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Category: JUCO

Sweet 16 Staircase Seabiscuit

THE SCENE: Between 35-45? Not cold enough anyway.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Instant mosey to get things kicked off. We played some catch me if you can with the front-man performing 5 merkins before catching up to the PAX and becoming the six. Repeat from shovel flag to coupon pile behind maintenance building. Stop at maintenance building for the Warm-O-Rama.

16 x LBAC forward, 16 x LBAC backwards, 16 x SSH, 16 x Tempo Squats

THA-THANG:
Tomorrow kicks off the Sweet 16 games in the NCAA. Introduce the Sweet 16 Staircase Seabiscuit:

Round 1

  • 16 x CMU Curls
  • 16 x 4-count Merkins
  • 16 x 4-count Squats
  • 16 x 4-count Mountain Climbers
  • Run 1 lap on the stairs

Round 2

  • 16 x CMU Curls
  • 16 x 4-count Werkins
  • 16 x 4-count Jump Squats
  • 16 x 4-count Flutters
  • Run 2 laps on the stairs

Round 3

  • 16 x CMU Curls
  • 16 x 4-count Diamond Merkins
  • 16 x 4-count Bobby Hurleys
  • 16 x 4-count Hello Dollies
  • Run 3 laps on the stairs

Round 4

  • 16 x CMU Curls
  • 16 x 4-count Incline Merkins
  • 16 x 4-count Iron Mikes
  • 16 x 4-count Bicycles
  • Run 4 laps on the stairs

Round 5

  • 16 x CMU Curls
  • 16 x 4-count Derkins
  • 16 x 4-count Single Leg Toe Touches
  • 16 x 4-count Imperial Walkers
  • Run 3 laps on the stairs

Round 6

  • 16 x CMU Curls
  • 16 x 4-count Caronlina Drydocks
  • 16 x 4-count Monkey Humpers
  • 16 x 4-count Pickle Pounders
  • Run 2 laps on the stairs

Round 7

  • 16 x CMU Curls
  • Run 1 lap on the stairs

16 total laps up and down the stairs completed! Good work men!

MARY:
No time today.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
7 HIMs gave it their all this morning.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Paul says: “For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to all, that I might win the more. 20 And to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win Jews; to those who are under the Law, as under the Law, though not being myself under the Law, that I might win those who are under the Law; 21 to those who are without law, as without law, though not being without the law of God but under the law of Christ, that I might win those who are without law. 22 To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak; I have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some. 23 And I do all things for the sake of the gospel, that I may become a fellow partaker of it.”

This verse from 1 Corinthians is one of my favorites. It is important that we strive to be approachable to others that we might get closer to them to influence them for the sake of Christ. However, I sometimes apply this verse incorrectly by allowing myself to transform into a person that God would not want to be when I am around certain people. This verse indicates that we should strive to be all things to all people that we might save some. I believe the hard part of this endeavor is maintaining one’s character. I need to strive to better preserve my character as I seek to influence others for Christ.

MOLESKIN:
Good pre-run with Judge Judy and Erector. Plenty of options available for some extra credit at JUCO, get some!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
There is a convergence of all the AO’s this Saturday at the Asylum with a thrid F to follow at the Lookout. Try to be there!

DOG TURDS AND PICKLE POUNDERS

THE SCENE: Low 50’s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Tennessee Rockin Chair, Cherry Pickers, Good Mornings, SSHs
THA-THANG:
Mosey to strip center stairs and patio across street from campus, stopping for 10 Burpees along the way.  Form teams of 3..  P1 – Exercise, P2 – Run Stairs, P3 – (timer) runs “L” of parking lot.  When timer P returns, Ps rotate roles. Repeat until team goals reached.

Watch out for the pile of dog turds Onesie’s dog left in the parking lot!….. Goooooood boy.

  • Exercise Goals: 100 Burpee Squats, 200 Werkins, 300 Jump Squats
  • Mosey to Maple Street parking lot
  • 4 Corners – 2 Rounds, Reps of 50 round 1, 40 round 2.  Exercises were MCs, Hello Dollies, 6inch LBCs, and Pickle Pounders (strategically right by the road).

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
13 HIMs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Focused on one leadership trait we can learn from Christ’s example: Integrity.  Maintain it. Leaders who lose it, lose the trust of those being led. Constantly study your heart and compare actions to God’s instruction and Christ’s example.  A great resource from pastor John Piper: desiringgod.org
MOLESKIN:
Kudos to Spotter for making the Pre-Ruck.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
3rd F

Who is the hardest person to lead???

