10/22/2024, 5:30 AM | The Wild Kingdom |
67 PAX:Â Cadbury, Goldberg, Grease Fire, Crowd Source, Fine Print, Escobar, Mu Fasa, Sasquatch, Joe Camel, Cherry Garcia, Smelly Cat, Gundy, Frozen, Chicken Hawk, Sister Act, Cheap Seats, Stripes, Boob Tube, Barn Door, Arm Bar, Boji, Truly, Ketchup, Long Neck, Peel, Frosty, Urkel, Hungry Man, ICB, Precious, Tee Ball, Amadeus, Da Fridge, Big Unit, Shingles, Barb Wire, Hosel Rocket, the Plague, Hard Hat, Dial Up, Pit Stop, Skids, Canadian Bacon, KOA, Larry Legend, Pinky, Rayban, Wait Time, Tonight Show, Peg Leg, Griswold, Lite Brite, Tater Tot, Gunner, Milk Carton, Laser Jet, Farva, Blades of Glory, Obi Wan, Khakis, Oscar, Speed Bump, Thomas, Switchfoot, Baby Shoes, Sparty, Sweet Sweet
QIC:Â Sweet Sweet
5:30 AM Sweet Sweet welcomed the Pax to F3 – reminding them of the F3 Mission: Plant, Grow and Serve small workout groups of men for the invigoration of male community leadership.
Sweet Sweet said the 5 core principles of F3. 1) Free of charge 2. Open to all men. 3) Held outdoors, 4) Peer led in a rotating fashion and 5) Ends with a Circle of Trust (COT). We have a credo to leave no man behind and leave no man where we found him.
Sweet Sweet also informed the group that he was not a professional and that it is important to remember to MODIFY as needed on this wet morning.
Sweet Sweet recognized the former site Qs and had them raise there hands. Tonight Show, Thomas, Mu Fasa, Ketchup, myself, and the future with Switchfoot.
Warm-a-Rama
imperial walkers – 10 IC, Sun Gods 10 forward – 10 back, tappy taps, big ones, side straddle hops 10 IC
Count off 1-5 all the way around the big circle to get our groups split up.
The Thang
Group 1 = Push Group – do 3 burpees and run a lap around the rockafellar drive (trying to dodge huge pot holes filled with water from the rain over night). Thanks to Precious, Switchfoot, and Speed Bump for all the lights!
Group 2 = Chest – 30 of each, T-merkins, Werkins, Diamond, staggard merkins
Group 3 = Legs – 30 of each, Sumo Squats, Jump Squats, Lunch forward/backward/side then full squat. Continue until pushed to next station
Group 4 = Core – 30 of each, Heels to heaven, LBCs, Low Dollys, Box Cutters, Gas pumpers
Group 5 = Mix – Mountain Climbers, Alternating Shoulder taps, Side Plank each side, Plank Jacks
Omaha was called after completing each station right on time at 6:03. A round of hammers led us all the way around the circle to get our count of 67.
COT:
Name-a-rama
Announcements = Freed to Bleed 10/25/2024, Poker Tournament Fundraiser for Project Pink, Shovel Flag pass at the Armory this Friday
Prayers = Kick Stand’s niece and their family, Sophie and Barber Shops family, Lydia dealing with cancer, Fred Nelson
Sweet Sweet started with wanting the PAX to Be open to whatever comes. Be open to Change, Be open to talk, to listen, Open to Help others when needed, Open to step up, Open to be uncomfortable, Just Be Open!
Thank you to the former Site Qs for leading this site for many years, We wouldn’t be here without their leadership. Thank you to Wait Time for bringing F3 to us, to Tater Tot for his daily leadership of all things in the community, and to Khakis for keeping the standard the standard. Thank you to all the weekly Qs that led a workout this past year. You guys are the ones that make this whole thing keep rolling. A special thank you to Sparty for being a constant my first few months in F3 and to continue to be a great friend and check on me early on. A couple of memories from the last year. Baby shoes led a workout in a severe thunder storm and we were doing merkins in standing rain up to our wrists. Thinking what the F are we doing out here! Busser led us in a blizzard and when we helped Fine Print get unstuck in the snow due to his emergency break being on! Lots of great sunrises on the dam and feeling alive with that negative north wind chill whipping us around the lake front. This past year has gone so fast that one day you wake and the year is over. Many great memories and moments along the way. It was great to see so many faces today and last Flag pass. You guys should try the site out on the other 51 weeks too!
Now that my time is coming to an end I feel very good about the site moving forward. Switchfoot and I go back to Jr High and High School but I don’t think we said 2 words to each other those 6 years. Talk about a consistent dude! It took meeting up at F3 to come full circle. Now we chat every week. He is here every Tuesday putting in the work. I think he was here more than Sweet Sweet was due to his travel schedule this year. We look forward to his leadership and how he leads the Kingdom over the next year! So with that lets get this flag in his hands. The flag was passed and Switchfoot said he was grateful for the opportunity and looks forward to the next year.
A Nugent flag was passed from Milk Carton to Switchfoot. Great words from Milk Carton who mentioned he is newer to F3 and was EH’d by Switchfoot. He mentioned Nugent’s COT from the top of the flag that this group is a group of brothers to dominate life with. The flags were passed and hugs were had. We balled up around Swithfoot and Sweet Sweet and Ketchup prayed us out.
Thank you to Fine Print for not sleeping last night to brew coffee, as well as Frosty for the coffee and table, Khakis for the coffee, Crowd Source for the music with assist from Fine Print on the speaker. Shout out to Sweet Sweet’s M for providing Scotcheroos as a nice sweet treat!
What a great morning!
With Love and Gratitude,
Sweet Sweet