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Pain on the Plateau

THE SCENE: 63 degrees, beautiful morning
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Cherry Pickers IC x8
Hip Flexor stretch for about 30 seconds each side
Mosey over to the plateau of pain
THA-THANG:
12 cones set up across the plateau of pain. Start by running to the furthest cone and doing 5 bbs, then run back to the fist cone and do one bodybuilder. Then run to the second to last cone for 6 bbs and back to the first cone for 2 bodybuilders and so on until you get to 16 bbs and 12 bodybuilders.

Total reps for one round = 78 bodybuilders and 126 bbs.

Once you finish that round, do the same thing with 4 count flutter kicks and squat jumps.

MARY:
Mosey back to the AO for about two minutes of Mary. Started with 15 boxcutters IC followed by 20 WWII sit-ups OYO and finished with about 15 seconds of LBCs.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
7 men showed up this morning
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

I used to rely heavily on motivation. I watched a bunch of videos for motivation in my workouts, my job, basically every aspect of my life. I realized after watching a video by Jocko that motivation was not what I needed, it’s discipline. Motivation is fleeting. It can only keep you going for so long. Discipline is for the long term and keeps us going even when we don’t want to do something. It’s still difficult to exercise discipline in my life, but I am trying and celebrating the small wins each day.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
We started going to Vienna after Saturday beatdowns again. Everyone is welcome! Right after the beatdown until people need to leave. Not required to workout to join us for coffee.

Sprint Work with a Suicidal Finish

THE SCENE: Mid 70’s with a welcomed breeze on the football field.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Warm-up jog to the football field. Just over .5 miles

The Thang:
Sprint Work with a Suicidal Finish:

  • 5 Rounds:
    • 10 Air Squats
    • 20 Yard Sprint
    • Walk Back to Start
  • 5 Rounds:
    • 5 Iron Mikes (2ct)
    • 40 Yard Sprint
    • Walk Back to Start
  • 50 Yard Suicide
    • 10 Merkins
    • 20 BBS
    • 30 Shoulder Taps
    • 40 Ankle Touches
    • 50 1 Leg Line Jumps
    • Jog laps around the field for the 6

Mary:
1 Round OYO:
(10) Ankle Touches
(10) BBS
(10) LBC

B.O.M.

Winners Focus on Winning. Losers Focus on Winners.

How much better individuals could we be if we took the energy focused on others in envy and spent that time reflecting on ourselves? Do not compare yourself to others, focus on you bettering you. This will bleed into the men around us and to those we impact day to day.  Stop dwelling over others and spend that time in reflection and prayer of how you can become better for you and those around you!
Galatians 6:4-5: Let each person examine his own work, and then he can take pride in himself alone, and not compare himself with someone else. For each person will have to carry his own load.

 

Triple Dora w a side of Frisbee

THE SCENE: 70s maybe
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

quickly
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x20 IC 4 ct

Merkins x10 IC 4 ct

Imperial Squat walkers x26 4 ct IC( waiting on FINS) 🙂

Yog to the baseball field for a quick game of Whamo lunge( chuck the frisbee, sprint to frisbee while its in the air. once it lands, lunge the rest of the way) x5-6 times
THA-THANG:

Triple Dora

  • Group 1 on one end, group 2 on the other end of the grinder, with group 2 running from one end to another to start. Once group 2 gets to one end, they relieve that pax at that end and the next group runs to the other end. keeping running back and forth switching sides but doing exercises on each end . Group of 3 pax will keep count dora style as they run and switch out on each end. Rounds were as follows
  • Round 1, 300 merkins on one end and 300 rows on the opposite end
  • Round 2 300 froggie squats on one end and 300 sprinter sit ups on the other end
  • Round 3, 300 CMU curls on one end and 300 CMU tris on the other end
  • If all pax were equal and time permits to finish, you would have done 100 reps of each exercise

MARY:
CMU futters x20 IC, 20 CMU presses x20, CMU LBCs x20

CMU Flutters x10, CMU presses x10, CMU LBC x10

Peter parkers until time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
17 pax rocked it  and overcame some of the confusion of trying to a triple dora with the wrong amount of numbers…
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I had a word on Gossip, the triple Filter by Socrates but more important, I wanted to pray and be present for Mr. Rogers and his family and think about celebrating life. Garrett passed away a year ago yesterday. Celebrate life, its short and not guaranteed. Keep grinding! I know Mr. Rogers is!
MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