THE SCENE:  Dark, clear, and cool – 45 degrees
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
40 SSH

20 Overhead Claps

20 Seal Claps

20 Big Arm Circles – Forwards and Backwards

Michael Phelps OYO
THA-THANG:
Barkley Inspired Workout – 3 Laps around main loop with 4 stations – 20 reps of exercises at each station –

  • Merkins
  • Mountain Climbers
  • Squats
  • Hand Release Merkins

Welsh Dragons – 2 Sets till 5

MARY:
Hello Dolly’s; Flutter Kicks; Captain Thors

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Who is the hardest person to lead?  Yourself…

Five Action Points to be a leaders with self-discipline

  1. Develop and follow your priorities
  2. Make a disciplined lifestyle your goal.
  3. Challenge your excuses.
  4. Remove rewards until you finish the job.
  5. Stay focused on results.
    MOLESKIN:
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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The Crabby Bear Gut v2 (Strength in Weakness)

THE SCENE: Clear, cool, crisp.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER 
I am not a professional and any likeness or similarities to a professional are purely coincidental and do not necessarily reflect the views of sane people.
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • High Knees + Merkins  (Herkins)
  • 5 Merkins + High Squat Jump (Berkins – or Merkin Burps)
  • Windmills
  • One speed round of the exercises (with demos and no bear crawls or crab walks) that are at each station of the main workout.

THA-THANG: The Crabby Bear Gut v2

35 Min A.m.r.a.p.  (5:40-6:15) of Light Pole Loop around parking lot.  Seven Light pole stations each with two exercises.  Do 50 reps of the exercise at each station.(single counts).  The first time around the loop you do exercise A and the second time around you do exercise B.

To get to each light pole alternate between bear crawling and crab walking.

Light Pole Station Exercises:

  • a. Crunches , b. Imperial Walkers
  • a. V-Ups  b. Flutter kicks
  • a. Cross Toe Touches  b. W’s (raised extended crunches)
  • a. American Hammers b. Peter Parkers
  • a. Supermans b. Scissor Kicks
  • a. Freddy Mercurys b.  Elbow Plank side raises.
  • a. Hello Dolly’s  b.

After seven light poles have been reached, climb the hill to the guard rail and do 5 reverse incline push ups and 5 incline push-ups.

MARY:
No time for Mary. We all just finished one round (all the exercises = 2 loops = 14 exercises)

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

This weeks sermon at Fellowship Knoxville blew me away. The Gracious Gift of Affliction and Weakness Had to try and share some of the ideas of “power in weakness”.  It’s such a tough topic and hard to describe, akin to hitting a bullseye from 500 yards away, when the bullseye is a needle in a haystack.  In summary, do not shy away from your weaknesses, God will meet you in your attempts to address them. He will light the way and support you because He is awesome and because he is deeply invested in you and getting you through the tough valleys of humiliation and NOT AROUND THEM.   It worked also kind of like a good analogy for todays workout because we spent most of it on our hands and knees begging for mercy and strength as we crab walked and bear crawled for what seemed like miles.  But praise be to God, he met us, and we finished !! We could barely speak and were dizzy, but we all finished.

Boast in weakness

Search me and know me God, help me to work out any hurtful ways in me.

Almost my 1 year anniversary of my VQ

March Madness Prep-work

THE SCENE: 34* (chilly after last week’s heat wave)
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Cherry Pickers, Rockettes, SSH, Tempo Merkins, Tempo Squats

THA-THANG:
Suicide Ladder down parking lot (approx length of basketball court)

Perform 5 Bobby Hurley’s on one end and 5 Merkins on the other end of the parking lot. Increase your count by 5 for each round completed until the last round consist of 40 Bobby Hurley’s and 40 Merkins.  Congratulations! You just scored 360 points!

Basketball Circuit

Four stations of exercises were set up and HIMs paired up for some battle buddy action. At each station one HIM performed the exercise while the other ran “skill drills” down the parking lot lines. Stations were:

  • Free Throws (20lbs wall balls)
  • I’m Open! (50lbs sandbag curls)
  • Defense! (20lbs sandbag tricep extensions)
  • Granny Shots (40lbs sandbag kettlebell swings)

After the circuit was finished we passed the coupons in a ring of fire both standing and sitting. (Sitting yielded a much better workout.)

To top off the workout we ran sprints down the parking lot and bernie’d back for four rounds.

MARY:
None

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
7 HIMs got ready for some B-Ball action
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Romans 8:28 New International Version (NIV)

28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

This is one of my favorite verses. However, I think it is often taken out of context. We are not promised an easy life on this Earth. Bad things can happen to good people, but this verse tells us that those things will be used by God to bring us closer to Him and ultimately closer to salvation. We also need to use this thought to help us keep our perspective in this world. Don’t allow trivial things to cloud your view of God. Keep looking upward.

MOLESKIN:
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