Bunch of dudes celebrating a Dora themed birthday before dawn at Hill City…nothing to see here.

QIC: Red Tees

Date: 10/22/2019

PAX: Skitch, Juice, The Count, Goose, Blind Side, Ramos, Fissure, Hobo, Cowbell, Sinai, Free Time, Peanuts, Curfew, Milkman, Sunshine, Sherlock, Callahan, Iron Butt, Cheech, Back Pew

AO: Hill City


Conditions

A cool 40 degrees and a bit damp from the much needed rain the night before


COP

Mosey down to the Great Hall

Side straddle hops x 20

Little baby arm circles x 10

Reverse LBAC’s x 10

Cherry pickers x 10

Moroccan Night Club x 10

Forward fold x 10

Quad stretch x 10 each leg with a partner

Wall sit while partner does flutter kicks x 40 and switch

The Thang

We kept our partners and moseyed to the river to grab a coupon to share for our Dora party

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Dora Party

Each team did a set of coupon exercises that had us working together to complete 100 curls, 200 shoulder presses, 300 squats and 400 LBC’s while also doing a rotation of  40  yard combo sprints of Bernie Sanders, and step slides and then a 40 yard sprint.

We moseyed back to the Blue Rhino after we picked up a brother from South Carolina (Juice) who was running in the park and saw a bunch of guys with coupons doing a Dora and knew what was going on 🙂

Back at the Rhino we did 7 minutes or so of Mary (LBC’s, Leg lifts, American Hammers, Side Straddle Hops, Heal touches, forward fold to wind down) and ended right at 6:15am.


COT

I am a truly blessed child of God.  I turned 40 at 5:03am and was able to spend that time leading some great men I’ve come to know over the last few months for the first time as a Q.  I really enjoy doing workouts in which we work together to accomplish a goal in the gloom so that was the reason for the Dora.  

 I thought  and prayed a while about what to share.  Our pastor has been working through  the Bible, verse by verse, and we happened to be at Philippians 4:4-20 a Sunday or two ago.  I’ve told some of you  before, I  struggle with being a selfish person.  I like doing what Christopher feels like doing.  It’s also easy for me to give my best to  others at work  and in public but I can see where I am less patient with my family sometimes (I take their love for granted if I’m being honest sometimes).  That’s not right.  I am praying to love Thea the way Jesus loves the church every day, and that I think is a great way to measure if I’m being the husband God wants me to be. 

The other great message in that chapter is that Paul tells us to not be anxious about anything and to bring everything to the Lord.  That’s a huge comfort to me. Our Lord is all sovereign and all good.  He loves us and if we ask anything according to His will he will grant it.  His will is the part I struggle with sometimes.  It’s not what I want, but what He wants.  


Moleskin

It was a great morning for me personally.  I got to work out with 20 guys who are all interested in getting the most out of each day, and that is a great group to be a part of.  As I thought about the group, one PAX baptized my oldest daughter a few years ago (Blind Side), another is a man who the Lord sent to lead me professionally (The Count) and a bunch of other guys who I count as friends.  It was cool to have Juice recognize a bunch of guys with coupons working out together as an F3 group and come join up.  Fissure and The Count, thanks for taking the time to have a pre-Q meeting with me to make sure I didn’t let everyone down.  Back Pew, love ya brother and thanks for being on time (early for you :)) 


News

There will be a convergence for the 3 year Chattanooga F3 anniversary on 11/16/19 at Brainerd Baptist (on the soccer fields).


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    Party at the Hive – Smackdown

    QIC: Bumblebee

    Date: 10/24/19

    PAX: Laces Out, FNG-Pomade, Kickback, Gusher, Whittler, FNG-Friar Tuck, Blindside, Money Ball, Prosciutto

    AO: Smackdown


    Conditions

    Brisk 41 degrees and dark – perfect conditions for the gloom!


    COP

    20 x SSH

    10 x TTT (3rd Grade exercise)

    10 x Little Arm Circles – Forward then Backward

    10 x Imperial Walkers


    The Thang

    1. 30 Merkins
    2. 30 Squats
    3. 30 LBC’s
    4. 10 Burpees
    5. 10 Windmills

    Run 200 meters.

    1. 30 Merkins
    2. 30 Mountain Climbers
    3. 30 Flutter Kicks
    4. 10 Burpees
    5. 30 LBC’s

    Run 200 meters.

