Fitness, Fellowship, Faith

Month: October 2022 (Page 5 of 11)

Folsom Anniversary Q

Today marks my one year anniversary in F3. It’s definitely been a huge thing in my life. Tons of new friends, new outlooks and lots of changes on my part. It’s helped physically make me feel better, bring me closer to my family, and working to make me stronger in my faith. Big thanks to Balljoint for dragging me in.   So now that’s out of the way we had 16 men gather at a frigid Folsom to put in some work. Here’s how we got warm.

The Warmup

10 Gravel Pickers in cadence

20 side straddle hops

10 Moroccan Night Clubs

10 Burpees

Mosey to pavilion stage 3 rounds

5 wall walk (4 count climb up to hand stand on wall, 4 count down push-up at bottom is 1 rep)

10 big boys

15 dips

Mosey up the hill to old Folsom parking lot

Every light pole to the AG center do one Burpee, 5 diamond merkins, 10 LBC’s

Grab the pledge

Partner up in the parking lot next to the AG center for escalating booyah merkins, start with one, partners leave in opposite directions and meet at the bottom of the parking lot for two, head back to the top continue to 10.

Indian run back to COT, man at the back does 2 Burpees then overtakes the line.  Somewhere towards the end we fell apart on this. We will retry next time 😂

We had alittle time left so we headed to the bottom of the parking lot for some Route 66 Mike Tyson’s, going every other parking spot near crawling in between.

Lunch at Burum’s

Track commanders needed for Christmas time 5K

Christmas party Dec 3rd.

Chubs VQ

Prayer Requests

Stripers brother

Huck

Broke

Pall Bearer’s son

Purple haze’s mom

Sarlacc’s Interviews

Wichitas Wife

Roundups Wife

Never let History Repeat itself

Continuing the F3 Gastonia “redwood” tradition of Q’s at the Sandlot, YHC obliged for a history lesson. We had 14 show up, including Stinky Bird!  Great to see him making the drive back to his former home AO. In conducting research for this history lesson, YHC was reminded of “Martha’s House” being a Monday and Wednesday workout. Somewhere along the line, it became a thing for the site Q to rename the AO.  It was the “Dark Night”, it is the Labryinth, the Sandlot, and at some point it was called “Neverland”.  In hindsight, probably a terrible name as tell me which stranger you can EH and say, “join me in posting at Neverland”.  Probably not going to happen.  With that in mind, we said the Pledge and then immediately paid a 5 burpee price for the name Neverland and got it out of our system.  This was a small price to pay as it should be 2500 burpees.  The next time name changes should go through a Committee of Pax, sort of like getting your Mudgear shirt design approved before it is printed.

With that we moseyed to the medical office down the road for the warmup. We started with the original AO, the Gashouse, which began on 3-21-15. Three burpees, 21 Big Boy’s, and 15 Flutters. In the same fashion, we went through the dates of the next AO’s that were planted in chronological order. The Storm (5-26-15), Martha’s House (6-3-15), The Goat (6-11-15, Downtown (7-31-15), etc. We modified the exercises to 8 Count Bodybuilders instead of burpees and did LBC’s and squats at some point as well. We got to the Pub (12-22-16) which was the second running AO, and instead of exercises we ran in honor of Monk who planted to PUB and ran to the bottom of Gastone’s Hill to discuss CSAUP’s. We covered the many F3 Gastonia CSAUPS to include the Back Woods Brawl, the 50-mile relay(s), The “Climb”, the “Moron”, the Memorial Day Murphs, etc. We talked about the other CSAUP’s…the Yeti, the BRR, Bourbon Chase, Dam to Dam, and then the Mortimer 100. In honor of the Mortimer, we ran Gastone’s hill, while stopping at every other mailbox for 5 squats along the way. We returned to the bottom of the hill and then moseyed back to the medical office lot to finish the workout. Time was fleeting this morning. Whoopee and YHC discussed bringing this workout to a Saturday so we can do it justice with a full hour.
Next, we performed one set of exercises from each year I q’d a workout since I have been in F3. For some reason I couldn’t find any Backblasts for 2015 so we started in 2016 with a modified Colonel Trautman, followed by “3rd Base” from 2017…15 shoulder taps, 15 WW1’s, and 10 CDD’s. Then we skipped 2018 for some reason (mini chicken) and moved to a solo Dora (2019)..run…10 squats…20 LBC’s…30 flutters…run
(2020) EMOM Plank one minute
(2021) Captain’s Choice First PAX to 100 reps calls it….Moroccan nightclubs
(2022) Bunker…10 Lunges (running out of time here)
We moseyed back to start and that concluded the workout.

