Author: Josh DeVine

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Bomber 9-6: Limited Running

Hit with a request to limit the running, YHC devised a simple — but challenging — swansong to the workweek for the 16 HIM who showed.

GLOOM FACTOR: Nil. Damn near perfect.

PAX: Blue Mule, Crablegs, Crawlspace, FNG TomTom, Bareback, Studio 42, Toothless, River Dawg, Bad Boy, T-Cell, Firefox, Trapper Keeper, Lunch Lady, Right Said, Princess Aurora, Hi-Viz (QIC)

DISCLAIMER: Disclaimed.

WOR: Brief Mosey, followed by SSH, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Squats, Air Presses, LBACs, Reverse LBACs, and 6-Count Burpees.

Brief Mosey to the driving range path.

Bear Crawl Burner. PAX partner up for encouragement, as it’s each man on his own to bear crawl the distance of the driving range. At each post, rotate the bear crawl 90 degrees. SSH for the 6. #CrowdPleaser

Brief Mosey to the parking lot.

Ciabatta time! 20 on/10 off for 8 rounds of Squats, Merkins, Alabama Prom Dates, & Plank Jacks.

Brief Mosey to the cars.

Mary included LBCs, Plank Shoulder Taps, and Flutter Kicks.

Done.

COT/ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • Welcome to FNG TomTom, named for his apparent lack of cross country navigation skills, as witnessed to by Bareback. TomTom serves in the Navy and heads back this weekend. We’ll hope to see him come December, when he’s back in Nashville.
  • 5-Year Anni celebration is next weekend. Details on Slack!

Pleasure to lead you this morning. Great work all around.

Viz out.

 

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Titan 6-5-2019: 2 Escalators

14 successfully navigated the early-morning set-up at Centennial Park for Carrie Underwood’s upcoming one-song concert.

Gloom Factor: Nil. 60 degrees. Light wind.

PAX: Harvey Updyke, Hipster, Trapper Keeper, Cub Cadet, Right Said, Porcelain, Crawlspace, Blue Mule, Snapshot, Siri, Defrost, Pumpkin Spice, Black Lung

QIC: Hi-Viz

WOR:
Mosey to south lawn. SSH X 15 IC, Monkey Humpers X 10 IC, Air Presses X 10 IC, LBAC X 10 IC, Reverse LBAC X 10 IC, Good Mornings X 10 IC.

THANG:
Mosey to the Big Hill for a four-exercise, 25-Rep Escalator: Prisoner Squats, Merkins, Jump Squats, Burpees.

Mosey to the Elipse for a second, 50-Rep Escalator: SSH, Jane Fondas (25 Each Side), Hi-Knees, Flutter Kicks.

Mosey to the cars for Dealer’s Choice Mary.

Done.

COT/BOM: Strong work all around. Excellent effort and solid attention to form across the board. Kotters to Snapshot and welcome to the Hipster, who made the trek from the East side.

Don’t forget Vector’s Leadership Lunch on 6/21 at Thistle Farms. Details on Slack.

NMM: Remember: F3 is more than a workout and there are plenty of guys out there who need this, and we need them. This is the perfect time of year to circle back on friends/family you’ve been meaning to EH, with plenty of light at 5:30 and ideal temps. Let’s keep up the momentum.

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Westeros 3-4-19: Double QPs & 7s

A baker’s dozen didn’t let the cold win this morning.

GLOOM FACTOR: Moderate. 22 with a light wind.

PAX: Bad Boy, Trapper Keeper, Indecent Exposure, Princess Aurora, Bagger Vance, Porcelain, Turbo, Harvey Updyke, Vector, Crablegs, Pumpkin Spice, Bicentennial Man

QIC: Hi-Viz

DISCLAIMER

WOR
SSH X 20 IC
Slow & Low Squats X 20 IC
LBAC X 15
Reverse LBAC X 15
Air Presses X 15

THANG
Mosey to the tennis court for a Quarter Pounder with a animal walk of choice (Bear Crawl, Duck Walk, etc.) for the mode of travel to each corner of the court.

  • 25 Merkins
  • 50 Squats
  • 75 Carolina Dry Docks
  • 100 SSH

Mosey to the loop for 7s with Burpees on both sides.

Mosey to the tennis court for a 2nd go at the Quarter Pounder, with a Wheelbarrow for travel.

Mosey to the start.

