Tag: Milli Vanilli

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(01.20.21) All About the Benjamins’ Mile


AO: > Lightning Rod

QIC: > Lumbergh

PAX: > Walkman, Danish, Milli Vanilli, Stray Cat, Samurai, Herbie, Slash, Lawnboy (F3 Houston)



CONDITIONS

Calm, Cool, and Crisp morning at the Lightning Rod, a mild 34 degrees! Plenty of PAX to move around, so warming up was the only option.

Warm Up (Circle of Pain)

  • SSH x 25 IC
  • Windmill x 15 IC
  • Scissor Arm x 15 IC
  • Monkey Humpers x 10 IC
  • Squats x 15 IC
  • Plank Jacks x 15 IC
  • SSH x 25 IC

The THANG

Mosey to the parking, Apple Turnover thru the parking lot

All About the Benjamins’ Mile (4 Rounds of the Below to complete the Mile)

  • 25 squats (EC IC)
  • Run 100m
  • 25 big bois (EC IC)
  • Run 100m
  • 25 squats (EC IC)
  • Run 100m
  • 25 big bois (EC IC)

Confused Al Gore Walking Thru the Woods out of the parking lot (Al Gore but moving sideways), mosey back to LR

6MOM

> Flutter Kicks x 15 IC, LBX x 15 IC, Leg Raises x 15 IC, Hold the Six till out of time, finished with COT

Moleskin

Today my share is actual a post from F3_ItalianJob (East Cost TRUEbadour from the Carolinas)

“Chose your words wisely. Don’t speak to be heard, but rather speak when necessary. Words have the power to build up or tear down. Rash words are like sword thrusts and an unchecked tongue is like wind to a fire. Think before you speak and make it worth others listening.”

Announcements:

We’ve had 8 FNG’s since mid-December, that’s 6 in the new year, and one PAX relo. This is awesome, I couldn’t be more proud. This will grow, because we are mission to better and shape the men of our communities. Keep leaning in, ask those friends, co-workers, neighbors, Let’s Give it Away

Remember –> Plant, Serve, Grow.

> That’s a wrap, Lumbergh

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(01.09.21) Let’s Get Physical


AO: > LavaField

QIC: > Lumbergh

PAX: > 2Chainz, Samurai, Doughboy, Milli Vanilli, FNG (Slash), Danish, FNG (Cherokee)



CONDITIONS

> Frosty and Foggy start to the day. Fortunately it was dry! Used the blessing to bust some butts with a good old fashioned beatdown at the LavaField. PAX arrived early and ready to party, a couple of FNG’s were in the mix, rolling deep on a Saturday is the best start to the weekend.

Warm Up (Circle of Pain)

  • SSH x 15
  • Imperial Walkers x 15
  • Windmill x 15
  • Third Grade Exercise x 15
  • Scissor Arms x 15 (inserted a Mosey to the cars to grab a couple sets of gloves for the PAX for the Thang)
  • SSH x 15

The Thang

Split the PAX into 2 man teams, each team member completed one of the stations below. Station 1 dictates how long….

ROUND 1

STATION 1: Burpee Bear Crawl (modify burpee with squat if needed)

  • Burpees (x 5)
  • Bear Crawl (5 yds)
  • Repeat for 50 yds (turn around at 50 yd line mosey back to the start)

STATION 2: Merkin Mosey

  • Merkins (x 25)
  • Mosey (25 yds and back)
  • Repeat till Station 1 is done, switch stations

ROUND 2

STATION 1: Big Boi Broad jump

  • Big Bois (x 10)
  • Broad Jump (10 yds)
  • Repeat for 100 yds (turn around at 50 yd line to finish at the start)

STATION 2: Flutter Kick Mosey

  • Flutter Kick (x 100 EC)
  • Mosey (100 yds and back)
  • Repeat till Station 1 is done, switch stations

ROUND 3 (this is for time, we did 16mins to round out the Thang)

STATION 1: RUN!

  • Run (50 yds and back)

STATION 2: Squat Jump

  • Squat Jump (till station 1 completes the run)
  • Alternate for time

MOM

  • LBCs (x 15 IC)
  • Outlaws (x 15 IC, both directions, keep the legs up)
  • Flutter Kick (x 15 IC)
  • Flutter Jacks (x 15 IC)
  • Plank (x 20 IC)
  • Pickle Pounders (x 10 IC)

Moleskin

I finish this thing off with a simple quote, that has tremendous depth, one to truly make you think. I share this with one consideration, how you approach any moment, is first shaped by your own opinion of how you will manage thru it. The quote is from one of America’s captain’s of industry, Henry Ford, who once said in reflection of his life, “Whether You Think You Can Or Think You Can’t, You’re Right.”

