AO: The Colosseum
When: 06/20/2024
Number of Pax: 12
DR Names:
Number of FNGS: 0
FNG Names:
QIC: Picasso
Introduction
This was my last, “official” post as a black diamond site q. I worked tons of disruption into the plan. We began with a missing Q so Sparkler stepped in with Penalty burpees. This was/is the metaphor of the change. If the Q isn’t here who has to step in? It is the site Q.
I passed my flag to Foreclosure so I disrupted the order of operations at the end as well. I delivered the CoT after the pics and flag passing which, and this is still true, I did not want to let go. Foreclosure also Q’d the second thang and I switched to site Q. This was designed from beginning to end to feel like a passing of the torch.
Warm-O-Rama
Stretches and Penalty Burpees with Sparker. (He knew I was there and suggested I do box jumps behind a bush – LOL)
came in with my coupon and planned to video foreclosure video taping me. I forgot.
John Cusack the Coupons for credo and my introduction.
Colt 45’s
Introduced (No Cheat) Toe Curls
Introduced Curl Carry. Curl Carried off to the service road to begin Thang 1
The Thang
Thang 1 – a heavy back and forth with coupons and exercises down the service road, next to the main lot.
We traveled the entire length of the main lot with Curl Carries.
behind the regular boot camps flags we stopped and did 10 toe curls
next stop we did 20 curls, then 10 Squirrels, then 10 Squirrel Thrusters at the end of the lot we turned around to riffle carry back stopping for 4 different exercises on the return trip.
The chest and shoulder progressed through the exercises at our stops of OHP’s, Push Press, Thrusters, and finally blockees. We ended by the grass and the looped running path around the playground. We formed into 2 teams and ran a “Block is Hot” slingshot around to the baseball fields and stopped at a cut through path.
Foreclosure’s, thang 2
Two teams ran a slingshot around the playground path in opposite directions. The groups stopped at opposite ends to perform dips and Merkins both of 25 reps.
1 person from each group ran to the cut through path, farmer carried coupons to a cooler of water, left coupons and filled two cups up with water, and ran the cups the rest of the way down the cut through path to dump into their teams bucket. They then ran to where their team was and tapped the next guy to fill the buckets. The team that filled the buckets first one.
At the end of the game the team that won got to dump their bucket on the other captain. We won so Sparkler Dumped a bucket on Foreclosure. I got a cooler dumped on me. Some water was saved for Sparkler so he also could be rewarded.
Mary was to John Cusack your blocks and perform 10 negative or resistance OHPs, slow count, IC and Shoulder Taps.
Circle of Trust
I gave Foreclosure my black diamond site q flag. I didn’t want to let go of it. Black Diamonds have become normal for me. I have for two years expected the hardest boot camps and hardest requests from men leading them. I have been blessed to have worked with so many different people delivering boot camps that were leveled up. I have considered it an honor to be asked to do this by Sparkler and a blessing to be forced to travel around to all our AO’s and meet so many different Men. I might not have done it so regularly on our own.
It is easy to get stuck into the ruts of comfort and predictability. This also stops growth. It would have been easier to just go to my home AO and/or never chose to do a Black Diamond. Real Growth happens with change and when you get out of your comfort zones.
I love my daughter like diamond. I know she is precious and I have told her she can live with me forever. I want to guard and protect her at all times. She agrees to this now because she is 8. I am certain I will always feel like this but I also know and understand that I’ll have to let her go. The only way she can grow as a person is to encounter life on her own.
There is a change coming up with expansion and I don’t want people to get the wrong idea about it. With this change, at times things might not initially be as predictable, there might be moments of uncertainty or even discomfort. I assure you this will pass and we will become stronger because of it. Expansion isn’t about choosing us or them/ them or us; this is about making an impact. If you think about F3 from an F1 standpoint and this is just about fitness I would choose where you live closest to and choose proximity. Then you won’t have to do as many downrange posts to track your stats. If this is more about the 3rd F, I would also choose the region where you live. Chaminwood is going to focus on making the biggest possible impact in our communities that we live in. I love F3P’s black diamonds but it became time to let them go, officially. I love many of my brothers from Plainfield but I will also know I will be more involved where I live ITG. I love my daughter but I will also let her go.
This doesn’t mean I won’t be her father or I won’t call people that I talk to in Plainfield. It does mean there will be a change in personal focus. F2 and our fellowship won’t change.
F3P, F3C, F3N, F3K, and F3SS are just names of regions. F3 is the only universal standard. We are all brothers!
With Love and Respect!
Naked Man Moleskin
Foreclosure will do a great job of leading the site’s for black diamonds. I am convinced that him and Chum Bucket will further level up what a Black Diamond is and could be.