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Daily Maxwell, Scripture, and Quote

Daily Maxwell 07/08/17
BE WILLING TO DO WHAT OTHERS WON’T
It’s said that an aid group in South Africa once wrote to missionary and explorer David Livingstone, “Have you found a good road to where you are? If so, we want to know how to send other men to join you.”
Livingstone replied, “If you have men who will come only if they know there is a good road, I don’t want them. I want men who will come even if there is no road at all.” That’s what top leaders want from the people working for them: they want individuals who are willing to do what others won’t.
Few things gain the appreciation of a top leader more quickly than an employee with a whatever-it-takes attitude. They must be willing and able to think outside of their job description, to be willing to tackle the kinds of jobs that others are too proud or too frightened to take on.
Few things are more frustrating for a leader than having someone refuse to do a task because it is “not his job.” (In moments like those, most of the top leaders I know are tempted to invite such people to be without a job altogether!) Good leaders don’t think in those terms. They understand the Law of the Big Picture from The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: “The goal is more important than the role.” A 360-Degree Leader’s goal is to get the job done, to fulfill the vision of the organization and its leader. That often means doing whatever it takes. As a leader “moves up,” that more often takes the form of hiring someone to get it done, but leaders in the middle often don’t have that option. So instead, they jump in and get it done themselves.
—The 360° Leader CULTIVATE A WHATEVER-IT-TAKES ATTITUDE.

Daily Scripture

Philippians 3:14,
“I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”

Today’s Quote
Soldiers, when committed to a task, can’t compromise. It’s unrelenting devotion to the standards of duty and courage, absolute loyalty to others, not letting the task go until it’s been done.
John Keegan

 

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07/06/2017 Backblast

-When; 07/06/17
-Where; Hill City / Chattanooga, TN
-QIC; Delta
-The PAX; Ohms, Angus, Laces Out (Respect), Schnitzel, Sling, Pumpkin, Devo (all the way from outside of Charlotte, NC)
Welcome / Disclaimer
+Every time we see JOGGERS; we all stop and do 20 BBSU
The Warm-Up
Side Straddle Hop (SSH) / IC x 15
Mtn Climbers / IC x 15
High Knees / IC x 15
Wide High Knees / IC x 15
SSH / IC x 15
*We spotted some joggers and dropped and pounded out 20 BBSU
Baby Arm Circles (Forward and backwards) / IC x 10
Moroccan Night Club / IC x 15
Circle Burp—The PAX jogged in place and one by one each member of the PAX, after a random period of time, shouted out “Drop” which told the PAX that they should drop to the ground and do a burpee. The PAX continued this sequence for two go-rounds around the circle.
*We spotted another group of joggers and dropped once again and pounded out 20 more BBSU
Rocky Balboa (Alternating toe-taps on the curb) / IC x 20
The Main Thang;
The PAX took a li’l mosey to the river walk where we partook in what F3 calls “Hindenburg BLIMPS”
We set running along the river walk and every 3 light poles, we stopped to perform the following exercises:
1st stop: 10 Burpees
2nd stop: 20 Lunges
3rd stop: 30 Imperial Walkers
4th stop: 40 Merkins
5th stop: 50 Plank Jacks
6th stop: 60 Squats
It would be safe to say that we needed a li’l 10 count…as we caught our breath AND since we live in a democratic society, I asked the PAX to vote on what we should do next…The choices were another round of Hindenburg BLIMPS of plan B. They chose plan B so we took a li’l mosey towards where the Swamp Thing Lives. As we mosey’ed that way, Angus mentioned that our nomad Devo from outside of Charlotte really needs to experience our Mt. Madoryima…SO, I called an audible and rolled with plan C.
Plan C took us to the base of Mt. Madoryima where we took part in Jacobs Ladder
-For Jacobs Ladder, we started with 1 Burpee, then headed up the Mtn…at the bottom, we did 2 burpees and then headed back up the Mtn…We continued this rhythm until we got to 7 burpees and 7 times up the Mtn.
6MOM
*We spotted another group of joggers and dropped once again and pounded out 20 more BBSU
Captain Thor // 1 BBSU followed by 4 American Hammers, 2 BBSU followed by 8 American Hammers…all the way up to 10 BBSU and 40 American Hammers
COUNTORAMA
NAMORAMA
Word of the Day // Jesus, as busy as He was, did not miss the individuals over the crowds. He walked slowly through His days and never missed an opportunity to love, serve, bless, care for those His Father has placed in His life. Acts 17:26 says that God has placed us where we when we are for a reason…pat of that reason is for us to practice PRESENCE. To walk slowly through our days, like Jesus, looking for opportunities to care for, serve, love and bless those around us.
Prayer Requests
-Angus & Leg day’s wives are pregnant
-Laces Out // Meeting with Tammy who has just taken custody of her 2 year old grandson // Cousins battling cancer // Cousin’s niece heart problems
-Ohms // House hunting // Friend having an appendectomy
-Pumpkin // Mission trip to St. Louis
-Sling // Meeting with Music Group—open doors to share the Great News of Jesus

