Taste, not See, the Rainbow

DATE: 2023-06-23
AO: Sparta
Q: Pop Fly
PAX: K-Pop, Obadiah, Roddick, Peanuts
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WARMUP: Some of that good stretching. The Q realized how little stretching he’d been doing lately, how good it feels to get a little stretch on, and the PAX agreed.

THE THANG: Experience the Rainbow and the pneumonic device associated with the colors of the rainbow. ROY G BIV:
R: Rotation (Red): Each Pax selected an exercise to be conducted with a coupon and led a 20 count exercise. Exercises completed were: Cross Over Merkins, Squats, Thrusters, Side-to-Sides, Sit Ups. O: Out and Back (Orange): Run a lap out and around the school.
Y: Your Choice (Yellow): Pax completed a 20 count exercise of their choice with their coupon. Everyone picked curls.
G: Group Effort (Green): Pax had to complete, as a group, 600 lunges. It was originally 500, but one Pax in particular, wanted to do 20 more. So the group agreed and the target of 600 lunges was set. Each Pax performed 120 lunges spread out over 4 sets of 30
B: Broad Jump Burpees (Blue): Pax had to broad jump 5 times then perform 5 Burpees. This was repeated for about 50 yards I: Incline Merkins (Indigo): 20x Incline Merkins.
* PAX had to perform a penalty 5 Merkins due to one PAX failing to know what color the ‘I’ stood for. PAX were spared the embarrassment of having to name their favorite Indigo Girl. V: Vertical Squat Jumps (Violet): 20x Squat Jumps.

MARY: 30 IC LB Arm Circles, Row Boat, LBCs, Something called ‘100s’ where we lifted out legs and patted the air. It was weird – the PAX agreed, 100x Calf Raises with block

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Ruck/Float on 8 July

COT: Transitions are a good thing. As people move through a transition, keep in mind that whereas you might know what they should be doing or where they should be going – they don’t. So manage your expectations and let the transition happen.

Seven of Diamonds

DATE: 2023-06-23
AO: Farm
Q: Infinity
PAX: Chile, Matthew – Running Man, Firehead, Sparky
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WarmUp: SSH, Don Quixotes, Beet Pickers, Imperial Walkers, Michael Phelps, WMHs, LBACs, and Mosey to field.

The Thang: Seven of Diamonds
Run to each of four points in a diamond pattern on the field. Stop and perform the exercise at each point. Change exercise each lap and increase reps by 7. Decrease reps by 7 after the squats.

Lap 1 – Burpees x7

Lap 2 – Merkins x14

Lap 3 – 4 count flutter kick x21

Lap 4 – Squats x28

Lap 5 – 4 count Plank Jacks x21

Lap 6 – CDDs x14

Lap 7 – Lunge Walk around diamond

Mary: Australian Snow Angels, Leg Raise Ring of Fire, and Dr. W’s.

Announcement: YHC will be out of town on a roadtrip from June 29th through July 16th. This will necessitate extra coordination and leadership among you to ensure we have a Q assigned each MWF, with Saturday being extra credit.

CoT: This week’s qSource discusses the importance of great leaders in developing new leaders within groups. It emphasizes the need for a systematic leadership development process (LDP) and the role of great leaders in leaving a lasting legacy for their groups. The LDP consists of four components: schooling, apprenticeship, opportunity, and failure. The qSource also highlights the decentralized execution of the LDP, where individual leaders have the freedom to implement the process while aligning with the central purpose of the organization.

Stripper workout

DATE: 2023-06-21
AO: Farm
Q: Sparky
PAX: Infinity, Firehead
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
WARMUP: ssh, Grady corn, beet pickers, wMH, neck rolls, calf stretch, Mozy THE THANG:
Emphasis on butt and chest
25 merkins
Jump squats
20 merkins
Leg on bench squats
20 merkins
Alternating lunges up and back
15 merkins
Summo squats
15 wide merkins
Side lunges
10 diamond merkins
Hip bridges

MARY:
Lbc
Rosalitas
Suzanne Sommers
Dr W
Flutter kicks

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
Even if you earn extraordinary wealth, happiness comes from your community and a community common bond. Money may be able to rent happiness however we all can find happiness by being in positive relationships with our family and or friends. Need not be a multi millionaire but that would be nice.

5 Year Anniversary Convergence

DATE: 2023-06-17
AO: Patriot
Q: Winklevoss
PAX: Doodles, Stewie, Bone, Poe, CableGuy, Strange Brew, Cannoli, Hightower, CHiPs, Horshack, Zeus, Rudy, Nano, Obadiah, Traveler, Hammerhead, Ice Tea, Infinity, FIFA, Lonestar, Jenner, Smokey, Big Data, Robert Fischer, Legacy, Dos Equis, bogey, Jag, Sam Adams, Hard Knox, Musk, Booking, Big Short, citrus, El Camino, Median, Magoo, Shake ‘N’ Bake, Fish Fry, Winston, Popeyes, Disco, Flipper, Major Payne, Old Bay, Apollo
FNGs: DiveBar, FNG TwistTop, FNG Gilligan, Bus Stop, FNG CheeseSteak, FNG Homefield, FNG Aggie, StairMaster COUNT: 55
The 5-Year F3TheCapital Anniversary was held where it all began — at The Patriot — YHS Football Field. 55 PAX gathered to honor the day on Father’s Day Eve. The following is a close approximation of what happened…

EC: 12 HIMs got the morning rolling at 0530 with a 3.88 mi EC loop ruck with PT. The PAX, led by co-Qs @Major Payne and @bogey, represented AOs from across the region, and included a first-time rucker, 2 FNGs, and a runner packing coffee. PT stops featured classic coupon exercises performed with rucks, like OHPs, swings, WWIIs, squats, hi pulls, flutter kicks, carries, wall scrambles, burpees and bear crawls. Solid work, men! And a great way to start the day of celebration!

WARMUP: SSH, WMH, windmills, rocketts, hillbillies, merkins, calf stretch, mountain climbers, greatest stretch, low plank THE THANG:
– First 20 min Q brought to the PAX by Nant’an Nano:
Get into Ranks
In the low plank position, count by 4’s.
All fours, backwards run to the goal line.
All threes, backwards run to the 5 yd line, then face team 4. All twos, backwards run to the 10 yd line
All ones, backwards run to the 15 yd line, and face team 2.
Round 1.
Everyone jog in place.
This is a burpee wave race. On go, the first guy will do a burpee. The next guy will continue as soon as your neighbor’s feet are planted on the ground.
We are going down and back 2x (4 burpees each). So that means the ends do 2 when it snakes back
For uneven teams, the first guy does 2 every turn and the last guy will do 3 every turn. Go!
Round 2
The winner of teams 1&2 walks, the loser of teams 3 & 4 walks. Rinse and repeat!
Now the winning team takes the goal line, second place takes 5, third on 10, and 4th on the 15 yd line. Bear Crawl
Bear crawl to the 50 and a sprint to the end of the field. First team to reach the end wins round 2.

– Second 20 min Q brought to the PAX by Winklevoss
The traditional 5th anniversary gift is WOOD and we are nothing at F3 The Capital if not traditional so we broke out three approximately 150 lb logs (making this up but feels close) leftover from GTE 35 in March. We set up in three groups of four rows stationed at 5-yard increments starting at the 30 facing down field. First row carried the log 50 yards downfield and back. All rows performed an exercise until loggers turned around, then held plank until they returned. Second row standing lunges, third row burpees, fourth row jump squats. Each row moved up one spot and repeated until all PAX carried the log three times. Good stuff.

Next, a @mountvernon special – the Indiana Jones run. Done with 8-10 PAX, it looks like a bullwhip cracking across the field, it was a little more chaotic with 50+. Split into two groups, one group at either corner of the goal line, facing cross-field. The line ran across the field along each 5 yard line as 1-2 PAX at the end of the line caught up to the front. Sharp turns at the side and back across the field, back of the line to the front. Appropriately, the two lines CONVERGED at midfield and fist bumps were exchanged.

– Third 20 min Q brought to the PAX by Major Payne
Break into the groups of 4 that @Winklevoss set. Since F3TheCapital has a proud tradition of working hard/playing hard, and after working hard with @Winklevoss and @Nano, the PAX needed to play a bit with some F3 Ultimate! 2 x simultaneous matches (group 1 v. 2 and group 3 v. 4). 1 x burpee for each dropped frisbee. 3 x burpees for the defender if the PAX with the frisbee is able to touch the defender with it (forcing some distance). Abs after each score. At the halfway point (~10 minutes), switch teams up.

COT: The theory of the PID Controller: Success is about the trend over time vs the current trend — we need to always be seeking that slight edge. Is the trend going up or down? We all need to push ourselves to continuously improve here in the Capital, and that’s what we’re going to focus on step-by step together.

Aye!

8 Strong Found Big Prizes at Horizon

DATE: 2023-06-21
AO: Horizon-Ao
Q: Magoo
PAX: Legacy, Brown Bag, citrus, CableGuy, Mr Haand
FNGs: Attache, TombRaider
COUNT: 8
WARMUP: SSHop, lunge-twist, pulse squats
THE THANG: pick an excersize from the cup and lead it; run lap; leaders get heavy prizes to carry next round. Repeat. MARY: can opener; hip openers.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: ruck n float coming in July
COT: