{"id":18639,"date":"2022-02-04T13:29:40","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T17:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/?p=18639"},"modified":"2022-02-06T14:36:18","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T18:36:18","slug":"days-since-pandemic-began-686-the-jungle-descends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/2022\/02\/days-since-pandemic-began-686-the-jungle-descends\/","title":{"rendered":"DAYS SINCE PANDEMIC BEGAN: 686 &#8211; The Jungle Descends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PREBLAST\u00a0<\/strong>(Posted 01.27.2022)<\/p>\n<p>Day 685 of the pandemic. Our cities have returned to nature. The jungle has descended. Man-eaters roam the streets. Natural selection is at full tilt. Chaos reigns. Come to urban assault and learn to think like a predator before you become the prey.<\/p>\n<p><b>WM<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Burpees x10<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">mike Tyson x10<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dive bombers x10<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lunge stretch each leg w\/ Opp arm reach to the sky<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Side lunge hold each leg<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Whirlies<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Groin stretch<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">AV real slow<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mosey to the parking deck<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>THANG<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Welcome to the Jungle &#8211; The Pax took a deep dive into the mind of several predators that have begun to roam the streets of Winston since the onset of the pandemic shut down. At the end of each immersion experience, the Pax returned to their vulnerable human forms and learned the basics of evasion from the aforementioned predators: Duck, Dip, Dive, Dodge and Jump (aka burpees).<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Partner Up<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One partner &#8211; Baboon pull-ups under the railroad tracks x10<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Other partner &#8211; Dying Cockroaches until relieved (don\u2019t tell me cockroaches are not predators)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Repeato x3<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Duck, Dip, Dive, Dodge and Jump x10<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Leopard Prowl (crawl like a cat: knees low, head up, back flat) to the far side of the parking garage<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">DDDDJ x10<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gorilla Walk the next level of the parking garage<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">DDDDJ x10<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alligator Crawl (real low bear crawl) back to the previous start line<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">DDDDJ x10<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Crane Stealth (lunge) Walk back to the railroad tracks<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">DDDDJ x10<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Creepy Crawly Critters (crab) Walk to the far side<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">DDDDJ x10<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Vicious Goose Walk back to the railroad tracks<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">DDDDJ x10<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The DDDJs are a highly technical and effective evasion tool when avoiding a predatory attach, however, there seemed to be a rising anxiety among the Pax that when the rubber met the road, this training alone would not protect them from a charging goose, or a swinging baboon, etc. So following our conceptualization of each predator, we performed a more practical case study on an instinctual, evolutionary human defense mechanism: RUN FOR YOUR LIFE<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wind Sprints across the first level &#8211; 4 stops<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mosey back to start for Mary<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>MARY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Full Disclosure: The Q\u2019s plan for Mary was 10 minutes of alternating planks and 6\u201d. After realizing how <em>absolutely brutal<\/em> that would be after only 4 minutes, YHC called an Omaha to allow the pax to contribute some alternative abdominal beatdown ideas.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">6 inches (w\/ hands up) 1.5 minutes<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">6\u201d hold<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Flutter<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wide hold<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">6\u201d hold<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Flutter<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Plank 1.5 minutes<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">High<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Low<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">High<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Side<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Side<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">High<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">6 inches <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reprise<\/span><\/i>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">30 more seconds<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Penguin Crunch x15 IC<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mutton Crunch x15 IC ea. Leg<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(Lamb Chop) LBC x20 IC<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(Dr. Toot) WWIII x4 IC ea. Leg<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(Frostbite) Jump Squats x10 OYO<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Body Destroyers for the last 15 seconds<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>TIME<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>COT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The jungle has not descended upon us, literally. But there are a lot of man-eating beasts that roam our lives and want to devour us. Some of these are literal people, hardship and suffering, worries, life situations, interpersonal conflicts, career stress, mental health struggle, etc. In reflection on a stressful week for YHC, I have found tremendous peace in trusting that I am never alone. I believe Jesus at His word when He says, \u201c&#8230;I am with you always, to the end of the age.\u201d (Matt. 28:20) Also, \u201cIn this world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.\u201d (John 16:33) I find these words to offer broader, outside peace in the midst of stress and struggle. I rarely actually trust this and choose that peace, favoring my own competency to micromanage every detail to weather the storm. And I\u2019m often left weary and defeated, breaking more things than I\u2019ve saved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I\u2019m thankful for F3 for this reason. I believe that <strong>we are truly never alone, even in solitude<\/strong>, and I hope that each Pax considers that. But I also believe that we have been given a tremendous gift in this community and each of the Pax beside us across our region. I see the community of men around me as the physical manifestation of this \u201cnever-aloneness\u201d. Friends that would help you ward off the predators that overpower us. That\u2019s a powerful thing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>PRAYER REQUESTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lamb Chop and his M in their hope to have a child.<\/li>\n<li><em>I apologize if I forgot other announcements or prayer requests, I deleted the recording of our COT accidentally.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>NMM<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Transcript was wishing the Q would call for the sloth exercise by the end of our jungle outing. Sheesh, me too, brother.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Post Hole must have gotten a minor degree in gorilla walks. He had literal dust from the parking garage clouding up from his heels as he sped past the rest of us.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lamb chop was the Q\u2019s conscience throughout, often asking if YHC regretted any choices made for a given exercise, kindly offering up an easier one, or graciously suggesting a lower rep count. It&#8217;s always good to have an ally out there.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Drip was all smiles to be back in the gloom and, as always, made YHC feel like everything was going to be alright. He always seems to steady the ship.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Crash was out in front for most of the exercises. I aim to please this man with a good theme &#8211; he is ever the creative when it comes to a good themed workout. I appreciated his stamp of approval at the end.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Frostbite is the first Pax I\u2019ve ever known to call a jump squat exercise for Mary. No shame in your game though. It seemed to be the straw that broke my glutes for the rest of the weekend.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Root Canal at one point was describing the attributes of an apex predator. It all seemed really educational and accurate until he stated that they \u201cdrive cars\u201d. I am now suspicious he was describing himself the entire time. YHC finds no fault in that claim.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ziggy made it very clear during the wind sprints that his only concern was to outrun YHC (at the rear) in the event of being chased by a true predator.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Midway through the workout, the Q seemed to totally lose favor with Ziggy, who drove our carpool this morning, as he asked YHC how I planned to get home afterward. All in all, I appreciate his concern.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">YHC held the rear for the ENTIRE workout. These gents must have been raised in the jungle. They were animals out there.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It was a pleasure serving this morning. God bless you men.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tonka<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PREBLAST\u00a0(Posted 01.27.2022) Day 685 of the pandemic. Our cities have returned to nature. The jungle has descended. Man-eaters roam the streets. Natural selection is at full tilt. Chaos reigns. Come to urban assault and learn to think like a predator before you become the prey. 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