Month: December 2018 (Page 5 of 9)

Goat Island itself is a great venue for a boot camp, and usually the weinke is created with the expectation of the gates being open. However, this morning the gates were locked, causing YHC to improvise. So improvise we did.

Warm up: SSH, IW, toy soldiers, and some slow Don Qs, all IC. Start a mosey, and begin the task of adjusting the weinke. Turn left (instead of right), and head up the short hill to front street. YHC sees a nice long straightaway and calls for a karaoke. After a couple hundred yards, flap jack and karaoke back. Now the real improvisation begins as the island was going to provide a nice area for my 12 days til Xmas thang. Think YHC, think… where to lead the pax for this gift… tennis court area down the street!! So we mosey to the courts.

The thang:

YHCs version of the 12 days of Xmas will start with 12 reps followed by a run, then 12 reps/11 reps/run, 12/11/10/run…

12 merkins, 11 squats, 10 CDDs, 9 monkey humpers, 8 single leg calf raises, 7 flutter crunches, 6 big boy sit ups, 5 diamond merkins, 4 burpees, 3 Bobby Hurley’s, 2 standing broad jumps, and a final run across the parking lot.

The train came through, so 5 burpees.

Mosey back to downtown, stop at the gazebo for some core Mary, pax called. Time was called, took the super short mosey back to the start.

Pledge and COT

Announcements: Quichemas on the 15th, 12 days til Christmas, Boudin’s Mom’s birthday -learned of this because it is also Taylor Swift’s birthday (you see, YHC has a 13 yo daughter who knows this stuff).

Prayer requests, taken out by Dr. Seuss

It’s was an honor to lead you men this morning. Way to push the rock!!

As I pulled in the parking lot my normal 30 min early, I heard Leppard telling SA that he could do the 13 miles, don’t worry he said. They might have been better off. This crappy plan I had put together sucked.

Torn between workouts, I decided to go with my Route 66 ballerina style leg workout. Not popular but very effective in tackling the hamstring and butt area that many of men lack. Remember your M’s like a tight butt as well as you do! If you don’t think so, ask them!

Time to get going and the boys gathered around with one FNG. Disclaimer was given and we started.

Warmup began.

Your Q for the day did do a lousy job on most workout names today. I had to ask forgiveness from the PAX.

Don Q, Hillbillies, SSH, CottonPickers, and Squats all 15 IC.  Then we started Moroccan Nightclubs. We did about 30 or so IC until the last PAX had joined the group. Mosey to the nearby parking lot.

Route 66. We started with

Skater Squats

Salute plank with Bear Crawl between lines

Mosey to the pick nick shelter (Gumby got the lights on) we did some bench work.

Dips, step ups,  Gold digger gave us derkins and box jumps.

Back to the parking lot for more 66s.

Sandy V with Crab Walk between parking lines.

One Legged Deadlift

SSH

Toy Soldier

As we head back to the start we do 5 humpees at the speed bump in the road.

At the start we finished up with a round of marry. Everyone got a chance to lead an exercise and everyone did.

Great time as always. Several complaints. I like that, keep them coming.

I told the guys a story of an abandoned child. How there was rejoicing at her birth. The take away is, when you submit your heart and life to Jesus, the Heavans rejoice!!! It’s your new birthday!!

Christmas party in a in a couple of hours!!

Pray for our Cotters and  each other!!

As a child I remember several times going either to nursing homes or other settings to carol at this time of year . it’s been many years since I’ve done it but was very moved today not only to do something meaningful but for such a great man as Bedpan recalled “ has given so much to the community “. As the group was not too large we were all able to enjoy the warmth of Santa’s home even getting to see how he has all the latest gadgets ( only needing to call on “Alexa, turn on the lights !” For when we needed to see our music. My M and 2.0 , Cap’n Crunch along with Oompa Loompa’ s M arrived early to not only ready Bob for our arrival , but also to visit with him ( they stayed until 11:00!)
It was very moving listening to Time Frame tell Santa that his picture with his family is proudly displayed on his wall.
We all sang rather well and as Oompa Loompa remarked “ thankfully no one videoed the moment !” To which someone responded that that was Hipaa’s purview.
As our Nantan was present I asked him to pray us out.

And there was peace on earth , and good will towards men …. all for one moment.

Thank you and God bless all who showed

Admittedly, I wasn’t super excited to have the Q at Snoballs this week. Things at work & home have been super busy (& stressful).  I’ve been rising very early and hitting the hay very late at night… just to keep my head above water.  The snow/sleet event over the weekend was awesome for my 2.0s; however, it added to the stress for work as the workweek was cut short. Long story short, I wasn’t chomping at the bit to Q. That said, I was voluntold a few weeks ago by one of my closer F3 brother’s, Gastone, that I needed to Q Snowballs. Gastone has been a great friend of mine since my introduction to F3. He’s EH’d me when my posts were sparse, provided Godly counsel when times were tough, invited me to events outside of F3, and provided a necessary push (more than 1 time) to get me out of my comfort zone (i.e., BRR).  As such, I didn’t give any pushback , and I added the Q to my calendar.

As usual, Gastone tweeted a reminder about Snoballs & invited everyone for EC to “get sum”.  Hipaa replied with a HC to EC.  This meant he publicly committed himself to arrive at 0500 for a 3 mile mosey in the cold & icy gloom prior to my Q.  While Hipaa’s HC didn’t surprise me, I couldn’t help thinking about the positive transformation I’ve witnessed in his health since he started F3 nearly 1 year ago after being EH’d by his cardiologist.  Reflecting on Hipaa’s metamorphosis, I asked myself if I’ve changed for the better or worse over the last year.   This question can go in so many different directions, but for the purpose of this backblast, I asked myself “Am I stronger and healthier today than last year?” Unsure about the answer, I quickly decided that I should take a step in the right direction by joining the EC group.

One of my close friends likes to tell this story about a guy who decided to climb a hill and begin “crazy dancing” in clear site of a large group of people. The crowd watched from a safe distance, thinking the guy was completely off his rocker.  Eventually though, another guy climbed the hill & joined him in the silly behavior. As time passed, another guy joined the two men….then another and another and another until the entire crowd was dancing like fools atop the hill and a revolution was birthed.   Specific to my experience this week, Gastone represents the initial nincompoop who climbed the hill and invited all of us to join him for a run in frigid temps at 0500 when 99% of the population remained in the warm fartsack.  Hipaa represents the second brave soul who sloughed off the sad clown tendencies and decided it was a good idea to join Gastone.  Subsequently, Hippa’s tweet, “HC for EC” provided the necessary push I needed  to join the group for EC.

The point of this missive is to remind us that we need each other. This week, I needed to be voluntold by Gastone that I needed to Q, and I needed Hipaa’s prompt to get out of bed &do the hard work required to better myself.  Next week, it may be you who needs the necessary push.

In summary, I’m grateful for F3 and your positive impact on my life. Thanks for the many “necessary pushes” over the years to be a better HIM.