Category: Uncategorized

Date: 2025-12-10
AO: ignite
Q: Popeye
PAX: Legacy, Gherkin, Goldfish, Kodak, Enron, Kipchoge
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WARMUP: KIPCHOGE!!!!!! And the usual, with a Silent 21 mixed in for fun.

THE THANG:

Mucho Mucho: 10x mucho leggo; 1x mucho chesto (5 each of wide merkins, standard merkins, diamond merkins, offset merkins, and offset merkins the other way); run to a new parking lot. Repeat several times.

Warm-Up-A-Palooza: Many reps (Q lost count and just went until it hurt) of the classic warmup exercises of SSH, imperial walkers, hillbillies, and arm circles. Then rolling plank-a-palooza (plank, side plank, back plank, other side plank, J-Lo / toy soldier).

Finished off with another Mucho Mucho and another Plank-A-Palooza.

MARY: Built in.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check channels for 2nd F event next week and 3rd F wreath-laying.

COT: F3 pax tend to be men of action, and it can be hard for us to balance accomplishing things with slowing down to enjoy the holiday season. YHC is working on finding that balance and encourages fellow pax to do the same.

Tags: ignite, Legacy, Gherkin, Goldfish, Kodak, Enron, Kipchoge

Date: 2025-12-10
AO: thepatriot
Q: Hobbyhorse
PAX: Groundhog, 2 percent, Rim Fire, Bob the Builder, Ice Tea, CableGuy, Fiddler, Shake ‘n’ Bake, Ripcord, Wedding Singer FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WARMUP: ssh iw mt dew wind wmh rve Phelps arms dd
THE THANG: 4 Hamiltons with caraoke and high step; theater for defiance ups and derkins. Hill for Dora 150 ww2 and merkin and 50 jump squats. Field for 5 Triple Lindy Burpees (15 count) MARY: v up hammer dog donkey flutter
ANNOUNCEMENTS: hh Friday the 19th wreathes this weekend
COT: when facing diffficult times it’s hard to look too far out so try just looking at the next 90 seconds and take it from there

Tags: thepatriot, Groundhog, 2 percent, Rim Fire, Bob the Builder, Ice Tea, CableGuy, Fiddler, Shake ‘n’ Bake, Ripcord, Wedding Singer

Date: 2025-12-10
AO: theaerie
Q: Lonestar
PAX: Trifecta, Just Jim, Cruise
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
WARMUP:
Side straddle hops
Michael Phelps
Imperial walkers
Picking cherries
10 yd Frankenstein
10 yd high knees
THE THANG:
2 squats
2 thrusters
2 shoulder press
2 curls
2 bent over rows
2 merkins
Rest 1 minute

4 squats
4 thrusters
4 shoulder press
4 curls
4 bent over rows
4 merkins
Rest 1:30

6 reps mm
Rest 2 minutes
MARY:
Hammers, freddie Mercurys, planknjacks and mountain climbers ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

Tags: theaerie, Trifecta, Just Jim, Cruise

Date: 2025-12-09
AO: delphi
Q: Pop Fly
PAX: Nano, Rocket, Crop Duster, NOAA, Battleship, Peanuts, Ashe, Atlas, Decibel FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
WARMUP: SSH, Mosey Lap, WMH, WGS
THE THANG:
A) 10 minute EMOM – 2 blockees and run to the 50 yd line and back. EMOM

B) Wall Sit + Coupon Pass + Bear Crawl

C) No Cheat DORA
– 100 Hand Release Merkins / Partner Bear Crawls to 20yd line and back – 100 WW3s / Partner backwards run to 40yd line and back
– 100 Coupon Squats / Partner run to opposite goal line and back

MARY: Flutter Kicks, WWIs, Pickle Pounders, Glees

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Wreaths at Arlington

COT:
>From Demon Copperhead, “No credit given for all the extra miles that take you nowhere.”

Stolen from CableGuy – I too want the end of the year to be easy and it’s not always easy. We took a moment of silence to lock in and think about what we need to accomplish for the rest of the year

Tags: delphi, Nano, Rocket, Crop Duster, NOAA, Battleship, Peanuts, Ashe, Atlas, Decibel

Date: 2025-12-08
AO: mondaynightruckers
Q: Stewie
PAX: Rocketman, Jetstream
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
WARMUP: the car ventilation
THE THANG:
4.4 miles in Dominion Valley. Christmas lights and a coupon to warm the soul and the back of our necks on this. Hilly 20F evening.

MARY: not that kind of party
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Dec 22…Family Xmas ruck
COT:
COT

Solitude vs Isolation

“And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.” ‭‭Mark‬ ‭1‬:‭35‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound judgment.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭18‬:‭1‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Two very different words: solitude and isolation.
Both look similar from the outside—you’re alone, removed from people, quiet. But they produce opposite results.

Solitude is intentional time with God. Jesus chose it. He stepped away from noise to reconnect with the Father. Solitude sharpens you. It grounds you. It reminds you who you belong to and why you’re here. Solitude restores strength.

Isolation is the opposite. It’s pulling away out of shame, frustration, pride, or exhaustion. It’s hiding. Scripture says isolation leads to bad judgment, bad decisions, and a cold heart. Isolation is where lies grow. Solitude is where truth grows.

One empowers you. One drains you.

As men, we drift toward isolation when life hits hard—marriage tension, work pressure, health issues, sin struggles. Isolation feels easier because nobody sees the mess. But that’s exactly where the enemy wants you: alone, unchallenged, unprotected.

F3 exists to break isolation. Not to replace solitude, but to give you brothers who pull you back when you’re drifting.

Challenge:
Be honest: Are you practicing solitude or slipping into isolation? If you’re isolated, tell someone. One conversation can pull you out of the dark.
If you’re lacking solitude, carve out 10 minutes today or early tomorrow morning no phone, no noise, just you and God.

Tags: mondaynightruckers, Rocketman, Jetstream