    1. 30 Merkins
    2. 30 Star Jumps
    3. 30 Supermans
    4. 10 Burpees
    5. 30 LBC’s

    Run 200 meters.

    1. 30 Merkins
    2. 30 Lunges
    3. 30 Hello Dollies
    4. 10 Burpees
    5. 10 American Hammers

    Run last 200 meters.

    Head to center of field for 8 minutes of Mary.


    COT

    Welcome FNG-Pomade (Lane Trent) and FNG-Friar Tuck (Chad Wood)!

    I enjoyed having my first F3 Chattanooga Q with the Smackdown pax and I can’t wait till the next time in the gloom! Thank you for your support and I hope I didn’t disappoint with the MARSOC short card!


    Moleskin

    The burpees were definitely the crowd pleaser! The lunges never seemed to stop! Great job by all the pax!


    News

    Next week – Tuesday and Thursday at Smackdown!


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      Block or Charge?

      QIC: Fissure

      Date: 10/24/2019

      PAX: Lloyd, Geek Squad, FNG-Kingpin, Escobar, FNG-Mayberry, Magnum, U-Turn, Cutter, Couch Potato, FNG-Packer

      AO: Huey


      Conditions

      A crisp 41 degrees


      COP

      Half mosey lap at convo pace stopping at pavillion for:
      SSH x 25 IC
      Low n slow squats x 10 IC
      Fwd Fold x 10 IC
      Merkins x 40 OYO
      SSH x 15 IC
      Continue to start to snag U-Turn’s cinder block and make our way to the back parking lot

      The Thang

      4 sets x 8 minutes
      *Perform as many reps as possible in 8 minutes with cinder block coupon
      *After every set rep count run 25 yds out to cones and back, 50 total yds
      *Rinse and repeat until 8 minutes is up
      *Rest two-ish minutes in between sets

      Set 1 – Thrusters w/coupon (first two “rounds” were prescribed 25 reps and then modified to 10 so as to avoid a mutiny of the pax before 8 minutes was up)
      Set 2 – Curls w/coupon, 15 reps
      Set 3 – KB Swings w/coupon, 15 reps
      Set 4 – Manmakers w/coupon, 5 reps, slightly less than 8 minutes to allow for some mary

      MOM

      Flutter kicks x 26 IC
      Big Boi sit-ups x 15 OYO
      Flutter kicks x 10 IC


      COT

      These workouts ought to be up there with the hardest thing you do all day.  Give it your all to ensure that’s the case.  It’s science.  The best time to workout is early in the morning.  Facts only.


      Moleskin

      THREE FNGs at the Huey!  Welcome to Packer, Mayberry and Kingpin.  Escobar traveled far to be here for his guy Mayberry.

      No one seems to miss Iron Pax.


      News

      3 Year Anniversary Convergence 11/16 – Brainerd Baptist BX 0700, No Landfill/Battery


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        Friday Burnout

        QIC: Ascot

        Date: 10/18/2019

        PAX: Iron butt (Rx2), The Count (Rx2), Sunburn (R), Pebbles

        AO: Boneyard


        Conditions

        First chilly morning. Winter is coming.

        COP

        SSH’s- 25 in cadence

        Forward Fold (right/left, left/right)

        Merkins- 10 count in cadence

        Mountain climbers- 15 in cadence

        10 burpees

        Flutter kicks- 15 in cadence

        SSH’s- 20 in cadence

        The Thang

        Mosey around track

        25 push ups, 30 squat jumps, 50 LBC’s, 10 pull ups, 15 dips- rinse and repeat 3x

        Mosey around track

        25 push ups, 30 squat jumps, 50 LBC’s, 10 pull ups, 15 dips- rinse and repeat 2x

        Mosey around track

        25 push ups, 30 squat jumps, 50 LBC’s, 10 pull ups, 15 dips

        COT

        Discipline is a central pillar in all aspects of our lives. Faith, work, family= discipline. Success= consistency and discipline. Half the battle is showing up so let’s keep pressing towards hard things.

        Moleskin

        Don’t take flatulence for granted after a certain age. Burpee bus is still on at the Boneyard, slackers.

        “So we’re a running group now?” – Moneyball

        QIC: Back pew

        Date: 10/23/2019

        PAX: Backfire, Red Tees, Ohms, Freetime, Bullpen, MoneyBall, Blindside, FNG-Chum, Newport

        AO: Lion’s Den


        Conditions

        First really cool morning of the year. Extremely dark out. 


