Month: January 2022 (Page 3 of 13)

8 men Downtown this morning.  1 FNG,  disclaimer given!!

Warm-Up:

The usual

The Thang:

Mosey towards the post office for some 11s on the driveway.   10 Imperial Walker Squats at top, 1 Plank Jack at the bottom.   9 IW Squats at top,back down for 2 Plank Jack’s. Continue until you finish with 1 IW Squat, and 10 Plank Jack.

Mosey towards the main street with all the lights.  Route 66 called using the light poles on left. Start with 1 Merkin.  Next pole 2 Merkins. Continue until you do 11 Merkins at last pole.

Mosey to parking deck.  At bottom do 5 Burpees. Mosey to next level up, bear crawl ramp, then 5 Burpees, 10 Hand Release Merkins. Mosey to next level up, Joe Hendrix up ramp, then 5 Burpees, 10 HR Merkins, 15 American Hammers. Mosey to next level, lunge walk up ramp, then 5 Burpees, 10 HR Merkins, 15 AH, 20 Jump Squats.  Next level up, bear crawl ramp, 5 Burpees, 10 HR Merkins, 15 AH, 20 Jump Lunges, 25 Mountain Climbers.  Time running low, head back to COT.

5 Burpees for train

Announcement

Prayer Request

Nameorama

Appreciate the chance to lead today. Glad a friend of mine was able to post. Welcome to F3 Pallbearer(Kevin Tinker)!!

SA

First Q since my quadruple herina surgery and no better place to start than Mt. Hollywood. And I lost my wineke after the workout so not much to report here. It did feel great to be back as a Q plus we had and FNG so that got me remembering the responsibilities of a Q and plenty of mumble chatter guidance from the group.

Started with a couple laps around the parking lot as it was quite chilly then some stretches to loosen up. Then mosey over to the new and improved benches for 5 dips, 10 squats, and 15 something else then run across the lot and back. Repeat 2 more times. We moseyed to the other school for some more 5, 10, 15 and running. Then off to library for some more. Back to the flag for announcements, prayer request, and naming the FNG.  Welcome Camellia to F3. Note to future FNGs do not mention you like gardening and your favorite flower.

Prayers: Gumby Back, Huck’s Dad, Bubba Sparxx Family Covid Recovery, My Dad’s cancer treatment journey, Tesla

Announcements: Retreat Feb 18-20 – Talk to Sargento about going 12 spots left

Qs needed for Mt. Hollywood

Welcome FNG Joey Shell – F3 “Urkel”.  He said he liked the Friday Night Lineup on ABC as a kid so we named him after the most famous NERD of them all, Steve Urkel from Family Matters.

A few weeks ago, Nutria and I arranged for an AO Swap today.  He took the TRB flag to The Labyrinth and I brought The Labyrinth flag to TRB, thus the title………The Labyrinth Annex.

Since we had an FNG, I gave a lengthy declaimer.

Warm Up:

Seal Jacks IC x 25

Hill Billy Walkers IC x 20

Eskimo Merkins up to 7

We paused to go over the 5 Core Principles of F3.  Bubba Sparxx spoke up about how ALL men are welcome, no matter what their physical ability is.  Thanks for the insight Bubba!

Mosey over to the soccer field for 5 x 5 Burpees.  Do 5 Burpees at one side of the field then Mosey to the other side for 5 more burpees.  Rinse and Repeat until 25 Burpees have been completed.

At the bleachers, we did 10 Dips and 10 Step Ups (each leg).  Rinse and repeat x 4.

Run a lap between rounds 3 and 4.

Mosey to the back of the school to Bear Crawl up the ramp.  Lots of debris on the sidewalk so gloves were appreciated during this.

Calf Raises on the steps.  IC x 15.  Rinse and Repeat x 3.

Stop for 5 Burpees for the train whistle.  Virus busted my chops saying I was showing my aged by calling it a train whistle.  He said, “They use horns now and haven’t used whistles for years.”

