~68 men gathered (15 new guys), in a tight circle, in the parking lot next to the cinema. Disclaimer and instructions were given, and we were off.
We jogged over to the empty parking lot beside Smoke, since the other lot looked like 485 at rush hour, and made a big circle.
20 Jumping Jacks (Side Straddle Hops), In Cadence (40 jacks total)
15 Push-ups (Merkins), In Cadence (30 total), hold in plank at the end.
15 Mountain Climbers, In Cadence (30 total), jump up to feet at the end.
20 Low Slow Squats.
We jogged over to the parking area near Chicos/Chipotle. Instructions given to get into groups of 3 for a partner workout involving flutter kicks and box jumps (step-ups, jump-ups).
Continue for 7 minutes
Everyone ran from the Chipotle parking lot to the truck delivery lane behind Target. Instructions were given for a workout consisting of hill runs, hand-release push-ups, and supermans.
Continue for 8 minutes
We moseyed back around the buildings to the parking lot in front of Harris Teeter.
We shuffled over to the next parking lot for some leg work.
Continue for 100 meters
Everyone circled up.
1 Memorial Day 2017 – SOB Murph Convergence – Monday, 0700, top of Ballantyne Village parking deck – http://f3nation.com/2017/05/16/preblast-sob-memorial-day-2017/
2 Say a prayer for Market Timer’s father who was diagnosed with cancer this week.
3 SOB HDHH – TODAY at 5:30 at Blakfinn in Ballantyne
4 Speed for Need – check out this worthy cause
This was a big diverse group this morning: from elite athletes to first timers, from 20 yr olds to 60 yr olds, from guys at the top of their career to guys looking for work, and a variety of other wide ranging contrasts. One uniting commonality this morning was completion: everyone gave it their all and got to the finish line. Awesome to see the more veteran guys helping the new guys along and encouraging them. Well done men !
It was an honor to lead with Tuck this morning. If you see him this week, give him a high five; this was an idea of his that he described months ago in a midnight e-mail entitled, “I Should Be Sleeping”. It’s an interesting title that many men use as an excuse for not exercising in the morning, which in turn yields not exercising at all since most responsible, hard working men don’t have large dispensable chunks of personal time during “regular people hours”. Today was a good step in the right direction in letting other guys know that there is a free, early morning fitness option for them that will pay dividends in a variety of areas of life.
A couple of other observations from this morning (please add yours in the comments below):
Argo Out.
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