Monroe across the tracks

Monroe across the tracks

The alarm was set for 4:30, Woke up at 3:30.  Played the alarm change game.. . .5:00 , ,:5:30,: . .up at 4:30 anyways.  Couldn’t afford to fartsack.  Men of Monroe depending on me.  Hit the road for the hour drive and arrived at 6:50 to only 3 Men in the lot.  1 more arrived by 7:00 and it was time to begin.

Short mosey to the grassy flat under the light pole to begin the workout.

Disclaimer: Planked up and I pronounced “I’m an idiot and I suggest you go home and go back to bed. No takers? Then here we go”: Called everyone to stand back up.  “Haha, I just tricked you into doing a Burpee!”   At this time another (Nekot I believe) arrived and we were sure to poke fun at him for arriving late:  Once I realized one of the Men was an FNG and we gave him the solid disclaimer and the 5 core principals of F3. Planked up again, and then repeated the trickery and made them stand up again.  2 burpees int he books!

The Warmup: Hillbillies X 20 IC,

Back to the plank for arms and legs up,

Merkins X 10 IC,

Shoulder taps X 10 IC,

Then the Dancing Bear kinda, sorta in cadence X 5!  A fun new plank game where we spin in circles and wave our arms around!

Then Mosey up the hill for a tour of downtown Monroe! The ascent out of the park was longer than I remembered.  Up the ramp out of the park, then up the hill and across the train tracks. .. up. . .up. . .up

We safely crossed the bridge, the street, and planked up for the 6.  Peter Parkers IC X 10 until the 6 arrived.

We continued the mosey to the old courthouse in the center of town where we found a spot on the grass for some SSH IC X 20,

Here on this historic green the pax needed to catch their wind so YHC shared on my love of F3.  How my Dr. EH’d me during a physical (not like it sounds) and how after my first workout I could barely walk afterwards but I had never had so much fun in my life.  Once the story was complete I called some Dora 1.2.3 with 100 Merkins, 200 squats, 300 LBC’s.  Partner one exercised while partner 2 ran around the courthouse block.  This was about a 1 minute lap so it was just right for each Pax to get plenty of pain from both exercises.

FNG parntered up with Glass Joe and they pushed through to the end.  FNG paused for a moment and looked as though he may splash merlot but pushed on through.  Once the tasks were complete YHC shared again on how I had stayed the same weight but lost 2″ off my waste and a shirt size smaller in about 6 months and that the workouts would push you to get stronger.  “There’s no better way to tell Monroe that F3 is here than to do Monkey Humpers in front of traffic!”  Monkey humpers IC X 10.  Then, across the street in front of a law firm to do more monkey humpers!  I made sure to get a photo as the lawyer is someone I invited but he never responded!

The time was 7:37 so plenty of time for another short mosey through town where I shared a childhood memory of a friend and his parents business.  They sold the business and moved, and the new tenants moved in with a tee shirt shop.  The new owners hired someone to set the place on fire who ended up killing himself while destroying the building and portions of the surrounding block in a classic case of dumb crook insurance fraud.  For more information, read here:   

on the 6 for some flutter kicks X 15 IC.

We began the mosey back through town and into the courtyard of the modern courthouse.  We found some steps and GJ began to fall in love with the courtyard and the promise it holds for future workouts.

YHC called deep sea divers, X 5 IC each step (5 shoulder taps, feet up a step, 5 more, up a step, 5 more, down a step, last 5, recover).

Then 15 Dips IC

It was time to start heading back so we Mosey’d to picnic tables for Step ups X 20 IC, then down the stairs back towards the park.

On the corner near the bridge I called 5 burpees OYO, then one more round of Monkey humpers!

Over the bridge and back down the hill.  YHC stayed back with the FNG while GJ and Pikachu finished strong to the park, but returned for the 6.

The time approched 7:57 and I called the final exercise, take the hill!  meet at the top of the hill under the flag pole for the pledge!

With the workout done, Name-O-Rama and Announcements were said, and Hushpuppy shared about the Climb, a completely stupid and utterly pointless event in Gashouse.  Click here for more info: http://f3nation.com/2016/09/03/the-climb-csaup-pre-blast-1-the-facts/

Finally, prayers for Glass Joe and his family, that his family have and will overcome the difficulties of 2016 and prosper in their faith, health, and finances.