Tortoise & Hare ep5

AO: thestronghold
Q: Red Skull
PAX: SalPal, Chunks, Michelin Man, Skeet, Young and Restless, Decaf, Tater (Skeet’s 2.0), Zoro, Ol, McDonald, Crockett, DreamCast, C Sharp, Vera Wang, World Tour
FNGs: None
COUNT: 16
CONDITIONS: Perfect 46 degrees and dark

WARMUP: Standard pre-run warm-up: SSH, Squats, HBWs, Stretch, WMH

THE THANG: Partner up and RUN!!

MOLESKINE: The tale of the Tortoise & Hare played out in real life today. Those that started off with a dead sprint were gassed by the first turn and never recovered the pole position. Those that started out with a deliberate pace maintained performance and set PRs.

Three 4:13 Strong men set a PR and Young and Restless set a PR. It was a great day to run.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: The final Signing Day of 2024 will be on Friday 11/1 at 11:30. Come join us, celebrate the 7 men that are moving into the work phase and let 4:13 Strong buy your lunch.

The Struggle 003 is 11/1 – 11/2. We have a couple of open spots if you are interested. This is a fantastic experience that will push your physical and mental limits while forging deeper relationships with those you Struggle with. Let me know if you want more details or if you are ready to sign up.

COT: Prayers for family, healing comfort and direction.

This is Hallowesteros

AO: westeros
Q: Vector
PAX: Grape, Red Skull, Young and Restless, Salami, Hedwig, Pep, Tim the Toolman, Black Lung, bluemule, CubCadet
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
CONDITIONS: Crisp, cool and spooky

WARMUP: Mosey to front of school. LBAC x 10, Overhead Press x 10, Seal Claps x 10, RLBAC X 10, WMH x 10, Good Mornings x 10, SSH x 10

THE THANG:
‘Cause this is Thriller: Plank during Thriller with burpees/squats whenever the title is mentioned

Spooky Exercises: 100 of each and then run to school between exercise to pay off the 8 burpees owed for not HCing.
S: Squats
P: Pull-ups (which the PAX loved)
O: Overhead presses
O: Original Dips
K: Killer Incline Merkins
Y: Your favorite exercise (because the PAX deserved a treat)

MARY: A round of spooky an exercises

COT: Lifted up silent prayers and praises.

Grateful for the PAX for pushing me and each other to get better each daily.

SYITG,
Vector

PLAYLIST:
This is Halloween – Citizens of Halloween
Thriller – Michael Jackson
Heads Will Roll – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Somebody’s Watching Me – Rockwell
Superstition – Stevie Wonder
Ghostbusters – Ray Parker Jr.
Psycho Killer – Talking Heads
Twilight Zone – Golden Earring
Bad Moon Rising – CCR
Dead Man’s Party – Oingo Boingo

Stages of Labor

AO: cruelhall
Q: Focker
PAX: EZ-Go, Fortran, Young and Restless, Pedialyte, Uncle Jerry, Donkey Hammer, Pound Puppy
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8

WARMUP: stretching to loosen our pelvis

THE THANG: in light of the impending birth of my second son, we wanted to experience what childbirth is like for our wives

Early labor
Dilation 0-6cm
1,2,3,4,5,6 8-count bodybuilders
“Alternate between resting and working to get labor going”
Contractions 5-30 min between each.
5 merkins, 5 prisoner squats, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30. Run between sets to rest

Active labor
“actively work through labor with your birthing team”
Dilation 6-8 cm
Every PAX takes turns doing 6,7,8 pull ups. PAX waiting are doing lt dans—>monkey humpers—>Alabama prom dates to “relax” between “contractions”

Transition
“Burpee coping method”
Contractions Every 2 minutes for 60-90 sec
Dilation 8-10 cm
8 burpees in 60 sec
9 burpees in 60 sec
10 burpees in 60 sec
1 minute low plank rest
8 burpees in 60 sec
9 burpees in 60 sec
10 burpees in 60 sec

Pushing stage!
“Keep breathing and work with your body, not against it”
Dilated 10 cm
10 parking lot sprints

Placenta delivery (the forgotten child)
10 burpees

MOLESKINE: I think we can all say to the mother’s of our children that we now know exactly what they went through. Lots of great mumblechatter and birth stories shared. This may have been my Sistine Chapel of workouts in terms on intentionality

ANNOUNCEMENTS: please see Slack for full breakdown

COT: prayers for Pound Puppies’ wife as she recovers from surgery. Young and Restless and his earnest desire for children (love the vulnerability in sharing something like that so thank you man)

