Beacon Valley Backblast: Bowling Ball Grip
March 27, 2024 | AO – Beacon Valley | DC West High School | Feels like 19°
PAX [12]: Peacock, Low Point, Red Dirt, Dinger, Federali, Greenhouse, Kobayashi, FNG (Beard Butter), Bernie, Hotwire, Speed Bump, The Plague
QIC: The Plague
This is F3 – Fitness, Fellowship and Faith. F3 is an international network of free, peer-led workouts for men. Our mission is to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership.
Core principles:
- Are free of charge
- Are open to all men
- Are held outdoors, rain or shine, heat or cold
- Are led by men who participate in the workout in a rotating fashion, with no training or certification necessary
- End with a Circle of Trust
Disclaimer: The Plague is not a professional – PAX need to modify as necessary.
PAX moseyed to the field by the elementary school for WaR
Warm-A-Rama
- Sun gods – 20 IC
- Imperial Walkers – 20 IC
- Tappy Taps – 15 IC
Pre-Thang – Makhtar Merkins
- 5 Makhtar N’Diayes/5 Merkins
- 10 Makhtar N’Diayes/10 Merkins
- 15 Makhtar N’Diayes/15 Merkins
The Thang – Dora
PAX paired up and completed a Dora/grinder. One PAX mosey to other goal line, complete 3 burpees then return to partner. Completed cumulative reps together.
- 100 Mountain Climbers
- 200 Bobby Hurleys
- 300 SSH
PAX moseyed to parking lot for another Thang.
Lined up and completed exercise pyramid together, after each round, broad jump out two stalls and bear crawl back
- 5 Burpees
- 5 Burpees, 10 Jump Tucks
- 5 Burpees, 10 Jump Tucks, 15 Bonnie Blairs
- 5 Burpees, 10 Jump Tucks, 15 Bonnie Blairs, 20 HR Merkins
PAX moseyed to the shovel flag for American Hammers (2 rounds).
Announcements/COT:
- Prayers
- Prayers for several family members battling cancer, mental health/addiction
- Prayers for other PAX with injuries, surgeries, and family member health
- CoT – YHC Shared from Freed to Lead about Fitness, Fellowship & Faith
- As we launch this new AO, YHC decided it would be good to look at Freed to Lead as a reminder for why we’re here and why we continue to give F3 away.
- In F2L is talks about SadClown syndrome which can be identified by looking at men like a bowling ball. Men are created to have an impact, like a bowling ball, however if our holes are filled with the wrong things our impact decreases. F2L talks about the Pogo40 (inconsistent fitness), Sifter (depth of male friendships) and the Reacher (purposelessness).
- So when we think about F3 or Fitness, Fellowship, and Faith, we’re reminded that each F has a unique purpose aimed at our mission to reinvigorate male community leadership by equipping men to have the impact they were designed to have.
- YHC leaned into the Third F, Faith, since that is often the most complicated for men to engage with. For F3, we’ve defined faith as a belief in something outside of oneself. That means that you don’t have to have your faith or religious beliefs completed figured out and you don’t have to prescribe to a specific religion to be a part of this group or to have an impact through your unique purpose.
- As we launch this new AO, YHC is grateful for the men in Valley who’ve already come out and is excited to continue growing into the community. It’s an amazing thing when you see men become reinvigorated and start accelerating. There’s really no end to the positive impact this group can have as long as we keep giving it away!
- Coffeteria at Loves
Aye!
The Plague