THE SCENE: Partly cloudy, but lots o’ sunshine, hot, 92 degrees.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
Welcome to F3, Fitness, Fellowship and Faith. F3 is a free workout program designed to improve fitness, share some camaraderie, and foster male leadership in the community. I’m Pele and I will be your Q today. I am not a professional, and I do not know your fitness level or injury history. Please push yourself, but modify the workout as necessary to avoid making any existing injuries worse. The goal is to get better together!
WARM-O-RAMA:
-20 Side Straddle Hops (4-ct), in cadence
– 10 Hillbilly Squats (4-ct), in cadence. (Q is a knucklehead, and screwed up the motion and cadence for this, resulting in a mulligan)
– 10 Windmills (4-ct), in cadence
– 10 LBCs forward and backward (4-ct), in cadence
Little of this and that
THA-THANG:
AMRAPS Galore! Mosey to Stop Sign to northeast of admin building. Do 30 seconds of the following 4 exercises. Rinse and Repeat.
- Plank Jacks
- Peter Parkers
- Mountain Climbers
- Merkins
Mosey to ROCK pile. Get a ROCK. Do 30 seconds of the following exercises. Rinse and repeat.
- Overhead Press
- Curls
- Rows
- Squats
Mosey to Parking lot by Area 51. Do 30 seconds of the following 4 exercises. Rinse and Repeat.
- Froggie Jumps
- Lunges
- Bobby Hurleys
- Smurf Jacks
- We may have done one more leg exercise here?… Q was getting delirious from the heat
PAULA ABDULS in same parking lot. Burpee Broad Jumps for 2 cones, then El Capitan back 1. I’m not sure High Heels ever figured this pattern out… :))
MOSEY to shaded tree by stop sign south of Admin building. Do 30 seconds of the following 4 exercises. No Rinse and Repeat due to time.
- Big Boy Situps
- American Hammers
- E2K Left Side
- E2K Right Side
MOSEY to Stop Sign to the southwest of admin building. Finish with CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (Partner 1: BERNIE SANDERS, Partner 2: 5 STAR JUMPS, then sprint to catch up) to AO.
MARY:
Didn’t have time for ol’ Mary.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 Strong!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
A few years ago there was a video going around the internet. Viewers were shown a group of people on a basketball court. Half are in black shirts, half in white shirts. The viewers were asked to count how many times someone in a white shirt passes to another in a white shirt. When the video is over, they threw out numbers as guesses. Then they’re asked, “So… who saw the gorilla on the court?” There was actually a gorilla in the video that walked into the circle, stood there for a few seconds twirled around, then walked away. 70-85% say they didn’t even see it. We are trained to see what we are asked to see. We are clouded by our preconceived notions, expectations, biases, etc. We don’t see something that’s right in front of us because we aren’t EXPECTING it. We explain it away. This happens even more readily in today’s age of science, sophistication and knowledge we tend not to believe in magic, or miracles in the literal sense. So how do we expand our vision, revisit and put our pre-conceived notions aside so that we can see the miracle of God? The difference between Biblical Truth and Fact. The Bible is the Truth. Some people would argue that some of the FACTS described in it are a bit debatable, but in the end, the Truth is what matters. For example, whether or not Jonah was swallowed by a great sea creature is immaterial. But the story has TRUTH. French have a word, BRECOLLAGE (sp?), which means seeing what is in front of you, but also seeing beyond it. We need to remind ourselves to see not only what is obvious, and also the “beyond”, the workings of God in our everyday lives. The key to witnessing God in our daily lives is not to demand to see burning bushes or columns of fire, or water bodies dividing in two. It is to see BEYOND the obvious. The buddy that calls you right at the moment you need to hear a friendly voice. The neighbor who brings you dinner when you or someone in your family is sick. The brothers in F3 who pray for a favorable outcome, like the wonderful turnaround with Corona Weight’s brother. Are these coincidences? Are they just random happenings? Look Beyond.
MOLESKIN:
Prayers for those suffering from COVID, prayers for the Philippines and the people there
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CSAUP coming up a week from this Saturday, Snack Drive, Hardship Hill, Iron Pax… busy month for F3!