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Fly-By Presidential Workout

QIC:  Fly-By

Date: 02/15/2020

PAX: FNG-Dinghy, FNG-Ole Mess, Chum, Nemo, Rocket Man, Back Pew, Skitch, Iron Butt (Respect x2), Pink Panther (Respect), Geek Squad, Moneyball, Vsquared, Prosciutto, Fissure, Candu

AO: Landfill

Conditions

25 degrees and clear (beautiful sunrise)

COP

One minute deep squat, 20 leg swings, Abe Vigodas, SSH, little baby arm circles, Moroccon night clubs, 20 merkins, Imperial Walkers, LBCs, Freddie Mercuries

The Thang

Native American Presidential Run: “Indian Sprints” for approximately half mile. Each sprinter was required to yell out the name of a U.S. President.

Fight Gone Bad with Presidential Trivia. One minute max on merkins, sit ups, push press (with rock), squat, and step ups followed by one minute rest. Three rounds. Presidential trivia during the one-minute break between the three rounds.

Thomas Jefferson 10: 10 merkins followed by ascending a hill (10 rounds). Hill ascent consisted of 3 sprints, 3 Bernie Sanders, 3 bear crawls, and 1 lunge. At the top of each ascent, we shared one of Thomas Jefferson’s 10 rules of life.

COT

We welcomed two FNG’s: Dinghy and Ole Mess, and recognized several prayer requests.

Moleskin

We learned many fun facts about Presidents while fighting off the wolves. Friendly puppies Ally and Ellie had big fun two.

News

Remember the Muff workout next week.

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    Killer B’s is the Bee’s Knees 3/3/20

    QIC:  Pebbles

    Date: 03/03/2020

    PAX: Teflon, Peanuts, Sidekick, Fissure, Backfire, Doodles, Candu, Moneyball, Ascot, Blindside, Jazzy Jag, Sunburn (R), Mayhem (R), Best in Show (R), VSquared, Jabooti, Dirk

    AO: Boneyard

    Conditions

    Cool but, by golly, not raining.

    COP

    15-Squat Press | 12-Dive Bombers | 12-Smurf Jacks | 12-Forward Fold -> All IC

    Mosey around the boneyard to a random spot in a parking lot for Circle Burp -> Burpee count 18

    Mosey back to starting point

    The Thang

    Killer B’s

    PAX lined up at the starting line with marker flags lined up ahead at 10, 20, & 30 yards

    Everyone broad jumped to the 10 yard marker then did the following exercise:

    10 Burpees | 10 Bonnie Blairs | 10 Big Boy Sit-ups

    Rinse and repeat 2x, then Bear Crawl back 30 yards to start. -> Burpee Count 30

    Jail break/Mosey across parking lot until the six is in.

    UGH ANOTHER BURPEE BUS -> Burpee Count 5

    Dora: Partnered up. 100 cumulative merkins while partner bear crawled 20 yards

    UGH ANOTHER BURPEE BUS -> Burpee Count 5

    Circle Burp -> Burpee Count 18

    Dora: Partnered up. 100 cumulative squats while partner lunged 30 yards

    UGH ANOTHER BURPEE BUS -> Burpee Count 5

    Killer B modified. PAX lined back up, Broad jump 30 yards, 10 Burpees, 10 Bonnie Blairs, 10 Big Boy Sit ups. -> Burpee Count 10

    ABS: 15-Back Plank | Boat/Canoe until exhaustion | 15- Box Cutters | Boat/Canoe again-into infinity

    Wait, still have 5 more minutes?!?! One last circle burp for the win -> Burpee Count 18

    Total burpee beatdown count -> 109×18=1,962

    COT

    Let love be genuine, Abhor what is evil, hold fast to what is good, love one another with brotherly affection. Out-do one another in showing honor. Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer… Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. Romans 12:9-12,15

    I’ve met guys young and old that are “apart” of small groups, bible studies, classes, etc that say they don’t truly feel apart of community. I applaud F3 men for changing the game and continuing to change the game. Live your best Romans 12 life. Showing the true marks of what it means to follow Christ.

