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Today was a great day. I really hoped it would be. I sometimes think about “things.” It’s usually when I am off work for a few days and my mind starts to wander and I start dreaming about things that I could be doing better at work or home or with the family. I guess when I slow down enough to consider what is going on around me, I think of ways to make changes hopefully for the better. Although I didn’t have time off to do that, this whole week I was a little excited and nervous about the weekend. Think about all the things that have happened to you over the last few years since you joined F3. For me, it was thankfully early in the forming stages of GasHouse in 2015. Sure we had some guidance and people giving us advice, but we were really just hanging on trying not to let the wheels run off the track as we grew into a region. F3 has been a huge part of my life, and not just from 0530-0615. I’ve met some great guys. I’ve gotten in better shape. I’ve read more books and listened to more podcasts than I ever imagined. In a word…..I have matured. That is a big thing for me and I don’t say that lightly. I could not have done that without a lot of you and most importantly, I could not have done that without Dredd. This is a guy that I have had less than 2 hours of total conversation with in my entire life. Despite this, he has changed my life, possibly more than any other man outside of my family. That really sounds strange when I read that now. His vision for F3 and who he has inspired to be better men can never be understated. Think about that for a minute. When you think of a high impact man, his image needs to consume your thoughts.

I remember running 1 time a few years ago with Tooltime (AKA Bolt) and he got this funny look on his face and said something about how cool it was that we had been a part of building this “thing” in Gastonia. I didn’t want to let it get to my head (don’t think I need any help with that) so I just kind of laughed it off and changed the subject quickly. I know a lot of guys played a role in starting F3 in Gastonia and even more are still playing a role in keeping it going. Just remember, it takes all of us but it probably started with a little spark of a thought from Dredd at the right time with the right people around him and see what F3 has become? Things like this really confirm to me there is a God, there is a plan, and sometimes I need to just hang on and try not to let the wheels run off the track. We have a great group of men with F3 here in GasHouse. Every day you don’t post, you are missing out on that gift and maybe missing an opportunity to be that spark that makes a difference for another guy. That difference might be as simple as sticking with F3 just to exercise or maybe as big as deciding it’s time to make a change in his life for the better. Think if Dredd fartsacked on 1/1/2011? What would you be doing right now? Who would you be right now? More importantly, where would you be headed?

Dread delivered in GasHouse…..in a big way. It’s not too late to reap the benefits. If you were not there at GasHouse, you missed out. We had a great time and got better. Thanks for helping to keep the wheels on the track.

Whoopee

We ran or rucked then discussed courage with Tesla over mimosas. It was a good morning with great weather and a lot of good discussion. thanks for posting guys. enjoyed the change of scenery from Coconut Horse.

Whoopee

On a cool fall morning in greater Gastonia teams gathered for the second annual Gashouse Amoeba Ruck-Off!  This time the PAX added weight by filling each sack full of canned goods to donate to Dallas Christian Ministry.

This was the plan…

Teams gathered at First ARP Church on S. Chester St. to finish loading up their canned goods and begin the mumble chatter.  Teams were finalized and instructions with pictures were handed out.  Teams grabbed the information packets, stopped listening to YHC, and began their ruck to six checkpoints before making their way to the end point at Pita Wheel.  At each check point the teams were instructed to take a team selfie, send it to YHC and complete 100 reps of the exercise called out in the instructions.  Once they finished all 6 stops it was time to race back to the finish at The Pita Wheel.  YHC estimated this to be near 8 miles depending on any shortcuts that could be found.

This is how it went…

Under the watchful eyes of the unofficial officials Balljoint and Mayor, the teams got their instruction sheets and began talking their way through their route.   At the same time the teams were talking YHC was pointing out a few details of the ruck.  Next time no packets until its time to launch.   Anyway, off they went to the locations below to get their pictures and reps in.

START = First ARP Church – 317 S. Chester St.

York Chester Middle School – 601 S. Clay St.  100 Decline Merkins

Tony’s Ice Cream – 604 E. Franklin Blvd. 100 Monkey Humpers

West Gastonia Boys & Girls Club – 310 Boyd St.  100 Australian Mountain Climbers

Hollywood Cemetery – 600 N. Broad St. 100 Burpees

Lineberger Park Vietnam Memorial – 632 E. Garrison Blvd. 100 LBCs

R.O.’s Bar-B-Q – 1318 Gaston Ave. 100 Jump Squats

FINISH = Pita Wheel – 110 S. York St.

Pictures started coming in quick as the teams worked their way through each location.  It looked neck and neck as one teams pictures trumped the others.   Nearing the finish line at Pita Wheel it was definitely a tight race.   One team coming from Lineberger Park and the other coming from York Chester Middle School.  It’s anybody’s race!  Who would it be?

Blart, Broke, Def Leppard, Sargento and Slaw?

OR

Breaker Breaker, MInivan, Roscoe and Tesla?

One team came racing into the Pita Wheel ready for a cold beverage at 1:55:18 logging 7.6 miles and earning their victory!