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Democracy

The Scene: High 60’s and beautiful…the rain help off until we circled up for prayer…We had a sleeper at the Love Shack, so to honor Him, we mosey’ed a little ways down the street where we began the workout with a 10 burpee penalty because the flag had not yet arrived–BUT it did make it eventually…But not before we had to pound out 10 burpees to start the morning.
Welcome / Disclaimer
+Every time we see JOGGERS; we all stop and do 20 BBSU
The Warm-Up
Side Straddle Hop (SSH) / IC x 15
Mtn Climbers / IC x 15
High Knees / IC x 15
Wide High Knees / IC x 15
SSH / IC x 15
*We spotted some joggers and dropped and pounded out 20 BBSU
Baby Arm Circles (Forward and backwards) / IC x 10
Moroccan Night Club / IC x 15
Circle Burp—The PAX jogged in place and one by one each member of the PAX, after a random period of time, shouted out “Drop” which told the PAX that they should drop to the ground and do a burpee. The PAX continued this sequence for two go-rounds around the circle.
*We spotted another group of joggers and dropped once again and pounded out 20 more BBSU
Rocky Balboa (Alternating toe-taps on the curb) / IC x 20
The Main Thang;
The PAX took a li’l mosey to the river walk where we partook in what F3 calls “Hindenburg BLIMPS”
We set running along the river walk and every 3 light poles, we stopped to perform the following exercises:
1st stop: 10 Burpees
2nd stop: 20 Lunges
3rd stop: 30 Imperial Walkers
4th stop: 40 Merkins
5th stop: 50 Plank Jacks
6th stop: 60 Squats
It would be safe to say that we needed a li’l 10 count…as we caught our breath AND since we live in a democratic society, I asked the PAX to vote on what we should do next…The choices were another round of Hindenburg BLIMPS of plan B. They chose plan B so we took a li’l mosey towards where the Swamp Thing Lives. As we mosey’ed that way, Angus mentioned that our nomad Devo from outside of Charlotte really needs to experience our Mt. Madoryima…SO, I called an audible and rolled with plan C.
Plan C took us to the base of Mt. Madoryima where we took part in Jacobs Ladder
-For Jacobs Ladder, we started with 1 Burpee, then headed up the Mtn…at the bottom, we did 2 burpees and then headed back up the Mtn…We continued this rhythm until we got to 7 burpees and 7 times up the Mtn.
6MOM
*We spotted another group of joggers and dropped once again and pounded out 20 more BBSU
Captain Thor // 1 BBSU followed by 4 American Hammers, 2 BBSU followed by 8 American Hammers…all the way up to 10 BBSU and 40 American Hammers
COUNTORAMA

