F3 ATL 10 Year Convergence – 2022-01-22

AO: Terminus
QiC: Smalls
Pax Count: 58
Pax List: ABOOT (FNG), Animal (FNG-Smalls), Big Apple, Billboard, Biscuit, Bologna, Boo, Buford, Buttercup, Chuckie, Cotter Pin, Credit, Deadhead, Dr Dolly, Dubya, Exile, Fireballs, Gates, GreenBean, Gronkins, Gump, Happy Trees, Johnny Football, Jumbo, Junk Bond (now Sub-prime?), Manhole, MARTA, Martina, Meathead, Mossad, Mudder, Nougat, OK, Purple Cow, Red Tape, Reggie, Saltlick, Scout, Seles, Smalls, Smokey, Spike, Suds, Suit, Tommy Boy, Vertigo, Weber
FNG Count: 3
Downrange: WindUp (Warning Track – need to add), Exile (Cherokee), Maaco (The Arena/Cherokee) Lamb Chop (The Apex/Cherokee) Cookie (Alpha), Homer (Gwinnett/Alpha), Dipstick (Windjammer/Alpha), Jackelope (Cherokee), NoWhere Man (Asheville), Stu (Norsemen/Alpha), Tinderfoot (The Hooch/Alpha)

Back in a time before “The Rona” Smalls planted the idea of a Convergence, and finally, with the help of the ATL SLT, we were able to bring it back to a reality. The call was put out, to AOs across the region, it was circulated, it was loud and it resonated, just as F3 does across this country and beyond. After a small group did a Pre-Run/Pre-Ruck, 0700 struck and Smalls rallied the troops to the meadow, where Reggie was handed the reigns.

Warm up:

After the intro, the tenants of F3 and a quick welcome, Reggie wasted no time getting down to business:

  • Burpees (x10/OYO)
  • SSH (x15/IC)
  • Merkins (x10/IC)
  • Off-Count Squats (x15/IC)
  • Arm Circles (Forwards and Backwards – Small to Large – OYO)
  • Seal Claps (x15/IC)
  • Ray Lewis (x10/IC)
  • SSH (x15/IC)

After this we split up into 4 groups (stations), led by GreenBean, Gronkins, YHC (Manhole) and Smokey and dispersed to different parts of the park.

The Thang:

The PAX rotated through each of the 4 stations as a group

Smokey 

EMOM
50 sec / 10 sec to set up for next exercise
  1. Burpee
  2. Air Squats
  3. Hand release merkins
  4. OH claps
  5. Alternate lunges
  6. Plank – Newtons
  7. Jump Squats
  8. Plank – shoulder taps
  9. On six – triceps press
  10. On six – American Hammers

Manhole

Mosey down the path to “The Tavern” and on around and up the ramp to the platform at the top for a Pyramid of Merkins, Squats and LBCs. The 1st group was told it was 1 to 10 and back down to 1, but YHC called an audible, and stopped at the top (10) due to time. (this was later modified to 1 to 5 to 1 for Groups 2-4)

Moseyed back down the hill and around the path to the small wall by the flags for some partner work. Partners Dips and Merkins. Each Partner does 10 reps each of Dips and Merkins (x2). Subsequent groups did this 1st and then the pyramid.

GreenBean

  • Plank it up regular, Right hand to the sky. Right leg up then down, Regular, Left hand up, left leg up down regular, Southern gentleman, Yankee aggressor
  • 10 wall jumps OYO
  • 15 dips IC
  • 6 hand release derkins IC
  • Let’s grab a beer at the Tavern. (Run to the Tavern)
    10 low slow squats (Chug beer run back)
  • Charge the hill
  • Circle up for Mary:
    LBCs (IC/x15)
    Freddie Mercury (IC/x 15)
    Mason twist (IC/x15)
    Low leg raise (IC/x15)

(But group 4 got different exercises: Duck walk around stone wall circle and bear crawl down hill sprint up, Sprint down hill crab walk up. And J-Los)

Gronkins

Dora at Oak Hill, one partner runs the hill while the other works toward the following cumulative reps:
  • 100 LBCs
  • 200 Merkins
  • 300 Monkey Humpers

CoT:

The words were delivered by Smalls, in honor and memory of his father, who would have been 59 today.

The words were about owning our place in the community, not in spite of it, but because of it, and how we can be stronger than we are today, if we embrace the community and look to enhance that community for the betterment of not only ourselves, but those who we have not yet touched, but are out there, and need us, as much as we need them, living “interdependently” and living 3rd.

Naked Man Moleskin:

Special shoutout to Weber for Donuts, Martina for Coffee, Buttercup for photos, and Reggie for being a great regional leader by example of how to walk the walk, and talk the talk.

As mentioned at the top, 58 joined in the fun, from all over. It was awesome to share this day, not only with the brothers we see everyday, and also those that we see on Twitter and Slack from other Regions. The men of Cherokee, Alpharetta, and even North Carolina. (12 Down Rangers in all) Here is the list of AOs and the counts:

  • Alpha 1 (not sure of AO)
  • Asheville 1
  • Cherokee (not sure of home AO) 2
  • Gwinnett (Alpha) 1
  • Hooch (Alpha) 1
  • HTR 5
  • Norsemen (Alpha) 1
  • Shadow 14
  • Terminus 10
  • The Apex (Cherokee) 1
  • The Arena (Cherokee) 1
  • The Pulpit 6
  • The Rig 3
  • Warning Track 9
  • Windjammer (Alpha) 1
  • FNG – 1 – A-bout