9 Years and Counting

It all started one frosty cold day in January.  The first Saturday of 2013 to be exact.  Thats the day YHC jumped into this thing we share called F3.  Nine years of Fitness, Fellowship and Faith.  Nine years of ups and downs physically, mentally and spiritually.  Nine years of checking off boxes not originally on my bucket list with the support, the badgering and bad ideas from my brothers.    Looking forward to whatever comes next.

How would you celebrate an F3 anniversary?  How about reps of nine for your 9th anniversary.   Sounds easy enough.  The reps may have been easy.  The counting was not for some reason.

The Thang –

It was a chilly 25 degree morning in Belmont and only a few cars had found their usual spots on the curb near the park.  Two guys were making their way back from their EC ruck when the vehicles started pulling in, right on time.  14 HIM present and ready to get moving.  No FNG present so we moseyed to the Bunker for our warm up.

9th Anniversary Warm up
SSH, Grass Pickers, Imp Walkers, each x 9 In cadence
Stretch Arms L/R
Stretch Legs L/R & Frt
Windmill, Plank jack, Burpee, each x 9 In cadence.  (Not all were nine.  Reprograming from the more regularly called numbers was harder than expected.)

Mosey up Main Street to the flower boxes in front of Twisted Sugar.  9 men followed YHC leaving 4 men in the Bunker for a HIPAA kettlebell swingfest.

9 Derkins IC
9 Box Jumps OYO
9 Dips IC
9 Step Ups OYO
9 Incline Merkins IC

Mosey further up Main Streety to the alley for Peoples chair
Add in some Marching
Now add in some Air presses.  That combo seemed to be a challenge for a few so we cut it short and got moving again to keep from cooling off.

Mosey to parking lot behind the Mercantile barber shop for a Four Corner Escalator x 9.
Five exercises were listed on a paper and taped to the pavement in each of the four corners.  In the first corner complete the first exercise 9 times and move to the second, the third, and the fourth.  When returning to the first corner complete the first exercise and the second before moving on to do the same at three and four.  Each lap adds to your escalator ride up.

Corner 1
Squat x9
Monkey Humper x9
SSH x9
Lunge x9
Calf Raises x9

Corner 2
LBCs x9
Flutters x9
American Hammers x9
Freddie Mercury x9
Crunchy Frog x9

Corner 3
Merkins x9
Moroccan Night Club x9
Plank Jacks x9
CDD x9
Air Press x9

Corner 4
Apollo Ono x9
Imp Walkers x9
Squat Jump x9
Mtn Climber x9
Burpees x9

The original plan was to keep everyone moving to complete 9 exercises in each corner.  With timing concerns the weinke was assembled with 5.  However, in typical F3 fashion the PAX blew through the escalator with time to spare.

Circle up!
Jack Webb 9×2  (1 merkin + 2 air presses, 2 merkins + 4 air presses, up to 9 & 18.)  Sounds easy but after the escalator above there were some shaky merkins towards the end.

Time for a few more laps on the escalator.  When asked which corner we wanted to start in Gator called out #3.  Merkins…really.  Lets go!  Everyone hit it hard.  As time began to catch us a few were just about finished up with their second escalator.  The others weren’t far behind, and neither was the train.  A short mosey back to the Yank and it was time.

Announcements-

2ndF Lunch Buffalo Wild Wings Jan. 19th, Mountain Retreat Feb. 18-20, Are you smarter than a 5th grader Feb. 10, GrowRuck Feb. 26

Prayer Requests-

Tesla and his Family, Students and Teacher returning to school, HIPAA’s Mom Lumpectomy, Our Country

Tesla closed us out in Prayer.

It’s been a good ride!  Can’t wait for the next bad idea. – BOS