1 Amigo, 2 Amigo, 3

QIC:  Hambone

Date: 07/13/2020

PAX: Blindside, Blue, Burrito, Dundee, Flute, Friar Tuck, Money Ball, Mr. Met, NordicTrack, Recycle, Teflon, The Count, White Lightning

AO: Lions Den


Conditions

Clear & a moist sultry 68 degrees with 95% humidity


COP

Short & Sweet

The Beginning: SSH

The Stretch: Forward Fold, Iraqi Tea Time, Left Over Right / Right Over Left or Vice Versa

The Shoulders: LBACs, BBACs

The End: SSH & Mosey


The Thang

Upper, Lower, Abs, & Cardio in the Courtyard

A little friendly competition had the Pax split into 4 Teams with 3-4 per team rotating through 4 stations

Upper Body: Merkins, Tricep Dips, Decline Shoulder Taps – Each member does a different exercise and rotates through the exercises after a member has done 25 Merkins

Lower Body: Box Jumps, High Knee Step Ups, Monkey Humpers – Each member does a different exercise and rotates through the exercises after a member has done 20 Box Jumps

Abs: American Hammers, LBCs, Flutter Kicks – Each member does a different exercise and rotates through the exercises after a member has done 25 American Hammers

Cardio: (This Station was timed) Starting in front of the Courtyard with 5 Burpees, run down in front of the school and up the hill to the 5th light pole, 5 Burpees, then run back to the Courtyard ending with 5 more Burpees. Total run of ~200 yards and 15 Burpees

After the 6 completed the last 5 Burpees the timer stopped & each team rotated stations

The Catch of the Friendly Competition was teams were not competing against each other, rather competing against themselves. In Round 2 each team had to beat it’s posted Cardio time from Round 1 or suffer a penalty. Happy to report that each team beat their Round 1 time by at least 10 seconds and we were penalty free

With 5 minutes remaining, Moseyed back to the flag for a COP round of Answer the Bell. Sets of 1 minute Coupon Exercises where the Q called DOWN and Pax ‘answered’ with UP. Exercises included Overhead Tricep Extensions, Full Curls, Overhead Press, & Bent Over Rows. When the Pax member could no longer answer the bell, they brought the coupon down and did Coupon Squats for the remainder of the minute


COT

Recycle passed along ‘Freed To Lead’ to me to read a couple weeks ago. I initially skimmed the book and thought to myself I knew what it was about. After 4 or 5 days I actually started reading the book and found out I had no clue what it was about, per the usual.
I haven’t yet finished the read, but I have learned a bit more about the 3 F’s of F3:

The 1st F, Fitness, is not just about getting in shape, but rather about Accountability & Staying in Shape. A Magnet that keeps you coming back

The 2nd F, Fellowship, is not just about enjoying your time with the follow men of F3, but rather having the opportunity to build authentic relationships that stick, the Glue if you will

The 3rd F, Faith, is not just about being around like minded men, but rather being part of something bigger than yourself and having that make real changes in our communities, the Dynamite

Given that it is 3 Amigos week at the Lions Den, my challenge to the Pax is to reach out to each other through Group Texts, Slack Channels, HDHH, Convergences, whatever means possible and make a connection. Hold ourselves accountable and start planting seeds for some meaning relationships.

As Men we do not show up at F3 for Ourselves, rather we show up for the men standing beside each of us


Moleskin

Not a lot of Mumble Chatter this morning. We kept moving and with all of the Hum-Didity in air it seemed to quiet the Pax. However, we did learn that Burrito is in the market for a Weed Eater. He said he’s never had one and wanted to try something new


News

Shout out to White Lightning for his recent promotion at work, filling a leadership opportunity


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    West Point Comes To Smackdown

    QIC:  Hambone

    Date: 6/16/2020

    PAX:  Afterbirth, Blind Side, Blue, Booby Trap, Bumblebee, Burrito, The Count, Dundee, Gusher, Holy Kiss, Laces Out, Money Ball, NordicTrack, Pomade, Pound Dog, Prosciutto, Recycle, Red Raider, Sally, Uhaul, Whittler, Woody, FNG-Jenny Craig, FNG-Chaz, FNG-Prairie Dog

    AO:  Smackdown


    Conditions

    High 50s (you know it is always 5 degrees cooler on the mtn), clear skies, and no humidity, couldn’t have been better


    COP

    Mosey’d around the track and circled up at midfield around the Flags (that was a big circle)

    SSH x 15

    Forward Fold x 10

    Wille Mays Hays x 10

    10 Burpees OYO

    Shoulders x 10 (4 sets): LBAC, Reverse, BBAC, Reverse

    SSH x 8 (Cut it short keeping everyone on their toes)


    The Thang

    Small Teams / Mini Ladders

    Pax split into 6 Teams with 4 – 5 per team and completed 4 rounds of 4-step mini ladders

    Creating a blast around the Flags, each team ran back and forth from the Flags to their designated spot to complete each step of the ladder, about 25 yards each way. After the team finished the round they performed the Ab exercise of the round until the 6 was in

    Round 1: 10 Burpees, 20 Squats, 30 LBCs, 40 SSH

    Round 2: 10 Merkins, 20 Jump Squats, 30 Flutter Kicks, 40 Monkey Humpers

    Round 3: 10 Burpees, 20 Lunges, 30 BBSUs, 40 Imperial Walkers

    Round 4: 10 Merkins, 20 Sumo Squats, 30 Reverse LBCs, 40 Plank Jacks

    Completing Round 4 with 3 minutes remaining, we closed out with 10 Burpees OYO, 10 Pickle Pointers and 15 Hello Dollys

    The 10 Burpees OYO at the end was met with a few groans, however it provided a nice round number of 100 per


    COT

    Word of the Day was Consistency

    As men, Consistency is an important trait to have as we provide leadership to our families and communities

    Every post is different but at the same time similar. The F3 Credo, ‘Leave No Man Behind, But Leave No Man Where You Find Him’ in entrenched in every workout providing a Consistency to each post.

    The Challenge: to provide Consistency to you family, in your workouts, at your job, as leaders in your community, and most importantly with you relationship with God.

    PSALMS 34:5 Keep your eyes upon the Lord, you will shine like the sun and never blush in shame


    Moleskin

    It was an honor to have 2 recently commissioned officers from West Point with the PAX this morning. When it came time to name the FNGs officers, after a couple of minutes in the center it turned out Woody was no FNG after all. As far as the other officer, Prairie Dog, he never made it to the center as he was engaged in other activities, but he received an F3 name none the less


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