THE SCENE: Crisp with a steady autumnal wind flowing steadily off the river.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Diligently Delivered.
WARM-O-RAMA:
- SSH x15
- Knox Pickers x5
- Willy Mays Hayes x6
- Tempo Squats x10
- Tempo Merks x10
- Shoulder Burn
- FLBAC x10
- RLBAC x10
- Seal Claps x10
- OH Claps x10
- Moroccan Nigh Clubs x10
- Hallelujahs x10
- Chatty Pickers x10
- Michael Phelps OYO
Mosey (cut short so as to not scare the poor woman walking ahead of us…awareness is key).
THA-THANG:
PAX formed two teams of three. Each team drew a card from the deck and performed the routine designated by suit and the number on the card for each exercise. Once all four exercises are complete, mosey to the cone and back. Winning team will have completed and collected the most cards from the deck.
♦️Mucho Chesto! (We’re coming for you, Snaggletooth!)
- Merk
- Wide
- Diamond
- Uneven
♠️ Can’t Feel My Legs!
- Squats
- Hurleys
- Monkey Humpers
- Iron Mikes
♣️ My Poor Core!
- Big Boys
- Basilisk
- LBCs
- Flutter Kicks
❤️ Build-a-Burpee!
- Merkins
- Kickbacks
- Squat Jumps
- OH Clap
PAX were 3 cards short of finishing the deck at time.
MARY:
No time. Sorry, Mary. Next time.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
The word “diligent” has been standing out to YHC lately. There’s a sign on the turnpike YHC passes every day.
Proverbs 13:4 “The lazy have strong desires but receive nothing; the appetite of the diligent is satisfied.”
Hebrew word for “diligent” is charuwts. Related to skillfully mining for gold. Mining for gold takes diligently digging. Once you stop digging, the likelihood of finding gold is zero. In Jewish wisdom “A rabbi is the geologist of the soul. He can show you where to dig and what to dig for. But the digging you must do yourself.”
The most practical skill in life is learning to do things when you don’t feel like doing them. Anyone can do it when it’s easy, but most people drop out the minute easy stops. Muhammad Ali was asked how many sit-ups would do to prepare for a fight. “I don’t count my sit-ups. I only start counting when it starts hurting. When I feel pain, that’s when I start counting, because that’s when it really counts.” Doing something when it’s difficult is when it counts the most!
The person who is consistent outperforms the person who is not every time. Inconsistent effort might get SOME results for the things that really matter you need to be consistent.
If you want to be consistent, you need strategies to keep you going when things are hard.
- Create habits so that you can set important things on autopilot.
- Categorically remove the option to quit.
- Keep the real goal in front of you.
On the last point, Piston reminded us last week of Christ who kept before Him the ultimate goal. Heb 12 says “Who for the joy set before him endured the cross.”
Galatians 6:9 says, “So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up.” F3 is place to practice diligence so you can make hard choices in life and in faith.
MOLESKIN:
- Welcome FNG “Thai Hot”!
- *Sidebar: Apparently, ordering Thai Hot is not a good decision the night before an F3 beatdown. Thank you Skeletor for your investigation into this mystery. Inquiring minds. Props to you and Thai Hot for also not sharing last night’s delectable Thai dinner with the rest of the PAX this morning. YHC is impressed and surprised…and maybe a little disappointed. That’s diligence!
- Prayers for hurricane victims, our Airforce HIMs, Binks’ family, and Foghorn Leghorn.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Brolympics in November!
SYITG Monday morning, boys! ISI!