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Tree Biscuit Suicide

THE SCENE: 84 degrees with a little breeze.  Felt pretty nice actually. We were expecting it to be hotter.  In the car on the way over it was 94.  Two soccer fields were being used, and one baseball diamond was being used.  Lots of people watching us do burpees…

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

Four of us started and five of us finished… Yes that’s right we picked one up along the way.  It was awesome to see @icebreakers face light up…. “You guys F3?”… “Yes, come join!” and he did! There’s hope for this country men, if a young man will drop everything and join a tough workout on the spot, no questions asked.  Man I’m encouraged! Thank you @IceBreaker!

WARM-O-RAMA:
In keeping with my Lexicon exploration, which really just starts from the top and goes through ones I havn’t done before:  We did

  • 10 4×4’s
  • 10 Abe Vegotas
  • 10 Absolutions  (after running over to the astro-turf on the other side of park)

THA-THANG:  Tree Biscuit Suicide

A Tree biscuit is

The Short Version:

As a group, Run to an un-slapped tree, slap it, everyone call out the running burpee total,  do A single burpee, repeat.

The Long Version:
  • Scaling:
    • We travel as a pack, if you find yourself falling behind, skip a tree and burpee and keep moseying to catch up.  It’s more fun and less confusing to have the group stay together, especially when we alternate taggers.
    • Scaling is NOT cheating, it’s just scaling, no judgment here. You made it here and that’s enough.
    • We’re going to be zig-zagging all over the park so the better we can stay together the more we’ll be able to keep an accurate count and not leave people behind.  Plus it feels bad to tag a tree without everyone there doing it together.
  • Taggers
    • The tagger is the person closest to the nearest tree. They slap the tree and call out what the burpee running total is about to be. Similar to our cadence exercise routines, the whole group calls out the number and does a burpee.
    • The tagger is typically in the front of the pack, however since we are traveling in a mob fashion that’s not always true.
  • Alternate Taggers
    • Similar to an indian run, each person should take turns being in front and tagging a tree. This makes the workout much more fun.  If you have already tagged several trees then just slowly fade back and let someone else tag the next one.
  • What is a Tree:
    • We don’t do burpees for any old shrub.  Trees should be about 6 inches around and 10 feet tall.  Those pesky crape mertyles were very questionable this am.  #wanna-be-trees
  • No Poison Ivy:
    • In an attempt to not to get too dirty and get poison ivy, we’ll pass trees that are surrounded by shrubs and tall grass. Luckily we are in a very well manicured park where most of the trees have nicely mowed grass leading up to them.
  • Cross Country Baby!!
    • We are going off road for sure.  The ground is very un-even around many of the trees. Be careful when running not to twist and ankle.  And don’t hit your face on a rock or root when doing a burpee in the dirt.
  • Be Loud
    • The louder you call out the number, the more you inspire your fellow brothers!
  • Milestones
    • At 50, 100, 150, 200 make sure the group catches up and circles around the tree, wait a few seconds. Do the burpee.  Celebrating these milestones adds to the encouragement factor.

The first time at Juco we did 156, then at the Asylum we did 200.  This time we did 180 traveling burpees, but we had a little special treat.  At rep #132 we stopped at the sand volley ball courts and did 6 Sand Suicides (sprint across the length of the volley ball court and back) — just because they’re there and a sand lot is too good of an workout  opportunity to pass up.. Am I right??  So if Truck Stop does it again they could probably do more burpees if they cut out the Sand Suicides..

MARY:

Finished up with a little mary.

  • 15 Star Crunches
  • 15 Freddy Murcuries
  • 15 Mountain Parkers

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Thank you @Snaggletooth for turning me on to the Every Man Ministry. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed being on the subscription devotion.  I wanted to read it to the group but couldn’t find it. But here is the one I described.

  • Weapons Grade Plutonium https://www.everymanministries.com/blog/september-21-2019/
  • I tried to encourage the men to “leave the shores of safe, spiritual spin, for the unpredictable rapids of witnessing.”
  • And once God’s man experiences the power of God in this way, no other experience can compare.  It is the ultimate risk-reward setup. Give the signal, turn the key, press the button, and release the power.
  • According to Jesus, God’s man can choose to experience the power of God by deciding to share his faith.
    MOLESKIN:
    It was a ton of fun — thanks for the opportunity to join you all in the PMG (PM Gloom) at Truck Stop!

