Stay tuned for further developments from another AO’s back blast for confirmation.

Pledge.
Disclaimer as usual “Don’t hurt yourself” and “You vs You”.

Pub package was run to Martha Rivers and back.

Announcements: Dam2Dam, 2nd F lunch, Extinction Run, Ville-Ville, Mortimer, P200, and last bur not least Q vs Q.
Boycott Sister Act.

Prayer requests: Wirenut family; Gumby family; Termite’s brother; Clavin’s M; Clavin as he deals with this; Breaker Breaker’s daughter praise for job; Joshua from GSM-lost infant child; Huck; Turtleman;
others not mentioned

YHC took us out.

4 others joined me this am for some good stuff. Hit the disclaimer because that’s what we do. Medium warmup with a few exercises. I was open for suggestions because I saved the wrong weinke on my phone. We moseyed to Gastone’s Hill and did 5 SSH at each light on the way. At the bottom of the hill the instructions we reviewed: go up the hill and do a few squats at each mailbox on the right as suggested by HP. At the top we did some quiet exercises so as to not awaken the neighbors then moseyed back down. Round 2 up the hill was right after we ranted about snowflakes not wanted to go to work and stay at home so we did 2 burpees at each mailbox. More quiet exercises at the top then mosey back to the bottom. Final trip up was going to be plain old run up to the top but I was open for suggestions so we did ascending merkins up by 1 at each mailbox until we got to 8 then worked our way back down to 1 by the time we got to the top. More exercises at the top plus a little game called “tell me something you are thankful for” for a few minutes then mosey back down to the bottom. It was getting close to time so we moseyed back to start with some SSH at every other light.

Finished with COT then got outta there. I had to circle back to the hill to retrieve my phone that I left at the bottom of the hill.

good stuff-Whoopee

Warm up: it was proper 😁
Then moseyed past the triangle stopping at each pole for 5 LLB’s
When we reached our destination there was an axe throwing target and 4 throwing axes each axe would represent reps round 1:if it sticks =1 rep if not 5 reps when all the pax had a turn we started round 2: sticks =5 reps if not 10 reps we worked through a list of standard exercises. Stogie almost lost an axe he must’ve been pissed and threw it out into the wild blue yonder 😁.Wirenut dropped all 4 on the ground and made us do all the reps 🤷‍♂️. We made it through 2 rounds and time was short so we headed back to the flag we had 30 seconds left so Wirenut called out 22 for the vets. Time! This was fun it was different from the norm and we put in some work. We pledged did announcements took prayer requests: wirenuts family,crop dusters friend recovering from bike car collision, purple haze coworker,Huck, big Pappy,sorry if I missed any but God remembers all. Thanks for the chance to lead men it was a pleasure like always.

Lots of Love at The Storm on Valentine’s Day!  Begin with the mission of F3 “To plant grow and serve small work out groups for men, for the invigoration of male commnity leadership.”   Pledge.

Warm up of SSH, IW, gravel pickers, arms circles, burpees and some stretching.  Breaker Breaker was kind enough to bring some blocks  for the morning festivities, thank you Breaker!

Grab blocks and head to the side parking lot.  Modified four corners – divide into four groups- each corner has a list of exercises totaling 100 reps, each pax does all exercises.  Once all are complete run to the next corner.  Corner one was all blocks -10 blockie, 20 squat thruster, 30 swings, 40 curls.   Corner 2 10 blockie, 20 hand release merkins, 30 sand bag squats, 40 lbc.  Corner 3 -10 blockie, 20 diamond merkins, 30 smurf jacks, 40 high knees.  Corner 4 – 10 big boys, 20 burpees, 30 toe touch jacks, 40 merkins.  Run between stations with your team.

All groups got in one full round, one station of round 2, and partial second station of round 2.

Grab the coupons and head back to flag.

Show of hands on who attends Q Source, another show on who has done a Grow Ruck Training Event.  Several attend Q Source, but many do not, likely representative of the pax in the region as a whole.  Q Source is a really good curriculum developed by Dredd that defines personal growth and leadership.  The workouts are just the starting point.  Grow Ruck events are really good at pulling together the tools in a big picture way.

Our region has had very little participation in Grow Ruck.  This year’s schedule is published.  There are two single day events, with one being on June 10 in Charleston.  Urge everyone to give an event some consideration.

Announcements: Extinction run March 4, Viking Dash coming up at Poston Park, 2nd F lunch later this month, Q vs Q tournament – voting closes 2/18.

Prayer requests: Turtleman, Huckleberry, Breaker Breaker father in law, Radar sister, Tooth Fairy daughter, Wirenut family, Boudin and family, Stinky Bird cousin and father, Tiger mother and brother

YHC took us out

Always an honor

Tiger

Chilly 35 degrees, clear, and dry.  Once we got going it really felt just right.  It is Vanletines Day.

In the past YHC has Qd yoga workouts from time to time.  It usually seems to be accepted with a little hesitation and maybe thought of as not being strenuous enough for the tastes of the a large portion of the PAX.  In the end when the workout is over the guys typically agree that it was a better workout than expected and a refreshing change of pace.  The stretching has benefits as well.  For thpse reasons YHC does try to mix a yoga workout into the rotation.

We mixed in SSH’s, merkins, mountain climbers, and keroke to keep the heart rate up.

Preacher

Chair

Warriors 1 and 2

Runner

Plank

Cobra

Down dog

Up dog

Triangle

Crescent

We ended with a round and a half of 20 count Mary.

It is an honor, privilege, and pleasure.

Prayer requests:

Huck

EZ Riders family

Wirenuts family

Clavins M

Turtleman

Others spoken and unspoken

Aye!!!!!!!

Timeframe

It was cold and rainy, but not memorably so, as 11 ignored doctor’s recommendations and played in the rain.  I’ve seen worse.

5 rucked and 6 ran.

We lost 2 and picked up 2 for QSource.  We talked about the Get Right.  Fitness first, then fellowship and faith.  Different times in life require us to accelerate in different directions.  The Gloom gives us an opportunity every day to start the day off right, regardless of what the rest of the day will bring.

Been a while, but glad to have secured my membership card.

Yabba Dabba Doo

No Super Bowl Hangover detected at The Sword, as we had 11 escape the fartsack and start the week off right.

“… we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.” – Romans 5:3-5

The hard things mold and shape us into the strong and prepared HIMs we were called to be.

Thanks for the opportunity to lead.

Yabba Dabba Doo