6/27/2024 – Battlefield
Location: Westside High School.
PAX: (16) Stella, Jeeves, Dirty Bird, Cataracts, Winslow, Penny Marshall, DaVinci, Wild Cat, Jazz Hands, Falling Water, Buns of Steel, Super Tasty, Folsom, Toadstool, Safe Ride.
QIC: Invictus
Weather: 68 deg, 76% RH, wind 5 mph.
0500 – Pre run – Dirty Bird and I.
0530 – Multiple PAX gathered in as we started the intros.
Five Core Principles – Free, Open to ALL Men, Always Outside, Lead in a rotating fashion, and Ends in a Circle of Trust.
Credo – Leave no man behind, but leave no man where you found him.
The Mission of F3 is to Plant, Grow, and Serve small workouts groups for the reinvigoration of male community leadership.
QIC noted he was not a fitness professional so the PAX should modify the workout as needed.
Today’s beatdown theme will be Summer Olympics trivia.
Warm-a-rama: Middle of the field.
15 SSH IC, 15 Tappy Taps, 10 Big Ones, 10 Big Ones.
Thang 1: Starting at North goal line. I started out by stating that knowing the answers to the trivia questions will determine whether the PAX will enjoy the rest of the beatdown or not.
This first progression was a pyramid shuttle run with exercises in between.
20 yd broad jump – 2 burpees – 20 yd broad jump back to goal line – 20 Dry Docks
Trivia Question 1: At which Olympic games was the torch lit with someone shooting a flaming arrow? – Barcelona 1992. No one knew this question, so we added 5 burpees.
30 yd leap and bound – 3 burpees – 30 yd leap and bound back to goal line – 30 Air Squats
Trivia Question 2: How many gold medals did Michael Phelps win in 2008? – 8. I heard this number shouted in confidence from a few PAX so I took away the punishment.
40 yd sprint – 4 burpees – 40 yd sprint back to goal line – 40 Flutter Kicks
Trivia Question 3: Who is the only sprinter to win the 200m and 400m gold at the same Olympics? – Michael Johnson. Dirty Bird nailed this question.
30 yd leap and bound – 3 burpees – 30 yd leap and bound back to goal line – 3- Air Squats
Trivia Question 4: Who is still the fastest female sprinter of all time? – Flo Jo. Dirty Bird for the win again.
20 yd broad jump – 2 burpees – 20 yd broad jump back to goal line – 20 Dry Docks
Trivia Question 5: Name a few of the most recent events added to the summer Olympics. – Surfing, Skateboarding, climbing. A few PAX shouted out a few variations of these sports so I gave them credit.
Thang 2 – On the Track as a group. Sprints. Correct answers allowed for Merkins, wrong answers were met with burpees.
100m – Which events have been featured at every Olympics since 1896? Track, Fencing, Cycling, Gymnastics, Swimming. PAX shouted out pretty much all of them in a frenzy, so we did 10 Merkins.
200m – In what year did Jesse Owens win all the sprinting events in Berlin? Falling Water for the win said 1936. 20 merkins.
400m – What did Michael Phelps get caught doing on camera after his gold medal haul in 2008? #IYKYK. Folsom had the right answer. 20 merkins.
200m – Who held the Olympic record for gold medals before Michael Phelps? A few people yelled out Mark Spitz. 20 merkins.
100m – What performance enhancing technique was made most famous by the Finnish distance runners? Stella nailed it with blood doping. 10 merkins to finish out the beatdown.
Mary – LBC’s, Freddies, Big Boys.
Announcements and Prayers – Murph challenge, Slack has a lot of announcements. Prayers for PAX and family suffering and healing.
COT
I recently saw a clip from an interview from the 2023 NBA Eastern Conference Finals where Boston Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla was talking to the press. He and the Celtics were down 0-3 versus Miami Heat. A reporter asked him how he was able to keep his composure while being down 3 games to 0. Coach Mazzulla said he had spent 3 days with 3 female cancer patients getting to know them and hoping to cheer them up. In the end, he said the cancer patients ended up teaching him a lot about perspective and over outlooks on life. He attributed this to the fact that the cancer patients were still smiling the entire time that he visited them. This taught me that circumstances do not have to define nor are they meant to define your life. The power to define ourselves rests solely in the choices we make in life.
Prayer – YHC
Aye! – Invictus.
Coffee at Village Grinder.