Earlier this week I saw the famous Folsom Twitter operator pecking a fight. This AO has been jabbing at we Gashouse crew long enough, time for a showdown! I asked when the next time to Q was going be, they said bring it this Saturday. Did I have plans? Who cares, let’s rock. I started thinking right then about what would be the message.
Got there at 10 ‘till, looking for some spots to set-up shop. Hybrid PainLab is inbound. Set weights/bells/blocks in a circle, 10 stations with more as needed, the men arrived, disclaimer stated. The rad combo of Red, White & Blue along with the black and white flag set-up, forgot to pledge but we got it in the end.
WU:
SSH x 20
Low Slow Squat x 10
Moroccan Night Club x 10
Imperial Walker x 10
Merkin x 10
LBC x 20
Mosey to the tennis courts to continue the warm-up (kinda):
DORA – partner up, do exercise while partner runs the tennis court and back, switcheroo:
Burpees x 50
Merkins x 100
Squats x 150
Now we’re warmed up, first part of the message: I was jogging when the Twitter war began on Monday, trying to get better, and remembered that the reason I have a good time with F3, my family, whatever in my life that I need to be passionate about it. I’ve got to give it up to be better, and if I’m not passionate about fitness, fellowship and faith, then I’m failing. So I told them we need to attack the next segment with great emotion: time for Pain Stations.
We do the below, with the reps as stated on the paper, when I eyeball everyone is done, we give 3 claps (F3), rotate clockwise, I count to 10 (kinda quick) and then do the next. We did two circuits of:
Curls w/ 50 lb. bar
Goblet Squat w/ 50 lb. bell
Thursters w/ 35 lb. bell
Lateral Raise w/ 20 lb. bell
Overlord Lunges w/ 25 lb. plate
Diamond Merkins
Pistol Squats
Tricep extensions w/ 20 lb. dumbbell
Plank/take a Break – yes, Huckleberry did well here, as the sign said (“take a Break, encourage others to do a good job”. He did that.)
Next part of the message is the other meaning of Passion, and that is the suffering and death of Jesus. Essentially, Jesus gave it up for us, gave it ALL up for us. It’s the sacrifice, and it’s the greatest gift we can receive. It made me think of a way we can give it up, and no better way than demonstrating than by giving it up for your team, so we took the Test:
4 groups, 15 minutes on the clock, the rules were stated: Burpee waterfall. You can start yours early once the group in front has their hands touch the ground, up to you. Ascending count, it’s up to all of us to see how many Burpees we can crank out. I was impressed with the pace set here. Dr. Seuss joined me the day before at Downtown for the 100 Burpee rock-a-thon, but it fazed him little if at all. Huck busted his tail, and felt the power of the Warrior once that song hit. Once again “Real American” lit a fuse with some folks, seeing team Bedpan/Gravity light up, and Sparky and Hacksaw were grinding too, always saying “let’s get more”. My team was Volt and Mozart, and when you see the consistency that is Volt, and a 14 year old Mozart cranking it out, we’ve got a winner. Final count: 375 team burpees, we’ll round up to 94 consecutive individual. Did you think you could do that this morning after an already tough workout? WELL DONE! Folsom has the belt.
With 5 minutes left I didn’t have time to show them Dr. Feelgood Drillers. I made this exercise in honor of Dr. Feelgood, but also all of F3, as the best version of passion was given to me, COMPASSION. This was shown to me nearly 3 years ago. F3 picked me up at a time when I was low, showed me compassion and care, and I’m a better man for it. That’s the name of the game, many hands make light work and help your brother. You do that, everything else falls into place.
5 minutes of Mary instead, some LBC, Sandy V, 6 inch for 60 seconds, and something else but I forget. Time.
Announcements: Stop Soldier Suicide run on Sep 22, Burpeethon Oct 6, Snowbird Sep 14-16, Billy Madison is back in town Sep 8-9th so help him move a few things on the 9th if you can
Prayers: for our Pax running, students back in school, Sean D whose wife just learned of cancer, Eric R who has suffered several family losses, and Huckleberry as his daughter is going on her first date tonight. Yikes. Pledge and breakfast time.
MOLESKIN: Folsom is a great crew, I think they all exemplify the passion we have for a group of guys who are sharpening iron, their iron is just funnier than most. And their pancakes are bigger. An honor to lead, a privilege to serve. See you next time @FOLSOM. I also found my new favorite car sticker…