Announcements:  Amazon with his VQ this Wednesday at the Labryinth

Prayer requests:  EZ rider’s son and Uncle,

Praise:  Whoopee’s uncle being buried at sea in Florida

Moleskin:  Flintstone asked me to share what I remember in the early days of F3.  What came to mind was the original “Coffeerama” spot at Panera’s after the Saturday morning Gashouse workouts.  We always got the big table in the middle and I would always hit my head on the lights above.  Besides that, I remember being in awe that this was F3 thing was free.  That men from other regions would set up a website that was free.  We had a weaselshaker for F3Nation.  We had an App that you could put on your phone and look up other PAX.  It was awesome.  At coffeerama we discussed strategic growth and launching new AO’s.  We began sharing podcasts instead of listening to radio on morning commutes.   Stroganoff always had wisdom gleaned from the numerous books he would read.  Older Pax had advice to share with younger PAX and we learned from one another that whatever was going on in your life someone else had already faced it.

If you are reading this I encourage you to start participating in the best parts of F3 that you may have missed.  It is not the workouts.   It is the Whetstone, the Shieldlock, the Q-Source.  It is signing up for CSAUP’s and training for them.   It is bringing out the slip and slide when a tropical storm hits on a Saturday morning, or a 10 mile run earlier this year in the falling snow.  It is pushing yourself to be better and using your time more wisely to improve yourself so you can serve others, namely your M and your families better.  It is thinking less of yourself and more of the needs of others around you.

Probably one of my favorite things about F3 is that you don’t have to be First F Q or the Nantan to lead something.  You just need the idea, no matter how stupid, and then bring others along.  We have done some fantastic events in F3 Gastonia over the years, but the best part is the fellowship and routine that comes with being around better men than me.  Thank you for helping me become a better version of myself.  I am forever grateful.

 

Roscoe

Without Love

You have nothing. 11 pax at The Sword this morning. Good job starting the week off right! Some ran, some rucked, one even run-rucked(bat flipper). After words we talked about love. I didn’t have just one verse to share. I also shared some exerts from a book I’m reading and a recent devotional. We have to take a moment and put ourselves in others shoes before we let our anger loose. We need to understand each others viewpoint. We may still disagree but I bet we won’t be as angry.

1 John 4:7-11, 18-19

Ephesians 4:2-3

James 1:19

Matthew 18:21

1 Corinthians 13:1-8

17-Oct-22 Mt. Hollywood (Takeaways)

Disclaimer
Flagpole for Pledge

Principles of F3:

  1. Free of charge (zero cost, never charge for a workout)
  2. Open to all men (no matter the man, you are welcome)
  3. Held outdoors (rain or shine, heat or cold we are out there)
  4. Peer led (led in a rotating fashion by the men who attend)
  5. End with a Circle of Trust (always ends with a COT)

Mission of F3:  Plant, Grow and Serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership.

Motto:  We welcome men of all fitness levels and all physical abilities to our workouts. We have no requirement for membership other than you show up on time to the location and follow what the workout leader has planned. We will not leave any man behind!

Warmup:  SSHx15 IC, Gravel Pickers x10IC, ROL/LOR, MNC x10IC, Arm circles

The Thang:

Mosey towards Glendale Ave (Baptist Hill).  Triple Nickel here with Bobby Hurleys at the bottom, run to top for 5 Hand Release Merkins

Mosey to the back of the Truist bank.

3 Rounds

Burpees x 5

Shoulder Taps x 10 (Right Arm)

Mike Tyson’s x 15

Squats x 20

Mountain Climbers x 25 (right leg with flat back)

Run a lap around bank after each round.

Mosey back to the start for some Route 66 the parking spaces.  Squats with lunge walk in between.

Circle up for Mary:  Dying cockroaches, LBCs, Toe Touches, Heels to Heaven, Big Boys

Announcements: Track commanders needed so see Broke, 2nd F Lunch coming up soon, Freon is looking to turn over Hollywood to a new site Q so be on the lookout and help him out.

Prayers/Praise:  Pillagers M and Baby, Pallbearers son, Huckleberry, Turtleman

Name-O-Rama:

COT:

Takeways:  Toyotas only this morning, Pilgrim is against men who are 6′ with a size 13 shoe, Pillager refers to himself as viking, both Pillager and Red Ribbon nur and my jog pace, F3 is really for men who have daughters.

Come Correct

11 pax posted to Crossroads on Sunday for varying miles. Slaw wasn’t there. The normal start time group headed out on a new out and back route towards my house. It was met with some complaints because of the hill but it wasn’t that bad. Afterwards we dscuss correction over coffee. Haven’t been there in a while like Slaw? Then join us next week. The discussions are always lively.

