thepatriot Viva Las Vegas

Date: 2024-10-14
AO: thepatriot
Q: SAAS
PAX: CableGuy, Hobbyhorse, Boardwalk, Ice Tea, Lucius, Sunshine, Couch Potato, Gandalf, Skymiles, Roadhouse, Booking, Wedding Singer, Rimfire FNGs: 1 Rimfire
COUNT: 14

WARMUP: the usual plus sun salutations
THE THANG: deck of cards!!!

Spades: Merkins
Diamonds: SSH
Hearts: big boys (on a bed of nails)
Clubs: lunges
Jokers: lap

MARY: none
ANNOUNCEMENTS: grunt and old rag
COT: YHC is looking for a career change, looking for good cards

Tags: thepatriot, CableGuy, Hobbyhorse, Boardwalk, Ice Tea, Lucius, Sunshine, Couch Potato, Gandalf, Skymiles, Roadhouse, Booking, Wedding Singer, Rimfire

acropolis Columbus Day Beatdown

Date: 2024-10-14
AO: acropolis
Q: Crop Duster
PAX: Obadiah, Atlas, Peanuts, Monk, Hightower, Pop Fly, Crop Duster FNGs: None
COUNT: 7

WARMUP: cherry picker, overhead press, lung and back, double U orlds greatest stretch, M – something that started with an M, Burpees, U – I forget, Side straddle hop, run a lap THE THANG: each excercise was an 8 count by all present …..56 reps
Curls, lap, overhead press, lap, LBC, Lap, Up the bleachers, Lap, M – I forgot what we did for M but it was fun, Lap, Bench press, Lap, Upright Row, Lap, Single leg squat, lap
MARY: we spelled Columbus by air writing with our legs off the ground , we added an extra O because Pea it’s requested it ANNOUNCEMENTS: Haymarket car pull, Veterans Day in DC
COT: “You can’t cross the ocean without losing sight of the shore” Christopher Comumbus

Tags: acropolis, Obadiah, Atlas, Peanuts, Monk, Hightower, Pop Fly, Crop Duster

mother-ruck-ing Working hard or hardly working?

Date: 2024-10-13
AO: mother-ruck-ing
Q: Ice Tea
PAX: Popeye, Red Dawn, Sunshine
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4

WARMUP: You have a route you want to do? Nah. Okay, let’s do Minor’s Hill.

THE THANG: Ruckers climbed Minor’s Hill and pondered work/life balance and other deep thoughts. Total route 3.55mi.

MARY: Coffee time or time to work?

ANNOUNCEMENTS: None

COT: On a serious note, tell your kids not to get in a car with anyone who has been drinking. Lots of alternatives available…take an uber or call a parent or sober friend to pick them up.

Tags: mother-ruck-ing, Popeye, Red Dawn, Sunshine

thesandlot This One is for Snooki

Date: 2024-10-12
AO: thesandlot
Q: Summit
PAX: 2 percent, Boardwalk, Legacy, Big Short, Cam, Hobbyhorse, Gherkin, Klinger, citrus, Pepco, Top Spin, Corner Kick, Rooney, Mulligan, Crease FNGs: 3 Rooney, Mulligan, Crease
COUNT: 16
WARMUP: (With Top Spin) SSH, Imperial Walkers, Cherry Pickers, Downward Dog, WGS, Cobra Kai, WMH

THE THANG:
– Tabata Set 1: (20 secs work, 10 secs rest X 8 sets)
– Alternate……Mucho Lego (BB + Squat) and
– Shuffle…shuffle…jump
– March Madness
– Gather at center of 4 hoops
– 5 burpees at center followed by broad jumps or lunge to each hoop with roll of D20 (thanks again Top Spin) and performing exercises…many high knees, squats, dips….based on the roll.
– After each station at hoop return to center in same mode (broad jumps or lunges) for 5 more burpees! – Escalating 4 Corners on the field:
– Corner 1: 10 hand release merkins then sprint to…
– Corner 2: 10 HRMs + 20 smurf jacks then sprint to….
– Corner 3: 10 HRMs + 20 smurf jacks + 30 plank jacks then sprint to – Corner 4: 10 HRMs + 20 smurf jacks + 30 plank jacks + 40 monkey humpers – March Madness
– Same as above :point_up_2:
– Tabata Set 2: (20 secs work, 10 secs rest X 8 sets)
– Alternate……burpees
– High knees
– F3 Capture the Flag
– Two teams…defense crab walk and offense bear crawl
– If tagged by D then O stops and does 5 WWII’s
– D can’t be in the safe zone around flag
– Once O captures flag allowed to throw to teammate
– Goal to cross midfield line
– Each team has 5 minutes to compete on offense and then switch. Team with most scores win
– Unclear the winner but 2.0s carried the teams with Gherkin competing aggressively with full body dives for the flag – Losers were shoulders which will be in need of recovery

MARY: Nope. WWII’s had to suffice

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Grunt, Cornhole and Old Rag…all info on Slack with Boardwalk throwing the gauntlet down as reigning corn hole champion.

COT:
YHC shared that he loved Q’ing on Saturdays and involving the 2.0s as our mission is to plant…grow…serve….for the invigoration of male leadership. F3 is a perfect laboratory for this and it can start early.

YHC then shared advice he received from a wise friend who said that there are 3 stages of parenting…direction setting/protection, coaching and friendship. Shared that much of his parenting initially fell into the direction setting (helicopter parenting) category and thought it might be too late to shift to coaching approach but the good news was that it wasn’t too late! Also shared the joy of the transition from coaching to friendship with 2.0s.

Shared personal story about his own 2.0 (26 year old F3 Snooki…Memphis Region) calling to discuss and important topic this week and that rather than giving specific advice YHC took a coaching approach, shared his own story, asked questions, and reassured that he would handle the important conversation well. 2.0 managed the conversation brilliantly and taught YHC lessons in the process.

YHC then spoke to 2.0s assuring that they would also provide valuable lessons to their fathers and to keep coming out to F3.

F3 works!

Tags: thesandlot, 2 percent, Boardwalk, Legacy, Big Short, Cam, Hobbyhorse, Gherkin, Klinger, citrus, Pepco, Top Spin, Corner Kick, Rooney, Mulligan, Crease

olympus The Rambler & Ball Routine

Date: 2024-10-12
AO: olympus
Q: Pop Fly
PAX: Rambler, Nano, Walk-on, Monk, Squatter, Popeyes, Toolbox, Rollingstone, Doodles FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
WARMUP: Popeyes threw a frisbee down a storm drain… why? Because he could. Damn fine aim.

THE THANG:
(1) 9 stations using medicine balls. 2x through
(2) Ultimate Frisbee. Pop Fly threw for 500 yards today.

MARY: The pax performed a squatting bear routine that involved counting. Rambler was very familiar with the position. Toolbox proved unfamiliar with counting.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Rambler’s hike, The Grunt, The Haymarket Parade. (pax-on-parade)

COT: The Q shared a synopsis of a quote from Bruce Lee about plateaus and how it resonated with him. The Q has since found the quote.

“If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them” – Bruce Lee

Tags: olympus, Rambler, Nano, Walk-on, Monk, Squatter, Popeyes, Toolbox, Rollingstone, Doodles