Today is YHC’s 20th wedding anniversary. In celebration, YHC took the PAX through a range of exercises to 20 count and sprinkled in some RG3 marriage / family trivia. The trivia was a nice substitution for the ten count.

TRIVIA: What university did the ‘M’ and I attend in the early-to-mid 1990’s?  ANSWER: Penn State University (We Are!)

Warm-up

• Good Mornings ICx20
• SSH ICx20
• Mountain Climbers ICx20

The Thing

Mosey to Briar Commons for the Terrific Twenty, a spin on the Dirty McDeuce. 4 sets of 3 exercises (chest, leg, ab) followed by a lap and, in this case, trivia.

TRIVIA In what city in Pennsylvania did the ‘M’ and I get married? ANSWER: Pittsburgh, PA (Yinz goin’ aht tonight?)

Set 1

1. Merkin SCx20
2. Squat Jumps IC x20
3. Ski Abs ICx20

TRIVIA What city in Florida did I meet the ‘M’? ANSWER: Panama City, during Spring Break in 1994. We attended the same University but didn’t know each other until we met on the sunny beaches of Florida’s pan handle.

Set 2

1. Slow Merkin ICx20
2. Curbless Johnny Drama  SCx20
3. Low Plank Hold  20 seconds

TRIVIA What year did the ‘M’ and I have our first child?  ANSWER: Our first child, Alyssa, was born on Feb 2, 2003 in Fairfax, VA.

Set 3

1. Hand Release Merkins ICx20
2. F3 leg 
3. Peter Parker IC x20

TRIVIA What year did the ‘M’ and I have our third (and final) child?  ANSWER: Our third child, James, was born on Dec 11, 2008 also in Fairfax, VA.

Set 4

1. Wide Merkins ICx12
2. Hands up Squat ICx12
3. Parker Peter IC x12

Grizzly Bear 

• Bear crawl IC from one end of field to the other
• When Q shouts Bear! PAX stop, do a burpee and continue
• Sprint back to the pavilion

Mosey back to AO for Mary

Mary

TRIVIA What year did the ‘M’ and I have our second child?  ANSWER: Our second child, Brooke, was born on April 20, 2005 also in Reston, VA.

• Plank Jacks x 20 IC
• Side Plank R x 20 seconds
• Regular x 20 seconds
• Side Plank L x 20 seconds
• Ring of Fire x 3 / person

Announcements

• Chatham Barbecue on Saturday, 10/12. Sign up on the Slack channel. Bring the entire family.
• T-Claps to Adolphus and others who started F3 Churham 6 years ago.
• Additional T-Claps to Marky Mark for bringing F3 to Briar Chapel / Chatham County.
• Q sheets are empty, please sign up to Q. You’ll love it. Trust me.
• Griswold is doing Mog Mile and other assorted rucking events this weekend. He’s nuts but we wish him luck.
• Sunnyside (2.0 workout) happening on Saturday, 8:15 at Great Meadow Park lead by Stinky Pete.

COT

I was out with Nescafe running and he was talking about his training for a marathon. And he said that when you’re training your body becomes so efficient and conditioned that unless you continue to improve your time / increase your pace, you end up going backwards. In essence, by settling in to what’s comfortable, you end up losing ground. 

I think that concept applies to marriage as well. Marriage is work. Unless you’re working at it, and pushing yourself to be a better partner, you risk getting too comfortable and, in a sense, moving backwards in your relationship. You will change, your spouse will change, and your life situations will change.  And those changes often require you to adapt and push beyond your comfort zone in order to progress. So. continue to put the effort it. Go the extra length to do something nice. Remind your spouse how much you care for them. It matters more than you think! Until next time in the gloom. Aye.

Moleskin

• For those unfamiliar the ‘M‘ is F3 codename for your significant other, aka the ‘M‘ost important relationship in a man’s life.
• The guys doing the F3 podcast (43 Feet) did an episode about the “M” and how it’s the most important relationship in a PAX’s life. They don’t get to it until about the 30 min segment. You can listen to it at:  https://soundcloud.com/f3nation/the-m-q15-episode-38-43feet-a-leadership-podcast