Fitness, Fellowship, Faith
Fitness, Fellowship, Faith
No disclaimer was given but a “pep” talk was attempted.
THE THANG
Mosey out to the gravel circle and a light warm up because this is going to suck:
1. 25 x SSH CC
2. 15 x Moroccan Night Clubs IC
3. Jimmy Dugan
4. Calf Stretch
5. Runner’s stretch.
Mosey to the circle and unleash hell. Always run around the traffic circle. The cone number is the number of reps. Do the exercises on the way out and just keep going.
“13 Days of Doughboy”
1. Navy Seal Burpee
2. Bomb Jacks
3. 2:1 JLos
4. Squats
5. 2:1 Lunges
6. Big Boys
7. Carolina Drydocks
8. Bobby Hurleys
9. V-Ups
10. Heels 2 Heaven
11. Mike Tyson’s
12. Burpees
13. 100 x SSH
Why 13? Because I remember doing 12 days back in the day and a few guys finished it with very few minutes to spare. Throw in a spare cone to see who could do it. Alas, no one did but that might have been due to cone 12 being burpees.
MOLESKIN
I left out the details of a story that consisted of me eating some mushrooms at my Fantasy Football draft weekend years ago and my close buddy Chad said: “You can ride the donkey, or let the donkey ride you”. Basically you have the power to make the best of this experience or you can give in.
As always, pax would give in and lose the battle with the brain. Losing the battle is ok but not realizing why you lost is where we need to focus. Some would be out within minutes searching for other pax to coast with for the remaining 50mins.
Question: Is it the embarrassment of being lapped? If that’s inevitable when you have a Chastain that you know is eventually going to catch you, then who cares? We ALL will always have to fight through the cardio….but do NOT GO through ALL the motions of the exercises too…
– If you can’t do 3 x perfect merkins at Cone 1, why? #LFG
– I bet you each can do a perfect cannonball at the pool for your kids but can’t do an actual Bomb Jack? #LFG
– Squats. Head up looking out to the horizon and bend in the knees. ZERO bend in the waist. #LFG
– Lunges. Count the rep when your knee hair is tickled by the asphalt. #LFG
– Drydocks. Some of you look like you are giving an insect a BJ with all that neck movement. Little 1/4” in and outs with those arms but that neck is doing some MAJOR work. It’s a shoulder and tricep exercise but it’s now blended forms with a LOT of pax’s merkins. Please NO MORE USING CURBs for any exercises.
You get the points here. While I can certainly be an asshole, the above details are to shine a light. It’s a slippery slope too many pax fall for and never recover from.
I’m lending any and all pax a rope to assist in pulling you out of the above. I’ve certainly had my ups and downs over the years and it sucks. But that’s what F3 is for. My brothers have pushed, poked, pulled, called me out at different times to hold me accountable.
Today at coffee a guy in line saw F3 shirts and said, and I quote, “I did F3 once. I didn’t quit but I haven’t been back. I don’t even remember my nickname.” The mental gymnastics that sad clown had to tell himself in that exchange is remarkable.
I believe if you post, you are NOT a Sad Clown. We just have the tendencies of a Sad Clown and it’s time to take the makeup off boys.
Thanks for the push this morning you SOB, Chatterbox. I kindly asked Chatter to slow down because I refused to let him pass me this AM. No way I was catching Chastain but if Chatter slowed down I could have. No thanks to Gasparilla who tapped into his psycho button on cone 12 and passed me. Great freaking push bro!
Happy Saturday fellas! Thanks for joining me in the gloom and for the clean up. Everyone earned a nap today.