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Frostbite Four Corner Contest

AO: toratoratora
Q: Space Baby
PAX: greyalbum, 40 Minutes, Giving Tree, Ultratecht, Hot Route, The Bobs
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
CONDITIONS: Chilly, felt like 22

WARMUP:
– SSH – 20 IC
– Mosey
– Willie Mays Hays
– Good mornings
– Cherry pickers – 10 IC
– Imperial Walkers – 10 IC
– Arm Circles – 10 forward / 10 backward
– Runners stretch to world’s greatest stretch

THE THANG:
The Thang – 4 corners (30 min)
Spin the wheel app
1 min exercise at each corner
Blocks in the middle

Round 1 – lunge to next corner
Winner – squats
Losers – jump squats

Round 2 – side shuffle to next corner
Winner – merkins
Losers – burpees

Round 3 – 50% mosey to the door and then back to next corner
In the middle
Winner – Swings with coupons
Losers – Skullcrushers with coupons

Round 4 – broad jumps to next corner
Winner – flutter kicks
Losers – mountain climbers

Round 5 – side shuffle to next corner
Winner – shoulder taps
Losers – Carolina dry docks

Round 6 – 90% to the door and then to next corner
In the middle
Winner – Curls with coupons
Losers – Rows with coupons

Round 7 – lunge to next corner
Winner – LBCs
Losers – V-ups

Round 8 – side shuffle to next corner
In the middle
Winner – Present press (overhead press) with coupons
Losers – Elf on the shelf (gravediggers) with coupons

Round 9 – side shuffle to next corner
Winner – WWIs
Losers – Freddie Mercurys

Round 10 – 50% to the door and then to next corner
In the middle
Winner – American Hammers
Losers – American Hammers with coupons

Round 11 – lunge to next corner
Winner – mountain climbers
Losers – Plank jacks

Round 12 – 90% to the door and then to next corner
In the middle
Winner – Curls with coupons
Losers – Rows with coupons

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT: Prayer for holiday stress and patience

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Sprinting into the void…..

AO: toratoratora
Q: Hipster
PAX: Ultratecht, Space Baby, The Bobs, Hot Route, 40 Minutes
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS: Brisk, baby. A few flurries to start the festivities.

WARMUP: Typical WAR, mosey to the tarmac, do a lil more.

THE THANG:
Part 1 – VO2 Max Work
– Max effort run for 400-ish meters
– Light mosey back to start line, catch your breath
– Repeat-o X3, then mosey back to StartX

Intermission – 3X dead hang to failure from pullup bars

Part 2 – Lunge Circuit
– 40ish yards of walking lunges, side lunges, pulse lunges, and pulsed Lt. Dan’s

MOLESKINE: How bout this weather, eh?! I’m never quite sure what to put here.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT: Urrybody goin through stuff, thanks for sharing guys, it’s so important to get things off your chest.

Remember to be intentional with your mental and physical health, especially as the gravity of the holiday season starts to suck you in like Joseph Cooper circling Gargantua.

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No Excuse November

AO: thebuffalo
Q: The Bobs
PAX: Ultratecht, Space Baby, greyalbum
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
CONDITIONS: Mid-50s, clear; sunrise on Sevier Lake gave Cornelia a run for her money

WARMUP: Standard issue SSH, Good Mornings, Will Mays Hayes, Little Baby Arm Circles, World’s Greatest Stretch, Mosey on down to the watering hole

THE THANG: “November” = 8 letters → 8 rounds of increasing reps. Perform the following circuit; after each round, take a short mosey (~50 yards) and return.

Round Exercise Reps
1 Merkins 10
2 WWIs 20
3 Squats 30
4 Lunges (count one leg) 40
5 LBCs 50
6 Carolina Dry Docks 60
7 Flutter Kicks (4-count) 70
8 Air Presses 80

Mosey past the enchanted cave on the way back to base. MARY to bring us home

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT: New chapters

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Where it all began

AO: toratoratora
Q: Chunks
PAX: Space Baby, greyalbum, Hot Route, 40 Minutes, Ultratecht, Squatter
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
CONDITIONS: Wet, Dark and Fall Like

WARMUP:

THE THANG:

Running

Moving Coupons

More Running

No Burpees or Abs (didn’t feel like getting wet)

MOLESKINE:

Big thank you to the men of ToraToraTora, for welcoming me into the fold 3 years ago. F3 has impacted my life in so many ways. It all started here and I’m so grateful. Keep doing what your doing HIMs.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

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The Filthy Fifty

AO: thebuffalo
Q: Strutter
PAX: The Bobs, Steely, greyalbum, Hot Route, Ultratecht, Goose, Makita (Anderson Fader), Strutter
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
CONDITIONS:

WARMUP:
10 each IC
SSH
IW
Abe Vigodas
A short Mosey
THE THANG: Upon arrival to the parking lot, I plotted out the four corners that would become our workout areas. The four corner workouts were as follows: 1) 10 merkins IC 2) 10 SDS IC 3) 10 IC merkin complex, a different style each round. Diamond, Wide, Hand Release, Makhtar N Daiye. 4) 10 Standard Squats IC. The mode of travel between each corner varied each round. 1) Lunge Walk 2) Bernie 3) Duck Walk 4) Sprint. 5) The final round was a combo of all of the exercises and all of the modes of transportation. With an earlier than expected finish, we held Al Gores and then a repeato of the first mosey.
Mary:
10 each IC
Flutterkicks
RRRRRRRosalita
Freddie Mercury’s
Mercury Freddie’s
We finished with 20) LBCs.

