ignite Part of the Process

Date: 2025-03-26
AO: ignite
Q: bogey
PAX: Legacy, Fitz-Hume, Hobbyhorse, Kodak, Popeye, meister, Goldfish FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WARMUP: SSH, IW, HB, MP, MNC, CP, WMH, DDog, Kobra Kai

THE THANG: True or Faux? That is the question. (Answer: unresolved).
Eight PAX rotated through 6 Coupon Stations, rotate stations upon timer return, every 5 minutes perform group exercises Stations:
1 – 40# med ball throws
2 – 80# sandbag deadlifts, mod: coupon swings
3 – 60# sandbag low rows, mod: use coupon
4 – 30# dumbbell or coupon shoulder shrugs, or 30# ruck hi-pulls 5 – 60# or 80# med ball over shoulders, mod: coupon grave diggers
6 – Timer: Loaded Carries around the island – PAX Choice using the following coupons in any carry combination they can dream up: 2x 53# and 2x 44# sand kettlebells, ruck plates – 45#, 20#, 10#, 25# dumbbells, blocks
Every 5 mins PAX stopped what they were doing, grabbed a block, and together performed rounds of: 15x curls, 20x merkins, 10x mtn climbers IC, and 10x shoulder taps IC 25x OHPs, 20x merkins, 10x mtn climbers IC, and 10x shoulder taps IC
12x curls and 15x OHPs, 20x merkins, 10x mtn climbers IC, and 10x shoulder taps IC Bat Wings (keep arms up until recover)
20x LBACs IC forward, 1x 10-ct
20x LBACs IC reverse, 2x 10-ct
20x seal claps IC, 3x 10-ct
20x overhead claps IC, 4x 10-ct
Recover

MARY: 50x LBCs, 20 Toy Soldiers

ANNOUNCEMENTS: June 6 convergence

COT: The Proverbs verse on ISI (27:17) is familiar to many in F3. For good reason, it is the subject of numerous COTs, and is found on many F3 regional and AO t-shirts across the country. There’s even an iron-sharpens-iron channel YHC encouraged the PAX to check out. YHC was recently moved by a YouVersion post on the subject of the process of sharpening another, and felt compelled to share it aloud (see below). YHC also recognized the importance of F3 in helping men get stronger physically, spiritually, mentally and emotionally, so they can go out and be better men for their families and communities. YHC shared that he is a work in process, and thanked the PAX for their role in helping him and others in their own journeys to becoming HIMs. YHC also recognized the sacrificial role that Legacy is taking on as Nan’Tan and committed to helping him along the way.

>From YouVersion:

Masterpieces in Process
There’s a verse in Proverbs that’s often quaintly quoted when referring to a close friendship or marriage…

“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.” Proverbs 27:17 NIV

Yes, we want to encourage each other, cheer each other on, and sharpen each other emotionally, physically, and spiritually. But when you truly think about the implications of such a description, this verse is anything but quaint.

Iron is sharpened through heat and friction, through cutting and slicing. As it is beaten, it is reshaped into something beautiful and purposeful and even better than before.

Sharpening is purposeful, but it can also be painful. It’s intentional friction that often results in a purer, stronger, sharper character. We aren’t sharpened by thoughtless, careless, or unintentional relationships, but we are sharpened by those who lovingly help chip away the excess junk-who can recognize and visualize the masterpiece God wants us to become.

We can be sharpened by mentors, pastors, spouses, teachers, and friends. But we can also be sharpened by the dearest friend we have-the Holy Spirit. The part of God who’s considered the third “person” of the Trinity, the One who does the refining work. The Holy Spirit is like a personal and professional metal-worker who is skilled and deliberate, focused and detailed, trustworthy and true.

“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.”

When we surrender to God’s refining work inside of us, we can help others see the work of art in themselves. So today, allow God to sharpen you. Ask Him to reveal the parts of your life that need to be refined, and then surrender to the work He wants to do inside you.

Tags: ignite, Legacy, Fitz-Hume, Hobbyhorse, Kodak, Popeye, meister, Goldfish

thefarm Low impact Tabata

Date: 2025-03-26
AO: thefarm
Q: Sparky_The Farm
PAX: Firehead, Running Man, Pad Thai
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
WARMUP: ssh, beet pickers, wmh, arm circles, neck rolls
THE THANG:
Tabatha
Summo Squats
Incline pushups
Glute bridges
Side lunges
Slow T Claps
Single leg squats for balance
Raise the roof
Luge hold

MARY: na
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Pad Thai has Friday A

COT: Q got diagnosed with something that will affect his mobility, eventually. We all need to work on our health as we can’t reverse aging. Stay strong. Stay with each other.

