Day: February 27, 2020

4 real men posted this am at Diablo. Four. Real. Men. The girls were at the Pub, but more on that later. We started with the pledge, grabbed a sandbag and took off for a quick ruck to 7/11 (the store)-we marveled at the empty shelves and multiple boxes of stuff, wondered when it would be open so we could consider getting a slurpee or some diesel for our trucks (insert guttural growl and crotch scratch at this point)….no battery charger in site for a damn Prius (sorry HIPAA), then got to work.

The first rule was no straps-pick up your ruck and do 11 Squats then carry the ruck (again, no straps) to the other side of the 7/11 parking lot for 11 upright rows. We did this 7 times….then we did it 1 more time just because we liked it so much. And because we liked it. Next we got the sandbag and walked around the 12 gas pumps and did 20 Clavin’s (calf raises) at each pump. The sandbag was generously shared by all. This achieved the desired burn at about pump #7.  At this point we started seeing some Pubbers arriving so we did our usual cat-calls and “Hey pretty boy, you want a date?” taunts but unfortunately only Sargento took us up on this-he came over and tried to “citizen arrest” us for being at the 7/11 before it officially has opened. A few fist bumps later and he was gone. We kept moving towards the Great Golden Horizon (Waffle House) but had to stop at the gas station due to time. The price of gas was $2.29 so we did 2 squats, 2 monkey humpers, and 9 Merkins (229: you see what I did there Stroganoff? If not, I’ll ‘splain it to you later). We then headed back to start in time for a lap around Pelicans with merkins, squats, and upright rows before the quick COT.

Along the way we discussed a lot of things, as usual. Voodoo provided the only meaningful topic that I remember….maybe because I talked too much and really didn’t have anything meaningful to say???? He brought up I Corinthians chapter 13. Although you may not remember it by chapter, you probably remember the verse: Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud….Voodoo mentioned his pastor recently preached on this and suggested that his congregants replace the word “Love” with their name: “Voodoo is patient, Voodoo is kind…” I think the point was something along the lines of this: Are we really loving those around us-everyone around us, not just the ones we find it easy to love or when it suits us? Are we really loving others like we should? Sure, it’s easy to love our wives when things are going well-kids are in bed, got a nice cool Colt 45 in a can, you and the missus are sharing some beanie weanies with some ketchup, and Marvin Gaye or Barry White come on the radio….mmmmmmm, can it get any better???? Why yes, Whoopee, it can get better!!!! But not on this BB because this is a family show and we are keeping it rated PG.  Change that channel right now Slaw. We will have none of that.

How about when things are not going well? How are you doing then? How about the “unloveable” people in our lives that we tolerate because we work with them or live near them? Think about this: maybe God put them there to teach us something. Find a way to be patient and kind. It really is not that hard to love others if you decide that it is important. Anyway, that was something that stuck with me throughout the day-thanks Voodoo. I needed that push. Hopefully I can remember this for awhile.

Good work men. You too, ladies of the Pub. You did ok today. We (men of Diablo) are proud of you.

Whoopee

My first Q at the Sword, if you have not posted it is very interesting.
Most of life I have learned more about God and being a Christian through Church.
As of lately, F3 and the small groups have made a tremendous impact on my spiritual walk.
We have the HOH on Thursday, Q Source on Sunday, and now the Sword.

Some Men Ran and some Rucked.

Jonah 2 V8, NIV:

Those who cling to worthless idols, turn away from God’s Love.

with all the rain I took the pax for a short mosey to the shelter.
being so close to Valentines I made a play list to help these HIMS get ready for Friday.
“show to know”

I wanted to get in a little distance  and with it being a low impact workout I thought we could Ruck around Biggerstaff making several stops to get in work.  Well I get there and only Blart is there and he didn’t have a pack so I called an Omaha to mall walk.  Blart and I do some cherry picking and night clubs at 6pm sharp to warm up.  After the warmup we head to the amphitheater where we do some Rocky Balboas, flutters, squats and more night clubs.  During the night clubs Oompa Loompa is seen screeching tires into the parking lot.  Blart jogs up to get him while I continue to do night clubs.  After Oompa joined we went to the turd shack and did some merkins, flutters,  and squats,  to the pic nic shelter,  same exercises.  Now, let’s head to the flag poll,  stopping at every light for 3 sets of various exercises.  Pledge at the flag,  back down stopping at every light again.  When we get back to the flag, time is up.

