08/11/2022 - Two Wolves - The More Things Change, The More Things Stay the Same
AO: Two Wolves
When: 08/11/2022
PAX:
Number of Pax: 25
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DR Names:
Number of FNGS: 1
FNG Names:
QIC: Uncle Rico
Introduction
Pre-blast: 4 years ago @Crab Legs invited me to a men’s workout down the street on a Saturday morning in an empty parking lot where I worked out with some dude named @Appletini barking orders, there were drones flying overhead, and we competed against dudes who were with someone named @Urkel at another parking lot somewhere across town. And what a fukin’ journey it’s been and I owe a ton of gratitude to you Men of F3 Naperville!
A fun squad of Pax from all over the region were HC’ing and energy was set to be high. Men were welcomed and disclaimer was shared. F3’s 5 Core Principles + Mission + Credo all shared while holding high plank. Off we went!
Warm-O-Rama
Ran the length of the parking lot and back again, with a few stops along the way for Motivators from 4, Tappy Taps IC x 15, Merkins x 15, and then Motivators from 4 again. Ended up over at the stairs for Thang 1.
The Thang
Thang 1: 11’s: 1 Squat at bottom, run up stairs, 10 4-ct Mountain Climbers, run down stairs. All completed. The sprinklers were running on the hill and it took all my restraint to not go do some running/slipping up and down but thought better of it for this morning.
Thang 2: Over on the playground there are a lot of picnic benches and concrete steps. Pax partnered up for a quick 1 exercise DORA – P1 started on a total of 250 box jumps/step-ups while P2 ran and touched a basketball hoop and ran back. We circled up on the basketball court for some Flutter Kix while the Pax finished
Thang 3:
2 lines of Pax (teams) in the parking lot. 1 Burpee on each parking space line from island to island. Brutal. Then it was a Caterpillar (all Pax in high plank while 1 jumps over each guy) from the next island to the last island. Pretty terrible. Time was ticking away but had to make our way back towards the flags so we turned around and knocked out another race/round of the 1 Burpee parking space. A few minutes left and we moseyed over to the Flags for Mary.
Mary:
15 Flutter Kix IC, 15 American Hammers IC, 10 FK IC, 10 AH IC, 5 FK IC, 5AH IC, 0600 on the dot – RECOVER RECOVER.
Circle of Trust
It’s quite difficult to think I’ve been a part of this F3 brotherhood for 4 years. It’s even more difficult to believe that it is STILL free! There’s some jabroni’s out there that pay for a gym membership or personal trainer that probably don’t work as hard as the Pax did this morning!
And as much as things change, which they have a lot for me in 4 years – I have a middle-schooler, my wife ran/won a public office position, new career path, pursued and accomplished a Cadre role now travelling around the country helping lead amazing leadership events through GrowRuck, stepped in to a Development position with the F3 Naperville Foundation, gained weight, lost weight, gained weight, lost weight, etc…things also stay the same – still driving that honda accord, I still don’t really enjoy waking up early, the American flag still marks the spot for F3 workouts to begin, F3 is still free and its 5 Core Principles + Mission + Credo remain fully in tact on an international level, Pax still succumb to a good call-out, we don’t wake up for easy, those who come out to an F3 workout are intentional about maintaining our fitness, fellowship, and faith/community service in order to be better men in all facets…
Everyone goes through peaks and valleys in life, some more pronounced than others, but still we all do. Leaning into the resources and support that the men F3 Naperville region is what can help balance some of that. So I encourage each of you to continue to do the difficult thing and wake up early and get out and workout with other dudes. 10 out of 10 scientists recommend it! If you can overcome that mental battle to get out of bed when it’s cold and dark outside you can do anything you want.
Love, Uncle Rico
Naked Man Moleskin
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