    Moleskin

    Everyone was so sad when the workout was done, I heard on multiple occasions that there should be more burpees and boat/canoes, I thought they were going to break out in a riot.

    News

    Um- I am on Q again at The Battlefield this Saturday. Come on out and lets get this thing legitimized!

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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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        Did I ever tell you about the time a transvestite stole all our stuff at the Landfill?

        QIC:  Sunburn

        Date: 01/18/2020

        PAX: Pink Panther, Money Ball, Radiohead, Skitch, Prosciutto, Fissure, Uncle Fester, Fly By, Gusher

        AO: Landfill

        Conditions

        A little cold but the wind died down, we beat the rain and it didn’t take too long to warm up.

        COP

        Forward Fold, Morning Stretch, 3rd Grade excersise. Calf Stretch, Slow Merkins, Little Baby arm circles, forward and backward. Carolina Dry Dock, Upward Dog, Downward Dog etc. Mosey downt to the bottom gate.

        The Thang


        Mountain Climb – Slow & Steady
        Be serious-Do you think anyone is reading this? I think everyone is scrolling to the bottom to here the story of the transvestite who stole our stuff.

        Starting at the bottom of the hill, leg kick toe toaches to 2nd pole. Lunges to 5th pole then Bernie Sanders up to last pole. 5 Burpee’s. Repeat sequence up to next level.

        High Plank, low plank, merkins, Carolina Dry Docks, Air Squats.

        Repeat sequence of toe kicks, lunges and Brenie Sanders around dog park.

        Suicides in parking lot. – 10 Burpees run to opposite end and 1 Air Squat, Run back and 9 Burpees, 2 Air Squats. Etc. Etc until you’ve finished 1 Burpee and 10 Air Squats.

        Mosey back up to main parking lot. LBC’s, Planks High/Low etc.

        Merkin Countdown: 10 merkins, run around end of lot and 9 Merkins etc. etc.

        This is when all hell broke loose.

        COT

        I have no idea what went on during the COT. Fissure, Money Ball and I were out fighting crime. I think Skitch led it and prayed for the safe return of our stuff (This prayer was answered in 10 minutes)

        Moleskin

        Just your typical day at the Landfill.

        Thank God Radiohead had a BM or we may not be here today, well at least a few phones, jackets and car keys.

        Here we are just doing our thang and Radiohead comes walking out of the bathroom post BM saying “I hope you didn’t leave stuff up there on the picnic tables. Someone just drove off with a bunch of stuff, he kind of looked like a transvestite.” Our first reaction was to run up and check our stuff becasue who these days doesn’t leave their phones, car keys and sweatshirts unattended in a public park while working out a half mile down the hill. Still no reaction to the words “he kind of looked like a transvestite”. I could only think of my new I-phone and now regretting not buying the insurance. The police were called as we stood around in disbelief that some had no way to get home because their keys were stolen, some of us were in despair that our phones were now gone and my whole worklife is on that thing and I had a busy day a head of me, while others were now shivering because they no long had a sweatshirt to keep them warm.

        It was a this point our resident technoweenie Prosciutto reminds us that our phones can be tracked. Immediatly Fissure calls mama at home to find his phone and me, (Sunburn) calls son, (Ascot) to track mine. He and the daughter in law had just downloaded some find your friend app so they could keep track of us. Well Ascot wasn’t answering but we took the locaiton given by Mrs. Fissure and Sunburn and Fissure took off in pursuit to locate the perv….I mean perp.

        Fissure and I figured out which way to go and ran into a Red Bank Police officer who had someone pulled over but ends up wrong person. Meanwhile Money Ball shows up in his fancy new F150 with Ascot blowing his phone up with my phone location. I commence to call Ascot who is totally confused but I tell him don’t ask questions just direct us. So like the obedient child he’s always been Ascot directs us to the location my phone is pinging and we come around the corner to see the light colored Ford SUV as discribed by Radiohead post BM.

