12.12.2022 Motivators & Roberts WOD (Doubles Edition)

AO: Lightning Rod

QIC: Goon

PAX: @herbie, @red curry, @freelunchpdx

Conditions: 38deg, cloudy

DISCLAIMER

Warm-O-Rama

Imperial Walkers – IC – 10

Hill Billies – IC – 10

3rd Graders – IC – 10

Daisy Pickers – IC – 10

Toy Soldiers – IC – 10

Arm Circles Forward – IC – 10

Arm Circles Backward – IC – 10

High Knees – IC – 10

  • MOSEY to field

The 1/2 Thang: 1/2 Motivators

MOTIVATORS, starting at 5

Breakdown of SSH w/ 4 actions:

  1. full SSH
  2. Hands half way up
  3. Legs out wide & in
  4. Jumps

1. 5-4-3-2-1

2. 5-4-3-2-1

3. 5-4-3-2-1

4. 5-4-3-2-1….

1. 4-3-2-1

2. 4-3-2-1

3. 4-3-2-1

4. 4-3-2-1….

1. 3-2-1

2. 3-2-1

3. 3-2-1

4. 3-2-1….

  • Starting at 5 made this too easy. But it was a good reintroduction of Motivators, done properly this time since YHC messed it up when trying to implement it. Timing also worked out good starting at 5.

The Thang: Roberts WOD (Doubles Edition)

2 ROUNDS:

Partner A runs 200m (back of end zone) while Partner B performs exercise until partner returns. Switch. Rinse & Repeat.

  1. 200m Run – Squat w/ Bicycle Crunch
  2. 200m Run – BDE Burpees (Burpee, Bonnie Blair, Squat – jump back into burpee)
  3. 200m Run – Perfect Merkins (hand release & shoulder tap)
  4. 200m Run – WWIs

Rinse & Repeat x2 (each Partner will have ran 1 mile).

6 Minutes Of MARY:

Mountain Climbers – IC – 20

Plank Jacks – IC – 15

Jane Fondas – IC – 10ea side

CoT:

From James Clear’s (Atomic Habits author) 3-2-1 email blast, 10/13/2022

“What appears to be a rapid shift is often preceded by a gradual process. Our results gradually explode or vanish thanks to the small habits we repeat each day.

What radical change are you slowly marching toward? An incremental explosion or an incremental vanishing?”

We commonly hear about “overnight success” but what people don’t see is the hard work put in for years ahead of the boom.

Keep at what your doing. Don’t give up if you don’t have success within the first few months.

I think this is more common for new business conversations, but for me, it’s a bit of a health conversation.

I worked with my former company for almost 8 years. I started taking care of myself better & working out while working there. They noticed, but barely noticed, the changes in my mind & body because of the gradual nature.

Then, I left the company & saw them about 2 years after (moved back home to Portland). They were amazed at how much progress I had made “overnight”.

The last analogy on this topic ice the Iceberg. We only see the tip of the iceberg. We typically do not see the amount of work & effort done below the water surface. It is, however, this effort below the water’s surface that allows the rest of the world to see the tip.

Please keep in mind the results can go both ways due to your habits. All your physical efforts can appear lost shortly after stopping working out or hitting the snooze button more often than not. Your health will take a hit shortly after falling into bad eating habits.

Moleskin:

A good amount of mumble chatter during the runs & mosey’s. YHC showed appreciation & respect for those showing up & being regulars, creating great habits for the group.

Continued conversations about creating simple habits & sticking to them. And how it’s too easy to lose progress & resort back to old, unhealthy ways. Using the group for accountability via simple conversation.

(07.01.22) – Courtyard Chaos

AO: The LGauntlet

QIC: Lumbergh

PAX: Kiwi, Walkman, Stray Cat, Free Lunch, Kraut (F3GrandRapids)

Conditions

Dark, slight chill in the air, little drizzle….perfect gloom for a crushing beatdown!

Warm up

  • SSH x 20 IC
  • Seal Claps x 10 IC
  • Arm Circles x 10 IC (Fwd & Bkwd)
  • Scissor Kicks x 10 IC
  • Flutter Jacks x 10 IC
  • Windshield Wipers x 10 IC
  • World’s Greatest Stretch x 5 (alternate to other leg)
  • Fold Overs x 5 IC

The Thang

Mosey to the bike racks, split PAX into teams of two

Round 1

  • First group, lines up at one end of bike racks
  • Hop overs, snake thru till all racks have been hopped over (other PAX hold squat till it’s your turn)
  • Complete 20 squats
  • Second group starts at the adjacent stairs, Broad jump down and back up (3 times)
  • Run back to bike racks and switch with your partner
  • If partner 1 hasn’t finished, hold wall sit until they finish

ROUND 2

  • First group, lines up at one end of the bike racks
  • Bear crawl under racks, snake thru till all racks have been hopped over (other PAX hold plank till it’s your turn)
  • Complete 20 merkins
  • Second group starts at the adjacent stairs, Burpee Broad jump down and back up (2 times)
  • Run back to bike racks and switch with your partner
  • If partner 1 hasn’t finished, hold wall sit until they finish

ROUND 3

  • First group, lines up at one end of the bike racks
  • Slalom Spints around racks, snake thru till all racks have been hopped over (other PAX hold six inches till it’s your turn)
  • Complete 20 rows (pick a rack near the start and out of the way)
  • Second group starts at the adjacent stairs, Run down and back up (6 times)
  • Run back to bike racks and switch with your partner
  • If partner 1 hasn’t finished, hold wall sit until they finish

ROUND 4

  • PAX comes together, drops into Wall Sit
  • Arms Straight out, tap your knees x 10 IC
  • Arms Straight out, tap above your head x 10 IC
  • Seal Claps x 10 IC
  • OH Press x 10 IC
  • Recover

Slow mosey back to the track, shake out the legs and pick up the six

6MoM

  • 25 Leg Raises x IC EC
  • 10 Frozen Glute Bridge x IC
  • 25 Dead Bugs x IC EC (each leg, total of 50)
  • 10 Active Glute Bridge x IC
  • 25 Big Bois x IC EC
  • 10 Frozen Glute Bridge x IC
  • 25 Heal Taps x IC
  • 10 Active Glute Bridge x IC

COT

Discipline

“It’s not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives. It’s what we do consistently.” – Tony Robbins

Identify what matters to you, what and how you’ll work towards meeting those goals, and get after it consistently. Our mission here is to support our brothers in that discipline based on how they want us to provide it. What we observe here is a small piece of the puzzle. Be direct with each other, build those individual bonds that only brothers have and help each other be your best self.

Short and sweet b/c I gotta beat feet to get to my first meeting of the day.

That’s a wrap

-Lumbergh

It started and ended with the Hill

QIC: Walkman

PAX: Danish, Lumbergh, Kiwi, Free Lunch, Jelly Fish, Stray Cat, Leprechaun

Conditions

65 and sweaty! Everyone arrived on time and we. Got. After it with my last Q.

Warm up

Mosied to 52nd and then down the road to the parking lot by the baseball field. I encouraged everyone to think about the things they’ve learned from F3 as we circled up for Monkey Humpers x 10, Slow High knees x10, Windmill x10, Imperial Walkers x10, Arm Scissors x10, neck rolls x 12, Third Grade x 10, Daisy Pickers x10.

The Thang

Mosied to the hill. Bear Crawl up, 30 merkins, jog down. Bear crawl up, 25 merkins, jog down. Repeato, decreasing merkins x 5 until finished. The pax was encouraged to shout out/share what they’ve learned from F3 each time they were at the bottom of the hill. Lots of good things shared! Accountability, Fit and Friended men turn outward, F does not stand for fellatio, etc etc.

Mosied to the blue bathroom building and grabbed some wall for wall sits + Cherry pickers x 15, Morrocan night clubs x 15, OHP x 15.

Mosied to the tennis courts (so Free Lunch didn’t die from hay fever) and Nur’d (backwards Run) to the other side, squats x 30, nur back, squats x 25, repeato, decreasing squats x 5 until finished.

Ran to the end of first court, Burpee’s x 5, ran back. Ran to end of second court, Burpee’s x 5., ran back. Ran to end of third court, Burpees x 10, Ran back. Ran to end of court, Burpees x 15, ran back.

6MoM

Frozen Freddies x 15

CoT

I Shared the most impactful things I’ve learned from F3 and we all shared the impacts they have had on our lives. Also shared that you don’t have to move to plant a new flag, I’m looking forward to coming back and finding many more around PDX!

I’ve loved my opportunity to grow and lead all of you, thank you men!

Walkman Out!

Isla

AO: Lightning Rod

QIC: Walkman

PAX: Jellyfish, Artois, Free Lunch, Stray Cat, Bob Evans

Conditions

low 50’s and dry! Beautiful morning! Pax arrived on time (Q was a minute late!).

Warm up

Mosy to the Field with our Coupons, circled up in the middle for 10ea of neck Rolls, Arm Scissors, Imperial Walkers, Windmills, slow high knees, third grade exercise, Monkey humpers and Jane Fondas. s

The Thang

Team exercise just like a Dora but with a twist, making it an Isla.

A few of you heard of my recent visit to a local school where my 3 year old had to poop and I had to run her home. Turns out she weighs about the same as a coupon.

So each team had a certain amount of work to do, and one partner does the movement while the other runs across the field and back with their coupon.

The work: 150 Merkins, 150 bonnie blairs, 150 freddie mercury’s.

The twist: if you don’t go fast enough with the coupon, you get shit on. If your partner does more than 30 of the movement while you’re running, you were going too slow, and you get a punishment.

For this first leg, two of the teams had 6 total punishments – which were explained at the end.

Then we mosied to the stairs with our coupons and did a similar format, with 90 dips as the work. No punishments earned here.

Mosied to the ‘rod.

6MoM

The punishment was 4 burpees for each ‘shit on’. 24 total burpess earned and we completed them as a Pax.

CoT

I shared that the trip I’m on now is about 1 year from the one I was on when I learned that my friend Tom took his own life. Later that year, I lost another male friend in the same way. My conviction on the importance of things like F3, of helping men become fit and friended, has grown tremendously because of these events. Men are struggling. And they don’t tell anyone. And often they don’t know that it doesn’t have to be that way. F3 isn’t the only path for a man to get right, live right, lead right, and leave right, but it’s the one I can share, and I find it incredibly important to do so.

Great work Men.

Walkman

(05.02.22) – Cardio, Core equals SORE

AO: Lightning Rod

QIC: Lumbergh

PAX: Kiwi, Free Lunch

Conditions

Mild spring morning, rain soaked ground but all around solid day at the LR!

Warm up

  • SSH x 20 IC
  • 3rd Grade Exercise x 15 IC
  • Slow High Knees x 15 IC
  • Monkey Humpers x 10 IC
  • Windmills x 15 IC
  • Scissor Arms x 15 IC

The Thang

Neighborhood mosey, working our way back to the courtyard

Round 1

  • Squats x 100
  • Alternating Steps Ups using benches x 100 (50 each leg)
  • Box Jumps x 25
  • Hold six inches till six is in
  • Mosey to the parking lot

Round 2

  • Forward Lunge Walks x 100 (50 each leg)
  • Leg Raises till six is in (six does 20 reps to finish out)
  • Mosey to stairs

Round 3

  • Two stair lunges
  • Duck walk down the grass hill
  • Repeat 3 times as a PAX
  • Big bois till six is in (six completes 10 BBs to finish out)

Round 4

  • PAX Runs 400m
  • Stopping at wall
  • Wall sit
  • Cherry Pickers x 10 IC
  • Seal Clap x 10 IC
  • OH Clap x 10 IC
  • Walk out recovery, hip openers outside in then inside out

6MoM

  • Outlaws x 20 IC (10 each direction)
  • BoxCutters x 20 IC

COT

30 Life Skills That Will Make You a Better Man

  • Reading Discipline
  • Invest in Your Financial Future
  • Cook Eggs Multiple Ways
  • Clean Properly
  • Become Better With Women

And many more, that I’ll link to the backblast. The point of sharing this is b/c the first two out of the gate felt like a normal self-help article and then you get to #3 and so on. Made me laugh. Love it and agree. We take becoming a man so seriously, which is accurate, but really we need to invest in the little as much as the big. That’s my share, spend time in the littlest of moment b/c its easy to prepare for the big ones, it’s little ones that happen more frequently and sometimes without notice. Who has some moments as of late that speak to this??

31 Skills Every Man Should Know: Life Skills For The Modern Man

4/29/22 – Crab Walks and Bear Crawls and Coupon Swings Oh My

AO: Lightning Rod

QIC: Walkman

PAX: Kiwi, Free Lunch, Kingpin, Herbie

Conditions: 47 and dry with slightly damp ground. Sun keeps coming up earlier and earlier! Great to have Kingpin down range from Laramie, Wy.

Warm up

Windmill x 10, Halo’s x 10, Monkey Humpers x 10, Daisy Pickers x 14, Third Grade x 10, Mosy to landing above the field.

Thang

Start at the top of the landing, above Ben Franklin. Circuit of 5, 10, 15, 20, 25.

Goblet Squats, Coupon Swings, Weighted Leg Raises. Between each set, crab walk down the ramp, sprint in front of Ben Franklin, Bear Crawl up the rap. Repeato.

Mosy to the stairs. Complete 3 rounds of the (completely misnamed) Paula Abdul & Chest-hurt Cheeto’s. Line up at the bottom of the stairs, two guys sprint up the stairs going 3 steps up, 2 steps back (Paula’s). The rest of the line does Merkin’s (Chest Hurt’s). YHC shared a video on slack of the actual video, and it turns out I got nearly all of it wrong (not chester cheeto, not 3 steps forward 2 steps back). Oh well, those are fun/hard.

Mosy to the ‘Rod.

6MOM: Squats x 20, Plank x 15 (front, each side).

COT

YHC shared about how managing stress, being present, etc is tied directly to the actions we take before the stress hits – diet, sleep, emotional hygeine, etc etc. Shared a story of how this impacted me this week and had a good discussion about it with the pax.

Great work Men!

Walkman

3.28.22 Cave Dwellers!


AO: >Lightning Rod

QIC: > Walkman

PAX: > Jelly Fish, Lumbergh, Kiwi, Stray Cat, Free Lunch



CONDITIONS

mid 40’s and dry! Pax showed up in good moods with sore legs from Saturday. YHC didn’t read the Saturday Backblast….so I punished their legs again.

Warm up

  • Mosied to 62nd looking for good morning merkins, didn’t find any, mosied to the tennis courts
  • Circled up for SSH x 10, monkey humpers x 10, daisy pickers x 10

The Thang

Cave Dwellers! Start on the edge of the tennis courts

Bear Crawl to other side of first court, 10 merkins, crawl bear back, 10 merkins

Guerrilla walk to other side of second court, 10 merkins, reverse inch worm back, 10 merkins

Bear Crawl to other side of 3rd court, 10 merkins, crawl bear back, 10 merkins

Guerrilla walk to other side of fourth court, 10 merkins, reverse inch worm back, 10 merkins

Pick up the six!

6MoM

  • LBC x 25
  • Good morning merkins x10 (found some!)
  • Plank and side planks x 10 each
  • Merkins x 10

COT

I shared that preparation has been a common theme in my life in the last few months, so I shared some from the Q Source:

Prepare for what you expect and the be prepared for the unexpected 

The first disturbance the Disrupter makes in the life of the Mascot is to elicit Commitment . To Get Right, the Mascot has to Commit to actual Movement, not just its appearance. To obtain proper personal alignment, he must stop seeking to seem and determine to be. He must decide to turn Pro rather than continue life as an Amateur .

The superficially-Committed Mascot is an Amateur. To him, what truly matters is only that he make periodic resolutions and look like he is trying to fulfill them. Then, when the circumstances of his life inevitably undo whatever small progress he might have made, he can repeat the process without being completely embarrassed. For that man it is all about the appearance of the process not the substance of the progress.

The fully-Committed HIM is a Pro. He views his proper personal alignment as a skill that requires daily practice to first obtain and then continually sharpen. Determined to be rather than merely to seem, a HIM focuses on Preparedness absent any concern of how that appears to the world.

Take golf as an illustration of the contrast between the Amateur and the Pro. A professional golfer goes to the driving range every day to get prepared for what he expects from his next match and to be prepared for what he doesn’t. He practices driving and putting because he plans on doing a lot of both–but he also practices his sand shots and getting out of the rough because he knows that his plan to stay in the fairway will not always succeed. What he’s wearing while he does all that is of very little concern to him.

An amateur golfer spends more time trying to look like a golfer than he does practicing his swing. He might go to the range if he can fit it in, but he usually comes in hot on Saturday morning five minutes before his tee time hoping for good things to happen and reacting emotionally when inevitably they don’t. How could they? He is prepared for neither the fairway nor the rough. He is not actually a golfer–he only seems like one because he’s wearing the right shoes.

A Mascot brings the same Amateur approach to his proper personal alignment. Instead of organizing his time around the daily grind required to work out his imperfections, he just shows up and reacts emotionally to his circumstances. For him Preparedness is something he never seems to be able to fit around his “real” life when in fact the Get Right is his real life.

The HIM is the complete opposite. He is a man who has turned Pro. He knows that proper personal alignment requires the constant honing that can only be done through daily practice. Unlike the Mascot, the HIM’s focus is on Preparedness–not just for the next Event in his life, but for his life in general as well as what awaits him in the Super Unknown.

Until the Mascot turns Pro he will be ruled by the emotional surges that result from his lack of Preparedness for the expected and unexpected Events of his life. He will make the same resolutions every December and break them in the same way every January. Because he is an Amateur he will start each day with the Blue Pill and live a life of seeming rather than being.

Fortunately, no man is too far wrong to Get Right. No matter how long his boat has been capsized he can begin returning it to the normal upright position with one very small Movement–the decision to take the Red Pill instead of the Blue one. He need only determine to begin doing those things necessary today to become a HIM tomorrow

True freedom is the predetermined ‘what’ that allows full focus on the ‘how’

Good work Men

-Walkman

(03.18.22) – Charge the Hill and 2 zig zags

AO: Lightning Rod

QIC: Walkman

PAX: Free Lunch, Jelly Fish, Steamy Nix, Stray Cat

Conditions

47, wet ground but otherwise dry. Great morning for a beatdown!

Warm up

Jogged to the corner with our coupons, completed:

  • Burpee Box jump x 5
  • Neck rolls x 10
  • Arm Scissors x 10
  • Imperial Walker x 10
  • Burpee Box Jumps x 5
  • Windmill x 10
  • Third Grade x 10
  • Monkey Humper x 10
  • Burpee Box Jump x5
  • Side Lung x 10

Mosied to the tiered hill by the football field with our coupons.

The Thang

Charge the Hill:

  • 5 Pull ups
  • Charge the hill while bear hugging the coupon
  • 5 merkins
  • run down the hill
  • repeato with 10, 15, 20 reps

2 Zig Zags (I always accidentally call Bolt 45’s ‘Colt 45’s’, and then I get the Afro Man song in my head, which birthed this idea).

Bolt 45 1: 15 top 1/3 squats, 15 mid range squats, 15 bottom 1/3 squats, 15 merkins, 15 jump squats

Bolt 45 2: 15 top 1/3 Merkins, 15 mid range merkins, 15 bottom 1/3 merkins, 15 squats, 15 full Merkins.

Charge the hill:

  • 5 pull ups
  • charge the hill while bear hugging the coupon
  • 5 Squats with the coupon
  • run down the hill
  • repeato with 10, 15 reps.

Mosy back to the ‘Rod.

6MOM

  • Big Bois w/coupon and OHP x 10
  • Frozen Freddie x 20
  • Plank x 15, side plank x 15 each side
  • LBC x 25

COT

I shared that my family is in a tremendous period of transition, and that’s its been really important for me to be able to be very empathetic to the emotional swings, rational fears and challenges, etc. We had a good conversation about handling transitions, self awareness, and some great edification from the pax.

Great work today Men!

Walkman

(03/04/22) – Pass the Merlot

AO: Lightning Rod

QIC: Lumbergh

PAX: Stray Cat, Kiwi, Walkman, Free Lunch, Steamy Nix, Danish

Conditions

Mild, dry, and a glimmer in every guy’s eye!!

Warm up

  • SSH x 20
  • Slow High Knees x 10
  • Windmill x 10
  • Daisy Pickers x10
  • 3rd Grade Exercises x 10
  • Halos x 10
  • SSH x 10

The Thang

Mosey to the field.

Line up on the End Zone. Partner up

Round 1:

  • Line Up on the track
  • Partner 1: Run 400m
  • Partner 2: Incline Merkins
  • Switch
  • Partner 1: Run 400m
  • Partner 2; Decline Merkins
  • Switch

Round 2:

  • Mosey to Stadium
  • Partner 1: Run up and down the stairs 10 times (one group per aisle)
  • Partner 2: Step ups
  • Switch
  • Partner 1: Run up and down the stairs 10 times
  • Partner 2: Box jumps
  • Switch

Round 3:

  • Mosey to End Zone
  • Partner 1: Run 25 yards and back, Run 50 yards and back
  • Partner 2: X-Factors
  • Switch
  • Partner 1: Run 25 yards and back, Run 50 yards and back
  • Partner 2: Big Bois
  • Switch
  • Partner 1: Run 25 yards and back, Run 50 yards and back
  • Partner 2: Leg Raises
  • Switch

Mosey back to LR

As a PAX, block march back to LR. On Q’s call lift press block up and over to the other shoulder, continue all the way back.

  • Grounded LBCs x 20

COT

LANGUAGE (F2)

The Lexicon Of Virtuous Leadership

The culture denatures words to uselessness

Take the word accountability as an example. If you look that word up in the dictionary you will find some form of the following definition: an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for one’s actions. That definition, while technically accurate, isn’t very useful in advantage-seeking because it doesn’t tell you how you do it.

Moreover, the culture has further maligned the word into full-blown uselessness. Very smart people routinely say things like “yup, this is the year I start holding myself accountable.” While that may sound good, it’s actually a useless statement because nobody can hold themselves accountable. If that were possible, the word accountability would not need to exist because the concept of accountability would be unnecessary–we would all just lead ourselves down the virtuous path through our own self-will. But we can’t, at least not enough of the time to render the world free of the problems that the concept of accountability arose to address in the first place.

As a result, for the purpose of the Language of effective leadership, the word accountability has been denatured by the culture and rendered useless. Which is not good, because the concept of accountability is inexpressibly important to the skill of leadership. Without accountability, leaders cannot influence movement to advantage.

That’s a wrap,

Lumbergh

Gwen and Isla


AO: >Lightning Rod

QIC: > Walkman

PAX: > Stray Cat, Lumbergh, Free Lunch, Danish, Steamy Nix



CONDITIONS

51 and drizzly – balmy morning and everyone was in good spirits.

Warm Up (Circle of Pain)

Warm up

Everyone snagged a bench and completed fire feet x 12, toe taps x 12, and step ups x 12 before mosying around the corner and down to the field. Circled up at the goal line for Halos x 10, Imperial Walkers x 12, Windmill x 12, Monkey Humpers x 12, Daisy Pickers x 12. Steamy Nix found us just before we circled up!

The Thang

Beatdown inspired by my Daughters Gwen and Isla:

10 merkins, 11 big bois, 12 lunge walks (Easy Count), 13 Squats

3 burpees

14 merkins, 15 big bois, 16 lunge walks, 14 squats

3 burpees

repeato until time is up. Asked everyone to remember what # of reps they made it to. Danish and Free Lunch made it to 39! Mosied back to the rod.

6MoM

LBX x 39, Plank/Side Planks x 39 (total), Frozen Freddie x 39 (yikes)

COT

I loved this workout. I didn’t post on Monday, and my oldest stayed home for a bit with me and insisted we do a workout. She lead us through 10 merkins, 11 big bois, 12 lunges and 13 squats. Last week, my youngest wanted to work out randomly one evening, so we did a few burpees (a few of you saw the video). I was excited to share this workout, and while perusing the Q Source I came upon Positive Habit Transfer. I thought that was fitting – my daughters want to workout with me because it’s such a regular part of our lives.

The Q source breaks it into 3 categories.

Negative Habits – work to eliminate these

Neutral Habits – work to reduce these

Positive habits – work to reinforce and add more

You cannot give away what you do not possess. Living right is being a HIM. Part of being a High Impact Man is understanding IMPACT, an acronym.

Influence: igniting a powerful desire for Movement
Missionality: Serving in the High Impact Zone
Positive Habit Transfer: ingraining Advantageous tendencies in others
Accountability: submitting to Standard through Enforcement and Consequence
Correction: zealously advocating for shared virtue
Targeting: initiating Missionality in others

I asked the PAX to take a few minutes and think about the positive, negative, and neutral habits they are transferring in their lives, and some good sharing ensued.

Great work Men!

Walkman