AO: The Olympiad
When: 06/01/2023
Number of Pax: 11
DR Names:
Number of FNGS: 0
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QIC: Foundation
Introduction
It was a beautiful morning and a great day for a workout.
Warm-O-Rama
Imperial Walkers, Tappy Taps, Arm Circles, and Downward Dog (Calves)
The Thang
Thang 1 – 5 cones spaced 30 feet apart
Start at the first cone and do 3 leg raises and 3 monkey crunches then bear crawl to cone and add 3 to each exercise so 6 leg raises and 6 monkey crunches then lunge walk to next cone and add 3 so 9 of each. Now bear crawl to next and add 3 to each so 12 of each exercise. Alternating between bear crawl and lunge walks between cones and add 3 to the exercises each time. When you get to the far end turn around and keep going working your way back to the starting cone.
Thang 2 Ladders
5 cones spaced 50 feet apart
Coupons at the first cone. Do 10 curls, 10 Dips, 10 overhead presses and 10 bent over rows every time you go back to the first station. It is ladders where you run to the closest cone first and do 5 merkins and run back to the base cone then run to the next cone out and do 5 merkins and run back. After you run to the farthest cone then work your way back down the ladder to the first and just keep working up and down the ladder until time for Mary
Circle of Trust
For my COT, I want to start with this quote “It is darkest before the dawn”
I spent nearly two decades in a dark place. I was in an relationship with someone who did not love me or respect me. I would hear regularly negative stuff like how bad I was at various things. Basically constantly kept in a dark place to be under control of a not nice person. I finally decided to break free and begin healing but made the mistake of a rebound marriage immediately after the divorce to a similar person. I finally dealt with the damage from the first marriage which caused me to realize that I was in the same situation again. I joined F3 about a year before I filed for divorce from my second wife. It was during this time that I had incredible breakthough healing with sessions with my therapist at the time. A week after filing for divorce is when my dad died of a heart attack. I was very close with him and that was my lowest point of my life. My first ex wife decided to try and get full custody during this time as well. It was the first week of Sept 2021 that I came very close to ending everything. But I made that choice to push on. I reached out to friends such as Toby and took it one day at a time. Those days the days seemed so very dark but I kept on focusing on the positive things even if it was only a small pinprick of light so to speak at the end of the tunnel. Each day, the light became a little bit brighter as I kept dealing with my emotional hurts. I talked to friend regularly, I met with my therapist and kept healing. I have emerged on the other side and am in control of my life. I am in a healthy relationship with Heather for the past year and a half, I have worked through a lot of past hurts with counseling sessions with my youngest daughter and myself several times a month, I have obtained my trainer certification and have recently started my own fitness business which was a dream of the past 25 years. The bullshit still is out there but I choose to not react or let things out of my control to ruin my day. The ex still tries to fuck with me. I can’t control it and so don’t get worked up. I have guardrails in place so I can catch myself if I’m serving out of control off the road. I have good friends, two awesome daughters and an amazing woman in my life.
My message to you is to don’t let those dark days defeat you. It will get better. You are never alone. There is always a solution. If I had ended my life that fateful day back in the first week of September 2021, I would have missed out on what I have accomplished and will accomplish in the future. I love my life. I love you all too. If you ever find yourself in that dark place, call me and I will be there for you.
Aye?
Naked Man Moleskin
Ended with prayer