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

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Fresh Legs

AO: toratoratora
Q: greyalbum
PAX: Hot Route, 40 Minutes, Space Baby, Ultratecht, Goodwill, LongCut, Invictus, dude from Sacramento
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: Humido

WARMUP:

Mosey
SSH
WMH
Imperial walkers
Hillbillys

THE THANG:

Back to stardex

3 mins as many cycles as you can do
5 Burpee 10 Merkin 15 squat

DORA – partner runs to 2nd building and back

150 squat jumps
150 overhead thrusters
150 kettle bell swings

Group lunge walk out to 2nd building and run back

Group broad jump out to water fountain and back

DORA cont’d at picnic tables
10 each leg Bulgarian split squats while partner does high knees
15 Step ups while partner does air squat

COT
Announcements
Prayer

Playlist:
Artist: Susto
Album: My Entire Life

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

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Lovers of the Light

AO: toratoratora
Q: 40 Minutes
PAX: Space Baby, Goodwill, Ultratecht
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
CONDITIONS:
Perfect, with a beautiful sunrise

WARMUP:
A little mosey a little standard warmup

THE THANG:
Tababta-style circuit (40 seconds on 15 second rest x4)
Round 1
– Mercins
– Squats
– WWIs

Hill Sprint

Round 2
– Curl to Press
– Single Leg Lunges
– American Hammers

Hill Sprint

Round 3
– Race car Drivers
– Speed Skaters
– Bird Dogs

MARY

COT:
– Thankful for a full recovery for 40 Minutes MIL

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Dawg Days of August

AO: thebuffalo
Q: The Bobs
PAX: Hot Route, Giving Tree, Ultratecht, Space Baby, Hair Band, greyalbum, Elroy
FNGs: 1 Elroy
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: Ideal. Clear and cool

WARMUP: Moseying down the hill and stopping at the stations:
SSH, Good Mornings, Willy Mays Hayes, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Little Baby Arm Circles to World’s Greatest Stretch

THE THANG: Find a park bench or picnic table:
• Step-ups – 20 (10 each leg)
• Incline Merkins – 15
• Decline Merkins – 15
• Dips – 20
• Repeat x4 (5 sets total)

Run up the path to the secret cave and stop for 20 squats + 20 merkins. Finish moseying to the playground

At the playground (rotate through until time)
• Pull-ups – 10 (modify with rows using a bar if needed)
• Burpees – 10
• Plank Hold – 1 minute

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: F3 Nashville Night Moves, Walk for Apraxia on 9/13 at Cornelia Fort. East side HH is the works — please vote on Hot Route’s post

COT: Hair Band’s father’s health and friend who will soon be a father. TAPs for each of us to remain consistent, grounded, and to be lights to our communities

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Partner Grinder

AO: thebuffalo
Q: The Bobs
PAX: Ultratecht, greyalbum, Hot Route, Giving Tree, Goodwill, Space Baby, Bryce Perham
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: Clear, calm, and collected

WARMUP: SSH, Good Mornings, Willy Mays Hayes, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Little Baby Arm Circles to World’s Greatest Stretch. Mosey around the neighborhood

THE THANG: Find a partner. One exercises, one runs around community center

While Partner A runs, Partner B does:
• Merkins
• Squats
• Overhead Press
• American Hammers
• Repeat x2 (total 3 sets)

Swap each time the partner returns and cycle through list

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Tomato Arts Festival, Nashville Night Moves, Walk for Apraxia (9/13) at Cornelia Fort

COT:

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The Dirty Dozen

AO: thebuffalo
Q: The Bobs
PAX: Goose, Ultratecht, Goodwill, Makita (Anderson Fader)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
CONDITIONS: About as good as you can get in July

WARMUP: SSH, Good Mornings, Willy Mays Hays, Little Baby Arm Circles into World’s Greatest Stretch, mosey around neighborhood

THE THANG: 3 Rounds — 12 reps each exercise
1. Merkins
2. Squats
3. WWIs
4. Burpees
5. Lunges (1 as one)
6. Carolina Dry Docks
7. LBCs
8. Mountain Climbers (2 as one)
9. Plank Jacks
10. Jump Squats
11. American Hammers (2 as one)
12. Overhead Press

Mary in the lot

MOLESKINE:
Falling-with-style EH during COT. @Baggage recently moved to Nashville, lives in East, and looking to get back on the saddle. Be on the lookout both here and at toratoratora and say hello! (and your best behavior… he’s a lawyer)

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT: the power of habit