Celebrating Nation Fun at Work Day 2026

Date: 2026-01-30 AO: bomber Q: Vector , Firefox PAX: Chunks, Pep, CubCadet, DintyMoore, Tim the Toolman, Crawlspace FNGs: None COUNT: 8 YHC and his esteemed co-Q Firefox could have taken the easy route with a theme about ice or being stuck at home with no lights (I know, too soon.), but at F3 Nashville’s premier AO, we don’t get better by taking the easy way . . . So, today we recognize National Fun at Work Day (aside: how do these things become “official?” Can we just create a “National Bomber is the Best F3 Nashville AO Celebration” Day? )
CONDITIONS: Old and slippery (just ask YHC who stumbled, bonked a knee and definitely pulled my right ass cheek – not that the PAX knew anything about it, as I keep my medical issues private :face_with_rolling_eyes:. Rumor is Tim the Toolman pulled a “Grayson Allen” and tripped YHC.)
WARMUP: Carefully amble to Rec Center parking lot, armed with 3 bags of rice and 3 kettle bells. SSH x 20, LBAC x 15, Seal claps x 15, Overhead presses x 15, RLBAC x 15, WMH and Good Mornings OYO.
Because of a lot of PAX sass, a 10 burpee penalty was levied.
PLAYLIST: Ain’t It Fun – Paramore Working for the Weekend – Loverboy Everybody Have Fun Tonight – Wang Chung Work It – Missy Elliott Girls Just Want to Have Fun – Cyndi Lauper Work – Rihanna f. Drake Fun, Fun, Fun – Beach Boys We Can Work It Out – Beatles You Make Loving Fun – Fleetwood Mac Working in a Coalmine – Devo We Are Young – Fun.
THE THANG: WORK: Filing the T-P-S Reports 50 Tricep DIPs 100 Push Ups (modified from pull ups as playground was an ice rink) 200 Squats Run 3 circles around cul-de-sac between exercises
FUN (at work): Plank and kettle bell pull throughs Hollow Body Holds with Rice Bags Tight circle with weight passes
MOLESKINE: Great to see everyone and several comments about appreciating getting out of the various retreats/refuges and breaking the monotony.
COT: – Praises for hambone’s new addition (and thankful the scary day ended beautifully) – we’ve already named him BaconBit – Praises for the NES, safety, road workers helping get Nashville back on line. A lot of stress out there with homes cold, people displaced, and sad events like home fires, injuries. Now is when we can lead – step up and help in any way you can (and ask for help if you need it). – Prayers for my MIL and my M who is dealing with moving her mom our way (along with her 100 lb German Shepard) – leanpax is ongoing (even if many of us cracked like trees covered by ice — OK, ok too soon). Stay strong, HIM – only 2 weeks left! Try to make habits that you can carry forward.
MISCELLANY: – Great to see Crawlspace join the group after running 17 miles or something – Coffee at McD’s due to power outages and late starts at the usual haunts. CubCadet rejoiced at the prices and kindly paid $11 to get the whole PAX coffee (8/8 attended) – Do not (I repeat NOT) play Work It when standing next to Chunks – his booty shaking was, er, something. – The :bomb: AOQ handover is coming soon (as Pep noted, it’s the longest handover of an AO ever – going on 7 months it seems?). Who will be our new leader? It’s a mystery that can only be solved if you attend :bomb:
Grateful for all of you – SYITG Vec

Igloo Building Prep

Date: 2026-01-23 AO: bomber Q: DintyMoore PAX: Squatter, Firefox, Pep, Puzzlah, Tim the Toolman, Vector FNGs: None COUNT: 7 CONDITIONS: Decent
WARMUP: SSH, Imperial Walkers, WMH, Good Mornings
THE THANG: Thang 1 Swings – 10 reps Cleans – 10 reps Squats – 10 reps Rev. Lunges – 10 reps Rows – 10 reps Merkins – 10 reps
Lap after each set
Thang 2 Hammers Flutters Mountain Climbers Prom Dates Freddy Mercury Hello Dolly
Lap after each set
MOLESKINE: Stay safe this weekend
ANNOUNCEMENTS: leanpax #holysmokers after-hours
COT: Pep having tough conversation with friend and we were happy to see CubCadet at Coffeeteria

Last man standing!!!

