F3 Greenwood

The Out-of-Towners

YHC surely was glad to see a couple of unfamiliar cars rolling into Fury this morning, especially since it was 0657 and Flossy was the only other soul within earshot. Three pax emerged from the two vehicles and it was time to roll.

Disclaimer

I am not a professional, which is painfully obvious. BUT – Flossy did not have to give the disclaimer on the fly. So there’s that.

CoP

  • SSH x 40 IC
  • Burpees x 10 OYO
  • LBAC x 15 IC forward & reverse

The Thang

  • Grab a coupon and get ready for a discount!
  • 5 Rounds:
    • 20 thrusters
    • Max effort pullups (as many as you can do without coming off the bar)
    • Max effort dips (as many as you can do without coming off the bars)
  • Put coupons back and mosey to the pavilion at the dog park
  • 50-40-30-20-10
    • Box jumps
    • Incline merkins (decline merkins on sets of 20 and 10)
    • Dips (you know, since we hadn’t done any of those yet)
    • WhirleyBoys for the six plus 50 with the six
  • Mosey down to the end of Fury Road
    • 100 LBCs facing up the hill #BackSkint
    • 10 burpees
    • 20 squats
  • (Indian) Run back up Fury Road
  • Circle up for a couple of minutes of Mary (not as good as the 7 minute folk)
    • American hammers x 20 IC
    • Flutter Kicks x 20 IC
    • Samson stretch for YHC’s overly tight hip flexors

Count-O-Rama

Name-O-Rama

Apparently, the Yankees up North (as in North Carolina) like to confuse everyone by saying their age last. So all us southerners had to really concentrate…

CoT

Announcements

  • Get signed up for the Mud Run on April 30. There was much discussion of this, but YHC is not in a typing mood so just get signed up…
  • Dang if I remember anything else…

Devo (Optional, of course)

  • YHC has been immersed in “Extreme Ownership” by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin. In spite of their F3ish hospital names, Willink and Babin have written an excellent book on leadership. It has many examples of so-called leaders making excuses for their failures as well as blaming others. YHC is no Bible scholar (though I do have an AA in Biblical Studies form a Seminary), but that trait is common among humans. Sounds a lot like Adam and Eve. God confronted Adam about eating the fruit. Adam blamed Eve. Eve blamed the serpent. Man, that sounds a lot America in the 21st century, but I digress. Extreme Ownership is about owning your part of the problem. In rooms of recovery around the world, recovering addicts are taught to look for their part in EVERY problem and make it right. That’s wat Extreme Ownership is about. Own your part of the problem, then adapt and overcome. Hooyah.

BoM

NakedMan Moleskin

  • Really cool having Stinger and Uncle (who apparently writes 500 words two times each week, just not on the day you ask him to do it!) from Charlotte-Metro as well as the F3 Columbia Nan’tan Fountainhead join us at Fury. Their version of mumblechatter made the workout fun. I think.
  • Speaking of mumblechatter – it didn’t take long for it to get cranked up. Fountainhead immediately questioned why YHC was allowed to Q and Uncle was looking for breakfast by the second set of thrusters.
  • “Is it bad if I only did 3 pullups that time?” Yes, FountainHead, it is. #HesARunner
  • Speaking of running – YHC was accused of playing possum by saying he is #NotARunner. He summarily prived it as fact when he nearly sucked every bit of air out of all of Greenwood County trying to Indian Run up that stupid hill.
  • The origins of some F3Greenwood originals were discussed, such as the Shirtless Entry and the WhirleyBoy. The out-of-towners got an up close and personal view of WhirleyBoys. That’s all I have to say about that…
  • All of the old guys (so basically, all of us) showed our age by reciting every line to Hotel California. We showed our dedication to F3 by tying every line to some aspect of our cultish ways as only a true F3er can do. F3 is in everything. Like the Force. Mmm Truth that is.
  • YHC spent the majority of the workout (and the rest of the day) wondering if the workout was truly enjoyed by the out-of-towners and there were just very savvy mumblechaterers (is that even a word?) or if they were legitimately pissed about doing 100 thrusters right off the bat then moving to 150 box jumps, merkins and (more) dips. Both Uncle and Stinger didn’t list it as part of their #ULP (you know, that thing that REALLY pisses you off) so that’s a good sign. FountainHead, on the other hand, noted that he had about a dozen things he could think of that pissed him off. Pretty sure the thrusters were part of that dirty dozen.
  • FountainHead does not count. He’s like an energizer bunny. He just keeps going and going and going…
  • “Hey! There goes Judge Judy!” says Flossy. Indeed, it was. JJ did a flyby of every AO in F3Greenwood this morning. He claimed his 2.0 wanted the tour, but we felt pretty certain he missed the gloom.
  • Uncle fancies himself a stand-up comic. Which makes it difficult to count cadence if you are the Q. And if everyone stops counting, you’re screwed because…FountainHead doesn’t count.
  • In all seriousness, YHC could never say enough about the dedication of these three men to F3. They all made a significant journey to come and invest in us as men in a capacity far beyond the workout. The concepts they shared over breakfast about Whetstone was incredible. That is one of the beautiful things about F3. Men are willing to give and give at great personal cost to pour into the lives of other men who want to better. If you didn’t make it to Howard’s today, you really missed out on a huge blessing. But no worries. We are ready to roll this thing out and start really making an impact on the lives of men in Greenwood. Thank you, men, from the bottom of my heart. F3 radically altered the course of my life. It’s men like you three that light a fire in me to see just how deep this rabbit hole goes.

Aye!

Jugs out!