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Mission Possible

QIC:  Skitch

Date: 09/03/20

PAX: Moneyball, Blindside, Chief, Rodeo, Free Candy, Sunshine, Cupid, Lite Brite, Flop, Omaha, Mr. May, Candu, Oil Can, Uncle Fester, Ohms, Lassie, Xena, Kowbell, White Glove

AO: Hill City

Conditions

Full moon. Not as warm as it could be. Mornings like this, anything is possible.

COP

SSH x 30 IC. Imperial Walkers x 20ish IC. Forward Fold. Willie Mays Hayse IC until latecomers roll in and get settled. Mosey to big circle.

The Thang

Count off 1, 2, 3, 4 to create 4 teams of 5. Man, it’s great when it works out like that.

Mission Possible

Mission Alpha: Team Total: 100 Burpees, 200 Merkins, 300 Squats. Once complete, then teams can work on,

Mission Bravo, Mission Charlie & Mission Delta simultaneously. Mission Bravo: 1 PAX runs up Forest Ave hill to Colville St and back to circle (about 1 mile total). Mission Charlie: 1 PAX runs across walking bridge and back (about 1 mile total). Mission Delta: remaining 3 PAX do Team Total of 100 dips, 200 lunges in place, 300 Big Boy Sit Ups. As runners return, they can join in. Once Mission Delta is complete, move on to,

Mission Echo: Team Total: 200 burpees, 5 circle laps running, 1 circle lap lunging. Then,

Mission Foxtrot: Team Indian runs to Blue Rhino and back. Then,

Mission Golf: Select 10 coupons you are proud to carry and mosey around circle with coupons before returning them. Then,

Mission Hotel: Team Total: 400 SSH’s, 400 LBC’s

Most Missions until time. If complete all 8 then do AMRAP burpees and Big Boy Sit Ups.

COT

Ephesians 2:8-10 “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.”

What is your mission? Who has given you your mission? What is your daily mission?

Your mission are the works prepared in advance for you to do. Because Jesus has already done the good works to save me, the pressure is off and I am free to complete my mission knowing I do not need to perform for my salvation or for God’s favor. I am free to be the workmanship I was created to be and I can complete the works (my mission) prepared in advance for me to do.


BALL OF MAN: We took and knee and prayed it out.

Moleskin

No team completed all 8 missions, but some got close. Some like to run and got to. Some do not like to run and didn’t have to run much. Some didn’t use to like to run but ran anyway and didn’t seem to mind too much. Forest Ave hill just keeps going. No one spotted Tom Cruise.

News

Detention Labor Day Convergence Launch coming. Iron Pax is here and opportunity at Hill City on Friday.

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    Half Mile Lunge, Half Mile Bernie

    QIC:  Skitch

    Date: 08/12/2020

    PAX: Money Ball, Ohms, Rodeo, Hambone, Recycle, Burrito, Iron Butt, Goose, Care Bear, Blindside, Fissure

    AO: Lion’s Den

    Conditions

    Humid enough that the sweat was splashing by the end.

    COP

    SSH x 40 IC, Forward fold IC, 5 burpees OYO (as a stretch), Willie Mays Hayes x 10 IC, balancing quad stretch, toe merkins to stretch the calves.

    The Thang

    Jonas lunge (all PAX lunge and the PAX in back moseys to front and resumes lunging) 1/2 mile up hill past pool to upper parking lot wall. Bear crawl up grass hill. Mosey back down and come back for the 6. Bernie Sanders 1/2 mile up hill past pool to upper parking lot wall. Crawl bear (inverted bear crawl) up grass hill. Mosey back down and if you are in the lead you do 5 burpees. Time.

    COT

    John 15:11 “These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.” Jesus had been talking about how He is the vine and we need to be connected to Him in order to produce any fruit and the bottom line is “abide in my love”. Interesting that in this verse 11 Jesus moves from His joy to our joy. If we are connected to him and abide in him (the Word), His joy becomes our joy, and our joy becomes full.


    BALL OF MAN: prayers for teachers and students starting school today in this weird world we live in.

    Moleskin

    Burrito said it was a hard workout. My lunge muscles hurt. Calves and quads are the same stretch, right? We didn’t get to the 3rd and main hill challenge..that will have to wait for a Landfill Q…

    News

    2nd Hixson AO coming soon. Iron Pax starting in September.