Members Only – 10/16

3 ran.

We think that Sargento and Buckeye were running around somewhere, but we can’t say for sure, cause we never saw them.

Tesla popped in afterwards for QSource

QSource topic:    Sua Sponte

Announcements
Wed 2ndF lunch
Xmas party dec 3
CLT marathon – Nov
Xmas town 5k. – Nov, sat after tgiving

Thoughts & Prayers, Gratitude
Turtleman – treatment, and isolating.
Huck
Sarlacc – job search
Breaker’s son, daughter-in-law – relo
Happy for guys to be here
Gratitude for breaker’s fussin’ (pockets)
Happy to see F3 boat (Metro) at the WhitewaterCenter
Overall wellness for the kids

 

-Bubba Sparxxx

 

 

 

The Goat – 10/13

WarmUp
SSH’s, Superman’s, Imperial Walkers, Mosey around.

The Thang—————–

AMRAP – 10 Burpees, 15 Merkins, 20 Squats, 25 FreddyMerx, 30 RockyB’s.  Run down the alley and back.  Repeato.   (PAX did this for ~20 minutes.)

11’s. Mtn Climbers & AmHammers.  Run

6MOM

Time!


Announcements
Converg – Sat 7am. Bulldog
Xmas party dec 3
Xmastown 5k – Sat after Thgvg.
2ndF lunch

TAPs
Peace progress, in life
Thankful for good health
Orangeman’s coworker
Pallbearer’s son – fever
2.0’s
New work opportunities
Working to open a new business – Pink Floyd
“Lot to be grateful for”, said the PAX
Grateful that the PAX are out here

 

-Bubba Sparxxx

Transvergence at Bulldog

It was a beautiful morning in the gloom for the inaugural Inter-Region Transvergence between Gastonia and Lake Wylie. Plenty of PAX (38 Gastonia and 11 Lake Wylie) and many shovel flags were on hand to make magic. This is what happened…

Circle up for a quick introduction muster and then the Pledge of Allegiance.

Mosey to the middle of the field for the warmup. YHC asked Wolverine what the mission of F3 is. “To plant, grow and serve small workout groups for men, for the invigoration of male community leadership.” Aye!

Warmup: Side Straddle Hops, High Knees, Butt Kickers, Merkins with offer to sign up for the Merkin Hater Club (I’m not only the president, I’m also a client)

Mosey from there to the corner of the track nearest the hill for Dora 123. Instructions were to pair up with someone from another region if you can. Partner 1 runs up the hill and does 5 squat jumps while Partner 2 does 100 Merkins, 200 Squats, 300 LBCs.

Once we finished this up, we Switzer’ed for some words by YHC. At this point the Q was handed over to Wolverine for his portion.

He started by moseying us around the track to one corner where we did 10 Bomb Jacks. Then another 1/2 lap and 10 Bomb Jacks + 15 Diamond Merkins. Another 1/2 lap for the first two + 20 lunges. Another 1/2 lap for the first 3 + something else I can’t remember.

We then lined up on the field for some suicides, sprints, skips and such. It was fun. Broke and Doodles tried using some crafty old guy tricks to finish closer to the lead but we know what the deal is with that.

At this point YHC took back over for the finale, 11s!

At one side we did Goofballs (some Lake Wylie guys didn’t know what that was) and on the other side we did Sandy V’s (none of them knew what those are). It was great and pretty wet too…

By now, the time was about up so we circled up for the announcements, prayer requests and namorama.

Announcements: 2nd F lunch at Byrum’s 10/19, Christmastown 5k needs Track Commanders, Christmas party 12/3

Prayer requests: Huckleberry, Turtleman, Termite’s brother, my apologies, I can’t remember the rest.

Now we gathered for some coffee and the good word from our very own Doodles. His message was awesome. As I recall, the main point was for us as men to live with PURPOSE. That’s something I can get behind. Thanks Doodles!

Great work today men. It was awesome seeing so many of our guys out there and welcoming the LW guys too. We’ll do it again sometime soon. AYE!

 

Speed Bumps in the Road

17 PAX came out to the Storm to put in some solid work.

We did a good warmup, then moseyed out to the main road, doing 5 burpees at every speed bump there and back.

Did a few other exercises, but there was some dispute over the technical name of the speed bumps that for some reason just needed a few burpees to move past. On the way back from the second run, a few of the PAX were adamant that they were called road humps, so we did Monkey Humpers before finishing up with a poorly thought out round of Dora-ish workouts.

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