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3rd F meetups are service and faith related where faith is believing the world is bigger than just yourself

  • An Opportunity to Serve

    Eight members of Richmond’s PAX gathered at a the Doorways to prepare and serve dinner for its guests Monday evening. Here’s how it went down:

    THANG:
    London gave the PAX a brief tour of the facilities, Richmond’s largest hospitality house with 112 rooms. Guests include patients and their families who are away from home to receive medical treatment. The average stay of a guest is 2 weeks…and some are there for months.

    More on the Doorways: http://www.thedoorways.org/about/the-doorways/

    Cook breakfast for dinner using all 4 kitchen areas:
    Gumbo – waffles
    Earthworm – pancakes & biscuits
    London – pancakes & running point
    HoneyDo – pancakes & sausages
    Fudd – eggs & sausages
    Rosie – bacon, sausages & eggs
    Toga – bacon, sausages & eggs
    DK – grits & running point

    Serve dinner to 35-40 guests.

    Eat with guests.

    Clean up & tidy kitchen.

    MOLESKIN:
    YHC really appreciates all of the time (3 hours + travel time) & effort put in by the PAX to make the meal a terrific success. We worked great as a team and prepared the meal in a little over an hour. There were loads of leftovers we left for breakfast this morning.

    Cheers to London for the tour…and for helping out.

    If you ever need to cook waffles, Gumbo is your guy. The dude was the first to start, the first to produce output, and the only one to return to work after clean up.

    If you ever need to cook sausage, HoneyDo is not your guy.

    Toga & Rosie’s oven roasted bacon received several compliments from the guests.

    Fudd cracked 90 eggs (not a euphemism).

    The Doorways could use some salt & pepper.

    YHC would be happy to plan a repeated service project @ The Doorways if more folks are interested.

    Apologies to London & Gumbo and Earthworm: the group picture was taken after London & Gumbo left…and while Earthworm was visiting with guests.

     

    F3 @ The Doorways

  • Standing Firm

    Three of the PAX #PreGamed at 0640, a fourth joined us at 0700, and two #Double-Dippers (one with the #Ladies) sped over from the #DogPile for some #GridIron action on another beautiful morning in the West End.

    The Thang

    COP – 25x SSH, 25x Don Quioxtes, 25x Deep Slow Squats, 25x imperial Walkers, and 25x Standing Side Crunches (“Bobbleheads”)

    Mosey to the #Mound for 10 minutes of Burpees

    Mosey to the pavilion at the parking lot for Dips Tabata

    Mosey to field events venue inside track for 25x LBCs, 25x Rosalitas, 25x Dollys, and 25x Alabama Prom Dates

    Mosey to track for 880 – high skips, lunge walks, 220 sprint, lunge walks, and 220 sprint

    Mosey back to field events venue for 3 sets of 20x PLTs with mixture of obliques

    Mosey to parking lot pavilion for 4 sets of 25x dips

    COT

    Groh pushed hard with a first-class posting.  He then took out the BOM with an inspired prayer or thanksgiving and supplication.  Great way to start the day – TClaps!

    Moleskin

    Wilson kept his solid #Double-Dip streak intact with his 5th consecutive posting – TClaps!  Conspiracy kindly revealed the #Ladies to the #GridIroners and the PAX duly noted that the logs appeared freshly cut (and likely thoroughly doused by Conspiracy) to increase the weight load on the #DogPilers.  Discussion digressed and it was agreed that Sammy Sosa would have corked his log.

    Johnsonville is back on the DL after losing his #DIY battle with a recalcitrant washing machine.  Nonetheless, J’ville faithfully posted and assumed command of the clock on the Burpees and DIP Tabatas.  More importantly, J’ville led the #Pre-Game with a look at leadership under the example of Daniel (part 2) – Daniel’s strong, trustworthy, faithful, and focused leadership engendered the envy and insubordination of other leaders under Darius; those insecure leaders, instead of seeking that which set Daniel apart as a secure leader, tricked Darius into proclaiming an unjust law but the ever faithful Daniel stood firm and survived the lions’ den. The takeway: Daniel was an effective leader because he was incorruptible; Darius’s leadership floundered because he failed to be on guard against the scheming of his subordinates.

