Thirteen of Rock Hill and the Fort’s finest gathered Thursday morning for a workout that ended up embodying what F3 is all about. Its commonly said that:

• The First F (Fitness) is the Magnet
• The Second F (Fellowship) is the Glue
• The Third F (Faith) is the Dynamite

I stepped up to lead this morning because Mailman has a ton on his plate. We’ve had a ton of growth in the last two months in Rock Hill, averaging at least 1 FNG a week since January 1. I wanted to give a few of those FNGs a chance to lead–and Waterboy stepped up to lead the warmup.

Warmup (Waterboy) (All In Cadence)

• Windmill x 20
• Moroccan Night Club x 20
• Merkin x 10
• SSH x 20
• LBC x 20

Tclaps to Waterboy for stepping up with everything going on. I have a feeling he’s going to lead some tough Q’s down the road.

Handoff to Schrute

Mosey over to the Hill behind TJ Maxx

Bear Crawl up the Hill, Crawl Bear down the Hill, Crawl Bear up the hill, Bear Crawl down the Hill.

Mosey over to Events at Manchester Building for some four corners.

At each corner, complete 10 of the exercise, then move to the next corner and repeat. Plank for the 6.

Exercises:

• Lap 1: 10 merkins at each corner
• Lap 2: 10 burpees at each corner
• Lap 3: 10 squats at each corner
• Lap 4: 10 bombjacks at each corner
• Lap 5: 10 calf raises at each corner

Plank up after each lap and wait on the 6.

Mosey over to the side of the Books-a-Million building.

People’s Chair with all 13 Pax counting down from 10. (YHC thought everyone would count fast–but some counted at a Tinker Toy pace)

Mosey back to COT for one bit of final goodness. We had 3 minutes remaining–so we did 3 minutes of Tabata Jump Squats. (30 seconds of jump squats, as many as you can do, followed by 30 seconds rest, Rinse and Repeat until time is up).

Throughout the workout–we had lots of 1st and 2nd F. Especially when Apache made sure to find out each Pax’s home town and talk about how we were going to start a workout there. That was clearly a glue moment.

Announcements:

• Check the newsletter for everything going on
• Turbine has a team for Spartan Race
• Popeye’s 40th birthday celebration on Saturday
• F3 5 year celebration

Prayers:

I heard a sermon this week challenging us to “not be afraid of the dark.” The sermon was relating Jesus’ walk to Calvary to us walking through the dark. One of the points that was made that our children are so full of life because they are constantly trying new things. We, on the other hand; get caught in our day to day routine and stop growing. My challenge was for the Pax to try something new, whether it be a CSAUP, Whetstone, or other thing.

Apache asked for prayers for some situations he is going through.

Waterboy spoke about several things going on in his life:

• His MIL’s house flooding a few weeks ago due to a busted Water Heather
• His wife’s uncle missing (edit: he was found later Thursday morning)
• The anniversary coming up of his father’s death (who was a #HIM in all definitions of the phrase)

We ended with laying hands on Waterboy and praying for him and all the Pax as we finished this morning.

Kudos to all the men for posting this morning. Great to see Van Wilder back this morning, Blueprint, Reborn, and Choir Boy may be some of the fastest FNG’s (Fairly New Guys) that we’ve had, York continues to crush it, Water Boy and Bull keep getting stronger and stronger, Catfish, Turbine, and Popeye are ridiculously fast (#youarerunners), Apache is the king of mumble chatter, and its always a pleasure to see Deacon cross the river (#HIM). You all made me better this morning, and I’m grateful.

We started the morning with the 1st F (the magnet), got plenty of the 2nd F (the glue), and finished with the 3rd F (the dynamite) this morning. What an amazing morning it was! Thanks to all the Pax for the privilege of leading!