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I Must (Fall) Break You

AO: iiipillars
Q: princessaurora
PAX: Swiffer, Black Lung, gov’t mule, Grape, Shania, wardas1, Two Face, Will Norton, Haggis, YumYum, Lagniappe, Sandman, Wax
FNGs: 1 Wax
COUNT: 14
CONDITIONS: Cool and clear.

WARMUP:

Mosey to field.
– SSH
– LBAC
– Imperial Walkers
– Frankensteins
– Windmills

THE THANG:

With fall break right around the corner for St. Paul, today’s workout was inspired by the many destinations where many in our community will be spending the next few days.

BEACH
Beach bod prep!
11s on the field
HRMs / Crab Walk across field / Star(fish) Jumps / High Knees back*

*both modes of travel modified to running after fifth round

MOUNTAINS
Get ready for the ascent!
For 10 minutes:
– Mountain Climbers x 10 (2ct)
– Sprint up Mt. Liddell
– Plant your Flag – early progression exercise for the Human Flag: side plank w hip abduction x 10 each side)

DOLLYWOOD
Enjoy the thrills and all the steps in between!
10 reps each in cadence followed by a lap around the track:
– Hello Dollys
– BoxLinecutter
– (Hollow Body) Rockin Roadway
– Lumberjack (Leg) Lifts
– American Hammers

STAYING IN TOWN
Hang out and rest!
Grab a partner. P1 performs dead hang for max time while P2 planks/front-leaning rest. Swap as necessary during six-minute window.

Mosey back to flag.

MOLESKINE:

What a beautiful morning and wonderful crew to work out with today. Tclaps to Grape for the speaker backup so we could all enjoy the Rocky IV soundtrack after my speaker wouldn’t charge.

A hearty welcome (after a heartfelt introduction) to Andrew Maroda (FNG Wax). May we all be mindful of how we are designed for community and grateful for this particular way through which we can experience it. Let us also approach it with intention.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

F3 Dads: Green Hills Park, Saturday, 10/25 at 0900. Bring any/all of your kids for a fun, family-friendly workout.

COT:

Praises for successful software implementation for Formica’s company

Prayers for AFib’s daughter as well as Lagniappe’s daughter’s friend in the midst of their cancer diagnoses.

Pleasure as always. Go Tigers.

PA out

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12 years strong

AO: iiipillars
Q: Grape
PAX: Haggis, t-cell, Swiffer, wardas1, Harbaugh, Pep, Two Face
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: wet, but not too bad. Praises for the garage

WARMUP: normal stuff with shoulders

THE THANG: Silk- soft and smooth
S- 12 step ups (2 count)
I- 24 incline merkins
L- 24 Lt Dans
K- 12 Kill joys (burpees)
Run a lap and repeat (144 reps)

Linen- breathable
Dora with partner, down the parking lot and back
C- 100 Carolina Dry Docks
S- 200 Squats
G- 300 Gorilla humpers

Pearls- hard and unique
Dealer’s choice Mary

:grapes:

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WYD?

AO: iiipillars
Q: Hair Band
PAX: Grape, YumYum, Shania, Pep, Haggis, gov’t mule, Young and Restless, GameStop, Priscilla, Harbaugh, wardas1, LorelaiG
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
CONDITIONS: temperate but a little humid

WARMUP:
50 SSHs
10 8 ct body builders
7 burpees on the min x 5
10 burpees on the min x 5

THE THANG:
Mosey up to track
Lunge walk halfway around
Jog to top of track
Partner up
One partner runs, the other does burpees and go until Hair Band says to quit
Upon quittin time we moseyed around the track to shake out and then did a minute hold squat for 5 sets with 30 seconds in between
Mosey back to lot for Mary

MOLESKINE:
F3 Nashville has been without a 3rd F Q for a while. The SLT is now focused on growing the 3rd F. 3rd F is how HIMs are engaging with their community physically through service as well as emotionally and spiritually. Questions to consider: How do you serve your community? What are your daily spiritual habits? How are you creating meaningful connection in your community to grow emotionally and spiritually?

