Fitness. Fellowship. Faith.
Founding AO
THE THANG: 25 big boys, 25 merkins X2 run to Vatican and back stopping to make strangers take pictures of me
MARY: bottle of water – still
COT: buongiorno
5 Eaasssy Up/Downs
SSH
Run around AO
Cherry Pickers
Abe Vigoda’s
Runners Stretch
Upward/Downward Dog
Tempo Merkins
Shoulder warm-up (MPs, Front, Arm Circles)
THE THANG:
Billy Strings Roulette
Station One (AO):
Ascending Ladder starting at 1 rep, add a rep every round until end of randomly shuffled Billy song
1st Song – “Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again” (Bob Dylan Cover) – 7:41
– Lawn Mowers (each side)
– Jump Squats (No CMU
– Dirkins (Feet on CMU)
Run a lap at every interval of 5 (5, 10, 15, ect)
Station Two (Baby Everest):
2nd Song – “Gild the Lilly” – 7:53
Ascending Ladder starting at 1 rep, add a rep every round
– CMU Thrusters
– CMU Big Bois
– CMU Bent over rows
Run up Baby Everest at every interval of 5
Station Three (The Cloud):
3rd Song – “Run Down” (Jeff Austin Cover) – 4:09
Ascending Ladder starting at 1 rep, add a rep every round
– Blockies
– CMU Curls
– Goblet Squats
Run Lap around Cloud at every interval of 5
Station Four (Pavilon):
4th Song – “Eight More Mile to Louisville” (Grandpa Jones Cover)
Ascending Ladder starting at 1 rep, add a rep every round
– Up and Over Mericans (each side)
– Table Rows
– WW3 Big Bois
Run Lap around Pavilon at every interval of 5
Start back at Station One and start where left off on rep count.
Made it back to station one for one more full tune and about 1 minute of 6th song.
5th song – “You Must Come in at the Door” (Professor J.E. Franklin original but gospel song performed by many bluegrass bands over the years)
6th song – “Lonely at the Top” (Randy Newman cover)
MARY: None
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill coming up! Also convergence oppurtunity this weekend! Contact Borg for more details.
COT:
Shared common parenting struggles in the COT and quote “The goal of parenting isnt to create perfect kids. It’s to point our kids to the perfect God.” – Paul David Tripp
Weather was a tossup so we did Sparkler Burpees (deceivingly difficult after two or three rounds) and some rock work until 6, when we left the Pavalon’s friendly confines for a prayer mosey – sounds weird but it was a highlight for me – and just one little backwards trip up Cardiac.
10 Sparklers when we got back to the Pavalon, then a sprint up Eaby everest to finish things off.
Prayed for various friends and situations, including a certain surgery happening today.
Links to interview:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-jonathan-haidt.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1hKDKmcByIL0fRsOK91aOh?si=wCKo2rM0TVuOeTsp96u0xA
COT
3 Things From A Men’s Retreat This Weekend
(1) Biblical Manhood Definition/Example
“Some of you will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will restore the foundations laid long ago; you will be called the repairer of broken walls, the restorer of streets where people live.”
– Isaiah 58:12
(2) Nehemiah 4 — Progress In Spite Of Opposition
– Nehemiah 4:6 — “So we rebuilt the wall until the entire wall was joined together up to half its height, for the people had the will to keep working.”
– Nehemiah 4:10 — “In Judah, it was said: The strength of the laborer fails, since there is so much rubble. We will never be able to rebuild the wall.”
– Nehemiah 4:16-18 — “…The officers supported all the people of Judah, who were rebuilding the wall. The laborers who carried the loads worked with one hand and held a weapon with the other. Each of the builders had his sword strapped around his waist while he was building, and the one who sounded the ram’s horn was beside me.”
(3) The Picture Of What A Man Does From Nehemiah 4
– He hears the noise
– He hears the negativity
– He hears the pushback
– He still builds the wall and does the work (Nehemiah 4:6)
Why?
– We cannot go back or stop — too much is at stake.
This is a vision of what can be – through Christ.
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For more insight into this – check out additional resources in this message thread.
THE THANG:
Tabata, 60 sec, 15 sec rest, with CMU
Tempo squats
Tempo leg lifts, holding up CMU
Tempo tricep extensions
Tempo curls
Tempo OHP
Tempo lunges
Tempo deadlift
Tempo BBs
Tempo Dismond Derkins
Run
X2
MARY:
Plank hold and Tempo Merkins
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill 5/17
COT:
What are your spiritual gifts? No, not fruits of the spirit like I wanted to consider. Spiritual gifts are specific to you and how God created you!
My challenge to you is to take a spiritual gifts test and see where you fall. Then, decide if you’re using those God-given gifts to further his kingdom. It’s convicting….and it should be. None of us are perfect. Be vulnerable and honest with yourself. Maybe even share it with someone else.
See 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 in the comments.