Welcomed to the PAX two FNGs, got to know them both a little more and are better for it. Clap it up for Slash and Cherokee, welcome to F3 boys.

> That’s a wrap, Lumbergh

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Shield Lock


AO: > Lightning Rod

QIC: > Walkman

PAX: > Bunny, Herbie, Millie Vanilli, Lumbergh, Danish



CONDITIONS

>45 with wet ground but no falling water. PAX arrived on time and we kicked things off in the Gloom.

Warm Up (Circle of Pain)

> Jogged to 52nd and then down to Division, circled up by the pathway for Windmill x 15, slow high knees x 15, Third Grade exercise x 15, squats x 10 and mosied to the track.

The Thang

>Descending Ladder of Real Peter Parkers, with lunge walks across the track (width) and back in between. 10 RPP’s, lunge walk, 9 RPP’s, lunge walk…This was tough to finish and had all of our legs burning!

Baby Dora in three teams of two. Each team completed 75 Burpees, 100 Squat Jumps, 200 mountain climbers. Worked up a sweat with some positive chatter to keep the PAX going!

6MOM

> Plank x 15, Flutter kick x 25

Moleskin

>Q1.7 Shield Lock. Men hunt as a pack and share the rewards horizontally. Whereas your M and Shorties will give you feedback if you’re committing malpractice, your friends typically won’t, and relationships require constant acceleration. The Shield lock is beneficial for mutual defense against the flux, and requires 3P – Proximate, Purpose, and Periodic in order to thrive.

> Weekend soreness brought to you by Walkman

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(01.06.21) Gridiron Grinder


AO: > Lightning Rod

QIC: > Lumbergh

PAX: > Danish, Walkman, 2Chainz, Milli Vanilli, Herbie, Bunny, FNG (Samurai)



CONDITIONS

Warm day the Lightning Rod, relatively dry coming in at 48F degrees. 4 PAX rolled in strong ready for a beat down.

Warm Up (Circle of Pain)

  • SSH x 15
  • Windmill x 15
  • 3rd Grade Exercise x 15
  • Monkey Humpers x 15
  • Slow High Knees x 15
  • Butt Kickers x 15
  • SSH x 15

Mosey to the track

The THANG

Goal is 3 rounds, PAX delivered 2.5 this morning!!

  • Start at back corner of football field
  • 20 Squats (EC)
  • 20 Monkey Humpers (EC)
  • 20 Big Bois
  • 20 Leg Raises
  • Mosey to other end of the field
  • 10 Squats (EC)
  • 10 Monkey Humpers (EC)
  • 10 Big Bois
  • 10 Leg Raises
  • Sprint to the other side of the field (same end zone)
  • 20 Squats (EC)
  • 20 Monkey Humpers (EC)
  • 20 Big Bois
  • 20 Leg Raises
  • Mosey to other end of the field
  • 10 Squats (EC)
  • 10 Monkey Humpers (EC)
  • 10 Big Bois
  • 10 Leg Raises
  • Sprint to the other side of the field (same end zone)

Back to the Lightning Rod

6MOM

> LBCs x 15, Spread Eagles x 15, Flutter Kicks x 15

Moleskin

Get Right (Q1) – F3Qsource

To be able to help others, a man must first help himself

Picture yourself on an airplane taxiing out to the runway. Doesn’t the flight attendant always instruct the passengers that in the event of sudden cabin depressurization oxygen masks will drop down from the ceiling. She then says something counterintuitive. If you are traveling with small children, put your mask on before trying to assist them. Selflessness would seem to require the inverse, that you would not help yourself before you helped them. Perhaps, but in a rapidly depressurizing cabin you won’t have the time. The issue is not whether you should help them first, but that you can’t help them at all unless you help yourself first.

The same is true in the life of man. A man must be breathing pure oxygen before he can help his fellow passengers. He must accelerate his Fitness, Fellowship and Faith before he can hope to have IMPACT or lead. He has to Get Right first before he does anything else.

Get Right is the first quadrant of Preparedness because an un-Fit man is unprepared to help anyone else.

***Today we were fortunate enough two have to new members added to our PAX. 2Chainz comes from the area but had only done F3 back while visiting family in Naperville, IL. Glad to have you brother! In addition, we had a FNG who’s been checking in on F3 planting in Portland, learned about the mission while in Memphis a few months back. Got to know him a bit this morning and pumped to have him, welcome newly minted Samurai!***

Remember –> Plant, Serve, Grow.

