Author: f3nano

AO: The Patriot

QIC: CableGuy
The PAX: Bone, Flipper, Sourdough, Citrus, Spokes, Magellan, Brown Bag, Lucius, McGuire, Wedding Singer, Speedo, Roadkill
WarmUp: Side Straddle Hop, Itty Bitty Arm Circle, Willie Mayes Hayes, Cherry Picker, Down Dog, Cobra Kai
The Thang: Pax split into four teams and did four rounds of Amrap per the circuit below with two breaks for Eurovision-inspired song workouts:
Jaja Ding Dong: Hold a high plank; one merkin for every Jaja; two for every Ding Dong
Waterloo: High knees; drop for a burpee on every ‘Waterloo’
Amrap circuit:
Team 1: 500M run
Team 2: Corner (Atlas Shrugs / Curls)
Team 3: Midfield (Kettle Bell Swings / Durkins)
Team 4: Corner (Chest Press / Coupon Squat)
Finish with a fellowship lap
Mary: LBC, Toy Soldier, Freddie Mercury, The Sourdough
COT: Look at the power of this group to bring lapsed Pax back to the fold and activate FNG’s. Welcome back Sourdough and Roadkill; welcome Magellan for his first non-Social Distance workout.

DATE: 2021-05-24
AO: Loco
Q: Gigawatt
PAX: Bolt, Mutumbo, Refueler, Dial-tone, Nolan, Mater, Brisket, Scranton, Water Hammer, CrotchRocket, Hoff FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WARMUP: SSH IC, DQ IC, DD/CK OYO, MC IC
THE THANG: “Lesley” Hero WOD Pairs Competition
30 minute AMRAP
24 Iron Mikes
24 Hollow Rocks
24 Air Squats
24 Big Boy Sit-ups
24 Burpees
PAX paired up into teams. The Team that completed the most rounds won. Today’s reward was a gold world champion belt. Once a team completed a round, they would ring a bell notifying the other teams. They also recorded the number of rounds they completed on a white board. HIM’s were able to give “extras” to their partners for support. MARY: Forgo Mary because the WOD was core heavy.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: #loco Memorial Day Blackbeard beatdown and we are starting plans for a F3 Family Field event.
COT: Hero’s are all around us. Many times we only think about the Military Hero’s (rightfully so) when truly we are surrounded by hero’s that do thinks for us and we may never see it. Lesley Zerebny was a Police officer who was shot and killed in the line of duty, leaving behind an infant and a loving husband. She was doing her job to protect and serve the people in her community. Never forget those that sacrifice so much for everyone else.

DATE: 2021-05-24
AO: Patriot
Q: citrus
PAX: CableGuy, Lucius, Wedding Singer
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
F3 2021-05-24 (Murph Poker)

WARMUP: SSH, Windmills, Cherry Pickers, WMH, IBAC, IW, Hillbillies, Down dog

THE THANG:
PAX mosied around the school to finally wind up next to the basketball courts. YHC broke out a deck of cards, and each proceeded to draw a card and lead in the following exercises, with the number of reps based on the value of card (2-14 reps): ♠ (spades) Hand release “T” merkin (IC)
♣ (clubs) Jumping air squat
♥ (hearts) Aussie pushup
♦ (diamonds) Captain Thor

The 2 jokers gave a break from the monotony for something…worse? Each was a lap around the school. First joker was Ricky Bobby, bear crawl about 40 yards, hop up the steps, and Ricky Bobby to the start. Second joker was a fellowship lap, with step ups to get up the stairs.

Time ran out with about 16 cards left…but this group was undaunted, and was determined to finish the full 104 reps of each exercise. In the end, they were rewarded with the skies opening up for some much needed rain.

