Fitness. Fellowship. Faith.
THE SCENE: The weather couldn’t have been better. Beautiful brisk morning.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Some Motivators and Merkins to start the morning.
THA-THANG:
Simple yet effective workout. Some running with Merkins, Squats, Lunges, Pull Ups, Dry Docks and Mountain Climbers mixed in.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
We had a little talk about Chris Norton and the ability of humans to overcome great obstacles with a little help from the Man himself.
THE SCENE: 25 degrees “a dry cold”
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Touch Toes – 20 count; Cherry Pickers IC x 5; Sumo Squat and Hold – 20 count; Tempo Squat IC x 5; Rockettes IC x 5; Tempo Merkins IC x 5; Motivators beginning at 4; CMU farmer carries, alternating hands, all the way to base of Matterhorn
THA-THANG:
Partner Up. One partner completes the prescribed number of reps for the “A” exercise while the other partner goes AMRAP on the “B” exercise, then they switch. Once each partner has completed 3 sets of each exercise they head up Matterhorn together (detail below).
Round 1 – [A] Squirrel Press x 10 (detail below) / [B] Side Straddle Hops
Round 2 – [A] Over The Top Merkin x 15 / [B] Reverse Lunge
Round 3 – [A] CMU Deadlift x 15 / [B] Switch Climbers
* “Squirrel Press” – holding your CMU a with bicep curl grip – perform perfect squat form to the low position, curl, stand up, curl, overhead press = 1 rep
** Matterhorn – run uphill to the first set of cones (bottom of pull-up area); turn around and Bernie to the second set of cones (top of pull-up area); turn around again and run to the third set of cones at the summit. Each partner completes 5 burpees at the summit, then heads back down in the same manner. Q recommends a walking Bernie on the downhill section.
*** Early finishers head back up Matterhorn to meet the Six before beginning the next round
MARY:
Cleaned up debris from a fallen tree limb that was blocking the road near the marina entrance and challenged ourselves with a variety of CMU carries on the way back to the AO
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 men accounted for. Thank you to Mayberry for helping the Q remember to do the Name-O-Rama
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
2 Chronicles 7:14 – If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
MOLESKIN:
One of my favorite verses. Stop trying to fix things on your own. You can’t. And stop being deceived by the thought that other people need to change their ways so that the world can get back on it’s axis. Seek God, pray, and repent. He will meet you right where you are, and he will heal your land.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
THE SCENE:32 and cold
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
1 10x count squat
1 burpee
5 Cherry pickers
50 SSH
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the base of Matterhorn and partner up. We will do a DORA excursive at the base while the partner runs up to the top of Matterhorn and does 10 merkins
we got about 15 minutes into man makers, and I audibled.
Fellowship mosey back to the AO
MARY:
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Insert the WORD here.
MOLESKIN:
remember when we don’t want to keep on being steadfast remember our savior was steadfast in our place all the way to death.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Christmas party tomorrow is the deadline
THE SCENE: First REAL cold day. Dry
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Warm up stuff, literally warm up stuff. Nothing special,
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the steps, stopping for some incline Merkins and SSHs.
start with 5 burpees, run up steps and hill to Dwayne Johnson and back, 4 burpees run up, 3 burpees run up etc Repeat till all finish.
Walkers walked to marina sign. Runners ran long way around doing a lap around the big island.
At sign start “Love plus One” Haircut 100s only hit in the 1980s.
start with 1 of the exercise and add one rep at each cone. Alternate run and Bear crawls each time. Exercises are:
once done mosey back to AO. Runners go up to Dwayne Johnson twice and walkers walk to the AO.
MARY:
No time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
15 including one FNG
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Remember to Thank God on Thanksgiving. Don’t forget the reason of Thanksgiving.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Christmas party rsvp
THE SCENE: Cool, but nice. INCREDIBLE moon set over the trees during the PreRuck. Probably the last not-super-cold day for a while.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Did this. Everyone welcomed and disclaimed.
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH IC x20 — 1 Burpee — Tie Fighters IC x10 each way — 2 Burpees — Cherry Pickers I(DogPound)C x4 — 3 Burpees
THA-THANG:
Blindside’s Fellowship SeaBiscuit w/ CMU:
4 Rounds; Subject 5 reps from each exercise each round; Add a lap to each round. Selected ab work OYO until the 6 arrives. Finish with 10 reps IC and start the next round together
Ab Work:
Return to AO for a Ring of Fire of Merkins starting with 5.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
13 HIMs including 1 FNG. Welcome Salad Spinner!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I am reading a book called Behold the Man which is a deep dive into the spirituality and faithfulness of Catholic men in today’s culture. The author references Pope St. John Paul II when he wrote that we are currently living in a “Culture of Death.” We are in spiritual warfare. Saying that Satan and evil don’t exist is foolish. The Evil One may not walk around as a red-horned devil, but he absolutely is present. Over the past few decades, men have become marginalized in society. Our culture puts such low expectations on men that it has left many men wondering how to navigate our world.
In last weekend’s episode of Saturday Night Live, there was a fake commercial for “Man Park.” This was a park similar to a Dog Park where men can meet and make friends, alleviating their wives and girlfriends from being the only person their husbands and boyfriends talk to. While many aspects of the skit were funny if you really look at what the writers had the men and women saying, it was incredibly sad and should be a big eye-opener for our society. A 2019 Harper’s Bazaar article wrote about how men no longer know how to form emotional bonds with each other. The tagline from the skit said, “It’s not their fault masculinity makes intimacy so hard.” F3 is the real ‘Man Park,’ and I am thankful that we are able to grow physically, mentally, spiritual, and with meaningful male friendships.
This was so sad for me because it shows just how real male loneliness is, I absolutely experienced it before starting in the Gloom.
I think it is that our masculinity is just what CAN make emotional intimacy possible, both here in the Gloom as well as the spiritual heads of our households. We must continue to lead, throw off spiritual laziness & timidness and become a strong witness to the Truth of our Faith with passion and conviction. When enough of us do this in our society, the stereotype of the lazy, buffoon of a father in our culture/society will change.
MOLESKIN:
Men’s Health Article on ‘Man Park’
F3 Twitter mentions of ‘Man Park’
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Christmas Party. RSVP by December 1st. #annual-christmas-party channel on Slack
Brovember: With the introduction of Weekly Winners, there is still time to compete! #brovember2021 on Slack!