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Well, Ya Post Anyway

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6/9/18

QIC: Chappie

Seemed like YHC’s phone kept dinging last evening with the news of PAX who couldn’t make today’s workout for a variety of reasons. YHC thought about calling it off, concerned that no one would show. However, the determination was quickly made to post anyway. After all, YHC has worked out all by his lonesome before; that’s the worst that could happen. And to be honest, the thought to call it off was only based on the temptation to Fartsack. Forget about that!

You put a lot of planning into the workout and perhaps even more into a 3rd F message; so what happens when you’re not sure if anyone is going to post? Well, Ya Post Anyway. We weren’t the first PAX to post with only two. YHC loaded the necessary sandbags in the back of his Pathfinder in prep for the Gloom. As departure time came in the Gloom, YHC grabbed his Ruck on the way out the door; it was also determined that of no one else showed, the Pathfinder would remain at the AO for a later pickup…after YHC rucked the 8.7 miles home and had his M drive him back to get his ride. Lofty goal! Thank goodness that Summit posted at the Aegis. We had a great time together, here’s how it went…

Warm-O-Rama:

SSH – 18 IC

Cherry Pickers – 15 IC

IW’s – 18 IC (had to include these, they would be part of YHC’s 3rd F message later)

Side Planks – Both sides

Low Plank – hold 6″, 10 count (rinse & repeat 2x)

“Re…cover!” (YHC’s 2 favorite words!)

Mosey to North Bedford Street Park. Ah, yes…the joy of discovering the rather conspicuously positioned sandbags under a large oak tree! Why, it appears they are there for our use! Might as well use them!

The Thang:

2 PAX & 1 40lbs. sandbag put into use for “21’s”

Objective: Carry the sandbag to one end or the other, other PAX picks it up so that it is constantly shared and moved end-to-end while doing Merkins at one end and LBC’s at the other. Plus, the PAX had draw at least 3x from the “Ab Deck” of cards in the middle of the field. We lost count of the number of cards pulled from the deck; it just seemed right to keep pulling. PAX took a break at 10 & 11 (middle of the routine) for a brief 3rd F Message (not posted here because YHC wants to share it in person, with more PAX…next workout, maybe).

YHC introduced this particular “21’s” routine nearly a year ago at the same AO, and it was a brutal test of endurance. that time we had 6 PAX so we used 3 sandbags–the rule was to never pass by a sandbag . Honestly, today’s push seemed to go by fast and fairly easy. Perhaps that was because of the oft repeated F3 truth: “It doesn’t get easier, you get better/stronger.” More accurately, though, YHC believes it went by so fast and easy because he and Summit kept up some good chatter all along the way. Before we knew it we were done!

We’d all agree there are different dynamics with different numbers of PAX. However, when there are only two, it seems to actually become a great opportunity for some solid 2nd F. Thanks for the camaraderie, Summit! Really not sure I wanted to Ruck that far home so I’m glad you posted. So…what happens when you’re not sure if anyone is going to post? Well, Ya Post Anyway!

Mosey back to the AO

COT

No announcements

Prayers for:  Scary Spice, Summit’s parents, etc.

Saturdays can be hard, especially this time of year as vacations and other family plans take the day. But, hey, we wouldn’t be HIM if we didn’t keep family first. Outside of our relationship with SoulQ, our family must always be priority number 1. Keep it that way, gents! Nonetheless, if we want to see this AO grow we’ve all got to make it a point to EH some Sadclowns from Georgetown. Always honored to lead, no matter how many show.

Chappie, out!

Crab VS Bear Futbol

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6/7/18

QIC: Nugget

8 HIM posted this morning for a fun match on the pitch. (Soccer term for field). The grass was cut and the HIM were ready to get after each other and show their skills (or not) in the crab walk vs bear crawl soccer match!

Disclaimer

Warm up:

-Capri lap
20-SSH
15-windmills
15-cherry pickers
20-mountain climbers
Crab walk VS Bear crawl Soccer.
20 minute match. One team crab walks while other bear crawls. Teams switch positions after each goal. Goalie for both teams is in the plank position. Both teams rotate goalie between each goal.*** rules changed as game progressed.
^^^Match Highlights
-‘good guys’(fireplex, chairman, toy soldier and nugget) topped ‘bad guys’ (summit, vanilla, leatherman and chappie) 4-3!
-fireplex was match MVP with winning goal!
* 3rd F
ABs on fire workout
1. Windshield wipers
2. Big boys
3. Reverse crunches
4. Bicycle crunches
5. V-sits
6. Heel touches
10 reps each X 2 sets
Group Merkins. (4 HIM in square in plank position with their feet on each other’s back.
Good guys did 7
Bad guys did 10 for punishment (mostly humiliation)
Ended in COT
* 3rd F
Overview-In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day: How to Survive and Thrive When Opportunity Roars by Mark Batterson

Your greatest regret at the end of your life will be the lions you didn’t chase.

