{"id":22970,"date":"2024-01-10T16:59:59","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T20:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/?p=22970"},"modified":"2024-01-10T16:59:59","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T20:59:59","slug":"today-is-that-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/2024\/01\/today-is-that-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Today IS That Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There will come a day when you will conquer that inner demon that tells you to modify an exercise because it\u2019s too hard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There will come a day when you realize that pain is just weakness leaving the body.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There will come a day when you crush the urge to stay in a warm and comfortable bed at 0400 on a sub-freezing gloomy morning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There will come a day when you post to a beatdown that you really don\u2019t want to just because you know other men will be out there cheering for you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There will come a day when that inner strength you earned from those around you is passed onto the next man who needs it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There will come a day when you don\u2019t get up for easy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There will come a day when you shoot for the moon and miss, but land among the stars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There will come a day when you look at the corner and decide not to cut it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There will come a day when the actions you take in one specific moment will have a profound impact on someone near you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There will come a day when you cannot win, but you will make the one ahead of you break the record.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There will come a day when you laugh at what others see as impossible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There will come a day when you see a challenge and run towards it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There will come a day when you figure out that victory lies just past the point that most people quit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There will come a day when you realize limits are made to be broken.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There will come a day when you do just one more rep.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There will come a day when you tell yourself that every endeavor pursued with passion produces a successful outcome regardless of the result.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There will come a day when you eat that frog to start off your morning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There will come a day when you understand that being defeated is only an optional state of mind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There will come a day when you will not be first, but you will not quit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There will come a day when you are proud of the man standing next to you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There will come a day when you are proud of yourself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There will come a day when you learn what male community leadership is all about.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To bastardize and paraphrase DQ and Arya Stark (I often get them confused) \u2026 TODAY IS THAT DAY!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>TIME WASTERS.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">OYO beforehand<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>BEATDOWN.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Description: The launch spot will move from the normal location to the parking lot by the cinder block storage area.\u00a0 This is a 45 minute EMOM workout.\u00a0 The timer will start exactly at the beginning of the beatdown.\u00a0 All warmups and stretching should be done prior to the beatdown.\u00a0 Each minute on the minute, perform 1 Perfect Spider Burpee, then run 10 yards, touch the ground, and run back.\u00a0 For the rest of the minute, perform the listed exercises.\u00a0 Once 45 reps of an exercise is completed, move on to the next exercise.\u00a0 The workout is finished at the end of 45 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Score: Number of reps completed in 45 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">EMOM:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; 1 Perfect Spider Burpee<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; Run 10 yards, touch the ground, run back<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">EXERCISES (x45):<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; Overhead Presses<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; WMDs<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; WW3s<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; Squat Thrusters<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; Mountain Climbers<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; Curls<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; Side-to-Side Merkins<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; Blockees<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; Gas Pumps<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; Iron Mikes<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; Merkins<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; Heels to Heaven<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; Block Swings<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; Jillian Michaels<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>DONE.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>NAKED MAN MOLESKIN.<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I am humbled, honored, and floored by each of the PAX who showed up this morning.\u00a0 It warmed my cold heart.\u00a0 Despite the multiple warnings of the shenanigans that would take place during the beatdown and a preblast detailing the full plan, these HIM stuck up their middle fingers at that preblast and willingly (unless they were carpooling) chose to post in the cold gloomy weather.\u00a0 This workout was on par with middle-of-the-road IPC ones and what blows me away is that there were plenty of IPC protestors and conscientious objectors in attendance.\u00a0 Although I received a few HCs the night before, I figured we\u2019d still max out at around 5 PAX.\u00a0 But 16!\u00a0 Oh boy!\u00a0 Giddy up!\u00a0 I almost even smiled.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">More than one person was convinced that I was filming the workout.\u00a0 Come on, who would do that?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I wanted to kick my own ass for this special beatdown.\u00a0 That part was accomplished.\u00a0 The sad and unfortunate casualty, however, was that it limited the prolonged interaction with everyone in the group.\u00a0 For that, I am sorry.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Is there an award for fastest adoption of F3 or maybe rookie of the year?\u00a0 There are some great candidates in our region, but the front runner at the moment seems to be Frank and Beans, who is making a meteoric charge in the right direction.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Many nice things were said about the beatdown and the Q.\u00a0 Unfortunately, they were all drowned out by the music.\u00a0 There was music playing, right?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Van Gogh did Van Gogh things.\u00a0 I can only assume he lapped everyone and was on his second time through the exercises when time was called.\u00a0 That\u2019s not out of the realm of possibility with him.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you have not seen Turnover (I think it was TO, but it was hard to tell under those 17 layers of clothing) perform Iron Mikes\/Bonnie Blairs, then you are missing out on poetry in motion.