NAMORAMA
Word of the Day // Jesus, as busy as He was, did not miss the individuals over the crowds. He walked slowly through His days and never missed an opportunity to love, serve, bless, care for those His Father has placed in His life. Acts 17:26 says that God has placed us where we when we are for a reason…pat of that reason is for us to practice PRESENCE. To walk slowly through our days, like Jesus, looking for opportunities to care for, serve, love and bless those around us.
Prayer Requests
-Angus & Leg day’s wives are pregnant
-Laces Out // Meeting with Tammy who has just taken custody of her 2 year old grandson // Cousins battling cancer // Cousin’s niece heart problems
-Ohms // House hunting // Friend having an appendectomy
-Pumpkin // Mission trip to St. Louis
-Sling // Meeting with Music Group—open doors to share the Great News of Jesus

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BOTTLE ROCKET BEATDOWN

– Where: Hill City, Chattanooga, TN
– When: 07/04/2017
– QIC: Angus, Ohms, Delta, Steam Engine
– The PAX: Early Bird, Laces Out (RESPECT), Rainman, Mr. Clean, Pumpkin, Chief, Devo (Nomad), Mudslide, Banjo, Burner, Sparkles, Schnitzel
Today 16 PAX marched onto the fields of Hill City with the red glare of rockets lighting up the Chattanooga sky. Today was no normal day, it was a special one. Today we honored our country’s heroes and celebrated our freedom to be able to do what we do in the greatest country on Earth. We had record numbers and we are so proud to see our band of brothers in Chattanooga growing!
There was no one single Q today. On this special day, 4 brothers passed the Q torch around to complete what I think we can all agree ended up being the most memorable Post in F3 Chatt’s short history.
CONDITIONS: 75 Degrees F, Pouring Rain, and 300% Humidity
WARMUP: Loosened up the muscles with some light OYO stretching and then Angus led us down a path of warmup torture…here’s what he put us through:
– 5 Burps
– SSH x 20
– Finkle Swing x 20
– SSH x 20
– Imperial Walkers x 20
– SSH x 20
– Ass Kickers x 20
– SSH x 20
– High Knees x 20
– SSH x 20
– Wide High Knees x 20
– SSH x 20
Little Mosey Down to the Big Field in Coolidge Park to continue what Angus calls a “Warmup” although I’m pretty sure everyone was already warm! Guess one can never be too warmed up…
– 5 Burpees
– SSH x 20
– Diamond Merkins (4 count) x 15
– SSH x 20
– Carolina Dry Docks x 15
– SSH x 20
– Merkins x 15
– SSH x 20
– LAC x 20, forwards and backwards
– Chinooks x 20, 1 way
– Moroccan Night Club x 20
– Wide Merkins x 15
Angus then passed the torch to YHC.
Circuit #1 (DMC – Duckwalk, Merkin, Crawl)
– Duckwalk 30 yards
– 5 Merkins
– Backwards Bear Crawl 20 yards
– Duckwalk 30 yards
– 10 Merkins
– Backwards Bear Crawl 20 yards
– Rinse & Repeat adding 5 merkins every round until a total of 25 merkins is complete
Time to pass the torch to Delta for some more action:
Indian Runs!! the PAX formed a line with Delta leading the pack. We continued the Indian Runs until Delta got back to the front of the line. With 16 PAX…let me say…this was no short run!
Circuit #2
– Burpees x10
– Lunge 50 yards
– Mosey back to starting point
– Rinse & Repeat x3
Whew everyone is for sure feeling the burn now. But there was still one more Q to go…so it was time to mosey to Mt. Midoriyama and once again pass the torch. Let’s see what you got Steam Engine!
Circuit #3
– Start at 1st Lamp Post & perform LBC x20
– Mosey to 2nd Lamp Post & perform RBC x20
– Mosey to 3rd Lamp Post & perform American Hammers x20
– Mosey to base of Mt. Midoriyama, sprint up & mosey down
– Mosey back to 1st Lamp Post
– Rinse & Repeat for 8 straight minutes
COT: Countoff, Name-O-Rama, Shoutouts/Requests, Reading of the Declaration of Independence, Prayer
“Americans should never forget that the founders of this country, like all who have served her in uniform, were willing to die defending everything its flag represent. It’s so easy to get lost in the controversies that divide us. But I believe, no matter what our race, religion, or beliefs may be, that AMERICANS should be able to come together to keep our country rooted in what made it great”

