Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail
QIC: Turnover
Date: 1.2.24
PAX: Rubber Ducky , Cherry Pie , Gold Watch , Spicoli , Zima , Turnover (Q, WB) , Frank & Beans (FNG)
Inquiring minds want to know: Is there a better way to shake off the Christmas/holidays/New Years rust than with a comprehensive beatdown on a brisk DTWS morning at Flatline? The answer, my friends is No. No there is not. Let’s take a look at what the #HIMs that decided to post got themselves into.
Warm o Rama
There ain’t no stinkin’ Warm o Rama cuz this is Flatline babyyyy! At the stroke of 0530: We Movin’!
Quick @Spicoli lap around the lot (even tho my guy showed up early #impressed)
Corner 1: SSHs IC x20
Corner 2: ISTs IC x20
Corner 3: Squats x20 OYO
Corner 4: Burpees x10 OYO
Mosey to wall in front of 1st Pres
10 Get Ups on wall ; 5 burpees (OYO x5)
Mosey to corner of 5th and Cherry
20 Merkins OYO
Mosey to 500 W 5th – Find some bench
10 Lunge Ups (working title) each leg ; 10 WW2s (OYO x5)
Mosey to corner of 4th and Poplar
20 Merkins OYO
Mosey to Parking Lot across from Hanesbrands Theater
Partner Up at start of parking spaces
P1: Perform suicides down length of lot (every 5 spaces)
P2: Perform Merkins AMRAP until P1 completes 1 suicide
Running out of time so we only got in 3-4 rounds of Suicides/Merkins
Mosey back to launch. Enter: @Frank&Beans
F&B was waiting in the 1st Pres Lot for us to return after passing us on Cherry St early on in the workout. Apparently he got in a few circuits of his own around the parking lot while we were out and about. #beast
Time for MARY
Flight Attendants IC x20
Merkins x20 OYO
Mutton Crunch IC x10 each side
H2H (@Zima style / the ONLY style) IC x20
Done
CoT
Announcements: Convergence this Saturday @ The Mothership for the F3WS 10 Year Anniversary. Convergence will launch at 0700.
IMPORTANT: SuperMax will still be meeting at ROCC, launching at 0600 for the Murph, as usual.
Prayer Requests: Aging parents, @Spicoli’s mother, @Gold Watch’s 2 BIL’s.
YHC took us out thanking Him for the ability to get after it today and asking for the resolve and discernment to BE the examples for those around us.
NMM
Flatline is one of YHCs favorite AOs in all of F3WS. It’s been a while since I had made it out, but I was extremely pumped to be back and for the opportunity to lead.
@Rubber Ducky and @Gold Watch were the first to arrive. @Gold Watch made it known that today was by far the coldest beatdown he had posted for. As a fellow hater of cold weather, I was deeply appreciative of this.
Shortly after, @Zima, @Cherry Pie, and @Spicoli roll in…all on time!! @Spicoli even reached out to YHC last night to give a heads up he may be late. It was the highest honor to see him roll in pre-launch.
While the lap around the 1st Pres Lot was built into YHCs plan for the day, @Zima wondered aloud why we were still doing it if @Spicoli was already there/on time. As most of you know, YHC is not a quick thinker, and deviating from the plan was never an option.
It didn’t take us long to dive head first into the realm of downright weird and inappropriate (@Rubber Ducky was there, so like…what do you expect??).
@Rubber Ducky apparently led an outrageously difficult New Years Day beatdown at #TIT yesterday, and made sure we all knew about it. He and Zima kept complaining (shocking, I know) about how sore they were from it. YHC then responded with something like “I don’t want to hear it. I went on a 2 mile hike with 4 kids aged 7 and younger yesterday and that is, at minimum, equal to whatever tomfoolery you guys did yesterday”. @RD half-heartedly conceded the point, but @Zima took the opportunity to advise YHC to stop having kids. Noted, buddy. Freaking noted.
@RD then inquired, naturally, about YHC’s…..”future ability to conceive”. I could go into further detail, but I’m currently at odds with the FBI agent who monitors my online activity, so I’m not going to give him the satisfaction of detailing the rest of the conversation.
The rest of our MC between the wall and the church parking lot consisted of a mix of Spartan races, nursing injuries, and the questionable form of unnamed PAX not in attendance.
Let it be known that everyone loved the Suicide/Merkin station, but @Cherry Pie voiced his displeasure with the Q after I announced we wouldn’t have enough time to get thru the full 5 rounds. “That’s just poor planning.” Indeed, good sir. More to come on this.
As mentioned above, we arrived back at launch to find @F&B waiting for us. A quick intro all around and then he jumped right in for MARY.
Speaking of which, allow me to introduce our former FNG James Wise, now affectionately known as @Frank&Beans
F&B moved to Winston like 2 weeks ago (!!) and F3 was recommended to him by a friend in Texas.
YHC dropped the ball and didn’t get the biographical details on a recording, but we’ll jump into how F&B got his name:
Since he was only able to join for MARY, that got YHC thinking about the late 90’s cinematic classic “There’s Something About Mary”, so we started down that line of thought. A little dangerous, as YHC is not too familiar with the film, but apparently there is a scene where the protagonist has a very unfortunate encounter with the zipper of his britches prior to taking Cameron Diaz to prom. And there you have it.
As of the time of this writing, @F&B has been in contact with YHC and is locked in to post at #Conspiracy tomorrow! What an animal.
Lastly, as we were wrapping up CoT, we started talking about being intentional and goal-oriented in the New Year. We have the opportunity to get better every day, men.
“A goal without a plan is just a wish”. Set a goal. Make a plan. Write it down. And get after it. No excuses. We are our brothers’ keepers. Let’s go be great today and this year.
Can’t say enough what an honor it was to get after it with this group of men today. I am always grateful for this entire group and for the opportunity to lead.
Thanks for the keys @Chick Flick. Catch you next time, brother.
