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Smokey – The September Running of The Hero

  • When: 20190917
  • QIC: Milton
  • The PAX: Fanny Pack, Old Flame, Cannoli, Sprinkles, Mary, Space Cowboy, Schrute, Smokey, Flo, Freeloader


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The mission of F3 is to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for the invigoration of male community leadership.

Conditions: Low 70s

FNGs: None

COP:

SSH: 15 – IC

TTT: 10 -IC

Don Quixote: 10 – IC

LBAC: 10 – IC (Forward and Backward)

Every month the men of Seismic gather to run the Hero, the AO’s monthly endurance test, in honor of a hero to one of the PAX. This month, we choose to honor one of our own, Smokey. Cannoli has been battling with some demons lately, and focusing on staying ahead of some addiction issues. Smokey has lead by example by offering encouragement from lessons learned through his own battles. Smokey has been there for Cannoli to talk and vent without being opinionated or judgmental. Smokey always responds in a positive manner. Whenever Cannoli finds himself facing a demon head on Smokey’s words pop into his mind, and give him strength.  

The Hero Workout:

  – 20 Curls for my wife

  – 20 Overhead Presses

  – 20 Tricep Dips

  – 20 Step-Ups

  – .30 Mile Run

AMRAP

Numberama: 11

Namerama:Fanny Pack, Old Flame, Cannoli, Sprinkles, Mary, Space Cowboy, Schrute, Smokey, Flo, Freeloader

Announcements:  Dorchester school district two obstacle race this weekend. Volunteers needed, contact Cannoli.  St. Paul’s men’s hike in November. Contact Mary for details. 

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COT

Devo: Paraphrasing what Smokey shared this morning. When you feel like your burdens are to heavy to carry, it is because they are. “Get lazy”. Give your burdens to God, and let him carry them for you. 

Moleskin: 

Burpee Test

  • When: 20190910
  • QIC: Milton
  • The PAX: Smokey, Matlock, What!?, space Cowboy, Fanny Pack, Schrute, Glitter Pony, Dockers, Mary


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The mission of F3 is to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for the invigoration of male community leadership.

Conditions: 80 and humid

FNGs: None

COP: None

The Thang:

Burpee Test: 100 burpees in less than 13 minutes – OYO

2 Minutes: 10 merkings, sit-ups until time is up. Rest 1 minute. Rinse and repeat, 10 rounds

Mary: None

Numberama: 10

Namerama: Smokey, Matlock, What!?, space Cowboy, Fanny Pack, Schrute, Glitter Pony, Dockers, Mary, Milton

Pledge and COT

Announcements: None

Devo: Psalm 127:1 – Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain.  James 1:5 – If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. Seek God in every decision. Commitment is worthless if you are committed to the wrong thing.

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Visit to the Concrete Beast

  • When: 20190813
  • QIC: Peg
  • The PAX: Cannoli, Space Cowboy, High Stick, Sugar Mountain, Good Times, Mary, Old Flame, Greenbags, Grits, Flo, Freeloader, Dockers, Schrute, Blue Light Special, Smokey, Milton


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Conditions – hot and humid – typical mid-August morning

Disclaimer – given

FNGs – none

Warmup – TTT x 15 IC, LBAC X 10 IC fwd/bwd, DQ x 15 IC, IW x 15 IC

Mosey to blockpile and get two bricks each.

Indian run to Jingles Hill

Plank on bricks for 1 min

Run to top of JH and plank on bricks.

15 brick raises from plank IC

Run to garage

Plank on bricks for 1 min

Thang – split into two groups – group one run to top of garage via ramps and back down, group two run to top of garage via stairs and back down stairs twice. Switch with group one. Then switch again.

Run back to AO with one stop for 15 brick raises from plank IC

Mary – no time

Numberama, Namearama, Pledge, COT

Moleskin – YHC is training for BRR and MCM so brought some hill running and core work to Seismic. The men of Seismic crushed it. Always enjoy the opportunity to lead at Seismic!

 

Conversations in the Dark with Old D

  • When: 20190823
  • QIC: Flo
  • The PAX: Professor, Bee Wax, Bueller, What, Matlock, Myrtle, Too Much, Space Cowboy, Schrute, Old D


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The mission of F3 is to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for the invigoration of male community leadership.

Conditions:  76 degrees

FNGs:  None

COP:  N/A

The Thang:

We ran. Each man Ran. Some ran farther. Some ran faster. YHC ran with Old D and pushed to keep up.