 

Iron pax week 1

THE SCENE: 63
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Insert information about the warmup.
THA-THANG:
Broad jump 10 yards then, 10 butpees, 10 iron Mike’s,  10 bbs.  Repeat 3x.  Then bear crawl 30 yards back to start.  That’s 1 round.

Do 5 rounds for time.

MARY:
Walk back to AO  while trying not to splash merlot
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Use the TAGS on right-side to record PAX (BE
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Insert the WORD here.
MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

No chalk, no problem

THE SCENE: 70 degrees and moist like Bowflex likes it.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA: Imperial walkers, slow Merkins , this and that

THA-THANG:
grab CMUs and mosey to tennis courts. Partner up. One does OH carry around court while other runs  suicides until his partner finishes lap. Switch. Repeat doing presses then curls while walking with cmu until both have carried CMUs 3x

Mosey to base of matterhorn. Suicides up the road incline towards the restaurant stopping at cones for 10 reps of each exercise. They are:

  • Merkins
  • Squats
  • dry docks

Run back in zig zag pattern long way around, up and back to Dwayne (the rock) and quick mosey back to the AO.

At AO, curl the CMU 2x  pass it to your left and do a burpee. Repeat

MARY:
no Time (possibly on purpose so we don’t have to sit in the water)
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
16 pax
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Following Christ requires action from us according to new standards, developing new habits, and a conscious change of our thinking. Christian maturity is not shown through our beliefs or declarations, but through our behavior and personality. Results are the products of our actions! To grow spiritually, we need to change our priorities and thinking. To be more like Christ, you need to think according to His standards.
MOLESKIN:
It is so good to see members of the pax getting better physically. Seeing where they have improved and become faster, stronger and have more stamina.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Prayers for Lady Junk and the Junk family.

TTTP, 2.0 workout, HHOCR,  Goliath at the gorge

It’s Audible time in Tennessee

THE SCENE: Football season weathe, not really. Warm and humid
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Typical warm up
THA-THANG:

too dark for original plan and “bull in the ring did not work out so we audibled

Mosey to bleachers: 7’s of box jumps and shoulder tap merkins

mosey to field 3: Bear crawl tag football. Using the soccer box on one end of the field, team 1 has to get the ball across the line before team 2 tags them. Switch and repeat.

Did some sprints.

Mosey to field 2: two teams. suicides on lines. Pitching the ball at least once per line to a teammate.  If dropped all must run back  to start and then go back to where they were before drop. All must pitch and catch the ball.

did some more sprints. Alternated bear crawls and sprints at each cone for full length of field.

Mosey to field 1, split into two teams. One team at one end one at the other. Team must complete a +-20 yard pass to a sprinting receiver while team does merkins.  If ball is caught player returns to team and QB goes to receiver and teammate goes to QB. Once all have caught pass, move to mid field. (If dropped, receiver runs back to end line and goes out again) 2nd pass jump squats,sprint to midfield repeat with  Merkins and jump squatS. First team to get all caught and sprints back to start wins

MARY: no time

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
12 pax including (not tagged Speedy Smurf and I FNG (Lightbrite)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭12:1‬ ‭NIV‬‬

MOLESKIN:
Pretty much the whole queue was made up as we went along except The three main things were done, but out of order and I just threw in a bunch of sprints, sevens, and other weird  Things
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
TTTP,

Big Mama Kraken

THE SCENE: 70ish and sunny
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Grab a partner – One person farmer carries while the other reps out the exercise until they get back and then swap.

  • Merkins
  • Squats
  • BBS

THA-THANG:
A classic Kraken but the 8 cones are spread out over a quarter mile loop. Completing one full lap of the Kraken was 2+ miles. Exercises were as follows:

  • Crawl Bear up Mt Crumpet
  • 80 Merkins
  • 80 Iron Mikes
  • 25 Burpees
  • 50 BBS
  • 80 Monkey Humpers
  • 40 V-ups
  • 60 Bobby Hurleys

I think almost everyone completed 1 round or at least came super close.

MARY:

  • Captain Thor
  • Flutter Kicks
  • Hold out plank until the end

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
12 finished it off!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Galatians 6:2

“Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ”

Whether your rich, poor, healthy, unhealthy… all of us face difficulties in life that we cannot handle alone. God calls upon us to help each other carry our burdens. Life would be almost impossible without each other. Look for ways you can help your friends, families, or even strangers.  You may never know what burdens they are carrying.

MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.