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Letter to the Pax on Expansion Spring 2017

Spring 2017 Expansion: Our Biggest Leap Yet!
Gentlemen,
If you have heard OBT and Dredd speak, they stress that the only way F3 continues to be successful is by each man giving it away. To that end I wanted to take a minute and update everyone on our Spring ’17 LEAP efforts.
This was our most ambitious and successful set of LEAP’s to date!
Some key numbers:
8: Cities launched (Pittsburgh, Toledo, Columbus, Cincinnati, Louisville, Indianapolis, Birmingham, Minneapolis).
Over 600: New FNGs who have experienced F3 this spring at those locations.
53: Pax who traveled Downrange to #GiveItAway.
10: Current F3 states that sent pax DR to help with the LEAP (FL, GA, SC, NC, VA, OH, TN, MS, IN, PA).
$29,462: F3 funds spent to reimburse travel costs and provide LEAP stipends.
This was a major undertaking for a load of volunteers.
First and most important is to acknowledge the leadership of Starfish (Drew Dixon; Winston-Salem/Charlotte). He Qed the Spring 2017 LEAP, taking on our most ambitious set of launches ever while also juggling being a husband, father, and serving as CFO in a position that requires him to commute and spend many nights away from his family. A Winston-Salem Redwood Original, Starfish has helped lead the success and growth of F3 across the Piedmont Triad region.
Starfish talks a lot of smack and is always smiling, which helps hide just how huge an undertaking this effort was for him. First the research and conversations, phone calls and social media monitoring that go into deciding which cities to launch. Then, recruiting and training pax from all over F3 Nation to serve as City Launch Qs – with the massive scale of this spring’s effort, that involved training more FNGs to the LEAP than ever before, including hours of phone calls and emails.
Here’s who stepped up to lead those launches, all of which have been successful beyond our wildest hopes. If you’re proud of F3’s increasing national profile, please give the thanks to these men and Starfish:
Beverly; Winston-Salem (Minneapolis)
Schotty; Cleveland (Toledo)
Titan; CLT Metro (Columbus)
Grapevine; CLT Metro (Louisville)
Senator Tressel; Fort Mill (Cincinnati)
Long Time; Greensboro (Pittsburgh)
Fonzie; NE Indiana (Indianapolis)
Juggernaut; Greenwood (Birmingham)
Those men then got to go and recruit men to go DR, find AO’s, manage budgets, worry about the weather.
That’s when the real exciting part happens. Budgeting, flights, hotels, flight cancellations, weather (Noah called to say we had a lot of rain in the Ohio Valley in Spring ‘17) and hoping that pax will actually show up on Launch Day. The Friday night before a launch is stressful for these LEAP teams. After devoting hours of planning and travel away from families, you just have to pray that a few men will come out and give something completely different like F3 a try! We hold our collective breath on Saturday morning, waiting to get a report on counts via Twitter. Success all around!!!
Finally, huge thanks to all the men who took time away from work and families to travel to our LEAP cities and share their passion for F3! Over 50 men went DR for us – by far the most ever in a LEAP season. We count on them to return to their home AOs with a new passion for #GivingItAway and to help recruit other F3 men to help with future Leaps!
We continue to get daily inquiries from men all over the country who want us to bring F3 to their city. This week alone, we’ve heard from Lubbock, TX; Daphane, AL; Chicago; Groton, CT; Michigan; Colorado; and California. We are in high demand, but we remain an all-volunteer organization when it comes to Expansion. If you have flexibility in your life and a passion for spreading F3 to new lands, please let us know. If you have less flexibility, but other skills, we need to know that as well – we don’t just need guys to lead workouts, but also tech guys, finance guys, sales guys, etc.
I mentioned the almost $30,000 that we spent on this effort. If the unspoken 4th F in F3 is “free,” where does that come from? First is revenue generated by the royalty you pay for official F3 logo gear from MudGear. When you buy a race jersey, workout sarong, hat, etc., from MudGear, some percentage of that sale flows to F3. That’s why we can be such hard-a$$es when we find out people are producing non-official F3 logo gear or going around MudGear to sell F3 stuff to the pax. So please don’t do it, and to the extent you are able please support the effort by buying your gear through the F3 store.
The second way we raise money for LEAPs is via fundraising efforts by individual regions. For the last three years, Area 51 in South Charlotte has donated profits from their annual golf tournament to the LEAP – money generated by that event has funded over 9 LEAPs! If your region is planning an event that will generate proceeds for a good cause, please consider F3 Expansion!
Lastly if you are thinking about where you personally want to put your philanthropic dollars to work, we are very interested in being that landing spot. We have never formally passed the hat for Expansion, but the demand for F3 is crazy! I wish I could say yes to everyone who inquiries about F3 coming to their town. We spent a lot of our saved revenue from the last three years on the effort this spring and the demand for Fall ’17 is not letting up. The F3 Foundation can take tax-deductible donations and send them to F3 Expansion if you ask them to earmark that money.  You can make a donation thru the link on the F3Naiton website but please tag #LEAP.
Thanks again to all the men who really sacrificed time, energy and passion to taking F3 out to men who need us. Now it is time to give it away to more men!
We are going to continue to be aggressive in the Fall of ’17. Now that we’re on the doorstep, we’re going to make a big push into Chicago this fall, launching four locations at once beginning at the end of September. We’re also going to St. Louis and we’ll connect the dots between Dallas, Houston and San Antonio in Texas with a plant in the state capital of Austin.
Follow @F3Expansion on Twitter and F3 Expansion on Facebook.
If we can keep the momentum going, this F3 thing might just work….! : )
Best Regards,
Crotch Rocket. @Cotchett1
Q/Plant, F3 Nation