        We go charging up the hill with Money Ball behind us in his fancy new F150 and slide in sideways blocking the driveway and we jump out like Crockett and Tubbs chasing smugglers and that’s when Radioheads words come back to me, “he kind of looked like a transvestite” Yes folks, there she was in all her glory, pink dress, blue eye shadow, red lips and harry arms. At first we thought it was Red Tees but then we realized Red Tees has much nicer skin. We must of scared the perp becasue she immediatly stretched out her hands with the loot and said she came back to call the cops becasue she thought someone would be missing them and maybe someone left them there overnight.

        We called the cops who apparently don’t know their own streets becuse I had to walk down to Dayton Blvd and flag them down as they were looking for us. We chose not to press charges, a police report was made and we returned with our phones, keys and sweatshirts to live another day. This my friends is how F3 lore is made.

        As we returned and told our war stories with the remaining PAX at the AO Skitch had the best question of the day, “Did you invite him to F3?” Remember PAX, always be recruiting. F3 is a men’s workout group, with the mission to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for the invigoration of male community leadership. Leadership by many this morning led us to reunite with our possessions. Never take anything for granted. I’m sure the rest of the PAX from todays workout did the same as I did. We went home, we hugged our loved ones and held them in a long embrace with tears in our eyes and telling them how much we love and appreciate them. Be safe out there friends, appreciate what and who you have in your life, but most of all, DON’T LEAVE YOUR STUFF ON A PICNIC TABLE IN A PUBLIC PARK! this time it was a transvestite, next time it could be a unicorn.

        News

        Nothing to report here.

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          Eight is Not Enough….Go for Sixteen!

          QIC:  The Count (Respect Respect)

          Date: 01/11/2020

          PAX: BackPew, BumbleBee, Dolly, MoneyBall, PinkPanther(Respect),  FlyBy(Respect), FriarTuck, , Pebbles, UncleFester, LadyScott, Skitch, Fissure

          AO: Landfill

          Conditions

          Temperature about 62 degrees, breezy, ground was wet but the sky was dry.

          COP

          SSH, Forward Fold, Willie Mays Hayes, SSH

          The Thang

          When 8 Is Not Enough……16 Is Perfect!
          8 Stations w/coupons are at top of hill: Curls, Reverse Lunge, Tricep Extension, Low Slow Squat, Overhead Press, Lunges, Bent-over Row, Squats (Notice exercises alternate between up body and legs).

          8 Stations (Cardio) at bottom of hill: Burpees, Smurf Jacks, Imperial Walker, SSH, Mountain Climbers, Butt Kickers, Plank Jacks, Squat Thrust.

          PAX pair up at top of hill. 1 PAX does weighted exercise designated at his station (AMRAP) while partner runs down hill and performs cardio exercise at station that corresponds to exercise at top of hill and performs 10 reps with exception of Burpees and Squat Thrusts (5 Reps at these stations) then runs back up the hill where partners flip flop. When 6 is in (all completed both stations and both packs are back up the hill). All PAX rotate to next station. This continues until everyone has progressed through all stations. That completes one round. Between rounds 1 and 2 all PAX run down hill to lower pavilion to perform Mary-LBC, Flutter Kicks, American Hammer. All PAX run up hill, rinse and repeat for Round 2. After Round 2 all PAX go to upper pavilion and Mary – Rosalita, Freddy Mercuries, Oblique Crunches. For last round all both partners go to their original starting point at top of hill and while 1 PAX conducts 10 reps of weighted exercise 2nd PAX hold a plank. Partners flip flop and all PAX hold Al Gore while 6 is complete. All PAX rotate to next station and rinse and repeat. S[peed Round, so no recovery time except those waiting for 6. All PAX hold 90 second Plank to complete beat down!

          COT


          Counterama, Namerama, Announcearama conducted with Gloomies being mentioned for Monday evening,.
          BALL OF MAN: We prayed for Bob, Katie, and those prayer needs we know and for those we don’t know.

          Moleskin

          Not a lot of mumble chatter as PAX seemed to really get a lot of the beatdown….. 🙂

          News

          [Gloomies on Monday!

