Q: Crash Dummy
PAX: Swimmies (Nathan Chesney), Crawdad (Robbi Dickens), Dung Beetle, Toretto, Dain Bramage (Will Olson)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WARMUP: Cherry Pickers – 5, SSH – 20, Tempo Squats – 10, Monkey Humpers – 10. Stretching. Run twice around the AO.
THE THANG: Ran up Baby Cardiac. American Hammers – 30. Ran about 1/4 down the green way. Stopped to do 20-BBSU. Ran to the rocks before Everest: Grabbed a rock, 20 curls, 10 negative curls, 20 triceps, 10 more triceps, 20 rows, 20 BBSU with our rocks. Ran to bottom of Everest. Held plank until walkers passed. Held an Al Gore till other walkers passed. Partnered up. Run up to set of rocks (approx. 1/2 way up). Winner did 10-Merkins. Loser did 5-Burpees. Mosey back down to bottom of Everest. Partners now Bernied up to the top of the greenway. Winner – 10-Merks. Loser – 5-Burpees. Mosey to the building next to the basketball court. 10 – jump ups to the platform. 25 Hello Dolly’s then 15 Jane Fonda’s. Run up to the roundabout for Swimmies (Nathan Chesney) to give us 20+ Rocky Balboa’s. Run to the stairs to the left of the Coliseum. Run up the stairs then back around to the bottom x2. Ran to the Coliseum. Sprint around to the top. 20-Flutter Kicks. Sprinted up again, then did 10-Tempo Squats, then back to the AO. Hold Plank till time.
MARY: None
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COT: When Brick tapped me to be the next AOQ for the asylum-pm, I was surprised. I’ve only been coming to F3 workouts less than 2 years. I thought, “Am I even qualified to be a leader?” But after I turned 40 and realized that life is finite, my motto has been, JUMP OFF THE CLIFF & let the chips fall where they may. so, I said “YES!”
Besides lots of advice and encouragement, Brick gave me the book, Freed to Lead which is about leadership not just in F3 but in life.
There are several essays within the book but one that stuck out was by an F3 brother who goes by DROP THRILL out of South Carolina.
He starts out “I’m not a leader, or at least that’s what I always told myself.” Drop Thrill goes on to talk about wanting to just become part of the crowd. His goal wasn’t to lead but to blend in. Instead, he was asked to be site Q.
Eventually, he moved across town and began attending a different AO and again tried to just blend in and again, was eventually asked to become the site Q at this new AO.
Drop Thrill states “It’s a funny feeling when you feel totally unqualified to take a leadership role, but you suck it up and figure you’ll learn as you go”.
Guys, you may think you show up to these workouts to just do the exercises and blend in. But the reality is, you showed up because you know you’re destined to be more than just another face in the crowd.