Earning Your Right to Walk Upright

AO: titan
Q: Hair Band
PAX: Spinal Tap, Tim the Toolman, Sherlock, Young and Restless, Schnauzer, Pep, DintyMoore, Firefox, Papa Bear
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
CONDITIONS: chilly and damp

WARMUP:
50 SSHs
5min Hair Band Mary
Mosey around lawn

THE THANG:
Starting from statue area on west side of parthenon:
Round 1
Lunge down 4 benches
Bear crawl back
Broad jump 4 benches
Bear crawl back
Sprint to each bench for 10 burpees a pop
Bear crawl back

Round 2
Reverse lunge 4 benches
Crawl bear back
Inch worm (with or without pushup, mod as necessary) 4 benches
Crawl bear back
Bernie to each bench for 10 burpees a pop
Crawl bear back

MOLESKINE:
DintyMoore talks a lot of smack

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Chiliteria this Sunday Oct 20th at Shelby Bottoms (see main channel for deets)
Mid Tennessee Tussle! Nov 9, sign up sheets and info come out today
AOQ Grow School! Nov 16th, see main channel for details!

COT:
Prayers for health of families and friends, prayers for support of victims of Hurricanes Helene & Milton (please give to any of the orgs out there helping with relief like samaritans purse & red cross)

Thanks Tim the Toolman for having me out this morning! Had a great time leading

Rock on,

Hair Band

Tortoise & Hare – Week 5

AO: thestronghold
Q: Red Skull
PAX: Decaf, Young and Restless, Michelin Man, Right Said, Crawlspace, SalPal, Chunks, hambone, Ol’ McDonald, Crockett, DreamCast, C Sharp, Vera Wang, World Tour
FNGs: None
COUNT: 15
CONDITIONS: Our first cool run of the season – 46 degrees

WARMUP: The warm-up was hijacked by World Tour who seemed to short-cut everything in an effort to get to the run. We stretched the right side more than the left which resulted in some lopsided running.

THE THANG: RUN!!! Three miles around the campus. We had a couple of PRs this morning. Those that are training for the half marathon are coming into the home stretch.

MOLESKINE: It was great to have a good showing this morning to offer encouragement to the 4:13 Strong men. Thank you to the faithful PAX that continue to show up and make a difference.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Struggle 003 is coming up in just a couple of weeks. This Struggle will be on a Friday night so work won’t be an excuse. Hit up Ginger if you would like to get you name on the list. You will be glad you did it.

COT: Prayers for strength, guidance and focus.

Movin

AO: handsomizer
Q: Cuban Missile , Cuban Missile
PAX: Chunks, Freakonomics, Young and Restless, Patty, Old Maid, Salami, caprate, @pharmacist
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: Beautiful

WARMUP:

THE THANG: We did multiple movements, I wrote the workout down twice and managed to delete it, not doing it a third time

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

Dore-a

AO: westeros
Q: DintyMoore
PAX: caprate, CubCadet, Grape, Hedwig, Pep, Salami, Siri, Spinal Tap, Tim the Toolman, Vector, Young and Restless, FinePrint
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
CONDITIONS: Smelled like victory

WARMUP:
25 SSHs
5 Five-count deep lunge
5 Five-count Willy Mays
25 SSHs

THE THANG:
Mosey to bridge
Dora – part 1
100 merkins – partner 1 runs across bridge then starts merkins, partner 2 does pushups then runs when he reaches other side, confirm total count then run back across bridge while partner 2 continues merkins, repeat until you reach 100. 4-6 total

Mosey from 100 to base of love circle and plank for 6

Dora – part 2
200 lunges – each leg
Partner 1 lunges while partner 2 runs the circle

Plank for 6 when done

Dora – part 3
Top of Love Circle
300 Alabama Prom Dates
150 each partner

Mosey back to Shovel Fla -er, I mean Start X w/ stops along the way to wait for the six.

MOLESKINE:
Congrats to Vanderbilt on the biggest upset and their programs history. It was nice to see First Bank without one of their goal posts. We also were able to rile up the neighborhood a little bit with our Vanderbilt centric playlist.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Chili Cook Off coming at you. 2.0 and M friendly at Shelby Park.

Pain Lab :petri_dish: :test_tube: :lab_coat: making some noise on Saturdays at Northwest Nashville YMCA.

