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Two Krakkens but they were half Krakken’s so I guess that equals one Krakken

THE SCENE: The gloomy fog was thick this morning on the drive in but the sunshine of the PAX’s attitude made it all go away
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
warmup stuff
THA-THANG:

Mosey to the bottom of Matterhorn for the half Krakken. It’s completely different than a Krakken, but kind of the same?
LBCs x50, merkins x30, 4ct SSHx50, dry docks x40

Do one set of exercise and run up to the backbone and do 10 pull-ups and run back to go to the next exercise.

when we get bored with it, mosey to the steps below Dwayne Johnson.
Do toe tap squats x20, Burpees x15, curb dips x20 toe touch Merkins x20
after completing each exercise run up to Dwayne Johnson and back.
On the mosey we will took a burpee break of 5 burpees. We did an Indian run back to the AO. We got back a little sooner than I thought so we ended up doing some side shuffles, high knees, and Bernie Sanders to finish off the time.

MARY:
We got back in time to do a little better flutter kicks, LBC’s and side crunches.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
12 including one FNG (Superfly)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM: Today I talked about the importance of the second F. Fellowship. I went over a brief brief history of why F3 was created. The fellowship part of our group is very important. As we get older we lose friends that we grew up with and find ourselves more and more isolated. It’s very important to connect with other men moving in the same direction… Forward. Learn from each other, laugh with each other, and become better men with each other. I encouraged everyone to step outside of just the work out and connect with lunches, gatherings, other activities with F3 brothers. It’s through those that we really glue those are much needed relationships together.

MOLESKIN:
Tweet-E and I reminisced and shared with the packs are encounter with the motorcycle couple down at the Pavalon. I’ll leave it at that
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill, lunches

Matterhorn-again

THE SCENE: 62 and cool
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER – yep
WARM-O-RAMA:
5 cherry pickers

25 SSH

15 Grady corns

15 baby arm circles forward.

15 baby arm circles backwards

Mosey to the bottom of Matterhorn
THA-THANG:
Partner up

  • Dora exercise – pair up doing 100 Merkins, 200 BBS, 300 Boby Hurlie’s

Mosey to around the hill

Route 66 with Alligator merkins at each light

mosey back to the AO with some Fellowship mosey sprinkled in.

MARY:
20 Pickle pounders

25 hello dollies

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
1 Pet 3:7
Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.
MOLESKIN:
live in understanding so your prayers are not hinders.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
you know

Raw-ish

THE SCENE: 68 and cool still humid
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
20 SSH

5 Cherry Pickers

10 merkins

THA-THANG:
Get a coupon mosey to the outhouse. Tabata workout four sets with 50 seconds on and 10 seconds

  • curls
  • Freddy Mercury
  • Hernia
  • OHP
  • Box Jumps
  • No hand get-ups
  • Wall squats
  • LBC with CMU
  • Merkins
  • Squat Thrust

MARY:
None

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
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CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
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MOLESKIN:
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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Simple, Not Easy – Going Against the Flow @ DogPound 8/19/21

THE SCENE: Dry!  Well, at least nothing falling from the sky
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Touch your toes; Cherry Pickers; LBAC (front/back) while stretching calves and achilles; CoQ (circle of quads) – an experimental group stretching exercise; mosey to the Backbone

THA-THANG:
1 – Cycle the following –

  • Pullups
    • first set is 10, then 9, then 8,………all the way to 1
  • 20-yd downhill Crawl Bear
  • 10 reverse crunches with feet extended downhill
  • 40-yd uphill sprint
  • 10 reverse crunches with feet extended downhill
  • 20-yd downhill mosey back to the Backbone to repeat the cycle with 1 less pullup this time

2 – 8 minute abs

  • 9 different ab exercises, 25 reps apiece, in cadence (a Trunk staple)

3 – Fellowship mosey to the AO

MARY:
– 3 minutes. Partnered up – one partner does AMRAP Merkins while the other jogs a lap around the outside of the tennis court, then they switch.

– 30 second plank
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 Men
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
– 4 motivations for physical fitness as men, husbands, and fathers:

  • 1 – health and longevity
  • 2 – ability to save your own life (can you run, lift, swim, climb, and hold on?)
  • 3 – ability to save someone else’s life (could you carry your child or wife over a long distance if you had to?)
  • 4 – ability to defend yourself against an attack

What we do in the mornings isn’t easy, and yet we return again and again because we want more for ourselves than what is common – and for good reason!  Apply that to your spiritual life as well, because the rewards that are promised in the Gospels are far greater than anything this world has to offer.

MOLESKIN:
“If we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak.  We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea.  We are far too easily pleased.”

CS Lewis, The Weight of Glory
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Our prayers go out to Cosmo2 and his family after the loss of his father this week

CSAUP this weekend.  Good luck and safety to all participants, and a big thanks to the organizers

Wesley House food donations being collected at every AO.  Non-perishable snack foods, juice boxes, etc.  Bring something to your next post.

 

Go Touch Dwayne and Come Back Here…

THE SCENE: Clear, starry morning. Almost pleasant 

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Did this, Ribbed asked for repeats as needed 

WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH IC x15

Cherry Pickers IC x%

LBAC x15 each way 

Tempo Squat IC x10

Tempo Merkin IC x 10

THA-THANG:

Grab a CMU and a buddy 

One partner Farmer Carries the CMU’s towards the Boat Ramp while the other does 15 BBS then moseys to their partner. Repeat. Exercises to complete: 15 BBS, 15 Merkins, 15 Squats. Repeat as necessary until reaching the bottom of the stairs. Wagon Wheel to the SIX. 

Each HIM grabs a cardboard piece with an exercise on them. Line up and complete your exercise while the HIM at the front of the line bunny hops up the steps, runs up the “Dwayne” the rock, and returns to PAX. Each HIM moves down the line to the next exercise. Time to complete one Round. (Special Note: No one seemed to find the “extra credit” exercise of Man-Makers written on some cardboard at the top of the hill at Dwayne. I know that @Trunk is mad he missed it).

Exercises Performed: 

  • Squats 
  • Kettlebell Swings 
  • CDD
  • Blockees
  • Flutter Kicks 
  • V-Ups 
  • BBS 
  • LBCs 
  • OH Press 
  • Freddy Mercury 

 

MARY:

Ring of Fire: Only one HIM being extra doing clap merkins (You know who you are). 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

12 HIMs showed up in the Gloom this morning! 1 DownRange from F3Franklin. Thanks for joining us @Corncob! 

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

For those who have attended my Q’s in the past, you know that I go one of two ways. Thoughtful, well-researched, and readout of my notebook WORDs, and those that come to me randomly. This morning I want to talk about patience. BACKGROUND: I spent several hours on the phone with two cell phone providers trying to figure out why my M’s phone was shut off and why another canceled my order for new SIM cards for her and my 2.0s. Patience was needed. Not just for the customer service reps, but also with my wife when I informed her that we had to change the phone number she’s had for half a decade. 

While I was indeed frustrated and running out of patience, I knew that I needed to remain a calming presence while she dealt with this fact. I made sure to talk calmly and not put my own frustrations of the past 4 hours on the phone on her. It wouldn’t be fair to her and would not help the situation AT ALL. The lack of patience can infect your life, your family, your job, everything. Be mindful of how your attitude and frustrations affect those that mean the most in your life. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

CSAUP on August 21st.