THE SCENE: Cool but nice, clear, upper 40s. Beautiful evening sky observed and appreciated at the top of Cardiac…
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Check, but with egregious Q errors. F3: Fitness. Fellowship. AND FAITH!
WARM-O-RAMA:
-34 Side Straddle Hops (4-ct), in cadence (#34, WALTER PAYTON) (big Bears/Dallas game tonight, so the rep numbers honored the ’85-’86 Bears, perhaps the GREATEST TEAM IN THE HISTORY OF SPORTS!)
– 9 Cherry Pickers (4-ct), in cadence (#9, JIM MCMAHON)
– 22 Tempo Squats (4-ct), in Cadence (#22 DALE DUERSON)
– 21 Moroccan Nightclub (4-Ct) in cadence (#21 LESLIE FRAZIER, but Q and PAX messed up the count and we went to #23)
THA-THANG:
- Mosey to Serpentine sidewalk. LIGHT POLE ESCALATORS
- Start at first light pole. Do exercise then run to second light pole, do exercise, run back, etc. Go to 8 light poles. Exercises are:
- Light Pole 1: 5 Burpees
- Light Pole 2: 10 Bobby Hurleys
- Light Pole 3: 15 Carolina Dry Docks
- Light Pole 4: 20 BBSs
- Light Pole 5: 25 LBCs
- Light Pole 6: 30 iron mikes (single count)
- Light Pole 7: 35 Hello dollies (single count)
- Light Pole 8 : 40 Imperial Walkers (single count).
- Start at first light pole. Do exercise then run to second light pole, do exercise, run back, etc. Go to 8 light poles. Exercises are:
- Mosey to Cardiac Hill. Do the following exercises at the bottom then run up to first turn and back. Do 5x reps the first time, then 10x, then 15x.
- Smurf Jacks
- Mountain Climbers (2-ct)
- Froggie Jumps
- Run back up the entire hill, doing 10 merkins at each turn.
- Mosey to Parking Lot next to ball fields in a representation of what is sure to come in an incredible victory of the Bears over the Cowboys.
- At the near end we will be the BEARS, so we will BEAR CRAWL 10 parking lines, do one Burpee to celebrate a First Down, and continue marching down the field (parking lot) at every line until the end. TOUCHDOWN! Do 7 Merkins.
- Now we’re the COWBOYS! BOO! HISS!!!! Turn around and do the COWBOY WAHOO dance just less than 1 parking line. But the fearsome Bears D is TOO STRONG! NO FIRST DOWN! PUNT! Sprint to the end of the parking lot and we’re the BEARS again, marching down the field. Rinse and Repeat from there.
MARY:
– Box Cutters (20, IC), E2K (20 each side, OYO), American Hammers (20, IC), X’s and O’s, BBSs (20, OYO… these are surprisingly hard after the X’s and O’s!!), Ring of Fire
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 strong, with Hooker also joining us at the end for a much-appreciated summary and update of Pinto’s condition.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“Advent” is Latin for “coming”, and this is a special time of year when we wait in anticipation to celebrate the birth of Jesus. I always looked forward to the Advent Wreath tradition at church when I was growing up. Our family would always volunteer to light one of the four candles at church, and each week, as we lit one more candle, the anticipation of the birth of Christ would increase, until Christmas Eve, when the Christmas candle would be lit in the middle, representing the light of God coming into the world. The four candles represented:
- HOPE
- PEACE
- JOY
- LOVE
I feel we individually and as a Nation need these in our hearts now more than ever. Hope. Peace. Joy. Love.
HOPE: Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the Darkness.
PEACE: Peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.
JOY: It is the experiences, the great Triumphant joy of living to the fullest extent in which the real meaning of being alive is found. And it is great to be alive!
LOVE: I fell in love with you because you loved me when I couldn’t love myself.
Finally, the Christ Candle. Candles cast no shadow. “God is Light. In Him there is no Darkness at all.” John 1:5
MOLESKIN:
Prayers for Sparkler and his family as they approach the anniversary of their son’s passing. In his honor, the Fake Gloom brothers submitted a new exercise, “Grady Corn”, to the nation F3, which was accepted. Grady Corn is the “Candy Corn” exercise that Grady Pitstick, aka “Quikrete” brought to our workouts.
Prayers to Pinto for healing and comfort as he continues to courageously battle health issues. It’s been a tough year for our brother.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
3rd F, 7 am this Saturday at the Truck Stop, with Fellowship and Faith gathering immediately after. Please bring donations for the Veteran’s Wish List (see Mayberry’s post in Group Me) and a nominal monetary donation ($10 recommended) to cover the cost of breakfast, which will be provided.