3 Pax showed up on a gloomy “Moist” day
1 mile opening mosey followed with 100 meter Sprint and 100 Mosey, 200 Sprint 100 Mosey, 300 Sprint 100 Mosey, 400 Sprint 100 Mosey, then 300-100, 200-100, 100-100, 200-100, etc…
At 6:10 we did “Bell Curves”. Start at goal line, get to 100% by 50 yard line and taper…. rinse and repeat.
Slow down with mosey to flag for some stretching
Thanks for showing up Hawg & Moist
Conditions: 80 with 88% Humidity. Heat Index of 85. Wind 4 mph from the SSW
Pax: Rev Lifts, Mopster, Spouse o’ Science Weaver, It’s Just a Rash, Poolside, Annie Liebovitz, The Perfect Merk, Benthere Dunthat, and me, Hawg
Warm-up: SSH x 31, IW x 20, DQ x 10, Peter Parker x 15, Grass Grabbers x 10, Parker Peter x 15, LSS x 14, Tempo Merks x 14
The Thang: The guys clearly wanted to search for Plutonium. One look at this group and I knew there would be casualties…lots of them. But maybe we could find some less dangerous isotopes near the rock pile. In retrospect, I know, that sounds stupid. We did find three isotopes of Plutonium-9 at the rock pile. I didn’t know what would happen, but I knew there was only one way to find out. There were children present, there were old geezers present (whom I fully respect) and then there was HG and me who were still hurting from our last exposure. It might kill us all. It was too dangerous, but I couldn’t resist.
The exposure lasted for all but 5 minutes of the workout. It burned me bad. I had to step away several times. I had to have several guys count to ten to make sure I didn’t go back in too soon. It was an embarrassing number of 10 counts, but my body was burned badly. Maybe it was for the best. We were clearly infiltrated by a German spy, but all of his pictures were of us standing around, protecting ourselves from more exposure.
Mary: With about 4 minutes left, we circled up for some Mary. Rudy needed burpees and YHC agreed.
• Burpees x 10
• Dying Cockroach x 20
• Burpees x 10
• Flutter Kicks x 15
A wise man once said that if you don’t do at least 50 burpees in a workout, you have failed as a Q. YHC failed in ohhhh so many ways today.
Mosey back to the flag for COT
After all was done, almost everyone made it back to their car. It was a stronger group than I thought. The child seemed to be doing the best of all. Rudy got to the top of the levee and could go no farther. I never got out of the park. I’m laying here on my back speaking text to Siri so that I can finish this BB. Thirty-five people have stepped over me to get to the track. I’ve had a dog defecate within 18 inches of my head. Rudy’s caterer is now on lap 56. The basketball ref that wears the jorts is about to start mowing. I pray he sees me. If I am here tomorrow when you all show up for the Wally Sprint, please move me to a safer place and tell my daughter that I am sorry I broke the phone stand she made for me. That was a bad omen. I should have heeded the warning.
Conditions: 76 degrees, Humidity 83%, Wind 6 MPH from the SSW. Sunrise 0613.
Pax: Ole Crooked Letter and Me.
Warm-up: SSH x 31, IW x 20, DQ x 10, Peter Parker x 15, LSS x 15, Parker Peter x 15, Grass
Grabbers x 10 (we didn’t clap because we aren’t 4th grade school girls at recess), Arm Circles (Forward x 15, Backerds x 15)
The Thang:
I knew the numbers would be low at El Diablo today. Too many Puddins thinking they need to rest up for the Gnarly Nutria. So I figured today would be a good day to experiment. Last night I came up with an idea. What if I take two simple exercises and combine them in a way that’s never been done before. Would the results be explosive, like throwing a chuck of sodium into a tub of water?
In actuality, what happened during the 10 minutes after the warm-up was both fantastic and horrifying. It’s as if Hand Grenada and I stumbled upon nuclear fission. It came close to killing us, but we think we survived…we will see what happens later today. We aren’t sure what to do with our invention. Do we share it with the world? It could be the greatest thing that ever happened to F3. But what if it falls into the wrong hands? Can you imagine what would happen if some deranged sadist like Catfish or Jingle Vader got a hold of this? Or worse yet, some bumbling fool like Rudy tries to use it. And please help us if the LVCC sniffs it….imagine that scene in 2001: A Space Odyssey with the monkeys and the monolith. That could destroy F3. For now, Hand Grenada and I have determined that we should not give this information to anyone. It’s too dangerous. This exercise shall remain classified.
