The Backstory:
(Location – F3 Corporate Offices, Management Meeting, October 12th)
Jim: Thank you all for coming today. I’ve called this emergency meeting to address a request by the F3 Board of Directors to see what we can do about increasing profitability in our Thunder line of products. We’ve been hovering around the 20 unit mark for the last several months, and they would like to see that number increased going into the Christmas season, as well as bringing more appeal to a younger demographic. We’re not moving nearly as many Gypsy and Zoots as they would like. So let’s all brainstorm and throw some ideas on the Big Board.
Steve: What if we make the F3s easier to use? That might bring in more consumers and reduce breakage.
Jim: Absolutely not Steve. That is a terrible idea. We have a reputation to protect and I’m not going to recommend to the Board that we water down our brand at the sake of a few sales. If you’re going to be in this meeting I need you to get it together and give me some serious suggestions.
Steve: Okay how about twer…
Alex: Have you heard of Twerking? All the kids are doing it now. What if we do more Twerkins? The kids might get confused and show up.
Jim: The old “Bait and Switch.” I like it Alex. More Twerkins. Done. Next suggestion.
Steve: But I was just about to say that!
Blaine: Chill out Steve. This is a team effort. It’s called “F3” not “FMe.”
Alex: Yeah Steve.
Perry: You know another thing young kids like? Humping stuff. That’s apparently all they post on the SnapGram. Let’s add in more Monkey Humpers. We’ll have them just keep doing them until they can’t walk anymore.
Jim: Great idea. More Monkey Humpers.
Blaine: As long as we make sure to stop immediately any time a group of women run past. We don’t want to scare people off.
(Group laughter follows)
Steve: How about we make the F3s more difficult and try to corner the Xtreme niche market? I heard about this new exercise called the “Double Humper” where you do Monkey Humpers with a partner on your shoulders while…
Jim: Steve I’ve had just about enough of you today. Take a seat in the corner over there. You are on a five minute timeout. Leave the croissant. Now let’s get serious guys. We have a pretty good list, but I need one really stand out idea to show the Board we can drive these F3s this season.
Blaine: One word. Pumpkin. College kids love pumpkin stuff. My daughter buys at least two of those pumpkin-spiced lattes a day, and I see pumpkin flavored products all over the shelves at Trader Joe’s. We tell the public we have pumpkin-flavored F3 for a limited time only, and they’ll be lining up at the doors.
Jim: Pumpkins. Hmmmm. You know Blaine, that idea’s so crazy it just might work…
The Thang:
Warm-up with Side Straddle Shuffle Hop x 20 IC and Big Baby Arm Circles x 20 IC.
Pax grab two pumpkins (Resistance Pumpkin and Core Pumpkin) and mosey to the corner. Pax take turns “Trick or Treating” an exercise out of each pumpkin, then do a 2:15 AMRAP of the Resistance exercise, then Core, then back to the Resistance. 45 seconds each (until YHC realized he couldn’t time them accurately and maintain oxygen and just faked it) with no rest between.
- Air Press / Superman / Air Press
- Single Leg Calf Raise / Crunchy Frog / Single Leg Calf Raise
- One Legged (Pistol) Squat / Iron Cross (Solo) / One Legged Squat
- Carolina Dry Dock / Flutter Kicks / Carolina Dry Dock
- Tuck Jump / Flutter Kick / Tuck Jump
- Single Leg Calf Raise / Forgot / Single Leg Calf Raise
- Twerkins / Vertical LBC / Twerkins
- Monkey Humpers / Crunchy Frog / Monkey Humpers (Passersby Pleaser)
- Twerkins / Big Boy Sit Ups / Twerkins
- One Legged Squat / Flutter Kicks / One Legged Squat
- Burpees / Chaser LBC / Burpees
11 sets total and 1.4 miles. Running with a pumpkin is no joke.
Announcements: Mud Run this weekend. Bring your family.* F3 Christmas Party is 12/15. Bring beer*
COT & BOM
Devo: Huffy
