03/02/2020 - Iron Lion - BackBlast
AO: Iron Lion
When: 03/02/2020
PAX:
Number of Pax: 13
Pax Names: Baby Hands, Belichick, Cousin Eddie, Ebeneezer, Goldberg, hot box, House Arrest, Magellan, Nacho Libre, Ronda Rousey, Sparky, Sputnik,
DR Names:
Number of FNGS: 0
FNG Names:
QIC: Buttermaker
Introduction
PreBlast Monday, 3/2/20
IRON LION
Do you remember the week of Mon. 9/23/19 thru Sat. 9/28/19?
Week 4 IronPAX Challenge – “Sugar’s Pick Your Poison”
Getting after it again to check progress and for sentimental reasons.
3 Rounds for Time:
100 cumulative Squats / Merkins
200 yards coupon carry (now known as Mendoza Mosey)
100 cumulative Coupon Swings / Bonnie Blairs
200 yards coupon carry (Mendoza Mosey)
100 cumulative Coupon Thrusters / Traveling Lunges
200 yards coupon carry (Mendoza Mosey)
We’ll go ‘til 6:00 AM. If you can complete the Challenge– good for you– keep working with the 6.
If you don’t get it done, keep track of your totals- we’ll try to do better next time.
Coupons required.
Warm-O-Rama
Principles and Disclaimer announced. No FNGs.
- Abe Vigoda / TWIB Stretch /
- Quad Stretch / Groin Stretch /
Tappy Taps / Chest Stretches (Dynamic Stretch)
The Thang
3 Rounds for Time:
1.) *100 cumulative Squats / Merkins
*200 yards coupon carry (now known as Mendoza Mosey)
2.) *100 cumulative Coupon Swings / Bonnie Blairs
*200 yards coupon carry (Mendoza Mosey)
3.) *100 cumulative Coupon Thrusters / Traveling Lunges
*200 yards coupon carry (Mendoza Mosey)
We’ll go ‘til 6:00 AM. If you can complete the Challenge- good for you- keep working with the 6.
Circle of Trust
*Bodyglide was at Iron Lion ITG today, the site would not allow me to add his name to PAX names list…
Many announcements- all on Slack.
Prayers: Prayers for Face Plant, his M and their new baby girl, Quinn, as well as for the entire Face Plant family welcoming Quinn!
WoW: I chose to use the Week 4 IronPAX Challenge for this Q as we approach the six month mark of the opening of the Iron Lion AO to see how far we’ve come in our pursuit of fitness, to reset our own personal fitness benchmarks and to allow newer PAX to set a benchmark for themselves. This challenge was one of my first events in F3 and I was bringing up the 6 during this challenge (it took me over 54 minutes to complete) and each of the HIMs kept going with me after they’d all already finished this tough workout. As I was finally about to cross the finish line, each guy made sure we finished together. It was a cool moment and, in hindsight, its probably the moment that sold me on F3.
Two small but concrete examples of how F3 has had a direct effect in my life: I was on a run a couple days after the aforementioned challenge and I was about to stop and walk the final few yards, I thought, “The F3 guys wouldn’t stand for that…” and I mustered the energy to complete the run. During one of Aflac’s Qs many of us were rounding off the run during one the Thangs, but one HIM hit the line each and every time. Later that week, one of my teenage 2.0s came up to talk to me while I was doing some chore. My knee-jerk reaction was to shoo him away to let me finish this menial chore, but the thought of the one F3 HIM crossing the line every time, finishing the Thang and doing it right popped into my head. So I set down was I was doing and gave my 2.0 my undivided attention.
Two small ways F3 has had a positive impact on me- there are many more… take a second to think of the different ways F3 has had an impact on your life big or small (the small ones add up).
Naked Man Moleskin
I believe each of the HIMs doing the IPax challenge with me last September were former college athletes. I realized that I’d never catch up to them in speed, strength, etc. I’m in this to compete against myself (not my former self, I’m never gonna catch up to my 20 year old former self either). I’m sticking with F3 to push my current and future self to be as physically fit as possible, pushing myself and keeping tabs on myself to be the best family member and friend I can be, pushing myself to be the best Christian I can be. Through F3, I’ve found many HIMs to inspire me and to help guide me in this pursuit.