Date: 2026-01-21 AO: titan Q: Choo Choo PAX: Spinal Tap, Sherlock, Tim the Toolman, Hipster, Stumbles, Natural Ice, Drop Trow, Pep, Vector, bluemule FNGs: None COUNT: 11 WARMUP: some warmup with 5 core principles
THE THANG: Thang: we did 2 rounds of each Partner up. Keep pushing till one of you give up -> easy mosey -> switch partners HiFi merkins Curls American Hammers OH Press American hammers Swings
MOLESKINE: Its better to be a hole than a sink hole. A hole is something that you can see on the surface, you would know how wide, deep it is. But a sinkhole looks all good on the surface, it keeps corroding within then one fine day collapses, taking everything down with it.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: check out after-hours leanpax
TCLAPS to Tim the Toolman for being a HIM and getting blocks on demand.

LeanPax: Day 19

AO: westeros
Q: Michelin Man , Vector
PAX: Vector, Siri, Tim the Toolman, SalPal, bluemule, Grape, CubCadet, Michelin Man, Pep, Drop Trow
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
CONDITIONS: cold. Not effin cold tho.

WARMUP: 41 SSH

THE THANG:

DORA – partners do:
100 – squat thrusters
200 – Chest press
300 – Curls
Travel- overhead carry block to car and back

LT Dans down the hill
Sprints – 50, 80, and 110%
Return to Startex

Cool Guy Mary

MOLESKINE: Thankful for MLK.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: LeanPax forever

COT: did it

You only get wet twice

AO: bomber
Q: SalPal , Firefox
PAX: Firefox, Pep, Poppa Lock, CubCadet, Vector, Tim the Toolman, DintyMoore, Chunks, Michelin Man, Right Said, Crawlspace, Strutter
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
*Note: I’m including the running group ‘cuz I’m nice like that.

CONDITIONS: Perfect

WARMUP: Mosey

THE THANG: Foxey led some partnered merks/planks + HBH/WWIs. Followed with bear crawls, merks, squat jumps. Walls sits + aussie merks. Closed with playing in traffic.

MOLESKINE: Kinda wet. No music.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Leanpax, check slack

COT: Gratitude. Stay grateful

New Year, Nw Start

AO: westeros
Q: Vector
PAX: Pep, Michelin Man, Grape, Black Lung, Papa Bear, Squatter, Sherlock, Spinal Tap, Tim the Toolman, Mudflap
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
2025 is done. 2026 is fresh and new. Leanpax starts today. No better time to celebrate the turn of the calendar. New year, new starts. Let’s hit it HIM.

[Note: as per new WEIGHTSteros AOQ edict, I had to run a workout that used coupons. So use them we did.]

CONDITIONS: Crisp and new.

PLAYLIST:
[Despite accusations that this was created by ChatGPT – Pep how dare you, sir – and that it consisted of songs from CDs that were on the floor of my 1988 Pontiac Sunbird, songs from a diversity of decades motivated the PAX to start anew.]

– New Year’s Day – U2
– I Will Buy You a New Life – Everclear
– New Sensation – INXS
– Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag – James Brown
– Start Me Up – Rolling Stones
– I Want a New Drug – Huey Lewis and the News
– New World Man – Rush
– Begin the Begin – R.E.M.
– Someone New – Hozier
– Brand New – Ben Rector
– New – No Doubt

WARMUP:
SSH x 26, LBAC, Michael Phelps, Sea claps, RLBAC. Then some mild cardio of high knees, butt kickers, sprints. Then grab your coupon and away we go.

THE THANG:
20 reps each of coupon work:
– Coupon squats
– Coupon kettlebell swings
– Coupon presses
– Coupon rows
– Coupon curls
– Coupon overhead presses

Mosey to sign via lunges, then broad jumps.
Rinse and repeat x 4 (?5).
Break to run some sprints to make sure we don’t fall into the Chunks rule (with some age adjusted distances).

One last coupon work – pull throughs x 20

MARY of flutter kicks, prom dates, Freddie Mercuries, Hello Dollys, and low planks.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Leanpax starts today! Not too late to join, even if you ate a tub of icing this morning for breakfast.

COT:
– Prayers for work, Grape’s father, CubCadet safe return from PR after flights delayed in the Caribbean, and general cooling of emotions after this weekend’s global events.
– Always great to have Grape back at Westeros . . . I mean, WEIGHTSteros (sorry Michelin Man). Some classic Gilbertisms today including “The only thing new about Huey Lewis is the news” and “20 prom dates? That’s 20 more than I had in high school.”

