AO: The Ridge
When: 03/27/2025
Number of Pax: 15
DR Names:
Number of FNGS: 0
FNG Names:
QIC: Meta
Introduction
Ran this as part of my Q on QvQ. Took AAR from QvQ to run this again as an entire boot camp vs trying to run it in under 10 minutes.
Warm-O-Rama
- SSH 25 IC
- ARM CIRCLES FWD/RVS 10 IC
- IMPERIAL WALKERS 10 IC
- MICHAEL PHELPS 10 IC
- CALF STRETCH 10 ct. ea. leg
The Thang
Took Loteria (The Mexican version of Bingo) and turned into a beat down.
The Rules:
Split into 4 teams.
Each team receives one tabla (board) that has 16 random images, the tabla remains at the flags.
There are 13 stations throughout the AO.
At each AO there is a cardboard with exercises, each team travels together as a group and performs the exercise before they can turn the cardboard to reveal the card. The objective is to match the cards to the 4 corners of the teams tabla.
If the team reveals the card and it does not match one of their 4 corners, they can proceed to the next station. But if it does match they must return to the flags where their tabla is and they must perform 5 Imperial Blockees before placing a token on the image that they matched. Once they complete the 5 Imperial Blockees they head back out to search out the remaining corners.
Each member of the team is to lead an exercise, in rotating fashion.
1st team to match all 4 corners wins!
Stations:
a) Cocaine Bear Crawls 10 parking lines
b) Merkins 20 – Leg Lifts 20
c) H.R. Merkins 20 – Heel Taps 10 IC
d) SSH 20 IC – Big Boys 20
e) Burpees 5 – Plank shoulder taps 10 IC – LBC’s 20 IC
f) Jump Squats 20 – Leg Lifts 20
g) Burpess 5 – Lunges 20 – WW1’s 20
h) Moroccon Night Club 10 IC – Pretzel Taps 10 IC – Grady Corns 10 IC – Mountain Climbers 10 IC – Step Ups 20
i) Bobby Hurleys 20 – Flutter Kicks 20 IC
j) Mike Tyson Merkins 20 – American Hammers 10 IC
k) Bear Crawl Up the hill – Burpees on top of hill 15
l) Carolina Dry Docks 20 – WW1’s 20
m) Burpees 5 – Imperial Walkers 20 IC – Freddy Mercuries 20 IC
Circle of Trust
For my CoT I wanted men to pay attention to how they compose themselves when they are out in the gloom. Think about how other PAX perceive you.
I had a PAX text me a few weeks, it’s a PAX that hasn’t been out since Reindeer Games. He asked if I was still posting daily, I told him that yes, I try to post every day but I’ve slowed down some because of constants aches, pains and injuries. He said that I was “killing it” out here, my response was, I’m far from killing it, my injuries have been slowing me down, I’ve actually gained weight because I never adjusted my nutrition after slowing down on my post count, but regardless it brought me to my first day of F3 and the impression it left on me and how it changed me.
What I saw on my first day of F3 has been ingrained in my brain and set the standard for me.
That first day I walked out of my car and I saw Sparkler. It was 5 in the morning, he had a full leg brace on, fresh from surgery, crutches on the floor next to him, he was sitting on his coupon with a brick in each hand doing grady corns. Now I’ve had multiple knee surgeries and before seeing this, I would have never thought of coming out to workout. But seeing this, it completely changed my mindset. Like I mentioned before, something always hurts, whether it’s my knees, pinched nerve in my back, tennis elbow or the tendon in my wrist, I never stop coming out. If I can’t run, then guess what, I’m mashing, or I’m trying to work on my form on the exercises. There’s really no reason why we should stop posting, I might not get to 100% on a daily basis but I’m 1% better than I was years ago before joining F3.
He went on and told me that my effort was an inspiration to him, he sees me HC and post every day and thinks it crazy but so encouraging.
Naked Man Moleskin
Yes, the PAX did post shortly after our text exchange and promises to continue to post.
I’m glad that I listened to the AAR I received from QvQ and ran this through an entire boot camp, we were literally everywhere throughout the AO.
Part of FiA’s parking lot, tennis courts, basketball courts, ice rink, base of the hill, soccer field, our parking lot and the middle of the field.
3 of the 4 teams claimed that they “couldn’t” find the musician. The musician happend to be the cocaine bear crawls….hmmmm….LOL