The second team may have been talking when YHC stated the finish line was at Pita Wheel.  And they may have overlooked the written instruction too.  With that said they returned to First ARP Church with an unofficial time of 1:45 logging 6.78 miles.

Both teams put in the work, carried lots of food and earned their victories!

In all, 194.2 lbs. of food were collected plus $60.00 to buy more for Dallas Christian Ministry.

Race supporters Gumby, Orangeman w/ 2.0 Erica and rogue pre marathon runners Flintstone and Virus came to Pita Wheel to witness the anticipated photo finish.

It was a great day.

Till next time!

BOS & Musicbox

Work out 10/8/22

Warm up

Rotational exercise

10, 4count

Side straddle hop

Moroccan night club

Bicycle

Mossy to pull up bar

Doing 11’s

Pull ups and incline push ups, with 5 squats in between

Mossy to tennis courts

4corners 2 sets

20 push-up

30 lunges

40 flutter kicks

50 jumping jacks

Events

Convergence next week at bulldog area

Wa best elementary school

Clown car Nov 12th

Prayers

Grew wrench brother-in-law and sister

Strippers brother and niece

Huckleberry

Hacksaw an round up family

Purples haze

WarmUp

Hold Plank – In the meantime, YHC talked about the 4 Quadrants of Preparedness for a Man, the “3GL”:   GetRight, LiveRight, LeadRight, LeaveRight

SSH, Superman’s, Good Morning Burpees

Dips

Mosey

The Thang

Escalator – Run up and down the hill.  At the top, Escalate! – add an additional exercise at the top of the hill each time.   10 burpees, 15 BBoys, 20 Merkins, 25 squats, 30 Hammers.

3 minutes left
Mosey back

Hold Plank – YHC talked about the DRP, the “Daily Red Pill”.

Time!

Announcements
Amoeba Ruck – First ARO – York Chester 8th
Dredd – Q at Gashouse (8th
Transverse – Bulldog
Lake Wylie – CSAUP at bowling alley
Slaughter – F3 2ndF – Nov 4
Dec 3 Xmas party
Nov 9 – blood drive
NewQ November

Thought & Prayers, & Gratitude
Hurricane – lost ones, recovery
Watts Up – took new job
Sarlacc – searching/ interviewing
Ozark – interviewing
Buckshot / baby
Pillager, baby on the way
Dry Rub M – home from hospital

-Bubba Sparxxx

This was my first Q down town my first Q anywhere other than Folsom for that matter 🤔dang I need to get out more. But anyway my wife was off this Friday which meant I could post somewhere then I noticed on slack captain stubbing had an open Q so I pounced on it. I work for the city and have always kept an eye out for potential exercises in different spots downtown. My planning finally payed off here’s what went down.

warm up: gravel pickers,ssh,air presses,squats,merkins,mountain climbers all x10 IC mosey to the bridge 5 pull-ups 10 step ups 15 dips x4 mosey to the FUSE stop at each intersection for 10 CDD’s 10big boys 10squats Gearwrench was bat flipping and sped ahead but got some ridicule for skipping a couple roads which started a debate about what defined an intersection which Balljoint settled later on slack😆I love this kinda crap it keeps things entertaining. But for the record gear wrench circled back and completed his reps💪🏻. At the fuse we did Route 66 bear crawls and merkins much to SA’s delight he loves doechy exercises like this. Then we moseyed back to the pavilion stopping at each intersection for 5 Diamond merkins. At the pavilion we did 10 v ups 10 miketysons 10x factors 10 burpees and some incredible hulks everyone was glad we fit some burpees in I think they were worried we wouldn’t do any 😁. Fun was had by all good work men it was a privilege and pleasure to lead like always this was a reminder to me I need to branch out and Q elsewhere when possible I’ll be keeping an eye out for other openings. Over and out 💪🏻👊🏻

I was scheduled to Q at Folsom on this day anyway I had a weinke in mind but then surprise there is a 5th week of IPC this year so my plan will have to wait. We met up at the soccer field and did week 5 and it went down like this.
10 BDC burpees murder bunny 10 yards 10 BDE burpees murder bunnies backwards 10 yards 20 thrusters murder bunny 20 yards 20 thrusters murder bunny 20 yards backwards 30 Bonnie blairs murder bunny 30 yards 30 Bonnie blairs murder bunny 30 yards backwards 40 jungle boy squats murder bunny 20 yards 40 jungle boy squats murder bunny backwards 20 yards 50 merkins murder bunny 10 yards 50 merkins murder bunny backwards 10 yards stop. During the course of the workout there was a timer every 5 minutes we did 5 kraken burpees it was tough but all the men pushed hard. I’m especially proud of jiffy he really struggled but refused to give up and finished strong 💪🏻. Mayor Stogie and Ozark started early to make sure they got all the work in. I’ve been pleasantly surprised this year at the way the Folsom regulars attacked the IPC and we’re all stronger because of it thanks to all who helped set up. I look forward to next years IPC