Month: April 2017 (Page 1 of 4)

John Wayne is one of my favorite actors, and the first movie I remember him in as a youngster was Sands of Iwo Jima. Every red blooded American boy from the 50’s & ‘60’s wanted to be John Wayne! Keeping that movie in mind, I quickly worked up this theme using significant land marks from the battle.

Disclaimer, warm up with 10 SSH (IC)

Mosey to RED BEACH for elevens (merkins & squats). When the marines landed on Iwo Jima, they had to swiftly disembark from the amphibious craft, and charge up the beach and take cover. They quickly found the black volcanic sand berm took all their effort to scale and every step grew heavier and heavier. Just as in real life when it got tough, all mumble chatter died quickly on the beach.
Mosey to YELLOW BEACH for 25 WW2 situps OYO.

Mosey (semi Indian run with FUTATSU ROCK in an ALICE pack passed amongst PAX in succession) to HILL 362A 25 merkins OYO
Mosey Indian run style to the QUARRY 25 calf raises OYO.

Mosey to Airfield #1, but due to the fog of war, totally forget what was called.

Mosey to MOUNT SURIBACHI Indian run style for a planned 25 Donkey Kicks and 50 LBFC OYO.

However, just like what happened to SGT Stryker in the movie…..our time ran out before seeing the flag go up.

Mosey back for Announcements & COT

OK guys, here’s the pre blast for 2nd F event of the year, at least until the next event…. (insert Christmas party joke now Freight and others)

SKEET SHOOTING (background applause goes wild)

Saturday, May 27 at Rankin Lake in the afternoon, we can finalize the time as it gets closer depending on interest

Anyone brave enough to be within range of me is welcome, especially Kotters and FNGs.

Food after for those interested, would prefer to wait on the fire water until after we have emptied our guns. Check out the website, not expensive, looks pretty easy to make this work for us.

MAY 27 IN AFTERNOON, PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDAR.

Whoopee

14 strong with 2 FNG’s for the first Def Leppard Q at the Gashouse. It’s been about a year since I had my first post here at an F3 workout and I have never Q’d the Gashouse so when Stroganoff sent out a request for Q’s I decided to volunteer. This being a Spring Break week I wasn’t expecting a big turnout but was happy with our group. After a wonderful Third F reminder from Hushpuppy about how much Sky Q loves us, it was time to start.

Disclaimer was given, I’m an idiot, Slaw’s an idiot, these are only suggestions, get back in your car, do not get hurt, etc, etc.

SSH IC x 10

Don Quixotes (Tool Time) IC x 10

Hillbillies IC x 10

22 Single Count Merkins for the VETS, thanks Slaw and Oompa!

Mosey to the Flag for the Pledge

Mosey to Grier Track for Quarter Pounder

Run 25 yards to 1st cone, 25 Merkins (single), Nur back. Run 50 yards to next cone, 50 Squats, Nur back. Run 75 yards to next cone, 75 Mountain Climbers, nur back. Run 100 yards to last cone, 100 SSH, Nur back. Word: Reminder to keep pushing through everything.

Mosey across the road to the basketball court behind the Presbyterian church where we found 2 sizes of coupons, Heavy and Heavier. If your shirt sleeve was within an inch of your biceps muscle you were supposed to take the heavier coupon and many did. Curls x 30, On your six for chest presses x 30, Stand for Overhead presses x 30. We did 2 sets of these. Word: Reminder to stay strong. You never know when you will need to be strong for your family. I related about my wife’s recent surgery and me trying to keep her from lifting or overdoing it. Somebody has to be strong for your family and it should be you! Shrink talked about having to be strong right now for his dad. Aye! Great word Shrink!

Mosey to Parkwood parking lot for Hindenberg BLIMPS. We stayed together as a group, run to the middle of the parking lot, 10 Burpees, 20 Lunges, 30 Imperial Walkers, 40 Merkins, 50 Plank Jacks and we skipped the squats for time.

Mosey back to the football field for Football with Frisbee Golf rules. I borrowed this from Freight. We split up and played half the field and had a nice little game. Word: Reminder to have fun!