        COP

        • 5:29 – One minute Warning
        • 5:30 – Run around the Track
        • 5:35 – Warmup 
          • Side Straddle X 10
          • Imperial Walkers X 10
          • Merkens X 10
          • High Plank X 10
          • Side Straddle X 10
        • 5:40 Another Run around the Track
          • High Kick Run
          • Ground Sweeps Run
          • Criss Cross Run

        The Thang

        • 5:45  Recover
          • Forward Fold X 10
          • Willie Mays X 10
          • Windmill X 10
        • 5:50  Stadium Steps
          • Run Steps Then do exercise
            • Incline Merken X 30/15
            • Squat X 50/25
          • Run the Track (2x)
            • Lunge X 30/15
        • 6:00  Stadium Steps
          • Run Steps Then do exercise
            • Burpees  X 10/5
            • 6:05 Mary with Remaining Time. 

        COT

        • Life comes at you fast at this time in our life.
          • When 20 – Know Nothing
          • When 30 – I started to figure things out
          • When 40 
            • With no kids – had a pretty good grasp on things.
            • With kids – feel like im starting all over again
        • Just wanted to share that I sometimes feel lost and running behind. What do we do as men
          • We put one foot in front of the other and keep working 
          • Improve ourselves (F3, invest in out family, faithful at work)
          • Finally, for those of us that are believers we know that Christ will give us strength. 
        • Closing Verse
          •  

        Philippians 4:13 New King James Version (NKJV)

        13 I can do all things through [a]Christ who strengthens me.


        Moleskin

        Forgot how to call cadence in the warmup… really confused everybody:)


        News

        I got nothing…


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          Repetition

          Repetitiously – Adverb

          Repetitiousness – Noun

          Synonyns for repetitious: duplicative, reiterative, repetitive

          QIC: Sunburn

          Date: 10/22/2019

          PAX: Dirk, Pit Stop, Backfire

          AO:  Boneyard


          Conditions

          A bit breezy with a touch of chill. The rain is gone.


          COP

          SSH’s

          Forward Fold

          Willie Mays Hayes

          Right Over Left/Left over right stretch

          Little baby arm circles forward and backward


          The Thang

          Mosey around the track

          Round 1: 10-Pull-Up’s, 50-LBC’s, 15-Bar Dips, 25 Merkins, 30-Squat Jumps, Lap around track.

          Round 2 : 7-Pull-Up’s, 45-LBC’s, 10-Bar Dips, 20 Merkins, 25-Squat Jumps, Lap around track.

          Round 3: 5-Pull-Up’s, 40-LBC’s, 10-Bar Dips, 15 Merkins, 25-Squat Jumps, Lap around track.

          Round 4: 5-Pull-Up’s, 35-LBC’s, 10-Bar Dips, 15 Merkins, 20-Squat Jumps, Lap around track.

          Round 5: 5-Pull-Up’s, 30-LBC’s, 10-Bar Dips, 15 Merkins, 20-Squat Jumps, Lap around track.

          Round 6 Lighting Round: 5-Pull-Up’s, 5-LBC’s, 5-Bar Dips, 5 Merkins, 5-Squat Jumps,


          COT

          Problems, challenges, hardships are all GOOD.  Be glad when these things happen, it’s an opportunity to grow, learn, get out of your comfort zone and become better.


          Moleskin

          Full Disclosure. This is basically the same workout lead by Ascot at the Boneyard the previous Friday, I just made a few adjustments. I filled in last minute for the injured Candu and since I was the only one in attendance the previous Friday for Ascot’s beat down which I enjoyed I thought, why not, I’m going with that workout. It was as hard, it was not fun but it was a good workout and I hope everyone got their moneys worth.

          Pretty quite this morning. Small crowd, lots of talk about investment real estate and it was good to see Backfire and Pitt Stop again.


          News

          Dirk’s upcoming Q on Friday. Pretty quite on the announcement front.


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            Kings of the Mountain

            QIC: Dirk

            Date: 10/25/19

            PAX: Backfire, Iron Butt, Hansen, Moneyball, Pebbles, 

            AO: Boneyard


            Conditions

            The calm before the storm…


            COP

            • FWD Fold x 8 IC
            • SSH x 20 IC
            • LoverR/RoverL x 5 IC each side
            • Arm Circles X 10 IC each direction
            • Windmill x 10 IC
            • Slow Merkins x 10
            • Slow Squats x 15 IC
            • Imperial Walker x 10 IC

            The Thang

            First Ascent of 39th St.
            Mosey to base of 39th St. hill, with 3 sets of 4×4’s x 3 along the way, plus 2 Burpee Busses!

