THE SCENE: A frosty 29 with a westerly wind at 2mph can only mean one thing: HAPPY SPRING EVERYBODY!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Check!
WARM-O-RAMA:
- Projectivator – Counting down from 1? (just…ok?!)
- THE (Knoxville) Cherry Picker x5 (Much noise was made. Missing 3-Peat right about now!)
- Willy Mays Hayes x6
- Tempo Merks x10
- Tempo Squats x10
- Tennessee Rocking Chair x10
- Shoulder Burn
- FLBAC x12
- RLBAC x12
- Grady Corn x12
- Chattanooga Cherry Pickers x12
- SSH x15
Mosey to the Tennis Courts.
THA-THANG:
Agility Drill – Run the boundary lines of the 3 tennis courts – sprint/karaoke on one side, burnie/karaoke on the other. Split into 4 teams.
Team Sprints – Each team has a sprinter, man in plank, man doing squats, and a man doing flutters. Sprinter is to run, touch the fence, do 1 burpee, and sprint back. The plank man sprints, squat man planks, flutter man squats, and sprinter moves to the back and starts flutters. Winning Team – 3 burpees. Losing Team – 5 burpees.
Dirty McDuece – 4 circuits of 3 exercises done to 12 4-count reps (or 24 reps). Each set has one chest exercise, one leg exercise and one core exercise. Lap around the tennis courts after each station.
Station 1 – HR Merkin, Lunges, Undertakers
Station 2 – Diamond Merkins, Bonnie Blairs, Hello Dollies
Station 3 – Merkins, Apollo Onos, Heels to Heaven
Station 4 – Wide Merkins, Monkey Humper, Box Cutters
Rinse and repeat.
RTB for Mary.
MARY:
LBCs – x15
Side Crunches – x10 each side
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
There have been 3 significant leadership roles in the last few years that YHC has had to hand off. A 15 year youth ministry, 2 years as a pastor, and a year as AOQ. YHC has discovered in that time that there is a natural leadership arc. There is a beginning or “honeymoon phase”. This phase is really exciting, you get to be the star or the new hero. You get to carry the hopes for the future for the people you are leading. Then comes the end of the honeymoon phase. Suddenly, you’re no longer special. You get a sense of the dirty laundry and they get to smell yours. This develops into a place of deeper connection and cooperation. Finally, there’s the period of time when the end is in sight or or the “lame duck” phase. This is when someone else’s leadership matters more than yours. Suddenly, you don’t pull the amount of weight you once did.
These phases are also true in many aspects of life; fathers who release their young into adulthood experience a change in the role the play, work related relationships leading all the way to retirement, the phases of life from being a young man to earning your double or triple “respect”.
In his book, The Second Mountain, David Brooks tells us…
“The first mountain is about building up the ego and defining the self, the second mountain is about shedding the ego and losing the self. If the first mountain is about acquisition, the second mountain is about contribution. If the first mountain is elitist–moving up–the second mountain is egalitarian–planting yourself amid those in need, and walking arm in arm with them.”
I read a great analogy for this: the racecar driver (RCD) vs the right-front-tire guy (RFTG). When you’re the RCD, you get all the glory. It’s all about you. You’re the star of the show and it’s a glorious rush. For the RFTG on the other hand, it’s all about OTHERS. He’s willing to take the position that supports others.
The RFTG actually has a lot more influence than you think. He can use his encouragement and skill to build up and create MORE leaders while the RCD is busy DOING everything he can to stay on the road. The fact is, when you consider how often we get to be the RCD and how short lived the “honey moon” phase is, we’re very rarely in the driver’s seat. We are more often than not the RFTG.
Moses handed off leadership to Joshua. He saw into the Promise Land but pushed Joshua forward. Paul was imprisoned and saw his ministry and life dwindling. He got in the coaching seat and pushed Timothy forward. Jesus’ tone began to change with the disciples in the Gospels.
John 14:12 – “Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.”
Jesus gave His life, was glorified, took his seat next to the Father, and sent His Spirit to empower YOU to do even greater things!
- Are you in a seat of influence as the RFTG and don’t know it because you’re wishing you were the RCD?
- Are you experiencing a “lame duck” phase in some place in your life and need to consider how to be a better RFTG?
Who in your life can you be a better Right Front Tire Guy?
MOLESKIN:
- See further discussion on “Legacy” in Q4 “Leave Right” in the F3 QSource!
- Welcome FNG – Gas-X!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- You v You Fitness Metric on this Thursday’s Workout!
- New Shieldlock forming on Wednesday morning at 0500.
- Haw Ridge – April 14 (Get signed up! See Slack for details!)
- Hardship Hill (May 29) is fast approaching. Get your team and get your team registered.