04/25/2023, 5:30 AM | The Sanitarium | 41 degrees, low wind, nice morning to be in the gloom.
16 PAX: Bayside, Beans, Big Rig, Boss Hog, Double Dip, Duracell, Feeny, Firewalker, G String, Mr. Hanky, Muffs, Rooney, Shocker, Simmons, Schrute, Animal House.
QIC: Animal House
This was a trip down Animal House’s memory lane (scary) and some of it was included in the pre-run, join me sometime on a Sanitarium pre run and I’ll catch you up.
5:30 AM AH welcomed the Pax to F3 – reminding them of the F3 Mission: Plant, Grow and Serve small workout groups of men for the invigoration of male community leadership.
AH then recited the 5 core principles of F3. 1) Free of charge 2) Open to all men. 3) Held outdoors, 4) Peer led in a rotating fashion and 5) Ends with a Circle of Trust (COT) and the Credo, leave no man behind but leave no man where you find him.
Finally, AH, let the group know he was not a professional and to modify as necessary.
There were no Friendly New Guy’s (FNGs), so we got started by heading to the Northeast parking lot that back in AH’s day was a baseball field with a great hill to the side that was a ideal place to build snow forts.
At what used to be center field we did….
Warm-o-rama
- 10 Side-Straddle Hops IC
- 10 Tappy-Taps IC
- 5 Forward Sun Gods IC
- 5 Backwards Sun Gods IC
- 10 Big Ones IC
During this AH let the PAX now about how much the home of the Monarch’s has changed. New weight room, lunchroom, gyms, classrooms and entrances. It’s changed so much that AH would likely not know his way around.
AH then lead the PAX to the football field. AH had planned to do the beatdown on the grass field where he had spent many days practicing football. However, since they now consistently water that field, we were soft and headed to the newer cushy turf field. There we proceeded to do the following:
The Thang “21’s”
- 2 Gasser/44’s w/10 count
- 7 Burpees at 3 corners of the football field
- 2 Gasser/44’s w/10 count
- 7 Flutter Kicks (IC) at 3 corners of the football field
- 2 Gasser/44’s w/10 count
- 7 Merkins at 3 corners of the football field
- 2 Gasser/44’s w/10 count
- 7 LBC’s at 3 corners of the football field
- 2 Gasser/44’s w/10 count
- During the10 count AH let the PAX know what this it the home of the “Kings” which is really an inside the AH house joke. Papillion LaVista’s mascot is a Monarch, when his M, a master gardener, hers that she thinks of butterflies. AH an alum, thinks of “Kings”, you can decide on your own which is right.
- 7 Air Squats at 3 corners of the football field
- 2 Gasser/44’s w/10 count
About 2.5 miles later, to the delight of all we ran out of time and ‘Omaha’ was called.
What is the significance of 21, that is the number of wins the Monarchs had during AH’s 2-year varsity football career.
YHC had the following planned, but we ran out of time:
- 7 Low Dolly’s at 3 corners of the football field
- 2 Gasser/44’s w/10 count
- 7 Carolina Dry Docks at 3 corners of the football field
- 2 Gasser/44’s w/10 count
- 7 Frozen Freddy’s (IC) at 3 corners of the football field
- 2 Gasser/44’s w/10 count
- 7 Bonnie Blairs (IC) at 3 corners of the football field
- 2 Gasser/44’s w/10 count
- 7 Big Boys (IC) at 3 corners of the football field
- 1 Gasser/44
We then headed back to the shovel flags and completed….
Mary:
- Sarpy Slammers
Name-a-rama as completed and led to….
Prayers/Announcements
- Brick Builder, more info forthcoming
Message:
The COT was built around AH’s lack of discipline during high school and what he did to change that narrative.
Discipline over Motivation. Motivation comes and goes. Discipline remains.
When you build the habit of consistency, your discipline becomes your superpower.
It’s the days when you don’t feel up for it or don’t feel good, but you still do what’s required. These are the days that define you.
Aye, brothers! Keep accelerating! AH
