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D-Day Memorial Beatdown

THE SCENE: Cool but not cold
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

“Welcome to F3! Fitness – Fellowship – Faith. My name is Steam and I will be your Q this morning”

“I am not a professional & you are here on your own volition – which means I don’t know any injuries you may or may not have.
– As every morning – safety is always number one – if you need to modify any of the exercises we do this morning – do it, you will not be looked down on and I cannot make that more clear.
– You will leave a better man than when you woke up this morning – if you’ve ever been to F3 you know this – no man left behind – no man left the same
– HOWEVER What you do in the next 45 minutes is up to you. That is the only thing you have control over. You’re here.
– Just like June 6th, 1944, you’re not here for you, you’re here for them (all pax)
– Dwight D. Eisenhower called the D-Day a crusade in which, “we will accept nothing less than full victory.”
– That’s our thesis this morning. “

1) Lock in & Be loud (when we do a cadence – sound off like it’s the last breath you got)
2) DFQ: Don’t Freaking Quit. Don’t Quit on yourself – don’t quit on the men around you.


WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH: 20 x 4 (in cadence)

Cherry-Picker: 10 x 4 ( in cadence)

Half-Burpee: 10 x 4 (in cadence)
– 1) drop down to plank
– 2) bring legs in
– 3) push legs out
– 4) back up to stand

Merkin: 20 x 4 (in cadence)

Flutter Kick: 20 x 4 (in cadence)

Baby Arm Circles: 12 x 4 forward & 12 x 4 backward

SSH: 10 x 4 in cadence

THA-THANG:

  • Mosey to Cardiac Hill
    • Take the baby hill as a team
  • Cardiac Hill (3+ charges)
    • Mosey down Cardiac
      • Identify key points of contact
    • Gather at bottom fo cardiac
    • Q identifies ways to get up cardiac (path or rough it)
    • CHARGE 1
      • Sprint to clearing
      • Battle buddy drag halfway up the hill – switch
      • Spring to top
      • hold plank
      • 10 – 1 count merkins (UP-DOWN)
    • mosey back down Cardiac
    • 15 SSHs in Cadence led by PAX members
    • CHARGE 2
      • Sprint to clearing
      • Army low crawl up to point of contact (tree)
      • Sprint to the top
      • hold squat until 6 recovers
      • 10 – 1 count merkins (UP-DOWN)
    • Mosey back down Cardiac
    • 15 SSHs led by PAX members
    • CHARGE 3
      • Sprint to clearing
      • Army low crawl or bear crawl to point of contact (tree)
      • sprint to top
      • hold plank until 6 recovers
      • 10 – 1 count merkins (UP-DOWN)
    • EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED \\ REACT & ADAPT
    • Mosey back down Cardiac
    • 15 x 4 SSHs led by PAX members
    • CHARGE 4
      • Sprint to the top full-ass, not half-ass
      • hold plank until 6 recovers
      • 10 x 4 SSHs led by PAX members
      • 10 – 1 merkins (UP-DOWN)
    • EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED \\ REACT & ADAPT
    • Mosey back down Cardiac
    • 15 x 4 SSHs led by PAX members
    • CHARGE 5
      • Form 2 lines
      • American Indian Run to the top
      • Mosey back in 2 lines to AO
  • ABS
    • American Hammers (duh)
    • Flutter Kick
    • Hello Dolly .

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

DogBite – Cozmo – Worm – Pringle – Snitch – Walkabout – Cheatsheet – CatGut – Mr. Jinxy – Redo – Cap’n Crunch – Pfeiffer- Ratchet – Proton – Carney – Ribbed – Fabio – AAA – Gibbler – Compost – Bunny – Savannah – Wallace – Hottub – Possum – SlimShady – Shocko – Dreamer – Woodshack – LightsOut – Butterfly – CodeBrown – Umbro – Steam

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower encouraged Allied soldiers taking part in the D-day invasion of June 6, 1944, reminding them, “The eyes of the world are upon you,” before they embarked on ” a great crusade.”

