Date: Sept 15, 2021
AO: Southern Grit
QiC: Shoota
PAX: House Arrest, Import, Tuna, Winger, Vespa and Glowstick
I rolled into Berry Farms this morning expecting rain and gloom and I was greeted by beautiful weather and the site of Import and House Arrest rucking in. Tuna strolled in wearing flip flops and no gloves fully prepared for the Goat yoga we were about to begin. Tuna finally put some shoes on and we contemplated starting. As we prepared to push off, a car came flying in. Glowstick was coming in hot so we started some BACs to give him time to arrive. We're already a little late so let's just keep this BAC going. Wait, Vespa has some gloves for Tuna....rummages through truck..."sorry Tuna you're out of luck". Back BACs, go. As Glowstick makes his way into circle he realizes Tuna needs gloves...so disappears back to his car....rummages through car....appears in the darkness with extra gloves. Overhead claps now as Tuna puts on his gloves...Now the man who showed up wearing flip flops and no gloves is TRULY ready to begin the day, and we're late! What a start! WMHs and Good Mornings....let's mosey.
Thang 1 - Merkin ladder with transportation modes
Run length of parking lot until we get to the last building. Line up and begin.
10 merkins, bear crawl to half way point of parking lot (about 25-30 yards), 10 merkins, bear crawl to end (about another 25-30 yards) and 10 merkins. Rinse and repeat down to 1 merkin using varying means of transportation including bear crawl, lunges and crab walks. At this point I learned that Tuna loves Crab Walks and got confirmation that Hoser is in fact half crab apparently. As we approach the end a truck pulls in and decides that the only acceptable parking spot it will use at 5 am, in the absolutely empty parking lot of 100 spaces, is the one right in the middle of our workout and mere feet away from the men...so I guess we'll mosey a little to accommodate the man and his inability to adapt from his daily routine.
Thang 2 - Mucho Chesto on parking lot line
Everyone grab a line. 10 reps of each with varying modes of transportation between reps including burpee broad jumps, bear crawl, crap walks. Apparently we added an extra rep of staggered because I was busy telling a story about how we used to use a twitter messaging group to communicate and why we transitioned over to Slack, infuriating our very own BloodClot. I think he still uses the twitter thread and is waiting on someone to come say hello on there. It is now called "F3 Franklin Graveyard" and I sent a message this morning just to see if anyone replied and lo and behold....we have a BloodClot appearance already! The man loves a good twitter messaging thread.
Mosey back to flag for abs. I think we did some crunches and ww2s. Not sure, again I was too busy telling stories about our history, Armada specifically. Someone asked about the solo Q I did there so I talked through it. Found the old backblast if anyone is up for some humor; https://f3franklintn.wixsite.com/f3franklin12/post/one-is-the-loneliest-number-that-you-ve-ever-seen.
Moleskin: Culture Week continues all week. I reminded the men that it isn't about Bartman, OT, Gig'em, Tortoise or myself. Rather, it is a celebration of your effort and commitment to help give this away. We've come a long way over the years and we have to reflect on that history to truly appreciate where we are today. Don't miss the rest of the week. Keep coming and enjoying what we have, but most importantly understand who we are and what matters the most to us. Impacting the man beside you and ensuring we're making our community better. See you tomorrow fellas!
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