Tags: thefarm, Firehead, Running Man, Pad Thai

ao-the-bullpen Diamond Day

Date: 2025-03-26
AO: ao-the-bullpen
Q: Peloton
PAX: Crystal, Peloton, Green Bean (for GA)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
WARMUP:
– Mosey to field one
– 2 burpees
– SSH
– 2 burpees
– LBAC fed
– LBAC bkwd
– Seal Claps
– OH Claps
– Pretzels
– Grass Grabber
– Willy Mays Hayes
– 2 burpees
THE THANG:
– Lunge walk from home plate to right field foul pole
– 10 squats
– Mosey warning track to left field fowl pole
– 10 squats
– Reverse lunge to home plate
– Mosey to field 2
– Bear crawl from home plate to right field foul pole
– 10 squats
– Mosey warning track to left field fowl pole
– 10 squats
– Crawl bear to home plate
– Mosey to field 3
– Penetration step from home plate to right field foul pole
– 10 squats
– Mosey warning track to left field fowl pole
– 10 squats
– Mosey to 3rd base
– Penetration step to home plate
– Mosey to field flag

MARY:
– 5 rounds of Captain Thors

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Crystal VQ at thefarm on Monday!!

COT:
Edgar Guest Poem – Keep Going

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you’re trudging seems all up hill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must—but don’t you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don’t give up, though the pace seems slow—
You may succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than
It seems to a faint and faltering man,
Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victor’s cup,
And he learned too late, when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out—
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems afar;
So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit—
It’s when things seem worst that you mustn’t quit.

Our guest PAX closed us out in prayer.

Tags: ao-the-bullpen, Crystal, Peloton, Green Bean (for GA)

thepatriot Zombie Apocalypse

Date: 2025-03-26
AO: thepatriot
Q: Gherkin
PAX: Skymiles, LaForge, Bob the Builder, Walker, Trademark, Coconuts, CableGuy, Rim Fire, Boardwalk, Shake ‘n’ Bake, Tea Party, Wedding Singer, Lazlo, Strange Brew, Fiddler FNGs: None
COUNT: 16
Today is create your own holiday day, so YHC decided today is National Zombie Apocalypse Training Day. Fortunately Strange Brew and Boardwalk were up to the task and are prepared to save all of us from an upcoming Zombie Apocalypse.

WARM UP
SSH, Imperial Walkers
Hillbillies,Elwoods, Arm Circles,Cherry Picker, WMH
Downdog, World’s Greatest stretch

THE THANG
Line up on goal line with coupons

Zombie Apocalypse
• Murder Bunny to the 5 yard line and perform 10 reps of the exercises below. • Once exercises are complete, murder bunny to the 10 yard line and repeat.
• HOWEVER, when a Zombie Apocalypse occurs, perform the announced exercise and then start the exercise you were doing at 1.
• If someone reaches the other goal line before time is up, we are saved from the Zombie Apocalypse. Merkins, Bobby Hurleys, WW1s, Thrusters

Overall it took 21 rounds of fending off Zombies before Strange Brew and Boardwalk reached the far goal line and saved everyone.

MARY
Flutter Kicks, LBCs

ANNOUNCEMENTS
• Announcements channel
• Nano is passing the Nantan responsibly to Legacy
• Convergence is coming in June

COT
The mission of F3 is to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for the invigoration of male community leadership. It’s all volunteer and 100% peer led. The F3 model doesn’t work without HIMs stepping up to lead. One very important leadership role is the site Q. I want to recognize and thank Strange Brew for being the site Q for the Patriot. He’s a constant presence with over 120 posts here last year, encouraging PAXs to step up and Q, checking in on guys on IR and being supportive overall. We need more leaders at F3 like Strange Brew.

Tags: thepatriot, Skymiles, LaForge, Bob the Builder, Walker, Trademark, Coconuts, CableGuy, Rim Fire, Boardwalk, Shake ‘n’ Bake, Tea Party, Wedding Singer, Lazlo, Strange Brew, Fiddler

horizon-ao Losers of March Madness

Date: 2025-03-26
AO: horizon-ao
Q: Purple Rain
PAX: Kodiak, vplaxico
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
WARMUP:
– willie mays hays
– Cherry pickers
– Imperial walkers
– Hill billy
– Little bitty arm
– Side straddle hop
– Downward dog
– Upward dog
– World’s greatest stretch
THE THANG:
Ran the neighborhood, stopped at each street named for a college that didn’t make March Madness this year. Marshall University
– Merkens
– Bobby hurleys

Ohio University;

– Squats (quads)
– Dips (arms)

University of Virginia

– Calf Raise (calf)

Franklin University;
Plank punch (core)

University of Massachusetts;
– Copperhead Squats (quads)
– Plank jack (core/legs)

Rhode Island University;
Seal clap (rest)

MARY: sprint
ANNOUNCEMENTS: none
COT: today is National Purple Day, March 26; wear purple to Increase awareness of epilepsy

Tags: horizon-ao, Kodiak, vplaxico