UPDATE 05.11.17 – THAT’S A LOT OF BURPEES…
As has become the norm in my experience, the men of F3 have stepped up again to help a brother out. Zima and I have tallied the counts from across F3 Nation and by our math we have a new total. After Sasquatch (The Fort) unwittingly committed himself to 3,140 burpees, we all came to his aid.
The total burpees done so far for #SaveTheSquatch is 6,509. (Over 800 of which Sasquatch did by himself).
So, naturally, our goal isn’t met, we just move the stick out further. See, because we weren’t JUST doing these for Sasquatch, but we were also doing them for Cadre Danny’s 1,000,000 burpee challenge (see below).
So, the new modified goal is 10,000 burpees. Zima and I will tally the rest of the burpees that may come in this evening, and we’ll tweet it tomorrow before the workouts at The Swamp and at Slow Burn in The Fort. We want to ask everyone who does burpees tomorrow to please tweet your total burpees for your workout (total across all the Pax) and tag it on Twitter with #SaveTheSquatch. We want to hit 10,000 burpees tomorrow to donate. Why? Because we are clearly brain damaged, that’s why! And the fact is… you are too. That’s why you’re here and why you hang out with each other.
So here’s to us! The ones without enough sense to come in out of the rain… the ones who run with scissors… the ones who are menaces to the status quo… Do your burpees. Tag them on Twitter, and let’s do some good for unity and for Operation Enduring Warrior. AYE!

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Don’t miss a Q. Sure… we all know that one. The lesson, though, in this situation is: DON’T PROMISE BURPEES AS YOUR OWN PUNISHMENT FOR MISSING YOUR Q.

But… sometimes we speak before we think, and once it’s in the Twitter aether… well… it has the potential to take on a life of its own. Sasquatch (Danny Witbeck – The Fort) missed on Monday May 08, and he felt bad about it. So he apologized… then he foolhardily promised that for every like he got on his apology post over the next 48 hours, he’d do 10 burpees…
Most of us spent the rest of the day checking in and watching the “Like” count rise like it was some sort of Jerry Lewis Telethon total, or maybe as though it were the stock price of a dotcom darling in the mid-nineties… (How high will this go…? Gosh, I never thought it would go this high…!)

*SIDE NOTE: As I write this, his total sits at 309 likes which, if you suck at math = 3,090 burpees*
That’s a lot of freaking burpees… Too many burpees for one man. Sasquatch is a beast, it’s true, but as Pax from across F3 Nation piled on the burpee count (Yes, I did “like” it from all 6 twitter accounts I have access to, why do you ask?), we felt it may be reasonable to pull Sasquatch out from beneath the crushing weight of burpees under which he placed himself. So, as his fellow Pax, for the sake of good karma when we may accidentally do something REALLY stupid and need the help of all our brothers, we are going to share in the burpee love and help Sasquatch get his burpees done.

Therefore (!), out of our love for Sasquatch and for Burpees, we are organizing a #SaveTheSquatch Burpee-vergence in the Fort on Friday May 12, 2017.

Here’s how it’ll work:
The Burpee-vergence will have 2 locations: Slow Burn (the Chick-Fil-A across from Baxter Village) and The Swamp (the Best Buy at Rivergate Shopping Center). Boot Camps will be going on in both places just like normal for those not inclined to share in the burpee love. For the rest of us, we are going to take the number of remaining burpees, split them among the willing Pax, do them together, then join the Boot Camp already in progress at both locations. (Or if you are at The Swamp with CSPAN on Q, there may already be a lot of burpees planned in the workout, so follow his lead). So, one more time, for the math-challenged: If 30 guys show to do burpees, we may each do 100 burpees… That’ll suck, so let’s show up in FORCE. We have a chance here to do some good, and have some hate, er… I mean, FUN! Let’s do it!

Additionally, as the guys who are part of GRT #2259are aware, these burpees can all go to support Cadre Daniel’s 1MM Burpee challenge, which supports Operation Enduring Warrior.