– it is so hard for us to remember how much has been sacrificed for us to be able to do this today. Think back to when you were 18 & idk what you were doing but I bet it wasn’t jumping out of a boat with bullets flying by your head and into your buddies.

– I think Eisenhower’s reminder of the eyes of the world are upon you still ring true for us today though. As Christian men – Men of Impact – the eyes of the world absolutely are on us and we are without a doubt on a crusade. Keep fighting the good fight and keep the faith. Like I said before you are better men than when you showed up this morning – and none of us would be here without the other.

Movement is Life!

THE SCENE
60 and Clear

Welcome & Disclaimer

 

THE THANG
COP
– SSH x30 (IC)
– Tempo Squats x15 (IC)
– Windmill Merkins x10 (IC)
– Reverse Lunges x10 each leg (IC)
– Arm Circles Forward x15 (IC)
– Arm Circles Backward x15 (IC)

Mosey to back side of the Asylum at the rock pile

 

Flintstone Quarry Carry (5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30)
Every man select a rock (or two).
Individual 30’s on the back hill with rock (going up and down by 5s from x5 to x25 at the top and bottom, total number of reps between the two exercises always equaling 30).  Start at the rock pile and run to the tree on the right.
– Overhead Press x25 (at the rock pile)
– Bent Over Rows x5 (at the tree)

Mosey to field on side of the Asylum.  Once there, partner up.

 

Battle Buddy Pyramid
Battle Buddy 1 runs to the top of the hill does 2 exercises while Battle Buddy 2 does shuttle runs in the opposite direction.  Rinse and repeat.

Each person will do three sets of the exercises in the following order: x5, x10, x15.

We will do 3 Rounds:

Rd 1
– Burpees
– Dry Docks

Rd 2
– Narrow Squats
– Wide Merkins

Rd 3
– Star Jumps
– Superman Swims

Mosey to other side of the front of the Asylum.

 

Grinders
1st Battle Buddy lunges to the first cone, then sprints to second cone, does 2 reps of the exercise while Battle Buddy 2 is jumping air rope.  Switch.

Each round increase by 2 reps until each man does a total of 10 reps in one run.

We did two rounds:
– Rd 1 = Ranger Merkins (hands at should width, elbows in)
– Rd 2 = 4ct Flutter Kicks

 

MARY
American Hammers (4ct) – x15 IC

 

COT
Number off and Name-O-Rama (16 PAX)

 

BOM
Be Present

This weekend, YHC took my oldest 2.0 to MTSU.  She’s is attending the Govenor’s School for the arts this summer.  She’s going to be gone for a total of 7 weeks.  She is our oldest and this is the first time she has ever been gone this long.  In many ways it’s prep for next year, she will be a senior in high school.  We had a great day getting her moved in.  We talked, laughed and enjoyed the time.  It wasn’t until I had to leave that it hit me…my role as her father is about to change.  My time with her in my home is passing.  It hit me harder than I could have ever expected, and in that moment I was so thankful to be there with her and for all the memories we shared together.  I’ll be honest, I wept most of the way home.  Not tears of sadness mixed with tears for pride and thankfulness.  I replayed all the times we hung out together, and mourned the times we didn’t.  It was a humbling time to realized just how important family truly is, and how irreplaceable our roles as dad truly are.  It may seem simple, but I also realized something else…you can’t cherish a memory you didn’t make.  The time to plant those seeds has gone.  Whatever relationship I get to enjoy with my kids as adults is sown while they are children.

I’m thankful beyond words for the men in my life who spoke life into me when I was a young dad.  The men who encouraged and exhorted me to be present with my kids while they were young.  We’ve all heard how fast time flies, but I think few of us realize how true it is.  And when it is gone, it’s gone.  There are no “redos” or “start overs.”  Each day is a gift and stewardship, and is connected to the days before it as well as those that come after.  Whenever you are with your family, be fully there!  Make the time, invest, plant the seeds.  I can honestly say I don’t regret a single thing I gave up to be with my daughter, and can testify that the fruit of those memories is the sweetest I’ve ever had.