COT:
Prayers for Western NC flood relief/recovery. Prayers for Middle East tensions and intentions.
Prayers for Young and Restless celebrating 18 years of marriage and hopes for a family.

Penalty burpees for no HC and burpees for no Merchant show

AO: titan
Q: Pep
PAX: Midwife, preacherman, Right Said, caprate, DintyMoore, Sherlock, Firefox, Young and Restless, SalPal, Salami, Spinal Tap
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
CONDITIONS:
cool. comfortable fall day

WARMUP:
burpee penalty:
– each pax with no HC 10 burpees
– all pax 10 burpees for Merchant
run the square

THE THANG:
Dora at the playground:
– 100 pull ups
– 200 windshield wipers
– 300 firehydrants
7’s at the hill: burpees + hand release merkins

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– pain lab: Salpal led on Saturday mornings in North Nashville
– chili event:
First Annual F3 Chili Cook Off!
Wolfpack is on Q and leading the charge.

When: October 20th. 1-3pm
Who: PAX, M, and 2.0s!
Where: Riverview Pavilion Shelby Park
maps.app.goo.gl/GuFX8ZRRX5iEJgKb8

COT:
– prayer for Midwife in his job search

Tortoise & Hare, S5E2

AO: thestronghold
Q: Red Skull
PAX: Papa Bear, Pop-A-Lock, Chunks, Crawlspace, Right Said, Young and Restless, SalPal, Hair Band, Speedway, Zoro, Filet O Fish, Ol’ McDonald, Crockett, DreamCast, C Sharp, 10 Pack, Pearl, Snapper, Slash, Vere Want, Humble Boxer, World Tour
FNGs: None
COUNT: 23
CONDITIONS: 66 degrees and humid

WARMUP: Standard Pre-Run Warm-Up: SSH, Squats, IWs, Stretches

THE THANG: Get into assigned pace group (led by at least one F3 man). We had a total of five groups: 26:00, 28:00, 30:00, 32:00 and 34:00. Things went even better than expected with 10 of 14 4:13 Strong men reaching a new PR, one of which was a new course record for the class of 25:12.

MOLESKINE: It is much easier to push yourself and do hard things when you have someone doing them with you. Thank you to my F3 brothers for slowing down and encouraging the 4:13 Strong men. We had a huge lift in confidence today with so many new PRs.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Struggle 003 is 11/1. This is a Friday night so no need to worry about work the next day. Stay tuned for more details. If you are ready to lock in your spot, let me know.

COT: Many prayer requests for endurance, strength and perseverance.

Because It’s My Destiny To Be The . . .

AO: westeros
Q: Vector
PAX: Grape, DintyMoore, Chunks, Pop-A-Lock, SalPal, Spinal Tap, Sherlock, Right Said, Pep, Young and Restless, Hedwig
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
Conjuring up this week’s theme, I felt we all needed a little bit of a push to make us better, because as “the kids” say, “No PAIN, no gain.”

CONDITIONS: Painfully pleasant, start of autumn, gloomy morning

WARMUP: To start the pain, we did W-O-R for the duration of Depeche Mode’s extended remix of “A Pain That I Am Used To.”
30 SSH, 30 LBAC, 30 Air Presses, 30 RLBAC, 30 Squats.

To reflect the missing HCs from the PAX, the group had to do 9 burpees. Then we repeated the above until end of song . . . 8 minutes later.

PLAYLIST:
A Pain That I Am Used To – Depeche Mode
King of Pain – The Police
Pain Lies on the Riverside – Live
Joy and Pain – Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock
Do You Really Want to Hurt Me? – Culture Club
Pain – De La Sol (f. Snoop Dogg)
Hurts So Good – John Cougar
Sucker for Pain – Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa & Imagine Dragons
Everybody Hurts – R.E.M.

THE THANG:
PAIN #1: 50 reps of
Prisoner squats
Ass Kickers
Imperial Walkers
Normal Julgarian Split Squats (“Free Julgaria!”)
Then sprint up and down hill.
Repeat.

PAIN #2: 50 reps of
Plank Jacks
Alabama Prom Dates
Incline Merkins
Normal LBCs
Sprint the hill.
Repeat.

Mosey to Startex for Mary where a grand time was had by all

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Brewsday Tuesday this week – Check the Slack

COT: Prayers for Chunks on the passing of his grandmother and SalPal as his wife navigates restarting work life. Was fantastic to have SalPal back out, as his special brand of saltiness fit the theme perfectly . . . Thankful as always for all of the HIM who push me and each other to be better. SYITG, Vec