It was a brisk morning in The Fort where 6 brave souls made the hard choice and accelerated their Saturday morning!! A quick warmup and we were off.
We toured The Fort while doing a little of dis and a little of dat.
Over to The Print Shop for some pull-ups and other bar activities.
Next to church for some schooling on Dora 1-2-3 with stairs.
Back to COT with some Mary stops along the way.
Jwow
Quick warmup on this rainy morn we did a shout out to <@U6RQY6005> with some windmills and another shoutout to <@U028PKR68GJ> for some Polish Mating Dancing :man_dancing: and we were off. Headed to the car loop for some Dora.
Partner 1: Run the car loop
Partner 2:
100 Mike Tyson’s
200 Lunges
300 Squats
400 Flutters
Back to COT for prayers and praises.
JWow
WARMUP: mosey to WEP. 50 SSH, IWs, Windmills, and Cherry Pickers
THE THANG: mosey to PIKE parking lot. Bear crawls every 10yds 15 merkins. Total of 100yds
Mosey to Walls 15 step ups single count 15 squats, 15 derkins 2 rounds, mosey to Massey Hill 11’s big boys at bottom burpees at top.
MARY: no time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Chritmas Party, Bourbon and bbq, Bethel, Thanksgiving convergence
COT: Vulnerability
Three dudes at The Ranch started with a run.
Then warmup:
SSH (15x I/C)
Windmills (10x I/C)
Imperial Walkers (15x I/C)
Low slow squats (10x I/C)
Big Arm Circles (7 forward, 7 backwards)
Peter Parkers (10x I/C)
Plank Stretches (Downward dog, upward dog)
Run
Thang 1 Fish Tacks:
Pax do the transportation and stop when directed to, then do the exercise called, we did:
Toy soldiers…stop and do Bobby Hurleys, repeat
Bear crawl…stop and do merkins, repeat
Mosey run.
Thang 2 Bench work, in front of middle school:
Derkins (I/C 15x)
Step ups (10 each leg)
Butt touch squats (I/C 15x)
Run the loop, return to benches
Inclines (12x)
Dips (I/C 15x)
Calf raises (normal, toes out, toes in)
Run
Thang 3: burpee relays; three light poles, L1=2 burpees, L2=4 burpees, L3=8 burpees.
Repeat above with mountain climbers.
Run
Thang4: at the playground/monkley bars:
Dead hangs. Pax counted to 10. Then 5 pullups, then dead hand round again.
Run
Thang 5: Bball drills: shuffle to left/right as directed and then do the exercise called. We did: bobby hurleys, monkey humpers, squats. Got to the quads on this one.
Thang 6: slam ball toss: 15lb slam ball, sit and toss it to each other.
Mary
Fini
COT
WARMUP:
How do you know you’re just getting started? Well, <@UGU3XR5RP> tells you that you are taking too long with the disclaimer and such. But there was an FNG and I wanted to be a good example. I have no idea what possessed me to do so, as I typically (according to everyone) am NOT one, but alas… here we are. With a mustache that originated in 18th Century Europe and eventually made its way to the Western US roughly 100 years later, this FNG sported a handlebar that was worthy of a Wyatt Earp or William Howard Taft, duly elected 27th President of the US (that was for you, Camp). After a short warm-up lap there were, presumably somewhere in here, a few slow <@USBP08L1G> style windmills, some SSHs, and other activities to get the blood circulating. The FNG didn’t quite look afraid, only perhaps marginally confused, so we continued…
THE THANG:
We headed down the hill toward the entrance to the school(s) from Springfield pkwy, with a brief stop to pick up some rocks and lift them. Because we are men. Why else you would you do such a thing?
We also spent a moment or two of instruction along the way regarding the Mission, Credo, and 5 Core Principles. I am proud to state that the guys there actually did a really good job of getting them correct and I think the only penalty burpees that got leveled were my fault because I got ahead of myself and opened F3 to all men before first making it free.
Then we proceeded to complete a 1-mile circuit around both schools, with 9 or so stops along the way to perform 20 reps of everything as we went. First round was all together in cadence, including the burpees (in memory of Band Camp), the next round was on your own.
Exercises included:
– Side Straddle Hops
– Merkins
– Muscle-ups
– Flutters
– Burpees
– Curb Alperts
– Squat Jumps
– Double Leg Lifts; and
– Dips
Naturally, somewhere in there, Change Order (<@U012K8DDK7V>) managed to pull a Matthew McConaughey and get his shirt off. (see Matt Damon’s impression on David Letterman from like 20 years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-HYL7VPNXI) .