> That’s a wrap, Lumbergh

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(12.30.20) Nothing but Burpees


AO: > Lightning Rod

QIC: > Sandbag (guest Q from South Gilbert, AZ)

PAX: > Danish, Bunny, Milli Vanilli, Lumbergh



CONDITIONS

> 45 degrees, wet but not raining. 5 HIMs tackled the LR, ready for a down range Q from South Gilbert, AZ by none other than Sandbag.

Warm Up (Circle of Pain)

  • No warm up

The Thang

PAX was told it was a grind but something the South Gilbert AO completed the night before and challenged Portland….

  • Burpees (x 100)
  • 30 second rest
  • Burpees (x 100)
  • 30 second rest
  • Burpees (x 100)
  • 30 second rest
  • Burpees (x 100) – only completed 61 in time for completion

Moleskin

Sandbag closed us out speaking about his personal journey with F3. Message was strong and motivating. While he began back east, it wasn’t till his time AZ that he fully committed to the mission. In fact, stepping up and VQ’ing was the first step toward truly becoming a leader within F3.

PAX got thoroughly beatdown but immediately picked back up. Thanks, Sandbag!

> That’s a wrap, Lumbergh

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Blockhouse 1000


AO: > LavaField

QIC: > Lumbergh

PAX: > Tater Tot, Danish, Milli Vanilli, FNG



CONDITIONS

> 45 degrees and relatively dry. 5 HIMs tackled the LavaField, ready for some work after getting the day off for Christmas! It was a great day for a beatdown.

Warm Up (Circle of Pain)

  • 400 meter mosey
  • SSH x 20
  • Windmill x 15
  • Third Grade Exercise x 15
  • 400 meter mosey
  • SSH x 20
  • Scissor Arms x 15
  • Slow High Knees x 15
  • Butt Kickers x 15

The Thang

Goal of this exercise is to do 100 reps of each movement, complete one at a time, when you finish one movement, run to the top of the stadium and back, start on the next movement.

  • Block KB
  • Block Squats
  • Block OH Press
  • Block Curls
  • Block Up Leg Raises
  • Block Press Ups
  • Block Step Ups (EC)
  • Block Hold Plank (IC)
  • Block Shoulder to Shoulder (EC)
  • Block Leg Raise side to side (EC IC)

6MOM

> Powered thru the whole Blockhouse 1000 as a PAX instead.

Moleskin

> Wrapping this thing up with one simple quote to share what I feel in this season, something I’m truly grateful for this year especially. This is a quote from the final scene of “It’s a Wonderful Life”, my favorite Christmas movie…..

“Dear George, Remember no man is a failure who has friends. Thanks for the wings, Love Clarence.”

While the thought is simple the intention is deep. I’m blessed to have found this group, this band of brothers. Walk away today, beside exhausted, be full b/c you are surrounded by this group, ready and armed to be there when you need it!

Welcomed an FNG to the mix, introducing Doughboy!

> That’s a wrap, Lumbergh

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Lines Lines and more Lines!


AO: > Lightning Rod

QIC: > Walkman

PAX: > Lumbergh, Danish, Millie Vanilli, Herbie



CONDITIONS

> 45 degrees and high overcast was actually quite balmy today. No rain was a nice touch! Rather quiet group as we all rolled into the holiday week with a great start.

Warm Up (Circle of Pain)

> Mosied to the tennis courts and ran the length and back, Windmill x 15, squat x 10, ran the length and back, Third Grade exercise x 10, slow high knees x 10, ran the length and back merkin x 10, scissor arms x 10.

The Thang

> Lines! Ran to each tennis court and back, adding exercises at each turnaround point. Each set had an exercise that increased by 1 rep per line.

Started with 5 merkins, adding one each time and finishing with 12

Ran a set of lines with no movements.

Set 2 was squats – started with 10 and ended with 17.

Ran a set of lines with no movements

Set 3 was peter parkers – started with 15, YHC realized at 18 that this was too many, and made it a flat 12 for the PAX moving forward.

Ran a set of lines with no movements.

6MOM

> LBC x 30, 2 minute pushup, LBX x 30, 2 minute squat, Plank x 15, 2 minute ‘6 inch’ leg hold, Plank x 15, Big Bois x 20.

Moleskin

>Spoke about the difficulty of choices this time of year – holidays, who to spend time with, how to do it safely, and the amount of Stress most are under due to COVID impacting all of this. Reminded the PAX of the good old saying ‘first seek to understand, then seek to be understood’ as a solid place to start as a leader right now. The value of adding context and perspective to our understanding allows us to make the right choices for ourselves and our families.

