The Maize Backblast: Redwood Edition

Thursday, April 20, 2023 | Copperfield AO | The MAIZE | 5:30 AM | Rainy and 39 degrees
PAX: Obi-Wan, The Plague, Vlasic, Surprise!, Fine Print, Doppler, Boji, Smelly Cat, Sasquash, Robin Hood, Cadbury, The Big One, Ol’ McDonald, Speed Bump, ‘Da Fridge, Lincoln Log, Tardy, Tee Ball, Tonight Show, Roll Bar, and Wait Time.
QICs: Tonight Show, Roll Bar and Wait Time

A rainy, stormy morning ended just as 21 PAX arrived at the Maize. F3Omaha Redwoods, Roll Bar, Tonight Show and Wait Time, greeted the PAX for an anniversary week beatdown. We reviewed the Mission Statement, Principles, Credo and Disclaimer. Fortunately for the PAX, we immediately modified the original plan and avoided the swampy football field as was planned for the workout. The PAX moseyed to the firehouse for Warm-A-Rama.

WARM-A-RAMA: WAIT TIME
PAX used inside voices for a brief Warm-A-Rama.
SSH x 15 IC | Tater Taps x 10 IC | Walk down to a Plank | Half Pigeon | Shoulder Taps | Half Pigeon | Side Plank | Reverse Plank (Shoulder Stretch) | Side Plank | Monkey Humpers x 10 IC

PAX moseyed up the hill to the daycare.

Pre-Thang: STEINL (WAIT TIME)
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 #1: BOMBS (TONIGHT SHOW)

The Tonight Show organized the PAX into a two-man grinder for BOMBS. One partner ran to the end of the parking lot and completed three burpees, while the other partner began the following exercises. The reps listed below were cumulative.

Burpees x 25 | Overhead Claps x 50 | Merkins x 75 | Big Boy Sit Ups x 100 | Squats x 125

Tonight Show called “Omaha!” when most PAX were struggling through Big Boy Sit Ups. PAX moseyed to the basketball court for part two of the THANG.

Thang #2: WRECKTANGLE (ROLL BAR)

Roll Bar organized the PAX into four groups that were directed to the four corners of the basketball court. Groups #1 and #4 started as the push groups where they were doing five burpees. We bear crawled to half court and completed 10 Merkins. We bear crawled to the baseline and completed 20 Squats. We lunged across the baseline and competed five burpees. We bear crawled to half court and completed 10 Merkins. We bear crawled to the baseline and completed 20 Squats. We lunged across the baseline are started at the original station for burpees. PAX continued on this cycle until “Omaha” was called.

6MOM: Cindy Crawfords `x 15 IC | Sweat Angels x 15 IC | Marge & Homer | American Hammer x 21 (Rancid Style)

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Five Year Anniversary Details, Blood Drive, Second F Events.

Prayer Requests.

COT: “What is something that exists in your life now that you would have never imagined was possible before F3?”

Roll Bar. When I came to F3 I was in the beginning stages of getting healthy. Only a handful of months before, I was in the hospital with a possible heart attack, I was overweight, and rounding the corner to my 40th birthday. I had never really been much of a gym or fitness guy, and the few times I did find the motivation to get in shape, it didn’t last long.

F3 has created a consistency that I’ve never had before, here we are 5 years later and I’m fitter now than ever before, I wouldn’t have lasted 5 months before. The brotherhood and support of F3 has created a whole new me, one that’s fitter, more disciplined, and mentally tougher than ever before.

The Tonight Show

Wait Time. Before F3, I was a lone wolf. I worked out alone. I never realized that I needed to be among men in a work out group. When I was EH’d in Greensboro, I was rehabbing a foot injury and was swimming at Green Valley Pool. I hated fucking swimming. It was like running on a treadmill in water. God helped Tommy Boy and Houlihan rescue me from swimming laps. A few years ago, I was preparing for a podcast interview about F3, so I read some old journals. I have been a prolific journal writer for my entire life. I read an old journal from the period of my life when I started F3. I read an entry that I made a few weeks before I started F3, and the entire entry was about loneliness and how much I needed friends. I wasn’t happy in Greensboro because I had no relationships outside of work. I never believed that I was lonely. I never believed that I could have hundreds of friends who feel like my family. I am so grateful for F3 and fellowship that I have with all the men I share the gloom with every morning.

Tonight Show ended the workout by leading a prayer.

Grace & Peace,

Roll Bar, Tonight Show and Wait Time.