            Alternating Jailbreak/Mosey up the hill

            Lunges down Church St., Mosey to Bball Court

            3 sets of the following: LBC x 40, Merkins x 20, Squats x 25 OYO

            Mosey back to AO with an array of 4×4’s, Burpees, Bear Crawling, and Lunging


            COT

            Relationships are hard, and require more work than we would like to admit. Take the time to nurture them when times are good and repair them if you’ve had a falling out with someone. The road to forgiveness and reconciliation can be painful, and it sometimes seems easier to give up and move on. However, the effort is worthwhile, as the resulting relationship will be much stronger and richer, and we will probably discover some of our own faults in the process. Remember: Admission of fault is not a prerequisite for forgiving someone, and sometimes we must forgive someone over and over for the same thing, even the same incident!


            Moleskin

            Pebbles is really fast, even without supplemental oxygen!


            News

            11/16 Convergence at the BX in Brainerd!


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              BBSRBBCCMS

              QIC: Prosciutto

              Date: 10/22/2019

              PAX: Bumblebee, Burrito, Early Bird, Escobar, Geyser, Gusher, Kickback, Pediasure, Whittler

              AO: SMACkdown


              Conditions

              Soggy from over night rains. 52 degrees and humid. T-shirt and shorts weather.


              COP

              SSH x 36 IC
              Mtn Climbers x 12 IC
              Plank x 10 (Regular/Right side/Left side)
              Third Grade Exercises IC
              High Knees IC
              SSH x 12 IC

              Indian Run 400 M


              The Thang

              BLOCK BURPEES SHUTTLE RUN BURPEE BEAR CRAWL CURL MERKIN SQUAT
              (BBSRBBCCMS) – It’ll catch on one day…
              Initially didn’t plan for partner work, but only had so many blocks, so Q signaled for an omaha to partner-up
              Partner 1:
              1) 3 Side jump-over block burpees
              2) 3-line shuttle run
              3) 5 burpees at far end of shuttle run
              4) Bear crawl return to start point
              5) With block – 15 Curls, 15 Merkins, 15 Squats
              *switch with Partner when done

              Partner 2:
              Round 1: SSH AMRAP
              Round 2: 400 M run
              Round 3: 400 M run

              Both partners plank for 6 if finished before the group.

              CURL PARTY
              PARTNER TRUST EXERCISE
              Partner with block stands on partner on ground’s feet while he does Big Boy Situps
              Pax 1: Low Curl w/ block x 10, Top Curl w/ block x 10, Full Curl w/ block x 10
              Pax 2: BBSU AMRAP

              repeat 3x

              3MOM
              Flutter Kicks IC
              Pretzel (R/L)
              Box Cutter (IC)


              COT

              Strive to be better in everything you do. Sometimes simply striving to be better can bring you out of a rut or help you focus less on that rut. Being 1% better at anything is better than nothing at all. If that 1% is your focus, your task and your mindset will likely gain more than you expected.


              Moleskin

              Even though it was soggy/rainy/dreary this morning, these men showed up and supported one another. This accountability is why we’re here…

              Speaking of showing up! Early Bird (from East Ridge) and Escobar (from Apison) came up the mountain this morning … Wow! Great job. Glad we could host! Awesome to see and share the F3 gloom brotherhood with these men. Now, our task at SMACkdown is to figure out how to get the guys who need to make two right-turns from their drive way to get out in the gloom!

              Early Bird said he can feel his liver; that’s a new one for me. Maybe less cervezas and more Love Potion #9?

              Bumblebee is back! And promptly picked up the vacant q-slot on Thursday. High impact man. What a guy, but he’s still a Death Valley # 2 Tiger…

              Burrito knows everyone and everything Signal Mountain. Future town Mayor? Probably one day. But we’ll still know him as Burrito…


              Prayers

              Laces Out M illness this morning
              Cottontail attending Officer school (Air Force) as a Chaplain


              News

              Stay tuned for the announcements on the #announcements channel on Slack.
              F3 Chattanooga 3 Year Anniversary coming up in November


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                The Fog of Diamonds

                QIC: WuzntMe

                Date: 10/21/2019

                PAX: Early Bird, Toucan, Threeskin, Sidekick, Fastlane 

                AO: Beast Ridge


                Conditions

                Pleasant, but incredibly foggy. Visibility at its lowest.


