Three

YHC celebrates Three Years with F3 today. I had to Q, and Tortoises - where I used to be site Q - was the perfect place for it.

My pre-blast promised Threes, Burpees, Merkins, and Music. We accomplished that.

Left Cheek and I pulled up at the same time. I hadn't met him before, but I could tell immediately that he is a HIM. We talked for a few minutes, then I ECP-ed some pullups to get rid of energy before the rest of the PAX showed up.

It was great to see @WWW fly by and plant the flag - but was sorry to see him leave for work before we started ... he was overdressed anyway.

First exercise was The Pledge of Allegiance, then we moseyed over to the side entrance of the church for...

Warmup
3 slow good mornings
13 ssh
13 sir fazio fwd low to high make-them-bigger
13 sir fazio backwards low to high make-them-bigger
13 mountain climbers
13 count calf stretch l/r
Runners stretch l/r

Thang 1
It seemed like part of warmups but was actually the first Thang:
3 burpees
followed by a mosey to do 10 more burpees,
followed by a mosey to do 10 more burpees,
followed by a mosey to do 10 more burpees.
Total = 33
[inspired by @PetSounds - for his 2020 100 burpee/day challenge]

Thang 2
Circle up & plank hold
As "Get Down On It" song played we planked and did a merkin on each 'Get Down'
[I counted 69 'get down's when I previewed the song]

Thang 3
Mosey to hill to do BBL 9's:
Bearcrawl up hill
Box cutters at top
LBCs at bottom

Thang 4
At octagon we broke into 3 groups
G1: 3 pullups or burpees (your choice)
G2: 6 dips or derkins (your choice)
G3. 9 step ups or irkins (your choice)
Rotate & Repeato until about 3 rounds completed

Mary
Hammers
Freddie Mercury
Dying Cockroaches
Tang led Gas Pumps
Havaniceday

COT
10 PAX counted, several praises and prayers offered. Apologies for not mentioning them all here.
2 Respects Present

NMS
Thanks to Dana Smith - Chinese Downhill for inviting me several times to F3 before I finally became a regular. And he co-Q-ed my first post in Nashville, NC (with F3 Gilligan) on our children's wedding day. My daughter married Dana's son three years ago.
My son-in-law F3 Brodie named me - glad he gave me something good!

F3 has been life-changing. I've led much more than I ever have in my life. From leading workouts, becoming a site Q, and Carpex's QSource go-to. This is stuff I never thought that I would do. Thanks to @Callahan Some of what I've done has been captured at TheMuggo.com:

"To be surrounded by guys who care and support you makes you stronger"
- from https://themuggo.com/2019/05/21/tired-but-never-more-awake/

And Pierogi mentioned YHC's recent appearance on Accelerating Man:
https://themuggo.com/2020/10/20/accelerating-man-bob-poliachik/

It was a pleasure to lead Tortoises today. I did my best to help the PAX accelerate.

Playlist
Join Together: The Who
Good Times Bad Times: Led Zeppelin
Long Twin Silver Line: Bob Seger
Right Now: Van Halen
Get Down On It: Kool & The Gang
Song 2 - 2012 Remaster: Blur
Let’s Get It Started - Spike Mix: Black Eyed Peas
Let's See Action: The Who
Paint It, Black: The Rolling Stones
Rev It Up: Jerry Harrison
Burnin' for You: Blue Oyster Cult
You Better You Bet: The Who
Turn Me Loose: Loverboy