AO – Dragons Lair – Saturday 600 AM
Q – Dogman, Gru, Wreck-it Ralph, Sabre Tooth, Snipe Shot, Epic Dudebro, Talker Boy, Ketchup
PAX – Long Neck, Daisy, Toothpick Ninja, Smelly Cat, Ralphie, Grease Fire, Little Chef, Pebbles, Cheetos, Charmander, Mr. Myagi, Teepee, Speed Square, Sonic, Mu Too, Unicycle, Earhart, El Presidente, Steeple, Nutty Buddy, Eminem, Boji, Prime Time, Cobra Kai, Tenderfoot, Switchfoot, F3 Brownie, Khaki’s RESPECT, Minion, Nelly, Puma, Speed Limit, Al Borland, Bookworm, Danielson, Pig Pen, I don’t know, Barbershop, Owlet, Sabre Metric, Kick Stand, Turf Fast, Lincoln Logs RESPECT RESPECT, Grand Slam, Band Camp, Smash Brothers, Tea Party, Hammerhead, Hard Hat, Obi-Wan, Gimly, Outhouse, Tea Ball, Alcatraz, Gibbler, Vlassic (RESPECT)
5 FNG’s
Griffin (FNG), Chestnut (FNG), Burgundy (FNG), Hose Bib (FNG), Silva (RESPECT RESPECT FNG)
Anxiety was in the air for Ketchup as today was the culmination of a month’s worth of planning to get 7-9 year old boys up to speed with leading a group of men. The Anxiety grew as the group that was anticipated to be 30 to 40 quickly swelled to what looked like 50 to 60…more to come. At 6:00 AM a prompt call to arms was issued. Ketchup welcomed the group and then introduced Dogman who gave the following:
- 5 Core Principles
- Mission Statement and Disclaimer
- Motto
- Disclaimer
Following the formalities, Dogman went on to read his welcome speech which he wrote three weeks prior the day he found out he was leading a F3 workout. Ketchup could not have been prouder. Following all of the talking, Dogman instructed the PAX to head to the basketball court for Warm-a-rama.
Warm-a-Rama
Once the PAX were circled up, Ketchup called on the following 2.0 leaders to lead the group in the following exercises:
Talker Boy – 10 Tappy Taps IC
Wreck-it Ralph – 10 Big Ones IC
Dogman – 10 Cherry Pickers IC
Saber Tooth – 10 Steam Engines IC
Epic Dudebro – 10 Jump Squats
Gru – 10 Sun Gods IC
Snipe Shot – 10 Merkins
Considering that a week ago we were still working through what the exercises were and what IC meant the Webelo’s group crushed it.
Following Warm-a-rama Saber Tooth led us the long way around the block to the baseball fields for The Pre-Thang stopping at each stop signs to let everyone catch up and we did 15 exercises. This was an audible and nothing was planned so no idea what we did or who led them…just know they did an epic job and continued to make Ketchup proud.
Pre-Thang
Once at the baseball field, Dogman instructed everyone to circle up and count off into 4’s. Once numbered off, Snipe Shot had the 1’s and 2’s line up behind him and Gru had the 3’s and 4’s line up behind him. Two cones were setup to help with order. The remaining Q’s got in line where they wanted. Once lined up we completed three events
Plank Runs – Explained by Talker Boy
Pax make a long line in a plank position. The PAX at the start of the line ran to the other end. As soon as he passed the PAX next to him, they got up and ran to the end. This was repeated until the entire line had gone through and then they went backwards to the beginning.
Tunnel of Love – Explained by Wreck-it Ralph
Pax Planked in an A-Frame position while PAX crawled underneath them. If you want to see something funny, watch a grown man try to crawl under a 5 year old only to watch them get hung up on his back and then get drug into the PAX next to them. Initially this was planned to be down and back but after witnessing the carnage Ketchup decided to call it good after one round through.
Hop Over’s – Explained by Epic Dudebro
PAX Laid on their stomachs while fellow PAX ran over them. This was repeated for two rounds.
Once done, we high fived and Saber Tooth got the group moving back to the basketball court to explain The Thang.
Thang
For the thing, Dogman instructed the PAX that there were 4 stations and they needed to go to the station that matched the number they were given during the Pre-Thang. Station 1 was the push group and the remaining stations were AMRAP. Two of the Q’s would be at each station to lead the exercises.
Station Exercises were as follows:
Station 1 Exercises – PUSH Group
15 Merkins
15 Dry Docks
15 Chinooks IC
Station 2 Exercises – Rinse and Repeat
20 Plank Twists
15 Big Boy Situps
15 Heels to Heaven
Station 3 Exercises – Rinse and Repeat
15 Jungle Boi Squats
10 Lunges Each Leg
30 Second Wall Sits
Station 4 Exercises – Rinse and Repeat
Balls to the Wall on Fence
Partner Bernie Sanders to the Top does 5 burpees runs back down and switches with partner
We ended making it through one round of all of the stations before Ketchup called Omaha at 645 and we met back at the basketball court
Mary –
Ketchup has two of the Q’s lead us in Mary Exercises…again it was an audible so no idea what we called nor how many reps we did other than we did two rounds of exercises before someone convinced me that we needed to do Rancid Hammers…which was a terrible idea and something Ketchup immediately regretted but we did it anyways. It was at the end of this that we discovered that there were 69 people in attendance and when you consider Vlassic was at a nearby church getting donuts, coffee and hot chocolate, there were 70 people that came out to support these boys.
COT
We immediately went into Name-a-rama which took 5:16 seconds to get through which was followed up with naming the 5 FNG’s. Important to note, Burgundy found this group on the Twitter and decided that today was going to be the day that he was going to try it out. Ketchup talked to him afterwards to let him know that today was a different kind of day and that most mornings it wasn’t like this. Hopefully we will see him again.
Prayers were spoken for Yodel, Hightower’s son Open Sesame and a few others that Ketchup forgot to write down. Too many announcements to note so check out slack for 2nd and 3rd F opportunities.
At that point Ketchup gave the COT…which truth be told…he was carrying to much emotion, got overwhelmed and uttered the words – ‘this is why we do what we do’ while pointing at all of the 2.0’s that were in attendance and finally – ‘this is it…there is nothing else’. And that was all he could get out. He hugged the 2.0 Q’s…told him he was proud of them and Lincoln Logs let us out in Prayer.
We adjourned to the church across the street for coffeteria.