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QIC:  Tatonka

Date: 01/28/2022

PAX: [List PAX only] Abercrombie, Blackout, Cavity Search, Free Bird, Pocket Taco, Shawshank, Sniffer, Woodrider, Wuzn’tMe

AO: Parliament

Conditions

Mid 30’s with no wind. The perfect weather for staying put and generating exceptional mumble chatter

COP

Mosey 1 lap
Side Straddle Hop x 10 IC
Little Baby Arm Circles x 10 IC
Reverse Little Baby Arm Circles x 10 IC
Seal Claps x 10 IC
Cherry Pickers x 10 IC
Morrccan Night Clubs x 10 IC
Willie Mays Hayes x 10 IC

The Thang

Back to School
This was inspired by and a variation of the Billy Madison from the F3 Exicon. PAX worked their way through each year of school by completing a Mid Term exercise for 1 minute followed by a Final Exam exercise for 1 mintue.

Elementary School Years
1st grade
Mid Term: LBC
Final Exam: Merkins

2nd grade
Mid Term: Side Crunch
Final Exam: Hand Release Merkins

3rd grade
Mid Term: Pretzel Crunch
Final Exam: Spider Pushups

4th grade
Mid Term: BBSU
Final Exam: Alligator Pushups

5th grade
Mid Term: American Hammers
Final Exam: Close Merkins

Indigenous People Run x 400m

Middle School Years
6th grade
Mid Term: Flutter Kicks
Final Exam: Diamond Merkins

7th grade
Mid Term: Freddie Mercuries
Final Exam: Wide Merkins

8th grade
Mid Term: Box Cutters
Final Exam: Archer Merkins

Indigenous People Run x 400m

High School Years
9th grade
Mid Term: Crunchy Frogs
Final Exam: Burpees

10th grade
Mid Term: V-Ups
Final Exam: 8 Count Body Builders

11th grade
Mid Term: Plan
Final Exam: Kraken Burpees

12th grade
Mid Term: Iron Cross
Final Exam: Navy Seal Burpees Sadly, PAX ran out of time to complete the 12th grade final exam and had to drop out of school with the finish line in sight

COT

I shared the passages below from a devotional book I was gifted recently.

“Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing o fyour faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.” – James 1:2-4

”Kids need to see faith on display. If they see doubt, fear, and negativity in our lives, they will model that – and likely suffer some unhapy days as a result. But if we hold our heads high during adversity, we teach our children how to respond rightly when adversity comes their way – as it surely will.”

The above passage applies to us as fathers but also still holds true to us as husbands, friends, and coworkers. If we act negatively, whether consciously or subconsciosly, we will feed others with negativity. If we approach life and all its trials and tribulations with a positive mindset, others will feed off of that and be more inclined to respond with a similar attitude. Our children are sponges and soak up every ounce of what we present to them. They will be representations of how we act and hold ourselves. So too are those we hang around and choose to associate with. If we choose to hang around those that approach life with a doubtful and fearful mindset, we will most likely find ourselves emulating these feelings. I challenged the PAX to surround themselves with those that promote a healthy, happy, positive approach to life (such as that which can be found at any F3 beatdown) and continue to spread that throughout their days.

Moleskin

Sniffer needs to replace just about every part of his body. ”It’s supposed to click and pop everytime, right?”

Square pizza, chicken nuggets, corn, and apple sauce is the meal of champions

Wuzn’tMe’s PE teach in elementary school, Ms. Baker, constantly yelled and never enjoyed the touch of a man.

Strategically placed trapper keepers, flip up buckle tucks, braid belts. Middle school is awkward. If you know, you know.

We fell slightly short of completing our senior year. Wuzn’tMe reminded us that G.E.D. translates to Just As Good.

Shawshank is launching an AO in Ringgold.

News

Tuff Muff is Feb 19th. 3 AO’s, 3 beatdowns, 2 runs/ruck/bike rides in between AOs.

4th F Weekend in May. Please talk to Wuzn’tMe if you’d like to sign up. He’d like to have a final headcount and close off sign ups by the end of February so he can get everything in place for the event in May.

Cavity Search is rally the troops to go to the TN-AR basketball game in Knoxville.

There is an event at Silverdale Baptist Church coming up that involves cooking wild game and gun raffles. Talk to Sniffer for more details.

Gretel has put together a signup for super bowl squares. $5/square, $125 payout each quarter to the winner.

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QIC:  Tatonka

Date: 10/29/2021

PAX: Cavity Search, Face Plant, Jaws, Peetuhson, Second Base

AO: Parliament

Conditions

Low 50’s and some dampness in the air from recent rains. Additional rain was kind enough to hold off until after the beatdown concluded.

COP

SSH x 20
Little Baby Arm circles x 11 (because Q can’t count)
Reverse Little Baby Arm Circles x 9 (because Q wanted total arm circles to be 20)
Seal Claps x 10
Raise the roofs x 10
Moroccan Night Clubs x10
Fat Joes / La-Z-Boys OYO
Forward Fold OYO

The Thang

Q set up 3 cones on straightaway of track.
Cone 1: 50 meters out
Cone 2: 75 meters out
Cone 3: 100 meters out

Doracides
Partner 1: Begin performing exercise and continue until Partner 2 finishes circuit below
Partner 2: Run to cone 1, perform 1 burpee
Run back to Partner 1
Partner 2: Run to cone 2, perform 2 burpees
Run back to Partner 1
Partner 2: Run to cone 3, perform 3 burpees
Run back to Partner 1
Partners switch places. Partner 2 picks up running total exercise count where Partner 1 left off. Example: Partner 1 completed 25 merkins, Partner 2’s merkin count would begin at rep number 26.

