Month: June 2023 (Page 9 of 10)

Theodore Roosevelt was the man I chose for leadership lessons today.  He is one of my absolute favorites and there are several good quotes listed below.  We discussed how closely these relate to Qsource even though they were more than 100 years ago and there were several branch discussions.  It goes to show that what it takes to be a leader never changes. I have two good books I can loan and recommend.  Mornings On Horseback by David McCullough and The Rise Of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris.  I can also recommend The River Of Doubt by Candice Millard, which is in his later years as he rides the Amazon.

Announcements:  2nd F Lunch at Logan’s this month,

Prayers:  Broke’s coworker with heart surgery, pax with injuries

Pledge, Prayer, Qsource.

Leadership Lessons

1. 1. If I have anything at all resembling genius, it is in the gift for leadership…. To tell the truth, I like to believe that, by what I have accomplished without great gifts, I may be a source of encouragement to Americans.
   2. As soon as any man has ceased to be able to learn, his usefulness as a teacher is at an end. When he himself can’t learn, he has reached the stage where other people can’t learn from him.
   3. There were all kinds of things of which I was afraid at first, ranging from grizzly bears to “mean” horses and gun fighters; but by acting as if I was not afraid, I gradually ceased to be afraid.
   4. Whatever I think is right for me to do, I do. I do the things that I believe ought to be done. And when I make up my mind to do a thing, I act.
   5. No man has a right to ask or accept any service unless under changed conditions he would feel that he could keep his entire self-respect while rendering.
   6. There is nothing cheaper than to sneer at and belittle the great men and great deeds and great thoughts of a bygone time—unless it is to magnify them and ascribe preposterous and impossible virtues to the period.
   7. If my virtue ever becomes so frail that it will not stand meeting men of whom I thoroughly disapprove, but who are active in official life and whom I must encounter, why I shall go out of politics and become an anchorite**. Whether I see these men or do not see them, if I do for them anything improper then I am legitimately subject to criticism; but only a fool will criticize me because I see them.
   8. It is a peculiar gratification tome** to have owed my election…above all to Abraham Lincoln’s “plain people’; to the folk who worked hard on the farm, in shop, or on the railroads, or who owned little stores, little businesses which they managed themselves. I would literally, not figuratively, rather cut off my right hand than forfeit by any improper act of mine the trust and regard of these people…. I shall endeavor not to merit their disapproval by any act inconsistent with the ideal they have formed of me.
   9. There are many kinds of success worth having. It is exceedingly interesting and attractive to be a successful businessman, or railroad man, or farmer, or a successful lawyer or doctor; or a writer, or a President, or a ranchman, or the colonel of a fight regiment, or to kill grizzly bears and lions. But for unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly makes all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison.
   10. Most of all, I believe whatever value my service may have, comes even more from what I am than from what I may do.

**anchorite:  a person who lives in seclusion usually for religious reasons
**tome:  a volume forming part of a larger work

I did not include his more notable “man in the arena” or the “best executive”, but we did read them and discuss them.  There is a tremendous amount of information on the internet, just trust the source.

A few weeks ago, JJ had the Q for Annihilation and it damn near killed me. I was not mentally nor physically prepared for that assault. How do you get better? You tackle tough challenges so with today’s GasHouse Q, I focused on the second element of JJ’s Weinke and built from there. More on that in a moment. I’ve been out of town the past two weeks, so nice to be at the friendly confines of the GasHouse, only the landscape has severely changed as the reconstruction of Grier Middle School has leveled the athletic fields and old gym where back in the day as a gangly pimple faced kid in the mid 80’s, life was beginng to swirl. But I digress, there is a workout to lead.

Warm-up:

• Seal Jacks IC x 10 (except I was about to cough at 8 so the inflection changed while I tried not to barf in my mouth, so some PAX ceased fire)
• Side to Side Lunge IC x 10
• Runners Lunge Twist – Right (no cadence, just hold)
• Runners Lunge Twist – Left (here ends the YOGA portion of the workout)
• Arrows IC x 10
• Pledge

Mosey – Hushpuppy was rolling hot and asked where to meet – Garrison Boulevard Business Park – see you in a few.

We arrived at said location and I shared the plan of “The Nasty JJ”. It was not received warmly, even by JJ who created this monster. At the low point of the parking lot, 11 Mike Tysons, run up the hill, stop at the entrance for a burpee, continue to the Business Park sign, 11 Imperial Walker Squat (count the squat), run down the hill, stop again for 1 burpee. Each exercise was 11 reps each time. We did this for 11 minutes and hence the Nasty JJ will live on in lore forever.

