AO: asylum-daybreak
Q: Lilydipper
PAX: Lulu (Greg Huddy), Veggie (Rylen Huddy), Krauss (John Greene), Crawdad (Robbi Dickens), High Heels, Drum Major, Crash Dummy, Waffle House (Brady Greene), Farley, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Swimmies (Nathan Chesney)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WARMUP: 20 Side-Straddle-Hops, Curly Stomps, 10 Windmills, 15 High Knees, 10 Tennessee Rocking Chairs, 10 Tempo Squats, 160 Raise the Roofs (or 40 x 4).
THE THANG: Split into teams of two. We will mosey across the street to the shady parking lot. Each team will get two bricks off of my trailer and mosey back to the AO parking lot. From there we will Dora. While one man runs to end of parking lot, does 10 merkins off the curb, and runs back, the other partner works on the exercises. Then partners switch off. Here are the exercises that each set of partners will do as a team with the bricks;
100 Overhead Presses
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100 Curls
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100 Tricepts
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100 Rows
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100 Punches with both hands = 1
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100 Wings Up
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100 Wings Down
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100 Wings Out
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Replace bricks in trailer. Then mosey on sidewalk and up to Haslam’s Rock. We will stop there to do 20 Hello Dollies.
Mosey to Coliseum. We will stop there for 30 second gander at the BSIA and then to do 15 American Hammers and 15 Flutter Kicks.
Mosey to stairs and down the stairs to the parking lot below the Coliseum. We will split into teams of two again for another round of Doras. This time one partner does exercises while the other runs up the steps, over to the stop sign near the parking lot, and back down the parking lot to the exercise area where partners switch places. Here are the exercises:
100 Merkins
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100 Iron Mikes
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100 Smurf Jacks (4 ct)
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100 Carolina Dry Docs
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150 Baby Crunches
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Mosey south to the intersection of the side road with the main park. We will stop at the circle to do 20 Rocky Balboas.
Mosey to parking lot that heads to playground close to ballfields. We will stop to do 20 Freddie Mercuries.
Mosey to entry way to the parking lot by the outdoor chapel. We will stop to do 20 Bench Dips off curb.
Mosey to the parking lot with the nice restrooms. We will Bear Crawl 12 paces and Lunge 12 paces repeating the pattern to the end of the parking lot.
Mosey to the AO.
MARY: Stretches
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Farley and his Y-12 Credit Union companions will be hosting a super Tailgate Party at today’s Tennessee Vols football game. All are invited. Food and drinks are free. The Y-12 Credit Union tailgate will be located at Circle Park on campus.
Don’t forget the 10-Year Anniversary of F3 Knoxville on November 8, 7 am at the Asylum.
Finally, at Coffeeteria, Professor Crawdad (Robbi Dickens) will be leading a Ph.D. level class on “Advanced Uses of the Bidet.” This will be a can’t miss lecture.
COT: Message
But, But, But . . .
I truly believe that the major reason why most of us men keep coming back to F3 workouts isn’t the workout itself but to share the love we have for each other. That may feel awkward and it may be hard to admit. But, I believe it to be true.
Some of us find it easier to say I love you to one another than others. Even when we do it generally must be in a quick, sorta manly kind of under one’s breath way, like “Hey, love ya bro.” But, whether we say that or not, the good thing is that there are all kinds of ways to love one another. It can come in the form of sharing coffee at Coffeeteria or beers at a board meeting and laughing at each other’s jokes; it might be through helping a brother move his damned furniture from one place to another; or, it can be just through letting a guy know you’re praying for him.
What got me thinking about all this is a scenario within a book I was reading. The name of the book is My Friends and it is by the author, Fredrik Backman. In the scene I am referring to, two brothers are talking and sharing some beer together. They have had a rough upbringing, are different in their natures, and haven’t been that close to each other. But, they are brothers and have shared experiences. Their father has died from cancer. Their mother is a hard-assed woman who can be mighty hard on them. Yet, she herself was abused and mistreated in childhood and she wants to make sure people don’t walk all over them like she was stomped on in her youth.
So, the brothers in a rare moment of togetherness are sharing beers. They talk about never really hearing their parents say, “I love you.” But, there was one occasion when they were in the car and their Mom was angry because their Dad was complaining about her driving. She told him to “shut the hell up.” Then she lit a cigarette and almost drove off the road, so Dad had to reach over and grab the wheel, which made their tough as nails Mom even angrier. Then, their Dad got so frustrated that he screamed, “For God’s sake, I LOVE you, but . . .” That was probably the first time anyone in her life had said that word to their mother. She was quiet the rest of the way home. As the older brother remarked, it was probably too much for her. But that night, when their parents went to bed, their Mom whispered to their Dad, “But, but, but.” Their Dad said the same thing back to her. And that is was their parents said each night before they went to bed until their dad died.
After these two brothers, who had so much unsaid between them, shared the story, one whispered into his beer, “But, but, but” The other repeated, “But, but, but” down his own.
So F3 brothers, as awkward as it is, what I want to say to each of you, is “But, but, but.”
Prayers
Prayers for all of us as we are all children of God.
