Day: October 7, 2023

17 HIM showed up for what I thought would be a simple, yet challenging workout … consisting of 15 regulars, 1 FNG and 1 runner, which should have just stayed with the group … because we did a light mosey!?

The Warmup

10 GP IC … 20 IW OYO … 30 SSH OYO

The Workout

Mosey to First Presbyterian

Dora 1 … 100 Merkins … 200 Squats … 300 LBC’s

I may have underestimated the length of the parking lot at First Pres!

Mosey to Belmont Foursquare

Dora 2 … 100 Diamonds … 200 Bobby Hurleys … 300 Freddy Mercurys

Luckily, the parking lot is a bit shorter!

Mosey to First Baptist

Dora 3 … 25 Werkins … 50 Jump Squats … 75 Dying Cockroaches

Due to time … we had to shorten Dora 3

Mosey to the Flag

If you’re keeping score at home … That’s 3 Dora’s as in Dora, Dora, Dora … the Explorer. On the way back to the Flag … we stopped and I explained that in Dora there is a villain named Swiper and a saying that goes like this … “Swiper, No Swiping!” To me … at an F3 workout, the villain is “the burpee” … so we had to stop for “Burpees, No Burpees!” I intended to do burpees at every light pole … but due to time we did 5 and moseyed back.

We arrived short of the flag, to find FIA occupying the area … so we stopped for 1 minute of Mary. Eh Ya’ll calls “Pickle Pointers” in Cadence as FIA jogs by … not awkward at all!!!

We get back to the flag as time expires … to realize that we covered almost 4.5 miles on this “Dora the Explorer” workout! We also got to name an FNG that I EH’d last Sunday … who ended up being named “Dingo” … so I guess to stay with the them, “Go Dingo Go!”

The Word

I read Acts 2:42-47 as we moved from church to church … to attempt to offer a chance to catch our breath. This passage is a snapshot of the early church  … a picture of what God intended the church to be … a body of believers worshiping and working … living and loving … serving and sacrificing … together!

I truly believe that is also a snapshot of F3 … Brothers doing life together. We are better … together!

The Announcements

Welcome FNG, Dingo … 1/2 Marathon Ruck, PreBlast is Out … Gaston YL Banquet, see post … 2nd F Lunch at Papas and Beers in Dallas

Prayer Requests/Praise Reports

Pray for Anchorman’s Friends Son whose been diagnosed with Leukemia, Anchorman’s FIL, Tigers Mom and Dad, Sargento’s Knee, Red Ribbons Shoulkder

Praise Report for Tesla completing the “Rim to Rim” Hike of the Grand Canyon

Once again … thanks for the opportunity to lead leaders … sorry about the “light mosey”

Doodles Out!

Great weather, small but high quality crowd this am, started with some EC since the CHAD1000 is right around the corner (shameless plug…..Friday, Nov 10, location TBA, prob Bulldog AO). Linus showed a bit early for some mosey, quick conversation and 17 step ups.

Disclaimer at 0700, Pledge and then an unusually long warmup by my standards. Thanks for noticing Defib and Roscoe. It’s nice to know that people are paying attention and not just going thru the motions. Boot campers with Linus and we are off. Mosey to the wall at the front of GasHouse for some wall work. We did some wall sits between exercises with “enough” reps of donkey kicks, hip slappers, dirty hookups (where were you Spiderman????) and Bulldog Merkins-think derkin in a horizontal position pushing your legs against the wall to stay upright while doing a merkin. I really wanted more hip slappers but didn’t feel that was going to be popular. Guess I am getting soft….gotta work on that.

Mosey across the street for some suicides in the parking lot. Every parking space for about 15-20 spaces we did suicides with a single burpee on the far end. Not too tough but did get some running in with all the back and forth. Next was 11’s with big boys and merkins again in the parking lot. I always lose count and end up doing too many but really couldn’t say if that happened today. Again, lot of steps then moseyed to the hill in the neighborhood. I believe Queensgate is the street name and as we approached, SS reminded me he had to leave so I asked for some suggestions for exercises for a triple nickel on the big hill. He must have had a good night last night. He initially suggested wolverine burpees with an evil grin then softened up and changed to jump squats and mountain climbers. Thanks SS. I really didn’t want to call your M to tell her you had “fallen down some steps” and that you were in the ER with multiple injuries and would be late getting home. The hill was pretty tough and by the time we got back to start, we had logged over 3.6 miles. I’ll have to work on that for next time-we could have gotten 4 miles without too much more of a push. We moseyed back for COT with the pain labbers then hung around for awhile just talking.

During the Triple Nickel, Roscoe, Defib and I discussed the idea of “how are you spending your time?” The Daily Stoic this week briefly discussed this and it’s really been on my mind. We are really careful with how much money we spend on groceries, vacations, things, clothes, fun stuff….whatever, just fill in the blank-money is something that is easy to measure and we are really careful with it, especially when times are a little lean. The reality is, you can always work more and make a little more money, spend a little less….whatever. You can replace money after you spend it. The point is we oftentimes are really careful with money. What else are you really careful with besides money? Are you also careful with how you spend your time? If you think about it, time is the one commodity we have that can never be replaced or increased. You have the same amount of time I have each day. 24 hours, that’s it, no more and no less. How are you spending it? Are you sleeping in and missing a workout? Are you watching some mindless show on TV that really has no chance of making you a better person and while you are doing that, taking time away from your family? I said this earlier this week…what if you only had 5 more days to post and then could never post….EVER AGAIN. What if I only had 5 more posts and then you never saw me again? I know these are somewhat morbid thoughts, but seriously, it could happen. How are you spending your time? Make sure you are deliberate in your decisions about how you are spending your time and how you are taking care of yourself and those around you. This seems like the perfect time for another shameless plug…. this one is for the 40 DAY CHALLENGE. The habits you can establish during this 40 days could be what improves your life and the lives of those around you more than you can imagine. Find a time to spend with your M on a date. Do something she wants to do and be happy doing it.

At some point, time will run out. I am not suggesting you focus on this morbid thought, however it should be something that crosses your mind on a regular basis so that you are making decisions that you will not regret. Now get up off the couch, put your phone/computer away, and spend some time with your family or M making a memory.

Bring on the 40 day challenge, I’m ready.

Whoopee

Today was all about building some camaraderie amongst the PAX. Yes, we all show up and grind but sometimes you just gotta let loose and have fun with it!

Warmed up with some SSH, R/L, L/R, Hurdle stretch, figure 4 stretch, 5 big boys, 5 Mike Tyson’s, 5 burpees, mosey to far parking lot across the field.

We did 3 renditions of Route 66:

1. Bear crawl with Mike Tysons

2. Lunge walk with air squats

3. Crab walk with big boys.

After a quick grind we played ultimate frisbee on the field and I was happy to see everyone had a good time.

Balljoint had some clutch catches and passes.

Volt was grinning ear to ear for once.

Stogie was a monster on defense.

Gearwrench was all over the field.

Chubbs was an absolute beast (MVP)

I like to think I had a few nice throws.

Westside has an absolute cannon.

Bedpan had a great all round performance.

At the end we did pledge and COT, thanking God for the day, for each other, and for the physical health to be able to do what we do. We pray specifically for the Hall family and for others spoken and unspoken.