                COP

                Mosey to the big parking lot by the Futbol academy
                SSHx40
                Merkins X10
                Plank Jacks x20
                Mountain Climbers x20

                Recover
                Forward Fold x30
                Willie Mays Hayes x10
                Finkle Swings x 10
                Tonya Harding x10

                Smurf Jacks x10
                SSH x20

                The Thang

                Eight of Diamonds
                Baseball fields were closed, so we improvised, and called out different areas to serve as the bases. PAX complete the same number of exercises at each base, and repeat at first base, second, third, etc. Run between bases.
                8 x 4- Diamond Merkins
                16 x4 – Plank Jacks
                60 seconds of Al Gore to recover
                24 x4- Merkins
                60 seconds of Al Gore to recover
                32 x 4- Hundreds
                40 x 4- Squats
                32x 4 – LBCs

                Indian Run back to the parking lot
                24 Merkins x4 – or until time.

                Time.


                COT

                I read the quote from Jack Donovan that I initially read at my VQ some eight months ago. I expressed my thoughts on responsibility, iron sharpening iron, etc., and thanked the PAX for the accountability in making me better on a daily basis. F3 has become a major part of my life, and I’m thankful for its impact.


                Moleskin

                Sidekick had Taco Bell this weekend.
                Ask me how I know.


                News

                Anniversary convergence upcoming… stay tuned for more.


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                  ToeTag VQ – Face Your Trial- (10/23)

                  QIC: Toe Tag

                  Date: 10/23/2019

                  PAX: Fastlane, Threeskin, FNG-Vaccine, Jazzy Jag, 9-Volt, FNG-Swipe Right, Walla walla, Gaylord, MaYhem, WuzntMe, Escobar 

                  AO: Hacksaw


                  Conditions

                  Sunny and warm….except there was only the moon and it was 45 degrees. Other than that the rest is true.


                  COP


                  Side straddle hops x 20 IC

                  Willy Mays Hayes x 10 IC

                  Third Grade Exercise x 10 IC

                  Little Baby arm circles x 10 IC

                  Reverse x 10 IC

                  Moroccan night club x 10 IC

                  Shoulder press x 10 IC

                  Forward fold x 10 IC

                  Side straddle Hop x 20 IC

                  The Thang

                  • The Leonard Hofstadter– Cause its not the Sheldon Cooper Exercise 
                  • 1 Lap around the circle
                  • 10- burpees
                  • 20-squats
                  • 2 Lap around the circle
                  • 10- burpees
                  • 20-squats
                  • 10-big boy sit ups
                  • 1 Lap around the circle
                  • 5- burpees
                  • 20-squats
                  • 10-big boy sit ups
                  • 10-mercans
                  • 2 Lap around the circle
                  • 5- burpees
                  • 20-sqauats
                  • 10- big boy sit-ups
                  • 10-mercans
                  • 20- flutter kicks
                  • 1 Lap around the circle
                  • 5- burpees
                  • 20-sqauats
                  • 10- big boy sit-ups
                  • 10-mercans
                  • 20- flutter kicks
                  • 10- shoulder touches
                  • 1 Lap around the circle
                  • 5- burpees
                  • 20-squats
                  • 10-mercans
                  • 20-LBC’s
                  • 10- shoulder touches
                  • 20- side straddle hops

                  COT

                  CIRCLE OF TRUST: I heard a pastor Levi Lusko say, “We are each faced with trying times and we have either just gone through a trial, we’re about to go through a trial, or we are in the middle of a trial.” I think this is true for all of us and it is good to know that we have a group of men like this here at Hacksaw that are there for each other to help during those times. What is even more important we have a heavenly father that knows about each of those trials no matter what they are and has our backs.

                  Praises Gaylord got engaged to Mayhems daughter

                  Threeskins cousins son is doing much better and out of the hospital 


                  Moleskin

                  It was a cool dry 43 degree morning for my first Q. This was a great experience with a good group of guys.

                  We had a nice crowd for a Wednesday morning and I appreciate the support.  Jazzy Jag even drug out 2 FNG co-workers for the beatdown and I don’t think we disappointed. 


                  News

                  Stay tuned for the announcements on the #announcements channel on Slack.
                  F3 Chattanooga 3 Year Anniversary coming up in November


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