot to unload coupons / circle up at parking lot for COT.

MOLESKINE:

Last weekend, my 9 year old asked if she could help me gather leaves with the backpack leaf blower. Initially I said no but she kept asking, really wanting to help. So I taught her how to use it & pointed her in the right direction while I used the rake. We ended up working together for ~30 minutes, getting a job done that would have taken me an hour. It was a really cool & unexpected moment to bond with my daughter.

Stay open to opportunities to teach a skill to your kids! (Even when you think you could get it done faster without them).

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

F3 Nashville Christmas party coming up December 12 at Hair Band’s house!

F3 Franklin Christmas party coming up December 6. Check Slack this week for RSVP details.

COT:

Countorama, Nameorama, Prayers lifted up, & Coffeteria by Flo

It was an honor to suffer alongside you this morning, brothers! :dizzy_face: :el-capitan:

No Sooie No Table

AO: pain-train
Q: Wolfpack
PAX: Siri, Derby, Piglet
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
CONDITIONS: Perfecto

WARMUP: SSH’s and other moves

THE THANG:
Partner up. One partner works while other rests. One lap around the park in between exercises. All exercises done with sandbags.
– Rows 10,8,6,4,2 reps
– Pull ups 10,8,6,4,2, reps
– Presses 10,8,6,4,2 reps
– Deadlifts 10,8,6,4,2 reps
– REPEAT

Abs

MOLESKINE: the chatter was mumbled

ANNOUNCEMENTS: F3 Ugly Sweater Party on December 12th! Check 2ndf to HC!

COT: Our kitchen is finally available for use. After 2 months of no kitchen I am extremely grateful to have a roof over my head and access to the luxuries (like running water, refrigerator, dishwasher, stove, microwave, cabinets, shelves… the list goes on and on). Not everyone is as fortunate. So I go into the rest of the week with a lot of gratitude and a lot of awareness for others. Reminder to think of those who do not have the luxuries you may have and find small or big ways to help out as you are able.

Mumblechatter perfection

AO: atlantis
Q: Wolfpack
PAX: Toothless, Siri
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
CONDITIONS: Short sleeve pants and long sleeve shirts.

WARMUP: Mosey around the park

THE THANG:
One Pax carries sandbag to end of parking lot and back as the timer
Two Pax work alternating between merkins and squats
3 rounds total

Bear crawls and crawl bears up and and down the parking lot between rounds

Mosey to picnic shelter
Dips for 30 seconds
Crunches for 30 seconds
Dips for 30 seconds
Flutter kicks for 30 seconds
NC State Dry Docks for 30 seconds
Crunches for 30 seconds
NC State Dry Docks for 30 seconds
Flutter kicks for 30 seconds
REPEAT

Mosey back to Startex

MOLESKINE: Lots of catching up in the mumblechatter. Good vibes.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Ascent happening this Saturday! There’s a holiday party announcement coming soon and a January Coffeeteria challenge ahead…

COT: Grateful for F3 and the fellowship that comes with it.

Frozen Indigenous Circuits 🥶

AO: the-knoll
Q: El Capitan
PAX: Timber, AAA, Malibu, Juicy J, Siri, El Capitan, Gold Digger, Half Lyfe, Papa Bear, Piglet, Roadkill, Tebow, The Banker, Wolfpack, @Link (2.0)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 15
CONDITIONS: oh you know.

WARMUP:

Bacs & BacBacs 15x
Overhead Presses 10x
Moroccan Bankers 10x
CLIMB stretch routine
Imperial Walkers 15x
Motivators 4x

THE THANG:

Indigenous Baton Circuits (with multiple stops for reps)

If baton is dropped, PAX do 10 merkins

First circuit:

Goodpasture Terrace hill: corner stop sign – Myrrh intersection – Footpath Intersection – then reverse route (5 stops)

10x Mtn. Merkins (HR Merkin + 4 ct. mtn climber)
15x Monkey Humpers
20x WW2s

Take a breather at starting point, then walk to base of Harpeth Knoll hill

Second circuit:

Up Harpeth Knoll street hill: stop sign at base of hill – top of hill – far side – top of hill (4 stops)

10x Groiners
15x Lunges (2 is 1)
20x Plank Jacks

Mosey to playground for COT.

MOLESKINE:

With the weather getting colder, remember the homeless. If that means bringing an extra coat in the car to give away, extra hand-warmers, or a little extra cash, look for opportunities to be generous as we enter these colder months.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Siri is leading a 6 AM stair ruck at the Percy Warner stairs this Saturday. Who’s in??

Prayers for the people of Sudan.

Tebow’s family is growing! Pray for the baby twins & for his family as they prepare to move to Franklin. We’re so thankful that you came out today, bud. You will be missed but you know how to reach us!

COT:

Countorama, Nameorama, Prayers lifted up, & coffee enjoyed.

