Fitness, Fellowship, Faith

Day: August 17, 2023

Get on the Bus

Back to school time which means the 2nd annual Back to School Q. Not really that big of a deal actually, but here’s what we did…

Warm-up the bus
SSH IC x 15
LBCs IC x 15
Imperial Walkers IC x 15

Mosey down Riverwood

Stop by the neighborhood pool for Morrocan Night Clubs x 50 to symbolically wave bye to summer vacation.

Mosey to the base of Gastone’s Hill. Need to pick up the kids on the bus so stop at every mailbox on the way up and the way down for 3 squats.

Moesey to Dollar General parking lot. Stop for last minute school supplies as each PAX picked an exercise.

Maybelline – Peter Parker Merkins (don’t think he read Flintstone’s backblast)
Fountainhead – Merkins (maybe? or maybe something else?)
Winehouse – Superman Pull-ups
JJ – Calf Raises on the curb
Stubing – Hand-release Merkins

Now that we have all our supplies, mosey to the school parking lot.

First up, math and geometry. Escalating Four Core-ners.
Corner 1 – 10 Crunchy Frogs
Corner 2 – 10 Crunchy Frogs, 20 Freddy Mercury,
Corner 3 – 10 Crunchy Frogs, 20 Freddy Mercury, 30 LBCs
Corner 4 – 10 Crunchy Frogs, 20 Freddy Mercury, 30 LBCs, 40 Flutter Kicks

De-escalate with a slight twist
Corner 3 – 10 Freddy Mercury, 20 LBCs, 30 Flutter Kicks
Corner 2 – 10 LBCs, 20 Flutter Kicks
Corner 1 – 10 Flutter Kicks

Mosey to the front of the cafeteria for lunch. Cherry Pickers x 50 (the only food related exercise I could think of quickly). Then, Drop the Cherries in the Basket x 50

Mosey along the wall to wait for the bus back
Dips x 15
Step Ups x 15
Derkins x 15
Dips x 10

Mosey back with a stop at the base of the hill to drop off the kids. Squats x 23 (think that’s the number of mailboxes up Gastone’s Hill)

Mosey back to the flag

The Pledge

Announcements
3F lunch (yesterday)
F3 Dads Folsom Sat (8/19)
Crowder Hike (8/27)
Coconut Derby (9/3)
Conv Labor Day (9/4)

Prayer Requests
Maybelline’s grandfather
Stubing’s M, care for grandmother
Norwood
Turtleman
Huckleberry
Kids and teachers

Prayer to take us out.

Until next time…

The 41st Birthday Q…we don’t bite, just lick.

It was a great morning in Cramerton for a nice birthday beatdown. 11 PAX circle up, including the rare appearance of Spiderman…it was going to be a good morning!

Warm Up: SSH in cadence x41. Cause that’s how old I turned.

The Thang:

  • Mosey down to in front of the drug store, where I lay down the vision for the morning. Most of the time, the best part of F3 isn’t the First F, but rather the Second F. When I tell friends why I keep coming back to something this stupid, I always talk about the camaraderie and the fellowship.
  • So today…we are going to do some Fellowship Fitness! Each (most) light pole on the way up 8th we stopped at, for PAX to take turns calling out an exercise with their rep options being: 8, 17, or 41 reps.
  • We continued that all the way up the hill…but Fannie Mae and Finkle dropped the hammer on us with 41 Gravel Pickers and 41 Big Boys, respectively.
  • At the top of the hill and the light, turned and headed toward Mayflower, and continued the pattern down the road.
  • One stop at the Riverside basketball court, couple stops on the way back toward downtown…including some obligatory hip slappers called by Orangeman under the train tracks.
  • Mosey down the hill to the bridge, over to Goat Island, where in the middle of our “lightning round of 8’s only”, Tesla of course calls Kraken Burpees. That got Orangeman (?) so sauced up, he told a dog that was nervously being walked by us that we don’t bite, we only lick. That was YHC’s cue to get back to the flag as fast as possible.
  • One small stop in the middle of the bridge, then back to COT where we finish up with a circle of Burpees (one each PAX in rotating fashion, as quickly as possible) and some stretches.
  • Time

What a honor it is to lead, what an honor it is to be a part of this group. I’ll say it time and again…and thanks to everyone for getting me to 41. Let’s keep going.

 

Announcements: read your other backblasts

Prayers:

  • Norwood
  • Turtleman
  • Tiger’s parents
  • Everyone continuing back to school
  • Orangemen’s 2.0 and family are back officially from Colorado, but came with Covid. He hasn’t gotten to visit with them yet, including his granddaughter.

 

Buckshot, out.

Too hot for coffee this morning

We had 3 for The Pub this morning.  Open didn’t show for his Q this morning so I took over the Q.  New(ish) route called.  Straight up Gaston Day/Armstrong/Cox to Panera and back.  So simple even Seuss wouldn’t get lost… but nonetheless there was no Seuss today.  I guess he is too busy making facebook videos.  We contemplated ordering coffee for a mid run jolt but alas it was just to warm this morning.  Great fellowship with Roscoe and JJ!

Announcements

F3 Dads at Folsom this Saturday 8/19

Kings to Crowders ruck 8/27 Meet at Linwood entrance at 7

Coconut Derby 9/3

Labor Day Convergence at Caromont Park/Fuse 7AM.  Other Monday AO’s closed

 

Prayers:

Turtleman and family

Kids and teachers returning to school

 

Until next time Defib out

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