    Solid 2nd F at the Daily Grind this morning.

    Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. – 1 Corinthians 16:13

  • The GIANT Killer

    Another glorious morning at GridIron. Some of the PAX pre-gamed with a look at the leadership example of David and his take down of Goliath.  Loose Goose then planted the Shovel Flag.  Four of the Faithful got straight to it with 6 double dippers converging after enduring the DogPile.

    THANG:

    COP:
    X25 Merkins
    X25 SSHs
    X25 Don Quixotes
    X25 Merkins
    X25 LBCs
    X25 Mountain Climbers
    X25 Merkins
    X25 Dollies
    X25 Leg Raises
    X25 Merkins

    Mosey to Pillars:
    X25 Merkins
    X25 Prisoner Leg Push Downs
    X25 Prisoner Leg Push Downs
    X25 Prisoner Leg Push Downs
    X25 Prisoner Leg Push Downs

    Work the Pillars – man up to the Pillars with man at back Pillar advancing to first uncovered Pillar after each exercise (something close to and roughly in the order of the following with a Pillar Seat and some regular Planks in the interstices):
    X25 Merkins
    X25 LBCs
    X25 Merkins
    X25 Dollies
    X25 Merkins
    X25 Rosalitas
    X25 Merkins
    X25 Freddy Mercurys
    X25 Carolina Dry Docks
    X25 Traditional Situps
    X25 Dips
    Lateral Curb Plank Walk advancing 4 Pillars
    X25 Prisoner Leg Push Downs
    X25 Carolina Dry Docks
    X25 Yankee Aggressor Side Planks with hip dips
    X25 Merkins (“high quality” this time)
    X25 Upward Thrusts (per Brain Tumor: “Alabama Prom Dates”)
    X25 Dips
    Bear Crawl curb to curb to curb
    X25 Southern Gentlemen Side Planks with hip dips
    X25 Merkins
    X25 Lateral Crunches (on back right hand to right heel then left hand to left heel)
    X25 Dips
    Lateral Curb Plank Walk advancing 4 Pillars
    X25 LBCs (oblique twist variety)
    X25 Dips
    Bear Crawl curb to curb to curb
    X25 Carolina Dry Docks

    Pillar Slaloms – down and back

    Superman Plank

    Monkey Rolls – 3 groups

    Mosey back to Shovel Flag

    COT:
    The usual fare with announcements, expressions of concern (Fudd’s wife), and iron sharpening encouragements and challenges.  Bleeder took us out with a strong prayer remembering that the darkness of this day is eclipsed by the eternal hope we celebrate tomorrow.

    Moleskin:
    Pre-Game Gut Check query:  what’s the giant in your life and what are you doing about it?  David pocketed 5 stones, quickly engaged Goliath in battle, and slayed the giant with 4 stones to spare.  One of many takeaways: leaders act decisively but also do contingency planning.

    Welcome back to Lightning Rod and TClaps for his strong efforts this morning.

    Another great sight seeing 6 of the Pax cross the GridIron to join the starting team at Work the Pillars. The double-dippers truly inspire and lift the workout to a higher level – TClaps to Chum Bucket, Brain Tumor, Swirly, Wilson, Wedding Singer, and Bleeder, supermen one and all!

    Johnsonville and Loose Goose pushed through their respective ailments and brought their consistent high levels of performance and enthusiasm.

    Monkey Rolls continue to amuse – a decidedly less octogenarian showing, but still an appalling lack of timing and spacing – Excelsior!

    A strong showing at the Daily Grind for some solid 2nd F.

    1 Samuel 16:7