YHC celebrates Three Years with F3 today. I had to Q, and Tortoises - where I used to be site Q - was the perfect place for it.
My pre-blast promised Threes, Burpees, Merkins, and Music. We accomplished that.
Left Cheek and I pulled up at the same time. I hadn’t met him before, but I could tell immediately that he is a HIM. We talked for a few minutes, then I ECP-ed some pullups to get rid of energy before the rest of the PAX showed up.
It was great to see @WWW fly by and plant the flag - but was sorry to see him leave for work before we started … he was overdressed anyway.
First exercise was The Pledge of Allegiance, then we moseyed over to the side entrance of the church for…
Warmup
3 slow good mornings
13 ssh
13 sir fazio fwd low to high make-them-bigger
13 sir fazio backwards low to high make-them-bigger
13 mountain climbers
13 count calf stretch l/r
Runners stretch l/r
Thang 1
It seemed like part of warmups but was actually the first Thang:
3 burpees
followed by a mosey to do 10 more burpees,
followed by a mosey to do 10 more burpees,
followed by a mosey to do 10 more burpees.
Total = 33
[inspired by @PetSounds - for his 2020 100 burpee/day challenge]
Thang 2
Circle up & plank hold
As “Get Down On It” song played we planked and did a merkin on each ‘Get Down’
[I counted 69 ‘get down’s when I previewed the song]
Thang 3
Mosey to hill to do BBL 9’s:
Bearcrawl up hill
Box cutters at top
LBCs at bottom
Thang 4
At octagon we broke into 3 groups
G1: 3 pullups or burpees (your choice)
G2: 6 dips or derkins (your choice)
G3. 9 step ups or irkins (your choice)
Rotate & Repeato until about 3 rounds completed
Mary
Hammers
Freddie Mercury
Dying Cockroaches
Tang led Gas Pumps
Havaniceday
COT
10 PAX counted, several praises and prayers offered. Apologies for not mentioning them all here.
2 Respects Present
NMS
Thanks to Dana Smith - Chinese Downhill for inviting me several times to F3 before I finally became a regular. And he co-Q-ed my first post in Nashville, NC (with F3 Gilligan) on our children’s wedding day. My daughter married Dana’s son three years ago.
My son-in-law F3 Brodie named me - glad he gave me something good!
F3 has been life-changing. I’ve led much more than I ever have in my life. From leading workouts, becoming a site Q, and Carpex’s QSource go-to. This is stuff I never thought that I would do. Thanks to @Callahan Some of what I’ve done has been captured at TheMuggo.com:
“To be surrounded by guys who care and support you makes you stronger”
- from https://themuggo.com/2019/05/21/tired-but-never-more-awake/
And Pierogi mentioned YHC’s recent appearance on Accelerating Man:
https://themuggo.com/2020/10/20/accelerating-man-bob-poliachik/
It was a pleasure to lead Tortoises today. I did my best to help the PAX accelerate.
Playlist
Join Together: The Who
Good Times Bad Times: Led Zeppelin
Long Twin Silver Line: Bob Seger
Right Now: Van Halen
Get Down On It: Kool & The Gang
Song 2 - 2012 Remaster: Blur
Let’s Get It Started - Spike Mix: Black Eyed Peas
Let’s See Action: The Who
Paint It, Black: The Rolling Stones
Rev It Up: Jerry Harrison
Burnin’ for You: Blue Oyster Cult
You Better You Bet: The Who
Turn Me Loose: Loverboy