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This morning at PainLab, I had the honor of leading the F3 workout, and it turned out to be quite the memorable experience. The atmosphere was charged with holiday spirit as we embarked on a Christmas-themed fitness challenge. The twist was the incorporation of trivia questions, adding an element of fun and competition to our usual routine.

As I rallied the participants for an hour of festive fitness, I received a surprising message from Stagecoach, my first EH back in 2018. It turns out he hasn’t posted in a whopping 2044 days, but today he expressed the desire to join in the workout and compete against his brother Cheesesteak, who has been consistently showing up.

The workout itself was a concoction of exercises and trivia questions, with two teams going head-to-head. Each round featured a trivia question, and the winning team got the luxury of an easier exercise, while the losing team faced a more challenging one. It added a dynamic and engaging element to our usual routine.

However, the morning took an unexpected turn during question three, which revolved around the highest-grossing Christmas movie of all time. Stagecoach’s team confidently declared “The Grinch,” while my sources insisted on “Home Alone.” The discrepancy led to a bit of controversy, and I must admit no one gracefully handled the mistake, hence this text when I returned to my vehicle post-workout.

Cheers to another memorable F3 workout at PainLab. See Gashouse backblast for announcements.

Prayers to our brother Sledge

Disclaimer:
Pledge:
it’s cold……
SSH – 10 IC
Mosey to Martha’s
Our gift from Frank Shirley has arrived.  It is a one year subscription to the Jelly of the Month Club!  It’s the gift that keeps on giving the whole year long.

January:  LBC
February:  Big Boys
March:  CDD’s
April:  Dips (with an additional 50 since the lights did not work)
May:  Squats (with an additional 100 since there is a squirrel in the tree)
June:  Super Man Pull Ups (less 50 since the lights now work)
July:  Merkins (with an additional 150 since the crapper’s full)
August:  Monkey Humpers (less 50 since Clark’s bonus was restored)
time……..
September:  would have been Moroccan Night Clubs
October:  overhead claps
November:  lunge in place
December:  heels to heaven

We did not keep track of our months, and each was hidden a short block from each other.  Exercises were done with 1/2 group receiving the gift and the other 1/2 running.  Each month had to be re-found running to the gift cards.  All above mostly modified for time and count, just go with the fun as listed.

Announcements:
Beer Ruck
New Year’s Convergence

Prayers:
Simpson family
Turtleman
Huckleberry
Jackson Hall
Overheard, live every day to the fullest as tomorrow is unknown
Reach out to your F3 brothers.  JJ working as Development Q to promote this concept and not let guys slip.

Honored, Linus

Mt Hollywood Cardboard Christmas / 12 ish days of Christmas. YHC filled in for Hey  Y’all.  Mayor did not get the memo and was very disappointed that plan B (CPAP) was there to lead. Warm up consisted of the usual SSH, Imperial walkers, Abe bagodas. We ran over to the elementary school to do some additional warm up in 12’s.  Each PAX held plank while each did 12 Mericans. Run a lap. Then each PAX held a squat while each went 1 at a time and did 12 air squats. Run a lap. Then each PAX held balls to the wall while each did 12 LBC’s. Ran back to the Middle School for some 12 days of Christmas. We did not make it through all 12 days of Christmas but was each exercise was in multiples of 10. Once we finished each set, we ran a lap. Christmas music was played but had some sultry mix and did not make eye contact during those tunes. There was an alleged sighting of termite. Police showed up at the end of COT asking of any suspicious activity for some reason. Good work men, was a privilege to lead.

We rucked.

Merry Christmas!!!!

Roscoe’s brainchild.  Developed on the frosty streets of Gastonia, NC somewhere between Union Rd and Robinwood Rd the sand got deep one day and there was an impromptu airing of grievances that would’ve made the late Frank Costanza proud (or Whoopee’s Sandy V Channel).  The notes were few, but the good times many from that day, and so when Roscoe brought it up again this year, we knew we needed to try to capture the magic again.  The rain in the forecast was a perfect backdrop, though in all honesty, last week was way worse.  7 grumpy old PAX got out of the fartsack and hit the streets at 0601 as YHC was busy putting on his makeup and you can’t rush perfection.  No runners, just we with bones to pick and 80 minutes to pick em.

The play by play is gone, but grievances included

•  College Football Playoff
• Guests at a party who overstay their welcome
• Our old man bodies waking us up to post even when we fully intended on fartsacking
• Octogenarians in the Oval Office
• What shouldn’t be done on government property (and what should be done to those that do)
• Menu anxiety
• Smokers (people, not charcoal)
• People who say “I shouldn’t be doing this” while eating their 3rd cupcake
• The weather
• The fact that this was a 5 mile ruck and not a 3 miler
• Faulty sensors in turn lanes that don’t actually trip the traffic light
• This movie starring Ethan Hawke and Kevin Bacon where the world is ending but it’s cool because we can watch Friends reruns
• and many more that I know I’m missing

Light-hearted and good-natured.  We manufactured some superficial anger in the spirit of the holiday, but the grievances didn’t seem to be as deep-seated this year.