We men spend a lot of time hiding what’s on our hearts and minds. If you heard something today during our COT, reach out and mention it to the person you heard it from. Share how it resonated with you, share how you’re thinking about them, or encouraging them, or praying for them. Studies show that men engage in meaningful conversation while doing activities. Invite a HIM on a hike, invite him to work on a project with you, invite him out for a beer.
Whatever it is, let’s practice getting connected. It makes us better men which in turn affects our loved ones and our communities for the better.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: oh my God so many

COT:

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3 is a magic number

AO: iiipillars
Q: Grape
PAX: YumYum, Swiffer, princessaurora, Two Face, Haggis, Shania, t-cell, wardas1, Canned Heat, Will Norton, LorelaiG, Harbaugh, Tigger, Doogie, Swan Song, Husky of Wall Street, Paw Patrol
FNGs: 3 Swan Song, Husky of Wall Street, Paw Patrol
COUNT: 20
CONDITIONS: love to be with my friends

WARMUP: Good mornings
SSH
Low and slow squats
LBAC
Stretch

THE THANG: Groups of 3

300 squats
300 merkins
Run the field as the timer

One lap as a group

300 American hammers
300 dry docks
Run the field as the timer

One lap as a group

300 dips
300 WW1’s
Run the field as the timer

Sprint-off

Back to circle for 5MoM

:grapes:

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Graduation

AO: iiipillars
Q: Will Norton
PAX: Grape, Haggis, Go Fish, Baguette, YumYum, princessaurora, Pep, Harbaugh, Shania, Sherlock, gov’t mule, wardas1, LorelaiG
FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
CONDITIONS: humid

WARMUP: SSH

THE THANG: iiiPillars

1. Academic excellence: 8 burpees, 5 pull ups, 30 BBSU’s, rinse and repeat
2. Passion for Christ: 8 dips, 15 flutters, 20 merkins, rinse and repeat
3. Leadership development: relay sprints

Mary and mosey

COT: prayers for Lorelai with his father passing away a couple of weeks ago, prayers for some of the SPCA teachers who are battling cancer, prayers for summer, and others

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Redemption Tour

AO: iiipillars
Q: Focker
PAX: t-cell, Grape, Harbaugh, gov’t mule, Haggis, Shania, Pep, Sherlock, wardas1, Swiffer, Canned Heat, Young and Restless, princessaurora, Howitzer, Big Bird
FNGs: 1 Big Bird
COUNT: 16
CONDITIONS: near tropical

WARMUP: stretches followed by mental math consisting of pull ups to failure, multiply by 5 and do squats, multiply by 2 and do crunches

THE THANG:
On track do the following:
-5 dive bomber push ups
-15 monkey humpers
-20 WW1
Run around track with straightaway sprints

-5 kick throughs
-15 jump squats
-20 dry docks
Run the opposite way
Broke this up by 2 sets of 10,20,30 DIDS

Mosey to start with one legged burpees and Mary to end it

MOLESKINE: lots of grumbling about the math. Yacht rock playlist really was enjoyed by all. Great way to set an intimate mood for the FNG

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Merlin Madness

COT: prayers for shared sorrow and shared joys!
“Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark” James 3:5
^i was an idiot in my marriage yesterday with my words. Learn from my mistakes

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Restorative Sportcore

AO: iiipillars
Q: princessaurora
PAX: wardas1, Pep, Will Norton, Swiffer, Grape, Go Fish, t-cell, Black Lung, Harbaugh
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
The year is 1502. On this day, in the city of Bologna, Italy, a boy by the name of Uno Boncompagni is born. He will go on to study and teach law before he is summoned to Rome by Pope Paul III and appointed first judge of the capital. Uno’s administrative strengths will allow him to rise through the ranks of the Catholic Church, resulting in his eventual election to the papacy in 1572. Ever the patron of the arts and sciences, Uno will use his position to commission a modified version of the Julian calendar 10 years later. More closely approximating the solar year and properly spacing leap years, it will go on to become the most widely accepted calendar in the world.

523 years later, Uno Boncompagni is better known by his assumed name, Pope Gregory XIII, after whom the Gregorian calendar is named.

THE THANG:
SSH
Vatican Night Clubs
LBAC F/R
SnL Squats
Windmills

Building a Foundation
3 rounds – 1’ per exercise

1. Squats
2. Side Lunges
3. SL Deadlifts
4. Split Squats R
5. Split Squats L

Gregora 1-2-3
Partner up – P1 reps, P2 runs to opposite end of field and back.

