The scene was beautiful. YHC looked up in the midst of the beatdown and saw dozens of men running, sweating, working, pushing. The fog had settled on the gloom. The landmarks used for exercises were hard to see but the progress and brotherhood could be seen for miles. Out of the fog appeared Papa Smurf. The biggest inspiration of all. By the end of the beatdown, the fog had lifted, the sun was shining, men were drenched in powerful sweat and another morning in F3ENC had been completed.

YHC and Hometown were approached weeks ago about Q’ing this special event. What an honor. The only question was how to create an atmosphere that would be remembered but more importantly, spring board the Pax into another successful year of posting and headlocking. This is how the day went down,

Warm Up

  • Diamond Merkins x 20
  • Side Straddle Hops x 20
  • Butt Kickers x 20
  • Good Mornings x 20
  • High Knees x 20
  • Wide Arm Merkins x 20

The Thang

Exercise 1

Climbing the Ab Ladder. There’s four stops around the loop at BLP. The first loop at reps of 10-15-20-25. The second loop at reps of 15-20-25-30.

  • 1st Intersection – American Hammers
  • 2nd Intersection – WWI
  • 3rd Intersection – WWII
  • 4th Intersection – Freddy Mercuries

When finished, go back and pix up the six.

The Closed Hand gave us a patented Closed Hand 10 count.

We moseyed to softball field #3.

Exercise 2

We went exploring with DORA. Line up along the right field fence with a partner (expanding all the way to centerfield due to the large number of Pax posting). The destination to run to was either the cut of the dirt next to the second base bag or as a challenge, all the way to the chain link fence in front of the first base dugout. Almost all Pax ran the further distance. This just proves EVERY Pax can do more than they think. It’s all mind over matter.

  • 100 – Merkins
  • 200 – Squats
  • 300 – Hallelujahs

The Closed Hand was asked for a 20 count. He only responded with the number 10. We moseyed to the big field behind softball field #2. YHC doesn’t think we’ve used this field before.

Exercise 3

Start at the sidewalk. There were two lines of cones set up down the field. The first set was about 50 yards away, the second line was about 90 yards away. When YHC or Hometown called out an exercise, the Pax was to do 15 reps of that exercise on the sidewalk, sprint to their choice of cones, do 15 more reps and sprint back. Plank for the six. Rinse and repeat with whichever exercises the Q called out.

  • Plank Jacks
  • LBCs
  • Gorilla Humpers
  • Carolina Dry Docks

Exercise 4

Mosey to the picnic shelter. The Co-Q’s had the idea of torturing the Pax by having the last exercise completed next to the grill. T-Bone, Steamy and Skully has fired up the sausage and eggs earlier in the morning and the aroma had set in as heavy as the fog. At the picnic shelter you would partner up again. One partner held Balls to the Wall or People’s Chair along the chainlink back stop while other partner completed 30 box jumps. Switch when completed. Rinse and repeat.

Mosey back to the shovel flag. About halfway, Hometown called for a jailbreak and, of course led by Hat Trick and Abu, the Pax sprinted and finished at the flag. It was now 7:58 and Hometown led the Pax in one final exercise. As loud as the Pax could go, Hometown led Smurf Jacks x 20 in cadence. As the SJ’s were happening, Papa Smurf made his way into the middle of the circle. Surrounded by 59 brothers, this was a great way to end a great beatdown.

Prayer Requests

Continue to pray for community and F3.

Continued prayers for Papa Smurf.

Moleskin

What a tremendous way to celebrate by pushing yourself with your brothers in Christ and life. You need no explanation of how powerful this group is. Just look around the community. Find a F3 t-shirt. Find a F3 bumper sticker. Find any community service project. Bono shared a good excerpt from Freed to Lead. Without quoting, it discussed why we as a brotherhood are so powerful. We all make impacts on our community, make sure they are the impact you want the community to have. You are never in anything alone. With this bond you’ve always got something or someone to fall back on. Don’t ever hesitate to ask for help, guidance or involvement. Just know that your F3 brothers are only a tweet, call or click away. Put the headlock on others. Help grow this great thing we have and let the greatness shine.

Skipper and Hometown, OUT!

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