As we returned back to COT, it was time to name the FNG. There is no moleskine section, so I will put this here. The FNGs name was Matt Mahood. Plenty to work with there… then there was the Taft-stache… plenty there as well… then he rips out that he loved cocaine and alcohol back in the day… he was a veritable fountain of interesting things… nothing was quite sticking and so I asked him about his family. In his deoxygenated stupor, he had to think for half a second before gently huffing out “wife, 2 kids”… then with no prompt “Amanda”… I said, “you named both your kids Amanda?” He looked a little befuddled and that was just long enough of a hesitation for the swirling snakes in my brain to land on “well, your name is now Hug&Kiss, as in Amanda Hugandkiss). And that was that. Welcome, brother… and way to take the name like a champ.
MARY: No chicks.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter.
COT: The 5th Core Principle.
WARMUP:
20 SSH IC
10 LSS IC
10 HILLBILLY WALKERS IC
10 IMPERIAL WALKERS IC
10 MNCS IC
YOGA
THE THANG:
Mosey to the entrance of Pike Engineering for -2s of Derkins & Dips
Q3.10 Consistency – “The Consistent Leader is constant and regular in everything he does. His followers are drawn to him because his steadiness provides a safe harbor from the howling winds of Chaos and Flux that blow periodically through their own lives. He is their rock.”
Mosey to Print Shop for -1s of pull ups and knee ups.
Mosey to First Baptist Parking Lot
Plank it up – “Strong Routines are the framework of Consistency.” We in F3 know what to do. Wake up and exercise, everyday, We shouldn’t have to think about it, just do it. Remove unnecessary decisions, and create routines.
4 corners.
• First lap included 10 merkins at each cone
• Second lap included 20 squats at each cone
• Third lap included all of the reps – 10 merkins, 20 squats
A couple of teenagers stumbled upon us in the parking lot and joined in on the fun. We asked what they knew about F3 and appropriately answered “Yall are crazy.” A brief intro to F3 was given, and they were named Nastradamus and The Cobbler. Nastsradamus runs cross country and stayed with us to the next stop.
“The Virtuous Leader focuses on bandwidth not perfection.” Reminded the PAX that consistency will help minimize the flux in our life. This isn’t about perfection, but about limiting the lows in our life. The things that keep us away from a healthy lifestyle that enables us to lead.
Mosey to Massey Hill.
7s at the Massey Hill. CDDs and Peter Parkers.
MARY: Flutters to 0730hrs
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Lots – Beers for Beetus, Pints & Padres, Bourbon & BBQ, Christmas Party
COT: Stays in COT
Statement of the F3 Mission, F3 Core Principles, F3 Credo
WARMUP: 2 laps around the parking lot with a few exercises to follow.
THE THANG:
We ran the rows of the parking lot, increasing by 5 reps at each column, starting at 5, then 10, 15, 20, 25.
On one end, Carolina Dry Docks and the other, Mountain Climbers with running in between.
Make our way to the football field and line up on one end zone:
Run 20yds, NUR 10yds, perform 1 burpee.
Run 20yds, NUR 10yds, then 2 burpees.
Run 20yds, NUR 10yds, then 3 burpees.
Do this all the way to the other end zone then finish with 10 burpees as a group.
Crawl Bear back to the starting end zone. Lots of moaning initiated by the ‘ol Crawl Bear trick.
Captain Thor: 1 Big Boy Sit Up & 4 American Hammers.
2 Big Boy Sit Ups & 8 American Hammers.
All the way up to 10:40.
MARY: See above
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Multiple fundraisers and the Christmas Party…DO IT.
COT: 5th Core Principle.
Warmup
Run to Hill
SSH
Hillbilly Walkers
Imperial Walkers
Merkins
Honeymooners
Downward Dog
The Thang
Dora
100 CDD
200 Squats
300 Merkins
400 LBC
One does exercise, one runs up the hill
Bear Crawl up the hill
Return to COT
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Bourbon BBQ
Trash pickup
Beers for Beetus
Men’s Shelter
COT:
Prayers for health and the country
WARMUP: Mosey to back of school for SSH, Hillbillie Walkers, Windmills, and Moroccan Night Clubs
THE THANG: Mosey to middle school car pool loop. Merkens, Derkens, CDD at top 10 count, LBC, Burpees, Squats at bottom 10 count. 1 exercise at top 1 at bottom. Mosey to parking lot for ladders every 10 yards. Merkins, LBCs, squats, CDD, Big Boys, flutters, Lunges, dips, hand release. 10 reps bear crawl mode of transport. Up and back. Finish w 90 yard crab walk and 90 yard bear crawl back.
MARY: none
ANNOUNCEMENTS: prayer and praises
COT: