Date: 2025-11-11
AO: thegeneral
Q: 2 percent
PAX: Enron, citrus, Hobbyhorse, Lazlo, Robo, bogey, Hops, Gus, SAAS, DoorDash, Jag, Gherkin FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
WARMUP: SSH, Imperial Walkers, Hill Billy’s, Willy Mays Hays, RVE’s, Arm Circles, Michael Phelps, Don Quixotes, Moroccan Nightclubs, Downward Dog, Kobra Kai, World’s Greatest Stretch
THE THANG:
1. Pull-Up Bar (solo 1 at a time)
• Max effort while remaining PAX alternated between Wall Sits, Merkins and Body Weight Squats
2. Goal Line Grinder
Three rounds, rotating:
1. Carolina Dry Docks (20)
2. Big Boy Sit-Ups (20)
3. Alternating Lunges (10)
3. Field-Length Movement Circuit
Repeated the sequence 2x down the football field:
• Bear crawl → 25 yard line
• Crab walk → 50 yard line
• Lunge walk → 25 yard line
• Broad jump burpees → Goal line
• Sprint back to the opposing goal line
4. Partner Drill
Partner A does:
• 10 hand-release merkins
• 10 reverse lunges each leg
• 10 4-count flutter kicks
Partner B moves:
• Bear crawl to the 20 yard line & jog back
5. Tribute Reps
Cycle through 11 reps of each (Veteran’s Day 11/11):
• Burpees
• Squat jumps
• Mountain climbers
Commemorate the D-Day Landing:
6 Jump Squats (6th month of the year, December)
6 Toe Tap Merkins (6th day of December)
19 Dips (Year)
44 LBC’s (Year)
MARY: Nolan Ryan’s – 20
ANNOUNCEMENTS: F3 Holiday Bowl – Touch Football 12/6 East vs. West, Charlie Brown Thanksgiving at ignite 11/19
COT: A special thank you to Hops and Gus for their service to our country.
Frederick Arthur Peterson
During World War II, he was a sergeant with B Co., 121st Engineer Battalion, of the 29th Infantry Division.
On June 6th, 1944, his unit landed in the first wave at the Dog Green sector of Omaha Beach on D-Day as was depicted in the movie “Saving Private Ryan”. When someone once asked if he had seen the movie, he responded in his typical humorous manner, “I don’t need to; I was in the original cast.”
Out of 200 men within his unit, he was one of only 35 who made it off the beach that day. He was awarded a bronze star for building a bridge under enemy fire in France.
On a separate occasion in Normandy, his unit was ambushed. He and some other men fled and were separated for over a week. A few had been wounded. Fred caught some shrapnel and was also cut up on some barbed wire. He was offered but declined the Purple Heart. “Give it to the guy who lost his leg.”
“All the medals I got, and 75 cents, will get you a cup of coffee. In my mind, the heroes are still over there. There are 3 cemeteries over there loaded with them. I wasn’t a hero. I was just one of the lucky ones.”
After the war ended, he came home, got a job on the railroad. And then as a lab technician with Pfizer where he retired after 35 years of service.
It is stories like these, where men like Fred earned the right to be considered “The Greatest Generation”.
He didn’t talk about this experience for 50 years. He didn’t have an outlet like F3.
Today we honor Fred Peterson and the countess other Veterans who chose a life of service so that we can enjoy the freedom of this great nation.
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