One year and counting

One year and counting

The temperatures were nipply, the tires smelly, the plates rough, and the rocks jagged but 31 fine men came out to celebrate the one year of the first Area 51 Friday workout.

THE THANG

SSH x 20
10 burpees OYO
MC’s x 20
Rock hoppers x 20
Squat jacks x 20
Merkins x 15
Dry docks x 20

Split into 4 groups and gather gear to move down to lower lot:
Group 1 – plates (curb and back x 2)
Group 2 – hills (increasing burpees and then jump squats at bottom and sprint up)
Group 3 – tires (inverse grip merkins, dry docks, stagger merkins, tri dips)
Group 4 – rocks (rock press, curl rock press, squat/curl/press, lunges)

Plank exercises.

In groups the goal was to perform required exercise until the plates group had pushed them to curb and back twice.
Repeato x 4 with different exercises each time.

Gather gear and head back to lot.

4 mins of Mary.

COT.

MOLESKIN

Great turnout today with 13 lads coming for the pre-KB mixmaster special followed by another 18 fartsackers for the Kevlar one year anniversary beatdown. Crazy to think that just one year ago we had no Friday workouts in Area 51 and now 31 show up in 12 degree temperatures. YHC tried to give the pax a taste of Kevlar over the past year with the tires/plates/rocks/hills combo although it nearly went pear shaped off the bat. The O2 deprivation from the KB pre-workout, and then the over zealous warm up due to “Eye of the Tiger” still lingering in the cold air meant that the pax were sent off in disarray with no real instruction from YHC. The plates were locked in TR’s car, the tires were probably still chained, and guys were pulling out some pitiful looking rocks from the creek, and Radar started whining. Order, however, was restored quickly but YHC got a taste of what Deadwood must have felt during the bear crawl weave. YHC missed a lot of the banter today due to the extra ear coverings but sound off below on anything missed.

On a serious note I really appreciate you guys coming out. As I mentioned in the closing prayer, F3 has really meant a lot to me over the past year or more. Dredd (one of the founders of F3) calls the average man a sad clown who looks happy on the outside but is yet a shell internally. That was me on a number of levels a year and a half ago. I’d go to the gym once in a while, had a few distant buddies, a luke warm faith, and a marriage that was in trouble. On the outside all looked fine but inwardly I was needing more. F3 became the catalyst of change for me on all three levels – fitness, fellowship, and faith. As hard as it can be to wake up at 0430 on a weekday I have seen my life improve so much as a result. Morning workouts, Go Ruck Challenge, F3 Dads, nights out at HDHH, back blast banter, and discussions about faith over a chicken biscuit at Compass are what it’s all about. Keep head locking guys you know that need this because as Proverbs 27:17 states “as iron sharpens iron so one man sharpens another.” We have such a tendency as guys to slip into complacency and mediocrity unless we are challenging one another on many levels whether it be with our wives, our families, our faith, health, careers etc. I have been sharpened by many of you, and will continue to need it, so thank you.

Have a great weekend and sign up for the Go Ruck otherwise Dora will come and knock on your door at 0415!

Bulldog