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A Morning Full of FNG’s



The Scene: Mid-60s and beautiful in the Hill City where 11 men, which included 4 FNG’s, engaged in the morning activities to sharpen one another.
Welcome and disclaimer were administered and we mosey’ed to the great hall for a little warm-up action. As we mosey’ed, the PAX was told that anytime and every time we see joggers, we will stop what we are doing and perform Pickle Pounders / IC x 15.
The Warm Up
Side straddle hop / IC x 15
Mtn Climbers / IC x 15
Imperial Walkers / IC x 15
SSH / IC x 15
Lunges / 10 each leg
Dot Drills / 20 on your own followed by 10 on each leg
SSH / IC x 15
Baby Arm Circles (forward / backwards) / IC x 15
Squat Chinooks / IC x 15
The Thang:
We partnered up for a li’l Dora 1-2-3 action. Our goals; 100 Merkins, 200 BBSU, 300 Squats
One of the partners began executing Merkins while the other partnered bear crawled 1.5 light poles and back which almost killed us. Once the partner got back from the bear crawl, they picked up where the other partner stopped. Continued this pattern until we accomplished all the reps and all the exercises.
During the Dora, we spotted some joggers so we all stopped for some bonus Pickle Pounders (IC / x 15).
We then took a small mosey to the top of the stairs where we all did 15 Dips followed by 5 Burpees…repeated 3 times.
Before we circled up for 6MOM, we Burnie Sanders-ed up Mt. Madoryima
6MOM
Flutter Kicks / IC x 15
+Saw some joggers and had to do a little bonus Pickle Pounders
American Hammer (Demonstrated and led by Angus) / IC x 15
LBC’s (Demonstrated and led by Ohms) / IC x 15
Countoroma
Namoroma // We had 4 FNG’s—how sweet is that. We bestowed the onto them the names: Snitzel, Leg Day, Noodle and Five-O!
Word of the Day // In thinking about Cheech and the legacy that he left behind, I started to think about the legacy I am going to leave behind. So I asked the guys to think about what they want to be said of them at their funeral…and with that in mind, I asked them to think about what they are going to do from this day until that day to ensure that that is going to be said of them.
Prayer Requests:
Laces Out / Cousin battling cancer, Cousin’s niece recovering from open heart surgery
Angus & Leg Day / Wives are pregnant
Gus / Transition to Memphis
Prosciutto / Tap recovering

