Who Pushes Who? – Workout Edition

Who Pushes Who? – Workout Edition

SUMMARY

18 men from SOB (Ballantyne & UnionCo), Area51, and Metro converged upon Cerberus, the hottest free workout south of 485 within 1 mile distance on Fridays.  As Transporter mentioned, this site will take any man from any region,  and actually that’s the point, to bring men of all regions together. They’ll even let anyone Q there (as evidenced by YHC), so you should sign up to do just that… as the Nantan Alf mentioned by his math equation… “18 of you here, multiplied by 5 workouts you post at a week, divided by the the number of 2.0s you have, squared by the number of years your M has actually been happy with you in F3, equals you at least Qing 1 workout a month… do it.”  Anyway… we covered ~3.5 miles at a quicker pace when we were moving, and mixed in some of the Mongol’s favorite exercises.  Another morning of Fitness, Fellowship, and Faith.

THANG

• 0530 Go Time! Quick mosey to the First Watch surface lot.
• Part 1
  • SSH, I/W, & 40 up/down cadence Merkin Superset (reg, wide, diamond, R leg high, L leg high)
  • Partner up by speed & strength, and go 2X around half of the parking lot
    • alternating partner wheelbarrow
    • alternating partner carry
  • Partner exercise then RACE!
    • Perform exercise, then race the opposite direction around the lot… to see who gets back to the starting point first.
      • Exercises: 10 Handslap Pushups, 1-min of WW2 situps, another 1-min of WW2 situps
      • Head to parking deck, stopping in front of Whole Foods for some people’s chair while regrouping for the 6.
• Part 2
  • Partner up, and run in the opposite direction as your partner up the staircases, crossing each other at top, and back down to the base. 5 partner hand-slap low squats.  Repeato to the next descending level (level 4, level 3, level 2).
• Part 3
  • Head up deck, stopping at the pull-up ledge.  Do called exercise (Rd 1: 10 pullups Rd 2: 10 hanging knee-ups) then run in opposite direction as partner back to the start. Regroup, and do 10 slow dragon flag leg raises (abs) together. 2 rounds of these.
  • Race back to launch, by way of running to the top of deck, and back down stairs.
• 0630 Finito!

MOLESKINE

Great work by everyone this morning.  As you heard from COT, YHC had a lot on my mind this morning so leaving off the mumblechatter today.  YHC saw everyone from the top of the pack, to the 6 pushing their limits, and their partners.  YHC always appreciates a solid effort when Qing and tries to reciprocate when not the Q.

There’s something special about partner work, because (in the right setting) it allows you to lean on the strength of another brother.  And regardless of a man’s size, strength, and speed, on good teams you actually cannot tell who is pushing who.  Is it the faster man pushing the slower man to give a little extra effort? Or is it the slower man actually the one pushing the faster man, because he is sacrificing personal accomplishment in his 3rd F, and showing the faster man there is more than a 1st F workout.

Thank you men for hearing my testimony this morning, and what’s going on in my life right now.  YHC will leave you all with this… it’s a “TED” Talk that YHC gave a few weeks ago about looking at yourself, and trying to find what you were meant to do… what your personal mission is. And this concept of WHO PUSHES WHO. It’s long, 20minutes, and if you watch it, YHC hopes that you will ask yourself these questions… Who would you push? Who would push you? Who Pushes Who?

(Around the 3:30 mark is where YHC is talking about all you and F3, without citing The Nation specifically.)

“TED” Talk Video Link >>>>>      Tolkien’s “TED” Talk – WHO PUSHES WHO (20min)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• The 2019 F3 Nation Peru Mission Trip is approaching, and YHC is helping lead week 1 in Jan-Feb 2019.  It was one of the most impactful experiences of my life, and could be for yours too.  Even if not this year, you should consider going.  Watch the below trailer to see what it is all about.
  •  Just Click Here and Watch… You’ll know if this is right for YOU
• W-AMRAP Wednesdays… YHC is going to start going. It’s not a workout just for bat-flippers, it’s for anyone who wants to measure themselves against themselves… not anyone else… and push you out of your comfort zone.  YHC will be starting to post there, and encourage all of you to try it out at least once as well. (McGee has no promotional video link, so this particular announcement will likely not be effective marketing)

Thank you to the site Q’s for giving me the opportunity to lead.  And grateful for you men for your support before, during, and after the workouts.

#WHOPUSHESWHO ~JRR Tolkien