Author: Tiger (Page 1 of 21)

Two runners, six ruckers and one undecided.

Pledge and announcements:  Blood drive June 26, Lightning PT July 6, Declaration of Independence workout at The Yank on July 4 at 0630.  F3 Dad’s July 20

Prayer requests: Termite son Nick, Leonhardt family, Barnes Family, Huckleberry, Johnny from Rice n Beans, Jackson Curti,  Anchorman, Tesla son Pax traveling

YHC took us out

Allways an honor

Tiger

Big group including an FNG at The Yank.  Time hits, start with the mission of F3.  Quick warm up with the some stretching ,  SSH, IW and a few burpees.  Made a promise to the group a few months ago, time to make it good.  Let’s go.

Had just shy of a mile to get the destination.  Hill at North Street is tough for Bo Dereks.  10 squats at the bottom 10 hand release merkins at the top, 10 times.    Simple and effective.   Brutus Termite Tesla and Doodles knocked it out.  Prob half the group got in at least 10 trips.

Head back to the Yank, three mins remain so time for some Mary.

Time

Name the FNG Tony (Anotnio, AJ) a big wrestling fan, welcome GLOW!

Pledge and announcements:  Blood drive June 26, Lightning PT July 6, Declaration of Independence workout at The Yank on July 4 at 0630.  F3 Dad’s July 20

Prayer requests: Termite son Nick, Leonhardt family, Barnes Family, Huckleberry, Johnny from Rice n Beans, Jackson Curti,  Anchorman, Tesla son Edward possibly moving back, Pax traveling

YHC took us out

Allways an honor

Tiger

5:30 hits, time to get started.  Lead off with quick disclaimer, do have an FNG present.  Mission of F3 – to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for men, for the invigoration of male community leadership.” Train comes right on time, 5 burpees.  Pledge.  Warm up of SSH, IW, gravel pickers and some stretching.

Ruckers stay behind, everyone else take a lap.  Four corners of 20 flying squirrels, next corner, 20 FS and 30 hand release merkins, next corner 20 FS 30HRM, 40 bobby hurley, next corner 20 FS 20HRM 30 BH 40 big boy sit ups.  Same thing in reverse, unstack it all.

About 10 mins remain, 20 step ups each leg.  Head to the wall for suspension merkins.   Sprint back to flag

Say a few words on putting in the effort it takes to get better, going to get out of it what you put in to it.  Also some words on the Queen, careful what you consume, food and drink, but also with eyes and ears.

Announcements: 2nd F lunch at Bubbas 33 on 6/19, clean day at The Yank on 6/22, blood drive on afternoon of 6/26, Living Hope church

Prayer concerns: families that have had tragic drownings of young children, PAX traveling, Turtleman family, Huckleberry, Anchorman, Murtaugh family, Jackson Curti. Maybelline M job search

YHC prayed for all,

Named FNG – welcome Valley Girl!

Large group of runner and ruckers this morning.  Run route was Loftin park loop, ruck was usual.  Pledge at the end.

Announcements: Food ruck this Saturday 0545 at the Yank, 2nd F lunch 3/20 at Bad Daddy’s, convergence 4/13 at Fuse, blood drive coming up in June (looking for a new venue)

Prayers:  Ratchet and family, Gavel and family, Turtleman, Huck, Anchorman, Golddigger M having surgery

YHC took  us out

Always an honor

Tiger

A few good men joined at the Yank for the chance to get a little better.  Start with mission of F3 to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for men, for the invigoration of male community leadership.  Warm up of SSH, IW, and some stretches.  YHC asked to bring ruck sacks, grab them and let’s mosey to track behind middle school.

Shared a few comments in honor of Nick Saban announcing retirement earlier in the week.  He is a leader in all aspects.  His terminology is different but he teaches the exact same lessons as we find in Q Source.  Live each day with the intent of taking care of all details needed to win that day.   Set your goals, and formulate the plan to achieve, then forget about the goal and focus on what needs to be done to get there.  The end result will take care of itself.

Workout is with blocks.  Four exercises, thrusters, WWIII sit ups, blockies, and shoulder press.  25 reps of each and them strap on ruck and do two laps around the track at a brisk pace.  Debate ensues on which is more difficult, WWIII sit ups or blockies.   No decision, both are really hard.  Decrease reps by 5 and do another round.  Continue to go down by 5 each round.

Most I think were on round of 15 or had just completed when time to stop.  YHC counted off 17 thrusters, one for each year Saban coached at Alabama.  Chose thrusters to simulate all of those national champion trophies Saban raised to the crowd.

