I was playing D&D before Matt Mercer made it cool

AO: middle-tooth
Q: SalPal
PAX: sooner, Oatmeal, Bad Boy, Topanga, moneyshot, Cal Worthington, Cowboy, Wahoo
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
I forgot two of y’all, sorry I didn’t record, please edit to add yourselves!

CONDITIONS: Ripe for adventure.

WARMUP: Some active warmups.

THE THANG: clears throat

The Legend of the Three-Toothed Dragon

Your party has answered the call to slay the dreaded Three-Toothed Dragon of Middle Tooth! You’ve assembled your team and made your way out into the wilderness. Your path takes you through the Forest of Sir Bearington, a sentient bear with no love for humans. The party druid disguises everyone as rabbits to help avoid detection. Broad jumps!

As you exit the woods, you discover… an angry treant! 15 Happy Crunchy Frogs! 5 Big Boy Situps!

You arrive to the entrance of the dragon’s lair; a group of hill giants block your way forward. You attempt to maneuver around and roll for Dexterity – 5 minutes of field sprints.

As you brave the cave, you stumble upon….a few goblins. 10 burpees!

You find yourselves at a dead end, but upon further inspection, discover it is a hidden door. But it requires magic to open. You choose: Knock – 15 Screamin’ Eagles.

Having gained passage, you slip into the grand throne of the Three-Toothed Dragon, named Murphy. You have the element of surprise, so you decide to: Leroy Jenkins his ass: Burpee-Broad Jumps

Bloodied and battered, Murphy seems to be defeated… but he suddenly re-emerges, resurrected as a dracolich! Bust out the Holy Hand Grenade of Lathander from your Bag of Holding and dust this clown. Dora, 50 Kraken Burpees

With a terrible roar, Murphy falls to the earth, a lifeless husk. You have managed to silence this terrible creature and recover the loot. You partner up to carry as much back together as you can: 10 Booyah Merkins, 10 Hi-Five Jump Squats, 5 sets

MOLESKINE: Way to push through the rain (or as we call it in Atlantis… well, we don’t call it anything, because we don’t notice, it’s just wet all the time).

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Lots of places opening up. Pull up challenge. moneyshot is new AOQ of Brewsday.

COT: Prayers for sooner and family navigating troubled waters laying a grandmother to rest. For my M looking for a job. All intentions unspoken.

Kings of hearts

AO: cruelhall
Q: Accounts Receivable
PAX: Accounts Receivable, Pedialyte, Matador, EZ-Go, Topanga, Winona, Donkey Hammer, Mista mista, Pound Puppy, Soft Serve
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
CONDITIONS: soggy

WARMUP: Side straddle hops, Willie mays, slow merkins, good mornings

THE THANG:
Run baseball loop and grab blocks
Head to pavilion.

DECK OF CARDS
Clubs = Burpees
Spades = Merkins
Diamonds = WW1s
Hearts = Curl to thruster
(Aces were high)
Face cards were 10 reps
All others by their value

Return blocks and run baseball loop back
MOLESKINE:
Cultivate an attitude of gratefulness and thankfulness. Choosing joy despite our circumstances.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

Quarterly Review

AO: detention
Q: tampalibra
PAX: Ponzi, Movin On Up, Ginger, Accounts Receivable, Deep State, Esposa, Donkey Hammer, Matador, softserve, Pedialyte, Topanga, EZ-Go, Winona, Ike, Pound Puppy, Spandex
FNGs: 1 Spandex
COUNT: 16
CONDITIONS:
Ideal

WARMUP:
SSH x 25, Squats x 10, Finger Bangers x 10, Air Press x 20, WMH x 10 OYO

THE THANG:
YHC was pleasantly surprised by the PAX # but it did require some improv to the planned workout. Partner up and grab a block.

PAX 1: 25 reps of a movement, 10 burpees, R&R until partner returns
PAX 2: Baseball loop (1/4 mile)

R1: Block Thrusters
R2: We’re Not Worthy
R3: Merkins
R4: Burpee pullups
R5: 4 Count Flutters

MARY:
Burpeepocalypse

MOLESKINE:
– Really grateful for the opportunity to lead y’all this morning. detention was my first AO, first AOQ spot, and is just a really solid place full of the HIMest of HIM. Deep State is doing an awesome job over there (and EZ-Go on Fridays).

