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What does 2403 mean to you?

The Scene: 40 and clear

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

Pledge

THE THANG

75 years ago when our country was at peace we were attacked by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor 1941. They awoke a sleeping beast. I hope to wake a sleeping beast in each of the PAX. We dedicate this Q to those 2403 American heroes who lost their lives.

COP

Mosey around outhouse and Battle Buddy up.

Grab 1 CMU per Battle Buddy and Mosey to hockey rink

Dora 2403

100 burpees
200 BBS with CMU if possible
300 Merkins
400 Mtn climbers
500 squats with CMU if possible
400 SSH
300 flutter kicks
200 lunges
3 Merkins

Name-O-Rama

BOM

75 years ago yesterday the Japanese lead an unprovoked attack on our country where 2403 Americans were killed. 1777 on the USS Arizona alone.

On this day in history, December 8th, 1941, thousands upon thousands upon thousands of men volunteered to go out and defend their country, their states, their cities/towns, their families and their friends. Gallantry was physically seen when these men laid down their lives to save each other during WWII.

In our society we lose sight of that, we live for ourselves, we live for maybe a few people close to us (wife kids), we live to make more money, buy a big house, drive a fast or sometimes old car. But rarely do we live for each other, and even more rarely does someone make the sacrifice for another.

The men of WWII laid down their lives for their friends. Time after time, these men jumped on grenades, charged enemy entrenchments, and gave their life so that their friends may continue to fight or make it to safety. Their friends. These men died for someone that they loved and were friends with, people they knew intimately.

That makes me think of John 15:13 where Jesus says:

“Greater love has no one than this; to lay down one’s life for his friends”

Jesus died on the cross for His friends, which means He gave himself for all of us, which means He knows us all intimately, which means we are all His friends.

As the PAX broke, Manhattan dropped a nugget of knowledge on me “what’s even more impressive is Jesus gave his life for his enemies too.”

Pearl Harbor Day

F3 Intro and Disclaimer
Scene: 40 and windy but clear!  Perfect for swingin’ some ‘bells.

Warm-O-Rama
Mosey
Around the Worlds
Figure 8s
Halos
30 Jump Ropes
30 Merkins
Russian Swing
American Swing
Mosey

THE THANG:
5-6x Repeat-O

50x JumpRope (add 25x to each jump rope set per round)
20x Russian Swings
50x JumpRope
20x Single Arm KB Swing (10x each)
50x JumpRope
20x KB Shuffle Swing

MARY:
We skipped Mary in order to finish more of the workout….which sucked but made us better.

WORD:
I took a minute or two to share some quotes and my experiences of reading the book “Worth dying for” by Roarke Denver.  Read it.

The Prison Yard

The Scene: 52 and constant rain

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

THE THANG:
SSH x 20 IC
Michael Phelps x5
Cherry Pickers x10 IC

Mosey to the prison circuit (tennis court)

PRISON BREAK CIRCLE RUN
– line up, Indian run around the court
– first guy sprints to the net and to the end of the line

Mosey to the rock pile

PRISON YARD BEAT DOWN

Battle buddy up
– one guy with a big rock and the other with two mediums.
– run to the grass
– Dora to the pile and back as many times as it takes

BIG ROCK SQUATS
Small Rock Curls
Small rock Merkins
Small rock overhead press
BIG ROCK LBCs
Small rock tricep extensions
Small rock hops

MOVE THE PILE BACK!

PRISON BREAK – relay sprint races

Back to the AO – 8 minutes of abs
– superman
– ab cycle
– boat canoe

BOM:
American prisons, as of 2013 held over 2.2M people. The largest prison population in the world.

We as men have the opportunity to live free lives, and yet so often we opt for prison.

Sometimes we live in prisons for our bodies. We we work out trying to reach a body image at the expense of our families. We enslave our bodies to food, alcohol or drugs.

Far more often we live in a prison of our minds. We enslave ourselves to greed, and success believing somehow that “just a little more” will make us happy. We live under the burden of guilt and shame for any one of a million failures, constantly hearing the lies of our adversary but not calling them out. We bury ourselves in images and fantasies of women who are not our M and then we see them everywhere we go and cannot stop the flood of images. We live lives plagued by fear of failure, insignificance or disaster.

The truth is found in 2 Tim 1:7. That God has given us a spirit not of fear, but of power and love and self control.