In all seriousness, Saban is a man that did not coach football, he coached life.  Football just happened to be his vocation.  I encourage if you have a few minutes to look up one of his speeches on Youtube, his lessons are worth your time.

Nick Saban first round draft picks at Alabama – 49.  Saban losses at Alabama – 29.

Announcements: 2nd F lunch Wednesday, Push the Rock Challenge sign up

Prayer requests: Turtleman, Huck, Jackson Hall, Jackson Curti, Jane Fonda, Montana, Tiger daughter driving back to school Saturday, Brutus traveling on mission trip later this month

YHC took us out

Always an honor

Thanks Coach

Stellar group of HIM’s showed at the first Members Only of the year.  Large ruck group, elite runner group, then Gavel and me.

Convene after the run/ruck.  Pledge.  Mission of F3 to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership.

Announcements: prayer walk at Young Life schools, upcoming Rice n Beans opportunity, 2nd F lunch

Prayer requests: Pax ill, Jackson Curti has marrow donor match but still has a ways to go to be health enough for transplant, Turtleman, Huckleberry, Montana, Jackson Hall,  new school superintendent announcement

YHC took us out

Convene for Q Source – Team Accountability

Always an honor

Tiger

Started with mission of F3, to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership.  Warm up of SSH, IW, gravel Pickers, arm circles and some stretches.  Pledge.

Time to make some major decisions.  Pax had a choice of easy or hard.  Easy and hard qualified by saying the easy doesn’t necessarily mean easy, it means more opportunity to adjust to own level of difficulty, but hard means hard.

Being the HIM’s they are, all but one dissenter (won’t mention Cheesesteak) chose hard.  Let’s go.  Head up Nichols Hill but take a left on Poplar.  All the way to the end. 20 squats once all arrive.  Cross Keaner.  Orangeman casually mentions “hope we aren’t headed to North Street”.  Me too, but we are.

First time this a workout has come to this spot.  The reason hard is hard is because this is a steep hill.  Starts steep and continues.  Fortunately it’s only about 200 yards.  Triple nickel is the call – hand release merkins at bottom and perfect form merkins at top.

After all had completed, took moment to talk about the fact that a decision is the first step.  If your life has something that it shouldn’t, or doesn’t have something it should then the first step to change is to make the decision.  We then talked for a moment about the 8 block.  This is a tool that can be utilized in forming a plan to better yourself.  But it helps, when you have someone to help with accountability.  Shield lock and Whetstone are great for this.

One last thing. 2023 for some has been a hard year.  Many look forward to brighter days to come.  We went up the hill one more time with all the gas in the tank.  Hill was symbolic of 2023, but everyone made it to the top.

Head back downtown, stopping periodically for jungle boy squats, 20 per stop, 5 stops.  Got back to park with time left so stopped at the corner for some dips and derkins.  Start at 20.  Orangeman M comes by, we ask her to call the round of 15.  Big mistake.  Women from! Ecuador are firey!  She thankfully moves along,  10 more and head to the Yank.

Time for a little Mary.

Good work for the last bootcamp of the year.   We discussed the 8 block just a bit more.  YHC printed several copies to hand out.  Use it men!  Don’t just complete it and stash it somewhere.  Re-visit and adjust frequently.

Announcements:  beer mile,  convergence  New Year’s morning. ruck and run at 0600, bring coupon.  Virus collecting adult clothing.

Prayer requests:  Pax traveling, Jackson Hall, Jackson Curti did not get good result from recent testing, Turtleman, Huck, Jane Fonda, Montana, safety and prospertiy in new year

YHC took us out

Always an honor.

Happy new year

Tiger

Larger crowd than expected on a brisk morning.  Started with pledge, mission of F3 To plant, grow and serve small workout groups for men, for the invigoration of male community leadership.

Announcements: Beer mile 12/30 at 10:30 – Mtn Candy named as official beer, convergence 1/1/24 at Martha Rivers 0700, Q source opportunities at each AO on Sundays

Prayer requests – praise that Jackson Curti able to spend Christmas at home but has to go back right after, Turtleman, Huckleberry, Jackson Hall, Virus father-in-law, Tesla family, Pax and family traveling, a friend of a friend named Kaitlyn – young mother diagnosed with rare form of strep outlook is not very good at this point, Jane Fonda

Tiger took us out

Always an honor

Tiger

Two runners

Four ruckers and a runner at Members Only.  YHC was not one of them, only made it to Q Source.  Topic was Opportunity.