- AO: Anchor Ball
PAX: Wilson, Dance Hall, Blue Cross, Creflo, Duck Butter
I promised myself all winter that I would not complain about the heat at any point this summer, or the humidity. So, I am not complaining about the heat or humidity. With that out of the way, good lord it was humid this morning. YHC had some sweat rolling long before Creflo came in on two wheels and stopped with a Butterian type parking job.
The PAX of the Anchor B, sticklers for the rules of F3 Carterico, and adherent to the PreBlast launched their workout at precisely 0530. A good two minutes after the men of the QAR had begun their jaunt. Had Gertrude been present there would’ve been hell to pay men.
The 4 other hungry souls of the Anchor B were welcomed and disclaimed and reminded to modify anything that need modification. Duck’s plan was to recreate Feb 4, 2016 except it wasn’t raining and it wasn’t 23 degrees. And Sensation wasn’t there. The aforementioned date was FNG day for ole Duck. And it was a workout that I remember very well.
The PAX withstood the early bird QAR men’s cat calls and were off on the first mosey to the basketball courts for
Warmarama
Since the Anchor B was without a shovel flag, there was discussion mid mosey about stealing the QAR flag, but we forgot. Stay frosty in the future QARers.
SSHs IC x20
Cotton Pickers IC x15
Irish Potato Pickers IC x15
Sun Gods forward IC x10
Overhead Claps IC x10
Overhead Presses IC x10
Sun Gods reverse IC x10
Mountain Climbers IC x15
Right over left hang, Left over right hang
PAX then left the basketball court for an extended mosey past the CrossFitters, past Jang’s Wall, around the big soccer field, around the Tree of Life and back up to the upper lot. It was back at the upper lot we found the QARers still just sitting around. Unbelievable really. But we would not fall prey to their lackluster workout, we had business to attend to.
Thang 1-Sensation’s Rack and Stack
I can still remember so much about that first morning. Lassie’s moans. MyT’s incessant comments. Dipper wearing a trash bag as a parka. And the Sensation making me believe death was imminent with some back and forth running and exercising. So as an homage to a legend, and to sneak a little extra running in on the Anchor B fellas, I rebooted that one
The PAX would line up shoulder to shoulder at the stop sign, perform the prescribed exercise(s) and then run down to the cross walk 4 light poles away to repeato, before running back to the stop sign.
Lap 1: 5 burpees. Ok that’s not too bad.
Lap 2: 5 burpees, 10 merkins. Wilson and I are sweating pretty good now.
Lap 3: 5 burpees, 10 merkins, 15 wojo jump squats. Blue Cross can’t see because of the sweat in his eyes. This running is starting to suck.
Lap 4: 5 burpees, 10 merkins, 15 wojo jump squats, 20 mountain climbers. Dancehall’s allergies be damned as he continues to push through the misery. These burpees are starting to suck.
Lap 5: 5 burpees, 10 merkins, 15 wojo jump squats, 20 mountain climbers, 25 lbcs. Creflo is begging for some Primatene Mist. Everything sucks. Make it stop.
For those of you without a calculator, an excel spreadsheet, or opposable thumbs, that adds up to 50 burpees (ouch), 80 merkins, 90 wojo jump squats, 80 mountain climbers, and 50 lbcs. I think we can all agree that it seemed worse then.
In an effort to allow for some recovery, the PAX took up the People’s Chair along the outfield wall of Puck O’Neal Field for 1 minute. This was followed by 1 minute of Balls to the Wall. Some of the PAX modified the Balls to the Wall by using only one arm.
Back on our feet, we were off on the mosey to the picnic shelter for
Thang 2-Holy Trinity
Randy Gentry once told me “if you’re gonna play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in your band.” And if you’re gonna Q at rotary you’re going to have to hit the picnic tables for the Holy Trinity of F3 exercises. But staying with the theme of our rack and stack, we changed it up a touch
Urkins, Dips, Derkins IC x5
Urkins, Dips, Derkins IC x7
Urkins, Dips, Derkins IC x10
The burning of my muscles was creating a fear of rhabdo and the amount of sweat leakage was making the concrete floor of the picnic shelter a dangerous place to exercise. So we pulled ourselves up, and with time almost up we hustled back to the imaginary shovel flag for
Broga
Stretch down to the middle, to the left, to the right
Downward Dog
Runner’s Pose
Pidgeon
Downward Dog
Runner’s Pose other leg
Pidgeon other leg
It is possible that I am completely making up the names of these “yoga” poses. It is also completely possible that the names are correct and my implementations were wrong. Either way, as my man Blue Cross says, you can’t stretch enough.
Hard Stop
Announcements
Nipple will Q the bells tomorrow even with a broken or odd sized collarbone
Chain Link has the Hole in None in his quest for 7 in a row
Prayer Requests
Creflo’s ministry assistant
Blart’s wife
And Creflo took the PAX out in the ball of man, giving thanks for the gifts and opportunities of the day, praying for healing hands, right minds, and joyful hearts. Cancer sucks.
Duck’s Thoughts
So my plan was to move the PAX around as much as I could, while being mindful of the six. My goal was to get us around 2 miles. Mission accomplished at 2.21 miles according to my sat com watch. The point is this, you may not consider yourself a runner, but that doesn’t mean you can’t run. I’m willing to guess Wilson has never run a 5k, but that doesn’t mean he can’t. Not only can he do it, but he should do it. F3 doesn’t get easier, you get stronger.
F3 is a leadership development group. It’s right there in the mission that we all recite. The mission of F3 is to plant, grow, and serve small workout groups for the invigoration of male community leadership. You are not just a leader when you are q’ing a workout, or when you are a site q. You are a leader every day. Everywhere. You are a leader when you attend a workout, by compelling those around you to keep pushing. You are a leader when you alert the PAX of beach runs, charity runs, 2nd F bar crawls, or 3rd F lunch and discussions.
I think the saying “you can’t lead from the back” is absolute bullshit. If you think I wasn’t inspired by watching Wilson, Dancehall, and Blue Cross just keep running this morning you would be wrong. It wasn’t that long ago that we were all entranced by “The Streak” and when would Blue Cross eclipse the F3 record that Pooh Bear had set many moons ago. Blue Cross led by simply showing up. And there’s a lot of you that lead simply by showing up. By simply HC’ing on slack. Can you do more? Yes. Should you do more? Yes.
But you don’t have to be the alpha dog to be a leader. You don’t have to be built like Flip, run like Misty, or bear crawl like Okinawa to still impact positively. But you do have to be present. Get your asses up. Get your asses to a workout. Give what you’ve got. Don’t make excuses. Live 3rd. Press On.
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