AO: The Colosseum
When: 05/02/2023
Number of Pax: 13
DR Names:
Number of FNGS: 0
FNG Names:
QIC: Foundation
Introduction
Great weather for a beatdown. Chilly but clear.
Warm-O-Rama
Imperial Walkers, Abe Vigodas, Arm Circles, and Calves
The Thang
Thang 1- Countdown from 12
Two lines 30 feet apart with everyone starting lined up along one side
12 Big Boys then bear crawl to other side and 12 Freddy Mercuries (1/2 for each leg)
Bear crawl back to other side and now 11 big boys then bear crawl and 11 freddy mercuries then 10 and 10 and so forth
Thang 2
Two stations – one by flags and one in center of lot
Everyone starts by flags station
#1 – 15 curls, 15 skull crushers then run to other cone and do 2 merkins, 2 leg raises then run back
#2 – 15 overhead press and 15 bent over rows then run to center and this time add 2 so 4 merkins, 4 leg raises and run back
#3 – 15 goblet squats, 15 coupon swings then run to other cone and add 2 so 6 of each exercise and run back
Repeat coupon exercises round 1, 2, 3 and keep repeating. Add 2 to the other station exercises so 2,4,6,8,10….
Circle of Trust
I want to start with this quote, “The biggest risk that a person can take is to do nothing.”
As I close in on my 46th birthday this weekend, I can say for once that I let the first half of my life be ruled by fear and my insecurities. I was afraid of taking chances for years. I was afraid of the unknown. I stayed in a shitty relationship with a not nice person for a long time and lived my life based on the stories told to me by others – Ex’s, parents, peers, society. I had glimpses of trying to discover who I was but never really saw who I was until I over the past two plus years. I gained a self confidence that I never had and have examined all areas of my life. A lot of those areas were me living stories that were told to me by others. My F3 journey since August 2020 has been the catalyst to my accelerating in all areas of my life. I have let go of the resentment from toxic relationships that kept repeating themselves because I did not have the self confidence to be myself. My growth in my first F was a huge part in empowering me to take control of my life in all aspects. I want to help bring that to other people. That is what I love to do. I am getting my new business started up. It is called Empowerment Through Exercise. That confidence that comes from taking control of your fitness spills over into your other areas of your life. I love it when you can see that pride and excitement when someone hits a fitness goal. Like in my group class I teach where people have moved up from 3 pound weights up to 8 pound weights and can now run twice as many laps. That pride and then the new goals they set is awesome. The empowerment part is when that new confidence begins to spread into the other areas of their lives. Maybe trying a new job or wanting to improve a relationship that they thought was hopeless. For me the risk of going after the personal trainer certification and then starting my own business which I’ve done in just over a year of working towards it. I am optimistic and more excited about the future than I have been in years.
I want you to think about some of those things that you always have wanted to do but have told yourself no can’t do it because of whatever list of reasons you told yourself. My question to you is why haven’t you gone after those dreams? Life is short.
Aye?
Naked Man Moleskin
Ended with Prayer