The Colosseum AO | Tuesday, October 25, 2022| Westside High School | 5:30 AM | 33 degrees
PAX: Samples (Respect), Iced Tea, Honey Stinger, Kirby, Angry Note, Vanilla Ice, Bloodshot, Smashmouth, Stella, Tenderfoot, Spacebar, Splinter, Black Lung, Lansbury, Tin Cup (Respect), Animal House
QIC: Q-Tip (Repsect, Respect)
It was a beautiful, invigorating morning at Westside High School. Promptly at 5:30 AM, I welcomed the PAX, recited the Mission, Core Principals and Credo. I was scheduled to be the Q here on 2/22/22 (also a TUESday) and had scripted a workout that duplicated all the exercises. For some reason, I had to bail out in February, but still had my Weinke, so I decided to use it in October
WARM-O-RAMA:
PAX moseyed around the track twice and circled up at mid-field of the Artificial turf field for WOR.
SSH x 22 IC | Cherry Pickers x 22IC | Rinse and Repeat
PRE-THANG:
We lined up on the goal line, and ran to the 22 yard line. Each PAX performed 2 burpees, and then, keeping with my theme, we did 2 more burpees. We Bernie Sandered back to the goal line. Rinse and Repeat.
THANG: 2 X 2 Man Grinder
I divided the PAX into 4 man teams (2×2). PAX moved to the west side line and I explained the format. Each 2-man team would remain together for the Thang, and also team with another 2-man team for the grinder, so that everyone had a partner for mumblechatter.
One team would run across the field and up the steps to perform 2×2 Mountain Climbers while the other 2-man team would perform a list of exercises in sets of 22 x 2 (a total of 44 reps per exercise.)
The exercises were as follows:
- Frozen Freddies
- Alt Lunges
- Diamond Merkins
- Chillcut Planks—22 second intervals
- Air Squats
- Werkins
- Flutter Kicks
- Sumo Squats
- Carolina Dry Docks
- Side Straddle Hops
Rinse and Repeat
Omaha was called at 6:03AM
6MOM:
Box Cutters x 22 IC | American Hammers Rancid Style x 22IC
Rinse and Repeat
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
PRAYERS.
Prayers for Pit Stop’s wife, dealing with Cancer, and for Tin Cup, who has his LAST radiation treatment later this morning.
COT.
One of the things I like best about F3 is that all men are equal in the Gloom. Status and income are not a factor when you are doing burpees. However, recently I have heard a couple different PAX denigrate themselves because of their occupation. One said, “What do I know, I’m just a .” Another made a comment that implied a doctor or lawyer would be a more important career.
I think those men are wrong to put themselves down because of the work they do. I used to envy my friends who had jobs that a 9 year old understands, like a doctor or fireman. No kid really understands what an Account Manager does. (I had to figure it out on the fly). Even more to the point, I’ve talked about the job I had during college, when I worked in a Meat Packing Plant, washing the manure out of cow stomachs. (even more horrifying than it sounds.)
But I learned a valuable lesson from that job. The men I worked with at the Meat Packing Plant were all there to provide for their families. THAT IS WHAT MEN MUST DO! It doesn’t matter if we are doctors, plumbers, Account Managers, or Cow Stomach Shit Dumpers, if you are working to put food on the table and take care of your family, there is great dignity in that, no matter the type of work.
I urge you not to compare yourselves to others in terms of status or income, because as long as we work for the right reasons, we are all equal.
Aye,
Q-Tip