Thirty Nine men converged at Walter Elisha Park, and welcomed our brother Olive and the other Isotopes for a soggy Saturday beatdown.    After admonishing the Pax for their weak CAH snack contributions (74 individual snacks from 2 out of 39 people), the disclaimer was read and Socrates led us to the fields  Here is what we did:

Socrates at Q

Long warm up:
Side Straddle Hop
Windmills
Hillbilly Walkers
Peter Parkers
Parker Peters
Double mountain climbers

Upper/Whole Body/Core sequence:
Sequence 1:
A) Crawly Plyo Merkins
B) Wheelbarrows around playground. (Way longer than I thought it would be. Sorry about that!)
C) Knees pulls hanging from monkey bars

Sequence 2
A) Elevator Merkins
B) Partner Carry around playground
C) Leg raises as partner throw your feet down to ground

Sequence 3
A) Maximum Merkins while partner holds your feet (Walker got like 64 – dang)
B) 20 Burbees while partner does Al Gores.

Senator Tressel on Q 

Mosey back to the parking lot, pick up two bricks from the white VW, and head out to the trail.  Jog along the trail and stop at three stations:

All with bricks:

Station 1:  Morracon night clubs x 20

Station 2:  Man-maker merkin x 10  (8 count)

Station 3:  V-ups x 20

Mosey to the bottom of the hill and line up for mini Jacob’s Ladder

Three trips up and down the hill with 1 bombjack, 5 bombjack, and 10 bobjacks (all with bricks)

Mosey back to the field and circle up

Crunch presses with bricks x 20

Jack Webb  1:4 with brick.  We stopped at 8 (10 were planned….don’t Q it if you can’t……)

Form straight line facing Springs building and lunge walk/arm crossovers with bricks

Mosey back for COT

Today’s workout was dubbed the Olive-vergence in honor of our brother Olive from F3 Isotope.  Olive and his buddies from North Charlotte came to the Fort to see some friends,  and meet some of the brothers who supported him when a sudden tragedy hit his family two weeks ago.    So-crates and I did not plan for large number we had today, and we had our challenges – sopping wet grass, not enough bricks, and coralling 39 people.  But, as always, we made the best of it, and in the end,  it really didn’t matter.  The real purpose today was to be around someone who was hurting and help him forget the pain for at least a little while.

We say that F3 is more than a workout, and anyone who has been around F3 for more than a couple weeks, knows it’s true.  We have our great workouts, happy hours, family events, and bible studies.  But, it’s still more than that.  F3 is a band of brothers.  Brothers who have your back.  Brothers who are parents, and who are there for you, when the worst thing that a parent fears happens. Olive, know that we will keep praying for you and your family.  Your F3 family is here for you.