MARY: 104 Captain Thors was enough.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Memorial Day weekend – Boneathon, Murph, Picnic

COT: YHC abandoned his initial COT after seeing 4 HIMs show commitment to following through on the full workout today, even though it meant going 5-10 minutes over. That prompted two thoughts. First, it’s tempting to give up, but it’s important to finish what we start – which is a tough message for frustrated kids to hear. Second, “following through” doesn’t mean “signing up to do it again”. It’s ok to quit things that don’t bring us joy, as long as we’re meeting whatever commitment we made. This is a good message for kids frustrated with a new sport, hobby, class, or whatever. (That said – everyone should post on Wednesday.)

AO: FreeState

QIC: @Horshack

PAX: 10 – @Supreme, @BradyBunch (welcome back!), @Winston, @Deagle, @SalmonRoll, @Nala, @Black Diamond, @BMX, @Greenback

Warm Up-

• SSH-x 25 IC
• Harry Rockettes-x 15 IC
• Chinnoks-x 10 IC
• Cherry Pickers-x 15 IC
• 2 Laps with Karaoke-
• Alarm Clocks-x 5 IC
• Frankensteins-x 15 IC
• Michael Phelps-x 10 IC
• Imperial Walkers-x 15 IC
• Windmills-x 15 IC

The Thang: F3 Poker-

• 2 x 50 meter sprints
• 6 x Run Backwards
• 14 x Chuck Norris Merkins
• 14 x Side Squats
• 100 x Flutters
• 20 x Shoulder Taps
• 17 x Monkey Humper
• 19 x Slow Low Squat
• 18 x Regular Merkins
• 17 meters Bear Crawl x 2
• 14 Carolina Dry Docks

Basketball – 2 Teams

Mary:

• Scissors-x 15 IC
• Windshield Wipers-x 15 IC
• Plank-o-rama-x 15 IC
• Dying Cockroach-x 15 IC
• Leg Lift Rosalitas-x 15 IC

COT: Where are all the Renaissance Men Today?

On this day May 22 1849 at the age of 40, Abe Lincoln’s was issued Patent No. 6,469. He was the only US President to be issued a patent. Lincoln’s patent relates to an invention to buoy and lift boats over shoals and obstructions in a river. Abraham Lincoln conceived the invention when on two occasions the boat on which he traveled got hung up on obstructions. Lincoln’s device was composed of large bellows attached to the sides of a boat that were expandable due to air chambers. Lincoln’s exposure to the patent system, as both an inventor and as a lawyer, engendered deep beliefs in its efficacy. Patent law in the United States has a constitutional foundation which is supported by the country’s founders, and was viewed as an indispensable engine for economic development. It led him to draft and deliver two lectures on the subject when he was president. Lincoln had an attraction to machinelike accessories all his life, which some say was hereditary and handed down to him from his father’s interest in labor-saving equipment. He made speeches on inventions before he became president. He said in 1858, Man is not the only animal who labors; but he is the only one who improves his workmanship.

Aside from Elon Musk and a few others, there do not appear to be very many Renaissance Men today pursuing – let alone excelling at – a variety of endeavors. Discussed the idea of specialization in college, the lack of hands on education in the trades (aka vocational ed), and staying in our career / professional lanes as we age.

AO: Sparta, Friday 5-21-2021
QIC: Zeus
The PAX: Ash, I-Beam, Obadiah, Swish
WarmUp: SSH, Merkins, Downward Dog, Cobra Kai, Arm Circles
The Thang: Three sets of separate circuits. Containing three exercises in each circuit bracket (9 total exercises) 4 rounds. Exercises-1st bracket- Merkins, Squats, LBC’s- 2nd bracket Merkins, Big Boyz, Hot Foot Box jumps(12 each foot),- 3rd bracket step back lunges, Penguins, Plank Jacks
100 minute plank (The Pax didn’t know but I made a mistake and set my timer for 140 seconds the gory two rounds)
Lastly a run to the opposite goal line and back after each complete round
Mary: All Pax concurred with Q that Mary was incorporated in the Beatdown.
COT: I was inspired to Q this Beatdown during a one on one Q led by @Obadiah in December of last year. Thanks guys for going on the journey with me this journey with me.

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