After aforementioned explosion, we moseyed to the rock pile where for some 3-6-3 exercises……3 super slow counts, 6 regular cadence counts, ending with 3 super slow counts.
• Squats sin roca
• Shoulder Presses
• Squats con roca
• Merkins
Then to the playground for a round 3-6-3 pull-ups
Then to the wall for a round of 3-6-3 shoulder taps with the left hand and a round with the right hand.
Back to the VF for some stretches (triceps, chest, hamstrings) and COT
NMM:
• Triple Shift has been on me because all I do is run. Every time I see him it’s the same question…”So…. Are you lifting any or just running?” I hear ya Triple. So, taking his encouraging words to heart, I thought today would be a good opportunity to get in some strength training. After the exercise that I can’t talk about, my arms will probably be permanently jacked. I may never have to work them out again. Only time will tell, but this may have solved my problem.
• I am worried about Hand Grenada. His arms were already pretty jacked. We may have over done it for him. Can you imagine if Gabby had been at this workout? He would never find a shirt with sleeves large enough. All of his suits would get the Belichick treatment. Could he walk into board meetings at GNO, Inc. with his sleeves cut off? See why I can’t share this workout…..man I hope Hand Grenada is okay. If he survives, it will probably help him. He’s in medical sales. I’ve seen the women that go into pharmaceutical sales. The men are definitely at a disadvantage. Looking like a Chippendales dancer will probably help him out.
• The 3-6-3 workout is a reminder of the Glory Days of the Gnarly Nutria. It was introduced at the Birdcage a week after the World beat Uptown 363-360 at the second annual GN. #NeverForget. The humiliation the Uptown felt doing that workout also lead to a 2nd World victory at GN III. But it’s been dark times for the World ever since the Northshore got too big for their britches and decided to go it alone. Here’s to a return to the glory days.
10 packs showed up on Friday to pay respect to America the 141 the 156 and the 256
Mosey from the flag to the rock pile and then lineup on the football field in the end zone on a sideline
21 side straddle hops and 10 Burpee‘s with a double Merkin
400 m run and 30 side straddle hops
10 tricep extensions and 10 Burpee’s with double Merkins.
Lunge walk all the way across the end zone from one side line to the other.
20 merkins and 10 Burpee’s with double Merkins.
bear crawl from the side line all the way across the end zone back to the starting sign line.
400 m run and 30 more side straddle hops
30 shoulder presses and 10 Burpee’s with double Merkins.
Lunge walk back across the end zone.
40 squats and 10 Burpee‘s with double Merkins.
Bear crawl back across the Endzone.
400 m run and 30 side straddle hops.
50 chest presses and 10 Burpee‘s with double Merkins.
Lunge cross back across the Endzone to the other side line.
60 shoulder taps and 10 Burpees with double merkins
Bear crawl back across the end zone.
Finished with 400 m run and 30 more side straddle hops.
That is a total of 141 side straddle hops and a 1 mile run along with 70 Burpees with Double and Merkins for those doing the ISI challenge
I Hate You
Conditions: 80 degrees, 92% Humidity, Calm seas
Pax: Professor F-bomb, The Pride of Mothers Everywhere, Notre Dame’s Favorite Son, and me
Warm-up: Madam Mayor had the fountain on for us this morning so we made a lap around it and then settled in for…..SSH x 25, Peter Parkers x 20, Grass Grabbers x 15, Parker Peters x 20, Don Quixote x 10, and a little shout out to the Brogadites.
The Thang:
Mosey to a planter for Tabata. 20 seconds all out – 10 second recovery. 4 exercises – 2 rounds
• Derkins
• Box Jumps
• Dips
• Donkey Kicks
Mosey to the House of Pain and Pair up upon arrival. One pair does an L-Hang (which I like to call the Bernie Sanders, but I think I am contractually obligated to not use that term…freakin’ lawyers) while the other crawl bears up the levee. Flapjack and repeat for 3 sets
Brief Mosey along the base of the levee for….
11s – Merkins on the near side of the levee, Burpees on the far side
Back to the top of the levee for a set of LBCs and then….
Quadraphilia (sue me)
Back to the flag for COT
NMM:
• JV dropped an F-bomb about 20 minutes into the workout after the first round of crawl bear up the levee. That’s the positive reinforcement I am looking for when I Q.
• How many languages does Catfish speak? I went to a Thai restaurant with him one time and he started speaking Thai with the owner. Today, he and JV both pulled out Latin quotes during COT.
• The quote that I thought of most today was Vince Lombardi’s famous quip “Fatigue Makes Cowards of us All.” I felt it today. During the last round of the L-hangs I could feel my mind giving out. I know my arms had more left in them…..as Triple Shift is aware….they have 8% more muscle than the ideal man, but my mind was being a coward. Then it happened again during the 11s. With about 5 rounds left Catfish was dangerously close to lapping me. I did not want that to happen, but my mind had already resigned to letting it occur. We are fortunate. We get the opportunity every morning to work on making our bodies and minds stronger. Take advantage of that opportunity. We are all going to face situations where we cannot afford to be a coward. Keep practicing at the beatdowns, so that the next time you are in a situation where you have to push yourself, your mind doesn’t stand in the way.
Conditions: 77 degrees, Humidity 84%, wind 3 mph from the NNW
Pax: Hawg and the Fastest of Taxes
Warm-up: SSH x 31, IW x 20, WIndMill x 10, Peter Parker x 15. Grass Grabber x 10, Merkins x 15, Low slow squats x 15
Straight into the first Stack
Stack 1:
5 burpees
5 burpees, 10 Ranger Merkins
5 burpees, 10 Ranger Merkins, 15 LSS
5 burpees, 10 Ranger Merkins, 15 LSS, 20 Big Bois
Take the long route to the Playground
Stack 2:
5 pull-ups
5 pull-ups, 10 inchworm merks,
5 pull-ups, 10 inchworm merks, 15 CTC
5 pull-ups, 10 inchworm merks, 15 CTC, 20 Dying cockroaches
Mosey back to the Rocks and select something heavy
Stack 3 (con roca):
5 Man Makers
5 Man Makers, 10 LSS,
5 Man Makers, 10 LSS, 15 OH Presses,
5 Man Makers, 10 LSS, 15 OH Presses, 20 Curls
Mary:
LBC x 25, Commandant Douilles x 20, FK x 15, crunchy frog x 10
Back to the flag for COT
Prayer of thanksgiving for the morning, prayers of protection and mercy for those deployed and friends facing cancer tests.
NMM:
The Fastest of Taxes and I had to both overcome the devil on our shoulder telling us we didn’t get enough sleep last night. It feels good to shut up El Diablo with a solid morning beatdown. Thankful for Fast Tax making the hard decision and helping me get my day started right.
17 Pax including 2 FNG’s and 1 Down Range from ENC made a choice to take the DRP on their journey to get right and posted to Okwata to help YHC celebrate 5 years in F3. With a shovel flag planted, disclaimer was given, then:
Mosey toward the fountain just like the good old days, carioca around the fountain and circle up on the grass for a warmup:
SSH IC x 31
IW x 15
Bat wings x 15 IC of AC, OC, SC and MNC (dancing during Moroccan NC), finished with 20 count Iron Cross before dropping those aching limbs.
Mosey back to the fountain for:
Double Shots with Jack Webb at the Barre.
1 merkin with 2 air presses in people’s chair
2 Merkins with 4 air presses….
3 Merkins with 6 air presses…..
…….
10 Merkins with 20 air presses in people’s chair.
Mosey to the House of Pain for stations. The pax first cleaned up the trash……
Station 1 – Pull-ups AMRAP
Station 2 – Step ups AMRAP
Station 3 – Big Boi Sit-ups AMRAP
Station 4 – Bear crawl up levee, 5 burpees, mosey back down (Timer)
Rinse and repeat
Mosey to open area of grass for the much anticipated Shock & Awe! There was much rejoicing!
5 x SSH IC
10 burpees OYO
5 x SSH IC
9 burpees OYO
Yada Yada Yada……..
5 x SSH IC
3 burpees OYO
5 x SSH IC
2 burpees OYO
5 x SSH IC
10 burpees OYO (we never do 1 burpee!)
Mosey to the top of the levee for a disperse run. Form 2 columns, last pax runs to the front of column and yells “disperse” followed by an exercise. The pax run down their side of the levee, complete 3 of the exercises, and run back up top to continue. There were 8 count BB, Burpees, and even some Catalina Wine Mixers!
For the final 2 minutes, we did Quadraphilia AMRAP! Then return to the flag.
COT and naming of FNG’s
NMM
– Welcome Lighthouse and Blue Clause!
– Honored to have Waterboy from ENC join us and he even brought an FNG!
– Thank you to each of the pax that joined me to celebrate my 5th year of F3.
Thank you for pushing me and making me better! SYITG!
Conditions:
78 with 83% Humidity. Heat Index of 85. Wind 5 mph from the South
Pax:
The Bogé, The World Renown Fast Tax, The Incredible Hoke, He Really is a Papa Smurf, War – May Not Like Him But at Least We No Longer Hate Him – Eagle , Triple didn’t Fartsack Today Shift, and me…Hawgcycle
The Thang:
Warm-up: One lap; Imperial Walkers x 20; SSH x 20; Merkins x 10 (IC); Lunges x 10 (IC), Windmills x 10; Bat Wings (FAC x 20, BAC x 20; Seal Claps x 15; OH Claps x 15; Moroccan Night Club x 31)
The Dirty Diablo: 4 rounds. Each round starts with a 10 burpee buy-in on your own and ends with a 400m run at 75% effort
• Round 1: Merkins x 12 (IC), Squats x 12 (IC), Dying Cockroaches x 12 (IC)
• Round 2: Werkins x 12 (IC); Monkey Humpers x 12(IC); Gas Pumps x 12 (IC)
• Round 3: Stagger L Merks x 12 (IC); Bonnie Blairs x 12 (IC); Vladamir Douilles x 12 (IC
• Round 4: Stagger R Merks x 12 (IC); Sumo Squats x 12 (IC); Hundreds
Mosey to the Wall for some…
Wall Work: BTH; Shoulder Taps x 10 (IC), Floyd Mayweathers x 10 (IC)
Mosey to the goals for….
Body Builder Basket Ball: Each man takes a free throw. The group does 10 8CBBs after each miss. War Eagle was the only one that made it. We did 20 8CBBs for the misses by Hoke and me. We went double or nothing on the last 4 and ran up a total of 80 8CBBs. Ran out of time so those 80 are for homework.
Back to the flagless gathering spot
COT: Announcements: Frac’s five year manniversary is tomorrow at Okwata. Show up for the celebratory burpees and levee work. Q-School with Professor Catfish is this Saturday at City Park. Encourage everyone, especially recent FNGs to come. City Park Clean-up after the workout. Prayers for Ryan and Rob. Gratitude for our health and F3.
NMM: It seemed especially sticky out there today. Make sure you are hydrating constantly. If you are working out everyday, a gallon of water should probably be your goal. T-claps to War Eagle and Papa for the hard charge on the last two 400s, although there was grumbling that they were sand baggin’ on the first two. Where was Catfish when I needed him? No one was with me on the Bonnie Blairs, apparently not a crowd favorite. Our B-Ball skills need work. 1-7 from the line this morning. T-claps to War Eagle for the make. Found out he was the Middle School MVP in Podunk, AL.
It was humid today and we are looking at hot, humid workouts for the next 4 months. The heat and humidity in New Orleans is what the F3 Lexicon terms a “condition,” a dis-Advantage that cannot be remedied. We cannot change it; we can only embrace it and deal with it. We do not have mountains here. We do not have thin air. But we do have more heat and humidity than any place in the country.
It was a rainy, gloomy morn with what looked like 5-6 PAX for the beatdown. But out of the
gloom came more Pax to help celebrate Grovers graduation. After Pixie Stix woke up from his nap, the count was 16 HIM. Great to have Hawgcycle and Carpool join us as well.
QIC was ready with the biggest Wiki ever, laminated for the rain, and reading glasses to boot. We went through the first half of the Q-Source, including Foundations, Q1, and Q2 – with beatdowns in between readings.
YHC will summarize and post the full content at the very end of the backblast if you want to read through it.
The Q Source is F3’s Leadership Philosophy and leadership manual, which supports the mission to invigorate male leadership in our communities.
WARM UP x 15-16 SSH, Hillbillies, Imperial Walkers, Self-Love, Mountain Climbers
FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES:
Disruption, disturbance of the status quo.
Language, the Lexicon of Virtuous Leadership
Group, a voluntary combination of two or more people.
Leadership Development Process (LDP), great leaders develop new leaders
Preparedness, get ready for the expected while being ready for the unexpected.
Mosey to the Gazebo wall
PDerkin IC x 12 (8 count Derkin with Peter Parkers) OYO 50 Dirkin, 50 Freak Nasties
Q1: Get Right – the pursuit of proper alignment.
DRP – Daily Red Pill. The daily commitment to accelerate Fitness, Fellowship, and Faith.
King. The daily discipline of training the physical body.
Queen. The daily discipline over what is put into the Body
Jester. The temptation of the flesh that hinders acceleration
Wall – X10 IC Tempo Stone Mountain & Shoulder taps in Derkin position
Circle up. X20 IC -arm circles – front, back, overhead and reverse, cherry pickers, Moroccan night clubs, overhead press, Randy, 20 count lateral hold
OYO X20 Stone Mountain & shoulder taps
FELLOWSHIP – a man’s healthy relationship with the people in his Concentrica, or closest circle.
M – The transformational relationship between a man and his wife.
Shorties – the Sacrificial relationship between a man and his kids.
Shield Lock – the horizontal relationship between men
Whetstone – The vertical relationship between Men.
Mammon – The sustaining relationship between a man and His work..
Wall. OYO – 50 step ups, 25 each leg. IC x 10 Bulgarian Split Squats each leg.
Line up at the wall. 10 x Twinkle Toes, lunge walk to the sidewalk, 10x Monkey Humpers, run back. Rinse and repeat x9, x8, x7 – and Q said that was enough.
FAITH is a man’s right relationship with his Creator.
Prayer – The daily discipline of talking with the creator to build faith.
Study – Faith is a practice that requires study to accelerate.
Meeting – Public manifestation of Faith
CIRCLE UP OYO X10 Superman (regular, feet and arms up) ; Y Superman, W Superman, T Superman (arms straight out), Superman Row, Superman Merkin, Renegade Row
Q2 LIVE RIGHT – THE DEDICATION TO PURPOSEFULNESS. To live right, a man must have an ultimate purpose in mind, which requires self-sacrifice & helps a man to stay right
Impact – Forcible contact to strong effect.
Influence – igniting a strong desire for movement.
Missionality – Service in the High Impact Zone.
Positive Habit Transfer – ingraining advantageous tendencies in others.
Accountability – submission to a standard through enforcement and consequence.
Correction – zealously advocating for shared virtue.
Targeting – initiating Missionality in others.
Mosey Back to the Flag.
Mary- IC x 15ish. Heels to Heaven, Hands to Heels (Penguins), Leg Raises, Crunchy Frogs, American Hammers, LBC’s, Hello Dolly
Grover was then presented with a Q Source inspired shovel flag, which was his grandfather’s shovel, and contained the 4 Quadrants of Preparedness. Get Right, Live Right, Lead Right, and Live Right. ISI on the back right of the shovel and a F3 and Super Grover sticker on the front. A copy of the Q Source was given to him also on the way to Coffeeteria. Great fellowship and conversation as usual at the Book and the Bean with surprise arrivals of Amnesia and Slots.
Many thanks to Zoolander who had the shovel flag idea; for Shooter helping me put it together; and for the M who painted the flag.
Count, Name and Shooter prayed us out.
Thanks for letting me lead!