100 Merkins
200 WWIs
300 Jane Fondas R/L

Mosey back to flag for COT/BOM

MOLESKINE:
The story of Pope Gregory XIII had everything to do with January 7 and nothing to do with any of the workout, save for a few cleverly named exercises. Sometimes you just want to Q something that works!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
LeanPax is in full swing and men across F3 Nashville are participating in the challenge. Details from Black Lung are in the thread above, and the spreadsheet to track your progress is docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jVSu8znDpWQsBLnjGyTNJ8U-D1WWW5g3xNtlzWOSlxY/edit.

On 2/11, I’ll be on Q for a Valentine’s Day-themed workout to get you prepped, so go ahead and get sexy for me with a way too early HC.

COT:
We lifted up:
– the Stark family
– Elizabeth Webb
– Keith
– Ariel
– The Gilberts

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III Pillars – 11.05.2024 – Election Day Special

AO: -f3-nashville-general
Q: princessaurora
PAX: t-cell, Black Lung, Grape, gov’t mule, Swiffer, wardas1, Will Norton, Red Skull, Pep, caprate, Go Fish, Haggis, Baguette, Tackle Box, Two Face, YumYum, Harbaugh, Full Monty
FNGs: None
COUNT: 19
CONDITIONS:
Unseasonably warm, likely due to the hot takes surrounding potential election results

THE THANG:
Today, we’d be campaigning through battleground states to earn the votes needed to win the election. Given we’re a two-party system, PAX were split into red and blue teams, and, thanks to Black Lung showing up right on time (a.k.a. 5 minutes late) YHC was able to remain a neutral election official.

After a mosey to and around the track, our first opportunity to win votes was a “debate” in the form of one lap around the track. PAX were told to select one candidate to represent their party, with Howitzer stepping in for Blue and Formica for Red.

BUT WAIT A SECOND…it’s been determined that both were no longer fit to hold office and, bypassing the primary, selected Red Skull (Blue) and Pep (Red) as new candidates. In a extremely tight race, Red Skull edged out Pep by a stride handing Blue 10 points.

Blue – 10 | Red – 0

Moving on to the battleground “state”ions! Each party’s goal is to get as many votes (reps) as possible in the time allotted.

“State”ion 1 (30 electoral votes)
Ballot Box Jumps – 4:00

WINNER: Blue

Blue – 40 | Red – 0

“State”ion 2 (50 electoral votes)
Handcount Release Merkins – 3:00

WINNER: Red

Blue – 40 | Red – 50

“State”ion 3 (80 electoral votes)
Swing State Ab Thrusters (feet in swing) – 3:00

WINNER: Red

Blue – 40 | Red – 130

“State”ion 4 (70 electoral votes)
Octoburpee Surprise*- 2:00
*if trailing team wins, they steal 10 votes from leading team in addition to earning electoral votes

WINNER: Blue

Blue – 120 | Red – 120

“State”ion 5 (40 electoral votes)
Jane6 Fondas – 3:00

WINNER: Blue

Blue – 160 | Red – 120

“State”ion 6 (90 electoral votes)
Swing State Pull-ups – 3:00

WINNER: Red

Blue – 160 | Red – 210

“State”ion 7 (60 electoral votes)
Abs-entee Ballots (Big Boy Sit-ups) – 3:00

WINNER: Red

Blue – 160 | Red – 270

This election came down to the wire with Blue having the chance to force a runoff, but in the end, Red prevailed and their version of democracy was saved.

Mosey back to flag to wrap up with some Ballot Box Cutters and Alabama Prom Dates until time.

MOLESKINE:
You never know who you might offend when you Q a workout teeming with opportunities for political jokes, but I sure I hope it was someone! Hopefully everyone felt free to put fitness and fellowship over party. It’s also worth noting here that Pep has legs when the future of our country is on the line. Dude was moving faster than I’ve ever seen him go!

Also, here’s a fun fact: given this is being written post-election, I can now proudly say that the PA Election Day Q is 100% accurate at predicting the results of American presidential elections. All eyes on will be on iiiP in 2028…

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– 11/9 – 0600 Tennessee Tussle at #brokenwheel in Nolensville – friendly competition between regions – see Hair Band for details!
– 11/16 – 0600-0800 – AOQ GrowSchool at stonewall

COT:
TAPS for
– Elizabeth Webb cancer treatment
– YumYum’s mother’s health
– Baguette’s trip with/for his father
– The country

