01/18/2020 - The Ridge - Embrace the Suck
AO: The Ridge
When: 01/18/2020
PAX:
Number of Pax: 11
Pax Names: Boston Butt, Dilly Dilly, Pi, Small Cakes, Thomas Tank Engine, Tigers, Tourniquet, Twilight, Vern, White Claw, Woody,
DR Names:
Number of FNGS: 2
FNG Names: Tigers, White Claw
QIC: Pi
Introduction
Conditions
Snow through the past 12 hours, followed by rain 36°, slushy mess. Hard surfaces were a sheet of ice. Made sure PAX had safe path through AO staying off ice
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
FNG
F³ Workouts…
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 wererdxworkout in a rotating fashion, with no training or certification necessary
End with a Circle of Trust
The F3 Credo is: Leave no man behind, but leave no man where you find him.
We welcome men of all fitness levels to our workouts and have no requirement for membership other than that you show up at the appointed time and place and follow what the workout leader (the “Q” in F3 lingo) does.
Warm-O-Rama
Motivators (8)
Good Mornings (12)
Goof Balls(15)
Abe Vigodas(12)
Arm circles(20) forward and backward
The Thang
B.O.M.B.S.
Partner up. Pax 1 does exercise while Pax 2 carries coupons (Farmers carry), sand bag or log to playground. 10 pullups. Return to pavilion without Coupons, log, sand bag. Swap out, PAX 1 runs to playground, 10 pullups, returns with what partner left at playground and continue the exercise until each amount of reps are complete. The exercises and reps are: 50- Burpees / 100- Overhead Claps / 150- Merkins / 200- Big Boy Sit-ups / 250- Squats.
Thang II
Elevens
Dips/Box jumps
Circle of Trust
Announcements
QSource
Polar Plunge
The Prayer …
Dear Lord, thank you for the ability to get up, roll out of bed, the courage to Embrace The Suck. Thank you for the strength of F³ Naperville. We are Stronger Together. We pray that you give extra strength to and lift up Jeremy Baker, Randy Levine, Appletini’s friend’s son Evan, Jody Shannon and their families as they go through treatments for cancer Lord, thank you for touching our lives with our brother Bump and give his M and 2.0s the strength and love, the light to see the way to get through the tough times and next stages of their lives. We pray for Gaylord’s friend Danielle and Wet Wipe’s FIl. We pray for BR’s daughter, Becca with twins due any day now, that they come into this world safely and healthy. We pray for Toasted Coconut’s speedy recovery from his knee surgery. Rusty’s MIL, BIl & SIL. We pray for Crambone in his job search.
In Jesus’ name we pray, Amen
Naked Man Moleskin
Thank you for joining me this morning men. We don’t wake up for easy. Getting up ITG sucks, working out in the wet slushy snow sucks and 39° Sucks! Embrace The Suck.
“Embrace The Suck” military speak for “The Situation Is Bad, But Deal With It”
It’s a very Buddhist concept. When we deny what reality is giving us, what is really happening, then we create suffering. So life is a dance between minimizing expectations and surrendering to what our lives actually reveal to us.
By embracing our lives totally (even the stuff that “sucks”), we get through them.
The Armed Forces have no other choice. If they’re out in the Iraqi desert or in the mountains of Afghanistan, the only way they’re going to get through those challenging experiences is by embracing (rather than denying or ignoring) them.
But for us with our modern conveniences and propensity for denial, we can distract ourselves, numb ourselves, fool ourselves over and over to avoid, disconnect, ignore, postpone, procrastinate and put our heads in the sand when we don’t want to look at what is.