Q: Ticket
Pax: Mickey, Stamper, Klinger, Splinter, Wake, Sipe, John Henry, The Hoff, Android, Rihanna, Hustle, Mater, Worm, Mayhem, Hedgehog, Trinity, Pixar, Brute, Scrooge, Ticket (No FNGs)

Today was the 9 month anniversary of the launch of F3 in Toledo. To commemorate this momentous occasion, 20 PAX took a stroll down memory lane. As there were no FNGs, YHC briefly reviewed the 5 core principles of F3 and explained that due to the icy conditions, the PAX would proceed on this ruck without the coupons originally planned.

Before stepping off for the ruck, the PAX did a little warm-up consisting of 15 SSH in cadence with rucks on and Michael Phelps and Arm Circles OYO. After getting limbered up, YHC asked the PAX to share stories from the first 9 months of F3 Toledo as we rucked. And with that, the PAX stepped off.

The PAX headed out of the Harroun Park parking lot, turning south on Main St toward Ravine Rd. At Ravine, the PAX hung a left, heading to Flower Memorial Hospital. After an ill-timed start to crossing Harroun Rd, split the PAX. The PAX regrouped and headed into the entrance of the hospital, working their way toward the garage. In the parking lot in front of the building by the garage, the PAX paused for some PT – 10 burpees in cadence, with rucksacks on. After the PT, the PAX continued to the garage, rucked to the top and back down. From there, the PAX returned to the parking lot for another round of PT – 15 rucksack squat thrusters.

The PAX began heading south on the Flower Hospital campus toward Brint Rd. Finding sidewalks that were not yet cleared of snow, the PAX opted to ruck in the street down Brint Rd, heading toward Main St. We hung a right on Main, heading north and back to Harroun Park.

In all, the PAX covered 3.32 miles in 55 minutes, for a 16.5 minute mile pace, including the PT.

Some of the early mumblechatter during the ruck was about preparing for the first F3Toledo beatdown, Colonel trying to up the ante on some of the guys to commit FNGs for the first beatdown, and how Mickey thought there was no way he was in the right place as he pulled into Southview that first Saturday morning. There were way too many people for it to be the right place.

As we continued on, people recalled some their favorite beatdowns, convergences in Perrysburg, Sylvania, and Toledo, the July beatdown and 2nd F at Brute’s parents place, the FROG, and the news story that Nails’s wife did on F3 Toledo in August. With GrowRuck looming in a couple of months, the mumblechatter turned to equipment and people coming in from around Ohio and other states.

The ruck concluded with COR, NOR, Meet the 6th (Sipe), Announcements, and a COT.

Hustle reminded the PAX to continue to consider bringing blankets to upcoming beatdowns to donate to the Cherry Street Mission.

The group offered up prayers for Bluto, Sideshow and his family, Splinter’s co-worker and his wife and newborn child, Worm’s brother, and the troops and first responders that they stay safe in carrying out their duties to protect and serve. YHC asked for the patience, wisdom, and strength to be better men today.

Moleskin:
Here are some tidbits about the 34 men from Toledo that showed up and showed out for the first F3 workout at The Fuse on 5/13/2017:

• 9 have reached the Century Club
• 18 have posted in 2018, including 15 in February 2018
• 21 have posted 10 or more times, though a few have not been since the temperature dipped below freezing
• 1 guy has not posted since June, but is joining us for GrowRuck
• Only 7 have not returned

It was an honor and a privilege to lead the men of F3 Toledo this morning.

AYE!

Fort Meigs Circular:

Date: 02/13/2018
Time: 5:30 – 6:30 AM
Location: The Necropolis – AKA…Fort Meigs

Q: Bambi

PAX: 9 total – Venom, Casper, bourbon, Buttermaker, Woodstock, Tupac, Bambi (Q), Jennay, Flo

F3 Mission: Fitness, Fellowship, Faith; To plant, serve and grow men’s small workout groups, in order to reinvigorate male community leadership

Principles of F3:
• It must be free of charge
• It must be open to all men
• It must be help outdoor, rain or shine, hot or cold
• It must be peer led in a rotating fashion by men who participate in the workout, with no training or certification necessary
• It must end with a Circle of Trust (COT)

The Ruck:

This Ruck started off with a bit of a Twist, The Q had requested extra coupons in the pre-blast invite…lessons learned is to also post it in the AO when you want PAX to bring something. Nonetheless the 4 coupons the Q brought were more than enough given the deep snow and ice cover.

The Q shared a couple of teamwork quotes: 1) “Individual commitment to a group effort – that’s what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.’ – Vince Lombardi, 2) “Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.” – Andrew Carnegie

The PAX circled up around the flag and and passed the coupons clockwise for a couple of minutes. After a while the Q stopped the rotation and recognized Buttermaker for his 100th post. The morning prior at the Gauntlet Buttermaker had indicated one of his favorite workouts were shoulder presses. Since we had packs and coupons shoulder presses were perfect. The Q called out that each person owed 100 shoulder presses on their own with either a pack or a coupon and that each coupon was also owed 100 shoulder presses. The PAX worked as a team to count off the coupons 100 shoulder presses and successfully celebrated Buttermaker.