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Shenanigans

Brief disclaimer was given to the FNG the usual we will carry you if you are injured and we are not responsible if you do get hurt.
Warm Up: (Some chatter about not many fans of the 15 burpees as a warm up)
Side Straddle Hop 15 IC
Cotton Picker 15 IC
Alternating Toe Touches 15 IC
Mountain Climbers 20 IC (Yah forgot I was suppose to stop at 15 so just kept going to 20)
Peter Parkers 15 IC
The Thang:
Mosey to where the swamp thing lives:
Box Jump to the top followed by 10 burpees rinse & repeat 4x.
Mosey to Great Hall:
Wall Sits w/ Muhammad Ali 15 IC
Wall Sits w/ Joe Frazier 15 IC
Wall Sits w/ Push Press 15 IC
Mosey to fields:
3 sprints cone & back
3 Bernie Sanders cone & back
3 Duck walks cone & back
3 One leg hop cone & alternate leg back
1 front roll to cone & mosey back to starting line
Head to Love Shack. Not enough time for Mary but enjoyed watching full grown mean roll around in the grass.
Count Off
Nameorama
WOD: Hebrews: 10:25 “Let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near”
I enjoy waking up early in the morning just to post with you men. I enjoy coming because you push me to be better. Better in my fitness, life, & in my faith. It is so easy to just go through the motions but we don’t we go the extra mile and invest in each others lives. I picked this scripture to encourage you men to make the most of our workouts and 2nd F events. We all have busy lives but we some how find time to spend time with each other and encourage one another.  Keep up the great work in Chattanooga and I will see you next time I’m down there.

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06/29/2017 Backblast

-Where: Hill City, Chattanooga, TN
-When: 6/29/17
-QIC: Delta
-The PAX: Laces Out (Respect), Angus, Ohms, Chucky, Banjo, Stairmaster, AND welcome FNG’s: Schnitzel, Noodle, 5-0, Leg Day

The Scene: Mid-60s and beautiful in the Hill City where 11 men, which included 4 FNG’s, engaged in the morning activities to sharpen one another.
Welcome and disclaimer were administered and we mosey’ed to the great hall for a little warm-up action. As we mosey’ed, the PAX was told that anytime and every time we see joggers, we will stop what we are doing and perform Pickle Pounders / IC x 15.
The Warm Up
Side straddle hop / IC x 15
Mtn Climbers / IC x 15
Imperial Walkers / IC x 15
SSH / IC x 15
Lunges / 10 each leg
Dot Drills / 20 on your own followed by 10 on each leg
SSH / IC x 15
Baby Arm Circles (forward / backwards) / IC x 15
Squat Chinooks / IC x 15
The Thang:
We partnered up for a li’l Dora 1-2-3 action. Our goals; 100 Merkins, 200 BBSU, 300 Squats
One of the partners began executing Merkins while the other partnered bear crawled 1.5 light poles and back which almost killed us. Once the partner got back from the bear crawl, they picked up where the other partner stopped. Continued this pattern until we accomplished all the reps and all the exercises.
During the Dora, we spotted some joggers so we all stopped for some bonus Pickle Pounders (IC / x 15).
We then took a small mosey to the top of the stairs where we all did 15 Dips followed by 5 Burpees…repeated 3 times.
Before we circled up for 6MOM, we Burnie Sanders-ed up Mt. Madoryima
6MOM
Flutter Kicks / IC x 15
+Saw some joggers and had to do a little bonus Pickle Pounders
American Hammer (Demonstrated and led by Angus) / IC x 15
LBC’s (Demonstrated and led by Ohms) / IC x 15
Countoroma
Namoroma // We had 4 FNG’s—how sweet is that. We bestowed the onto them the names: Snitzel, Leg Day, Noodle and Five-O!
Word of the Day // In thinking about Cheech and the legacy that he left behind, I started to think about the legacy I am going to leave behind. So I asked the guys to think about what they want to be said of them at their funeral…and with that in mind, I asked them to think about what they are going to do from this day until that day to ensure that that is going to be said of them.
Prayer Requests:
Laces Out / Cousin battling cancer, Cousin’s niece recovering from open heart surgery
Angus & Leg Day / Wives are pregnant
Gus / Transition to Memphis
Prosciutto / Tap recovering
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F3 Knoxville – What is F3?

