May 8th, 2020 By Disaster

Thirteen brave men failed to show up in the gloom at the Highland Creek Golf Club this morning because North Carolina does not officially begin to relax its social distancing requirements until 5PM today. If the men had decided to show up this is what the beatdown would have looked like (after a properly detailed disclaimer had been given that included the new and improved rules of social distancing)

WARMARAMA

• Take a short lap around the parking lot
• SSH IC X 19
• IST IC X 15
• CP IC X 15
• MC IC X 15
• Merkins IC X 10
• 5 Burpee penalty for anyone who forgot to wear red to celebrate RED Friday

THE THANG

The PAX would have been informed that the Q had brought props, because how could we possibly have a @Disaster led workout without props. Cones would have been placed at four of the islands in the parking lot to create a nicely spaced square. Teams of three (or maybe even four) men might have been assigned to each cone, for a grand total of ten because that is the maxiumum number that is currently allowed at an individual F3 workout. The PAX would have taken turns naming an exercise and a count, and then completed the exercise four times at each of the four cones, rotating as a group each time, while maintaning proper spacing at all times. After the fourth set, the PAX would have run a full lap around the four islands (and maybe even more depending on the initiative of the group) before returning to their original cone. Exercises might have included the following:

• Merkins
• Air Squats
• SSH
• CDD
• Mary Katherine Gallagher
• More Merkins
• Cotton Pickers
• Monkey Humpers (yay!)
• Apollo Ohno
• WW2 Sit Ups

MARY

The PAX would have constructed a well spaced circle and continued with the following exercises

• Low flutter
• The W
• LBC
• Rosalita
• Heels to Heaven

Well spaced COT followed by a well spaced prayer

MOLESKIN

1. Thanks to everyone who might or might not have come out to celebrate Highlands eight year anniversary today. @Skipper was one of the founders but admits that he can’t even remember what it was like when they started. It was great to see everyone, and honestly a little bit hard to remember the exact F3 procedure sometimes (just ask @Soprano!)
2. RED Friday prayers went out to those men and women protecting our freedom in the armed forces today, including ONJ’s son, Genie’s friend, and a guy from Disaster’s church. Also thanks to those men who have previously served (@Skipper and others)
3. Prayers also going out to @Dutch Boy who is undergoing a surgical procedure on Wednesday. Hoping for a quick recovery so you can get back out here and join us.
4. More prayers going out to the doctors, nurses, and medical staffs who have been serving us so bravely over the past two months. Hospitals are opening back up and I’m sure there is plenty of demand for routine surgeries and other services.
5. Blood donation centers are also starting to open back up so if you haven’t given blood lately please consider doing so. Supplies are very short and they need to replenish ASAP.
6. Special shout out to @Gump, @Gamma, @Oboe, @Haskel, @Titanium, @Skipper, @Stoli, @Bootstrap, and all the other men who helped get Highlands and MECA started eight years ago. Well done gentlemen. We’re still going strong.
7. Don’t forget that MECA officially opens for business tomorrow. @Murdock has the Q at MCCP at 7AM so don’t miss it. There may even be some well spaced figure eights involved. Also, Highlands has a new schedule for May to help meet social distancing requirements so take a look at Slack for details. We are offering three different boot camp options on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the golf club – 530AM, 630AM, and 530PM. Lots of space on the Sign Up Genius to sign up to Q so get out there and lead a workout.

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