God bless America,
PA out

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Total Eclipse of the Heart

AO: iiipillars
Q: Grape
PAX: Matthew Gillmor, Pep, Go Fish, Pencil Pusher, Harbaugh, wardas1, Haggis, Zelenskyy, grisham, princessaurora, t-cell, DintyMoore, TiVo, Howitzer, Full Monty
FNGs: None
COUNT: 16
CONDITIONS: it always rains on Tuesdays now I guess

WARMUP: 10 SSH
10 Imperial Walkers
10 Hillbillies
10 LBAC F
10 LBAC R
Mosey to the field

THE THANG: partner up, one partner runs a lap, other partner completes these exercises, then switch (completed three rounds, changes Ab Thrusters to Atomic Merkins and Knees to elbows to Knerkins (knuckle merkins) in round 3)

Burpees
Lunges
Ab Thrusters
Carolina Dry Docks
Knees to elbows (Peter Parker’s)

Squats
Ukrainian hammers
Newton’s cradle

MOLESKINE: so fun to lead this crew

ANNOUNCEMENTS: brewsday tonight, keep going strong with plankpril

COT: prayers for Pep and PA

:grapes:

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Partners

AO: iiipillars
Q: Vector
PAX: Bard, Black Lung, Dollywood, Focker, wardas1, Go Fish, Grape, Harbaugh, Natural Ice, Pep, princessaurora, Tackle Box, t-cell, YumYum, Haggis, TiVo, Fanny (Kotter with a long-forgotten name)
FNGs: 2 TiVo, Fanny (Kotter with a long-forgotten name)
COUNT: 18
YHC became a smidge nervous when our AOQ Grape announced todays’ session as one I’d be “committing crimes against our bodies,” although that did prompt a HC from Natural Ice due to interest in an “awkward” workout . . . Then the lightning storm prior to start had me possibly scrambling with a workout other than “let’s stand in the middle of a field at the top of a hill.” But the storm passed, the weather was perfect, and (I think) no bodies had crimes committed against them.

For today’s theme, I unearthed a playlist used up in Louisville during a recent visit to see pumpkin spice — the Louisville PAX, not ones to note the brilliance of a theme playlist, didn’t take too kindly to some of the cheesy selections, even at one point grabbing the Vector-o-jukebox to change songs. Party foul, bro. I knew the HIM of iiiPillars were far more appreciative of cheesy playlists, so this one, about partners, seemed perfect.

CONDITIONS: Post storm perfection – nice breeze, good temp.

PLAYLIST:
It Takes Two – Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock
Why Can’t We Be Friends – War
I Got You – Split Enz
Just the Two of Us – Grover Washington Jr w/ Bill Withers
We Can Work it Out – Beatles
Best Friend – English Beat
Get Together – The Youngbloods
With a Little Help from My Friends – Beatles
Together Forever – Rick Astley
You’re the One that I Want – Olivia Newton-John/John Travolta
Team – Lorde
Come Together – Beatles

WARMUP:
(10 burpees to start due to the flag falling to the ground followed by 5 more due to some PAX sass re: YHC following his own instructions). Mosey to field.
Started with counting off and noting your partner, who you’d be stuck with the rest of the morn.
SSH x 20, LBC x 20, Seal claps x 10, Overhead claps x 10, Overhead press x 10, RLBC x 20. WMH and Good Mornings OYO x 10 each.

THE THANG:
#1 PAIR: Plankjacks, Abd crunches, Incline Merkins, and “Regular” Squats – total 200 per exercise per pair, one exercises while partner runs lap.

#2 DUO: Dips, Underdogs, Overhead Squats x 200 with laps

Mosey back to Startex and high 5 partner for job well done.

MOLESKINE: Named FNG TiVo (given prior h/o of work with Direct TV) and a Kotter who had forgotten his name from long ago — as per renaming rules, the second name must be more embarrassing (assuming he was not the FNG once named “Soft Wood,” an unfortunate choice that led to never seeing that HIM again). princessaurora noted with the HIM’s initials BG that a Bee Gees song name was appropriate, specifically “Fanny” – a song about a woman who needed to be “tender with [the] love” of the 3 Australio-UK Disco singers. Natural Ice, there’s your awkward . . .

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. Biscuit Run Half Marathon this weekend – check slack for deets.

COT:
1. Prayers for Yuri
2. A lot of mumblechatter about the 60s flavor of the playlist . . . YHC took no offense, as great music is timeless, my friends.
3. Grateful for the PAX of HIM for allowing me to lead, tolerating once again (and far more that Louisville PAX) the playlist, and making me stronger and better each day.

SYITG,
Vector