Disruptive Mumblechatter at the CCC

Disruptive Mumblechatter at the CCC

This morning 42 men of Anvil, Death Valley and parts unknown converged at Calvary Church for 45 minutes of work, followed by 20(ish) minutes of coffee and words from Dredd under the pavilion.

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• Launch promptly at 530 and mosey a couple lots over for COP
• 5 burpees OYO, 15 IC LS Jump Squats, 5 burpees OYO, Merkins x5 IC, Diamond x5 IC, Wide Arm x5 IC
• Divided the PAX into 4 groups and headed back to launch
• 4 corners, 15 reps each corner
  • 1 – Derkins at the benches
  • 2 – Burpees at the other end of the long lot
  • 3 – Jump Squats
  • 4 – Freddie Mercury (15 each leg)
  • Counter-clockwise, 2 rounds, collect the 6 and mosey 2 lots over
• Line up abreast facing short way across the lot
  • Bear Crawl to 1st line, 5 burpees, sprint back and plank
  • BC to 1st line, Lunge Walk to 2nd line, 10 burpees, sprint back and plank
  • BC to 1st line, LW to 2nd line, Broad Jump to other end, sprint back and plank
  • Straight sprinting suicide to finish
• Head to lot by the hot box, grab a partner, line up facing long way down lot
  • Wheelbarrow to 1st light, flapjack, continue wheelbarrow to 2nd light
  • 20 handslap merkins
  • Repeat wheelbarrow coming back
  • 10 dips, 10 step ups in the hot box, meet where we started
• Mary (Flutter, H2H, High Flutter, American Hammer)
• Mosey to the rockpile. Same partner.
  • P1 – 10 curl & press, 10 tricep, repeat until P2 sprints to far light and back, flapjack
  • Repeat for round 2
  • Repeat for round 3 with high pulls / squats
• AYG back towards launch for COT & takeout by Squid
• Those who can, gather in the hot box at 0630 for coffee and words from Dredd

Moleskin

Schedule a convergence of A51’s two finest Wednesday workouts, call it CCC, add a promised visit and words from Dredd, then throw in some free coffee and you can expect big numbers — which is exactly what we had. Luckily (or more likely by Dollywood’s design), there is no better AO in the southland to accommodate a big crew than Calvary Church.

A few quick observations (emphasis on a few). Group 4 Whoever started with Freddie Mercury (you know who you are) needs to ditch their Garmin watches, get a good ol’ Timex, and watch the hands for a little while. If you need further lessons in clockwise vs counter-clockwise, my 5-year old is available and accepts pizza or red, white & blue Skittles as payment; Passing 10 burpees in a row sucks, every time, even if it’s only to do 15; Almost everyone missed the memo on wheelbarrows coming back and instead gathered early for coffee and hot air in the hot box. Found us doing Mary a few minutes later. Please apologize to your shoulders for denying them their full potential.

Good times watching Rachel and Dollywood race it out during the rock sets. Hairball, angry at the thought of his growing biceps creating wind resistance, called YHC out for killing time with the rocks. #AnvilVirgin. Must’ve thought he saw Jack Webb creeping around somewhere. Leading the herd took up the remainder of YHC’s energy, attention, and limited vocal cord capabilities – please add additional observations below (looking at you, Hops).

Appreciate Mermaid’s advice in planning for today and his readiness to step up and help if we needed to split the group. Mermaid EHed me a little over a year ago and has been an indispensable source of support and encouragement ever since in both F3 as well as my private life. Prime example of what it means to go beyond the easy part to have a deeper impact (more on that below).

Also appreciate Dredd taking the time to speak with those who were able to stay after (and Geraldo who came over from the Donut Run). While I definitely can’t reiterate what was said (the man has a way with words), a few takeaways for YHC personally:

• Disruptive mumblechatter: Dredd provided us with plenty of this today, but the good kind of disruptive mumblechatter, the kind with a purpose. During a workout, deep in the pain cave, is a great time to hit a man with tough questions. Too often we spend that time complaining about the work, engaging in shallow chit-chat, or suffering in silence. Use the opportunity and time you have with your brothers to challenge each other and to dig deeper. The more we can focus on relentlessly building relationships with those around us, the greater our ability to have a positive impact and to recognize and react when we are needed most.
• F3 is the easy part: EHing is easy (once you try it). We all want to give away this gift we have found and it’s pretty non-threatening to ask a guy to come workout. Bring him in, let F3 takeover. But, then there is the hard part. What about when that man stops showing up, or gets injured, or has problems at home? What about the man who just isn’t going to do F3? Do we write them off as a person we can’t reach or are they worth a little extra trouble to dig into another way? For those of us who are Christian, do we take on the daunting task of discipling non-believers or do we avoid that (often awkward) subject? Every case is different. But, if we are not asking ourselves these questions and leveraging F3 as a training ground for deeper pursuits (YHC is certainly guilty here), maybe we should be.

To be clear, I am definitely not claiming to represent Dredd or his views. This is just a little of what I came away thinking about when Dredd was done talking and I am sure every man had his own takeaways. If you missed today, I highly recommend you do your best to make the next convergence/speaker in July. Definitely a great way to spend the morning. Big thank you to Dollywood for his leadership in organizing this (stay tuned for the next one) and for the opportunity to lead today.

Finally, in the not-tough question category, what does CCC stand for? I am going with Calvary Church Convergence, but I am certain you creative types can come up with something much more interesting than that.

Announcements

• Calvary Church thanks everyone who donated to the latest food drive for the pantry. That food will feed families in the community on a weekly basis and is much appreciated.
• Speed for Need – register to run the inaugural race (American 4 Miler Registration) on July 4. Nash will be driving his son, Owen, in the F3 chariot and we will all run the race together. Metro convergence beforehand, 0600-0700 AM at Freedom Park Gravel Lot. Race to follow at 0730.
• Church on the Street needs volunteers for August and beyond. Great opportunity to serve. Sign up here.
• Fredo is a newly minted Site Q at da Vinci and is looking for Qs. Contact him to sign up.
• Rock Zero re-launch this Saturday, 0700 at Calvary Church. Flipper has lots of details.