You will look back longingly on risks not taken, opportunities not seized, and dreams not pursued. Stop running away from what scares you most and start chasing the God-ordained opportunities that cross your path. In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day is inspired by one of the most obscure yet courageous acts recorded in Scripture, a blessed and audacious act that left no regrets:
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lion like men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the middle of a pit in time of snow:(2 Samuel 23:20)

Chapters (discussion points)

Chapter 1 Locking Eyes with Your Lion

Chapter 2 The Odd Thing About Odds

Chapter 3 Unlearning Your Fears

Chapter 4 The Art of Reframing

Chapter 5 Guaranteed Uncertainty

Chapter 6 Playing It Safe Is Risky

Chapter 7 Grab Opportunity by the Mane

Chapter 8 The Importance of Looking Foolish

Chapter 9 Unleash the Lion Chaser Within

Chapter 10 The Multiplication Anointing

Super Duper Toy Soldier Saturday

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It was a beautiful day on Delmarva for a Super Duper Toy Soldier beat down!

The Pax:  Chappie, Chattahoochee, T1, Chairman, and Waterfall on Q

Congratulations to Chappie, Chattahoochee, and Chairman on posting 6 consecutive days in a row!  That’s some serious dedication right there!

The Warm Up:  I figured I needed to stretch these guys out after 5 days in a row.  20 Side Strattle Hops IC, 15 windmills IC, 20 moroccan night clubs IC, 15 cherry pickers (shell pickers) IC

The Thang:  This is where it got fun.  I have to admit that I sort of made this up on the fly.  Are those the best?  We took a mosey to a new soccer field.  Started at one soccer goal with 40 LBCs, ran to the center and did 30 E2Ks each side, ran to the other goal and did 20 big boys.  Then we ran back to the center and threw the dice of doom (A dice of exercises I found at Five Below).  Each PAX had to roll the dice individually and do what was on it.  If a PAX rolled 15 burpees, every PAX had to do it.  We rolled the burpees twice!  Run back to the first goal to start over!  We reduced the exercises by 2 each set and ran out of time at 28 LBCs, 18 E2Ks each side, and 8 big boys.  That’s a total of 238 LBCs, 168 E2Ks each side, and 98 big boys!  Chairman did some more big boys for extra credit.  Some kinda beast.

The F3 message:  Talked about a pastor in my church that recently died.  He documented every funeral, marriage, and baptism through his whole life career.  They displayed it at his funeral so you could look through and find where he baptised and married you.  He gave his last sermon in December 2017.  He knew it was his last and told us so.  He preached on Heaven and how he wanted to see us all there.  It was clear he knew what he set out to do in his life, did what he came to do, and was ready for the next life.  He knew his purpose and was able to say mission accomplished!  I encouraged us all to keep “posting” in every area of our life so that someday we can say “mission accomplished.”

We took a mosey back to the AO to finish up with some more stretching exercises:  Windmills, cherry pickers, and moroccan night clubs IC.  Finished with 20 diamond merkins OYO just for fun.

Countarama, Namarama, and Circle of Trust!  With this awesome weather we are having, we need to get some FNGs out on Saturdays!  Aye!

40lbs, 10 cones and 100yards

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QIC- Summit
AO- Milton, De
Warm up – all in cadence
SSH – 30
Cherry picker- 20
Merkins- 10
SSH- 15
Cherry picker – 10
Merkins -5
Mosey around block back to AO
The Thang-
10 Cones are set up approx 10yards apart
1/2 mosey to tenth cone and back with 40lbs -1/2 stay back and do ‘blockees’ – burpees with blocks. Switch.
All pax side shuffle to 9th cone. side shuffle back to start
8th – at each cone stop and do amount of merkins per cone you are at. To and back
7th – NUR to cone, high knees back
6th-   lt dan to cone ,mosey to cone 5 for toy soldier ab set , mosey back
5th – repeat cone 10 routine but to 5th
4th- mosey to cone. Lbc’s at each cone on way back 40,30,20,10
3rd- lunge walk to cone with 40lbs, mosey back
2nd- mosey to cone- 10big boys mosey back
1- inch worm to cone , burpee with broad jump back.
30 squats with 40lbs oyo
3rd F- reading from qsource on Q preparedness

Within F3 a leader is called the Q, which is a man who takes responsibility for the outcome.

Because F3 is an organization of leaders rather than an organization with leaders, every man is asked and expected to be a Q, both within F3 and in the other groups in which he is a member outside of F3. This call to leadership arises from F3’s Mission , which is to plant, serve and grow men’s small workout groups in order to invigorate male community leadership.