Mosey back to the Gashouse as the bells were ringing. Word: Reminder from Dredd’s words at our CSAUP on how to connect with guys. Ask, Listen, Remember. This will help you connect with guys and make lasting friendships and keep guys coming back. I have been very fortunate before F3 to have a small group of great friends but in the last year I can say I now have a large group of great friends. As you get older you begin to realize how important these relationships are. The nest empties, good health is harder to keep, difficult situations arise, but its great to have friends to help you “Keep Pushing!” A big thanks to all of F3 Gastonia for the last year. Lots of HIM’s in this group!

Announcements and COT then Coffeeteria at Panera.

Welcome FNG Carnivore (Jason Hardin), dude lost over 100 lbs. eliminating meat from his diet. Aye! Welcome FNG Hitchball (Brad Pruitt). These 2 new guys pushed hard today and we hope to see them back!

This morning the pax that gathered in the gloom at Warthog treated to a little football game. Think of it like Festivus in April. There were feats of strengths, and airing of grievances. All that was needed was the Festivus Pole.

0659: 1 minute warning

0700: Welcome and Disclaimer: “We are playing football today. You will get hurt and or injured. You will not hold me, the city of myrtle beach, or F3 responsible for your injuries or hurt feelings, and as thus you will not hold us financially accountable for any medical bills or therapy sessions. By continuing to say and play you agree and will bide by these terms.”

0701: Stretch session

0705: Kick off. Below is the news article of todays game.

Good evening sports fans! This morning Warthog Field was the site for one of the most outstanding, out of this world football games to ever be played on April 22, 2017. As the sun was starting to rise over the near by runway the dew on the grass field was starting to gleam. The teams started to arrive and do their ritual pregame warm ups. The field has a north-south orientation with a slight breeze coming out of the south south west.

Even though Team 2 did not have the speed, size or numbers, that Team 1 had they rose to the occasion and with a never say die attitude took the field with price and were willing to take on the challenge head on. Team 2 showed early promise with a quick march down the field however a turnover in the redzone on a deflected ball put an end to any early success. However the defense of Team 2 was not willing to admit defeat and was able to record a safety on the first play. After a nice return Team 2 marched down the field and scored a quick touchdown. This would be the last time that Team 2 would enjoy a sizable lead. It wasn’t long before Team 1 took advantage of their size and numbers and scored two fast touchdowns. At this point in the game both offenses stalled and the game was put on the shoulders of both teams defenses. After a few interceptions and a couple of pic 6’s the offenses not wanting to be shown up started to play. Both teams would trade scores. As we entered into the 4th quarter the might Team 2 could not hang in there with Team 1. Team 1 had the game in hand and left Team 2 playing for pride. The final score of the game was a lot closer then what the game was. At the final whistle however both teams were able to come together and congratulate each other an a game well played.

This was also just released by the commissioners office. Bubbles has been fined 100 burpees for a deliberately vicious hit on Speedy Gonzales who was playing in his first game after coming off the IR for knee surgery and rehab. He was also flagged for a flagrant offense pass interference penalty.

The commissioners office will also be investigating rumors and evidence of Kenya taking bribes on the game as there is proof that he had given up on plays where he could have easily made a tag.

BOM

Announcements: There is still time to sign up for the Mudrun on May 20th. Get up with Valvano who is Qing our region this year. We have 7 full teams and people are still looking to form more teams.

Dragon Boat race to next Saturday at Warthog. Peterbilt is still looking for one more person for his boat. Get with him if you are interested in going his team.

Pathfiner. If you guys are interested in becoming ruckers, or taking your workouts to the next level, Team Spearheads ruck training program Pathfinder is starting. Class 012 is starting on May 1st. IF you would like more information get with Hoser.

Prayer Requests: Wolverine has some family friends that are in the NICU with their new chid. According to Wolverine they are have a battle of faith and prayers.

There were no other spoken prayer requests.

Moleskin: Gentelmen thank you for coming out today. I know this was not a traditional beatdown but I hope you got something out of it today and felt like you got some good work in. Thank you for all that you guys are doing to keep F3 rolling. Y’all rock keep up the great work.