>Tomorrow’s soreness brought to you by Walkman

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AO: > Lightning Rod

QIC: > Walkman

PAX: > Herbie, Lumbergh, Danish, Bunny, Millie Vanilli



CONDITIONS

> 44 and gloomy. High overcast with wet ground but no falling water. Pax seemed pretty cheery, everyone arrived on time with some light chatter to begin.

Warm Up (Circle of Pain)

> Mosied to 58th and down to Division, stopping for a public display of warmup between the HS and ES.

Third Grade Exercise x 15, Squats x 10, windmill x 10, scissor arms x 10, merkin x 10, monkey humpers x 10, slow high knees x 10

Then mosied to the tennis courts.

The Thang

> Cave dweller ascending ladder. HR Merkin x 1, bear crawl across 1 tennis court, mtn. climber x 1, bear crawl back. Repeats increasing by 1 each round, finishing at 10 of each. Great push by the PAX to finish this one!

Mosied to the bathroom walls for Wall Sits. Cherry pickers x 15, forward arm circles x 15, overhead press x 15, backward arm circles x 15.

Finished with a circuit at the playground. Pull ups x10, decline merkins x10, shoulder taps x10, step ups x7, box jumps x10, and LBC’s x20. One round of each.

6MOM

> U x 10, LBx x 30, Plank x 20 with alternating leg up, superman x 10, Plank Jack x 10, Superman Jack x 10, LBC x 20, Big Bois x 7 took us home.

Moleskin

> Shared the five tenets from Q1.5, M.

  • Maintenance = deceleration
  • The culture is a jester
  • Your spouse is not your best friend
  • There is no 50 yard line
  • Joy trumps happiness

Took a moment of silence for each of us to reflect on a point that might hit home for our most important relationship and shared with the PAX.

> Tomorrow’s soreness brought to you by Walkman

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Gotta Squat to Trot


AO: > Lightning Rod

QIC: > Lumbergh

PAX: > Bunny, Danish, Milli Vanilli



CONDITIONS

Warm day the Lightning Rod, relatively dry coming in at 48F degrees. 4 PAX rolled in strong ready for a beat down.

Warm Up (Circle of Pain)

  • SSH x 25
  • Windmill x 15
  • Scissor Arm x 15
  • Monkey Humpers x 10
  • Slow High Knees x 15
  • Butt Kickers x 15
  • SSH x 25

Mosey to the track

The THANG

First Round (start with low and slow squats (easy count x 30) line up on end zone):

  • 10 squat jumps, run 10 yards
  • 10 reverse lunge (each leg), run 10 yards
  • Alternate each exercise till at the other end zone

Second Round (start with wall sit (x 30), then line up on end zone):

  • 10 single leg deadlift (each leg), run 10 yards
  • 10 alternating leg raises (each leg), run 10 yards
  • Alternate each exercise till at the other end zone

Third Round (**Skipped due to time**start with glute bridge (x 30), then line up on end zone):

  • 5 fire hydrants (each leg), run 10 yards
  • 10 monkey humpers, run 10 yards
  • Alternate each exercise till at the other end zone

Back to the Lightning Rod

6MOM

> Ran out of time, finished with COT

Moleskin

With a new member to the PAX (Milli Vanilla), opened up with education around the resources available on F3nation.com, discussed the invaluable leadership tools, namely the Q-source. While we currently have a group of HIMs around and in the same life journey/moment, this understanding and awareness is to key to how you pour into those around you and how you also make yourself available to allow others to pour into you.

Hard looks and straight talk (tempered by love) get results

Because the desire of an older man to pass on what he has learned to a younger man is natural, the vertical relationship between Stone and Blade has existed since men first sought the Advantage of gathering together into Communities. But like all relationships, it takes skill and effort for the Whetstone to work. To obtain that skill, a HIM does not wait until he is retired to begin practicing it. He is about the business of Sharpening younger men even while he himself is being Sharpened.

Sharpening does not happen by accident. It must be done with Deliberatude within a vertical relationship between two men who set out to see it happen. It works best between men who are not at the same point of their journey. For a Blade to be Sharpened properly, the Stone must be the harder of the two, at least for a season.

Like the Shield Lock, the Whetstone is a relationship that is subject to the 3P: it must be Proximate, Purposeful and periodic to be Effective.

Remember –> Plant, Serve, Grow.

> That’s a wrap, Lumbergh