Many of us live in a prison for our souls. For those who believe in the existence, life and sacrifice of Jesus we are made free. The prison cell door has been thrown open, and yet so often we opt to stay in the cell.

You have to make the HC to step out every day. As HIMs we need to look at the men around us and extend a hand to help pull them out.

Moleskin

Great work by the men today. Rainy and cold, you busted it pretty good. Way to get better!

Thanksgiving Leftovers Burn-Off

F3 Welcome & Disclaimer

THE SCENE: 56 degrees, rain off and on

WARM-O-RAMA:
Mosey around outhouse
20 SS hops
10 Frankenstein’s (ham burners)
10 ‘Merkins

THE THANG:
Set up 3 cones 30 yards apart
Sprint to cone 1 do 10 burpees
sprint to cone 2 do 20 mericans
sprint to cone 3, do 30 squats.
Sprint back to start
Repeat but Side shuffle to cones on 2nd round.
Repeat but high knees to cones on 3rd round.

Mosey to bottom of Cory Hill:
Bear crawl to top, 10 squat jumps
Bear crawl down the hill, 10 smurf jacks
Repeat 3x

Mosey to bottom of Matterhorn
Run to top, doing burpees on “hit it” command. (Do 3 burpees when you reach top till 6 catches up)

Mosey to pavalon
On your own: three sets of (10 mexican jumping pull ups, 10 dips, 20 domo squats)

Mosey to Rock pile. Grab rock and Wagon Wheel till 6 catches up
20 wood choppers (10 each side)
25 overhead press
20 curls
20 tricep extensions
10 wood choppers

Mosey back to AO

20 imperial walkers

COT:
Count off and Name-o-Rama

BOM:
3 ways to fail at everything in life:
1) Complain about everything
2) blame all your problems on others
3) never be grateful

3 ways to be successful in life
1) Love the Lord God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength.
2) Love your neighbor as your self
3) be like Christ

WORD:
Very proud to be a part of the PAX this morning. Not ideal conditions, not a single complaint about the weather. Everyone pushed hard this morning. Prayers out for Bartman’s family and their new addition as well as the families dealing with the fires in Sevier County.

Start Together-Finish Together

The Scene: 50 and damp

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

WARM-O-RAMA:
Imperial Walkers IC 4ct x 25
Burpees 10 OYO
Merkins IC 4ct x 25

THE THANG:
Mosey Indian run style to first stop
Mtn climbers IC 4ct x25
Lunges up the hill 50
Mosey to the pavilion

At pavilion
5 rounds
5 pull ups
10 squats
5 toes to bar
10 good mornings

Mosey to the lower parking lot
5 rounds
10 LBCs
10 burpees
10 Freddie Mercury
10 dry docks

Mosey to CMU trailer
5 rounds
10 bicep curls
10 tri extensions
10 bent over rows
10 thrusters

Merkin relay countdown
Split into teams
Sprint 5 merkin sprint back
Rest of the PAX holds a plank
Sprint 4 merkin sprint back

MARY:
Floor wipers IC 4ct x
American hammers IC 4ct x
V-ups IC 4ct x

WORD:
Never Give Up!

We started off gettin’ the PAX movin’ right off the bat!  Good mumblechatter and an OTB trip to Starbucks brought the PAX closer together after the workout.  Good to see you guys and grab a little Second’F and a great start to Thanksgiving Day!

BOM

In the BOM I talked about Lt. Brian Murphy and how he never gave up, and how he never left anyone behind. At a conference I met Murphy and he added the guys on his shift had an agreement that what they  “Start together finish together.”
Who do you not want to leave behind? What makes you fight and make sure to never give up? Who else chose never to give up? The true constant is Jesus. He never gives up on us. He pursues us to be saved through him. When we live our life for Jesus we have eternal life. Jesus is our savior, and we can only be saved through him. He leads us and he encourages us to be leaders of others. He fights for us, and he doesn’t want to leave behind. He gives us strength, strength to never give up. He pursues us so that we can finish together and begin a new life in heaven. We are encouraged through each other, we fight for each other.

And he gave us F3. He gave us a group of brothers from another mother, and we come out each morning and push each other, we also never leave anyone behind. We always pick up the Six. And I am thankful for that, thankful for you guys, in so many ways that I just can’t say it.

I can think of no better verse to describe this than:

Prov 18-24

“One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother”