Q 1.1 – The Daily Red Pill (DRP)
– Sad clown syndrome
– The Mascot
– The Amateur
– The Pro

“Esse quam videri”

“Lay and pray”

Progress vs movement

We can’t do life alone, and yet we try.

F3 is blessing.

As mentioned in the discussion, this song hits WAY harder now:

https://youtu.be/tcd9N62nOLg?si=ZBHRmDge9LeP61KW

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8 PAX for a bootcamp & 3 for RC.
TGIF! Mosey to warm up to thang 1.
Four Corners of Mary to start us off:
– low slow flutters
– dying
– LBCs
Thang 2: Tic-Tac-Toe 3 in a row team battle.
1’s vs. 2’s.
One end of the lot had our board and the only way to pass off your chalk to your teammate was to knock out merkins, squats, LBCs X 5/each. (Person must also draw the line through)
X’s vs. O’s. Losers gets burpees, winners get merkins. 2 exhilarating games played with questionable tactics. Then team Indian runs back to the flag battling each other with the classic , , . A lot of people losing on paper.

Prayers and praises. Safety for people stuck in flood zones around the state and weather. Safe travels to our guy, Joe Smith, as he goes to smuggle hardware into Prague.

MIAGD. See you tomorrow.

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On this day in 1991, eight people were sealed inside a giant glass structure in Arizona to simulate living on another planet. Dubbed “Biosphere 2”, the scientists spent 2 years running experiments (many failed), in fighting, and battling cockroaches. YHC intended to repeat that experience, but there were only 7 of us and an early request for more walking so I quickly modified the plan.

After a couple of Burpees for warmups, we grabbed a couple handheld rocks each and started our mosey.

Burpees x2
Irkins x4 by the baseball field, then through the woods to the parking lot for
Overhead press x8 then to the top of the lot for
Squats x 16 then over to the la Quinta back parking lot for
Popeye punches x32 then we dodged traffic and found a safe well lit driveway for
Hand release merkins x20 before making our way back to a parking lot for
Earl Grey x16 them down to the lower lot for
Rosalita x8 which reminded Fruit Loop that he missed Breezy. Then back through the woods to our start for
Eddy the Eagle x4

Dropped the rocks, some Mary (LBC, LSF, Cockroaches, SCS+pigeon)

Announcements: Bowling, q school, and some other things I forget

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14 posted on a muggy South Cary morning as YHC took the Q and pursued the Ghost flag. The weather was less than ideal but the banter was fantastic, and the PAX of South Cary showed up and showed out.

warm up: short lap around the parking lot before the typical side effect warm up: Sir fazio and reverse Sir fazio, seal claps, overhead claps, and behind the back claps. Clap heavy as always, as the Pax can’t help but applaud a Side Effect Q.

The thang: 1 and only thang needed, YHC Qd a beatdown that was as almost as hard as the previous year has been for me.

“Crazy Dora”- Flag lot as the pickle, partner 1 runs while partner 2 works.
100 dive bombers,
200 burpees (you read that right)
300 Jump squats.

few finished it all (shout out to Silver fox and Badda)

Mary: Ms love Abs so we did a Pax called Mary circle with LBC, WW2, low slow flutter, and Superman.

announcements – golf sign up(we missed it)
Odyssey
South Cary camping

prayers/praises: Honeycombs daughter, health/wellbeing of others mentioned as well.

I can’t think of a better way to culminate 1 year in F3 than with a few hundred burpees/dissected burpees. Thankful for the Pax to meet me in the gloom for these crazy ideas.

see you soon SC

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10 HIM tested fate this morning at Jack It Up. The three ECers got a sneak preview, while the rest had to wait. No flag as it was in Spade’s “other truck” so off we go. Mosey down and around the sheep loop. Standard warm-ups then the fun began.

The Wheel of Pain came out of hibernating and was ready to dole out a solid beatdown. Each PAX took a turn with fate and per typical wheel magic we hit every slice. HG gave us the final spin and ‘somehow’ it magically ended up on burpees. Pickle between each round, pax choice, sheep loop or small pickle + plank hold while waiting for the sheep loopers. 5k covered for some, rock solid abs achieved for others.

