Tag: Tim the Toolman

Posted on

Bomber Nostalgia – A Legend Returns

AO: bomber
Q: Vector , t-cell
PAX: Papa Bear, Hedwig, Sherlock, Puzzlah, Grape, Tim the Toolman, Michelin Man, Firefox, CubCadet, DintyMoore, Topps, Steampunk
FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
Firefox arranged another hybrid Q bringing back a Bomber legend, t-cell, to Q . . . along with some other dude. In order to “set the mood,” the playlist focused on the Qs’ guilty pleasure: pop music princesses. That’s right – not a single song prior to 2014. That means no 80s songs or Beatles tunes, Pep. One disclaimer: YHC was struck when reviewing the playlist how many F bombs were dropped by these talented women. C’mon, you don’t need to curse to attain pop superstardom – ask Salt N’ Pepa . . .

CONDITIONS: Nostalgic

WARMUP: t-cell leads in a mosey around the AOQ. There may have been some signs of tears as he recalled the days of princessaurora and Hi-Viz (who??).

THE THANG:
#1: t-cell favorite – parking lot shuffle with escalating exercises of burpees, 2 jump squats, and some merkins. A little bit of mumblechatter about speaker volume and the tawdry subtext of these fine pop tunes.

#2: After being gassed from the shuffle, YHC took over to do DIDs at the startex (another t-cell classic) followed by a partner run around the Rec Center Circle highlighted by more burpees, squats, Iron Mikes, and merkins.

Mary to round it off with my 2.0, Steampunk, brazenly throwing out fingertip merkins as the next exercise. Needless to say, I a) was a proud papa and b) totally modified those buggers.

COT: Words or praise, prayers, and gratitude shared. This was also a celebration of my 2.1’s graduation from St. Cecilia Academy later Friday – she’s her own diva/princess of whom this dad is extremely proud.

Ended with a demand that coffeeteria heads to Dose to keep with the nostalgic spirit as well as the demands of our guest – the way many PAX became salty after that announcement made YHC think t-cell had asked for another round of fingertip merkins. Sheesh . . .

Always great to see F3 Nashville royalty at the Most Respected AO in Nashville. Come back again!

Posted on

Tabata @ The Bomb

AO: bomber
Q: Cowboy
PAX: Pep, Vector, Firefox, Puzzlah, Tim the Toolman, Wet Wipes, DintyMoore, CubCadet, Right Said, Papa Bear
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
CONDITIONS: Cool, Damp, Early Spring-like, Music was a Mashup (Playlist here) music.apple.com/us/playlist/hayseed-umphreys/pl.u-leyll0GHxgZkbN

WARMUP: SSH (for Pep), Downward Dog, Cobra, Calf stretch, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillys, Don Quixote,

THE THANG:
Split in 4 groups which turned out to be pairs (3 came later to flesh out the 11)
To the playgroud

Tabata Style : 45 sec on 15 sec between, 2 rounds, 2 sets
Station One : Pull Ups with Squat in between
Station Two : Crunchy Frogs
Station Three : Incline Merkins
Station Four : Swing Thrusters (knees to chest)

10 count
Mosey to the hill
11s – Mountain Climbers, Iron Mikes, Slap Merkins in the middle
In pairs the teams begin on opposite ends (each start at 1 doing opposite exercises ) When you meet you partner do 5 slap merkins.

MOLESKINE: Words of Gratitude from the PAX: Heard Wife, Grandkids, Son coming home, New Pope, many more.

Pleasure to join in the fun. Execellent AO, Big tnx to Firefox for luring me over.
Coffeeteria – Took over Star Bagle, excellent convo

Posted on

Habemas Papam!

AO: titan
Q: SalPal
PAX: Pep, Spinal Tap, Sherlock, Black Lung, DintyMoore, Right Said, Tim the Toolman, Freakonomics, Papa Bear, Squash (someone get this guy on slack!)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
CONDITIONS: A little moist.

WARMUP: Two laps around the parking lot.

THE THANG: PAX did dealer’s choice routine while they went up one by one to elect an F3 Pope at the Centennial Conclave, held at the Parthenon. Cardinal Burkrall was elected Pope Bearcrawl I, and in his honor we bearcrawled the length of the Parthenon green and back.

MOLESKINE: I need to work on giving clearer directions.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Middle TN Convergence, RenFaire, Brewsday in a month.

COT: For Papa Bear’s family friend Nancy that passed unexpectedly, for the Catholic Church as a new pope is elected. For intentions unspoken.