Line up across the parking lot.  I asked the PAX if they wanted to do routine 1 or 2.  Sargento mentioned that we, in F3, are number 1, so that was the choice.  Here we Lunge Walked to the other end of the parking lot, stopping at every other line to drop, do a Merkin and jump up clapping our hands over our head.  It’s a good thing we didn’t choose option 2 because I wanted to do Burpees at every other line!

Mosey to the entrance to the baseball field.  Stop for 1 more set of Calf Raises since there were steps here.

YHC stepped in the mud at the bottom of the stairs and quickly pointed that out for the other PAX to avoid.  I wanted to use the baseball field but quickly determined that it was too wet there.  Omaha to the road at the side of the school where we climbed a Ladder with the following exercises building upon each other:

20 Flutter Kicks (counting one leg)

30 Moroccan Night Clubs

20 LBCs

20 Reverse LBCs

10 Dimond Merkins.

I had more planned but didn’t have time to complete them.

Mosey back to the flag.

We arrived back just in time to greet Mrs. Breaker Breaker.  Unfortunately, BB is still broken.

Time

Rice n Beans gathered on Broad st at the old Honda shop 1/25 at 6:00.  Pillager, Dirt, Virus and his M, Hey Jude, Sprinkler and Tiger helped.

We served just under 30 meals, and had the chance to pray for four of those served.  We were again thanked not as much for the food, although all were highly appreciative, but more for treating those served with dignity and respect.

Gastonia will be added to the Rice n Beans website within a few days with sign up schedule becoming active.

This was the fourth week for Rice n Beans Gaston County.  To this point, there has been a core group that has been present each week, with some assistance from F3.  The core members are extremely grateful for the F3 support.

Please consider coming out one of the upcoming weeks.  The hope is that a relatively large volunteer base can be established so that the mission is less dependent on a few.

Please keep the mission and those served in your prayers

Tiger

Hey all – Just wanted to put this out there and give some details to what I am thinking for this year.  Take a look and let me know if you want to add anything, help in anyway, etc.  This will be my third year and I am looking to try and make this one a little bigger and more involved, but after this year, I will be looking to pass the reigns to the next leader.

March Service work at AOs.  We did this last year, but we didn’t get many results.  The point of this is to get out in AOs you frequent and improve them by picking up trash and showing the community and our children what it is to care for something, how to care for something and taking responsibility for something.  I am  thinking about just the Saturday workout areas so the community can get more visibility of  us out there working out, sees us out there with our kids putting in some beautification and not just using free space.  If you want to hit a M-F work area, awesome.  Take the lead and make it your own.  I am looking at March 12 or March 19 (weather dependent) at 10:30.  If enough people make a showing or discuss as a group, we can organize and meet somewhere for lunch.

April/May – Maybe a spring fling style thing with some field day events and categories for age brackets. I’m always looking for things to do. Probably need help with this one. I am not all that creative. Maybe this could be a family event for all.

Dad Workouts:  June (6/18),  July (7/23) and August (8/20).  I need two dads to help out with each workout.  We will continue to run around to each AO.  I dont know the rotation yet, but will get that dialed in.

September- Dads night at the Honey hunters

October:  Fall fling .  See April or May above.

Only thing to note about the spring and fall is getting tents and games and a location that can accommodate, but doesn’t charge.  Again, if anyone wants to help, please let me know.

Also – If you have something coming up that would be cool, put it out there and see if anyone shows.  If so, great.  If not, you and your kids will still have a great time.

SYITG

13 lucky PAX enjoyed a gloomy beatdown at the Goat.

Warmups included SSH’s, American Hammers and Imperial Walkers.  Orangeman helped YHM out with Abe Vigodas because at my last Q some mumblechatter was questioning my cadence speed.  Now we all know the correct speed so time to mosey to the bottom of the hill.

Suicide BLIMPS doing using the light poles for markers.

