THE SCENE: Rained heavy immediately before the workout and ended up with dry but humid conditions, temp in low 80s. The AO was at northern ball field parking lot due to rainy conditions before we started.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
20 Plank Jacks, 10 Pinto Twists, 10 Tempo Squats, 10 Rockettes, 10 Cherry Pickers, Little of This and That
THA-THANG:
Mosey to parking lot with islands on south side of northern ball fields. Do 20 Hello Dollies.
Next we will do Christmas Candy Canes in July. We start on one end of parking lot and go around and 1/3 of the way back down. Thus, the diagram of the travel is in the form of a candy cane. We will do the following runs with stops at each island to do the following exercises, running back to the start of the candy cane once the full route is complete:
- Sprint, stopping to do 3 Burpees at each island.
- Bernie Sanders, stopping to do 10 Squats at each island.
- Sprint, stopping to do 10 Merkins at each island
- Grapevine left or right stopping to do 10 Big Boy Sit-Ups at each island.
Mosey to Pavilion at northern ball fields. Do 25 Picnic Table Pull-ups, 25 Bench Dips and 25 Decline Merkins.
Mosey to CMU Pile. Each man grabs CMU. We will do the following exercises. We will Sprint to end of parking lot and Bernie Sanders back after each exercise.
- 20 Overhead Presses
- 20 Curls
- 20 Rows
- 20 Squats with CMU at chest
Replace CMUs and mosey to center of parking lot.
MARY:
20 Flutter Kicks (4 ct) and 40 Baby Crunches.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
13 men, no FNGs.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Proverbs 10:14
Wise men store up knowledge,
But with the mouth of the foolish, ruin is at hand.
Proverbs 13:3
The one who guards his mouth preserves his life;
The one who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
Some of us are extroverts and some of us are introverts. Some of us are talkers and some of us prefer to say little. I tend to be on the talkative side and sometimes get in trouble because of it. I haven’t experienced the ruin talked about in the verses above but I have sounded mighty foolish at times.
In groups settings, it helps me to listen closely to the words of those who generally keep silent. I find that, if they do speak up, what they have to say is usually doggone important. Back in my college days, I belonged to a fraternity. We would have fraternity meetings weekly. All members had the opportunity to speak. I don’t mean to tell you that those who spoke often did not have good things to say. But, members who seldom spoke often gave us wonderful pearls of wisdom when they did. I particularly think of two fraternity brothers: Mark Williams and Blair Jones. They were some of the shier guys in the fraternity. When they did speak at our meetings you could sometimes her a pause in the air – that was because our guys were truly contemplating what they said. What they said was on point and meaningful, frequently giving us perspectives we had not considered. Mark Williams is one of my best friends today. I still can count on him for advice and council.
Why do I bring this up? Partially for my own benefit. Being a guy who sometimes speak too much, I need to remember to store up knowledge and guard my mouth, as the aforementioned Proverbs allude to. But I also say it for the benefit of those of you who are not extroverts, who are not likely to speak before large groups. Don’t be afraid to share what you have to say when we gather together at the end of our workouts. Don’t be afraid to Q a workout and give a message at the end of it. You are the wise men who have been holding your tongues and storing up knowledge. Give us the benefit of your words of wisdom. We will grow because of it.
MOLESKIN:
Prayers for Pacman and his daughter. Prayers for wives of Lilydipper and Choir Boy. Prayers for the City of Portland and the peace that is needed there. Prayers for Title 9 who is now in Eugene, Oregon.