F3 Greenwood

The Burpee Experience

Four turtles failed to heed YHC’s warning about the “Burpee Experience” and poked their heads out of their shells for a little fun. Well, if you consider burpees fin, anyway.

Conditions: 43° Perfect weather for a burpee fest!

Disclaimer

TheThang

Quick CoP to get loose:

  • SSH x 25 IC
  • Burpees x 10 OYO
  • Squats x 25 OYO
  • BBS x 25 OYO
  • Merkins x 25 OYO

The Burpee Experience

  • Sprint across the field (~30 yards)
  • 20 burpees
  • Sprint across field
  • 19 burpees
  • Repeato reducing reps by 1 each trip across

10-to-1 Ladder

  • Perform 10 reps of:
    • Pull-ups
    • Box jumps
    • BBS
  • Then perform 9 reps of each, 8 reps of each… all the way down to one of each

Count, Name, Pray

  • There are a number of things going on in the lives of the men of F3 and beyond. Even so, we are called to be leaders in our home and in our community. We prayed for wisdom, knowledge and strength to be those leaders.

Announcements

  • 2/25 – Swamp Rabbit ½ Marathon
  • 3/3 – The Maltz Challenge Read more about The Maltz Challenge HERE.
  • 4/1 – The Assault. Pre-blast coming soon. It’s in Greenwood, so plan on being there!
  • 5/6 – Launch of F3 Birmingham! Need some pax to step up and help with the effort
  • 5/20 – F3 Mud Run. SUPER BOWL of F3! We need a local Q so step up! More about the Mud Run HERE.
  • 9/8-9/9 – Blue Ridge Relay. We have two 9-man teams. Not too late to make it two 12-man teams or three 9-man teams! This is an EPIC event and one you won’t want to miss! Get with Sugar or BoyGeorge for details.

Moleskin

  • There was a little chatter the night before, complete with an ill-timed gif of the back flip burpee. This likely scared off anyone on the fence.
  • The four of us gathered in the park with about 2 minutes till go time and were greeted by a man with no-arms looking for a ride over to Reynolds Avenue. We invited him to hang out with us, get better and get a ride wherever he needed to go. He cussed us under his breath and walked away mumbling Lord knows what under his breath about us. #NeverADullMoment
  • Spotted one of Cagney’s boys sitting on the far side of the park in his patrol car after making contact with the unwilling FNG mentioned above. Said officer watched nearly the entire burpee ladder before peeling off for shift change. Uncle Jesse swore he heard the officer say, “There’s no way I could catch those guys if I had to chase ‘em.” This may or may not be true.
  • Clearly, no one in our little band this morning knows math except BabyBlu. We tried adding up the number of burpees during the work and came up with at least four different totals. One of us may or may not be an accountant (not a good accountant because he doesn’t give out Walmart gift cards to have taxes done).
  • UncleJesse, BabyBlu and YHC finished up the burpee ladder and then finished from the round of 7 on down with Governor. That brough our total to 248 for the morning. We totally should have done 2 more!
  • Never inhale grass while the mouth and throat more closely resemble the Mojave Desert than body parts. #TheMoreYouKnow
  • There were supposed to be thrusters, KB swings and more burpees in the second ladder, but YHC waaaaaaay underestimated the difficulty of the first burpee ladder
  • The burpee ladder was scammed from a “jailhouse” workout YHC ran across over the weekend. We ran a little farther than across a jail cell, so it sucked a lot less because we weren’t in a jail cell.
  • At some poitn during the burpees, YHC noted mentally that he wanted to just keep up with BabyBlu. It was then the realization that this cyborg-human was nearly two decades my senior. I hope I am in a fraction of that good of shape when I am 58. #RESPECT
  • YHC asked the pax to try to get a good sprint in between sets of burpees. Yea, no. Nevermind. #JustKidding

As always, It is an honor to lead a group of leaders.