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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.

AO: Delphi

QIC: Nano

The PAX: Pop Fly, Hightower, Dunder, Zeus, Slider, YNAB, Wham-O, El Niño, Derecho

WarmUp:

SSH, Willy Mayes Haze, arm circles, cherry pickers, wind mills, lunges, hip flexor/calf stretch.

The Thang:

At the yard line indicated below, the PAX performed the exercise then ran to the other end line and “back to the light.” Each time the light was moved 5 yards. The exercises included:

• 0 Side Straddle Hop – 50
• 5 Merkins – 25
• 10 Calf Raises – 50
• 15 Plank Jacks – 25
• 20 Air Squats – 50
• 25 In and Outs – 25
• 30 Overhead Claps – 50
• 35 Lunges – 25 each
• 40 Bonnie Blaires – 25
• 45 Hillbillies – 25
• 50 Upstrattle Hop – 50 (25 each)

Now its the Sprints: (Still at 50 yard line)

• Sprint to 0 and back to 45, pick-up 6
• Repeat from 45
• From the 25, finish with shuttle run, OYO.

Mary:

We had time for a round of exercises including:

• Australian Snow Angels
• Big Boi sit-ups
• Flutter Kicks
• Rowboats
• Ring of 5 planks + 5 pushups
• Pickle Pounders
• Bad dogs
• Freddie Mercury

COT:

• From the Manly book club book, “How to think about money,” the author begins with a discussion about happiness. Above a certain income level, the author says that getting additional tangible goods doesn’t correlate with increased happiness. Instead, one should focus on experiences, and finding ways to enrich your live with new activities that you do with others, especially you family and friends.
• So, stop trying to keep up with the Jones! Instead, get out of the house, take a trip, go for a walk, do something new, and make sure you bring someone along to enjoy it with you.

Start Time: 04:30

End Time: 05:20

Weather: 50s with light mist

AO: Proving Grounds

Q: Counselor

PAX: Chew Toy, Dux, Shredder (FNG)

Warm-up:

Opened with 5 Core Principles of F3, Side straddle hop, arm circles (forward, backward), windmills, 400m Mosie.

The Thang:

Core and Strength – 2 minute 10 rounds (Bear/Crawl 3 mins) with a 30 second break in between each exercise.

1. Lunges

2. Bear Crawl 30 yards and back

3. Merkins

4. Coupon Press on Back

5. Squats

6. Kettle Bell Swing with Coupon

7. Scissor Kicks

8. Plank Jacks

9. On Knee Curls with Coupon

10. Toe Smasher with Coupon

11. Crawl Bear

12. Burpees

CoR, NoR, announcements: recap of 2nd F event Cornhole tournament on 10/24, Naming of FNG (Shredder), closing in prayer.

AO: Sparta

QIC: Ashe and Nano (B-day Q)

The PAX: Hightower, El Niño, Derecho, Zeus, Pop Fly, Obadiah, Yard Sale

Warm Up:

The PAX ran the field stopping at the four corners and the two midfield-touch lines for the following warm-ups:

• Side Straddle Hop (SSH) x 20 IC
• Arm Circles 4 x 10 IC (small/wide/front/reverse)
• Imperial Walkers x 15 IC
• Cherry Pickers x 10 IC
• Windmills x 10 IC

The Thang:

The monorail had 6 stops including the four corners and two midfield-touch line. It travels around the outside of the field, or along the field diagonal (skipping 2 stops). The PAX begin on the monorail and the leader drives. If he reaches a stop, he must get off, along with anyone else that wants to. The next person then leads and the monorail continues. There must be at least one person on the train the entire time. Don’t let it stop!

The Stops:

• Stop 1: 50 Blockees
• Stop 2: 50 Cinder Block (CB) Curls to overhead press
• Stop 3: 50 Box-Jump Burpees
• Stop 4: 50 CB Sumo Squats
• Stop 5: 50 Kettle Bell Stand-Ups (25/side)
• Stop 6: 50 Kettle Bell Swings

Mary: We went around the circle each leading an exercise including

• Flutters Kicks
• Big Boi Sit Ups
• In-Outs
• LBCs

COT:

• (Nano) Another year of my life is in the books. This year, 2020, was predicted to be the year of hindsight, a time to look back at the past few decades, to learn and grow. It certainly became a year to reflect, but in a very unexpected way. If it wasn’t for F3, I think I would be in a much worse place than I am today. Therefore, I want to say thank you, and I appreciate all of you for keeping me motivated, accountable, and for helping me continue to grow.

Announcements:

• Official LoCo Launch on 10/31
• CSAUP at Lincoln Memorial on 11/7 (pre-Veterans Day)