09/03/2020 - The Colosseum -

AO: The Colosseum

When: 09/03/2020

PAX:

Number of Pax: 14

Pax Names: Gopher, Happy Camper, John Denver, Ozark, Shooter McGavin, Sparkler, Twilight, Vern,

DR Names:

Number of FNGS: 0

FNG Names: Toby, Bob Villa, Biscuit Joiner, Better Call Saul, Ron Swanson, Spirit

QIC: Toby


Introduction

Woke up at 3am… Pumped as hell… Got out to the AO at 4:30 to get things set up all while jamming some Slayer to get he blood moving… While setting up, I was approached by a god damn loud creature that I was unable to see given the gloominess of the morning… It was making some of the weirdest noises I have heard an animal make… I wish someone would have seen me looking around for this thing.. They would have thought I was hallucinating, which I may have been with no sleep.  Dark AF, 62 degrees and damp

Announcement/Disclaimer:
Good morning!
1.       I am not a professional
2.       You are here at your own free will
3.       I am not aware of any injuries you may have
4.       We are here at different fitness levels, Modify if needed, but push yourself to get stronger

Are free of charge
Are open to all men are
Are held outdoors, rain or shine, heat or cold
Are led by men who participate in the workout in a rotating fashion, with no training or certification necessary
End with a Circle of Trust

Warm-O-Rama

Jammed out to some Machine Head, Song: Game Over while doing:

  • 20- Side Straddle Hops
  • 15- Tappy Taps
  • 15- Abe Vigodas
  • 10- Arm Circles Front
  • 10- Arm Circles Back

The Thang

5:22am (ish) Thang 1 (System of a Down: Cigaro 2:11)

  • Burpees for duration of song as hard as you can go

5:25am (ish) Thang 2 (Machine Head- Farewell to Arms 10:13)

  • Head to Baseball Field with coupon. 4 teams (Team 1 starts at home)
    • Home Plate 25 arm curls with coupons (slow and controlled)
      • Sprint to first base
    • 25 Squats
      • Squat Jump to Second Base
    • 25 Merkins (Slow and Controlled)
      • Lunges to third base
    • 25 Big Boys (Slow and Controlled)
      • Sprint to home
    • Rinse and repeat (Until Song is Over)

5:36am (ish) Thang 3 (Machine Head- Davidian 4:57)

  • Fartlicks (Indian Runs) from foul pole to foul pole.  Last man sprinted while others ran at a pace faster than a mosey but not quite a sprint- Stay in Teams…  (Duration of song)

5:42am (ish) Thang 4 (Metallica- Hardwired 3:11, Metallica- Atlas Rise 6:29, Metallica- Moth Into Flame 5:51)

All Pax head back to Home Plate

  • 25 chest presses with coupons (slow and controlled)
    • Sprint to first base
  • 25 Bonnie Blairs
    • Squat Jump to second base
  • 25 merkins
    • Lunges to 3rd base
  • 25 Burpees (FORM FORM FORM)
    • Sprint to HOME
    • Rinse and repeat (Until Song is Over)

Circle of Trust

What is adversity?  Adversity means difficulties… misfortune….

We all have difficulties… We all have misfortunes… We all know people that sit and drown in adversity.  We have all been there time and time again..  However it is how you rise up from that adversity that shapes the person that you are today…. If you want to soak in the misfortunes of life in general, you will be a very miserable person… We all know people like that…

As I was thinking about my VQ today and what I would say, the word adversity kept on coming up for me…. 2020 has sucked serious balls for everyone… If I hear one more person say something about the COVID 20 pound weight gain, I am going to scream…..  Any time it comes up now, I tell them that I have lost almost 60 pounds, just in 2020 alone….  Hell I might have even been the guy that soaked in adversity… Wait, I was that guy…  Here was my typical day:

  • Wake up and do morning stuff
  • Suck at work but try and mask it
  • Go home and be semi present for my family and kids
  • Drink about 8 beers when everyone went to bed
  • Wake up and feel like fuckin shit and do it all over again

I thought this was how life was supposed to be lived… I was a half ass parent/husband who was content and stuck in the situation…  This went on forever…. I was semi active, meaning I would walk a mile here and there and think I worked out… WTF… I was a kind of a piece of shit… No one knew… No one… Everyone thought I had it all… A hot wife… Big ass house…. Saltwater pool…. None of this shit matters if you are unable to overcome hardships in life…

Fast forward to January 12th 2020…. It was a cold as day… I was home with my daughter, who was napping….  I thought, ah fuck it…. I can have a Captain Morgan and Diet Dr Pepper…. Well one lead to another and another and another….. My other daughter and wife were at church at 5pm and when they got home I was an asshole… A complete bag of dicks….  Who isn’t after about 4 tall boy Captain and Diets….?? I did the not smart thing and went to blow off steam and joy ride…. Hindsight is 2020… I was pulled over and got a DUI… My first ticket/arrest/anything…. Here I was, a 275 pound fat fuck sitting in the back of a cop car…  It sounds extra cliché but I sobered up and told myself I would never let this happen again… It was my rock bottom… It was the biggest piece of adversity I had ever been faced with…. I could not blame anyone but myself… I did it… I could have fuckin killed someone…  I made a promise to myself, my kids and my wife that I would never drink another drop of alcohol to the day I die…. While this is drastic, look at yourself in the mirror and see if there is anything you are faced with that you could change….  I am not against beers/drinking or anything like that but I am against living a life being stuck/content and not dealing with adversity how it should be dealt.

I am almost 60 days in to F3 and I honestly cannot explain what this group of men has meant to me in my journey.  It is so much more than a “beatdown”…. You will get out of it what you put into it… On that note, I do not care what time of day it is OR what day it is…… I am always willing to get my 220 pound ass out of bed to be a sober driver for anyone of you… I am always willing to lend a hand…. I DO NOT care what it is, I will be there for you dudes.  Aye!!!!!!

Prayer Requests?  Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom his love commits me here… Ever this day be at my side, to light and guard, to rule and guide… AMEN

Naked Man Moleskin

NICKELBACK SUCKS AS BAD AS THE YEAR 2020

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