2 joined in dry as a bone for QSource and a talk about Compassion.  We talked Gary Sinise, but also that things are complicated.  It’s not as simple as to give a homeless guy $10 or not.  It’s almost like we have to take the time to listen to find out.  But can we be THE GUY for everyone with a problem?  But we should definitely be THE GUY for our Concentrica.  It was one of those QSources where the further we went into it, the more I realized I didn’t know, or at least, don’t do well.  F3, and specifically QSource, helps see those blind spots.  If you don’t have a group, in F3 or otherwise, that’ll hold you accountable for growing into the man the your family and your community need you to be, I challenge you to reach out to any PAX and they’ll help you get connected.

Happy Festivus

Yabba Dabba Doo

10 PAX today for a birthday beatdown where the Burpees just slowly added up, thanks to the input of one helpful PAX.  Here’s what I remember:

Slow crowd to get out of their cars this morning.  With one minute to go, guys started to get out of their cars and showed up to the flag looking like they were about to serve lunch detention.  It was only slightly worse.

The Thang:

• 5 x Burpees (OYO)

We prepaid repeatedly for trains that never came.  Looking for a run & gun style today, so we started weaving through the parking lot.

• Mosey to end of parking spaces
• 41 x Goofballs (IC)

If YHC gets much older, the Q is going to pass out calling cadence.

• Mosey to islands
• 5 x Burpees (OYO)
• Mosey to end of parking spaces
• 10 x Imperial Walkers (IC)
• Mosey to islands
• 5 x Burpees (OYO)
• Mosey to end of parking spaces
• 10 x Toy Soldiers (IC)
• Mosey to islands
• 5 x Burpees (OYO)
• Mosey to end of parking spaces
• 10 x Jane Fondas L (IC)
• 10 x Jane Fondas R (IC)
• Mosey to islands
• 5 x Burpees (OYO)
• Mosey to end of parking spaces
• 10 x Mike Tysons (IC)
• Mosey to islands
• 5 x Burpees
• Mosey to traffic circle

Radar got the picture and was ordering up Burpees as we went.  He couldn’t get enough of those things.

So at the traffic circle, we did

• 20 x HR Merkins (OYO)

Then took a quick lap around the Storm’s carpool dropoff, where YHC just took off expecting some pace out of the PAX.  They lagged and got dusted, enough so that they about got lost.  Is it a Q fail if the PAX take their sweet time and get lost in the process?  Probably.  Luckily, they saw YHC back in the middle of the traffic circle doing…

• 20 x HR Merkins (OYO)

again.  That set was tougher.  Anyways, moving on.  To the Dora side of the school where the walls and concrete barriers are

• 5 x Burpees (OYO)
• 30 x Dips (OYO)
• 30 x Step Ups (OYO – count each step)

To the wall

• Wall Sits
• w/20 x Air Presses (IC)
• w/20 x Marches (IC)

and then just because Radar wanted them

• 5 x Burpees (OYO)

and then another request from Radar

• 20 x Hip Slappers (IC)

(Why am I even writing this backblast when Radar was the Q?)

Next was some “Core-a” with 3 Core exercises and some running with partners.  The catch today is that the runners will mosey to the islands, then Jailbreak to the end of the parking lot, reverse directions, mosey to the islands and Jailbreak back to their partner.  Exercises were…

• 100 x Freddie Mercuries
• 200 x Flutter Kicks (Count Left Side)
• 300 x LBCs

Back to the barriers for

• 5 x Burpees (OYO)
• 30 x Dips (OYO)
• 30 x Step Ups (OYO – count each step)

Back on the wall

• Wall Sits
• w/10 x Air Presses (IC)
• w/10 x Marches (IC)
• 5 x Burpees (OYO)
• 10 x Hip Slappers (IC)

That was a lot of work, so it’s logical that time was running out at this point.  The stacked suicides that were planned will have to wait for another day, but we’d still get to run suicides.  Just not as many reps.

Jump Squat Suicides

• Mosey to the next set of parking spaces
• 10 x Jump Squats (OYO)
• Mosey back
• Repeato for 5 total sets of parking spaces

And I think that was all we had time for.  Probably another set or two of burpees in there, but nothing too stupid.  We got what we paid for.  Seuss and Tiger bailed on COT.  We pledged before we left.  We were there and left a mark this morning.

Moleskin:

A great start to a great day.  Pushed work down a rung or two today to join Watts Up and Anchorman for coffee at Floyd & Blackies.  That’s a couple HIM that keep me headed in the right direction.  Grateful for that 2nd F.

It was everything a 41st birthday should be.  Worked.  Spent time with my parents.  Went out to eat with my M & 2.0s.  Then called it a day.  Grateful for the simple things.

Kudos to Radar for a fine Q this morning.

Yabba Dabba Doo

We started with a nice little warm up in the treacherous cold and wind swirls of the Bulldog.

Arm circles, Moroccan Night Clubs, Speed Bag boxing, Merkins, Squats, LBCs, Flutterkicks

Thang:
1 minute – Curls
1 minute –  Lawnmowers
1 minute –  Shoulder Press
1 minute –  Goblet Squats

Dips, Incline Merkins, Derkins

1 minute -LBCs
30 seconds – Triceps
1 minute – Curls
1 minute –  Lawnmowers
1 minute –  Shoulder Press
1 minute –  Goblet Squats

Dips, Incline Merkins, Derkins

1 minute – Curls
1 minute –  Lawnmowers
1 minute –  Shoulder Press
1 minute –  Goblet Squats

COT: Turtleman, Tube’s brother and his family, Sam