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– If you haven’t been to thestronghold you need to ask yourself why. It’s the epitome of the mission of F3. Time to get outside of yourself and support these men.
– F3 Brentwood doing the TacTeam challenge Sat May 18. Hit up leatherneck for details.
– Struggle 002 June 5th. Hit myself, Ginger or bigbang for details. Again, come support the 4:13 guys!
– Welcome FNG Spandex. I go to church with Spandex and just recently met him, great guy, lives down the road in Caldwell Hall. Who of you can commit to connecting with him and getting him involved with F3 Nashville?
– Esposa earned a 2nd nickname, Big Juicy Bear Hug (BJ/BH)

COT:

On one leg…

AO: detention
Q: Accounts Receivable
PAX: Accounts Receivable, Deep State, Esposa, EZ-Go, Matador, Movin On Up, Pedialyte, Topanga, Winona, NA
FNGs: 1 NA
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: 39 and clear

WARMUP: various stretches

THE THANG:
Whole body blast – (8 rounds of 3 exercises) For each exercise decreasing reps of 21,18,15,12,9,6,3,1
Burpees
Lateral lunges
Iron crosses

Grab coupons
20 squat thrusters with curl
10 Peter Parker Merks
Run short lap
Repeat 3 times

Mary-
Various core exercises and finish with 3 min plank.

MOLESKINE: pray for Eddie in early stages of separation.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: NA

COT:

Its the end of the world

AO: greenmachine
Q: sooner
PAX: t-cell, Oatmeal, Black Lung, Focker, moneyshot, Cowboy, Betty Ford, Haggis, NFT, Rocket Mortgage, Topanga
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
CONDITIONS: it’s the end of the world… Pleasant temperatures and mild humidity, but massive radiation and deadly spore outbreaks

WARMUP:
A standard active sooner warm up

THE THANG:
The world has laid waste to your city. Every day is a fight for basic survival.
“Ab city”
– Fifty LBCs
– Fifty “dolphin kicks”
– Fifty hammers
– Fifty WWI
– upon finding a mangled, mutated t-cell… Added 50 happy crunchy frogs… Note, t-cell actually had turned into a frog from the radiation

Every gas station has been sacked. Homes sit empty. Store fronts shattered. A new world awaits in the great beyond.
DORA
– Groups of 3
– Two travel… one by bernie, one by mozie
– One stands watch… 100 x mike tysons; 200 x iron mikes; 300 merkin-jacks (cut short for time)

After the end of the end of a great journey, a eutopia is found deep in the heartland. The pax observed the start of the age as follows
– sprinting at increasing speed x 4
– a bit of yoga/dad stretching
– plank-pril

MOLESKINE:
Leg day!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
See slack

COT:
Comfort and healing, leadership and loving kindness

Leg Day

AO: middle-tooth
Q: Young Pawn
PAX: Betty Ford, Cowboy, DrRupp, moneyshot, Oatmeal, Pole Dancer, Rocket Mortgage, sooner, Toothless, TheShield, Topanga, Stinky Pete (F3 Chapel Hill), Overnight
FNGs: 1 Overnight
COUNT: 14
CONDITIONS: :barely_sunny:

WARM UP: :plank: ⭕️
It was day 2 of plankpril so all pax needed to do a 66 second plank. We stood in a circle and took turns doing a plank while the rest of the pax did 66 seconds of warm up exercises including arm circles, imperial walkers, lunges, Bonnie Blairs, squats, and others.

THANG 1: Lopsided Races :man-running: :bear:
Pax paired off and repeated raced to a mark 5 yds away and back. One pax in each pair sprinted and the other bear crawled. The winner of the race had to go 5 steps farther in the subsequent one. The sprinters won the first couple and then crawlers started to even the tide.

THANG 2: Dorabell :school_satchel: :kettlebell:
Pairs did a Dora with 100 each of squats, Freddy Mercurys, fire hydrants and Lt. Dans. Plus, there were two kettlebells (16 and 24 kg), after both pax in a pair carried one it was passed down the line.

MOLESKIN: YHC has been away on a health hiatus and it felt good to be back. Grateful for F3 Nashville.

COT:
:pray: Prayers for grief and healing

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
:beers: Brewsday postponed until next week, see 2ndf

March Madness 1994

AO: detention
Q: EZ-Go
PAX: Donkey Hammer, Accounts Receivable, Cowboy, Deep State, Esposa, EZ-Go, Focker, moneyshot, Movin On Up, Right Said, Topanga, Matador
FNGs: 1 Matador
COUNT: 12
In honor of March Madness being upon us we performed 45 minutes of unending movement to the tune of Jock Jams (see below for link if unfamiliar, thank me later).

