Bad Boy, Mickey Mouse, Third Person, Crawfish, Porcelain, Hambone, Edible Arrangements , Deep Dish, T Cell, Funyuns, ThreePutt, BV (QIC)
67 and thick
Since today was my three year anniversary YHC decided to start w the ever popular Blind Melon version of “3 is a Magic Number” and we commenced w the Slaughter Starter of Burpees for the entire song +/- 3:16.
And we’re off through the creek bed, up to 12th for bear crawl, crawl Bear, reverse lunge and skipping (AKA recruiting tool) back down around the Stonewall and circle up in lot next to Picnic Area 1.
WOR:
Plank Jax x 7 IC
IW X 7 IC
SSH X 20 IC
GMA X 7 IC
Check in w Bad Boy to see how his sciatica is feeling and mosey to Picnic Area 1 for
Evolution I:
7 Rounds AMRAP Pull Ups
Plank for 6
2 Min LBC
Wall Sir on STONEWALL
PAX chase down 12 to Kirkwood
Superman Plank for 6
PAX chase up service road to Sunnyside then down to playground for
Evolution II:
7 Rounds AMRAP Push Ups
Nail Salon for 6
2 Min V Ups (if you break set, must run up hill to split tree and back until all break)
Applesauce IR around Com ctr up to Tennis Courts for
Evolution III:
7 Rounds AMRAP HSPU
2 Min LBC
2 Min Rev Crunch
Evolution IV:
11s w Dragon Flags and Deep wall facing Squats (another recruiting tool)
Mosey back to Lot for
Mary:
Bringing it full circle, we finish with “3…” and Burpees
Time
NM:
That Slaughter Starter and Finisher w the Burpees was enough for any normal AOs entire Q but not the Big Show, Stonewall.
Thank y’all for all your hard work, for pushing yourselves and for pushing me. I think I lost time for a bit, didn’t hear nearly as much MC as I was expecting.
T Claps to Hambone for leading the Ruck portion of the am today. He had 7 others out for some good livin. I’m glad y’all didn’t have to suffer his awful Kim Jong Un impression. Am I right Edible?
Always a blast getting a behind the scenes in the law world w Deep Dish at Pre.
Wow, three years and man have things changed. Well, some have stayed the same but there is a ton of good that has come from my engagement with F3.
The first and most obvious to people that I haven’t seen in a while is the weight I’ve lost. Depending on the week is going and how burdened my heart is, I’m down 35 pounds. Much of this is due to better fueling but a lot also has to be attributed to the amount, frequency and pushing that comes from an F3 workout. In years past, I had been an early morning Y guy but honestly would never push myself the way I get pushed at F3. In the past, I’d quit w ten seconds left on a timed workout rather than start a new set of AMRAP. All that changed once I started posting w you freaks. Just this morning as we’re bumping out pull-ups I was directly in Funyuns line of vision, you think I’m gonna drop from the rafters before him, uh, HELL NO!
As far as the Fellowship piece, what a ride it’s been getting to experience that aspect. At the Y, I had the same old conversations with the front desk guys, the young kid at Smoothie King and the Fern Waterers. That’s not to forget all those old men that wanted to talk about their golf grip, posture and last round of golf…naked, no shame, ???⚽️⚾️??? just hanging out everywhere.
In the last five to six years, I’ve felt that a Man needs to have a Band of Brothers out there watching his six, making sure he’s not slipping making sure he’s got his hands on the wheel with Jesus, family, friends, vocation and calling. In years past, I’d rely on my pastor, my brother and my old business partner amongst the half dozen or so. In the last three years, I can testify that number has grown by more than I ever expected. Sure, there’s guys on the outer rings of the circle that are there but shoot, they’re as close as some of my inner circle was in years past.
One of the greatest works of God I’ve seen in my lifetime has been the story of sweet Job, Grease Trap, Katie and their precious family. I know this sounds odd and believe me it’s not because of how I understand (which I don’t) how God saw fit to call Job home BUT how they loved US all so well through their pain. I am so truly blessed to call Grease Trap a friend. It has been truly beautiful to see the other F3 HIM love him and his family well through this Valley. While I yearn for more 3rdF in our group, I have been blind and failed to see how God had been brining it to us this whole time through our brother Grease Trap. Isn’t that how God works? He puts it right there in front of us we just have to gain perspective to see it.
Thank you all for getting out there when it’s humid and hot, when it’s cold and dark or when you smell like last night! This F3 thing isn’t about you or me, it’s about that guy at the office, at church or down the street that needs an Emotional Headlock, a group of men that are fighting for him and to start the morning off with three minutes of Burpees!
YHC, BV
Well Done. #3