Date: 12/21/23 | Location: Steel Mill | Start Time: 5:30 AM | Temp: 36
Title: “Steel Mill Lit”
Total PAX: (19)
Prerunners: OGK, Mr Hanky, Longboard, Arch. 1/2 Sweet Roll
G String was there at 0500 not to prerun, but to pre-set his display of Christmas lights for the beatdown. A friendly new guy approached him in the dark and seemed rather confused as to what was going on. G String assured him he was at the right place, elaborating a little bit about the Thursday situation they had with Sandlot next door and what the Steel Mill was about. He then disclaimed that beatdowns are not typically set up this ‘extravagant’.
At 0530, G String welcomed the PAX to the F3, stating they found themselves at The Steel Mill, adding that it is the strongest AO in Sarpy, and possibly the metro area. G String stated that F3 stands for fitness, followship, and faith. He covered 5 core principles – it’s free, open to all men, always outside, it’s led in a rotating fashion, and it ends in a circle of trust. G String stated the Mission Statement of F3 – to plant, grow, and serve small workout groups for the invigoration of male community leadership. He told them that we leave no man behind and no man where we found him. He claimed to not be a professional and asked that PAX modify as necessary. He asked if there were any FNG’s and there were TWO! Way to go Longboard!
Warm a Rama:
Sweet Roll needed .02 miles to finish his pre run’ in so the group moseyed over to goose poop island which was lit up nicely with Christmas decorations. The group performed some weird things that G String had just made up on the fly…
10 cherry pickers
8 count alternating shoulder taps with T merkins to the song “Deck the Halls”
10 jack in the boxes
G String then had the group mosey back to the lit up cross by the pavilion. The group divided into 4 groups and were to perform 60 reps of each exercise. Between exercises, they were to rifle carry to the center of the cross and back to the end of their respective string of lights. They were encouraged to take turns leading the 60 reps as 3 sets of 20. The following exercises were written on a white board located at the center of the lit cross.
Tricep extensions.
Merkins.
Bench press.
Bentover rows.
Curls.
Reverse flies.
Goblet squats.
Johnny dramas.
Dead lifts.
Overhead presses.
Shrugs.
We’re not worthies.
It was 0607, and G String had two FNG’s to name so he called Omaha in the middle of the last set.
Name-o-Rama: Arch, Duracell, Firewall, Wiff, Harding, Beans, Bobsled, Gigablast, Mr. Hanky, OG Kickstand, Baby Shark, Sweet Roll, Mayme, Longboard, Clark Kent, Smores, G String
FNG’s: K2 and Freehand
Announcements: Freed to Bleed Dec 22nd. CSAUP Jan 27th more info forthcoming. There ARE murph options on Christmas day.
Prayers/Intentions: Gigablast’s aunt. Any PAX without family or going through struggles this Christmas. Those in our hearts.
COT: Switch to first person…
I took a page from Knobs’ book as I told them about his COT the day prior at Mount Olympus. I also used this opportunity to recommend Mount Olympus to anyone who hasn’t posted there. Yesterday Knobs shared his 2024 word of Growth. He had also recommended that we take a look at a word jumble to identify the first four words that came apparent to us. Mine were Family, Purpose, Creation, and Health. For today’s COT, I explained my plan to the group as to how I’m going to focus on these four words this next year in hopes that sharing the plan out loud that I am then going to not only hold myself accountable, but will have the group to help me along the way. My hope and proposal to the PAX was that they too find a word or words to focus on.
G String prayed us out and the group then enjoyed an abundance of coffee and good chatter, adjoined by the Sandlot crew. Merry Christmas everyone!
Aye!