April 9, 2024
Weather: 39 degrees, modest wind
Q: Canadian Bacon (Respect Respect), and Tight Lip
PAX: Hindsight, Vanilla Ice, Parka, Folsom, Cosmo (Respect), Good Looking
5:30: Did the F3 intro – Fitness, Fellowship and Faith.
Five Core Principles – open to all men, free of charge, always held outside, peer led in a rotating fashion, we end in circle of trust (COT).
Mission statement is to plant, grow, and serve small workout groups for the invigoration of male community leadership.
Credo is to leave no man behind but leave no man where you found him.
Announced that neither Canadian Bacon or YHC are a professional and to modify exercises as needed to prevent the risk of injury.
FNG’s: Sadly, none…
We had a collection of coupons gathered so that each PAX would ensure they have one available to them. After the intro the PAX were instructed to grab a coupon and follow Tight Lip down to the basketball court. We slowsied down and shedded our coupons and circled up for a little warm-o-rama. We executed 15 SSH, and 10 Tappy-Taps. Tight Lip is not known for a lengthy warm-o-rama, so he called that good and dropped everyone into plank position. He led the PAX in 20 alternating shoulder taps, and 20 Mericans. While everyone was holding plank position it was explained the unique set of circumstances that inspired today’s beat down. The first week of April 2023 our fellow PAX member DOA was scheduled to Q. The site-q was away on vacation, there was pre-ultimate frisbee game arranged to take place prior to the beat down at a near by AO, and not a single person showed up to DOA’s beat down. Tight Lip explained how one of 3 things would’ve happened if that happened to him 1) He would’ve pouted about it and went home. 2) He would’ve pouted and went on a run. 3) He would’ve pouted and shown up to the neighboring beat down. Instead, DOA proceeded to execute his planned beat down, and film and narrate it. He had a freaking log as part of the beat down. Presumably to be carried by multiple PAX. Presumably to represent carrying each other’s burdens. This day he carried it on his own. The PAX had been holding plank for a good while as this story was told, and at some point Folsom showed up late, Tight Lip then led the PAX in 10 more Mericans.
In honor of DOA’s original beat down we gathered at the bottom of the hill on the back side of the school. Instructions were given to Burnie Sanders up the hill, do 5 burpees at the top, then proceed down the hill and hold plank until everyone’s return. We moved well as a group this day. Upon our return we completed 20 Frozen Freddy’s, then proceeded with the hill routine, then completed 20 Big Boys. Attacked the hill again, then finished with 10 Sweat Angels.
We collected our coupons, except for Folsom because he didn’t grab one on his way down to us, and mossied over to the north section of trail by the arboretum. We deposited our coupons there and proceeded to mosey on the street around the backside of the tennis courts and soccer field. We stopped by the shovel flags and picked up a coupon for Folsom, and proceeded back to where we had left our coupons.
Upon arriving back at our coupons Tight Lip dropped us into plank and explained how DOA eloquently discussed carrying someone else’s burden. Canadian Bacon had set out 8 lights around the arboretum loop about every 60 to 100 meters (he’s a proud Canadian, so its easiest to use his native measurement reference). The PAX were then instructed to partner up with one another, and that one of them would carry both coupons to the next light while the other PAX member would discuss their burdens. Once they arrived at the light they would proceed to do 15 reps of an exercise of their choosing. They would then swap roles and the other partner would carry both coupons to the next light while the other PAX took the opportunity to discuss their burdens, and repeat the process at each light. The timing worked out quite well where we completed the loop just as it was time to call Omaha. Though Vanilla Ice and his partner finished early, so Vanilla Ice impressively held his coupon overhead in rifle carry the entire time until all the pairs of PAX completed their loops.
We moseyed back to the shovel flags where we did a round of American Hammers rancid-style. We completed name-o-rama then opened for prayers and announcements.
Canadian Bacon delivered a thoughtful COT about DOA’s commitment to the excellence that is F3. While DOA is no longer geographically here, his impact and example is still felt. He could’ve made it a pity-party and let the whole circumstance bring him down, but instead he used that time to highlight what is good about F3 and document it so thoughtfully.
Canadian Bacon closed us in prayer, and then we went to drink coffee with the PAX from that other nearby AO.
Aye,
Canadian Bacon, and Tight Lip