 

Submitted by Cap’n Crunch

Hungry Hippo was hot!

THE SCENE: Humid with a bit of humidity in the air
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

yep
WARM-O-RAMA:
Set the standard for what’s to come

SSH x 20

Morracan night clubs x20

Froggie squats x10
Merkins x10
Iron mikesx10
Hillbillies x20
Burpo
Madonna x10
Bodybuilder x10
Iceskators

THA-THANG:

  • Mosey to the pavalon for 11s box jumps and bench pull ups
  • Mosey the FIA pavalon for Rockettes in front of the ladies, bandwagon led us in cadence . Stellar job bruh!
  • Mosey to the new open field for Hungry Hippo!
  • With the game hungry hippo, lots of exercises and lots of hard work done. Hit me up for all the details if you want to do this workout. It’s a lot of fun !
  • Each team has 2 of their pax wheel barrow to grab one ball . Switch partners once you barrow back. Go until each team has 6 balls. Last 2 teams get the orange burpee balls
  • once all teams finish, each team performs said exercise written on their ball,
  • we did 2 rounds of hungry hippo .
  • it was hot!!
  • Mosey towards the Asylum for 7s of LBC at the top of little hill and reverse lbc at the bottom
  • running out of time , we stopped short and moseyed to where we were going to do bearway to heaven
  • no time for that so we beat crawled from the first come to the last cone
  • mosey back to the AO for Mary

MARY:
Dolly x10

boxcutters x10

flutters x10

proton Parker’s x20
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
15 including one FNG from Colorado Springs aka Slash and F3 visitors from Jacksonville (Pom Pom ) and Trace from Bristol . Welcome !!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Memorial Day info and the sacrifices our our men and women made for our freedom !
MOLESKIN:
During Hungry Hippo, one team only had 3 guys, clear disadvantage . They ended up w the burpee ball 2 times . The last time, I saw a bunch of guys willing to take the burpee ball from the loosing team , this sacrificing themselves for the other pax. Really made me proud to be a part of our pax. Little did they know, I knew it would turn out this way and was going to give the loosing pax the option to embrace the suck and do the burpees or give the burpees to another team . What happened ? The loosing team kept the ball and did the burpees! Well done men!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Special convergence , Monday for 21 gun salute . 5:30-630 . Be there!!!! It’s gonna be great!

Hot and Heavy

THE SCENE:  Sunny and hot, temp in upper 80’s.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
20 Side-straddle hops, 10 Mountain Climbers, 10 Windmills, 20 Calf Raises, Little of This and Little of That
THA-THANG:
Mosey to stop sign at northeast corner of Admin Bldg.  20 Merkins.  20 Box Cutters.

Mosey to little road/driveway that leads to northern side of Admin Bldg.  Partner up.  Doras with partner running to end of driveway and back while other partner does exercises.  Then partners switch.  We will do these exercises:

  • 200 Baby Crunches
  • 150 Squats
  • 100 Diamond Merkins
  • 100 Big Boys

Mosey to bottom of dragon tail.  We will do Route 66 up the dragon tail until we reach area where trail meets other trail.  The first to top sweeps others back to bottom.  These will be the exercises we do:

  •  Carolina Drydocks
  •  Imperial Walkers (4 count)
  •  Plank Reaches (reaching with each hand)
  •  Dive Bombers

Mosey to stop sign at northeast corner of Admin Bldg.  20 Hello Dollies in cadence.

Mosey to AO.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Ten men including an FNG who we brought in as a Flying EH:  Bill Barton whom we named “Ticker.”
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Henry Nouwen in his book, Gracias, states that there is “a ministry that I keep losing, although I am constantly called back to it.  It is the vision that ministry means first of all searching for God where people are lost, confused, broken and poor.  Often I have gone to such people to bring them back to God, to the sacraments, to the church.  But that is acting and living as if God is where I am, and as if my first task is to bring others to my place.  When, however, God is with the poor and marginalized, then I have to dare to go there, live there, and find them there.  I now realize that I can be with people without having to make them think my thoughts and say my words.  I can be free to listen and slowly to discern where God shows his merciful face to me.”

