THE SCENE: Low 60’s, 93% humidity, clear…cool and muggy. A great morning for sweat!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
- SSH – 20 x 4 ct
- Cherry Pickers – 5
- Windmills – 10 x 4 ct
- Little baby arm circles, 10 forward, 10 back, 4 ct
THA-THANG:
Count off and partner up, rotate partners at each new set. Dora style – 1 partner works while the other holds in position. 1st partner goes until he has to tap out and pass on reps to the other.
1 PAX was given a verse to memorize and pass on to his partner and so on at each new set:
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline of the Lord.
Ephesians 6:4
- Mosey to Field 2 – 100 derkins, hold v-up position, group lap around the field
- Mosey to upper parking lot – 100 jump squats, plank, group lap
- Mosey to Field 3 – 100 burpees, hold dip, group lap
- Mosey to Lower Diamond – 200 American hammers (4 ct), alternating side plank, group lap around playground
- Mosey to Upper Diamond – 150 dips, hold air squat, mosey uphill to lap around field 1
- At Field 1 – 100 flutter kicks (4 ct), hold Peter Parker or Mtn Climber, group lap
- 50 swerkins, lunge, group lap
- Mosey to AO
MARY:
- Crunchy frog (boat/canoe) – 20 x 4 ct
- Hello Dollys – 20 x 4 ct
- High/low plank – 1 min
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Use the TAGS on right-side to record PAX (BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOURSELF) in attendance. Be sure to select the AO in CATEGORY above TAGS and then delete these notes!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Heritance or heredity is a common genetics term. It is the passing on of traits from parents to offspring. This felt an appropriate topic given that it’s Father’s Day weekend. During the Q, a verse was given to one member to pass on throughout the workout. Ephesians 6:4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline of the Lord. Due to recent events and social upheaval, racial division has been on my mind quite a bit. Trying to educate myself, I’ve been reading, listening, watching, discussing with friends, family, and other F3 brothers, all with good intentions and thoughts from an outsider’s perspective. One video helped provide some insight. Saying Black Lives Matter isn’t saying that other lives don’t. Of course they do! What it is saying is that there are members of our society that are treated differently on the sole basis of skin color. Unfortunately, I can not argue against that. Nor can I truly relate. Seeking further understanding, I called a good friend who is like minded, holds similar values and beliefs, is honest, open, and is black. It was an incredible conversation. I’ve always considered slavery a thing of the past. It’s not truly real to me because I never experienced it. No one still alive in this country has. What I hadn’t considered is heritance, cultural heritance. The stories that are passed from generation to generation. The traditions. The beliefs. Even fears, angers, and other prejudices. My white culture does the same thing. But for her, it was hundreds of years of persecution built up and passed on. Slavery. The Underground Railroad. The fight for emancipation where blacks still counted as less than a person. Jim Crow Laws and segregation. The Civil Rights Movement. The 80’s where crack flooded black communities because it was cheap. And now, with technology and the speed of information, we’re see the worst among us still perpetuating hate and stereotypes. Slavery was abolished in 1865. And while that seems like a long time ago, there are still grandparents that had grandparents that could give first hand accounts of what life as a slave was like. It’s these stories that have been passed on that keep the fear and anger alive, fueled by those that still believe and act out of hate. While I agree that letting these stories go would help to ease racial tensions, it’s my job as a white man to make sure I’m passing the right messages on. By my words. My actions. My thoughts. Let us be the example of how we, as humans, should act. Otherwise, we just keep running in circles. 2 John tells us that we are to be obedient to His command. That command is to love one another. If we are obedient, then we will walk in love and we will share that love with others. Our Father’s perfect love will pour out and ease the pain and hurt of this world. Cavalier asked at a recent Q, where are you going and who is following you? I immediately thought of my kids. I want this world to be better for them. This isn’t an issue that will be solved this generation. However, by passing on the right messages, giving my children the right heritance, I can help them make the world a better place for all men and women. So my challenge to you is this, think about your heritage and what you’re passing on, intentionally or unintentionally. What messages are you passing on?
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