Ain’t No Babies at Core

The BackBlast:

In the “news you can use” category, the Ranger BB for this week is front page stuff. A baby at Ranger crushing the MUTHA! Check it out. Great work Loronda and baby Carlos.

Ten years in at Core and we ain’t never had no babies. Abel used to bring his toddlers and a couple of us have brought grandkids, but they could all walk and talk. Thought that was a requirement, although not specificly mentioned in the 5 core principles. A baby? WTF?

It was cold, 22 degrees cold and 15 of us decided to get better together. DRM remembers a day 10 years ago when Spoons headlocked him to Cherokee. It was about the same temperature as the pax of about 30 followed Dredd through the streets of Eastover, stopping at random intersections to do random named exercises. We finished with Burpees in the mud on the playground at Eastover Elementary and all got a nickname. Do Re Mi is introduced to F3 and the pax. Not sure why but DRM returned the next week…

Fast forward ten years and here’s what happened this week at Core.
Circle up for COP
SSH, Good Morning, IW, Merkins, Squats, Mtn Climber, LBC, Sharon Towers, all 15-20 IC
Parking Lot Grinders 2 Rounds – mosey between every set
This end KB: Two Arm Swing, Push Press R/L, Squat press, Lawnmower R/L, Tricep Press all 10 count
That end: WWII, Mtn Climbers, Plank jacks, Rock Hoppers, Heels to heaven all 10 count IC
Mosey to Benches: Dips x 20 Split Squats x 10 R/L, Decline x 20, Double Crunch X 20, Burpees x 5. R & R
Mosey to Deck for Dirty McDeck: All IC – Mosey Between Sets
12 reps of Squats, LBC and Merkins – mosey up to next level
12 reps of Lunges, Flutter and Carolina Dry Docks – mosey up to next level
12 reps of Mtn Climbers, Bicycle and Wide Arms – mosey down to next
12 reps of Plankjack, Dolly and Durpees – mosey down
Beast on the Field: 3 Rounds
Russian Twist x 20, Merkins x 20, Box Cutter x 20, Plank to Squat x 10, Squat Jumps x 20, Mountain Climber x 20
One Round of BLIMPS
Mary: Rosalita, Dolly, Flutter
Brazilian Mind Bender with Hoedown on Q
COP
Takeout by DRM

NMM
The SSHs were a gift to the pax. DRM does not do them in deference to his weak kneed condition. Paying the price for others. Just didn’t seem like a day to do the Shuffle.
Peppers in the house this am. Been a while Mr. Kotter. Rev did not miss the opportunity to saddle up beside him and test out all his latest material. Rest of the pax has heard it all before.
As expected Hoedown and others called out DRM for a “lazy Q” when we ventured to the Beast on the field. DRM countered with details on the time invested in setting out the cones with typed instructions attached with duct tape,. Time invested helping others get better is what it is really all about…not controlling every single movement of the pax with domineering Up/Down, On My Count commands. Whose the baby now?
Slater brought an FNG this morning and the pax ignored the NC State and New Bern birthplace when deciding on his name. In Duke grad brilliance, Peppers referenced DRM’s ten year anniversary, then jumped to the 1979 classic movie “10” and Bo Derek joined the pax. Welcome and now you have a classic movie on your watch list. Enjoy.
In closing DRM wants to thank Spoons for the EH. Thanks to Dredd and OBT for starting F3 in 2011 and thanks to all the pax who have pushed/pulled and led DRM on this journey. It is true that F3 will change your life. Thanks pax!
C You Real Soon. Y Because We Loves You.
DRM