Tuesday, May 30, 2023 | Hillsborough Park AO | The Helix | 5:30 AM | 63 degrees, sunny, breezy
PAX: DOA, Grip & Rip, Vandelay, Pig Pen, Doppler, Chiclets, Ozark, Truly, Panty Hose, X, Lil’ House, Tight Lip, House Party, Mulligan, House Party, Schnitzel, FNG – Chaz, and Wait Time.
QIC: Wait Time
YHC welcomed the PAX to The Helix at Hillsborough Park. After sharing the mission statement, five principles and disclaimer (including “for the next 45 minutes I am not your friend”), we moseyed up the hill to the school for Warm-A-Rama.
WARM-A-RAMA:
SSH x 15 IC | Tappy Taps x 10 IC | Inch Worm to a Plank | Half Pigeon – R | Shoulder Taps x 10 IC | Half Pigeon – L | Foot Taps x 10 IC | Inch Worm to Upright Position | Monkey Humpers x 15 IC | Garland Pose
Mosey to Parking Lot to pick up the sand bags. Mosey to playground for Pre-Thang.
PRE-THANG: THE STENL
Plank x 30 | Chilcutt Plank x 30 | Merkins x 10 | Amazing Spiderman x 10 IC | Merkins x 10 | Plank x 30 | Chilcutt Plank x 30 | Merkins x 10 | Amazing Spiderman x 10 IC | Merkins x 10
THANG: HILLSBOROUGH HILL CLIMB
Three heavy sand bags (50-75 lbs) were placed at the bottom of the hill. Three PAX members were required to heave a sand bag over their shoulder and climb the hill. All PAX rotated three times to carry a bag up the hill. While three PAX carried the sand bags up the hill, the other 15 PAX did the following exercises:
AMRAP: Chuck Norris | Hydraulic Squats | Freddie Mercury | Burpees | Machtar Ndgiaye | Monkey Humpers | Heels to Heaven | Crab Cakes | Diamond Merkins | Copperhead Squats | LBCs | Turkish Get-ups| Hand Release Merkins | Big Boy Sit-ups | Mountain Climbers | Chuck Norris | Hydraulic Squats | Freddie Mercury | Burpees | Machtar Ndgiaye | Monkey Humpers | Heels to Heaven | Crab Cakes
PAX shifted to hill climbs:
Bernie Sanders up hill | Diamond Merkins x 20 | Run down hill | Copperhead Squats x 20 IC | Broad Jump up the hill | LBCs x 20 IC | Run down the hill | Burpees x 10 | Lunge up the hill | Big Boy Sit Ups | Run down the hill
PAX moseyed to shovel flag.
6MOM: CAPTAIN THOR (4 American Hammers to 1 Big Boy Sit-up)
American Hammer x 4 IC | Big Boy Sit-up x 1 | American Hammer x 8 IC | Big Boy Sit-up x 2 | American Hammer x 12 IC | Big Boy Sit-up x 3 | American Hammer x 16 IC | Big Boy Sit-up x 4 | American Hammer x 20 IC | Big Boy Sit-up x 5 | American Hammer x 24 IC | Big Boy Sit-up x 6
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Heartland Hope Volunteer Day Jun 24. Sign up on Slack or the Third F Calendar. See Vandelay if you have questions.
Brickbuilder Jun 3. There is still time to register for this Saturday’s Brickbuilder. We can assign you to a team if you don’t have a team organized. Event starts at 8 AM at Boys Town.
Prayers: Family of Oahu (Wife Lea and two sons). Sadly, our fellow PAX member Oahu took his life. Please pray for Rooster and Oahu’s family, friends and co-workers – including Panty Hose. Prayer of praise that Pete Steffensmeier was discharged to Madonna Rehab. Please continue praying for Room Service’s family.
COT: LOVE IT FORWARD
I read a book called “Love It Forward,” by Jeff Brown. The book is a series of short writings about love. One excerpt really described our Circle of Trust and the fellowship that exists in F3. We show up every morning in the gloom, and we often are attracted by the fitness. At first, we believe that we need the physical fitness and the achievement of completing a beatdown. Over time, we realize there is a much bigger achievement – how we connect through men leading the COT.
Jeff Brown wrote a description of love in his book that expresses the connection that occurs during a COT:
“Most of the greatest achievements on the planet are unknown to others – private overcoming, silent attempts at belief, re-opening a shattered heart. The real path of champions truly lies within – the transforming of suffering into expansion, the clearing of horrifying debris, the building of a healthy self-concept without tools. The greatest achievers have found a way to believe in something good despite being traumatized and fractured on life’s battlefields. No matter what else they accomplish in their lives, they are already champions. One day the world will realize that it is much harder to heal a shattered heart than excel in athletics. Go(l)d medals all around…”
This is how the PAX inspire me. What guys accomplish during the beatdown is much less inspiring than how they share their hearts during a COT. Eventually, our bodies will be unable to perform as well during the beatdown, but we can continue to grow our ability to be real and authentic in how we express ourselves and live our lives.
You never know what the guy next to you is going through. We are never alone. Thanks to all the PAX for sharing their hearts during COTs and the fellowship of the gloom.
We ended the workout with a prayer for Oahu’s family and Room Service’s family.
Grace & Peace,
Wait TimeFe