We, as believers in God, in our attempt to “save” others are sometimes guilty of trying to convince people to think our thoughts, to live as we do.  We need to realize that God is already there with these people, already working with them.  We need to see God in them.  By being with them, joining them, finding God in them, they will not only see God in us but God within themselves.  Then they can more fully believe in God as we desire them to do.

 

Gunning it

THE SCENE: Sunny, 70’s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
20 Side-straddle Hops, 10 Burpees, 10 Plank Reaches, Squats with increasing times of 10, 20, 30 and 60 seconds, 10 Cherry Pickers, 10 Baby Arm to Wide Arm Circles (front and back)
THA-THANG:

Mosey to Playground.  We will do the following at different stations:

20 Bench Jumps at Benches.  20 seconds of pull-ups at Dugouts.  20 Picnic Table Pull-ups at Pavilion.  20 Diamond Merkins at Flag.  Rinse and Repeat.

Mosey to parking lot that is just of the northern baseball fields.  We will be running to various cones where exercises will be posted.  The following are the exercises:

  • Cone 1:  20 Merkins
  • Cone 2:  Bear Crawl to Cone 3
  • Cone 3:  20 Big Boy Situps
  • Cone 4:  20 Dive Bombers
  • Cone 5:  Bernie Sanders to Cone 6
  • Cone 6:  20 Shoulder Taps (two count)

Rinse and repeat two more times.

Mosey to beginning of Serpentine Sidewalk.  We will lunge to first light, run through next four lights, lunge to sixth light, run through next four, etc. until we reach perimeter trail by river.

At perimeter trail we will do 20 Hello Dollies as a group in cadence.

Mosey halfway to cardiac hill.  Stop to do 20 Box Cutters in cadence.

Mosey to cardiac hill.  We will run up hill doing the following exercises:

  • At first turn:  40 Baby Crunches
  • At second turn:  20 American Hammers
  • At third turn:  20 Decline Merkins
  • At benches:  20 Bench Lifts

Rinse and repeat.

Mosey to AO. 

MARY:
Table Saws, Boat Canoe.  ATM’s.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
17 Men.  No FNG’s. Coxin was visiting us from South Carolina.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

I recently led a group at a Day Treatment Program.  The program is for people with mental health problems.  Some have experienced depression, some extreme anxiety, some Bipolar Disorder, and some even have been diagnosed with Schizophrenia.  These people have faced hard times.  Most can no longer work because of their disorders.  Most were on disability and living what we may call “marginal lives.”

I have led the group many times and we have a topic for each group meeting (e.g., coping with depression, the importance of exercise. budgeting, substance disorders).  The topics are wide and varied.

Because music and lyrics to songs are important to so many of us, I thought it would be fun to have a group where each group member shared lyrics to one of their favorite songs.  I asked the members to have their songs ready in advance.  When the members shared their songs, I was surprised to find that almost every one of them shared a religious song.  When the members talked, they talked about why God is important to them.  I knew that some members might share religious songs but I did not think that such an overwhelming majority would.  Some of these group members attend church but certainly not all of those who shared the religious songs attend very regularly.  Yet, here they were, sharing why these songs were so meaningful and helped them in their lives.  In my work as a therapist I have had quite a few people tell me that, despite coping with incredible depression, they believe in and need God.  They have told me that God is what gives them hope.

The fact is that God is for ALL of US.  He is not just for the happy, the people who “have it together”, or the folks who attend church regularly.  Who did Jesus tend to associate with?  Everyone, not just the elite, the religious, but the poor, the hookers, the bums.  This is a messy world full of people who don’t have everything together.  But we need God.  And it is good to know that God is for us.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
May 19 is Hardship Hill!!