26 of the GCC faithful answered The Anchor’s call, planted a borrowed shovel flag (patience…our’s will be coming) and launched into their inaugural Saturday downPAINment.

 

Lexicon lesson:

EH – emotional headlock; this is what it’s called when you call out a guy who needs to come join F3 for any and all of the Fs we have to offer.

Hard commit – this is what the EH’ed has done when he either waivers slightly in his commitment to join the pax for a workout or has definitely commited

Soft commit – anything less than a hard commit; e.g. if the EHed says there’s not way in He!! you’ll catch me at an event like that, that’s what we call a soft commit. Why, you might ask? Because there’s always hope, brother!

QiC – qrusader in charge

FNG – friendly new guy; you’ll be an FNG until you pick up a handle from the pax

pax – the personnel that represent the F3 group gathered for the workout

The PAX

1. Dredd (QIC)

2. Moses

3. Springfield

4. Friday

5. Bogey

6. Gnarly Goat

7. Drive Thru

8. Bijoux

9. Cream Pie

10. Chief

11. Anchor

12. Pipe Dream

13.Bill Meritt FNG

14. Tom Duncan FNG

15. Tony Frederick FNG

16. Jeff Woollens FNG

17. Chris Wilkes FNG

18.Ernie Fullerton FNG

19. Brent Reuss FNG

20. Brian Gedney FNG

21.Tim Harpman FNG

22. Bert Kozoman FNG (WAR BABY)

23. Chris Bruce FNG

24. Dwayne Wilson FNG (WAR DADDY)

25. Dean Burrow FNG

26. FNG (he left early “LIFO” does anyone know his name?)

 

Ran to outfield SSH x 25 Storm Troopers x 25

Ran to back corner for push-o-rama

Merkins x 20

Wide merkins x 10

Diamond  merkins x 7

Staggered? Right x 7

Staggered  left x7

Decline merkins (buddy assisted) x8

Ferkins (finger tip merkins) x7

 

Run to outfield

Little baby crunches x15

Hello Dollys x15

Rosalitas x15

Homer Low flutter x15

High slow flutter x15

Navy Seal situps x6

 

Run to cross for moment of veneration (it’s there, we’d better use it)

 

Run to parking lot for island hopping

(did each be low from island to island)

bear crawl

crab walk

lunge walk

Serge Zwicker (high skip)

Duke (backward run)

Return trip: Bobby hurley (defensive shuffle and floor slap)

Duke

Bear crawl

Crab walk

Duke

 

Run to pullup bars for pull-o-rama

Inboard Chinups x 10

Outboard Pullups x 8

Wide grip with neck to bar x 6

The Bill Clinton (alternating sides) x 7

 

Run to back corner for jacobs ladder

Run Up ridge 1 burpee run down run back up ridge 2 burpees All the way to 7

 

COT

Moleskin:

1) Great mix of veterans and FNGs today. Nice showing, GCC! Let’s keep it going by putting the EH on the guy who sits next to you for Sunday service.  A lot of the FNGs looked to be in good shape already today. We’ll be seeing you as our next QiCs…  By the way – get up and move today! The best thing for your soreness is more exercise and lots of stretching.

2) You’ll see on the f3nation.com website that there are workout options all around Cornelius, Davidson, and Huntersville. The next GCC workout is Tuesday AM. Show up at 5.55am. We start moving at 6.00am for 45 minutes of pain – but it’s a good pain! If you need an earlier option (5.30am) or can’t wait until Tuesday for your next downpainment, meet us on Monday at 5.30am in the 131 Main parking lot for a similar workout.

3) T-claps to Dredd for a great Q (with awesome explanations) on our official  launch today

4) Brent Reuss (called Fighting Bob by some, though no one knew why) was seen running laps around the church 10 min after the workout! We will try to make the workouts harder for you Brent. Future QiC in the making? Just sayin’…

5) As for the name-o-rama: we’ll start our own traditions at GCC and/or adopt the ones we like from other F3 groups. Charlotte North’s F3 tradition is to bestow a nickname only after the seconod post. This is a little different from the Charlotte Metro F3 tradition which you saw yesterday.  Here’s what I’ll say about that. You were given a nickname by one of the F3 founders. That’s a cool legacy handle that not many outside of Charlotte Metro hold. If you hate your nickname, reply to this and we will give you a nickname after your next post. However, there are no guarantees that you’ll like what’s behind door number 2 any better than what was revealed behind door number 1.

6) If you know the name missing from this list or I spelled your name wrong, please let me know in the comment section below.

7) Did anyone else wonder what Middle East era war movie they had stepped into when 2 guys show up with suicide bomber vests (or were those “full metal jackets”) and an American Flag taped to the end of a shovel? Aye!