MARY
20 X Flutters
20 X LBCs
20 X Boxcutters
Plank

Done.

COT/BOM

  • Mark your calendar: The Scorpion, our new west side CSAUP steps off at 0600. More details soon.
  • Friendly Friday is this week, with PA leading the charge at Bomber. Let’s see some FNGs in the mix.
  • Prayer requests shared for 2.0s on the way, along with Vector’s 2.0 picking a high school.

Great work this morning, gentlemen. Especially proud of those on the IR who still made a point to join. Pleasure to lead you. SYITG.

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Bomber 2/1/19: DORA, Tabata, & SSHs

Gloom Factor: Low. Mild with few sprinkles.
Temp: 45ish.

PAX: T-Cell, Pumpkin Spice, Lunch Lady, Tiny Dancer, Harvey Updyke, Hambone, Cunning Linguist, Hotroute, Firefox, Ridealong, Autotune, En Fuego, Pop-A-Lock, Right Said, Porcelain, Shadow, Crawlspace
QIC: Hi-Viz

Disclaimer

Quick mosey past the driving range.
WOR
-SSH X 100
-Count off 1s and 2s.

THANG
Mosey to the upper parking lot.
DORA: Burpees X 100, Merkins X 200, Squats X 300
Runner faces the community center at all times: Shuffle, Crawl Bear, Shuffle, Bear Crawl around the cones.

Mosey to the community center entrance.
TABATA: (YHC aimed to pick the worst music he could fine. Glad it seems I succeeded.)
1. SSH – ‘Fast Car’
2. Flutter Kicks – ‘Rocky’
3. Plank Jacks – ‘Uptown Funk’

Done.

COT

NMM
‘Borrowed’ inspiration for this one (with some modification) from the fine folks at F3Memphis. Glad it was such a #CrowdPleaser.

Great work all the way around. In addition to the MC, YHC heard some good encouragement from the PAX, which helped everyone dig deep to finish strong.

BH
-1st Friday Lunch today at 11:30 at Cookery.
-Pray for Trinity, Pumpkin Spice’s M, as she undergoes knee surgery.
-Pray for Michael, Lunch Lady’s friend, battling terminal cancer.

SYITG.

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New Slack Channel: Fuel

In preparing for 2019, this was the punch in the (too soft) gut I needed:  https://f3nation.com/2018/02/07/queen-q1-4/

And especially, this:

“The Queen is an integral Guardrail in the Q’s pursuit of proper personal alignment. As with chess, if the Queen is taken off the board, it is not long before the King finds himself checkmated. No matter how hard and consistently a man may exercise, if his diet is haphazard his Fitness kingdom will not long stand. The Queen cannot be ignored, even by the strongest of Kings.”

One of my goals for 2019 is to improve my health. And for me, that means making strides to improve my diet. Bottom line: Food is fuel. And I cannot expect better performance on a sub-par diet.

Choosing to do the right thing in this area is a struggle I’ve seen myself battle with decreasing success in the past few years. I need accountability, encouragement, and to know I’m not alone in working to improve this part of my life.

With PA’s blessing, I’m going to launch a Fuel channel on Slack and would invite anyone who also wants to improve in this area of their life to join. It’d be great to talk about diet, strategies, successes, failures, and work hold one another accountable.

To kick things off, here are some changes I’m making to my diet, in an effort to improve.

In 2019, for the first 10 days of each month, I will avoid the following:

  • Fried Food/Fast Food
  • Red Meat
  • Breads/White-Flour-Based Products
  • Cream-Based Sauces/Dressings
  • Chips/Pretzels/Etc.
  • Desserts
  • Soda
  • Sweet Tea
  • Alcohol

I’m expecting there will be a carryover effect through the rest of the month and will extend these guidelines if not.

I will also post my weight weekly in the designated Fuel channel on Slack.

A few understandings:

  1. Life happens. If I make a mistake, I’ll tell you about it in the Fuel channel and get back to it. 
  2. A weekly ‘cheat meal’ is okay. A ‘cheat day’ however, is not.
  3. What I’m trying may not work for you. That’s cool. Do your own thing. And tell us about it. 

Here’s to getting better in 2019. See you in the gloom, where hopefully you’ll eventually see less of me.

Viz

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Bomber 112318: Leftovers

CONDITIONS: 40 and calm at 0600 start. Nice sunrise.