It was an honor & a pleasure to lead y’all this morning!

:el-capitan:

Buck on a Ruck

AO: the_eddy
Q: Sooie
PAX: Roadkill, Half Lyfe, Choo Choo, Sooie, Siri, Legos
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS:
Verily, the morn broke cold as a miser’s mercy. 26 degrees with a sly, needling breeze that whispered of winter’s oncoming siege. Old Man Winter had not yet unsheathed his frosted blade, yet his breath could be felt upon the nape.

WARMUP:
Nay.

THE THANG:
Our fellowship, numbering six set forth westward beneath the paling gloam, rucks strapped firm like the burdens of ancient questing. Our boots found rhythm along the winding westward toward the venerable cemetery resting at the knees of mighty Mt. Eddy.

At the pavilions, we moved as one—six silhouettes vanishing and reappearing between cedar guardians, their boughs sighing. The path swelled upward, a slow heave, a subtle beckoning, all the while treading upon a road of gold: fallen leaves beaten flat as though by elven hands, paving our ascent to the summit.

Time, that ever-reluctant companion, betrayed us. 0615 rang out across the ridge though our loop remained unsealed. Yet YHC called the ruck to a halt where we stood. Numbers and names recited, announcements spoken, and petitions lifted skyward like sparks from a campfire.

Down the final slope, through the thinning trees and the reluctant dawn light, we made our return to the mortal trappings where the humming sound of automobiles ferrying commuters to their various destinations steadily increased. We sealed our brotherhood with the sacred draught: Sooie Brewie, the steaming elixir that stirs the bones awake.

But let it not be forgotten—
On the trail, as though summoned from forgotten legend, stood a buck, proud and unmoved, bearing eight points upon his antlered crown. A sentry of the forest realm. A sign, perhaps, or a silent benediction upon our wandering fellowship.

MOLESKINE:
Our quote for the trek:
“A hunted man sometimes wearies of distrust and longs for friendship.”
So spake Aragorn son of Arathorn, chieftain of the Dúnedain, ranger of the North.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Siri is leading a 0600 beatdown on 11/15 at the Percy Warner stairs.

COT:
‘Twas good to welcome back Half Lyfe to the gloom and hear him recount the various trials he endured during The Struggle!

The Great Beaver Beatdown 🦫 🌖

AO: pain-train
Q: Sooie
PAX: Siri, Roadkill, Juicy J, FLO, Cheeks, Sooie
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS: A perfect 55 degrees, slight breeze, and basked in the smile of the Great Beaver herself.

WARMUP: 3 Truths and a Lie (F3 Edition)
Each PAX took turns sharing three truths and one lie while everyone did Imperial Walkers. Guess correctly? Reward yourself with 10 squats. Guess wrong? Pay the penalty: 10 burpees.
If the majority sniffed out the lie, the storyteller took the burpee penalty instead.

By the end, we learned a few surprising things about our brothers, some believable, some definitely HR violations if true.

THE THANG: The Labors of The Great Beaver
Juicy J made a brief cameo, then sped off after the “warmup” in his Prius to “save his body” for “the tussle,” dashing our hopes for an epic 3v3 showdown. So, the remaining five brave souls launched a co-op campaign to conquer four brutal labors:
– Labor 1 at gazebo 1: 100 Alternating Hand Block Merkins (as a group)
– Labor 2 at gazebo 2: 200 WWII Sit-ups with Blocks (as a group)
– Labor 3 at gazebo 3: 300 Goblet Squats with Blocks (as a group)
– Labor 4: the team returned to gazebo 1 for the Table Carry Gauntlet: 1 PAX at the front, 1 PAX at the rear of the picnic table, 2 PAX performing farmer carries with blocks, 1 PAX carrying a single block solo. We rotated positions as fatigue set in.
Completed 2 full rounds of the 4 Labors.

MOLESKINE:
None, other than reflection on the joy of doing hard (stupid) things together.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– The Ascent (11/15) see Siri for details
– Pain train food drive, bring your non-perishables to pain train to help alleviate food insecurity in our community. See FLO for details.

COT: The Fellowship of The Beaver
Topics discussed:
– Siri’s unsolicited Zoom call contribution
– Apricot explosions (don’t ask)
– Chocolate milk + spicy peanuts + paintball = a questionable life choice
– Gallon Challenge CSAUP proposal
– FIRE! it isn’t anything.
– The mysterious inner workings of the male psyche
– Deep thoughts from shallow dudes
– Quantum entanglement and other things we don’t actually understand

Prayer Requests:
That none of our lives depend on opening a pickle jar for the next couple of days.

Thank you FLO for the Flo Joe and all who came out. Had a great time!

ZOMBIES! HALLOWEEN!

AO: atlantis
Q: bluemule
PAX: Siri, Pole Dancer, Eject
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
CONDITIONS:

WARMUP:

THE THANG:

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT: