Fitness, Fellowship, Faith

Day: November 12, 2017

F3 Dad’s at Shelter #1

So the pre-blast said that the high temps should be in the high 40’s.  It was supposed to be 49 to be exact.  Instead it was 43 degrees with constant rain and yet 52 showed up for F3 Dads at Martha’s House!  The PAX began showing up and the kids kept coming in with footballs, soccer balls, volleyballs, and lots of snacks and beverages.  Whoopee brought a gallon of chocolate milk and lots of waters.  Hush Puppy brought the S’more’s bar with a bag of charcoal and some organic lighter fluid.   Who knew there would be such a thing as organic lighter fluid?  It was definitely not as potent as the lighter fluid of old.  It was very slow to burn.  I poured some directly on an open flame and it didn’t do anything. Amazing.

Guts brought his double burner propane stove with two of my pots and three gallons of water for the hot chocolate bar.  Little did we know how popular the hot chocolate bar would prove to be.

After some goofing off and socializing we circled up for a disclaimer and warm up.  However the warm up couldn’t start until a certain unnamed PAX went back under the dry shelter to put on gloves or something while the rest of us stood still and got wet.  However it was all worth it as Whoopee came across the center of the circle and accidentally tripped (actually a highly executed stunt fall for the kids) and really sold it including landing on his face with his arms behind him.  Classic Whoopee move that I haven’t seen since a certain cold and rainy day at the Grier Track when he went face first into a deep puddle.  If you saw the Ric Flair 30 for 30 this week the Nature Boy does a similar move in the ring.  The warm up included Moroccan nightclubs, squats, Merkins, and then some Flutter Kicks which were popular because everyone had to get on their six in the cold, wet grass.  I had asked for some help to Q the workout and several #HIMS stepped up to let me know they were ready to lead.  Defib suggested we split the 2.0’s into age groups since we had such a large number.  Defib and Gastone took the older kids and Freight and Hush Puppy led the younger ones.  YHC and Rudolph also took a turn leading the youngsters but the point is that the Gashouse PAX are always ready to step up.  I heard from my older 2.0 that their workout was fun and included wheelbarrows, Bear crawls, step ups, derkins, LBC’s, WW2 Situps, and some game involving holding a ball between your legs and running.  The younger group of PAX did a variety of exercises like relay races, follow the leader, partner squats, Duck, Duck, Goose planking game, and irkins and dips.  Hush Puppy showed some mad skills like someone out of Sesame Street leading a rhyming/movement game that involved a lot of burpee jumping type moves with an ever increasing speed.  Sort of felt like a combination of a kid’s game and football drills.

After a solid kid friendly beat down, it was apparent that most kids couldn’t feel their fingers due to the relentless cold rain.  It was time to head to picnic shelter #1.  We gathered round the flag for a group photo and then had to do it again because Monk was MIA the first time.  After the pics many 2.0’s gathered around the charcoal grill to try to get warmed up.  Guts had fired up the double burner and we got the water heated quickly.  Whoopee, Guts, Time Frame, and YHC started a hot chocolate system of production that would make any assembly line supervisor proud.  We had a consistent line of customers for about ten minutes and had to keep adding water.  In the meantime Hush Puppy had the S’more’s bar rocking and kids started appearing with the chocolate face.  When it was apparent that we needed to wrap this thing up before the hypothermia set in, it was time for a count off and name the new kids.

We counted off about 48 but Rudolph and his 2.0 and M were just leaving along with Pockets so 52 is the number which totally exceeded expectations considering what felt like a Nor’easter blowing in.  It was time for a quick lesson in F3 and explanation to the kids about why F3 is important.  It was great meeting a few M’s that came out as well!  The name-o-rama was age appropriate without a lot of the usual doozies that so many of our Q’s like to dish out.  They were…Tiny Dancer, Oingo Boingo, Luigi, Cowgirl, Little Caesar, Cap’n Crunch, Flipper, Monet, Swish, Jungle Gym, Smash, Hershey, DMC, Spike, Quidditch, Handspring, and Cheeks.

We closed with a Ball of Kids, prayer, and then the pledge of allegiance.  We are all praying for Brownstreak who lost his father this week.

Announcement:

Remember that a week from today (November 19th) we will hike the 13 miles from Kings Mountain to Crowder’s Mountain.  I will have a pre-blast later this week but prepare to meet early for breakfast and coffee before parking at the Linwood Parking lot and dropping off a car before heading to the start point at the Boulders Access in Kings Mountain.  If you have ever seen Mountain Men on TV you know that you can’t brave the wild without a huge breakfast.  You will need a partner to stay with for the hike since some will be faster than others.  I got a hard commit yesterday from a Kotter so hopefully this will be a memorable event.  Get a partner and show up!

 

Moleskin:  I apologize for missing some of the PAX that posted.  Since there were frozen children we skipped recording the names of the younger PAX who already had names.  It is possible I missed a regular adult PAX too so sorry in advance.  If I left you out hit me up so I can include you.  I want to thank all the PAX that attended and helped by bringing good things to share.  Don’t ever be intimidated to step up and lead because the PAX are always there to help.  All I had to do was set the date and reserve the picnic shelter and the rest happens.  I took my phone out to take a few pictures during the workout and saw Short Sale with a professional camera already taking them.  This group of men enriches my life and I am sure that is true for all of those that showed up today.  When we are good physically and mentally we are better leaders in our homes and communities.  Thanks for the opportunity!