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            20/20 Vision with some Bells – (Landfill 1/4/20)

            QIC:  John Doe

            Date: 01/04/2020

            PAX: Lutefisk, Back Pew, Candu, Iron Butt (Respect x2), Fly-by (Respect), Ringwald, Moneyball, Roomba, Chief, Mr. Clean (Kotters), Uncle Fester, Skitch, Prosciutto, Fissure, FNG-Nemo, Loan Shark, Sunburn (Respect), Goose, Toe Tag, Friar Tuck

            AO: Landfill

            Conditions

            Pretty wet and damp morning with a “coolness” in the air, but that could’ve been the PAX itself

            COP

            SSH – 20 (IC); Forward Fold – 10 (IC); Third Grade Exercises – 10 (IC); Willie Mays Hays – 10 (IC)

            Burpee Apocalypse – 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

            The Thang

            Short Mosey from the upper pavilion down to the lower pavilion, once at lower pavilion had everyone partner up

            20/20 For 2020
            Partner One – AmRep of Aquaman at lower Pavilion

            Partner Two – Ran up the hill to the upper Pavilion and the sweet sound of 80’s pop; 10 Dive Bombers at the Top; Ran Back down the hill to tag partner One

            Partner Two – AmRep of Aquaman at Lower Pavilion

            Partner One – Ran up the hill to the upper Pavilion and the sweet sound of 80’s pop; 10 Dive Bombers at the Top; Ran Back down the hill to tag partner Two

            Each Team Member did 10 rounds or sets for a total of 20 rounds/sets per team

            Pyramid of Legs

            Pax did a Pyramid of leg exercises:

            1 – Air Squat, 2 – Lunges (1 each leg), 3 – Toe Mericans

            2- Air Squats, 4 – Lunges (2 each leg), 6 – Toe Mericans

            3 – Air Squats, 6 Lunges (3 each leg), 9 – Toe Mericans

            …..all the way up the pyramind with the last set being:

            10 – Air Squats, 20 Lunges (10 each leg), 30 – Toe Mericans

            Hells Bells

            Pax held plank during the song “Hells Bells” by ACDC, doing a Merican every time the song sang the lyrics “Hells Bells”

            COT

            COT was fairly short, but hopefully somewhat impactful. Read the affirmation and Bible verse below. Challenged the PAX to give something up to serve someone else, whether at home, at work or in the community.

            What activity do I need to give up, so I am available to serve someone else?

            [Boyd Bailey]

            Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.

            Romans 12:10


            BALL OF MAN: Skitch lead us home in prayer

            Moleskin

            Not listed in the Pax are Fetch and the two other dogs that par-took in the hour long workout. Thought about naming the BB “Do you like Daags” @Toe Tag threaten to form tackle the Q mid-workout; A lot of sweat, a lot of grunts, and 4 minutes of plank is WAY to LOOONG. There was a group of two Clemson fans that finished the group workout first….possibly some foreshadowing???

            News

            Gloomies on 1/13/20 payment deadline is 1/6/20

            Chubby’s on Rossville Blvd starting at 5-5:30pm EVERY Tuesday to help serve the homeless – opportunity to sign up on Slack – M’s and 2.0’s encouraged to join

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              Fly-By VQ Landfill, 12/28

              QIC:  Fly-By

              Date: 12/28/2019

              PAX: Fissure, Hop-a-Long, Skitch, Uncle Fester, Money Ball, Carmen San Diego (Cherokee), Hasbro, Peanuts, Bumblebee

              AO: Landfill

              Conditions

              53 degrees and overcast

              COP

              One minute deep squat, 20 leg swings, Abe Vigodas, SSH, little baby arm circles, Moroccon night clubs, mountain climbers, American hammers, flutters, Freddie Mercuries, plank, 20 shoulder touches

              The Thang

              Ren. Park: Exercises around a soccer field – first round: 15 merkins on each corner, run to each corner on the long ends, do carryovers on the first short end, and broad jump burpees on the second short end. Second round: same thing except 10 merkins on the corners and add two steps between the burpees on the broad jump burpees.

              Tunnel of Love: Plank line with army crawl underneath.

              Fun with Rocks: flutters while doing rock presses in cadence; then first two-man team workout: complete 100 thrusters with the rock – one partner planks while the other does thrusters – switch as desired; second two-man team workout: complete 100 LBCs – one partner hold rock overhead while the other does LBCs – switch as desired

              Sermon on the Mount: Up the large hill three times: first run, second Bernie Sanders, third bear crawl. Start each time with 10 merkins at the bottom. Recover at the top each time with a reading from the Sermon on the Mount.

              COT

              We talked about the reference in the Sermon on the Mount to taking the “narrow gate.” Life can be much more enriching and beautiful by taking the narrow gate through taking on challenges and confronting fears. Everyone at the workout is taking the narrow gate by challenging himself at the F3 workout. It is life-enriching!

              Moleskin

              We fought off the wolves over and over again. We reached and went past the 40% threshold over and over again.

              News

              Remember the January 13 party that Money Ball described.

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                Let There Be Merkins

                QIC:  Fissure

                Date: 12/14/2019

                PAX: FNG-Twitch, Pink Panther (Respect), Bumblebee, Iron Butt (Respect), Lady Scot, Back Pew, Uncle Fester, Skitch, U-Turn, Peanuts

                AO: Landfill

                Conditions

                Overnight rain, low 50s

                COP

                SSH x 25 IC
                5 burpees
                SSH x 20 IC (Lady Scot called cadence like a boss)
                5 burpees
                SSH x 15 IC (Pink Panther called cadence like a boss)
                5 burpees
                SSH x 10 IC
                5 burpees
                SSH x 5 IC
                5 burpees
                Mosey down to middle parking lot
                10 merkins IC, 10 squats IC
                9 merkins IC, 9 squats IC
                8 merkins IC, 8 squats IC
                7 merkins IC, 7 squats IC
                6 merkins IC, 6 squats IC
                5 merkins IC, 5 squats IC
                4 merkins IC, 4 squats IC
                3, merkins IC, 3 squats IC
                2 merkins IC, 2 squats IC
                Why not do 1 of each in cadence at this point? Great question.
                Mosey down to bottom lot
                1 merkins IC, 1 squat IC
                Little baby arm circles x 10 IC
                LBAC reverse x 10 IC
                Overhead press x 10 IC
                Cherry pickers x 10 IC
                Moroccan night clubs x 10 IC
                Hold arms outstretched x 10 IC
                Mosey to softball fields parking lot with 2 stops along the way for 20 merkins OYO each stop (if you’re counting that gets us to 150 merkins)
                10 merkins, then 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (up to 260 merkins)

                The Thang

                Shoulder to shoulder facing the 50 yard curved parking lot at softball fields
                Burpee broad jump to the end
                Lunge walk back to start
                Imperial Walk to the end
                50 merkins
                walk back to start
                50 merkins (360 total merkins for the day)
                Mosey back to Landfill with a couple stops for the six
                We ended the day at the lower lot of Landfill due to time

                COT

                F3 Chattanooga does a good job with the first F (Fitness). In 2020 look for more emphasis on developing leadership. Much like the ability to do a lot of merkins, leadership is a skill that needs to be developed.

                Moleskin

                Pink Panther brought his son, a freshman at Louisville, to the gloom for the first time. He made it all the way until the end of the COT before splashing merlot after telling us a great high school story that involved spewing all over a friend’s carpet.

                News

                No Christmas Workout

                News Years Day convergence @ Lions Den

                Gloomies Jan 13th 630pm

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                  QIC: Fissure

                  Date: 12/07/2019

                  PAX: Moneyball, Skitch, Lady Scot, Pink Panther (Respect), Free Candy, Fly-by (Respect), Newport, Iron Butt (Respect), Bullpen, Uncle Fester, Bumblebee, Chief

                  AO: Landfill

                  Conditions

                  Low 50s. Ground wet from overnight rain.