JUCO Redux

THE SCENE: 54 degrees F, 81% humidity, dark
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, Walkout merkin plank stretch with Peter Parkers, Windmills
THA-THANG:
Dora:

Partner #1 starts the following:

  • 200 CMU thrusters
  • 200 CMU curls
  • 200 CMU triceps extensions
  • 200 Merkins

Partner #2 runs to the scrapyard, performs 20 WWII sit-ups and either 5 pull-ups or 10 inverted pull-ups, runs back, and then swaps with Partner #1.  Restart at thrusters if time allows.

MARY:
20 box cutters, 30 crunches, 15 box cutters, 20 crunches, 10 box cutters, 10 crunches, 5 box cutters, 0 crunches.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
12 HIMs in attendance
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I remember a tour of our smelting operations of Tennessee Operations of ALCOA in 1992 by the president, the technical director (Dick Taylor), controller, and the process technology director.  It was a time to strut our stuff … and to get raked over the coals.  The local management team assembled with the visiting entourage for a wrap-up late in the day to receive feedback.  At one point, Dick Taylor asked Rhea Miller, the carbon plant manager, if he knew that the ceiling of the carbon plant was painted blue at the Massena, New York plant.  The carbon plants are typically a very dusty environment with very fine carbon dust everywhere including the air.  Spending just 15 minutes inside without a respirator will have you blowing black snot for a day or more.

So, lets get back to the question about the blue ceiling in Massena.  Before Rhea could answer Dick’s question, Smelting Manager Dave Musi, quickly stated, “Well, Dick, how do you know that the ceiling in our carbon plant isn’t painted blue?”  Things were quiet for an uncomfortable amount of time … at least long enough for Dick’s face to return to its natural color.

Jesus knows our true colors.  He knows everything about us. As the Bible tells us in Isaiah 64:6, “All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away.” or in Romans 3:10, “As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one;”.

In spite of that, Jesus came to live among us and to provide salvation to all who profess Him as Lord and Savor.  He will wash away our darkness and make us clean.  Two verses that should give us all hope and peace are 1 John 1:7, “But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.” and 1 John 1:9 “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

Confess our sins and walk in the light as we are instructed.  The rewards are worth it.

MOLESKIN:
We pray for Butterfingers’ dad as he recovers from a stroke.  Initial prognosis is very good.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
3rd F at JUCO on March 28th starting at 7:00 am.

Super Set Tuesday

THE SCENE:  Warm and Wet
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
15 SSH’s 4ct , 5 Cherry Pickers, Tempo Merkins, Lunge to the end of the grind
THA-THANG:
Super  Set   Suicides
4 Sets  15   CMU Curls  Bench Dips to Failure
4 Sets  15   Tri Ceps     Ext Pullups to Failure
4 Sets  15   Squat        High Knees to Failure
4 Sets  20   Single Leg  CMU Jump Overs to Failure
4 Sets  20   Merkins      Inverted Pullups to Failure
4 Sets  20   Overhead Press  Upright Row to Failure

Between set 1 and 2 run to the far cone (cone #1). Between 2 & 3 run to (cone#1) back to start and then to (cone#2)……add a cone each time.  Finish with 4 cones on the last set.

MARY:
Alternate between Scissor Kicks and Dancing Bears……finish with LBC’s

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Butterfingers, Drifter, Espy, KY, Napster, Pinnochio, Radio Shack, Snorkel, Swayze, Taco
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Like the Stone of Wisdom, friendship may be lying right in your back yard and you may never know it.  Your best friend may be a stranger to you, or you may lose him because you didn’t bother to hold him.  Friends must be cultivated by sincerity, frankness, and deeds of affection.  No one can remain your friend if you hide your soul from him.  You needn’t save face before your friend.  Your friend will save it for you.

Life is a chain of little events.  Close your soul to your friend, and he will lose sight of you.  And if you find your friend, give of your friendship and it will return to you tenfold.  Those who cannot give friendship will rarely receive it and never hold it.

-Dagobert D. Runes