Rinse and repeat for time making way through the following exercises:

100 Cobras – John McCains but since this is a spooky themed Q we changed the name. The PAX hands behind the back of their heads mimic a cobra’s hood

150 Spider Merkins – A merkin where you bring the knee to the outside of the elbow on the way down (basically a Merkin + Peter Parker)

200 Wolf Mans – Air Squats with both hands up imitating a wear wolf

250 BBSU – Big Boy Boo Sit Ups

300 Frankensteins – Straight Leg Alternating Toe Touches

With 5 minutes left, Q called for Pax to gather round and perform some Mary Scary

COT

Q spoke on recent idea that was shared via a friend from church life group. The 10-10-10 rule in life can help us be better leaders, better friends, and better community members in generally. Most of our excuses from why we can’t/don’t/won’t do something fall into similar categories: we don’t have time, we don’t have money, we don’t know what to say

The 10-10-10 rules aims to challenge those excuses and break bad habits.

Rule 1: Leave 10 minutes earlier
If you leave 10 minutes earlier you likely won’t have an excuse for not having time to do things. If you end up getting held up (in traffic, getting out the door, etc.) you might still arrive on time and not be further stressed.

Rule 2: Carve out $10 extra dollars in your wallet/pocket
When you see an opportunity to help someone who could truly use the money more than you, you won’t have an excuse that you don’t have any money on you to help them.

Rule 3: Say at least 10 words to everyone you converse with throughout the day
The following dialogue probably sounds familiar:

Me: Hi, how are you?
Them: I’m good, how are you doing?
Me: I’m fine. Thanks for asking!

It’s almost as autonomous a response as breathing it. Little thought or effort goes into the above conversation and I’m just as guilty of it as the next person. Those 9 words above add absolutely zero impact to your day or anyone else’s. Furthermore, they are generally a big lie. I’ll often tell someone I’m fine when I have a million things on my mind that are stressing me out. If you challenge yourself to say 10 words to every person you speak to, you just might uncover a way to minister, support, or help yourself or someone you come across during you day.

Q challenged PAX to try to incorporate the 10-10-10 rule into their lives and see what kind of positive impact it could have on them throughout their day.

Moleskin

Q thought he was going to have his first ever merlot splashing from a PAX, but alas it did not occur. Beatdown could have been tougher I suppose.

Second Base may or may not have been practicing his one armed Merkins on his own time just waiting to bust out impeccable and impressive form during his turn on Mary.

News

Chubbies on Mondays (except the first of the month, for now). Reach out to Mayhem to get on the serve schedule.

Thanksgiving day convergence at Hill City. Beatdown in the morning followed by Grateful Gobbler 5k / Mega EH event. Please sign up for the Grateful Gobbler if you plan to participate in that portion.

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QIC:  Tatonka

Date: 06/18/2021

PAX: Gretel, Wuzn’t Me, Wrecked’Em, iLean, Cavity Search, Mayhem, Happy Ending, Choo Choo, Sousa, Ramrod, 9 Volt, John Doe

AO: Parliament

Conditions

Mid 60’s and low humidity – a pleasant modification position change for this time of year.

COP

Mosey 1 lap around the track

SSH x 10 IC

WMH x 10 IC

LBAC x 9 IC (“Sorry I finished too early” – jokes were made)

Reverse LBAC x 10 IC (“The second time is always longer”)

Seal claps x 10 IC

Overhead claps x 10 IC

Chinooks x 10 IC

The Thang
In honor of Father’s Day weekend, we are trying to transform our dad bods into father figures

1 min AMRAP Merkins.

2 min. Plank

1 min AMRAP Squats

2 min Plank

1 min AMRAP Mountain Climbers

2 min Plank

1 min AMRAP Little Baby Crunches

Mosey 1 lap around the track

At this point there was much complaining dialogue about the length of the plank. So, YHC being the great all around guy that he is, called an audible and provided PAX with the following position change:

The same format as above was repeated 2 more times except we reversed the timing on the exercises and planks. We started with 1 min plank and then moved to 2 min. of the exercise. Mountain climbers were removed from the rotation.

After 3 total sets we finished with mountain climbers for time

COT

Q shared the following passages from a few books he has been reading:

“If you look at a window, you see fly-specks, dust, the crack where Junior’s frisbee hit it. If you look through a window, you see the world beyond.”

“I believe That we all have a God-given purpose, and we won’t be fulfilled unless we’re living that purpose in a meaningful way.”

The context of the first quote was a metaphor for how to approach reading the Bible. The second quote comes from a leadership development book I’m reading. I think they go together and shared with the PAX trying to look “through the window” of your life instead of just “at the window” of our exterior to discover your purpose. I encouraged the PAX to try to drill down to a purpose that leads to true transformation and focuses on the contents within ourselves rather than a simple “achievement” style purpose that might just focus on a label we are given.

Moleskin

9 volt was quick to point out that Happy Ending had red marks on his knees (from the track) after the workout

Jokes about Sousa’s mustache never get old, especially when there is a funky bass intro to the workout music.

Gretel has a great measurement system for determining the appropriate length of workout shorts. You should ask him sometime.

2 mins of planks multiple times was not a crowd favorite.

News

Missionary Ridge ruck tomorrow. Gretel has details if you are interested.

Fallen Five Memorial Ruck on 7/17

Charity Dinner on 7/16 in conjunction with Fallen Five weekend. Marcus Luttrell is guest speaker.

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