Changing of the guard at GS

AO: Grindstone

When: 2025-03-07

QIC: Jugdish

PAX (14): Bill Dance, Corndog, Grimace, Ma Bell, Mantooth, Pinkman, Relient, Snake, Snowman, Spit Valve, Swiper, Whiz, Assange

Preamble:

Special day at Grindstone but there's no time to get all sentimental.  The PAX are waiting and we have Assange down range from Birmingham!  Welcome to Cumming, Brother!

Warm-O-Rama:

Mosey up to the top of the parking lot for some little baby arm circles, planks, imperial walkers, SSH, WMH, good mornings, weed pickers and Alabama Prom Dates

The Thang:

Mosey along the trail to the hill between the ball fields and Sharron Springs rd. Five rounds of hills, 10 Alpha mountain climbers at the bottom, 15 merkins on the trail, and then up and over the grassy knoll for 20 squat jumps on the sidewalk.   Partner up and catch me if you can past the flag to the cross walk.  Partner 1 bernie sanders while partner 2 performs three burpees and runs to catch up.  Flap jack.   At the crosswalk, pick up the trail to YHC's favorite hill for a quick dora.  Partner up for 50 shoulder press, 100 skull crushers and 150 curls for the girls. Partner runs up the hill and performs three monkey humpers.   Continue on the path to the pavilion behind the DMV for some upper body work.  2 rounds: dips, decline, incline, and standard merkins.     Run up the hill, across the parking lot, past the Wall of Champions to the other wall for a round of the People's Donkey Balls   Run back to the flag with just enough time for a round of howling monkeys.

COT:

1st annual cold plunge run, storm, luck of the Irish Challenge.

Naked-Man Moleskin:

Looking back over the last 15 months, I am filled with so much gratitude.  Gratitude for the adventures, the shared suffering in the gloom, for the acceleration that I've experienced in myself and witnessed in my F3 brothers.  I'm generally good with words, but I've found it difficult to really lay out what I've experienced during my time as site Q.   I have found so much joy in the friendships that I have built here that I am convinced there is no greater catalyst for providential relationships for post-graduate men.  Through the mission to plant and grow men's workout groups and through an unapologetic commitment to the Five Principals, F3 has cracked the code to the epidemic of male loneliness.  I have so greatly benefited from this that the only posture I have is that of gratitude.  Thank you for the encouragement, the friendships, the kindness, and the occasional kick in the ass. Thank you for the privilege of leading at Grindstone.   But now it is time for a new chapter in F3 Cumming history.  Relient is the embodiment of all things F3, a former Sad Clown who found the courage to post in the gloom, to stick with it and ultimately, to encourage and lead others with his great attitude, helpful nature, sense of humor and commitment to acceleration.  Although he is relatively new to F3, I have no doubt that we are witnessing the beginning of an incredible personal journey.  This journey is already so inspiring and contagious that I couldn't think of a better HIM to lead the men of Grindstone.   Aye!

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