Wednesday, March 7, 2023 |Mt. Olympus|Liberty Middle School, Papillion, NE | 43 degrees, 12.8 mi/h SSE Wind, feels like 37, 70% humidity.
“I ain’t as good as I once was”
12 Pax: Chernobyl, Tony The Tiger, Tenacious D, Fun Dip, Simmons, Dozer, GirlDad, Beans, Firewalker, G-String, FNG – Pat, Swiper
QIC: Swiper
4:45 am Pre Run: Fun Dip, Tony The Tiger, Girl Dad, G-String, Firewalker, Simmons, Swiper
5:15 am – Its Tuesday, and I heard this morning the great Toby Keith, passed away. We will work him into the Beatdown today. Firewalker, brought back by the shield, said he has an FNG committed. Awesome. G-String and I had a couple ideas.
I kicked off the workout and welcomed the Pax to F3 – Fitness, Fellowship and Faith. I asked if we had an new guys, FNGs, at our workout, knowing we had one. Pat. Welcome to the beginning of the rest of your life… I reminded them of the mission to Plant, Serve and Grow small workout groups for the Re-invigoration or First Time Invigoriation of male community leadership. More on this later.
Then I covered the 5 core principles of F3. 1) Open to ALL men. 2. Always Free. 3) Always held outdoors, 4) Lead in a rotating fashion and 5) Ends with a Circle of Trust (COT).
I then mentioned our Credo: Leave no man behind, but leave no man where you found him. Its all about acceleration. Moving forward. I ended with a reminder to the PAX that I am not a professional. Modify as necessary. Workouts are all a suggestion. From this point forward there is a real risk of injury. Coupon workouts are hard, do what you can do.
5:17 am Warm-a-rama
We warmed up in the circle after the intro. We did the following exercises:
- 12 Tappy Taps IC
- 12 Tater Taps IC
- 12 Sun Gods IC / Forward and Backwards
- 10 Toy Soldiers
- 5 SSH IC, Inchworm, 5 Mt. Climbers IC, 5 Merkins, 5 Mt. Climbers IC, Inchworm back up, 5 SSHs IC
We would get into groups of threes. We mosey down to the field and the track. We would run one lap on the track and then get into the thing. I immediately heard lots of mumble chatter about running a lap, because I had said there would not be that much running. :0
5:24 am Pre Thangs – Abyss Merkins
We would line up all three Coupons and one partner would AMRAP Abyss Merkins, one parter would run the field and the other partner is on the other end of the field and they do AMRAP Flutter Kicks. We did this for about 7-8 minutes.
5:33 am Thang – All the Coupons
I numbered the Pax off and each Pax would take a stations to AMRAP through the following exercises:
The push would be to Murder Bunny about 20 yards out and 20 yards back. then all the Pax would run a loop around the cones and go to the next cone. I told the Pax their could keep their coupon with them or just through it down at the next cone when they passed. Most were dropping those coupons like flies.
After two sets, I threw the marker for Murder Bunnies a little further, these hammers were doing them too fast.
- Coupon Kisses – Squat with Six touching the Coupon….The coupon should be laid flat. I saw a lot titling it vertical….I like this one.
- Blockees
- Coupon American Hammers
- Coupon Curls
- Coupon Big Boys
- Shoulder Press
- Jump Over the Coupon
- Derkins
- Alabama Prom Date
- Coupon Kettle Bell Swings
We got through each station and Omaha was called.
5:54 am 6MOM
As we ran/jog/walked back to the flag, “Red Solo Cup” came on the speaker. Perfect. I had meant for us to do Mary to this song, but we would save that for another day.
But I explained to the Pax we would honor Toby Keith during NOR and pop a soda or water some red solo cups and take a pull.
5:54 am The Name-a-rama was completed – see above for list of those who posted.
So I asked Pat to enter the circle and tell us about himself. He said his name was “Pat” – we centered around Toby Keith related items and he mentioned liking Star Wars and He became Solo.
5:56 am Announcements:
- Heartland Hope 2-10
- Chris Gradoville Gala 2-15
- Blood Drive 2-16
Prayer Requests:
- Swiper’s coworker Lori and her husband Tim with Dementia
- Swiper’s neighbor Scott – Father Jim is undergoing surgery today on pancreas
- Lincoln (Uncle Jesse’s Son) – Praise for clean scans
- Toby Keith and his legacy and love for USA
- Chernobyl’s father, coming home today
- Beans Intentions –
Firewalker passed the Mt. O Shield to Tony the Tiger and talked about his recent acceleration and giving blood.
COT Keeping Leading – Your Impact can be great
I reintegrated our Mission and how it only works if guys lead the workouts. We are Peer led. Our COTs can have a much greater impact than we realize. I also said it is great to get out to sites other than just sarpy, to meet new guys. Yesterday I went to The Battlefield and it was Slow Pitch’s 17 year anniversary of being sober. While I was pre running, Stella mentioned how he meant to thank me….a COT I did like 14 months ago at Paradise, helped him to get a raise and promotion at work. It was about not getting stuck in the Status Quo and asking for what you want and pushing to have a Growth Mindset.
I encouraged these guys to lead workouts, as they never know the meaningful impact that they could have on other men.
I led us out in prayer.
Aye! Swiper