Til next gloom, Akbar
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FULL CONTENT
FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES
Disruption: Disturbance of the Status Quo. A leader is a person who can influence people to do things that they would not have done otherwise. Leaders influence movement to advantage which causes disruption
Language: The Lexicon of Virtuous Leadership. Leadership is evolutionary, not revolutionary. Effective groups have a unique language
Group: A voluntary combination of two or more people. Man is by nature a Group-forming animal. 3 group types that must be led to advantage are Community, Organization, and Team. Dynamic teams are the heart of healthy communities and effective organizations
In the Leadership Development Process (LDP), great leaders develop new leaders. There are 4 steps: schooling, apprenticeship, opportunity, and failure
Preparedness: Get ready for the expected while being ready for the unexpected. The process of preparedness is deliberate and sequential. 4 quadrants: Get right, live right, lead right, and leave right
Q1: GET RIGHT is the Pursuit of Proper Alignment. There are 3 components – Fitness, Fellowship, and Faith. FITNESS is a man’s right relationship with himself through physical fitness. Fitness is inward seeking. A man must get right before he can do anything else. To be able to help others, a man must first help himself.
DRP – Daily Red Pill – the daily commitment to accelerate Fitness, Fellowship, and Faith. A man needs help to get right – to turn from amateur to pro.
To do that, we must master 3 things
King – Daily discipline of training the physical body. Fitness begins with the body and is maintained for reasons outside of ourselves. Fitness is best accelerated by running with faster men.
Queen – Daily discipline over what is put into the Body. Man does not stay fit through exercise alone. Weight control requires accountability. You cannot out King your Queen
Jester – The temptation of the flesh that hinders acceleration. Every man has his own personal Jester. The jester is a master liar – the jester and Virtue can coexist. Preparedness keeps the Jester at bay
FELLOWSHIP – a man’s healthy relationship with the people in his Concentrica, or closest circle. Fellowship is the outward seeking act of relational rhythm – and takes as much discipline and attention as it does to maintain physical fitness – if not more.
M – The transformational relationship between a man and his wife. The M is the most important relationship. Accelerating the M requires both skill and love
Shorties – the Sacrificial relationship between a man and his kids. A man gives everything he has for his kids. The IMPACT that a man has on his kids cannot be underestimated
Shield Lock – the horizontal relationship between men. Men Hunt best in a pack because we need someone to watch our six. Men recognize the advantage of mutual defense and lock shields together into a defensive wall to repel the invader. The shield lock must come together periodically to be effective.
Whetstone – The vertical relationship between Men. It’s man’s natural desire to pass on what we have learned to a younger man. A man must be sharpened like a knife blade. The HIM acts as the Stone to the younger man’s Blade – providing the hard surface against which he becomes sharper. The Whetstone is necessary for both the blade and the stone to get right.
Mammon – The sustaining relationship between a man and His work. Work is a virtue – Mammon is a relationship, not a pursuit. Mammon is a man’s least important relationship.
FAITH is a man’s right relationship with his Creator. A man cannot live, lead, or leave right unless this spiritual relationship is accelerating along with Fitness and Fellowship. This is done in 3 ways:
Prayer – The daily discipline of talking with the creator to build faith. A virtuous leader must have Faith. Prayer provides answers and is the antidote to worry.
Study – Faith is a practice that requires study to accelerate. The acceleration of Faith requires a belief system. Study puts a leaders belief system to the test. If you stop studying, you decelerate.
Meeting – Public manifestation of Faith. Faith is best accelerated in the company of others. To be competent in your Faith requires Skill, which results from practice. To leave a legacy, a man must be competent in the practice of his belief system – turning head knowledge into heart knowledge
Q2 LIVE RIGHT – THE DEDICATION TO PURPOSEFULNESS. To live right, a man must have an ultimate purpose in mind, which requires self-sacrifice & helps a man to stay right
Impact – Forcible contact to strong effect. Some movement – action taken in furtherance of Purpose – is required by at least 1 person. The proximity we create results in changes in the lives of the people that we meet. Sad Clown’s need help to Get Right, this can only be done in context of a relationship
Influence – igniting a strong desire for movement. Persuasion is the initiation of first movement, using influence to convince a man to want to move. Movement must be voluntary and is influenced through word and deed.