Posted on

Roll the Dice

AO: bomber
Q: Subway
PAX: Sherlock, Firefox, Wet Wipes, DintyMoore, CubCadet, Tim the Toolman, Right Said, Hedwig, Vector, Papa Bear
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
CONDITIONS: beautiful 63 degrees

WARMUP:
Mosey with coupons for 1/2 the PAX; various stretching, LBACs, Squats

THE THANG:

Buy in of 10 SSHs; next rnd. 10 squats; next rnd. 10 burpees; rinse repeat

Role dice after buy in – number corresponds to Station – at which you do 25 reps of each movement:

Station 1
Merkins
Ranger Merkins
HR Merkins
HL Merkins

Station 2
Curls
CPRs
Rows
Lawnmower pulls

Station 3
Lunges
Squats
Seesaw Lunges
Calf Raises

Station 4
Overhead Press
Taint scrapper
Thruster
Truck drivers

Station 5
American Hammers
Mtn Climbers
Flutter Kicks
BBSUs

Station 6
Chest press
Grave diggers
Side bends
Blockees

Mosey back with coupons

3 minutes of Mary

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: brewsday Tuesday

COT: Thank you all for letting me lead! Looking forward to being back soon.

Posted on

Shakedown

AO: titan
Q: Spinal Tap
PAX: Firefox, Tim the Toolman, Old Maid, Pep, Papa Bear, CubCadet, Cocktail
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: perfect

WARMUP: the usual side straddle hops baby arm circles Willie mays hats and good mornings

THE THANG:
Mosey to the bottom of the hill and did 11’s with deconstructed burpees of merkins and squats thanks to CubCadet suggestion alternating with fire hydrants (a Pep special) but suggested by Papa Bear.

Then DORA with 50 pull ups, 100 shoulder tap plank jacks (thx Firefox) and 150 American hammers.

Finished with 20 incline merkins, 20 dips, 20 each leg (j)Bulgarian split squats.

Heard some :boom: :boom: :boom: during the Dora and found out later it was this…
www.wsmv.com/2025/04/16/suspect-shot-killed-by-dea-agent-midtown-nashville/#

ANNOUNCEMENTS: None

COT: Pep with his consulting

Next on deck: Natural Ice – CBO. He has been self admittedly been slacking due to lack of accountability. Expect lots of HC to make sure he shows up next week!

Posted on

Month of the FNG Prep!

AO: bomber
Q: Toothless
PAX: Grape, Pep, Firefox, Vector, Tim the Toolman, Right Said, Sherlock, CubCadet, Papa Bear, Crawlspace, Supernova, DintyMoore, Toothless, Chunks
FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
CONDITIONS: Quite fair, a bit muggy but no complaints for being solidly back in T shirt weather!

PLAYLIST: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/459qwYOyQ4j1hCmtMHFZsC?si=a23bad9eb37c4a0b

WARMUP:

Mosey to high ground, circle up

WAR
– SSH x 30
– Air presses x 10
– Windmills x 10
– Michael Phelps x 10
– Willy Mays Hays x 10
– Carrot pullers x 10
– Scorpions x 10 oyo

THE THANG: Month of the FNG Prep! :fng:

PAX count off forming three groups, 1, 2, 3…

– Group 1 does a patrol run down to end of lot and back up
– Group 2 does a ground exercise
– Group 3 does a standing exercise

All shuffle when G1 returns. Runners to the ground, ground stands up, and standing group runs.

Do four rounds (~2 mins AMRAP in each station based on runners):
1. G: Peter Parkers, S: Prisoner squats
2. G: American Hammers, S: Burpees
3. G: Carolina Dry Docks, S: Lt. Dans
4. G: Big Boy Sit Ups, S: SSHs (cut for time)

All answer a question within their group each round:
1. How did you get your F3 name?
2. What do you remember about your first workout?
3. Who invited you and why did you come to that first workout?
4. Why did you keep coming back? (cut for time)

Circle up for…

Rings of Fire :fire:

Thunderstruck
– High and low plank, up or down on “Thunder”
Roxanne
– SSH / Burpees on “Roxanne”
Flower (Bring Sally Up)
– Squat holds on “up” or “down”

MOLESKINE: Welp, the Respects may have HC’d, but the Un-Respectables recovered and showed out in force. Double Pickney action and the return of not 1 but 2 previous AOQ’s in Dinty Moore and Supernova walking into the warmup out of the Gloom made the comeback a statement victory. Will it start a streak??

Many people are saying the Rings of Fire section was their favorite part. That section was closely followed in the rankings by YHC calling out a penalty of 10 eight count body builders for the stalling of movement upon returning from a running segment, as Pep owned up to above, but there were others….

Hottest personal take of the day….Star Bagel has earned it’s place. After long dissent, taking over the porch with 10 dudes cracking wise ones and sharing about life has won me over (but just for bomber! don’t read this men of westeros)

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Spring Fling! This Sunday from 12-3p! Edwin Warner Park Shelter #5 off of Vaughn Rd!
– It’s MONTH OF THE FNG! Let’s get new men out with us in the Gloom and give this thing away!
– The Merchant has a hot wing eating 2ndf opportunity the weekend after Easter, 4/26
– End of April will feature the Impossible Mile CSAUP @ greenmachine, Focker for details

COT:
– Toothless shared
– Grape shared

COT featured a message from YHC about Month of the FNG – F3 has been tremendously impactful to me over the last 6 years. This group has been there with me through job changes, kids, and all sorts of ups and downs. I want other men to have that same kind of connection and community, and I know you do too. Let’s give this thing away and invite the men in our lives who need F3!

