So cold. So early. Why do we do this to ourselves?! Is it for the workout? No – not at all. Keep reading for the answer below.

Warmarama

• SSH x 20 IC
• IST x 15 IC
• Toy Soldier x 10 IC
• Windmills x 5 IC
• Bear Squats x 10 IC
• Mericans x 10 IC

The Thang

Grab blocks

• Curls x 10 IC
• OH Press x 10 IC
• Lawn Mower x 10 IC (each side)
• Pull ups x 5 OYO

Repeato.

• Slow Curls x 5 IC
• Slow OH Press x 5 IC with a static hold at the end
• Slow Lawn Mower x 5 IC (each side)
• Dead Hang AMRAP

Recovery lap.

Unilateral farmers carry

• Block Merican x 10 IC
• Skull Crusher x 10 IC

Unilateral farmers carry back

• Block Merican x 10 IC
• Skull Crusher x 10 IC

Unilateral farmers carry back and forth. Put up blocks

Mary

• LBC x 15 IC
• Low Flutter x 20 IC
• Pretzel Crunch x 10 IC (each side)

Recover. Recover.

Moleskine

• The workout started at 0530 and ended at 0608. Wait – what happened to start on time, end on time? Well there are things more important than an extra 7 minutes of work. Gladiator converged to Fartlek’s COT to support Crab Legs as he and his family brace themselves to say goodbye to his wife, and mother to their children. The workout doesn’t matter. The support and fellowship of the men around us are what matters. We get up and go out in the dark and cold for exactly this reason. No one in this group is alone and should ever feel alone. We are all here for each other and I got to witness 20 men be here for Crab Legs. Never forget that the whole point of F3 is to be there for your brothers and that your brothers will be there for you. 

I genuinely look forward to the next time I get to see and lead any of the pax. Keep Crabby in your thoughts and prayers and let’s be here to lift him up in his time of need. 

-CB