Once complete, the next phase began for Every 2 Minutes on the Minute. The PAX would mosey to a pre-selected destination but along the way every two minutes would break for:

• 10 SSH
• 10 Tabletop Crunch (aka Turtle Crunch)
• 10 Penguin Crunch
• 10 Merkins
• 10 Squats

Now some of you are thinking, this sounds simple, how does this get all “short-saled up?” It didn’t, just stuck to the plan, weird, huh? Felt weird, but we moseyed and had 2 stops along Laurel Lane until we arrived at the intersection of Nottingham and Laurel for the 3rd installment. This is where the Watt’s Up portion of the workout kicked in. Maybe a year or two, Watt’s Up Q’ed GasHouse and we arrived at this same spot for a terrible version of 4 corners using Laurel, Woodvale, Dorset, and Nottingham as our corners and had a handful of exercises to complete. Instead of doing multiple rounds, I opted for 1 due to time. But like Watt’s Up’s version, its was a burner where we completed the same count of the aforementioned 5 exercises. Once all 4 corners were done, we then moseyed back down Nottingham to left on Dorset to right on Scotch – time for one more set (this made 8 total sets). We then continue to the end of Scotch which is a nicely elevated cul-de-sac; perfect for a quick Triple Nickle. Somehow saying Triple Nickle doesn’t sound right unless it’s Sister Act’s gravelly voice. So now repeat after me: “Triple Nickle.” There, you’ve got it. Only we’re not doing the standard SA set of burpee, IMT, IWS, HRM. No, we’re running low on time, so I opted for 5 plank jacks at the bottom and 5 shoulder taps (sgl ct) at the top, for 5 rounds. We had 7 minutes to get back to base upon which we arrived right on time.

COT – 7/4 at TFY – reading of Declaration of Independence following the workout; Seek to add Flintstone’s Thunder & Lightening challenge to your schedule. Prayers: Hunk a Junk shared about an acquaintance in Mt. Holly who’s son took his life; Hushpuppy asked for prayers as his new relationship which combines two families with 6 (?) kids of all ages.

Moleskin: 1Peter 2:21 “For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.” I didn’t share this verse today, but reflecting on the workout and discussion among PAX, it is fitting. I mentioned the idea of the workout came from two strong men in JJ and Watt’s Up. Both have strong discipline in visible areas of their faith and fitness. Today’s plan came together from previous workouts they had led and it was a bit daunting to see if we could tackle, but we surely did. Our group of 5 ended up with 3 miles under our belts (Stroganoff at 8 after some EC before). At various times whether in F3, our familes, our communities, churches, or workplaces, we take a leadership role. But in most instances, we followed some path set before us. Jesus did that for us. Hearing Hunk A Junk share that a young man ended his life is tragic. Life is not easy and there will always be a challenge to face. Trust in the Lord and seek a brighter path that can pull you through is a reliable source.

Thanks for the opportunity to lead.

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Warm Up

Wall Sit March 30 sec 3X

Wall Sit Presses 30 Sec  3 X

Route 66 Perfect Form Merkins

4 Corners Plank Jacks, Pull Ups, Reverse Crunch, and Bobby Hurleys

Increase by 5 reps every Lap-went to 20 Count

Announcements : Family Day Forest City  6/3 F3 Lunch 6/21

Prayers: Purple Haze Daughter & Planter F, EZ Rider’s Son, Jackson Hall,  Work Colleagues.  Family & Friends of F3 unspoken.

Warm Up

Quad Nickel ?

Pull Ups, Knee Ups, Step Ups (5 Reps-5 Times)

Dora

49 Hand Release Burpees

51 Perfect Form Merkins

100 Reverse Crunches

100 Vee Ups

150 Mod Bobby Hurleys

150 Squats

Announcements The Murph 5/29-Family Fun Day-6/3

Prayers F3 Family & Friends, Ayers Family, Camilla, and Graduations

8 PAX met up with YHC for a round at the Pub. 5 ran the “reverse defib route” 4 rucked.

Prayers

Strog- daughters last day of college classes

Radars sister- good scan continued prayers

Virus – 2.0 had heart valve replaced, everything going well.

Sargento recovering from surgery

Mayor recovering from surgery

Flintstone’s parents – continued healing and recovery

Thanks for the opportunity to lead!

Maybelline💋

Disclaimer

Pledge

Warmup

10 SSH IC

RoL LoR

Merkins

R L leg up (quads)

Mosey over to town square

Round 1

Figure 8’s -corners all workouts 1x

Mike Tyson’s x 10

PPM x 4

Squats x 10

PPM x 2

Squatting OH press x 10

PPM x 4

Hillbillies x 20

PPM x 4

Mosey over to a wall for wall work.