CONDITIONS: Just right

WARMUP: Indigenous peoples run, parking lot side shuffles, stretch it out

THE THANG:
Mens bracket: (suicide between each exercise)
68 – squats
64 – block rows
32 – block mercs
16 – triple arm killers (curl, press, tricep extension)
8 – 8 count body-builder
4 – hand stand push ups
2 minute low plank

Women’s bracket: (15 SSH between exercises)
68 – mountain climbers
64 – hello dollys
32 – block mercs
16 – block raises
8 – 8 count body-builders
4 – burpees
2 min 6 inches

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Murder Mile Thursday at greenmachine, get there a few minutes early

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/082Gv6nNLrVFGWvb0BVHWr?si=52FAsmNkQhefhE0zDgSBaA&pi=u-y-S7RpBQSo2j

Somebooty Will Be Sore

AO: middle-tooth
Q: Hair Band
PAX: Works for a Guy, monster biscuit, bluemule, Topanga, Cowboy, sooner, Michelin Man, Oatmeal, Toothless, moneyshot, Pole Dancer, Crawlspace, DrRupp
FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
CONDITIONS: threatening to pour

WARMUP:
Mosey on track
50 SSHs
Lunges
Moving WMHs
High knees
Butt kickers

THE THANG:
Take cones to field and set up

10 burpees buy in each round
Burnie to middle cone
20 iron mikes (per leg)
Burnie to far cone
30 drop squats
Burnie back
Hold plank til all in
Repeat x3

10 burpees buy in each round
Lung walk to middle cone
20 V-ups
Lunch walk to far cone
30 happy crunchy frogs
Squat walk to back
Hold plank til all in
Repeat x3

Mosey back to start-x, hold low squat for 2 minutes

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– brewsday was last night, success!
– Murder mile on the 28th, check greenmachine for deets

COT:
– everyone shared a prayer request, requests for work, being better parents, health of friends and family, losses in family, being more in the present

It is always a pleasure go come lead middle-tooth! Thank y’all for having me

Rock on,

Hair Band

L.E.A.P. D.A.Y.

AO: greenmachine
Q: princessaurora
PAX: Breadsticks, Cowboy, Focker, Grape, moneyshot, Rocket Mortgage, t-cell, Topanga, Works for a Guy, monster biscuit, Haggis
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
CONDITIONS:
Practically arctic juxtaposed with the balmy weather just days before

WARMUP:
Mosey to midfield for a little COP:
– SSH
– LBAC
– Randies
– Moroccan Night Clubs
– Fire Hydrants
– WMH

THE THANG:
Line up in the end zone for a L.E.A.P. D.A.Y. escalator. Each round, PAX perform exercise, Bernie to 50-yard line, and jog back. With each successive round, PAX are adding the next exercise on top of previous exercises before their runs.

Lunges x 10
– Eccentric Squats (3-ct down) x 20
– Apolo Ohnos x 30
– Plyo Jumps x 40

400m lap to shake the legs out, and then, in keeping with the day’s “extra” theme, perform final round with all four exercises one more time.

Moving into the upper body portion with the same format.

– Dive Bomber Merkins x 10
– Ab Thrusters x 20
– Y-Raises x 30

200m lap followed by an extra round of all three, then mosey to the pull-up bars.

Split into groups of three. One group calls ab exercise while they perform 29 pull-ups each as a team (modified for time, but not before t-cell, moneyshot, and YHC tested the original plan).

FIN

MOLESKINE:
Soundtrack consisted of bonus/hidden tracks through the years, and there were some real nostalgic gems in there.

Always a great group at greenmachine. Thanks to Focker for letting me take the reins on this extra day and for caffeinating us all. I might need to make GM a part of my routine.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Murder Mile – 3/28
Plankpril – 4/1-4/30

COT:
My BIL and his wife’s pregnancy
Haggis’s job search

PA out.

25th Birthday Soiree

AO: middle-tooth
Q: Hair Band
PAX: Cowboy, Young Pawn, sooner, Topanga, moneyshot
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS: chilly, columbian ground

WARMUP:

25 SSHs
25 lbacs
25 hill billies

THE THANG:
Sprint down and back (=2)
25 low and slow 4 count squats
sprints
25 iron mikes
Sprints
25 burpees
Sprints
25 merkins
Sprints
25 jlos
Sprints

Sprints
25 drop squats
sprints
25 bohemian rhapsodies/sir elton johns/back & to the side lunges
Sprints
25 hand release merkins
Sprints
25 plank jack burpees
Sprints
25 happy crunchy frogs
Sprints

(I think we accidentally only did 24 sprints 🫤)

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Brew Ruck this Saturday!! Check #nashville-rucking for details
– lent is in season
– 4:13 dinner has been announced for April 11th

COT:
– each man shared a prayer request. Prayers for physical health, mental health, Ms, and work

This Q was a pleasure to lead, I’m extremely grateful for each man who was there and helped me start this next trip around the sun off on the correct foot.

Rock on,

Hair Band