AO: The Farm
QIC: Infinity
The PAX: Chile, Rocketman, and Infinity
Warm up:
20 SSH IC
10 Don Quixote IC
10 Michael Phelps IC
6 Merkins IC
0.15 mile run
The Thang: Helen
Background: “The Girls” are a specific group of benchmark workouts. The workouts were given female names, similar to how the US National Weather Service names storms (because the workouts were so physically demanding that they left athletes feeling as though a storm hit them).
3 Rounds For Time of:
– 400 meter Run
– 21 Coupon Swings
– 12 Pull-Ups
Our time: 11:10 (“intermediate” category)
We then traveled along our running path in 25m intervals with the following workouts:
Walking Lunge
HRR Merkins
Bear Crawls
Copperhead Squats
Reverse Walking Lunge
Carolina Dry Docks
Standing Long Jumps
Crawl Bears
Backward Long Jumps
Crab Walks
100m Sprint
Observations: @Joshua Mecham (Chile) and @Rocketman kept a good pace with each other, and pushed hard. At one point, Chile broke ahead, but then lost his keys and had to go back. Luckily, the keys were readily found (unlike a lost wedding band that took some time to locate (@Rocky). Lesson: stash your valuables somewhere safe before the exercise.
Announcements:
The Grunt Veteran’s Day F3 convergence on Saturday, Nov 7th at 7am at the Lincoln Memorial. Note the time change with the end of Daylight Savings on Nov 1st.
COT:
The F3 founder, David “Dredd” Dredding, coined the term “Sad Clown” to describe a malady he saw in middle-aged men. The symptoms of Sad Clown Syndrome are subtle, so the malady can be difficult to diagnose. The Sad Clown may not be chronically obese–but he is not physical fit, lacking in strength, speed, stamina and toughness. He may not be alone–but he is lonely, living bereft of meaningful male friendships. He may not be unemployed–but he lacks true purpose, having no clear vision, belief system or direction governing the things he does or fails to do. The Sad Clown may seem happy on the outside–but that is only what he seems to be, not what he is.
The HIM constructs his Routines through the process of Bricklaying. Each individual Brick is a singular positive Habit that is light enough for him to carry and place together with other Bricks. Conjoined, the Bricks become a Routine that form and build his Guardrails. Once a Brick is set, it provides a place to lay the next Brick. Because it is set, the HIM has effectively deprived himself of the discretion to remove it. This enables him to focus his full energy on performing his Routines because he doesn’t have to waste energy thinking about it. Like a soldier, he is freed to action through deprivation of discretion.
Your children will learn more from the man you become as a result of your habits than anything you say to them.
F3 The Capital 