Poke

6 men gathered in the cold at Gashouse on Saturday to put in some work. Not being used to the cold yet it was hard to get out there. Obviously it was harder for those that didn’t post. We missed you! Upon the request of the Weasel Shaker I made a Christmas theme workout just to poke at Whoppee as we approach the Christmas Party. I think he went to Folsom so this BB is the poke.

Warmup

SSH x 6ic

Don Q x 10ic

6/10 was the date of our last Christmas Party

The Thang

It’s cold let’s mosey to the track! I lost my 12 days of Christmas weinke so I looked up the last time Brownstreak did it and used most of his. You do this workout just like you sing the song.

1-minute of plank/Al Gore

2-200 yd dash

3-jump squats

4-cdd’s ic

5-burpees

6-plank jacks ic

7-calf raises ic

8-lbc’s ic

9-Mtn climbers ic

10-monkey jumpers ic

11-Freddy Mercury ic

12-ssh ic

Mosey back

COT

Good work by all today! It was hard to get warmed up even though we didn’t stop moving. It was nice to meet Clavin. Welcome Sir!

Announcement

Christmas Party 12/1. I will be hitting various morning workouts this week to collect HC’s. Convergence 12/2 at Gashouse bring your OST items for boys and girls club. Advisory meeting Sunday 11/12 6:30 at Cavendish.

Too many lunges

It’s O-dark 30 and YHC was raring to go, but startex was nearly 2 hours away.  What should he do?  Start on the Backblast! After pumping full of vitamins, coffee, and peanut butter I began pre-planning my post-workout activities.

What will we do?

Warmup: Imperial walkers, Low-slow squats, Moroccan night clubs, and plank merkins, then on the 6 for Flutters.

Say the pledge: (forgot at the start, but finished strong with it)

Tha thang: Mosey to 321 and up to Main ave for some Light post zombie walks.  Lunge to each light post, then do a burpee!  We will repeat this until Hushpuppy is no longer cold or until we reach the traffic light.  We ended up going 2 blocks with this, with Block 1 being burpees and block 2 being squats.

Then Mosey down to Franklin and up to the church.  11’s on the church steps, up one side and down the other. Squats on one side, Irkins on the other,  Due to “wanderers around the pavilion and our cars we stayed close by and ended up doing this across the pavilion steps.  Of course, when the train passed we did 5 burpees oyo.

Mosey down the street towards Franklin and NUR back up.  Back to the pavilion for some Rocky Balboas,  run down the hill, Nur back up for some Dirkins called by Spider-man.  Mosey down the hill, do some step ups on the benches, then NUR back up to finish out with some Mary.  10 men, 10 reps of an exercise.  sounds simple right?  Get to Stroganoff and he calls 30 flutters, eliminating all the time we had for the remainder.  Q Jacking in progress.

Sad that I started on the Back Blast 2 hours before the workout and it still took me 3 days to post it!

F3 dads on Sunday, 2:3 pm

Prayers for Brown Streak and family.

Updated PREBLAST: GASHOUSE SPEEDFORNEED Christmastown 5K

SPEEDFORNEED!!!! Gashouse men many of you have seen my Tweets and Retweets for SPEEDFORNEED!!!  TCLAPS to JRR Tolkien for bringing this opportunity to us! If you’ve Never heard of SPEEDFORNEED? Watch this cool YouTube Video “The Making of SPEEDFORNEED” which shows in ~4min what and why F3 Nation is doing this charitable initiative.

 

  • RACE EVENT: Christmastown 5K in McAdenville
  • DATE: November 25th(Saturday after Thanksgiving) ~ 6:00 PM Start time please arrive at least 1hr earlier ( we will be running through the Christmas Lights so streets will be closed at 5pm and traffic will be heavy allow extra drive time)
  • WHO’S INVITED: F3 Nation PAX, their M’s and 2.0s (spectate & support or register to run)
  • REGISTRATION WEBSITE:https://www.mcadenville-christmastown.com/ct5-K.htm
  • OTHER DETAILS:$30.00 Cost thru November 21st / / No race-day registration (RACE LIMITED TO FIRST 1,200 RUNNERS)
  • MEETING POINT: F3 Nation SPEEDFORNEED tent in front of the Pharr YMCA  (look for the racing chairs!)
  • HOST F3 REGION:F3 Gashouse
  • DRIVERS:T-Square, Dolph, Pizza Man , Edison
  • TRACK COMMANDER (TC):Amy, James, Mason , 4th TBD 

 

 

If your region wants to host a SPEEDFORNEED race, please let us know ASAP! We already have  races on the annual schedule and would do our best to enable you to provide the ride of a lifetime for kids with disabilities, while showcasing what F3 Nation is all about to your local community.

Contact: Twitter @F3SPEEDFORNEED or @JRRTolkienF3 or email SPEEDFORNEED@yahoo.com

SFN… HELP Kids; GROW F3 Nation ~ JRR Tolkien & Tool Time

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