The sun is still asleep when the men of F3 begin their workout. Find out what it means when men push themselves to not just be better for themselves, but also for the world around them!
http://www.knoxvilleweekend.com/f3-fitness-fellowship-faith/

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Vegas Vacation

The Scene:
-High 60’s and a light sprinkle…the big stuff held off until we were getting into our cars to head home after a beat down.
-The PAX came out strong rocking the no-sleeves (Prosciutto even rocked a camo Dale Jr. no sleeves shirt—all that was missing was a mullet) in honor of Cheech from F3 Lexington who was hit by a car while running with his PAX the day before. Praying that God will work a miracle for him and his family…we are praying for you sir and the whole F3 Lexington community. #BandOfBrothers
Welcome and Disclaimer were dropped like a hot mic…
Pax took a li’l mosey to the parking lot near Coolidge Park for the warm-up:
Warm Up:
Side Straddle Hop / IC x 15
Mountain Climbers / IC x 15
High Knees / IC x 15
Wide High Knees / IC x 15 (For Gus!)
Side Straddle Hop / IC x 15
Baby Arm Circles (Forward & Backwards) / IC x 15
Moroccan Night Clubs (AKA, how white dudes dance in the club) / IC x 15
Squat Chinooks / IC x 15
Side Straddle Hop / IC x 15
We then set our legs on fire by lunging to almost the end of the parking lot and back…
We then took a li’l mosey back to the Love Shack
The Main Thang:
We were feeling a little inspired today, so we grabbed a deck of cards and assigned an exercise to each suit (Diamonds = Burpees, Hearts = Merkins, Spades = Squats, Clubs = Big Boy Sit Ups)…We then proceeded to flip the cards over one by one (each man taking a turn flipping over a card, calling out the exercise and leading the exercise)…If the card that was flipped was a 9 of Diamonds, that meant, we all had to complete 9 Burpees…if it was a 4 of Clubs, we all did 4 Big Boy Sit Ups…The Jack, Queen, King and Ace of each suit had us doing 11 of that exercise. There were 2 Jokers in the deck and when they got flipped over, we got a little reprieve in a 10 count. We repeated taking turns flipping cards over and executing the exercises until there were no more cards…
Thanks to Rainman and his math skills, we found out that when it was all said and done, we had done 98 reps of each exercise and when you multiply that by the 4 exercises we did, you get 392 total reps.
Other than the 2-10 counts, thanks to the Jokers, the only other break we got was due to the rule I enforced at the beginning which said: whenever a group of joggers ran by, the PAX will execute low plank for a IC 15 count.
6MOM:
Due to our trip to Vegas, where we pulled out the deck of cards, we were only left with time to do 1 exercise to set our abs on fire…So I handed the reigns to Ohms and he led us through some LBC’s (IC x 20)
Countorama
Namorama
We bestowed the name Sling to our FNG (Laces Out—RESPECT—gets the award for bringing FNG’s like its his job)…Sling came about become after pursing a girl for several months, she finally agreed to go on a date with him…On said date, he slammed her arm in the car door; breaking her arm! She then rocked a cast and a sling…
Word of the day: Active Participant // everything we are involved goes so much better when we actively engage and participate…Like my mom always said: You are either part of the problem or part of the solution.
Prayer:
Lexington: Cheech & Tap
Laces Out: Cousin battling cancer / niece–surgery
Angus” Wife’s pregnancy
Gus: Transition in Memphis
Snowflake: Summer camp & broken arm