PAX: Adjacent, Bing, Badda, Breezy, Claypool, Dr. Seuss, hgtv, IC Light, Okafor, Quiver, Unitard
PAX (not in Slack): Flop
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
Here’s what happened. 13 it was to enjoy a Merry Merkin Christmas. Warm ups and exercises were arm and shoulder focused. SSHs, many many arm circles WITH shurgs, wide grips, IW’s, Hillbillies and mosey….where distances between exercises for the remainider of the workout were covered with “Loud n Proud the 6” – an Indian Run, slow, where front man peels off to do 6 merks and falls in behind the line shouting “Loud n Proud the 6” to signal front man to do the same. Along the way of the morning the PAX enjoyed various merkin related exercises like decline Walking (alligator) merkins, CDDs, etc. Loud n Proud to the next stop where we found a short steep hill and did 5’s with foxholes at bottom and standard burpee at top. Loud n Proud to another hill for Clock merkins. Despite some fellas in different time zones we still got it done. At the fountain we found a low wall perfect for Erkins, Diamond Derkins, dips dips and more dips. Loud n Proud continued back to the flag with some Copperhead merks along the way. @breezy with Excellent traffic and safety control. Reliable man there.
Extra bonus to see guys haven’t seen in a while.
Pro wrestler Macho Man Randy Savage once said (among many other flamboyant things): “It’s ok for Macho men to show every emotion available. Ya know – I’ve cried 1000 times., I’m gonna cry some more. BUUUTTT…. I’m gonna tell ya, there is one guarantee in life and that there are no guarantees, yeah baby….AAANNNDDD…understand this….no body likes a quitter, no body said life was easy so if you get knocked down, take the standing 8 count, get back up and fight again.”
That said, we heard some specific prayer requests prior to me sharing that, family health emergencies, men hurting, some more general comments about strife in the world around us. Us men of F3, especially the guys presently stronger of muscle, mind and heart, we must each do our part for for our families, for our friends the men WE ALREADY know in F3 that may be down, and for men outside of F3 that need help. Reach out. Make that small effort. Was good to see @Okafor after a LOT of travel. He told me something like this: “that’s for that DM, man. Yep, it changes my thinking and helped get back out. ” Or some version of that.