May 13, 2022
The Armory
Backblast
0530-Opening-Good morning Men of F3, my name is Kobayashi! and I will be your VQ this morning. It is a honor to be with you great men today!
F3- Fitness, Fellowship, and Faith
5 core principles
-open to all men
-always outdoors
-free of charge
-leadership is a rotating schedule
-we end in a COT
Motto
-leave no man behind, and leave no man where you we found him
Mission
-Plant, Grow, Serve for the reinvigoration of men in community leadership
I am not a professional, there is risk involved, so please modify as needed
Any FNGs? No FNGs this morning
0533-Warm-Up Exercises
20 Tappy Taps led by Blades
20 Air Squats led by Gator
0535-We then jogged approximately 0.2 miles to the recycling parking lot
-20 Side straddle hops led by Kobayashi
0538-We then jogged approximately 0.5 miles to downtown Elkhorn
-20 Abdominal Crunches led by Thor
-20 American Hammers led by Wait Time
*note I should have called out the number of repetitions for each exercise prior to delegating to the men
0545-We then jogged approx. another 0.5 miles to a grassy hill by the Elkhorn Middle School
-while we were waiting all men to arrive, the rest of us did planking or chill-cuts on our count
-when all men arrived, I explained the exercise Jacob’s Ladder
-we all did Jacob’s Ladder (we ran up and down the hill 7 times and we all did a sequence of burpees, for a total of 28 burpees)
0555-Jogged approx. 0.2 miles to the football field
-while waiting for all men to arrive we did Al Gore exercises
-when all men arrived, I explained the exercise 1st & 10
-we all did 50 merkins, sprinted a total of 150 yards, and jogged a total of 150 yards
-while we were waiting for all men to complete we did scissor kicks on our own count
0605-Omaha and we jogged back to our starting point (approx. 0.5 miles)
–while we were waiting for all men to arrive at starting point, Barn Door led us in a 20 count of Bonnie Blairs
-when all men arrived, we did a round of American Hammers and 27 men attended
-Name o Rama
-Announcements and Prayer Requests (Hey Hey requested prayer for his family and Wait Time informed us of the Creighton Baseball game tomorrow night
0610-COT devotional— I came about one year ago because I was invited by Blades. I didn’t know what the heck I was getting into, but for some reason I kept coming back. As Warren Buffett says, “in order to be successful you need to be around people better than you,” so that is why I kept coming back. I really appreciate this groups’ willingness to build strong men. Blades then offered some encouraging words on how I have developed over the last year.
I led the prayer and we closed and men were then invited to Starbucks on 204th St. in Elkhorn.
This was a great experience in leadership. I do wish I would’ve had questions to bring about discussion while waiting for men to arrive at the various locations. I also should’ve told the men I delegated, the number of repetitions for each exercise.
It was a privilege to be your VQ and I have a new appreciation for VQs!
God Bless,
Kobayashi
