6 Windy warriors came out to see Machismos part deux. As Snuff’s Forgecast predicted: “Machismo pushes the cold air out of town with a high pressure system bringing heat, humidity and high impact. SYITG” with high pressure came lots of wind as the pack quickly mosied to find the cover of the amphitheater.
Warmarama in quick succession included SSH, UkS, Merkins, Sholder Taps, Peter Parkers (great combo), LBC, American Hammer, Freddie’s, Rosalitas, DQs, and arm circles forward and reverse.
With 2 triples the pax partnered for a triple check. Part one was PLTs with the runner circling the amphitheater.
Part deux was P1 plank, P2 Merkins P3 Runner; then Boya WWII, then Boya Merkins. It was quite the Bro fest with lots of Q help from Wedding Singer.
The Pax hit some Wall work then. sprinted out the last of the 45 before COT.
Announcements were few but included the Magnum PI ad from Gumbo. Bring a Hawaiian shirt and kids clothes donations for those impacted by hurricanes to Dogpile. Flatline will carry the loot to SWVA.
Prayers for temperance in this holiday season.
It was a pleasure to lead twice this week. I was on a Thanksgiving high with the TYA Q and a full family and friend holiday. I’m putting in a request to rebrand Christmas Thanksgiving part 2. Let’s refocus the holiday on the joy fellowship and the promise fulfilled. The old Testament ends with Malachi 4 and the New Testament picks up in Luke 1:13-17 “And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the lord their God, and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.” In the spirit of the season let us prepare our hearts and our families in the spirit of thankfulness for the gift that is to come. (I’m not talking about an Xbox. )
VQ alert!!! Tin Man with a 50 year old Virgin Respect VQ coming to the Forge 12/19 what a way to enter strong Tin Man!
11 soon to be invigorated men kept moving on Machismo’s open slot fill.
Q quickly mosied to the darkened tennis courts for a couple laps alternating movements from high knees to step overs to keep warm. Warmarama consisted of arm circles, DQs, Freddie Mercuries, Merkins, ISWs, UkSoldiers,
Thang 1 Ankle spraining Triple check to the water tower with merkins and Freddie Mercuries. Rosie unfortunately stepped off the asphalt in the wrong spot. Prayers for a quick recovery, but he bucked up and made it through the workout anyway. Good news is it wasn’t swelling too bad.
Thang 2 Mosey to the pavilion 11s with Lt. Dans and Squats
Thang 3 4 corners with 25 Merkins, 50 Freddie… no scratch that American Hammers (this is where Dealer commented, “What is it Freddie’s birthday or something?”, 75 Mountain Climbers, 100 SSH.
BTTF Toll paid 20 dips 20 step ups.
Cocaine bear crawls to our newly redefined huddle by the coned off area.
Announcements: Get up with EF Hutton if you want to participate in the secret Santa at Rosie’s 12 days of Christmas Q.
Prayers for those injured, sick, or struggling with depression during this season. Reach out to someone you haven’t seen in a while and get them to Q No Toll next week!
After a waiting for Snuff an uninvited guest showed up. Bobby director of facility services ushered 11 men off of school premises on a hunt for their good Dr. While the intent of this Q was to explore the vast reaches of the Forge to prove to Handshake that it wasn’t a boring AO, alas, Machismo, under Bobby’s direction was forced to play chicken with cars under the light poles of Stratford Hills.
Warmarama under light pole: DQs, Merkins, X Cross Situps, APD, Arm Circles.
1: Triple check. Run to the next light pole. ISWs, and X cross situps.
Indigenous people noler coaster up bear crawl, down lunge walk. to the street.
4. ascending LBC light poles, to descending squat Light poles.
Announcements, CPR course on Tuesday and Wednesday has slots.
Prayers for tampa and NC.
Theologian Tom Wright suggest that “love and power are the themes of perhaps two thirds of all the novels, plays, and poems ever written. The love of power has laid waste continents and empires. The power of love has driven weak people to do powerful things – these are the forces which shape our lives, our homes, our countries, our politics, our world.”
Ephesians 3:14-21 says: ” for this reason I bow my knees before the father… that… according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power … being rooted and grounded in love.” Pardon my ellipses I hope that the intent remains.
F3 is a group that intends to physically and mentally strengthen our communities through love. Love for our children and families, love for our brothers, love for our communities. There but for the grace of God go I.
What guy doesn’t love exploring cevasses. Noone knew what aerial acrobatics may be in store on the grounds of Huguenot Highschool. It was a canyon run not unlike the new Top Gun as 15 spelunkers explored the deep indent.
Cocaine bear crawl on the lot. Stopping at each line to grab sniff a line and do a merkin. Arrive at school for canyon exploratory wall conveyor. Here’s where we moved with purpose alternating to wall sit when we reached a window. This could have been done with more speed.
Thang:2 Partner up for Dora the Explorer 1-2-3 50 No Cheat Merkins, 100 Dips, 150 Step ups – Partner touches 1 then 2 then 3 trees not the same. This could have been alternating 1 then 2 then 3 trees to keep it interesting.
Mosey to next lot
Thang 3: Wilt Chamberlain famous 100 point scoring basketball champ 94 foot identified start 100 LBCs, 100 squats, 100 Flutters, 1…ish apds with a premature finish.
BTTF
Numbers, Names, Announcements:
Tomorrow meet at Snuffs for a 3rd F gathering 5-7 prior to the convergence Saturday. Crazy people begin at 5am, Ruck/Run options begin at 6am. 7am Convergence with awards and food to follow. 1:30 cookout for family’s at Huguenot park bring your family bring a side. Contact Flat Line to sign up for CPR
Prayer request: Maria – Machismo’s church friend got home from surgery this week. Pray for recovery from liver surgery to remove cancer. Pray for Gumbo’s Childhood friend that just got diagnosed with breast cancer. Pray for Gumbo’s 16 y/o daughter Luci suffering with postural tachycardia syndrome (pots). This is a chronic condition pray not only for alleviation of her symptoms but also for her mental health. Pray for remission.
Naked Moleskin: PS 133 says “How good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity”. Reflecting on the word remission. YHC likes to think in double meanings and this one has a powerful effect in prayer. We pray for both the remittance (remission) of a disease or malody sending it away. Also, we think invigorating us to move with purpose (re-mission). As we gather this weekend to celebrate 10 years of F3 in RVA let us move with purpose.
20 High Impact men traversed the courts fields and parking lots of “No Toll” seeking advantage. Pax included the return of Neutral (Martin Krebs), Downrange Pax from Knoxville “Rev Sleepy”, and an FNG that spent the last year on vacation with his wife traveling the world jealous welcome to Griswald.
With 20 pax there was a stutter to Machismo’s side straddle hops and the Q drenaline was flowing but what a pleasure to lead such a crowd.
Warmarama included. SSH, 20 count “On my Up” Merkins and WWII (both need a bit more rehearsal), DQs, Imperial Squat walkers, Ukranian Soldiers, Cherry Pickers.
Mosey to the first field:
Triple check with Squats and dips.
Eye of the Hurricane: 20 merkins, 20 Squats, 20 WWII, 20 Double Count Lunges. with a 5 Burpee center.
Ascending squat jumps on the parking lot lines.
Indigenous people run to around the field and back to the court to circle up.
Mary. and YHC took us out.
Announcements: we have convergence on Labor Day at a new Nuckhols road A.O. name T.B.D. some creative suggestions were given. Also there is a new A.O. in Moseley Elementary school. Both announcements can be found at F3RVA.org.
YHC took us out with a reflection on the leadership organization that is F3 and the opportunity that we give our kids to lead when we allow them to share what happened during their day with us. It’s called transfer of learning. Great work pax. YHC out.
10 No Tollians circled up for a Queso Q at the three fields and a parking lot of No Toll. Here’s what they did.
WARMERAMA: – – Welcome & F3 Disclaimer and Mission Statement. The Mission of F3 is to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership
-SSH, , DQs, Merkins, Opus, Obliques, etc.
The quadrants of the Q source are Get Right, Live Right, Lead Right, Leave Right. The quadrants of No Toll Burnout are:
Parking lot: 25 ea. Merkins, Diamond Merkins, Opus, and air force merkins
Field 1: WW2, LBC, Mountain Climbers, Scrunchy Frogs
Field 3: Arm Circles, SSH……and Time. Mosey BTTF: – COT: Counterama #10 Namerama Announcerama: Starting 9/4 Ruckhenge is leading a charge for Q training over a ruck. Join for Coffee or the ruck+
I’m reflecting on what it means to be a leader from reading the book by Simon Sinek called Leaders Eat Last. If we are a leadership organization what does that look like:
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
The true price of leadership is the willingness to place the needs of others above your own. Great leaders truly care about those they are privileged to lead and understand that the true cost of the leadership privilege comes at the expense of self-interest.
HC thankful for you brothers.
Find your Why here are 3:
Don’t cry for Last Call, he is in South American bird hunting, but do say something kind to someone, because you never know what they are going through.
We are lifting up a particular brother today struggling with thoughts of Suicide.
Intro: 13 studs picked themselves up and made it to a brotherhood inspired workout also welcoming a new member is one of the best parts of F3 and we got to name one today. Thanks for allowing me to lead.
WARMERAMA:- Mosey to the Tennis court. High kneesKaraokeButt kickers. –
Welcome & F3 Disclaimer-
SSH
Merkins-
ukranian soldiers-
Don qs
ISW
V ups on my up
Alternate leg v up
WWII
COP #1: Triple checkCalf raisesCindy curlsRunner to the end and back –
COP #2: 11sWalking Lt Dan’sBurpees–Mosey
COP #3: Dora runner across field and back100 merkins200 LBC300 Squats-
BTTF:-COT:Counterama #NameramaAnnouncerama:Convergence July 4 7am at Forest Hill. Ruck henge Wednesdays. YHC took the PAX out in Prayer
Naked Moleskin:.sometime the hardest thing seems to be just getting up. I’ve thought about how f3 makes me just a little less lazy. How the barrier to just pick up something your dropped when your you’re fit or work on a relationship is slightly smaller. You have the energy to do the small things and that adds up to being able to do the big things. My friend Maria was at church this Sunday after having her abdomen sliced open and her insides moved around in a seek and destroy mission for the cancer that is llaguing her body. She was able to do this because she was firA friend Andy Rice ambled into church this Sunday half leaning but by himself one step in front of the other. He did that because it was his habit. At F3 our mission through fitness faith and fellowship is the invigorate male community leadership. We exercise our 3Fs because it reduces the barriers when things get hard ..Surround yourself with people who have the same goals as you. rise together. ============
9 Hims circled their sixes around the glorified fields of No Toll. We all came expecting some Gumbo and all we got was some cheese. We had three OG virgins in Rudy, Blue Moon, and Coin Toss. On the Q sheet Blue Moon and YHC found room to enter our names and numbers for the OG but something seems off on this sheet. If someone else knows of an old Glory tally sheet please post on slack.
I’m thankful for the expansion of my tribe through F3 and encourage others to go out and find theirs.
Prayers for Maria who just got out of an invasive surgery to eradicate cancer yesterday. For Wildcat going in for scans to manage his stage 4 lung cancer. For Huton’s sister who’s cancer returned. I encourage everyone to find their tribe and then circle their wagons around those people. Lift eachother up.
For those who can looks like June 24th is Wildcat Q at the Alamo.