\u00a0 During the Iron Mike round, I figured I was maybe 3-4 minutes ahead of the pantyhose-clad member of the PAX and still worried he would pass me!<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Although I did not personally witness this transgression, I later heard after the fact that there was some liberal interpretation of the number 45.\u00a0 \u201cOne two skip a few and now we\u2019re at 45.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rubber Ducky brought his BDE (uh, that\u2019s \u201cDuck\u201d, with a \u201cu\u201d)!\u00a0 Does anyone in F3WS work harder than that dude?\u00a0 He may not be the fastest or strongest or smartest or best looking or kindest or quietest or tallest or friendliest or well-liked or funniest, but damn &#8211; that guy will not be outworked.\u00a0 Can I get an Amen?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Who else remembers when Frostbite was a lost soul, lurking in the ether of bygone PAX never to be seen again?\u00a0 Now an elder and wiser baby-Redwood, he is a fine example of a leader of the younger generation.\u00a0 Mathematically able to be Green Acres\u2019s or Root Canal\u2019s great great great great great great grandson, he stands shoulder to shoulder with other HIM and scoffs at the new obstacles laid out in front of him.\u00a0 Oh, and now he\u2019s an EC runner too!<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To my knowledge, nobody spilled merlot.\u00a0 But the Q came perilously close to calling the dinosaurs multiple times.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Let\u2019s talk about Schlitz-y Claus for a second.\u00a0 A little over a year ago, he cursed out Palin the entire car ride home after one of my Qs and said he\u2019d never come to one of my bleepity bleeping bleep bleep bleep bleeping mother-bleeping piece-of-bleep beatdowns again.\u00a0 Not only did he break his own rule by showing up and dominating, but the stupid fool chose to do an EC run beforehand.\u00a0 Who the hell is this guy?\u00a0 What have we done to him?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kotters to Hansel who awoke from his winter slumber for this beatdown.\u00a0 Sadly I fear he might retreat back into hibernation until the mercury rises above 70 degrees.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I\u2019m about 93.4% sure that Lamb Chop did not read the preblast because if so, there\u2019s no way he would have posted.\u00a0 On the other hand, he might have pulled out an entire alternate weinke and did whatever the hell exercises he felt like.\u00a0 I\u2019m going to check the video replay.\u00a0 #YouDoYou\u00a0 Still got props for getting out of bed and being there.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At one point Van Gogh asked if we could make this an hour long beatdown.\u00a0 Nobody answered him, probably from lack of oxygen.\u00a0 The redwoods of The Speakeasy know what happened the last time someone asked that question and there was no response.\u00a0 Let\u2019s just say that beatdown was like the Energizer Bunny &#8211; it just kept going and going and going and going.\u00a0 Thank goodness the timer officially ran out on this one.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Speaking of timers, my cool new Black Friday gym timer purchase worked well, except for the minor flaw of a barely audible beep.\u00a0 That was quickly remedied by a chorus of helpful PAX yelling, \u201cbeeeeeeeepppppp\u201d at various intervals, rarely (maybe purposefully) actually sync\u2019ing with the timer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If Green Acres is not an inspiration to you in every aspect of life, you suck at being human.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cPalin Counting\u201d was in full effect.\u00a0 He would often ask someone else what number they were on so he could know when he was done.\u00a0 Dismayed when after the 4th round of a single exercise, the response was, \u201c15\u201d, I assume he just stopped what he was doing and chatted until he found someone who had finished.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It\u2019s safe to say that Mr. Woodpecker contemplated life choices more than once this morning.\u00a0 It didn\u2019t show in the work effort though, but I\u2019m sure the conversations were happening in his head.\u00a0 Strong work!\u00a0 #ISI<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since physical paperwork was not properly submitted onsite for the medical reasons for exercise modifications, go ahead and use the Google Form.\u00a0 The Nantan will collect that information and send it to Corporate for final evaluation.\u00a0 It may take a few weeks to respond due to the sheer number of entries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I know there were many other places Greenspan would have rather been, but I think he gets a thrill out of making my workouts look easy.\u00a0 He was one of those special brand of insane people who didn\u2019t think they\u2019d get a good enough workout so they decided to actually run before the beatdown.\u00a0 Do you want to kick me in my surgically repaired knee too?\u00a0 Why not bruise my body and my ego at the same time?\u00a0 Sheesh.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some people are loud, talk a lot, and crush a workout.\u00a0 Some people are loud, talk a lot, and don\u2019t do diddly squat at a workout.\u00a0 Then there\u2019s Workbench.\u00a0 That man barely utters a word, but if you look closely, you can see the slight formation of a smile as he easily breezes through the exercises.\u00a0 Take a look at his guns.\u00a0 He has the strength of 10 men &#8211; if you count Lamb Chop as a man.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gone are those days when the original Teacher\u2019s Pets runs (you know who you are) had to be coordinated and performed in underground secrecy.\u00a0 In the early days, it was considered anti-F3, rude, and insulting (by weak-minded PAX) to run before a beatdown.\u00a0 Now, it\u2019s a daily occurrence with multitudes of men bettering themselves at even earlier hours.\u00a0 #Progress\u00a0 Homage goes to those brave pioneers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I\u2019ll get to Huckleberry later.\u00a0 He\u2019s still working on the curls and won\u2019t read this for a few days.\u00a0 But notice how I had to throw in blockees instead of regular burpees because going up against him in a burpee competition is a fate that should not be levied upon any mortal.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At what point will Root Canal start acting his age?\u00a0 I\u2019m getting very tired of going all out and thinking that I\u2019ve destroyed the guy next to me only to see this man, who was born at the turn of the century, two steps ahead of me, barely even breaking a sweat with that silly grin on his face.\u00a0 I want him tested.\u00a0 Sorry, let me be more specific \u2026 for PEDs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">YHC forgot to ask the PAX what each of their scores were for the workout during name-o-rama (Q fail), but since it\u2019s You vs. You, it doesn\u2019t really matter.\u00a0 Just do your best and forget the rest.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By the way, for all those who were wondering, the hot tub was a pro move post-workout.\u00a0 #InvitationWasOffered<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I sincerely appreciate each and every single HIM who chose to post this fine, glorious morning.\u00a0 With the utmost gratitude, thank you.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>ANNOUNCEMENTS:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rubber Ducky has Flatline on Tuesday.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Zima needs new friends.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>PRAYERS:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Turnover\u2019s mom<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Green Acres\u2019s sister-in-law<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Zima Out.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There will come a day when you will conquer that inner demon that tells you to modify an exercise because it\u2019s too hard. 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