5 Burpees

10 Lunges

15 Imperial Walkers

20 Merkins

25 Plank Jacks

30 Squats

Mosey to the church parking lot at the top of the hill for some AB workouts.  More American Hammers IC , WW1’s OYO,  Flutter Kicks IC and slow LBC’s IC.  Mosey back to the start.

Circle up.  One PAX calls out an exercise and runs around the circle, all others do the called exercise while he is running.  Rotate through all PAX, pretty diverse exercise calling – nice work men!

Still 4 minutes left – mosey across the bridge to the pavilion.  50 step ups and 15 dips OYO.

Still 4 minutes left, YHM may have messed that one up.  Mosey back to the start with a Bernie Sanders on the way.  1 minute plank to finish it up.

Humbled and honored to serve, thank you for the opportunity to lead.

Rebar

Sunday morning, January 23rd still reeling from blizzard #2 in our area with snow and ice scattered along the ground, especially in the shaded areas. It was just below 20 degrees outside and the Q chose the “Smart-Sack.” I’m not one of Hal’s students in training for this upcoming marathon, basically creating my own training routine which has to do a lot more about when I want to run. I’ve been studying the weather in Biloxi, MS and the forecast calls for high forties and clear at this point. Better to train in the right conditions – or at least that’s one of my excuses. So, I ask myself, why do I want to run when it’s in the teens and dance around ice and snow? Or maybe it was the red wine I had the night before – which for a Bud Light guy apparently there are lessons to be learned as a 50-year-old (note to self – red wine is for communion, never have more than a shot or maybe a social glass). I arrive into the parking lot of the Teeter to see Whoopee and EZ Rider dancing around trying to stay warm despite their soaked shirts beginning to freeze to their bodies like ice cycles. Flintstone drives up – he got the message – not the red wine part, but the smart sack part – good man. Roscoe’s vehicle was in the lot and I knew he had 11 miles today. We decided to wait inside where it was warm. EZ takes off for church and we discussed the QSource topic of Groups.

Main things to know are three types of groups. Man is hard-wired to seek the Advantage incumbent in Group membership. Different Group-types provide different Advantages. Community is like your neighborhood – proximity is an important factor. But not necessarily a mission to do something. An Organization is two or more people that voluntarily combine for the accomplishment of an articulated purpose. Unlike Communities, the Members of an Organization are defined by their shared mission not their Proximity. Last are Teams which are dynamic with a goal to perform a specific mission for the benefit of a Community, an Organization or both.

Whether a leader is concerned with the health of his Community, the Effectiveness of his Organization or the dynamism of his Teams (or all three), the QSource provides a framework for him to more skillfully influence of Movement to Advantage–which is the heart of leadership.

The dog ate my homework – probably one of the lamest and oldest excuses of all time. We are all human and make mistakes. But excuses don’t help anyone. If you mess up, acknowledge the shortcoming, do what you can to fix it and make amends, and then move on.

So this is how it started at 5:29:45am when I arrived at Tequila Sunrise, being reminded that I had committed to Q. No problem, we are all here for some 1st F and that is what we got.

Warm up in the parking lot: SSH x12, windmills x10, americans x10, imperial walkers x10.

Next we partnered up for Dora using the outer row of the parking lot as a track. One partner ran a lap while the other partner exercised rotating after each partner completed the lap. We completed 100 diamond merkins, 200 squats, and 300 american hammers in total. We said the pledge and did 5 burpees for the passing train.

The thang: to the hill on Assembly St in Eagle park for triple nickel with bobby hurleys at the bottom and big boy sit ups at the top. Sssshhhhhhh

Back to the school for a rotation including 12 reverse grip incline merkins in cadence, 10 step ups OYO, and 10 hip slappers against the wall. This was repeated x2 times. Finished in circle with some mary.

Announcements: Primal Fri at 5, Q school moved to 2/5, Smarter than a 5th grader postponed, 15 available spots for mountain weekend contact Sargento.

Prayers: Pax on IR, Tesla and his family, Huckleberry’s father, many others dealing with sickness and injury. Praise for the triplets.

Humbled for the opportunity to lead.  -Gator