Honor to lead you HIM – great start to the year. Stay at it.
SYITG, Vec

New Years Day Convergence – Welcome 2026!

AO: thestronghold
Q: Red Skull
PAX: Hipster, DintyMoore, Mumbler, Ponzi, Natural Ice, Purple Tiger, hambone, toga, Chunks, Barney, Wolfpack, Tinkertoy, Young and Restless, Tim the Toolman, Decaf, Grape, Pep, Topanga, Take 3, Animal, BTB, Tool Bit
FNGs: None
COUNT: 23
CONDITIONS: 32 Degrees – perfect workout weather!

WARMUP: Mosey to the gravel lot for the usual warm-up: SSH, IWs, Windmills, Squats, Merkins, T-Ups and Scorpion Stretch.

THE THANG:
Mosey to the Auditorium

Part 1: Mental Toughness Week (Tryouts) – Burpee Apocalypse with a run around the building the building in between each round.

Mosey to the North Lot

Part 2: 40 Day Challenge – 6 weeks of work condensed down to six movements: Lt. Dan, Bear Crawl, Crab Walk, Burpee Broad Jump, Crawl Bear and Politician.

Mosey to The Hill

Part 3: The Work Phase – 7’s on the hill with Hand Release Merkins at the top, run down the hill, Jump Squats at the bottom, Politician up the hill.

Mosey back to the flag and time!

MOLESKINE:
4:13 Strong is a great program for men who want to change the course of their life, but it is hard. Only 35% of the men who enroll have what it takes to complete all program requirements. A big factor to success are the relationships that our men build with other men who can show them how to handle hard things. You can make a real difference for the 4:13 Strong guys by showing up, working out with them and modeling how HIM face challenges.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
LeanPax begins on 1/5
The Stronghold is now meeting every Thursday
Struggle Prep is coming in a few short weeks
Young and Restless is the new AOQ of The Stronghold

COT:
A great turnout for our New Years Day Convergence. Thank you all for coming out to join us!

NYE Countdown

AO: titan
Q: Spinal Tap
PAX: Natural Ice, Good Morning America, SalPal, Pep, Tim the Toolman, Choo Choo, Juicy J, Right Said, bluemule, Hipster, Papa Bear, Young and Restless, Stumbles
FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
CONDITIONS: :cold_face:

WARMUP: The usual

THE THANG:
DORA 100 merkins, 200 LBC, 300 squats
Midnight countdown madness around the circle with our coupons
Mary

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
4:13 New Years convergence at 6! Set alarms now and SC!

COT:
2026 – challenge everyone to build a deeper community where conversations go beyond “I’m good.” Everyone has ups and downs and deep, accountable, and challenging relationships are a life line to our mental health. We cannot grow if we are just counseling ourselves and not sharing and encouraging each other.

Natural Ice and I host a small group every Wednesday night at 7:30 and you are all invited whether you go to our church or not.

Lastly thanks to Pep for being our new AOQ as he will take us to new heights and start being in our photos!

WEIGHTsteros 4

AO: westeros
Q: Michelin Man , Vector
PAX: bluemule, Red Skull, Vector, Old Maid, Spinal Tap, Tim the Toolman, Michelin Man, Pep
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8 pack
CONDITIONS: insta-cold

WARMUP: standard jog around the park

THE THANG:

1. Sevens

Thrusters in middle of parking lot.
Murder bunnies as mode of travel (modify to lunge walk if needed).
Blockees at the Christmas tree pile.

2. Acronym circle- BLOCKS

Do the following:
Big boy sit-ups
Lunges (2 is 1)
Overhead press
Curls
Kettlebell swings
Squats

Did sets of 5x, 5x, 10x, and 5x.

3. Mary. Cool guys incorporated the block in their Mary call. Thank you cool guys.

MOLESKINE: Didn’t want to come. Glad I went. Workout got better with every murder bunny.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: YHC Grinchingly stealing all the Qs in December is over. Back to regular rotation next week. As repayment, those in attendance received a brand new, gently used cinder block as a holiday gift. BRING YOUR OWN COUPN EVERY WEEK MOVING FORWARD.

COT: thank you LORD. Amen.

Subsequently, Doseteria was held at Star Bagel.