From there the PAX gathered the flag and coupons and began headed to the Back of the field in front of Ft. Meigs, through the initial woods trail and to the first sledding hill. At this point the Q stopped the PAX to circle up and asked for suggestions for the best way to get the coupons to the top of the hill. Tupac suggested partner carries and there was some doubts expressed. The Q called out for partner carries of the coupons to the top of the hill. Despite the concerns this was actually quite easy. The Q reminded all that even ideas that at the time don’t seem promising could prove to be a success and to never discount any ideas without first considering them. From here we headed back down the hill and tackled several rounds of running up and down the hill with coupons changing hands.

The last time up the ill the Q attempted to orchestrate a team Merkin with the legs of the PAX in front of you on your shoulders. The ice wreaked havoc on this attempt and the Q abandoned this exercise. Instead 20 Merkins with packs were performed in cadence to a 2 count and the Q led the group back down the hill.

From there we continued on through the back trail around Fort. Meigs. Footing was tricky at times and the Ruck was slow going. Coupons continued to rotate every couple of minutes as called out by the Q. Once through the woods and into the clearing on the back side of the fort the Q noticed that Tupac had been injured and demonstrated a three person carry. One PAX took Tupac’s Ruck along with the flag, three PAX carried Tupac approximately 100 yards and all other PAX had coupons. Luckily Tupac recovered quickly and after 100 yards was able to again carry his own pack and take his turn with the coupons.

The Ruck continued back to the parking lot. We had covered approximately 2 miles and were a couple of minutes early so we finished with 25, 4 count flutter kicks and 25 chest presses in cadence.

Ended in a COT with Count-o-Rama and Name-o-Rama.

Jennay was the 6; EH’s by Mary Lou, Was not interested in F3 at first but decided togive it a shot, Loves the always changing workouts and camaraderie, Stays around for 3rd f and living third.

Bambi Led the Prayer and the following prayer requests were shared: Flo’s work team dynamics, Lent and for personal commitments, Safe Marci-gras and responsible decisions, Jennay’s sons tooth and Venom’s dad is leaving the ICU and for continued health improvements.

Q – Gap

PAX – Sipe, Jimmy Dean, H2, Mayor, Tupac, Casper, Modell, Balco, Poodle

Opening – Brief rundown of F3 purpose, principles and agenda.

Warmup – Side straddle hops, Run a lap.

The Thang –

PAX maintained a rotation of wall sit/wall jump/wall high knee kicks while each member of the group took a lap around the light poles in the back-parking lot.

(20 Each Leg) Lunge
(20) Burpees
(20) Merkins
Run a Lap

(15 Each Leg) Lunge
(15) Burpees
(15) Merkins
Run a Lap

(40) American Hammers
(20) Plank up/downs – Plank Jacks hybrid
(40) LBC’s
Run a Lap

(40) American Hammers
(20) Plank up/downs – Plank Jacks hybrid
(50) LBC’s (Jimmy Dean request for 10 more!)
Run a Lap

COT – Prayers for Sideshow’s mother/family, Balco in his job search, for the troops, care and caution for the upcoming ice storm and driving. A reminder to complete the Cherry Street Mission survey so we can show our support for the community and this organization.

The Fuse Beatdown 2/10/18

Q: Wake
PAX: Ozzie, Cogsworth, Honeymoon, Pixar, Splinter, Trinity, Brute, Nails, Mary Lou, Rihanna, Ollie

The group circled up for the 5 Core Principles, Disclaimer and a brief overview of the work that would commence. We began with a mosey to the practice field from the parking lot, and ran an outline of the work zone. The freshly fallen 8 inches of untouched snow added a challenge, and a beautiful sight under the yard lights.

Again, we circled up for the warmup which consisted of the following:

25 side straddle hops – 4 count in cadence
30 merkins – 2 count in cadence
25 flutter kicks – 4 count in cadence
1 quick lap

PAX lined up shoulder to shoulder to count off by fours. When numbers were established and explanations were complete, 1s to one corner, 2s to the next corner, 3s to the next corner, 4s to the last corner.

Corner 1: 10 mountain climbers 4 count in cadence
Corner 2: 5 downhill skiers 4 count in cadence
Corner 3: 5 jump lunges each leg in cadence
Corner 4: 10 squat jumps in cadence

In between each corner, PAX run to center for 10 body builders (8 count burpees in cadence)

After being in the center PAX ran back to corner they just came from, and proceeded to run a lap around each corner stopping at the next corner.

We completed all of the above until each corner was done once. We had enough time remaining so we completed two more stations.

On our way back to the parking lot we stopped behind the bleachers and lined up in plank position head to feet for a 12-Man snake bear crawl. Once finished we moseyed back to the parking lot.

Once back to the shovel flag, YHC played the song “Born for Greatness” by Papa Roach. When the phrase “born for greatness” was sung the PAX did a burpee. While we waited for the phrase, we held Al Gore.

Ended in COT with COR and NOR. The 6 today was Trinity. YHC encouraged the PAX to be great based on the lyrics of the song. Be great at home, at work and in the community. However, it doesn’t need to be touted, and doesn’t have to be extravagant. 5 or 10 minutes with a 2.0 could seem like the greatest thing to them. All PAX, not just those in attendance should check out the song for a little encouragement.

Prayer requests for BOM:
Sideshow’ Mom
Patience with emotions
Sincere love and discernment
Troops