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      Million Burpee Challenge + Millipede = The MilliBurpeed

      QIC:  Skitch

      Date: 06/13/2020

      PAX: Nemo, Ole Mess, Iron Butt, Back Pew, Rocketman, Al Borland (Orlando), Free Candy, U-turn, Fabio, Candu, Pink Panther, White Glove, Twitch, Coverup, Flop, Money Ball, Fissure

      AO: The Landfill

      Conditions

      No gloom, no rain, cooler than normal, but wet shirts by the end.

      COP

      SSH x 40 IC, Forward Fold, Imperial Walkers, Smurf Jacks, LBAC’s, Morrocan Night Club, Cherry Pickers.

      The Thang

      Thang One: Jonas Lunges
      PAX begins lunging as a group. Whenever you become the 6, you mosey to the front of the PAX and then resume lunging. PAX lunged and moseyed all the way down to the lower gate.

      Thang Two: The MilliBurpeed
      Each PAX does 5 burpees on a sidewalk square all lined up, then moseys to the front of the line of PAX and does 5 burpees in whatever sidewalk square is immediately ahead of the PAX first in line doing burpees. All the way up the sidewalk. 401+ sidewalk squares completed. 2005+ burpees completed by PAX.

      Thang Three: The Big Thank You x 4
      Mosey around and past the little thank you hill and down to the base of the Big Thank You. Bernie Sanders up, Big Boy Situps until 6, mosey down. Rinse and repeat. Bernie Sanders and/or Bear Crawl up, Big Boy Situps until 6, mosey down. Jail break up, Big Boy Situps until 6, mosey down. Jail break across field to start. Low plank until time.

      COT

      Unity is based on trust. You don’t need to understand the other person’s position fully in order to be united with them. Don’t assume you know what the other is going to say; listen. Assume that what the other is saying is true and that there are no hidden messages. Unity is a reality & unity is something to work on and uphold. Excerpts taken from Wim Codington’s book United We Stand.
      BALL OF MAN: we took and knee and prayed.

      Moleskin

      Q was saved by a few well-timed 10-counts as he heard muttered threats of mutiny during the MilliBurpeed. PAX completed 0.2% of the Million burpee challenge. All before breakfast. Jonas Lunges are named after Skitch’s many-times-great-grandfather Jonas Cattell who was the “Paul Revere on foot” who saved American troops in a NJ town during the Revolutionary War by running 10 miles through the woods to warn them of a surprise British attack. Jonas was half Leni Lenape (Delaware) Indian, and Jonas Lunges are like half an Indian Run, just a lot harder, a bit slower and the PAX stay together. More info on Jonas here: https://www.haddonfield.njdar.org/jonas_cattell.html

      News

      July 4 convergence at the Battlefield AO.

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        BearCrawl-Burpee-BigBoy-Broad Jumps

        QIC:  Skitch

        Date: 06/11/2020

        PAX: Back Pew, Money Ball, Candu, Flop, Doodles, Sunshine, Ohms, Chief, Pebbles, Hansen, Blindside, Coverup, Cowbell, Red Tees

        AO: Hill City

        Conditions

        Cooler than summer.

        COP

        SSH x 40 IC, Forward Fold, Willie Mays Hays, Calf Stretch, Imperial Walkers

        The Thang

        Mosey to first field and line up toward the field
        Bear Crawl-Burpee-Big Boy-Broad Jumps

        PAX Bear Crawl in cadence to Q’s count to 10, then 20 burpees on your own, then 30ish big boy situps until Q calls halt/recover, then 40ish broad jumps. First field completed, rinse and repeat across the circle field toward the coupon collection at the base of the Great Hall.

        Select coupon(s) and alternate between lunging and mosey with coupon(s) until reach the bottom of Mt. Midoriyama by way of the dip circle where dips were done in cadence.

        10 burpees, Bernie up Mt. Midoriyama, mosey down, big boy situps until 6. 10 burpees, bear crawl up Mt. Midoriyama, mosey down, big boy situps until 6. 10 burpees, backwards bear crawl 1/3 way up Mt. Midoriyama, mosey down, big boy situps until 6.