Mary:  N/A – Not that kind of AO

Numberama, Namerama, Announcements, Pledge, COT

Moleskin: The mean streets of Nexton were kind this morning. All PAX returned to base safely to enjoy the niceties of Starbucks. YHC and Old D talked about church, books, culture and family. Thankful for the accountability men!

Glendon Oakley Jr – The August Running of The Hero

  • When: 20190820
  • QIC: Milton
  • The PAX: Fanny Pack, Grits. High Stick, Space Cowboy, Smokey, Stalker, Mary, Olaf, Yellow Wood, Bee Wax, Sprinkles, Schrute


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The mission of F3 is to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for the invigoration of male community leadership.

Conditions: Humid

FNGs: None

COP:

SSH: 15 – IC

TTT: 10 -IC

Don Quixote: 10 – IC

Imperial Walkers: 10 – IC 

Every month the men of Seismic gather to run the Hero, the AO’s monthly endurance test, in honor of a hero to one of the PAX. This month, we choose to honor Glendon Oakley Jr. He put his life at risk by stopping to escort children out of an El Paso mall as an active shooter was targeting innocent people. 

The Hero Workout:

  – 20 Curls for my wife

  – 20 Overhead Presses

  – 20 Tricep Dips

  – 20 Step-Ups

  – .30 Mile Run

AMRAP

Numberama: 13

Namerama: Fanny Pack, Grits. High Stick, Space Cowboy, Smokey, Stalker, Mary, Olaf, Yellow Wood, Bee Wax, Sprinkles, Schrute

Announcements:  Labor Day convergence at Bedrock, 0700. 

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COT

Moleskin: It’s Smokey’s birthday. He declined Stalker’s offer for birthday spankings.

Circuit Workout in the Pool

  • When: 20190809
  • QIC: Canadian Bacon
  • The PAX: Hanging Chad, Recount, High Stick, Sugar Mountain, Sakrete, DP, Milton, Schrute, LottaLove, One Bar, Redo


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The mission of F3 is to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for the invigoration of male community leadership.

Conditions: Very humid and wet

FNGs: None

COP:  10 links freestyle

The Thang:

Split into 6 groups of 2 (15 minutes)
Swim 4 links, 3 links motor, last one Sprint freestyle
Partner does up downs and wall pushups. Goal is 5- 10  of each
(Each partner does each activity 5 times)

Pool Circuit  3 Stations: 10 minutes at each

Station 1: up downs (5) and tread water (30 seconds hands up, 30 seconds use hands)

Station 2: 5 wall pushups to 5 up downs (3 links in between)

Station 3: Sprint station. 2x all out sprints. Rest 30 seconds (10 sets)

Recover Recover

Numberama: 12

Namerama: Hanging Chad, Recount, High Stick, Sugar Mountain, Sakrete, DP, Milton, Schrute, LottaLove, One Bar, Redo, Canadian Bacon

Pledge and COT

Devo: Resist passivity

No Hairy Winks. We want him to come back out

I Learned How to Spell Nostalgia for This Backblast

  • When: 20190808
  • QIC: Flo
  • The PAX: Hospice (R), Peg, Cannoli, Spooky, Bee Wax, Freeloader, Dockers, Space Cowboy, Good Times, Schrute, Milton, Pretzel, Smokey


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The mission of F3 is to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for the invigoration of male community leadership.

Conditions:  76 degrees

FNGs:  None

COP:

High Knees, SSH, TTT, Don Quiote, Terrible Ts, Imperial Walkers

The Thang:

Seismic recently moved back to it’s old (and newly renovated) stomping grounds on what is now the Rollins Edwards Community Center. YHC was nostalgic about the move and wanted to honor his first workout on this hallowed ground. Thanks to a solid turnout, YHC called an audible and didn’t use the logs, but we still did four corners around the parking lot.

20 Buddy Get-Ups

Buddy up with a partner who you’ll take turns carrying from one station to the next.

Round One:

Station 1: 20 Merkins

Station 2: 20 Squats

Station 3: 10 Burpees each

Station 4: 20 Calf Raises

 

Time out for Big Boy Sit-Ups

 

Round Two:

Station 1: 20 Buddy Get-Ups

Station 2: Seal Merkins

Station 3: Seal Merkins (flapjack positions with partner)

Station 4: 10 Burpees

 

Chill Cut

Bear Crawl 25 yards, complete 10 Burpees, Sprint Back while partner does WWI Sit-Ups

 

Cold War Sit-Ups

 

Catch Me if You Can for ¼ Mile

Bear Crawl 25 yards and mosey to the flag for Mary

Mary:  WW2 Sit-Ups, Pickle Pounders, LBCs, Terrible Ts, Flutter Kicks

Numberama, Namerama, Announcements, Pledge, COT

Devo:

Hebrews 9:27: “Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment,”

In the wake of our brother Wilson’s passing and the sudden/unexpected terminal diagnosis for another acquaintance of mine, YHC reminded the PAX that life is short and reiterated two points regarding the brevity of our time on Earth:

  1. When we die we’ll face judgment. While F3 isn’t a Christian organization, YHC is a Christian and thus my devos come from that point of view. The only way to have a relationship with God now and in eternity is through Jesus Christ
  2. You never know when your days will be up. Pour into those around you while you can because our time is short.

Moleskin: This week has been rough for YHC. After over a week of no strenuous activity and poor eating on vacation, getting back in the groove has been tough. Calling Cold War Sit-Ups to have a moment to catch my breath and stop the world from spinning wasn’t in the game plan. It was nice to hear afterward that other PAX found the workout difficult. That’s generally the sign of a successful Q.

I love the smell of socially acceptable chemical dependence in the morning

  • When: 20190804
  • QIC: Pretzel
  • The PAX: High Stick, Grasshopper, Schrute, Placebo, Old Flame, Professor Klump, Joe, Bueller, Gypsy, Grits, Pretzel


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11 men convened, as they so often do, at 0500 on Sunday for today’s edition of the Creamer. Nine ran, two rode, and a 12th Starskied for coffee.

0500: Begin

0500-0645: End workout at some point, begin coffee

0645ish: Depart

At least there were no burpees

  • When: 20190801
  • QIC: Milton
  • The PAX: Smokey, Schrute, Hospice, Old Flame, Grits, Bee Wax, Fanny Pack, Cannoli, Sugar Mountain, Space Cowboy


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The mission of F3 is to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for the invigoration of male community leadership.

Conditions: Low 70s

FNGs: None

COP:

SSH: 5 – IC

The Thang:

Get a partner and a log. Head to Jingles Hill

11’s w/ the log: Squats at the bottom, Get-ups at the top

Head back to the flag.

Mary:

No time

Numberama: 11

Namerama: Smokey, Schrute, Hospice, Old Flame, Grits, Bee Wax, Fanny Pack, Cannoli, Sugar Mountain, Space Cowboy

Pledge and COT

Announcements: None

Devo: The world tells us there are plenty of paths to happiness: earning a college degree, achieving career success, getting a new car, hitting your goal weight, marrying the perfect person, making a lot of money or buying you dream house. God tells us that joy is the discovery of an abundant life found in “less” focus on yourself and others – and more on Christ.

Moleskin:   replace with moleskin

You can go home again

  • When: 20190718
  • QIC: Peg
  • The PAX: Grasshopper, Fanny Pack, Grits (R), City Slicker, Space Cowboy, Schrute, Milton, Hospice (R), Good Times


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Conditions – upper 70s and moist

Location – back to the front of the old Armory building/new community center

FNGs – none

Disclaimer – given

TTTx15, DQx15, LBACx10, IWx10

Form one column for mosey to the top of Goose hill

11 Squats at top of Goose hill then run to top of Jingles hill for 11 Burpees. Run back and stop at halfway point for 11 plankjacks. 

Form back up into one column for some Mary on the run. Two stops on the way back – one for American Hammers x 25 IC and one for LBCs x 25. 

Return to AO and get one brick and two blocks. Viking pushups x 10, OHP X 20, Curls X 20, Squats X 20, Chest Press X 20, LBCs with Block X 20.

Run short lap. Repeat sequence – VP x9, Everything else X 10. 

Split into teams for a relay race around the Doty park block. 

Numberama, Namearama, Pledge, COT

Moleskin: Good to be back starting in the old location after all of the construction. AOQ Milton lead the charge for a 3rd time in a row on Tuesday and delivered a beatdown with a message that I heard loud and clear – someone step and Q! Happy for the chance to lead! I started with a return to the scene of the crime on Tuesday for a quick fakeout on reliving that one with a twist but after one round we returned to the AO for some block work. Speed was on display Thursday at the start and the finish – Hospice gave new meaning to coming in Hot…or is it now coming in Hospice? And we finished with a relay that had teams running in opposite directions around the block. Great work men!