11 Pax posted to Block Party in a frosty gloom to search for meaning/purpose/life in the midst of their daily humdrum routine.

The Thang

Extended warm up via modified drill bit routine — run park loop with stops at each marker for brief COP of three exercises, including mix of Mtn climber, SSH, IW, Merkin, CDD, Peter Parker, Sumo squat, Monkey humper, Parker Peter & the Makhtar N’Dyae

Mosey to parking lot circle as launch spot for remaining 25 minutes of workout

Freddy Mercury x20
Run Stairway to Heaven with 10 Merkins at each lamp post
Run down hill and across parking lot
Sprint to stop sign
Run back to circle
Rinse & repeat with Flutter kicks in circle and squats at lamp posts
AMRAP

COT

Naked man moleskin

With the calendar showing mid-October, YHC’s thoughts at work and on personal front are drifting toward 2016 — budgeting, planning, etc.  Yet, 10 full weeks remain in 2015, 20% of the year.  My word for 2015 is #Abundance. And, yes, the year has been filled with many blessings, some of which I’ve celebrated fully and most of which I’ve failed to truly savor.  In fact, much of 2015 has been marked by feelings of drudgery…just plodding through another day, week, month without recognition and appreciation of the gifts that life brings my way regularly.

As an antidote to my prevailing emotions for the year, today’s workout was framed around the challenge of finding life and its blessings/meaning/purpose in the middle of its monotony.  LSD (long slow distance) they call it in marathon training…just building those miles over the course of many months in preparation for 26.2 on race day.  Don’t know the mileage for the day, but there was plenty of suck and drudgery to be had.  The Pax did a terrific job slogging through, mostly without complaint.

All pax reminded themselves of their word for 2015.  Don’t let 2015 pass without a final push on those themes at the same time you consider possible themes for 2016.  And, keep an eye out for the #Abundance that lives in the little moments/tasks/activities of daily life.

Thanks to Repeat for the honor to lead and for his leadership at Block Party!

PS…YHC’s debt to Crab Cakes for ND loss to Clemson was paid post-workout with 46 burpees. Hoping for possible revenge in CFP — Go Irish!

The PAX came in from all directions (not really, pulled into the lot) and were ready for a piece of Cake from The Boss….aka Cake Boss. The Clock struck 5:15 and there were no newbies, so the PAX know the deal and away we went.

Run up through Springs parking lot and down street to front of Springs office to small parking lot

COP:

20 Mtn climbers

20 IW squats

15 Peter Parker

15 Parker peter

20 Squats

Run to Park downtown across from Caboose

Taking in some boxing action and 3 min pain stations. So for each of the following sets, we will do the 2 exercises for 3 mins. straight and then do a 30 sec activity as recovery

Round #1

10-SSHs

10-Merkins

Run Hill

Round #2

15-Squat

10-Burpees

Run Hill

Round #3

10-Dips

20-moracan night club

Run Hill

Round #4

20-squat jabs

10-inch worm push-up

Run Hill

Round #5

10-maktarji

10-broad jumps

Run Parking Lot

Round #6

10-leg raises

10-ski hops

Run Parking Lot

COT:

PAX worked hard and pushed themselves. The point of this workout is to see how much you can push yourself in 3mins. We are talking about you versus you and not comparing to the guy next to you, not seeing who is coming in last, but how much can you challenge and push yourself to be the best you can be. The PAX did well!

Lots of Prayers and Praises! Sky Q is working in the hearts and minds of the men of F3. Continue to look for ways to push yourself to be better in your relationship with God, the M, the 2.0s and the world we live.

Thanks for the Q Repeat!

Cake Boss

This morning was an intimate morning when 7 men gathered at WEP for a morning that started fast and ended furious. Welcome back to Roadie who has been MIA for the last year and folded nicely back into the PAX. The message this morning was from Psalm 27 that speaks to when you have God as your strength there is reason to have fear or anxiety. As life happens, know that God is there standing beside you and know that he will protect you and provide for you.

Warm up (partner) – alternating run up the hill to the top of WEP.
Ssh
Imperial walkers
Sumo squats
CCD
Mountain climbers

The thang

Mosey to wall
50 combined chin ups / jumping lunges
75 bomb jacks / balls to the wall (only start after the balls are on the wall)
100 derkins / wall sit

Mosey to park
50 morraccan night clubs
Plank
50 overhead claps
Plank
50 morraccan night clubs
Plank

Mary
Lbc
Cbl
Protractor
Russian twist
Freddie Mercury

9 pax defied the urge to stay in bed this morning and opted to go running with WWL, I promised to do at least one merkin so that the workout could be labeled as a “bootcamp”.

QIC arrives at 0445 for a few solo miles, returns at 0512 with legs well warmed up

Pax gather and we mosey, the thang:

1 mile warm up run (2 full laps around the park)

COP – SSH, IM, squat, merkin, wind mill, mountain climber

Mosey to tree line, line up, lunge walk to first tree, 5 alligator push-ups, bear crawl to next tree, 5 alligator push-ups, lunge walk, bear crawl, you get the idea

Jog back to starting tree, repeat with frog jumps, crab walk, and 10 squats

Cuz we like running so much, take a fast lap around the park

COP for 5 MOM

Transition to Jack Webb with a Moroccan Night Club finisher

Cuz we like running so much, take a lap around the park

COT

Moleskin – QIC was heavy on running today with the impending BRR and only one other pax in the group also running, everyone else must be running…. But mixed things up along the way.

Schedules are getting busy with F3 birthday in Sep, Christmas Party, Fast5K, paintball, etc.

Keep your eye on the prize, whatever that may be, stay focused on being the leader your family needs, your wife needs, you need and God needs.

Prayers for Copay’s mother as she has eye surgery and Wheelz’s brother as he serves his family through a divorce.

WWL

14 made it out for the “sniper” series workout.  Basically, the exercises would begin and at any random time in the workout, Q yell’s Sniper.  All men hit the deck except for some of the Pax who apparently would be dead in a live ambush situation.

COP:  SSH, Imperial Walkers, Mountain climbers, windmills, merkins.  Mosey to “sweet baby Jesus” location for the stair climbs.  Merkin series on steps with Peter Parker, followed by a 3 jump up box jump to next steps – repeat.  Squat series with box jumps on steps – repeat.

Mosey to brick wall under the sprinklers.  Commence the “Crab Nipple”  Series of merkins: incline, decline, regular, followed by flys on the ground.  Sprinkle in a few Carolina dry docks, and moraccan night clubs.  Essentially anything that will make your chest hurt.  time will tell if these were as painful as having a crab pinch you nipple like Funhouse likes to do on vacation.

Question to pax to close:  Who have you locked shields with in your life that is yelling “Sniper” to those things that will ambush us and take us down.  (Porn, affairs, financial decisions, you get the drill)  Find men in your life that are willing and that you have invited to yell – “sniper”