THE SCENE: Cold bodies but warm hearts. Hopefully the last morning of freezing temps for a while…
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
- Cherry Pickers
- Hairy Rockettes
- Motivators (sort of…)
- Baby arm circles
THA-THANG:
Our joyous group of HIMs dutifully followed Data to the base of Jucomanjaro via a wrong turn. Data doesn’t know how to lead a Q well but does know how to search Google. A 2019 back-blast by Spotter (that’s what you get for posting these 🙂 led to us pairing up for the following:
- One HIM performs 10xMerkins, 10xSquats, 10xLBC while the other HIM bear crawls up JUCOmanjaro.
- HIM performing exercises sprints to catch the bear and they swap places.
Upon summit, we mosey’d back down to JUCO. Data still didn’t know how to lead a Q, so he turned to YouTube for motivation. As a result, we enjoyed 30 seconds each of the following:
- Ratchet squats
- Shoulder tap Carolina dry docks
- Power ups
- Pounding trunk lifts
- Bridge & reach overs
- Crab rockettes
- Swimming supermans
- Merkin toe taps
- Imperial walkers
MARY:
Once at the flag, there was still time for a few squat burpees and hello dollies.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Similar to the Olympics, the Isthmian games were held in Corinth every 2 years. We think the apostle Paul was there for the games in AD51. Who knows, he might have been a sports fan. Here are some athletic allusions he used when writing to first century churches:
1 Cor 9: 24 Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win! 25 All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize. 26 So I run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing. 27 I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be disqualified.
Phil 3: 12 I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me. 13 No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.
1 Tim 4: 6 If you explain these things to the brothers and sisters, Timothy, you will be a worthy servant of Christ Jesus, one who is nourished by the message of faith and the good teaching you have followed. 7 Do not waste time arguing over godless ideas and old wives’ tales. Instead, train yourself to be godly. 8 “Physical training is good, but training for godliness is much better, promising benefits in this life and in the life to come.” 9 This is a trustworthy saying, and everyone should accept it. 10 This is why we work hard and continue to struggle, for our hope is in the living God, who is the Savior of all people and particularly of all believers.
The Christian life is disciplined, committed, thinking, and worthwhile. (Special gratitude to Mark Smith, preacher at Laurel church of Christ for the Isthmian games history.)