Odyssey in October, Culture week coming in November.
Prayers for Gravel Mouth’s fire academy test coming up.

Stick around long enough at coffeeteria and you might even get to meet someone considering becoming Senator Mark Kelly’s personal assistant.

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Today we celebrated by reaching a 2 mile goal, doing a BLIMPS along the way.

Celebration. Sharing our gifts. The M and I went to a fundraiser last night. Was amazed at the amount of wealth being donated in live auction format to meet monetary goals for a Wake Co. ministry called A Doorway to Hope. This org helps families and individuals in need across the Wake. We contributed where we could but the point is that all these people gathered and doing their best to share. Regardless of status, social placements, where you’re at in life, etc., we all have unique gifts. These gifts can and should be shared. It’s ok to celebrate the fact that you can share, use your gifts, your strengths to help others. Gifts can be anything – wealth, skills, etc. Doing this within F3 offers unique opportunities for each of us to help others. There are lots of events thru the year that F3 guys create and promote. Last night’s event reminded me that we need to celebrate those guys, those ideas, that joining them is the right thing to do, to help them to help others. Celebration helps get the word out.

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This morning’s workout started with a quick intro and pledge. We then moseyed to the parking lot across the street for warmups (SSH, Hillbillies, Good Mornings, Calf Stretches, Runner’s Stretches and Merkins.

YHC lead the PAX down Tryon to the Tunnel where we did 11s which consisted of Burpees at the far end of the tunnel and plank jax at the top of the hill on the near side of the tunnel. Clear instructions were not provided b/c some PAX attempted to cut the distance wanting to do exercises at each end of the tunnel. Clarity was provided and all was good after that.

Once we concluded the 11s, a few rounds of core exercises were performed before heading back to the SW parking lot. On our way back to the parking lot we made a few random stops for monkey humpers and American Hammers (in honor of Chipper’s leadership launching SW).

We had a few minutes to kill once we arrived at the SW parking lot so we did a quick Thang 2 which was the Triple Check. It was simple to do, but too much to explain here (if interested you can look it up in the F3 Exicon). We finished out with the plank hold.

It was great to be back at the Premier AO in South Cary (and I’ll go as far as saying the Greater Carpex Region). Thank you for the opportunity to lead this great group of HIM. May we go forth and encourage and lift each other up (everyone around us) as we did this morning.

Much love!

IC Light

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9 (+1 +1) met at Ritter Park to celebrate the greater Triangle area on 9/19!

Started at home warming up with the south Cary stretches. Lots of 9 counts.

Walk over to Aylesford Hill (assuring the dog walker that we weren’t a cult) for very modified 10s with Chapel Merkins. 9 at the top, 1 at the bottom, and 9 at the top. Back to the walk.

Over to the secret staircase to climb to the Peak of the mountain. 9-1-9 Mountain Climbers up and down the deck stairs. Drive it home at the bottom with:
Americanhammers
Prisonersquat
EX-ups

Greenway walk around Lifetime, doing this on the way:
Overheadclaps
Armcircles
Karaoke

Back through the woods to the pavelion to celebrate the Dirty D with Dips and Derkins.

Thanks for hanging with me, y’all! Turns out that concepts of a plan works out in some situations. MIAGD!

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8 braved week 2 of the Iron Pax Challenge under Kitty Litter’s leadership. Workout honored the STL pax who lost his life at a beatdown last year. Times ranged from legit 45ish (apologies if French Lick and Nabs were materially faster) to questionable 55 minutes. This week was significantly more challenging than wk 1. Playlist on point. Prayers for aging parents and those doing R2R this weekend.

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A robust group of 14 gathered to talk about parenting wins and losses. Some good sharing took place.

Be present with your kids. I challenge you all next week to put your phone in jail from 6-8p mon-thurs, as much as possible. The greatest ability for parenting is availability!

Do your best to not let work stress lead to a short fuse at home. Support your kids in whatever they’re in to, whether or not you know or care about it.

MIAGD, gents!

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