        Pick up coupons and mosey back to return coupons. Mosey sans coupons to side of first field. Line up and lunge to parking lot. Time.

        COT

        Psalm 84. Q shared and meditated on the psalm and expressed how much he longed to get back together with others in house of worship.
        BALL OF MAN: Took a knee and prayed it out.

        Moleskin

        40ish broad jumps in a row is a lot. 20 burpees in a row is a lot. It’s easy to run without a coupon. Thankful for the community of F3. Still missing gathering for worship. It was great to have Cowbell and Hansen back with us. Red Tees was in town. We maxed out Longhorns.

        News

        July 4 convergence at new Battlefield AO in Ft. Oglethorpe.

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          Building Up

          QIC:  Skitch

          Date: 06/03/2020

          PAX: Swingset, Early Bird, Iron Butt, Dolly, Tinkle, Free Candy

          AO: Ridgecut

          Conditions

          Gloomy at start, not at finish.

          COP

          SSH’s and other standards

          The Thangs

          Mosey to Front Lot 1st Island
          1st Thang: While Q considers how not to complicate the exercise, he calls early audible of 10 burpees OYO while he thinks. Then PAX split into 2 teams and each team does 10 reps of any exercise of choice in each parking space (or 5 burpees) and next PAX does same thing in next unoccupied parking space until each team works their way down the parking lot to the 2nd Island.

          2nd Thang: Mosey to wall. Wall sits until pain, with varieties thereof.

          3rd Thang: Mosey to base of hill. Pair off and 1 pair runs up the hill while the other 2 pairs do merkins. Pair 2 runs up when Pair 1 reaches top. Pair 3 runs up when Pair 1 returns. Rinse and repeat with big boy sit ups replacing merkins.

          4th Thang: Run to the top together. Lunge a long long way to start.

          COT

          We did a lot of 13 and 37 rep sets. Both are odd but when added together are a beautiful 50. My son turned 13 yesterday. I am 37. We had a long talk yesterday about speaking the truth in love and building others up according to their needs that it may benefit those who listen. It wasn’t an easy talk and it was a lot longer than I planned. Consequently, I ran out of time to prepare the workout like I had planned. As it turned out, I was preparing for the COT without knowing it. Speaking the truth in love and building other up according to their needs with our words is essential as we navigate these very unusual times.
          BALL OF MAN: We took a knee and prayed.

          Moleskin

          The early audible caused a bit of confusion, but the PAX were gracious with the Q. Free Candy was trying to work out the 13 and 37 combos. The flag was from Hill City, but I don’t think anyone noticed in the Gloom. The coffeeteria in the parking lot after the workout didn’t require coffee but was super sweet and we were applying the COT straightaway – Ridgecut excels at building others up with words – good 2nd F modeled.

          News

          Jazzy Jag was out of town.

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            “Offseason” over for Hill City (3/12/2020)

            QIC:  Ramos

            Date: 05/12/2020

            PAX: She Shed, Deerjack, Pink Panther, Dolly, Sunshine, Free Candy, Wort, CareBear, Sherlock, Back Pew, Milkman, Slois Lane, Hobo, Skitch, Dirk, Moneyball

            AO: Hill City

            Conditions

            71% visible waning gubbious moon on a cool, overcast morning.

            COP

            Mosey around field
            SSHops
            LBAC
            Seal Claps
            WMHays
            Third Grade Stretch
            Forward Fold

            The Thang

            200 Merkins, 300 LBCs, 400 Mountain Climbers.

            Other Partner does 30 lunges out then jailbreaks back.

            5 minutes of AMRAP

            30 seconds of Burpees, 30 seconds rest.

            6MOM

            Regular low plank

            High plank shoulder taps

            American (not Turkish) Hammers

            Cockroach

            15 Burpees for a “fun” finish.

            COT

            Moleskin

            My “Turkish Hammers” gaffe caused an uproar from all our patriots in the PAX. American hammers are way heavier they told me.

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              1,135 Burpees and We Didn’t Even Notice

              QIC:  Skitch

              Date: 3/5/2020

              PAX: Kowbell, Fissure, Uncle Fester, Doghouse, Chum, Back Pew, Lassie, Jaywalk, Goose

              AO: Hill City

              Conditions

              The night before there was a 65% of rain. When we awoke there was a 0% chance of rain. The second forecast was correct. 3 layers was too much.

