THE SCENE: 34 Chilly spring degrees
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Windmills IC x 10, LBAC IC Thumbs Up x 10, Thumbs Down x 10, Tempo Squats IC x 10, SSH IC x 10
THA-THANG:
Mosey to One Tree Hill and assemble PAX at the bottom. Q explained fireteam movement (stand, run to the cadence of “I’m up they see me I’m down, get on the ground). PAX took the hill using that cadence and performing 3 rounds of exercises while down. Round 1: 5 Merkins, Round 2: 5 BBS, Round 3: Carolina Dry Docks. At the end of R3, stay at the top of the hill. Each PAX grabbed a CMU and moseyed to the baseball field where 4 cones were set up in a square. PAX divided into groups of 3 (or 4 where appropriate) and began with the first exercise on the list. They then ran clockwise to the next cone and repeated the exercise, continuing to each cone until they reached their starting point. Once back at the starting point, they moved to the next exercise on the list and proceeded clockwise until returning to their original spot. If all of the exercises were completed, they started again at the top. The exercises were as follows:
Merkins x 10
Overhead CMU press x 10
Burpees x 10
Squat Jumps x 10
Iron Mikes x 10
SSH x 10
Goblet Squat x 10
Clean and Press x 10
MARY:
With 3 minutes of work time left, PAX went all in with Absolution OYO until time expired.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
One of the techniques that Marines are taught in basic training is counterintuitive to human nature. That technique is to run toward the threat rather than away from it, thereby lessening our exposure to risk. If we are ambushed and turn to run, we increase the amount of time the enemy has to get us sighted in. Often times in life we face challenges that we want to run from, to avoid or to ignore. We see many examples in the Bible where God calls his people to face the enemy and know that He is in control. My challenge to the PAX (and myself) is to be strong and present in the face of attack and know that God has my six. It can be really difficult for me to see how my suffering is for the greater good, especially at that moment, but I know that God is good and I can trust Him to provide the strength I need to face adversity head-on.
MOLESKIN:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill is coming up in about a month. Opportunities are out there to join a team or volunteer.