09/02/2020 - Other - Tour The Wood Grand Opening
AO: Other
When: 09/02/2020
PAX:
Number of Pax: 31
Pax Names: 5-Putt, Apples, Blowout, Den Mother, Dilly Dilly, Elway, Gopher, Happy Camper, Onesie, pi 3.14, SoccerMom, Sparkler, Thomas Tank Engine, Tourniquet, Unlucky, Upchuck, Vern, Woody,
DR Names:
Number of FNGS: 1
FNG Names: Double Dribble
QIC: Pi 3.14
Introduction
Woke up at 4am, loaded the truck with 60lb logs, 70lb sandbags and coupons. Arrived at the AO 30 minutes early to set up equipment and cones. Steady flow of PAX arriving every minute
Dark, 65° and cool
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 workout 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.
Warm-O-Rama
Motivators in cadence from 8
Imperial Walkers in cadence x15
High Knees in cadence x15
Stretching
Good mornings in cadence x10
Abe Vigodas in cadence x10
Arm Circles 10
Count off by 5’s
Five teams will stay together throughout the AO
The Thang
Thang
All teams bear crawl from end of parking lot to the cones. Once the last member of the team reaches the cones, grab coupons and one half coupon per team and head to the hill
Thang II
Teams will bear crawl from the cone at the bottom of the hill to the cone at the top of the hill then run back to the bottom of the hill, grab coupons, small coupon and also one 60lb log and head to the basketball court. Stay together as a team
Thang III
Four corners
Each team will go to a corner, two teams at corner one.
5 burpees at corner one
10 big boys at corner two
15 merkins at corner three
20 air squats at corner four
Grab coupons half coupon and log and head to the gazebo
Thang IV
Elevens
Merkins & LBCs with 10 lunge walks in between
Grab coupons, half coupon, log and sand bag and head back to flags
Circle of Trust
Announcements read by SiteQ
Prayer
Thank you for the strength to wake up and get here this morning, the strength to lead these men at the grand opening of this new AO. We pray for the strength to get through these uncertain times and for the educators who have an impossible task with e-learning. We pray for those suffering from illnesses, especially Mr. Miyagi, Anna Caroline, Jacqueline Tulley, Randy Levine, Jeremy Baker who are battling cancer. In Jesus’s name we pray
Naked Man Moleskin
After Doubtfire left, I set a goal to uphold his strength of a siteQ and fill the void he left by Q’ing whenever I had a chance. Today was my 85th Q and I hope I’ve lived up to the Doubtfire legend.
After accomplishing the opening of The Ridge and planting the seeds,
Tourniquet exploded the recruiting and growth. The next challenge was to find another AO spread our reach. We went outside the box a little bit just like working out during the SIP and shutdown of AOs and started looking at parks a little further south and toward downtown Plainfield. I suggested to a few of the brothers in our B³ underground that we look at Settler’s Park. After a few workouts, and some loose chatter it was time to approach LT at Naperville about adding another AO. I messaged 1st F Q Shandy and he said he would present it at the next LT meeting. After the meeting the next day, I messaged Shandy and he said it went well and RC would be in touch. The following week after I Q’d at Citadel, RC and I talked and after discussing the new AO, he said I was thinking too small and we should open a new Region. After a little persuasion, RC convinced me and it was part of my long term goal of opening a Joliet Region. After our meeting, no hard picked the current LT and set up a private chat. At first, half the LT had reservations about splitting from Naperville. We had RC come down to a coffeteeria and explain everything here explained to me. The lightbulbs went off and Crossroads was born. As our numbers were steadily rising and approaching 40 PAX a day not was a no brainier to open the Wood since we had already vetted the AO during SIP. I’ve recruited over 30 PAX and will continue to grow the south AOs and eventually look for another AO down here.
It started with a small thought to get back in shape. To get right and now it’s a mission, to give back and find as many men as I can to help them find their F³ journey. Thank you! 👊