              COP

              SSH x 40 IC, Forward Fold x 10 IC, Imperial Walkers x 15 IC, Willie Mays Hays x 10 IC, 5 burpees, 5 aquamen, 5 squats.

              Hiding the Burpees

              We moseyed to the big circle.
              ABS, SBA, BAS, BSA, ASB, SAB

              In 2 groups of 5, we worked our way around the big circle, sidewalk square by square. On each sidewalk square, a PAX did 5 Aquamen, 5 Squats, and/or 5 Burpees. You could do all 3 on one square or just one, but the square wasn’t complete until PAX jointly completed ABS, SBA, BAS, BSA, ASB, or SAB in chalk on the square indicating all the exercises had been completed. We completed the small circle on the stage as well. Mosey to the alley where 1’s wall sat while 2’s did 10 burpees; swap; rinse and repeat; rinse and repeat. Mosey back to parking lot for 10 more burpees, some low planks, and some big boy situps. Time.

              COT

              Ephesians 4:15-16 “Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.” Whether it’s the 1 Million Burpee Challenge or giving an encouraging word, we daily have a small part to play to build up the body.

              BOM

              Moleskin

              It didn’t feel like 1,000+ burpees. Really.

              News

              Socks for 3rd F.

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                Tour de Elmo with Burpees

                QIC:  Skitch

                Date: 02/21/2020

                PAX: Candu, Pebbles

                AO: Boneyard

                Conditions

                I don’t think it was raining. But there was snow and ice on Lookout thereby trapping the mountain regulars from attending the beat down.

                COP

                Normal warm up exercises.

                The Thang

                We traveled.
                Tour de Elmo with Burpees

                We moseyed, lunged, and bear crawled to the Food City parking lot, out the entrance, around the backside of 1885 and to Clumpies. In between we did burpees, merkins, and wall sits. At Clumpies we did dips and incline merkins near the incline. On the way back with went up steps and on our hands and feet, shuffled a top the board walk. We did more burpees and lunges.

                COT

                Be faithful in the few things we control and trust God with all the things we do not. As I get older, the less I know (justified, true belief), but faith can fill the gap.
                BALL OF MAN.

                Moleskin

                Skitch gave the 1-minute warning to himself and the flag and thought he might start the workout alone. But he didn’t. We did 300 burpees. There was no snow or ice in the valley.

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                  Gloom to Day (Landfill, 1/25/20)

                  QIC:  Skitch

                  Date: 01/25/2020

                  PAX: Pink Panther, Care Bear, She Shed, Moneyball, Sunburn, Uncle Fester

                  AO: Landfill

                  Conditions

                  Not as gloomy as last week.

                  COP

                  SSH x 20 IC, Forward Fold x 10 IC, Toe merkins x 10 IC, 20 merkins OYO, Low Slow Squats x 10 IC, Burpees x 5 OYO. Group PAX mosey with the tire. Group PAX mosey with the tire with a PAX on top. Mosey with the tire + one coupon each. Deposit coupons. Deposit tire. Mosey back for coupons each. Deposit coupons. Mosey to Dog Park.

                  The Thang

                  A modification of prior Landfill games…

                  Man Checkers

                  Each PAX advance to the next black or red square. Do 10 merkins or 10 squats or 5 burpees on said square. If no coupon is on your square, advance to the next black or red square. If 1 coupon on square, advance 2 squares, depositing coupon on 1st square before advancing to 2nd square. If 2 coupons on square, advance 3 squares, depositing a coupon on the 1st and 2nd square before advancing to 3rd square. On your destination square do your 10 merkins or 10 squats or 5 burpees. If your destination square is occupied by another PAX, skip that square and advance to the next unoccupied square. At any point if you are the 6 and there are coupons on any square behind you, you may go back and collect those coupons and mosey all the way to the 1st unoccupied square ahead of the front PAX. First PAX to reach tire, carry or roll tire to the top of the Big Thank You and then roll it down the hill. From where it ends up, carry or roll tire to another PAX and swap places. PAX receiving tire carries or rolls tire up hill, etc. Rinse and repeat until all PAX reach pavilion. Return remaining coupons. Modify as necessary.

