Five Pax roused themselves for a balmy 49 deg Tuesday AM at #Thrive. This was my one year F3versary with these dudes in F3 Union County. More on that in the Moleskine
Hairband led a workout a year ago and almost killed the FNG-me, in a good way. He broke out his new F3 Workout Deck and put on a beat down as each of the PAX randomly selected a card. The only exercise I remember was the excessive amount of bear crawls we completed in that workout. Bear crawls aside, by the end of the workout I knew I found a group of guys to workout with and build friendships.
To honor day that we completed a workout using the same F3 Workout Deck. Spoiler alert bear crawls were not drawn!
COP:
Disclaimer given and off we go for a short mosey. Circle up
The Thang:
Each PAX selected a card from the Workout Deck. We complete the exercise on the card. Reps = vaule of card +10; face cards were 25 reps, Aces 100 reps. Every 4 or 5 cards we ran an extended HB mile.
Here are the cards pulled, in mostly the correct order:
Run long(ish) HB mile.
Run long(ish) HB mile.
Sprint 300 Meters (to the Dumpsters and back)
Run long(ish) HB mile.
It’s 6:10 so….TIME!
5 minutes of Mary.
Done.
COT
Keep Hairband’s daughter in prayer.
Moleskin
One year ago I was frustrated by my workout intensity. Constant back injury kept me sidelined making maintaining endurance and fitness levels difficult. I simply loved lifting weights and was a heavy barbell addict; me love some squats and deadlifts. But my back issues prevented from being consistent. I had the will but not the ability to keep in shape. Also a year ago, I read a book called Digital Minimalism that changed the way I view my use of technology; hence my F3 name of Unplugged. There was a section in that book about F3. I checked out the website, found the closest workout and posted to Thrive. Body weight workouts mixed in with some gear has kept me healthy and mostly injury free. I appreciate the brotherhood of men to keep me going and to rise @430 am when the fartsack seems like a better choice. It never is. Workout in in 23 deg or rain is always better than sleeping.
Great work men. Appreciate the change to lead.
Unplugged out!
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