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Thanks a Lot!

THE SCENE: Great morning for November.  55 degrees at circle up.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Started out with 10 4ct SSH Right Leg only then switch to Left Leg only.  20 regular SSH on 4ct.  Windmills x8 , Tempo Merkin x10, 8 Cherry pickers
THA-THANG:
CMUesday so grab a CMU…Perform 10 4ct OH Press, Curls, Right Arm Mowers, Left Arm Mowers, and LBC’s with CMU overhead then…

Mosey to Little Everest, Bernie up, 5 Burpees at the top…

Mosey to Cardiac, On way down 10 decline merkins at fist light pole, first bend, second bend, and bottom light pole.  On way back up do inclines instead.  Rinse and Repeat back to CMU’s.

 

MARY:
Back in time for a minute of Freddie Mercury’s
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Psalms 69:13

Then I will praise God’s name with signing, and I will honor him with thanksgiving.

 

It’s easy to be negative and pass all that as going on as such.  Being positive is a mindset.  Get up every day and list 5 things you’re thankful for.

New Blocks on the… Block

THE SCENE: A fine day to be at the Asylum. Mid 60’s and fairly clear. Parking lot is starting to get messy with leaves though.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x25 IC
Cherry Pickers x5 IC
Cobra Burpees x5 OYO
Tempo CDD x10 IC
Imperial Squat Walkers x15 IC
LBAC fwd x20, bwd x15 IC
Mountain Climbers x20 IC

THA-THANG:
Got some brand-spankin’-new CMUs today courtesy of Code Brown… Time to break them in a little.
Today we have a sort of reverse Dora. Partner up, one PAX does moving exercise while the other does specified reps of stationary exercise. Then switch.
After each PAX has done the exercise twice, advance to the next exercise.

10 Bus Drivers – Mosey with block
15 Blockees – Bear crawl with block
20 V-ups – Rifle Carry
25 Derkins – Weighted Duck Walk
30 Squats – Murder Bunnies
35 Curls – Twist Lunge

MARY:
Just enough time for American Hammers x20 IC
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
6 PAX today, no FNGs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Read the lyrics to Switchfoot’s song Where I Belong. This has been resonating with me for the last couple of days…

Feeling like a refugee
Like you don’t belong to me
The colors flash across the sky

This air feels strange to me
Feeling like a tragedy
I take a deep breath and close my eyes
One last time
One last time

Storms on the wasteland
Dark clouds on the plains again
We were born into the fight

But I’m not sentimental
This skin and bones is a rental
And no one makes it out alive

Until I die I’ll sing these songs
On the shores of Babylon
Still looking for a home
In a world where I belong

Where the weak are finally strong
Where the righteous right the wrongs
Still looking for a home
In a world where I belong

Feels like we’re just waiting, waiting
While are hearts are just breaking, breaking
Feels like we’ve been fighting against the tide

I wanna see the earth start shaking
I wanna see a generation
Finally waking up inside

Until I die I’ll sing these songs
On the shores of Babylon
Still looking for a home
In a world where I belong

Where the weak are finally strong
Where the righteous right the wrongs
Still looking for a home
In a world where I belong
A world where I belong

This body’s not my home
This world is not my own
But I still can hear the sound
Of my heart beating out
So let’s go boys, play it loud

And on that final day I die
I want to hold my head up high
I want to tell you that I tried
To live it like a song

And when I reach the other side
I want to look you in the eye
And know that I’ve arrived
In a world where I belong
In a world where I belong
In a world where I belong
Where I belong
Where I belong
Where I belong

Where I belong

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Nov 7: convergence and 5 year celebration!

Back blast and use of worst metaphor in F3 History at BOM

THE SCENE: Low 50s, light rain, random dude sitting down with umbrella drinking coffee at top of AO…nice aroma every time we ran by.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

I am worst than a nonprofessional , follow Covid guideline
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 20, Arm Circles, Cherrypickers, Leg over leg stretch, Butterfly stretch ( Included Coach Dunn’s advice) Couple of yoga stretches

THA-THANG:
Ran to top of AO at Parks and Rec office area and did a circuit run between the end points of the Colosseum/overlook. Did a exercise at each stop point and then ran back to start point

Start point at Haslam monument

  • Squat x 20
  • Squat Jump x 20
  • Fire Hydrant x 20 ( 10 each side )

Mid-Point at center of overlook

  • Flutter Kick 4 count x 20
  • Hello Dolly 4 count x 20
  • LBS x 20

End-Point at stop sign at bottom of hill

  • Mountain Climber 4 count x 20
  • CDD x 20
  • Merkins x 20

Slow Mosey to base of Everest

2 sets of Break dance Merkins with run half way up Everest

Then…ran to Summit of Everest and then mosey to AO.

At AO

10 Burpies followed by 20 LBS

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
14 Pax got better today~ Pluto, Rainbow, Archie, Gibbler, Hands, Crab-legs, Code Brown, Cat Gut, Bunny, Kentucky, Fabio, Toll Bridge, Hot Tub, Matlock
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Worst metaphor inF3 history…

Shared that as High Impact men we are often striving to be leaders in our families, church, work, and friend groups. You are working hard to both fit in AND to stand out. Working hard and stepping up to be a humble leader when called upon to do so… each of us is carrying a lot of strength as Hims, yet it may not be noticed as we live life as humble servants, yet when called to do so we step up and show our strength and stand out when called to do so.

Shared a story about how while driving home from our vacation yesterday my son had noticed and commented on seeing an El Camino driving in our neighborhood.

Shared that as HIMs sometimes we are like an El Camino… We may look simple, fit in, and appear to be a regular person or Sad Clown at first glance. Like looking at an El Camino from the front …Heck it looks like a car!

