Convergence at Midoriyama 4/29/23

It was a beautiful day for a convergence. The rain subsided and the temperature was cool. YHC arrives at 0615 to see some PAX getting some EC before the workout. The first of numerous flags are planted, and the PAX begin to roll in. They keep rolling in. It was an awesome sight to behold. The Midoriyama misfits gather and quickly rehearse their plan for the workout. We decide to move the herd to a large empty parking lot where the warmup would be held. We went into this knowing that a convergence is attempting to herd cats for an hour, so we tried to keep the group together as best as we could.

Pockets lead us off with some stretching and the core principles of F3. He handed it over to Broke who got the heart rate up with a 10 to 1 countdown of 4 exercises: SSH (IC), LBC’s (IC), Squats and Merkins.

With the warmup complete, Broke hands it off to Purple Haze. All PAX grab a coupon and rifle carry to the wettest, sketchiest hill behind field #4’s outfield fence. The instructions were simple – 1) rifle carry your coupon down the wet, sketchy  hill without dropping it on your head, 2) murder bunny back up the hill and perform one squat. We rinsed and repeated what seemed like an eternity. He instructs the PAX to partner up and alternate farmer carrying the coupons back towards the turd shack. YHC decides to Omaha and gather the PAX in the parking lot beside the batting cages.

Circle up for some block work. 10 to 1 block curls and overhead presses.  If a PAX set their block down it was 5 burpee penalty. Some intentionally set their blocks down to incur the 5 burpee penalty. They believed the whole group would perform the burpees. Negative, ghost rider. Only the PAX that set their blocks down performed the burpees. Thanks to Balljoint, Tesla and Roscoe for giving the others a break while you performed burpees! We then escalated 1 to 10 the same exercises.

We moved on to a quick round of core work. YHC remembers Big Boys, Flutter kicks, Heels to Heaven, Dying Cockroaches, Corkscrews and Freddie Mercs being called.

Back to the blocks for 10 to 1 with squats and block swings. We got down to 5 reps when YHC Omaha’d for the last 10 minutes. 100 Burpees in 10 minutes. With a EMOM timer set for 10 minutes, Burpees are performed in an ascending/descending order:

• Minutes 1 and 10 – 8 Burpees
• Minutes 2 and 9 – 9 Burpees
• Minutes 3 and 8 – 10 Burpees
• Minutes 4 and 7 – 11 Burpees
• Minutes 5 and 6 – 12 Burpees

Time was up and coupons returned. We circled back up for the Pushing Rocks Challenge Awards. Flintstone and Roscoe handed out patches for the PAX who posted at least 20 times a month. The Midoriyama Misfits were given their awards for winning the Pushing Rocks challenge. YHC had the honor of receiving the F3 Gastonia regional championship belt. He must admit, that was freaking awesome! Even the baseball players taking batting practice were amazed as Flintstone held the belt high for everyone to see! Kudos to SLT for coming up with such an awesome award!

We said the pledge of allegiance, and some of the baseball players joined in with us! #Impact

Announcements:

• Young Life Golf Tournament on 5/15 headed up by Buckshot. We are wanting to reach full sponsorship with a goal of $250. Chip in a few bucks if you can.
• Annihilation workouts are resuming on 5/13 at Gashouse. JJ will be Qing the beatdown.
• Memorial Day Murph at Martha Rivers Park. 0700 start time.
• Purple Haze is Qing a Forest City bike ride/ arcade visit. More to come on that.
• Stogie reminded all PAX in attendance to update their In Case of Emergency info on Slack.
• Whoopee brought up the fact that someone in the group should be carrying a phone if/ when a PAX get injured. If no one else has a phone, it’s the Q’s responsibility to carry a phone.

Prayer Requests:

• Jackson Hall (Ratchet’s 2.0)
• Turtleman
• Huckleberry
• Mayor and Sargento with healing limbs
• Tiger and his family
• Radar’s sister

Kotter Recognition:

• Dirt
• Clavin
• Hushpuppy

YHC took us out in prayer.

NMM:

Kudos to Flintstone for initiating the Pushing Rocks Challenge. The number of posts for the first 3 months was higher than last year (and probably any other previous year). Having a goal and being part of a team to achieve that goal motivates men to push harder. He and Gearwrench have been crunching a lot of numbers to keep the challenge going smoothly.  Thank you for the hard work behind the scenes, men!

YHC also wants to re-emphasize the importance of picking up the six. Whether you’re picking up the FNG about to splash merlot (as Roscoe did for YHC when he first posted) or getting one of our other brothers, try to pay attention and pick them up. They may going through some rough times with family, their job may be crushing them, anything could be going on. They will appreciate it when their brother(s) come back to get them. YHC has been the six plenty of times and it was always awesome when one of the guys (usually Sister Act or Freight) that would come back and get YHC. That’s a big part of F3 that makes it more than a workout. It’s friendship, camaraderie and lasting relationships that matter. Remember that we are out there for the guys around us more than we are for ourselves.

Finally, YHC wants to give round of applause to the rest of the Midoriyama Misfits. All of these men gave it all they had and held each other accountable. Thanks to you for letting YHC be a member of the team that has set the bar for all other Pushing Rocks Challenges to beat. With that being said, cue “We are the champions” by Queen-

L8R SK8RS,

The Midoriyama Misfits