09/12/20222, Coronado Launch
PAX: Wait Time (Respect), Tea Party, Jump Street, Cradle, Steeple, Lincoln Log (Respect Respect), Folsom, Tater Tot, Tin Cup, Hard Hat, Tight Lip, Lemu (Respect), Mufasa, Ketchup, Chucky, Obi-Wan, Vlassic (Resspect), Stripes, LPC, Cataracts, Pantyhose, Plague, Buns of Steel, and Longneck
Co-Q’s – Mulligan and Patton
It was a cool 52 degree morning. 26 PAX were gathered promptly at 0600 in anticipation of what they knew was going to be a momentous launch. Mulligan and Patton covered the mission statement, core principles, and disclaimer. Leave no man behind but leave no man where you found him.
Warm-a-rama –
Mulligan and Patton led the PAX in Warm-a-rama focusing on stretching for the beatdown to come
Patton had the PAX count off in pairs (Battle Buddy) and then split the Pax into 2 groups for the Thang
The Thang
THE ANVIL –
AT THE COMPETION OF EACH SET THE GROUP WILL MOSEY AROUND FAR LIGHTS TO OTHER SIDE COUNTER CLOCKWISE – Suggested modification – cross to opposite station about 10 yards
REPITIONS BUILD FROM TOP TO BOTTOM FIRST TIME THROUGH IS 5 SLOW BURPIES THEN MOSEY AROUND LIGHT TO OTHER SIDE – SECOND TIME IS 5 SLOW BURPIES AND 10 MERKINS AND SO ON
1. 5 – SLOW BURPIES (8 count)
2. 10 – MERKINS (D)
3. 15 – LOW DOLLY’S (OPEN)
4. 20 – MONKEY HUMPERS (IC)
5. 25 – SIDE STRATTLE HOPS (IC)
6. 30 – CHERRY PICKERS (IC)
7. 35 – LBC’S (IC)
8. 40 – SQUAT’S (D)
9. 45 – SEAL CLAPS (IC)
10. 50 – HEAL TOUCHES (IC)
Omaha was called and the PAX were instructed to Mosey back to the Shovel Flags
Patton led the PAX for the Post Thang
MUCHO-CHESTO
10 – RANGER MERKINS
10 – MERKINS
10 – WERKINS
10 – ALLIGATOR MERKINS RIGHT
10 – ALLIGATOR MERKINS LEFT
Mulligan led 6MOM
Announcements
IPC – check Slack for details
Vallah’s this Friday is the F3 event – check Slack for details
Praise
Plague thanked YHC and Mulligan for launching this site
Prayers
YHC asked for prayers for our brothers Tin Cup and Buns of Steel for their current medical issues
50th Wedding Anniversary – (sorry I cannot recall who this was for.)
COT:
Mulligan thanked YHC for pushing to launch Coronado – Thanks brother
YHC spoke about the fact that I have been hurt or broken several times since starting F3. I’ve had 2 separate calf issues and I fell down in January at a beatdown resulting in a broken rib and a punctured lung (work out at your own risk there is a definite possibility of injury). During my recoveries I have struggled to find Bruiser friendly beatdowns. The first injury I would arrive to beatdowns, join the pax before the beatdown, then read during the beatdown and join the pax for the COT and coffeteria. This was great and kept me engaged but the sad clown was ever present telling me to fart sack rather than wasting time doing nothing productive (sorry but reading Freed to Lead and Q-Source is very productive time and the COT’s and coffeteria are very healing for YHC). When I broke my rib I would search the Q schedule and go to beatdown locations I knew I could at least walk and stay in contact with he pax throughout the beatdown. So Heavy Metal, Steel Mill, and the Brickyard were locations I knew I could go to Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. I would join Octagon and any other sites often times reaching out to the Q to see if it would be bruiser friendly. I knew I had to stay engaged to keep the Sad Clown from creeping in.
That is when I began thinking about launching a Bruiser friendly beatdown on a Monday as at the time the only beatdowns available were at Octagon, Ironwood, and Stormbreaker. At the same time my buddy Christian was battling cancer and we weren’t sure how all of his treatment would go. I knew in my heart I wanted to honor this man. I began thinking about creating a site in conjunction with a murph so we could have a combined coffeteria similar to what the Octagon and the District have with Kakhi’s Café.
I spoke to Mulligan regarding launching a bruiser friendly beatdown from Aldrich on Monday’s as I knew due to my work schedule I would not be present at beatdowns for at least a 3rd of the year. Mulligan was all in from the start. We discussed possible names and wanted to tie this to Red Wings the Operation in which Lieutenant Michael P Murphy (the MURPH’s Namesake) left cover exposing himself to the enemy so he could get a clear signal on his satellite phone to relay to headquarters they needed immediate support. Lieutenant Murphy lost his life due to these heroic actions and has been awarded the Medal of Honor the U.S. military’s highest decoration. With Michael P Murphy and my buddy SEAL Captain Christian Dunbar in mind we settled on Coronado. Coronado is where the Naval Amphibious Base is located in Southern California, the West Coast focal point for special and expeditionary warfare training and operations. Simply put Coronado is where the US Navy train and make SEALS.
Our goal for Coronado is to be a bootcamp beatdown that is open to all men, always bruiser friendly, always done with a Battle Buddy, team, or group. Coronado will be a place to recover from injury, build back up, or build toward your personal fitness goals. Coronado will push you but will also allow for modifications based on individual needs. Coronado is a low impact, low total miles traveled AO.
At Coronado
We will leave no man behind and leave no man where we find them.
We will always have a fellow pax with you the entire beatdown
Battle Buddy – Never Quit!
Mulligan led us out in prayer.