Some outcomes are envisioned beforehand by the Q while others are thrust upon him by unexpected and sudden circumstance. For envisioned outcomes, the Q can anticipate and get prepared for what will be expected of him to be effective. But the Q cannot do that for unexpected outcomes because they come upon him suddenly—for those outcomes he must already be prepared to be effective.

To effectively respond to both the envisioned and circumstance-driven outcomes that arise along his path, the Q must gradually but consistently accelerate his Preparedness through four distinct quadrants: Get Right, Live Right, Lead Right and Leave Right (the G3L).

• GET RIGHT (Q1): to properly align himself the Q takes the Daily Red Pill (the DRP). This is his daily commitment to accelerate his fitness, fellowship and faith.

• LIVE RIGHT (Q2): to be purposeful the Q focuses on IMPACT. This is the forcible contact to strong effect that the Q will have on the other members of his groups if his personal alignment is proper.

• LEAD RIGHT (Q3): to practice effective leadership, the properly aligned and purposeful Q continually hones the skills he needs to enable his communities to be healthy, his organizations to be effective and his teams to be dynamic.

• LEAVE RIGHT (Q4): to build a legacy, the aligned and purposeful Q exerts disruptive leadership with IMPACT throughout his lifetime and beyond.

The QSource provides a guide to Preparedness to help the Q accelerate through his G3L.

TO LEARN MORE, see the index of all 54 QPointsthat comprise the QSource.

 

Keep winning!  Be intentional in all areas of your life.  – Summit 

Six, er…uh…Seven is the Perfect Number

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5/28/2018 – Memorial Day

QIC: Chappie

AO: CHOP semper anticus

Warm-O-Rama: Courtesy of Waterfall: 21 SSH, 21 of something YHC can’t remember, 21 Windmill, 21 Merkins all done OYO, no chatter allowed, done as a “moment of silence.”

The Thang:

A few guys were either out of town for the holiday, or decided against doing the hard thing and busting out of the Fartsack. Six HIM posted for a Memorial Day – 21 Gun Salute. Well, that was until we made our way to the second of 7 COP’s, where we all learned that Fireplex REALLY knows how to make an entrance. Seriously though, who else would be dropped off to a workout already underway by  a firetruck? (THAT’s what HIM do!) Fireplex quickly caught up on the COP just completed and off we went, continuing our Memorial Day Patriot Run w/the 21 Gun. At one point someONE made a failed attempt at turning it into a “Don’t Tread on Me Patriot Run.” Didn’t work today but it got the wheels turning. Aye like it! Patriot Run = Indian Run, but with Old Glory Shovel Flag at the front. Don’t Tread on Me = Patriot Run, but Snake Run style. It’s gonna be good!

Today we logged just over 2 miles on the Patriot Run, which was our mode of transition between the 7 COP’s. (The Skinny: 7 PAX, 7 COP’s, 3 workouts at each COP with 21 reps each.)

COP locations, each named after a fallen warrior (Patriot Run in between). Pre-stashed Warrior bios were read by PAX at each location…
▪CHOP AO – “Blake”
▪DENTIST OFFICE – “Creighton”
▪ACE HARDWARE- “Mullen”
▪H.O.B. Elementary – “Roberts” + “Brittingham”
▪DOCK LOT – “Loncki”
▪MILTON MEMORIAL PARK – “Murph Modified”
▪CHOP AO – “Brown”
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U.S. NAVY SENIOR CHIEF BLAKE MCLENDON, 30, of Thomasville, GA, assigned to Naval Special Warfare Group (SEAL Team 2) was killed Sep. 21, 2010, in a helicopter crash during combat operations in Zabul Province of Afghanistan. He is survived by his wife, Katie.

“Blake” – CHOP AO
▪21 Steps Lunge Walk with F3 (Yowza! THAT log is heavy! Omaha’d to 7 steps per team, switched til 21 steps done)
▪21 Steps Block Hair Burners (push Cindy) – whoa, good gracious Flutie, they do stink!
▪21 BTW Merkins (AMRAP to Regular)

Patriot Run to Dentist Office…

ARMY SGT ANDREW CREIGHTON, 23, of Laurel, DE and a graduate of Sussex Tech. Assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), Ft. Lewis, WA, died July 4, 2010, died of injuries sustained on July 1 while conducting combat operations in Oruzgan Province Afghanistan.

“Creighton” – Dentist
▪21 – Merkins
▪21 – Ranger Merkins
▪21 – Drydock

Hey everyone, look! It’s a firetruck! (We’re still boys and we get excited about firetrucks.) We also still get excited about limos. Again, nice ride Fireplex! Quick catchup on the routine by our brother, and off we go.

Patriot Run to Ace Hardware for the next COP…
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ARMY WARRANT OFFICER SEAN W. MULLEN, 39, of Dover, DE – Assigned to 2nd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Ft. Campbell, KY died June 2, 2013 in Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan, of wounds caused by an IED.

“Mullen” – Ace Hardware
▪21 Lunge walk, Squat Presses (w/rocks from parking lot flower gardens)
▪21 Apollo Ono (side to side over parking lines)
▪21 Scorpion Merkins (switch legs @ half)

Patriot run to H.O.B. …
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MARINE LANCE CORPORAL ANTHONY P. ROBERTS, 18, of Bear, DE. Assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, CA; killed in combat Apr. 6, 2004 in Ramadi, Iraq, barely six months after graduating from boot camp and less then eight weeks after arriving in Iraq. A son, a brother, and a friend he is described by family as a dedicated Marine who died fighting for his country.

*Since our pain station was at H.O. Brittingham Elementary, prior to hearing the Roberts bio, YHC also shared another brief bio of one of Milton’s own: Lance Corporal Wayne Brittingham. YHC spoke of the close connections one of my church members has to this fallen warrior (they were best friends growing up). Brittingham was KIA  in Vietnam, March 1, 1968.

“Roberts” – HOB “Loop:
▪Mosey Forward – 21 Freddie Mercury
▪Mosey Nur – 21 Crab Jacks
▪Mosey Forward – 21 Dying Cockroaches

Patriot Run to Dock parking lot…
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AIR FORCE SENIOR AIRMAN ELIZABETH A. LONCKI, 23, of New Castle, DE. Assigned to the 755th Civil Engineer Squadron, Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Was killed by a vehicle-born IED Jan. 7 2007 while serving near the Baghdad area of Al-mahmudiyah during Operation Enduring Freedom. She was 20 days from returning home where she was to be engaged to her boyfriend.

“Loncki” – Dock
▪21 American Hammers
▪21 Iron Mike
▪21 4 Count Freddies IC

Patriot Run the long way (do the hard thing) to Milton Memorial Park…
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Several times we have done (“The Murph”) here in Milton Memorial Park. The full Murph is named after LIEUTENANT MICHAEL P. MURPHY, known to do the following routine daily: Run 1 Mile, 100 Pull Ups, 200 Push Ups, 300 Squats, Run 1 mile…all while wearing a 20 lb flack vest. On June 28, 2005 Lt. Murphy was the officer in charge of a four-man SEAL element in support of Operation Red Wing tasked with finding a key Taliban commander near Asadabad, Afghanistan. His story is told along with Matt Axelson’s, Danny Deitz’s, & Marcus Luttrell’s in Lone Survivor. After coming under enemy fire in extremely harsh/high altitude terrain. Murph deprived himself of cover in order make contact with a quick reaction force to request assistance. He was shot in the back but continued to battle in the 2-hour gunfight. Lt. Murphy, KIA, was the first naval officer to be awarded the Medal of Honor in Operation Enduring Freedom. He is survived by his parents, Dan & Maureen Murphy, and his brother John.

“Murph” – Milton Memorial Park
▪21 – Pull Ups (AMRAP to modify w/”L” Lifts)
▪21 – Prison Cell Merkins
▪21 – Squats

Patriot Run, return to CHOP AO…
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U.S. NAVY CHIEF SPECIAL WARFARE OPERATOR (SEAL) ADAM LEE BROWN:
36, of Hot Springs Arkansas, was killed March 17, 2010 in Komar Province, Afghanistan, in a battle against heavily armed militants. He is survived by his wife, Kelley, and 2 children, Nathan & Savannah.

“Brown” – AO
▪21 Block swings (kettle bell style)
▪21 Burpees (Omaha’d to 21 Blockees) – look what you missed Waterfall & Tippman.
▪21 Steps Partner Push
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That was it, we wrapped a bit late but got the full workout in. Thanks to all the PAX who posted instead of fartsacking on a vacation holiday. It was truly an honor to workout today in honor of those who paid the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. And it was an honor to Q it up today! YHC appreciates the cleanup help too. That log…it’s heavy! Aye!

COT 

Announcements: Memorials Service at Milton Memorial Park begins at 11:00 hrs. Thanks Chattahoochee!

Prayers: for several PAX and/or family members: Chairman’s mom, Brenda. The man saved from an OD this Gloom (Tclaps to our local EMT’s). Families of the fallen. That God (SkyQ…better yet, SoulQ) would be our help in being the HIM He’s called us to be in our Homes, Workplaces, and Communities.

Great push and pull from all today!

Chappie, out!

 

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