Yet each of us has strength and power that through our humility is not apparent at the first head on glance.  Our strength, power and influence as a HIM is seen after getting the full picture of each of us as a man. Much like an El Camino has the strength to haul almost 1,500 lbs in the back and in many models  a high performance engine making it a true muscle car! We each can look like an average man from the front, yet as we strive to be HIMS we have the extra strength in the back that you might not see at first.

So strive to be like an El Camino … humble, car like, and unassuming at first glance, yet strong, capable of carrying a heavy weight, and a high performance HIM who is a servant to others.

EDIT: Added this link after initial post of back blast – Today is the anniversary of the introduction of the El Camino… I had no idea this was the case when I planned the Q last night!

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/chevrolet-introduces-the-el-camino

MOLESKIN:
Closed with this verse from Thessalonians 5:14

” And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all”
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Reminded everyone of the Convergence & 3rd F at Bomb Shelter tomorrow morning

Drop Dead Legs

THE SCENE: Though the thermometer said it was over 50, I could barely see the road from the heat coming off as I pulled into the AO and was met by 15 HIMs ready to get unchained and hit the ground running.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

Ain’t talking ’bout love. I’m talking ’bout Fitness, Fellowship and Faith. I’m Charmin, you’re Q.  All my flavors are guaranteed to satisfy. Plus they’re free.  Cause of this Full Bug called COVID, don’t spit on each other and and if Push Comes To Shove, you’re not social distancing.
WARM-O-RAMA:
Might as well Jump with some SSH, IC (4ct) x 20; followed by some BBQ squats (low and slow), Imperial Squat Walkers x 10 and Tie Fighters, back and forth with the BAC, 10x each.

Move to the baseline for some Rocky Balboas, IC (4ct) x 20, then it’s Bottoms Up with a burpee broad jump across the AO, lunging back to the beginning.
THA-THANG:
Time to hit the Mean Streets.  The Q wanted to run but also get some quad work in, so why not the Best of Both Worlds with a Bernie up Baby Everest and a run down the Dragon to the Cloud.

At the Cloud,we did some Aiken Legs (Box Jumps/Step Ups, Mary Catherines, Reverse Lunges), 20 each for 2 rounds.  The Q forgot to throw in Squats to lead off, so the Aiken Legs wasn’t fully legit, and now I’m feeling like an Atomic Punk.

After that House of Pain, we had another round of Bernie up BE, down the Dragon to the AO.

Now it’s into the Pleasure Dome for a little 7 of Diamonds.  Repeat each exercise and reps at each corner for 4 total laps around the AO.

  • 1st lap: 7 burpees at each corner
  • 2nd lap; 14 Flutter kicks, 4 ct;
  • 3rd lap; 21 Merkins;
  • 4th lap; 28 Squats.

Circle up for Death by Squats:  Start with 10 jump squats, followed by 10 squats, then 9 jump squats, followed by 10 squats, etc., down to 1 last “Failure to Launch” jump squat and 10 squats.  At this point, Somebody Get Me a Doctor, because my legs are On Fire.  I don’t know if Jamie’s Cryin’, but I sure am.

MARY:
Q has a Loss of Control and Kentucky takes over, calling out a favorite: Bicycles (Play Bicycle by Queen.  Do Freddy Mercurys plus a BBS every time he sings Bicycle or Bike).  Why? because Everybody Wants Some!
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
16 HIMs feel Black and Blue but are on Top of the World.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I know everybody has One Foot Out the Door and wants to be Dancing In the Streets, but you can’t miss the BOM and just Hear About It Later.  Stealing from Steam’s podcast with Cap’n Crunch, we need to remember what F3 is and is not. As Cap’n perfectly put it, “We are not a workout group.  We are not a men’s group.  We do those things, but that’s not what we are. The goal of F3 is to invigorate male community leadership.  We are a leadership factory . . .A leadership university.”  Leadership requires practice and experience.  What better place to get in practice than leading the men of F3 through a workout.  Remember that Iron Sharpens Iron.  Are we being sharpened by those around us?  Are we in turn sharpening those around us?
MOLESKIN:
Eddie Van Halen’s music was part of the soundtrack of my life.  The music for today’s workout and this BB is dedicated to his memory. RIP.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
3rd F on 10/17 at the Bomb Shelter.  Be there!

Starting Fresh!

THE SCENE: Couldn’t ask for better!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, TEMPO SQUATS, MERKINS, IMPERIAL WALKERS
THA-THANG:
Full body circuit at HGTV overlook, exercise on right side of overlook, then run to the middle for next exercise, then run to the left side and exercise

●2 rounds of 5 Burpees, 10 Shoulder Tap Merkins, 5 Burpees, 10 Shoulder Tap Merkins, 5 Burpees

●Cobra Kai’s and Sky Thrusters

●1 round of 10 Carolina Dry Docks, 10 Grady Corns, 10 Carolina Dry Docks, 10 Grady Corns, 10 Carolina Dry Docks

●1 round 10 each leg of Rocky Balboas, 10 Squat Jumps, 10 each leg of Rocky Balboas, 10 Squat Jumps, 10 each leg of Rocky Balboas

●1 round 10 V-Ups, 10 side crunches each side, 10 V-Ups, 10 side crunches each side, 10 V-Ups

After the circuit, we moseyed until we stumbled upon the Mall Walkers where we greeted them with 5 burpees(several times).
MARY:
Merkin ring of fire!
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
There is no enemy outside our soul…  The real enemies live inside us..  Anger, Pride, Greed & Hate..  Avoid all of them and enjoy a peaceful life..

MOLESKIN:
Grateful for this PAX!  Prayers for Doublewide family and the family that lost their daughter over the weekend in Hardin Valley…
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Bombshelter 3rd F!!!

Thanking all that participated in Hardship Hill and encouraged others to step up and help out next year!