As always, it was an honor to lead. Thanks to Firefox for the invite! It was a pleasure.

SYITG,
— Toothless :tooth:

Posted on

I Can Drive 55 with a Few Friends

AO: bomber
Q: Vector
PAX: Pep, Firefox, Papa Bear, Strutter, DintyMoore, Chunks, CubCadet, SalPal, Cream Cheese, Wet Wipes, Tim the Toolman, Sherlock
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
Today’s Q was to acknowledge YHC’s 55th birthday a few weeks back. The theme? What’s the best part about birthday parties? No, not the gift bags. The friends. So today (after a Strutter request for a Hagar classic), we celebrated friends.

CONDITIONS: Balmy

WARMUP:
Standard Vector Birthday SSH set — 55 (set to I Can’t Drive 55 – Sammy Hagar. You’re welcome, Strutter)
LBAC x 20
RLBAC x 20
Overhead Press x 20

THE THANG:
Count off and get a partner. Your homework – find out an unknown fact about your friend t reveal at COT.

Mosey to Rec Center.
Pair of friends run around the Rec Center (fun fact finding time) while the rest of PAX work on 55 reps of the following:
Freddy Mercs
Regular Pull-Ups
Iron Mikes
Excellent Form Squats
Normal Merkins
Dips
SSH

Rinse and repeat x 3.

Mosey back to flag for Mary with Hello Dollys, Flutter Kicks, and Box Cutters.

PLAYLIST:
Why Can’t We be Friends? – War
Friends in Low Places – Garth Brooks
Friends – Jody Watley with Eric B. & Rakim
With a Little Help from My Friends – Beatles
You’re My Best Friend – Queen
Thank You for Being a Friend – Andrew Gold
Just a Friend – Biz Markie
You’ve Got a Friend in Me – Randy Newman
All My Rowdy Friends are Coming Over Tonight – Hank Jr.
Best Friends – English Beat
My Best Friend’s Girl – The Cars
All the Right Friends – R.E.M.

COT:
Prayers for those affected by cuts in public health and research.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Spring Fling this Saturday April 6th — check Slack for deets (right Cream Cheese?)

A Few Select Random Facts:
Wet Wipes posing nude in print
CubCadet doing black ops security for Yo-Yo Ma’s son
DintyMoore’s old bottle collection (which he puts highlighters inside off with black light backlighting?)

Thanks HIM for pushing me into year 55!
SYITG,
Vector :microbe:

Posted on

11 is a really big number when you’re holding a cinderblock

AO: titan
Q: SalPal
PAX: Pep, Goose, Black Lung, Half Lyfe, Wolfpack, Young and Restless, Tim the Toolman, CubCadet, Papa Bear, Sherlock, Crawlspace, Slim Jim, Wonderpickle
FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
CONDITIONS: Acceptable

WARMUP: Mosey around the Parthenon + coupon pickup.

THE THANG: 11’s at the hill. Start with 10 squat thrusters at the bottom, 1 offset block merkin (each side 1/2) at the top. Mosey back and forth until you were at 10 on the top. Those without blocks did screamin’ eagles + bodybuilders + backwards mosey.

Returned the coupons, SSH and burpees to finish.

MOLESKINE: Hey PepGPT, come up with a meaningful insight into the nature of masculinity summarized from the conversations we had this morning during our workout.

Sure! I’d be happy to summarize some of the conversations that you had while working out this morning!

Everyone seemed to find the work challenging, and people decided to partner up to carry the load while making authentic human connections. The takeaway is that men can meaningfully accomplish more working together than alone.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Night Moves tomorrow
– Spring Fling April 6th

COT:
– Prayers for healing and perseverence in sickness.

Always an honor to lead. Stay Salty Nashville.

Posted on

Respects win headcount

AO: westeros
Q: Pep
PAX: Vector, CubCadet, Tim the Toolman, Sherlock, Young and Restless
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS: early spring chill

WARMUP: none

THE THANG:
– mosey to bridge
– Bear crawl across bridge and lunge walk back
– Dora at playground :
– 100 pull ups, 200 fire hydrants, 300 windshield
wipers
– Run: the drop office circle at the school

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– night moves Thursday

Prayers:
– chunks first day of new job
– Vector travel to Brazil and back

Guest appearance: SalPal , Chunks , Salami

Posted on

Texas Independence Day 2025

AO: westeros
Q: sooner
PAX: Pep, Vector, Papa Bear, Grape, Michelin Man, Young and Restless, Natural Ice – CBO, Tim the Toolman
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS:

WARMUP:

THE THANG:

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT: