Launching F3Monroe in a Hurricane

Launching F3Monroe in a Hurricane

A new AO launched almost a year after #F3Anson launched. The Anson launch was during a Tropical Storm and now we launch #F3Monroe in a hurricane. #GJtradition Thanks to Hurricane Matthew, I’ve got FNGs dropping like crazy. But then, hope arrives. 1 FNG (Friendly New Guy) forsake sanity to brave the hurricane. No wait, 2 FNGs. Now it’s on. Let’s go!!!

Mosey to the cement area in front of the stairs for some COP

COP (Circle of Pain)
Horsehead quickly refuses to demo LBCs. I had no plan to actually do LBCs here but I just wanted to see if I could get him soaked right away. He, of course, refused like the champion he is.
SSH IC x20
IW IC x20
Mountain Climbers IC x20
Merkins IC x10 (YHC warned to not Google merkins – For us, it’s short for ‘Merican style pushup. For Google, it’s, um, not worth googling or so I’ve been told by those who have – which I have not since I was warned #purity)

What do you do during a Hurricane? You run to the High Ground of course.

Run up the hill to the flagpole.
Pledge of Allegiance at the top.
Run back down to the cement area.

Partner Up for Dora 1/2/3
P1 does merkins while P2 runs up the hill and back down.
Flip flop until:
100 merkins combined
200 squats combined
300 LBCs combined

During the 200 squats, the hill really started to suck bad.

Mosey to the covered shelter (who knew there was something covered out here. My bad guys! You got wet for nothing).

At the benches:
20 step ups each leg
20 dips
20 derkins (decline merkins)
Repeato
Repeato

Dry time is over. Let’s mosey back to the hill.

Bear Crawl up to the top of the hill then run down the steps.
Repeato
Repeato

Stop in the cement area to teach some standard F3 leg/core exercises
But let’s start with Burpees OYO x10. Thanks TLS for the Demo
Dolly IC x10
Rosalita IC en espanol x10
Flutters IC x10
Freddie Mercury IC x10

Enough of that. Let’s mosey to the swampy field. Get with your partner again

Wheelbarrow to the curb around playground. Switcheroo back
Of course, Partner carry to curb. Switcheroo back
Lunge Walk w/ Forward Jump to curb and back.
Bear Crawl to curb. Crab walk back
Lunge Walk w/ Burpee to curb.

Mosey to the bottom of the hill.
Jailbreak run (All You Got) to the flagpole.
Mosey to cement area

5MOM (Minutes of Mary)
Protractor
Dolly IC x30
LBCs IC x20
Carolina Drydocks IC x15
We have a minute and a half left according to EE who is terrible at time keeping.
10 minutes of burpees to finish. Felt like 10 minutes at least.

DONE!!!

COT (Circle of Trust)
Grateful for the prayers for my M and thankful for a clean MRI
Thankful for HBs job
Prayers for DT’s second interview
Prayers for #F3Anson Weiner for some lumps they found. Praying they are nothing
YHC took us out (with a moment of apology for having to say Weiner in a prayer though God knows who it is – just #awkward)

Moleskine
– It’s a hurricane. Rained the entire time. The hill was slick. The field swampy. But 34 men ignored danger, accepted being soaked and followed me for a hour (felt like 2 hours).
– Best nickname for the hill I heard was Hotdog Hill for the guys willing to run down it. #dumb #Iwasoneofthem
– So grateful to pax from Fort Mill, Anson Co, Gastonia, South Charlotte as well as the Union Co guys who came to support this launch. I am thankful for you men for your support.
– FNG Bundy (Evan) did great out there (even in the wind jacket) and was a total shock as I didn’t know him before today and he just saw it on social media and said ‘Why not!?’ Knowing nobody and show up from a post on social media during a hurricane. #HIM (High Impact Man). Youth Pastor who made sure to let us know his first love is God and he’s married w/ children. Thus, Bundy! Short for Al Bundy from Married w/ Children. Already planning to be back next week with others. #beastmode
– FNG Blowout (Will) was busting it out there. I knew he was in good shape already (he’s in the Sunday School class I teach) but he was beasting out there. Got named blowout as he is a driller and we were working with Deepwater Horizon and then Chelms got us to Blowout. A really great guy that is another #HIM already. And he HC’d (Hard Commit) himself yesterday when the rain messed up his plans. #strong
– Horsehead mocked me the whole time. #hategrowing
– My signature squeaky cadence showed up. Another solid reason I’m named after Mike Tyson’s Punch Out
– We’ve only scratched the surface of Belk-Tonawanda park. There is lots available to us (some actually flooded today) and we aren’t restricted to just the park. Hint Hint
– Great to see Electric Slide back out. One of the early #F3UnionCo guys.
– And yes, Viper (my Dad) was there so I may have been the oldest 2.0 in F3 today. BTW, he turns 60 this November #doublerespect
– Let guys know and bring them out. No Hurricane next Saturday on the 10 day forecast.

Appreciate you guys letting me lead. It’s humbling to lead such a group of men.

Glass Joe