#ItsNotAllAboutThe1stF
Announcements:
- F3 Chimbote Peru Mission trip
- 2019 travel dates 1/25 to 2/3 and 2/8 to 2/17. Open to all F3 Nation men.
- Contact Tolkien for further information view Slack or Twitter
- Speed For Need
- Calendar is being updated with 2019 races. South Charlotte Region: If you have an event in line with the SFN mission please contact Gypsy view Slack or Twitter.
- Prayers for multiple pax members as 2018 comes to a close. Multiple members with surgeries, loved ones needing thoughts and prayers, and personal recoveries. Reach out a pax you have not seen in while and check in on him today.
- Thank you Smokey for the amazing take out in COT today. I always appreciate your natural leadership ability to step in and finish a 1st event with guidance and praise.
Disclaimer given.. (Little did I know at this point I was the one that needed to be worried about it)
This bootcamp was designed to help with the understanding that #ItsNotAllAboutThe1stF.
Name-o-Rama
Nothing in the F3 Nation principles that say you can’t start with the Name-O-Rama (Name-O-Rama is not the COT) and quite frankly I think it is a great practice that I witnessed at a Lexington KY Saturday bootcamp. They started with the Name-O-Rama so that all the pax members know each other’s names before having to partner up… plus there was a cool pain station that played into it as well that we used as well.
Warm-up
BLIMPS OYO (5 Burpees, 10 Lunges, 15 Imperil Walkers, 20 Merkins, 25 Plank Jacks, 30 Squats)
The Thang (F3 Nation Quiz) #ItsNotAllAboutThe1stF
7 pax catch their breath from the BLIMPS warm up as we mosey over to the bus lot. Call out the 1st exercise but 1st YHC starts with the 1st question of the day.
Horeshead: “We just had Name-o-Rama…. What is the 1st name of all pax here today?” Needless to say we had no one named Larry, Curly, Moe, or Squirrel. So it was time to perform a BLIMPS
Partner up:
Round 1: As partner 1 ran around the bus lot, Partner 2 had dips. Flap Jack
Second question: (1 pax randomly draws question from a stack): What is the Mission of Speed For Need?
“to raise awareness and foster inclusion of those with a special need through participation in fitness events supported by the men of F3 Nation.” He got it so we got out of BLIMPS and gave 20 Merkins to SFN instead.
Round 2: As partner 1 ran around the bus lot, Partner 2 had step ups on Brick benches. Flap Jack
Third question: (1 pax randomly draws question from a stack): What is the F3 Mission trip scheduled to leave in January: Chimbote Peru. Yup.. Missed it. Another BLIMP
Round 3: As partner 1 ran around the bus lot, Partner 2 had LBCs. Flap Jack
Lets Mosey: Over to Shiloh Elementary school bus lot. Mumble Chatter starts as soon as YHC favorite coupon comes into view. 25ft 5in supply line fire hose…50 lbs of dead weight to be used as the timer.
Gypsy rock
Everyone grab a rock from the pile and line up. Pax one grabs the hose and drags it to specified location and back. (much harder than it sounds) While the remaining pax performs a called exercise. Upon return with hose, all pax shift down one rock as the timer calls out next exercise. Continue until all pax have had a turn as timer.
Question 4: (1 pax randomly draws question from a stack): What is the F3 Mission? Can’t recall what the response was… but the result was BLIMPS as we read out loud the actual Mission:… to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership.
Round 2 of Gypsy Rock with a twist. YHC all but passes out (Cold sweats, dizzy, cant hear) and can’t remember what happens for the best part of 5 to 10 mins .. When I get my wits back I am doing flutters with Horsehead calling them out in cadence. Sorry guys.. but thanks for sticking it out with me there.. Okay.. Now that is over let’s get away from what every just kicked me in the gut.
Question 5: (1 pax randomly draws question from a stack): What is F3 Disaster Ops? YUP… another round of BLIMPS after the mission is read out loud: “F3 Disaster Operations helping F3 Regions B/4, During & After Disaster”
Ladder 7s
Lets Mosey back to launch location: With enough time for some long distance 7s, there was Bomb-Jacks at one end and Merkins at the other. But before we started….
Question 6: (1 pax randomly draws question from a stack) What is the Credo of F3? Nope.. not Free to Lead.. Great another round of BLIMPS after the Credo is read out loud.. (to be fair, I had not expected to do this many BLIMPS) Leave no man behind, but leave no man where you find him.
Okay.. Knock out Ladder 7s and we still have time for another question.
Question 7: (Answered as a PAX) What are 5 Principles of F3?
- Are free of charge
- Are open to all men
- Are held outdoors, rain or shine, heat or cold
- Are led by men who participate in the workout in a rotating fashion, with no training or certification necessary
- End with a Circle of Trust
3 Mins of Mary
Flutters, LBC, American Hammer
COT
MoleSkin:
Solid pax as always and serious T-claps for Boonedock as he killed it on the Firehose. I think that 2.0 is maybe 100 lbs soaking wet and smoked that one. YHC made the mistake of saying before it started that we may need to modify for him. Wow was I wrong… YHC needed the modify instead.
I love seeing all the PAX across the nation in the Gloom.. but I love even more to see the in the 2nd and 3rd Fs. The beat downs are solid.. But F3 is more than just a beat down if you allow yourself to experience it. Do yourself a favor and check out the various social media sites and get connected into more of what F3 is about. The reward of finishing a crazy boot camp is 10 times greater when you know you did it with guys that are there for you (and you there for them) at more than just a partner DORA..
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