The Farm: 5.27.22 – Be Better Than Yesterday
Date: Friday, 5/27/2022
AO: The Farm – Sarpy County Fairgrounds
Weather: 47°, 100% Humidity, No Wind
VQ: Bayside
PAX (29): Amadeus, Baby Shark, Bayside, Black Tuesday, Chernobyl, Ditty, Double Dip, EA, Echo, Escobar, Feeney, Ferdinand, Fun Dip, Icy Hot, Irish Car Bomb, Khakis, KOA, Levy, Low Flow, Mulch, Obi-Wan, Pit Stop, Schrute, Supe, Sweet Roll, Swiper, Tater Tot, Tony the Tiger, Yogi
Pre-Runners (14): Baby Shark, Bayside, Chernobyl, Double Dip, EA, Escobar, Fun Dip, Irish Car Bomb, Khakis, Schrute, Swiper, Tater Tot, Tony the Tiger, Yogi
FNG’s: None
5:15 – Bayside welcomed the PAX to F3 by covering all the necessities, with the exception of one, which was to remind the PAX that he was not a profession and to modify as needed.
Mission Statement: Our mission is to plant, grow, and serve small workout groups for men for the re-invigoration of male community leadership.
5 Core Principals: 1. Open to all men 2. Free of Charge 3. Always held outdoors 4. Lead in a rotating fashion 5. End in Circle of Trust
Credo: Leave no man behind, but leave no man where you found him.
Once the beatdown started, so did a playlist of some of the top country songs of today. The playlist consisted of 1.5 hours of music, however, there was a Wild Card: Johnny Cash’s Ring of Fire. At some point of the beatdown the song could play, at which point the PAX was to immediately stop whatever exercise they were doing and go into a side straddle hop. Every time ‘Ring of Fire’ is said in the song, do a burpee. The playlist was on shuffle, so if it happened to play, it would purely be by chance. Bayside mentioned that on the drive to the AO, the song did play, so now if it happened during the beatdown, it would be fate.
Warm-a-rama
Side Straddle Hop x20 IC
Tappy Taps x10 IC
Big Ones x10 IC
Sun Gods x10 IC then reverse
Mosey to the open field for Pre-Pre-Thang
Pre-Pre-Thang : 4 Corners
Mountain Climbers x15 IC – Bear crawl to the next corner
Monkey Humpers x15 IC – Karaoke to the next corner and switch directions halfway
Alternating Shouler Taps x15 IC – Duck walk to the next corner
Air Dramas x15 IC – Bernie to the last corner
Mosey to the rodeo arena grandstands
Pre-Thang: Dips 4 Ways x 20
Legs 90°
Yogi (with his badass, freshly shaven Fu Manchu) quickly stood up after the first set and was instructed by the Q Bayside to “Sit back down, Yogi!”
Right Leg Lifted
Left Leg Lifted
Legs Straight Forward
Mosey back to the open field for the Thang.
There was some confusion at this point due to a couple PAX members inadvertently picking up the cones after the Pre-Pre-Thang. It was all good though, as those PAX members and Bayside put the cones back out quickly, while Schrute had the remaining PAX count off into groups of 4.
The Thang: 4 man grinder starting at north end of the field
2 guys ran halfway to the first set of cones to do 10 merkins. From there, they ran the remaining distance to the far set of cones to do 2 burpees. Finally, they ran the full distance back to the group to switch off with the other 2 group members.
While waiting for the 2 guys to get back from the run/merkins/burpees, starting with the first exercise, AMRAP until the switch off.
Air Squats
LBC’s
Plank Jacks
Heels to Heaven
Bobby Hurleys
Imperial Walkers
Big Boys
Jump Squats
Flutter Kicks
Bonnie Blairs
As time drew down, it actually happened. RING OF FIRE. A circle was formed and the PAX completed the wild card. There was still a little left time until Omaha, so at the conclusion of the song, the grinder continued.
5:50 – Omaha was called and the PAX moseyed back to the flags, where Sarpy Slammers and Name-a-rama were completed.
Announcements: A couple new AO’s will be launching in the upcoming weeks. Beverly Hills, Mount Olympus, The Dune & The Belltower.
Prayer Requests: For Chernobyl’s M, Kelsey, as she is scheduled to have spinal fusion surgery within the next week. Also requested for Icy Hot’s friend, Mike, who recently experienced a death in the family.
COT: (Switching to first person) Since I scheduled my VQ with Ferdinand a month and a half ago, I’ve been obsessing about how it can be the perfect VQ, the perfect beatdown, and the perfect COT. As I thought through all the different posts I’ve completed and what I wanted to do, I came to the realization that it won’t be perfect. What may be ‘perfect’ for one person, isn’t perfect for another. We all strive for perfection, but nothing will ever be completely perfect, so don’t get disappointed when it isn’t achieved. As I thought about how I could use that, I thought of something my 2.0’s teacher said at parent teacher conferences last fall. He said that he always told the students to ‘Be Better Than Yesterday!’. So, in summary we don’t have to be perfect, but just better than yesterdayand we can accomplish great things.
Took the PAX out in a Ball of Man.
AYE!
Bayside