It’s not everyday that we get the feeling that we are improving the people and the world around us. When they come, we must be ready to share ourselves and experiences with others. Today, YHC had the privilege to lead 11 other men and 2.0s on our first Troops of St. George camping trip to Tickfaw State Park. Troops of St George is a group similar to F3 that builds brotherhood with other men, strengthens bonds between fathers and sons, and brings us closer in our relationship with God. So, it’s not by chance that a few of our F3 PAX have joined the troop recently.
Started off with what F3 is and stands for (fitness, fellowship and faith). We discussed briefly the 5 principles and gave the disclaimer.
Warmaramma
SSH
Toy soldiers
Imperial walkers
Arm circles forward
Arm circles back
Cherry pickers
Self love
Knowing that there likely would be a few new faces and 2.0s, YHC tried to keep this as mild and fun filled as a Safetysuckle Q could be. Some might say that YHC succeeded. Most would say the beatdowns that YHC comes up with is neither mild nor fun filled. Bring it up to “the board” if you are unhappy.
Thangs-
Indian run around parking lot to get new 2.0s familiar with standard practice. The 2.0s blew this up and even Suckle had a hard time keeping up.
Tag – 2.0s are it, if dads are tagged have to do a 3 burpee penalty, 2nd tag is 6 burpees, 3rd tag is 9 burpees, etc. Flapjack.
Partner up dads and 2.0s – part of F3 is about working together to achieve something bigger than you can handle alone. 4 cones set up 10 yards apart with 20 reps of an exercise done at each cone. Mode of transportation changed between each cone.
Going there:
20 Merkins
Crabwalk
20 Merkins
Bear crawl
20 Merkins
Duck walk
20 Merkins
Going back:
20 Star jumps
Crabwalk
20 Star jumps
Duck walk
20 Star jumps
Bear crawl
20 Star Jumps
This is when things started getting a little too heated. Our troops of St. George Captain decided he had enough and had to go “quickly check on breakfast.” He was not seen again, and a fitting F3 name was given to him at the end of the beatdown.
Duck duck goose. All PAX in plank position with feet pointing in. Plank held for duration. In classic duck duck goose style one person walks around and whoever gets tapped goose has to get up and try to catch the only PAX member before they reach the empty spot.
Inch worm – Dads vs 2.0s
Line up in plank position. Pax in the back bear crawls to the front. Basically, a bear walk Indian run. This went on to the end of our grassy area. About 75 yards. Dads won even with some questionable 2.0 bear crawls.
To finish it off, Tubthumper by chumbawampa was played. SSH for duration of the song then burpees when it says “I get knocked down, but I get up again”.
COT was explained to all. It’s important to have the support of every man around us. Sharing struggles and triumphs is important. Teaching our children the we love them and we are here for the times they succeed and the times that they fail is what being a dad is about.
After count off, we had 7 new faces to name. I am grateful and proud of our core PAX members that joined today – Huge shoutout to Enron and Honeysuckle for helping the new face get through the beatdown and educating them in our ways. We came together to name the following:
DNF (did not finish) – remember the guy that went “check on breakfast” to never return, yea that’s this guy.
2.0s
Waterboy
The jet
Squints
Shark bite
Red boudin
Bucknife (changed after expressing his concerns about being named White Boudin-this was done without board approval, please don’t kick us out)
T claps to AOL and Headcheese for making a comeback to the F3 scene. Hope to see yall more often.
Intentions were raised and AOL prayed us out. Thank you allot waking up and showing up. It’s always a pleasure to lead.
