THE SCENE:
8 HIMs (including 1 FNG) relishing in the refreshing spring-like 59 degrees that tantalized the imagination with anticipation for the exhilarating scent of blooming flowers, baseball, and cut grass. I can FEEL it!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
Rendered dutifully.
WARM-O-RAMA:
QIC served an assortment of the following:
- SSH (x15)
- Willy Mays Hays (OYO)
- Tempo Squats (x10)
- Tempo Merkins (x10)
- Grady Corn
- Chattanooga Cherry Pickers ®
- LBAC Forward
- LBAC Back
- Cherry Pickers of the Knoxville variety (x5)
- SSH (x10)
Let’s mosey!
THA-THANG:
Spring is in the air and just around the corner which means so is MLB Spring Training (first games begin Feb 24!!! Go Cubbies!). Time to get in shape for baseball season (…or maybe just hotdog and beverage curls)! PAX partnered up and grabbed CMUs to head to the semi-(meaning not so much)-symmetrical diamond in the mall parking lot. Each pair took a base. Completed 30 reps of the of the first exercises below and traveled to the next base. When HIMs complete 4 bases and 4 travels, they score one run and are to take a victory lap around the parking lot. Rinse and repeat completing 30 reps of the second exercise. Exercises were as follows…
- First Base – Single Arm Rows and Heavy Squats | Travel = Heavy Lunges
- Second Base – Heavy BBS and CMU Swings | Travel = Riffle Carry
- Third Base – Merkins and Derkins | Travel = Farmer Carry
- Home – Curls and OH Press | Travel = Block Bear
- Victory lap.
- Repeat.
Mosey to the flag.
Bonus: Bobbitt’s Baseball Beatdown Playlist…
- “The Boys Are Back In Town” – Thin Lizzy
- “Centerfield” – John Fogerty
- “Saturday in the Park” – Chicago
- “My Oh My” – Maclemore & Ryan Lewis
- “Green Onions” – Booker T. & the M.G.’s (Sandlot anyone?)
- “Fortunate Son” – Credence Clearwater Revival
- “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” – The Rolling Stones (not played for time)
- “Start Me Up” – The Rolling Stones (not played for time)
MARY:
No time for Mary …to the dismay of Mary, Tuba, and YHC (YHC owes doubly in promised Prone Rows).
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
YHC has been reading a book called The Second Mountain by David Brooks (NYT columnist). In it, he talks about many people who had reached the peak of what we would call success and were surprisingly not satisfied. When we look at the most successful in our culture, there is rampant drug and alcohol use as well as broken relationships that reveal people’s dissatisfaction. He goes on to describe people who had descended what he called the first mountain and began ascending a second mountain with different values. This mountain is about losing one’s self in serving others. He notes that people on this mountain of life were achieving real happiness in their lives.
It is not hard to see the Christ-like example in this concept.
In Philippians 2:3-4 (ESV), Paul says, “Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.”
In the TV series Band of Brothers, Major Dick Winters comments that it wasn’t hatred that caused most men to fight, but love; love for their brothers, love for their families back home, love for their country. While YHC was unable to find the direct quote, Stephen Ambrose picks up this theme. He says, “They found in combat the closest brotherhood they ever knew. They found selflessness. They found they could love the other guy in their foxhole more than themselves. They found that in war, men who loved life would give their lives for them” (Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest). In war, when these men found themselves in an incredibly difficult and demanding situation, they found the peak of human achievement: self-sacrificial love.
Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, which progresses from physiological needs, safety, Wi-Fi, love and belonging, Starbucks, and esteem, culminates with “self-actualization” and ultimately does not reach far enough. YHC would like to suggest that self-transcendence, getting beyond oneself, is the true pinnacle of human achievement.
What does this mean?
Examine your “why”. Why do you get up in the morning to post at F3? YHC admittedly started to feel good about what he saw in the mirror for once. Then to impress his M. Only recently has it occurred to YHC to get better in order to better serve the people around us. This comes down to even naming the people we care for as we take another step, do another rep. To whom will you dedicate your next burpee? It’s not about you anymore.
MOLESKIN:
We’re excited to welcome our newest FNG, Cross-Check! YHC is overcome with jealousy for such a cool name. We were also excited that Booster came over to join us! Coffeteria was enjoyed afterward. Mathlete passed out helpful cards to track the KickFlip challenge. See him to get yours. Fun was had by all!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- CSAUP @ Asylum Feb 26 (See Slack for details and to register)
- Family Workout March 5 @ The Project (9am? …I think. See Slack for details.)
- OTB Runs M/W/F (See Slack for details)
- Sign Up to Q! (See Slack for…you get it.)