PAX: Crawlspace, Tiny Dancer, Norm (F3 Raleigh), Right Said, Porecelain, Cunning Linguist, Shadow, Dutch Oven, Pumpkin Spice

QIC: Hi-Viz

DISCLAIMER

WOR: Quick mosey to the nip, followed by 23 of each, IC: SSH, Merkins, Air Presses.

THANG
T-Cell (who was planning to Q, until a a last-minute logistical issue) provided YHC a turnkey workout, so it was fairly straightforward. Run the greenway and stop at nine points along the way to perform 23 of each of the following exercises to spell out LEFTOVERS.

L Lieutenant Dans
E Elevated Merkins
F Flutter Kicks
T Travoltas
O Overhead Presses
V V-Ups
E E2Ks
R Reverse Lunges
S Squats

We rounded the corner back into McCabe with two minutes on the clock, just in time to find Tiny Dancer and wrap up with Jane Fondas on each side for good measure.

COT/BOM

Great work all around. Nice to have Norm from Raleigh visiting. Enjoy the rest of your long weekend. Viz out.

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Bomber 10192018 | Focus: Form

CONDITIONS: Brisk. Winter is coming.

PAX: T-Cell, Dewey, Duplex, Porcelain, Shadow (FNG), Princess Aurora, Minnow Tank (FNG), Crawlspace, Crablegs, Cunning Linguist, Vector, Bad Boy, Trapper Keeper, En Fuego, Reveille, ABC

QIC: Hi-Viz

Mosey to upper parking lot. Today’s focus: Slow it down. Focus on form. Today’s about quality of movement, not quantity.

WOR: SSH IC X 20, Squats (Slow-N-Low) X 20 IC, 6-Count Burpees X 10 IC, LBAC X 10 IC, Beetle Baileys X 10 IC, Reverse LBAC X 10 IC

Count off 1s and 2s. Lose count somehow. Re-do count off.

THANG: Mosey to the end of the parking lot. 1s and 2s line up at different spots. Bear crawl zig-zag down the parking lot, forward, side, forward, side. Those waiting to go (and those who ended before others) knocked out some Lieutenant Dans.

6-Count Burpees X 10 IC

Mosey to the parking lot.

1s and 2s line up for relay, up the hill and back. Runner calls the exercise for those on his team.

6-Count Burpees X 10 IC

Rinse and repeat the relay, except runner calls the exercise for the other team.

6-Count Burpees X 10 IC

Grab some wall. Slow-N-Low DIDs X 10 IC.

6-Count Burpees X 10 IC

MARY: LBCs X 20 IC, Plank (~2:00).

Done.

NMM: T-Claps all around. Lots of hard work this morning. I’ve been wanting to Q a workout like this for a while, focusing on slowing things down to make sure all of us are doing things correctly, not just sort of doing them.

YHC has been thinking a lot about shortcuts lately. I challenged the group in this morning’s COT — and I’ll take the opportunity to challenge all of us — to look for the ways we’ve gotten into the habit of choosing shortcuts instead of choosing the more difficult or more costly way to correctly do things. It might be when you post. It might be at work. It might be at home.

Thanks for the opportunity to lead today. And thanks for challenging me to get better at our AOs and throughout my life.

BH: Check out the #Leadership channel on Slack for the 12th Man effort we’re launching. Hit up T-Cell if you’re interested in being a HIM who helps out.

#PickneyPain next Friday. Crawlspace and Right Said have been ‘voluntold’ to take the Q. Sure to be a good one.

 

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Westeros 100118: 7s & Double QPs

PAX: Right Said, Blue Mule, En Fuego, No Bars, Cockpit (Both visiting from F3 Swamp Rabbit in Greenville, SC.)

QIC: Hi-Viz

Conditions: PDP (Pretty Damn Perfect)

Mosey to front steps of the school.
SSH X 30 IC
Squats X 20 IC
LBAC X 15 IC
Reverse LBAC X 15 IC
Good Mornings X 20 IC

Hold People’s Chair for a minute.

Mosey to the tennis courts.
Quarter Pounder 1 (Bear Crawl between stations.)
-25 Merkins
-50 Squats
-75 Carolina Dry Docks (#CrowdPleaser)
-100 LBCs

Quarter Pounder 2 (Lunge Walk between stations.)
-25 Merkins
-50 Squats
-75 Monkey Humpers
-100 Flutter Kicks

Hold Bridge for a minute.

