THE SCENE: 55 – 60ish degrees #Amazing
PAX gathering early brought back an old Asylum PM tradition – the ceremonial tossing of a frisbee (or football). There’s something really special about this, it made my heart happy. Grown men, who just got off work, or left their family to come do F3 perhaps, tossing around a frisbee lightheartedly, enjoying The Creator’s magnificent-feeling creation.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
Themes: #2ForTuesday, Tour de Pavilion, Quarter Pounder (25th)
[Welcome/Safety/Brief]
- Welcome to F3: Fitness/Fellowship/Faith
- My name is Steam and I’m honored to be your Q this evening
- FNG: Kevin Canfield
- Couple things before we get started:
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- Contrary to popular belief, I’m not a professional
- You’re here on your own volition
- And if you know your body better than anyone so if you need to modify anything we do this evening feel free to do it! But I encourage you to push yourself and the men around you
- Let’s lock shields and rock these next 45 minutes
WARM-O-RAMA:
- SSH: 25 (1-count)
(#2FT)
- SSH: 25 (1-count)
- Frankenstein: 10 (1-count)
(#2FT)
- Frankenstein: 10 (1-count)
- Squat-Bender: 10 (1-count)
(#2FT)
- Squat-Bender: 10 (1-count)
- Merkin: 10 (1-count)
(#2FT)
- Merkin: 10 (1-count)
THA-THANG:
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Tour de Pavilion commences!
Lay out the roadmap: Tour around the pavilions – each pavilion will encompass a Quarter Pounder (since today is the 25th) and keep in mind, it is in fact 2FT – so let’s celebrate accordingly! Think of it like leveling up in a game – once we pass level 1 – we go to level 2 (Pavilion 2)
(Mosey to Pav1 – baseball fields)
[Quarter Pounder 1]
- 5 battle buddy sit-ups each
- 5 lunges Right leg (1 count)
- 5 lunges Left leg (1 count)
- 5 squats (1 count)
- 5 iron mikes (1 count)
(Mosey to Pav2 – Small overhang behind baseball fields facing the river)
[Quarter Pounder 2]
- 5 incline merkins (1 count)
- 5 decline merkins (1 count)
- 5 box jumps (1 count)
- 5 R leg squats (1 count)
- 5 L leg squats (1 count)
(Mosey to Pav3 – small chapel)
[Quarter Pounder 3]
- 5 half burpees
- 5 mountain climbers (1 count)
- 5 real burpees
- 5 plank press-ups (4 count)
- 5 boat drivers (4 count)
- Wall-sit and drive the boat
(Mosey to Pav4 – small Pav to the left)
[Quarter Pounder 4]
(this one sucked the most/was the hardest/most character building)
- 25×4 Side/skater lunges (quick)
- 25×4 incline merkins
- 25×4 line hops (quick)
- 25×4 dips
(Mosey to Pav5 – Pav by fields)
[Quarter Pounder 5]
- 25 SSHs (1 count)
- 25 merkins (1 count)
- 25 Imperial Walkers (1 count)
- 25 cockroaches (1 count)
(Mosey to Pav6 – Chapel) **Chapel was occupied, stayed in small Pav next to it**
[Quarter Pounder 6]
- 25 x 4 SSHs (all together)
- Take a lap around
- 25×4 Squats (all together)
- Take a lap around
- 25×4 Army Merkins (all together)
- Take a lap around
- 25×4 SSHs (all together)
(Mosey back to AO)
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
(Watch the video until the end – worth it)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“Nothing Worth Having Comes Without a Fight”
The past couple of weeks have felt like a fight. A fight with God, a fight with myself, a fight with reality, a fight with my decisions. Different kind of fight maybe, but still a fight. When you show up for F3 whether it’s in the morning or evening, you know you’re going to fight to the finish. But you (hopefully) know that there’s going to be a brother on your left and a brother on your right that are ready to go toe to toe with you for the next 45 minutes.
Take this outside of F3. What have you had to fight for in your life // what are you currently fighting for? Your marriage, relationship, your kids, your job, your family, your friends, to not go back to a dark place, for the heart of men and women to know Jesus?
Our fights as men come in many different shapes and sizes, whether as a young man or a man with some more notches on his belt. What makes keeping the faith and fighting the good fight worth it during those times? Just like in F3 – you don’t do it alone. F3 is just the huddle – the game is outside the COT. Call a brother out – pull a brother in.
Keep the Faith & Fight the Good Fight brothers – it’s worth it.