WE’RE A TRIPOD

Preamble:

“Good things come in threes” is a phrase that conveys the idea that things that come in sets of three are more effective, satisfying, and humorous than other numbers. This is also known as the “rule of three” or omne trium perfectum in Latin, which means “everything that comes in threes is perfect”.

Google AI gave me the above statement and sure wish I would have seen this on Wednesday night. Now, was this a PERFECT BD…..maybe/maybe not but pretty sure all would say it was effective, satisfying and humorous 🙂

Warm-O-Rama:

A quick welcome to our FNG (Shut Down), disclaimer and recited both the F3 Mission as well as the 5 Core Principles of F3.

“Plant, Grow and Serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership”.

5 Core Principles:

• Free
• Open to All Men
• Held outdoors rain/shine, heat/cold
• Led in rotating fashion with no certification necessary
• Ends with Circle Of Trust

Mosey to the big flag pole while mixing in some side shuffles, butt kicks, high knees. The typical warm-ups where at the end YHC explained how this was his 3rd Q in a row….a Tri-Fecta Q if you will.

YHC invited men to think of and/or name there favorite “3’s”….

• The Holy Trinity was mentioned (good one and thanks Sweeper)
• YHC then said how bout well known FG kickers and a big contingent went down the Ray Finkle path 🙂

That was about enough of that for now so mosey to the Field of Dreams.

The Thang:

A few more warm-up-esque exercises called along with 3 Burpees AND this is where the second leg of our Tripod BD would take over as Lumbergh’s name was called upon.

Here’s Lumbergh’s view of the situation as it happened.

This completely unexpected turn almost left me speechless but I knew I could do it and mustered up an idea out of thin air.

A slight mix up in the 1:4 style of exercise brought us the Jack Thor. 1 Mercan to 4 Hammers (Alpha) and count up each time.

Add in a diamond style every now and a switch to Big Bois after round 3. (Captain Jacks?) At the halfway point (round 5) we hit a lap return and Cookie felt he had better ideas so we switched to LBCs (Captain Cookies?)

We even threw in some squats (Lieutenant Jack Thors?)
As we are about to start round 10 I am relieved of duties. I will make sure we finish this soon….
Zohan has some work for the Exican though….Back to you No-See-Um

Mosey to the playground for a set of Morning Call with … you guessed it 3 men at a time and 3 Pull-Ups/Merkins at a time.

Now time for the 3rd Leg of the Tripod morning BD….Cookie. On to the parking lot near BB courts for some Dora BLIMPS with one partner running to road and back.

• Burpees 20
• Lunges 40
• Imperial Walkers 60
• Merkins 80
• Plank Jacks 100
• SSH 120

With about four minutes left, back to the flag for two quick rounds of Rochambeau which is of course a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors done in plank position with two men. Winner does one Merkin and loser does one Burpee. These two rounds were done with two men out in center and their teams behind them.

COT:

Prayers/Praise for Hot Sauce’s M who had little scare but all seems to be okay.

Praise for YHC’s 2.0 getting his license yesterday.

TAP’s for men with unspoken prayers and things on their minds.

Naked-Man Moleskin:

Fun, somewhat discombobulated workout this am but all made it through just fine. Thanks to Lumbergh and Cookie for playing along today.

Welcome to FNG Shut Down and for Sirloin being consistent the last few weeks.

HotSauce was our 6th Man today and shared during parking lot coffeteria. Very good impression of ole Crack when getting named 9 or so years ago. And talked about F3 being his favorite group ever b/c of the awesome 2nd F’s we always have….and he likes the workouts too 🙂