THE SCENE: Sunny, temps in low 40s.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Y 20 Side-Straddle-Hops, 10 Mountain Climbers, 10 Cherry Pickers , 32 Grady Corns, Left Leaner (Liberal), Right Leaner (Conservative), Little of This and That.
THA-THANG:
Mosey to Coliseum. We will do 20 American Hammers and 10 Tempo Merkins. Mosey to parking lot below Coliseum. Each man gets a partner for Doras. While partner runs up stairs and to driveway coming back to parking lot the other partner does exercises. Here are the exercises that each two-man team completes:
- 100 Squat Jumps
- 100 Iron Mikes (both feet = 1)
- 100 Hello Dollies (4 ct)
- 100 Flutter Kicks (4 ct)
- 200 Baby Crunches
Mosey to stop sign at southeastern corner of Admin Bldg. There will be cones planted along the roadway. Men will stop at each cone to do exercise listed.
- Cone 1: 10 Hand Release Merkins. Sprint to Cone 2.
- Cone 2: Ten Burpees. Bernie to Cone 3.
- Cone 3: 20 Big Boy Sit-Ups. Bear Crawl to Cone 4.
- Cone 4: Run to front of Admin Bldg to do 25 Calf Raises at Steps. Then run back to Cone 5 which is on roadway at other end of parking lot.
- Cone 5: Hop to Cone 6.
- Cone 6: Run down stairs by bat cave, head left to grove and run up top of summit to come back to this cone. Then Bernie to Cone 7.
- Cone 7: 20 Dive Bombers. Butt Kick to Cone 8.
- Cone 8: 20 Bicycle Kicks (4 ct.) Sprint to Stop Sign. Alternate between Big Boys and Merkins until rest of PAX arrives.
Mosey to Haslam Boulder. 30 Second Gander at River Area below.
Mosey to Parking Lot with CMUs.
Each man grabs CMU. We will do the following exercises then run to Pavilion to do 15 Picnic Table Pull-ups between each exercise:
- 20 Overhead Presses
- 20 Bell Ringers
- 20 Curls
- 20 Rows
- Note: We just happened to team up and play a little game called “Encore” while in the midst of the CMU exercises. Losers had to do some Burpees.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
22 men, no FNGs.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Philippians 3:13: Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead. . .
From Lyrics to “Don’t Look Back” by Boston:
Don’t look back
A new day is breakin’
It’s been too long since I felt this way
I don’t mind where I get taken
The road is callin’
Today is the day.
A patient of mine told me of a quote he heard that he wanted to apply to his own life. The quote is, “There is a good reason why the front window of a car is bigger than the rear view mirror.” I love that quote. If we spend too much time looking at the rear view mirror what happens? We crash. We are injured. We are not dealing with what lies ahead.
I see another patient who is frankly stuck in the past. It keeps him from moving on in the present. He made a decision to leave a job he hated, retire early, leave the expensive city he lived in up north, and move to the mountains of East Tennessee. His life has not been what he had dreamed about when he made the decision. He has struggled financially and doesn’t have as many friends here as he would hope to have. He now regrets the decision he made to quit the job he had and move here. He keeps thinking of how much more money he would have if he had stayed with the job. Trouble is, he was miserable at that job and treated unfairly in it. He had good reasons for making the decision he did. And, he could make his life better here. He has opportunities to meet new people, meet friends. He could get a part-time job to bring in a little extra income besides his retirement income. But he lives in regret, looking at the past through that rearview mirror.
Even if we do make mistakes in life, we cannot go back and fix it. We can only learn from our mistakes and move on. That is the key to finding what we need. I think this is what Jesus meant when he said, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.” (Luke 9:62) He means that if we keep looking back we will miss out on God’s heavenly blessings, on the opportunity He gives us to live in Him.
Gents, don’t look back. We all make mistakes. Put your hand to the plow and move forward, trusting in God to be with you along the way.
MOLESKIN:
Prayers that racism would end in our country, our melting pot; for the victims of Covid-19 around the world; of praise for Lily’s wife, Jan, being cancer free; for Abscess’ sister who will be getting a biopsy to see if she does have breast cancer; and for Ribbed’s wife who has surgery near the cervical area of her spine to remove a tumor.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Bring coats for the collection we are gathering for charity. Come on out to Panera this morning for the book signing by a fellow named Robertson Dickens (aka Crawdad).