Hip Slappers x 10 IC

Wall sit 30 seconds

Dirty Hookups x 10 IC

Wall sit 30 seconds

R&R 2x

Mosey up to Ingles and back

Al gore for 6

Round 2

Flutter kicks x 20 count RH

PPM x 4

Diamond merkins x 10 count both

PPM x 4

Imperial walkers x 20 count both

PPM x 4

Obliques x 10,RH and LH

PPM x 4

Plank for the 6

Hip Slappers x 10 IC

Wall sit 30 seconds

Dirty Hookups x 10 IC

Wall sit 30 seconds

Mosey back to square

Round

CoT

Prayers

Purple – triathalon today

Huckleberry

Ratchet’s 2.0  – prayers for fortitude

Flintstone – parents

Gumby – prayers for his family

Gumps transitioning to raleigh facility

People traveling

Praises

Brokes mom home from hospital

Wirenuts 2.0 is recovering well going back to work

Disclaimer
Pledge
Warmup

10 SSH IC

RoL LoR

Merkins

R L leg up (quads)

Mosey over to town square

Round 1

4-Corners

Mike Tyson’s x 10

PPM x 2

2 burpees

LBC’s x 15

PPM x 2

Superman pull-up x 10

PPM x 2

Hillbillies x 20

PPM x 2

Mosey over to a wall for wall work.

Hip Slappers x 10 IC

Wall sit 30 seconds

Dirty Hookups x 10 IC

Wall sit 30 seconds

R&R 2x

Al gore for 6

Round 2

Flutter kicks x 20 count RH

PPM x 2

Diamond merkins x 10 count both

PPM x 2

Imperial walkers x 20 count both

PPM x 2

Obliques x 10,RH and LH

PPM x 2

Plank for the 6

Mosey over to parking lot

11’s

lunges

Mike Tyson’s

Mosey back to start

CoT

Announcements

June 3rd Boudin anhihilation workout

Mexican arcade bike ride also 3rd

Dark helmet Folsom q Saturday

Snooze starts up next week

Prayers

Sargentos uncle going through chemo

Tigers mom

Flintstone’s dads last day of radiation

Charlie ward

Boudins son Bo

Freight – calf injury

Mayor and sargento recovering

Turtleman

Huck

Thanks for the opportunity to lead!

Maybelline💋

I woke up at 5:06 am this morning. If I were posting normally, I’d begin frantically running around to get contacts in and into workout attire. But not this morning. I relieved myself and then crawled back in the fartsack. Only today, the fartsack would eventually be defeated. I slept another half hour before I began morning duties of walking our dog and getting her fed. I had plenty of time that I arrived at the newest AO in our region located in McAdenville. JJ and Flintstone were already in the parking lot, Flintstone having completed some EC in the form of his new EC “Thunder” workout. The cavalcade of vehicles began rolling into the lot. It was time to go. A brief disclaimer opened, and some light chatter ensued.

Warm-up:

Imperial Walkers IC x 11, Toy Soldiers IC x 10, the Patented Right over Left IC followed by the Patented Left over Right IC (apparently, I don’t count the cadence correctly), Arrows IC x 10, SSH IC x 10

Thang: stay in the circle, we’re doing Mary first b/c the former Nantan requested a core workout since he is limited by a bum elbow. We did all of these exercises for 30 seconds each w/ no rest between.

• Reverse Crunch
• American Hammer
• Raised Penguin Crunch
• Turtle Crunch
• Legs at 90 degrees, Alt Toe Touch
• Bear – R hand to L knee
• Bear – L hand to R knee
• Burps
• Genie Crunch: elbow to knee
• Genie Crunch: knee to elbow
• Heels 2 Heaven
• Crunchy Frog
• Hollow Hold
• Ski Abs

The offer was made to remain in the parking lot and do 4 more sets of that – the PAX quickly opted for a mosey. We exited the parking lot and played frogger to move up Main Street. Thankfully no PAX were harmed in the travel. Once passed Terra Mia and the salon, we nestled into the small lot between buildings. Ready for the Stack and Run? Sure you are…goes like this. 50 single count SSH’s run down Poplar Street (the back street) hang a left and another left to circle back up Main Street to our spot. Follow this routine stacking the exercises after each lap:

• 50 SSH, lap
• 50 SSH, 40 LBCs, lap
• 50 SSH, 40 LBCs, 30 jump squats, lap
• 50 SSH, 40 LBCs, 30 jump squats, 20 HR Merkins, lap
• 50 SSH, 40 LBCs, 30 jump squats, 20 HR Merkins, 10 Burpees, lap

This is where time was running low. The Q’s M had scheduled an 8 am vet appointment for our sick dog so I had to cut this short a bit. Hustle back to the base.

COT: Annihilation at the Yank tomorrow w/ Boudin, FIA starting in Belmont – tell your M, July 4th at the Yank 7-8 am workout followed by reading the Declaration of Independence. Prayers: Orangeman asked for prayers for the Grant family and shared praise for his daughter and family relocating to Gastonia. Next Q’s for Snooze will be Tesla on 6/9 and Radar 6/16, and Oompa on 6/30 (open is 6/23).

Debrief with Flintstone, we may relocate where we meet in McAdenville. Navigating the 3 point intersection could be problematic so moving up Main Street could alleviate that and still leave plenty of room to explore at this new AO. We had 7 guys double post having suffered through Breaker’s Q at Tequila Sunrise. A handful of guys walked to the coffee shop for 2nd F. Hopefully one of your summer Fridays allows you to hit the snooze button and still get to a workout.

Thanks for the opportunity to lead.

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