Mosey to the drop-off loop.
7s: Merkins on one side of the loop. Squats on the other.

Mosey to the parking lot.

Done.

NMM: Nice to have No Bars and Cockpit with us from Swamp Rabbit. Great effort all around.

Have a great week.
Viz

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Son Of A Monkey Humper

(Thanks to Porcelain for naming this Backblast, in what was either a moment of inspiration or exasperation. Either way, well done.)

Conditions: Pristine.

PAX: Porcelain, Bad Boy, Studio 42, Keep The Change, Trapper Keeper, Harvey Updyke, Blue Mule, Vector, Hawkeye, Walker (Visiting from Rock Hill, SC!), Da Vinci

QIC: Hi-Viz

DISCLAIMER

Mosey to the tennis court for WOR.
SSH X 38 IC
Good Mornings X10 IC
Squats X 20 IC
Merkins X 10 IC
Carolina Dry Docks X 20 IC
Mountain Climbers X 20 IC
Air Presses X 10 IC

THANG
Mosey to the field for 11s.
Hand-Release Merkins on on side, Lieutenant Dans on the other with a full run across the field.

Plank and wait for the 6.

Line up. Bear Crawl to the mid-line. Monkey Humpers X 25 IC. Rinse & Repeat back to the start line.

Line up. Duck Walk to the mid-line. Carolina Dry Docks X 25 IC. Rinse & Repeat back to the start line.

Mosey to the parking lot for Mary.
Flutter Kicks X 20 IC
LBCs X 20 IC
Boxcutters X 10 IC
Plank Variations
J-Los X 20 IC

Done.

COT/BOM

Bullhorn:
-Great to see Hawkeye back this morning. Keep him and the family in your prayers as they navigate the visa process in Atlanta in the coming days.
-Strong work all the way around. Nice to have Walker visiting (and setting the pace) from SC. #Respect
-Q sheet is looking a tad sparse. Need some guys to step up and sign up. Studio 42 has his VQ on Wednesday at Titan and I’ll be co-Qing with TK at Bomber on Friday, which is also #FriendlyFriday. Let’s get those EHs going and keep the momentum on the West Side going…

Moleskine:
YHC turns 38 today, and the older I get, the more thankful I am for men like you who want more — and better — for their lives.

It’s an honor to hang with you.

SYITG.

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7s & Double QPCs

PAX: Blue Mule, Reveille, Princess Aurora, Hambone, Bad Boy, Trapper Keeper, T-Cell, Voucher, Keep The Change

QIC: Hi-Viz

CONDITIONS: 73 and muggy. What else is new?

DISCLAIMER

Mosey to the school’s front steps.

COP
Good Mornings X 10 IC
Squats X 20 IC
WMH X 10 IC
LBACs X 15 IC
Overhead Claps X 15 IC
Reverse LBACs X 15 IC
SSH X 20 IC

THANG
Mosey to the tennis court for a Quarter Pounder on the corners. Bear Crawl between each of the following:
25 Merkins
50 Mountain Climbers
75 LBCs
100 Plank Jacks
Plank and wait for the six.

Mosey up the hill and around to the side drop-off circle for 7s, It’s Jump Squats on one side of the circle and Burpees on the other. Plank and wait for the six.

We’ve got time, so mosey back to the tennis court for a reverse of the Quarter Pounder. Crawl Bear for extra measure.
100 Plank Jacks
75 LBCs
50 Mountain Climbers
25 Merkins
Plank and wait for the six.

Mosey to the parking lot.

Done.

COT

BULLHORN
-Friendly Friday is this week. Vector has the Q at Bomber. Would love to see a good crowd and some new faces, so let’s give it away and get those EHs going.
-Still time to get signed up for the TN Can Ruck. See PA for details.
-Sorry to hear Rev’s cousin faces more injuries than first thought. Keep her and the family in your prayers.

MOLESKINE
Excellent work this morning. Always good to spend time with you guys.

If you’re looking for a new podcast, I might suggest the F3 Podcast, which has recently — it seems — been relaunched. I’ve been listening to it during my morning commute and would definitely recommend it. A lot of good principles about leadership, integrity, and living beyond yourself, plus some practical advice on getting the most out of — and more importantly, giving your best to — F3 and the men in our community.

SYITG. Viz out.