                  COP

                  SSH x 10 IC
                  Imperial Walkers x 15 IC
                  SSH x 10 IC
                  Fwd Fold x 10 IC
                  SSH x 10 IC
                  3rd grade exercises x 10 IC
                  SSH x 10 IC

                  The Thang

                  Mosey up to soccer field where YHC had set up a 75 x 25 yard rectangle
                  Perform 30 merkins, 30 squats, 15 big boi situps then jailbreak the 75 yard straightaways and mosey the 25 yard turns
                  Perform 25 merkins, 25 squats, 15 bbs then run again
                  Perform 20 merkins, 20 squats, 15 bbs then run again
                  Perform 15 merkins, 15 squats, 15 bbs then run a fourth lap

                  Mosey to bathrooms

                  Partner up
                  Round 1: Partner A wall sits while Partner B runs down to lower pavillion for 30 dips and 15 decline merkins, switch
                  Round 2: same but 20 and 10
                  Round 3: same but 10 and 5

                  Mosey to middle parking lot

                  Shoulder to shoulder facing up toward playground

                  Burpee broad jump to other end of parking lot
                  Lunge walk back
                  Imperial walk to end of lot
                  Alligator merkin back
                  plank (after 5 pax were planking we took a run up The Big Thank You hill and back down)

                  Mosey up to bottom of the hill below the top pavillion

                  7’s with burpees and Bobby Hurleys

                  Mosey to the top parking lot for mary

                  10 Big Boi Burpees (burpee + big boi situp + jump = 1 rep)

                  COT

                  Encouraged the guys to think about how they react when told “no.” It says a lot about a man.

                  Moleskin

                  Had a number of first time Landfillers remark that it felt twice as long as a weekday workout. Better keep coming then!

                  News

                  Gloomies 1/13/20 @ Keller Williams Downtown 630pm

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                    Ball, Barrel, Tire, Man

                    QIC: Skitch

                    Date: 11/30/2019

                    PAX: She Shed, Moneyball, Countdown, Fly-by, Bumblebee, Back Pew, FNG-Hopalong, Peanuts, FNG-Falsetto

                    AO: Landfill

                    Conditions

                    Almost rained. Cleared up for the game.

                    COP

                    SSH x 20 IC, Little Baby Arm Circles x 10 x 2 IC, Willie Mays Hays x 10 IC, Imperial Walkers x 15 IC, Forward Fold x 10 IC, Plank Jacks x 15 IC, Toe Merkins x 20 OYO, SSH x 20 IC

                    The Thang

                    Beat down that walked and talked like a game.
                    Ball, Barrel, Tire, Man

                    Two teams of 5 men each. Team 1 “kicks off” to Team 2 by standing a top The Big Thank You, kicking the soccer ball down as far as possible, rolling the big blue barrel down the hill, and rolling the tire down hill until it stops. Then while Team 2 retrieves said items, Team 1 completes as many reps as possible of the following 5 exercises as a group dora: Burpees, Big Boy situps, Squats, Merkins, and Dips; Team 1 must complete 100 reps of each exercise before they can begin a 2nd set; for each rep completed (rounding down to the nearest 25) PAX takes $0.25 from Team 2’s coffee cup and puts it in Team 1’s coffee cup. Meanwhile, Team 2 must dribble ball up hill and shoot it in the soccer goal, carry the tire up the hill without it touching the ground, carry the blue barrel up the hill without it touching the ground, and carry up one of its teammates up the hill without him touching the ground. Once Team 2 accomplishes these tasks, Team 2 “kicks off” to Team 1. Rinse and Repeat for several rounds. Flutter kicks and Freddie Mercury for short Mary. Time.

                    COT

                    Psalm 18:34, 35 especially: “…your gentleness made me great.” What if we were gentle in our interactions and instructions with our children, our wives, and clients, etc.? If God who is the strongest can be gentle and this makes us great, can we do the same?


                    BALL OF MAN: 3 out of 10 PAX in attendance lost a loved one within the past month including 2 PAX losing their Mom. Tough but good BOM. Prayer.

                    Moleskin

                    One of the teams won significantly. We don’t have to remember which one it was. The hill is still big. The tire will always roll to essentially the same spot no matter what route it rolls. Dogs like to retrieve balls more than men do and are quicker.

                    News

                    Not a big news day.

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