                  Mosey to base of the Big Thank You. Bernie up the Big Thank You. Hold plank until 6. Karaoke and Bernie and bear crawl the field/ridge until pavilion. PAX take turns leading Mary (pickle pointers, bicycles, etc.) while Q retrieves flag from vehicle thereby rescuing PAX from burpee penalties. Low plank until analog time called.

                  COT

                  The Night and Day Paradigm (from The Book of Mysteries by Jonathan Cahn):

                  “Which comes first”, he asked, “the day or the night?”

                  “The day,” I answered. “Night comes when the day is over.”

                  “That’s what most people would say. And that’s how most people in the world see it. Day leads into night. But it’s not how God sees it.”

                  “What do you mean?”

                  “If the day leads to night, then everything goes from light to darkness. Everything gets darker. Everything is in the process of darkening. And so is the way of the world. We go from day to night, from youth to aging, from strength to weakness, and ultimately from life to death. From day to night. It’s the way of the world, but it’s not the way of God. When God created the universe, it was not day and night. It is written, ‘There was evening, and then there was morning.’ The day began with night. There was night and then there was day. In God, it is the night that comes first.”

                  “…Each day begins at sunset. There is evening then morning. The world moves from day to night. But in God, it is the opposite. It goes from night to day…from darkness to light. The children of this world live from day to night. But the children of God live from night to day. They are born again in the darkness and move to the day. And if you belong to God, then that is the order of your life. You are to go from darkness to light, from weakness to strength, from despair to hope, from guilt to innocence, from tears to joy, and from death to life. And every night in your life will lead to the dawn. So live according to God’s sacred order of time…that your entire life be always moving away from the darkness and to the light.”

                  We then noted briefly that F3 always begins in the gloom and moves toward the day — in fact, our HC the night before may mark the beginning of our day…

                  Numberama, namearama. Prayer requests of gloom and dawn, ever moving toward the growing day.

                  BOM.

                  Moleskin

                  Skitch fell again. This time no one saw it, so the only proof he had was that he was covered in mud. The rules to Man Checkers need to be simplified. We modified. There were many burpees done but we didn’t count them all. Tires coming down the Big Thank You are a force to be reckoned with and add mild peril appropriate to Man Checkers. No one stole any phones because no one left phones on the tables. We had no Friendly New Guys. Or Gals.

                  News

                  The million burpee challenge is growing…

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                    Daily Deal in the City of Hills

                    QIC:  Skitch

                    Date: 1/16/2020

                    PAX: Dirk, Goose, Hansen, Hobo, Kowbell, Oil Can, Sinai, Sunshine, Wort 

                    AO: Hill City

                    Conditions

                    It didn’t rain. It was a fine day for January.

                    COP

                    Something like: SSH x 20 IC. Forward Fold x 10 IC. Imperial Walkers x 10 IC. SSH x 15 IC. You know, the normal. Mosey to Bridge Rocks.

                    The Thang

                    Skitch used one of his Christmas gifts
                    Learning the Dexicon
                    PAX took turns dealing from the F3 Workout Deck:

                    17 Monkey Humpers; 18 backwards lunges; 20 Incline Merkins; 14 Heels to Heaven; 25 Squats; 15 Oblique crunches, each side; 100 Baby Arm Circles – 50 4-counts each direction; 19 Low, Slow Squats; 25 Plank Jacks; 25 Burpees; 17 Derkins; 25 Mountain Climbers; 100 SSHs (50 4-counts); Four sprints (half way from Bridge Rocks to end of lights, then the remainder, then half way back, then all the way back); 100 M (est) Lunge Walk; 14 Carolina Dry Docks; 60 sec low plank; 2 to 12 (varied by PAX) hand clap merkins; 17 LBCs; mosey to start. Time.

                    COT

                    We have very little control over the events in life and each day. Yet we have a lot of control over how we respond to them. Do we work with diligence, are we faithful to the task at hand? How do we respond to unexpected words or actions from our boss or our kids?


                    BALL OF MAN.

                    Moleskin

                    There is an F3 deck of cards. There is a dexicon that explains the deck. We knew most of the ones we pulled. Heels to Heaven hurts the spine on concrete. 50 SSH’s is a lot. The HIM present responded well to what they were dealt.

                    News

                    Candu has a new puppy. There will be a convergence and a CSAUP in the future.

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