CoT- each other, my mom

announcements: LMS 5k, P200

This is as close to an anniversary Q with F3 as I can get. I started at Folsom one of the last weeks in February of 2019. I don’t know which one because the Q didn’t write a BackBlast. In fact, while trying to research (to see about copying the first Q that was at Folsom that day) I found out that I didn’t show up on a BackBlast until the March Convergence (a few weeks later, despite posting the few Saturdays in between).

All I could remember was that Gold Digger had the Q that Saturday morning. We warmed up with some SSH and Merkins and that’s all I remember of the workout. I came in hot (not really knowing when the workout started) and Bedpan was a few minutes late as well. Bedpan recognized me, since I knew Bedpan from working with him at a prior job. But I hadn’t seen him in around 10 years. He sure looked different (about 60 lbs trimmer and with a thick beard). It was good to see someone familiar amongst a decent crowd of pax (had to have been 17+).

In research, I did find (and remember from other Qs) that when Gold Digger Qs Folsom, he does AMRAP. So, that is where my mind started with my weinke.

Tha Thang:

20 Side Straddle Hops – in cadence
15 Gravel Pickers – in cadence
20 Merkins OYO – plank when finished
15 mnt man poopers – in cadence

Pledge

Mosey to Tennis Courts

• 10 Flying Squirrels with a squat jump
• 20 Stogi-fied Gas Pumps (in-out-together)
• 30 Stogi-fied Mike Tysons (plank to horizontal squat – no pushup)
• 40 Hillbilly Squats

Take a Lap…

No rinse, but repeat

Tortoise and the Hare… but instead of Ruck Sacks, the pax  lunge walked.

So – pair up… one pax lunge walked the perimeter of the courts while the other pax did an exercise. One the exercise was complete, you sprint to catch your walking partner. He then does the exercise while the other pax lunge walks.

We did:
– 20 CDDs ( I would have continued the escalating 10, 20, 30, etc… but 10 CDDs isn’t enough for much of anything)
– 20 Side Straddle Hops
– 30 Squats
– 40 LBCs

No rinse, but repeat

After completing an entire lap around, Volt and I had to leave (it was 6am). I told Big Pappy to take over (do one more lap and then finish with the COT).

Big Pappy finished things up with (all with various exercises in between):
– Bear Crawls
– Sprints
– Nurs

Prayed for: Roundup and his wife, Hacksaw, and Bedpan’s work.

Announcements:
– Convergence on March 21st
– Rooster Run/Ruck this Saturday

I made sure to mention to the Pax, before I left, that the reason I did the Tortoise and the Hare routine was to symbolize the reason I keep coming out. F3 has a bunch of good guys (especially at Folsom and some of the other Gashouse AOs) that are there for each other and always out to encourage or help you. Even when I left, LB was on the backside of the courts by himself, and Wichita and other Pax were headed his way to ensure he was able to complete the lap with others around him.

Thank you everyone for all your support and friendship. I “creatively appropriated” this from this site: https://www.christianity.com/christian-life/spiritual-growth/don-t-go-it-alone-you-were-made-for-community.html.

“The truth is, we need each other. We need to trust, rely on, and depend upon other believers. God gave us each other to walk alongside, encourage, and spur one another one in the faith. The writer to the Hebrews says, “And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near” (Hebrews 10:24-25). James 5:16 says, “Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.” We are to carry each other’s burdens (Galatians 6:2), care for each other’s practical needs (Romans 12:13, Hebrews 13:16), warn each other of sin (1 Thessalonians 5:14) and rejoice and mourn with each other (Romans 12:15).”

Thanks for everything fellas. See you guys around.

-Stogie