Missionality – Service in the High Impact Zone. The course of action taken to achieve an articulated purpose, which is made up of the tasks we undertake to bring our purpose to fruition. The comfort zone is a cultural myth that encourages men to be in-Effective. A HIM’s mission marks the boundaries of his high impact zone – his place of highest productivity, where he is the most effective. And preparedness helps resist straying from his mission
Positive Habit Transfer – ingraining advantageous tendencies in others. 3 types of habits – negative, neutral, positive. A Positive habit is advantageous to the individual or others. We should help others minimize neutral habits and discontinue negative habits.
Accountability – submission to a standard through enforcement and consequence. The HIM seeks accountability because his life is not his own. Accountability shines the light of Hope into a man’s blind spots. An effective shield lock provides mutual accountability.
Correction – zealously advocating for shared virtue. The HIM preaches what he practices. Correction requires courage and love.
Targeting – initiating Missionality in others. Missionality is an essential virtue. Targeting moves a man beyond himself. A man’s life is a single thing comprised of many components that must all work together in rhythm.
Large crowd in the gloom at El Diablo this am. Weather was delightful. Ground was moist, promising a nice, muddy workout. So at 5:30 – YHC gives a disclaimer and 12 PAX head to the football field. BooBoo starts the festivities by mocking the Q about said disclaimer, so all PAX get to start with 5 OYO Boo-Boo Burpees. Then we warm-up. Stretches, SSH, IW, arm circles. Get the blood flowing. And lo-and-behold, Vagabond emerges from the gloom just in time to make for an even 13 PAX.
The Thang 1: Two teams, count total reps. Losing PAX team will have to do more Boo-Boo Burpees. What’s the event? 10 8-cts, run to the other bench and back (i dunno, maybe 20 yards each direction?) 10 BBS, run to the bench and back. That’s 1. Do it again. OYO. Count how many iterations you get done. YHC sets a timer (8 minutes, but don’t tell anyone. Its more fun when you have no idea how long you’ll be working….). Go. Team 1 (with only 6 members) still outshines team 2 28-27. Way to go FastTax and Hawg, leading the way.
OK, that part worked ok.
Lets head to the playground. Quick round of 6 stations with pull ups as the counter. I’m not even sure what other exercises we did. This part definitely did not work out right. YHC was very confused about how to split PAX into 6 groups. So rather than multiple rounds, lets just get the heck out of here and go get a rock.
The Thang 2: Line up. What’s the event? 10 Overhead, 10 BBS, 10 Press, Bearcrawl 2 trees (20 yards-ish), mosey back. That’s 1. YHC sets a timer (again, 8 minutes. But don’t tell anyone). Go. OYO. Timer finishes, line everyone up by how many laps they got done (Bogey, FastTax, Vagabond and Hand Gernada led with 7). (one brief pause for 5 Hawg-Burpees as punishment for mocking the Q)
Lets do it again – the winner of each group gets to watch the losers do burpees. YHC sets a timer again (4 mins this time). FastTax, BooBoo, LeftCoast and someone from the “other-side-of-the-fence” group were the winners. Everyone else got to do 5 RevSox Burpees.
Overall, that one worked pretty well. Some room for improvement, though.
The Thang 3: OK, this one didn’t work. I hesitate to write it. But it happened. Partner up. PAX 1 does *whatever PAX 1 wants*. PAX 2 mirrors it. 90 seconds, then flipflop. The idea is to challenge our awareness, responsiveness, agility. Rougarou nailed it with a weird Irish clog dance that Hawg desperately tried to follow. War Eagle seemed to take it to mean “Can I just stand here?” which is, technically, allowed.
This one didn’t work so well. But YHC will adjust and try it again one day. Be warned.
Mosey back to the flag (3 mins late…)
NMM: Thanks, Vagabond, for sharing a story of forgiveness. Good reminder for each of us to avoid holding grudges. Reach out to those we may have hurt, or those who have hurt us. Offer forgiveness. Bring ourselves to feel the forgiveness in our heart, even when our brain is not ready to.
