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The Magnificent Seven

THE SCENE: Cold, some snow on ground and a small amount of icy patches on trails
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Run twice around parking lot, Old Man Curly the Lash In Place Run with Burpees, Slow Timed Squats, Cherry Pickers.
THA-THANG:

Mosey to Parking Lot Next to Serpentine Sidewalk.  Run around parking lot stopping to perform the following exercises at each cone:

  • Cone 1:  20 Jump Squats
  • Cone 2:  20 Big Boys
  • Cone 3:  20 Shoulder Taps, each shoulder
  • Cone 4:  20 Imperial Walkers, each leg
  • Cone 5:  20 Smurf Jacks
  • Cone 6:  20 Merkins
  • Rinse and Repeat

Mosey to Outdoor Chapel.  Find partner.  While Partner 1 runs around chapel (on the sidewalk), Partner 2 will do one of two exercises:  Decline Merkins with feet on stage.  Box Cutters on non-stage end of chapel.  Then partners switch and Partner 1 does one of the two exercises.  The partners switch and Partner 2 does the exercise he didn’t do the first time.  Then partners switch and Partner 1 does that exercise.  Rinse and repeat.

Mosey to Serpentine Sidewalk.  Bear Crawl to first light, run next four lights.  Bear Crawl to sixth light, run next four lights.  Continue to do this in increments of five lights until you reach the end of the sidewalk where it hits the perimeter trail.  Then run back to starting place, sweeping those who haven’t finished yet with you back to start.  Do the same thing but with hops instead of bear crawls.  Finally, do the same thing but with lunges.  End at the perimeter trail this time and do baby crunches until everyone has finished.

Mosey to Cardiac Hill.  Do 20 Hello Dollies at start of Cardiac Hill.  Do 20 Bicycle Kicks at First Turn.  Do 20 Carolina Dry Docks at Second Turn.  Do 20 Bench Raises at Top.

Mosey to AO.

20 American Hammers.  20 Pickle Pounders.  Boat, Canoe.

MARY:

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Seven men, no FNG’s.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Many people tend to gripe.  For example, many will gripe about the weather today (too cold, hate the snow, not enough snow).  Two bible verses are important here:

Psalm 118:24 ESV / 686 helpful votes

This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Hebrews 12:28 ESV / 373 helpful votes

Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe.

We need to be grateful for what we have, for what the Lord has given us.  We need to look for miracles underneath the stones of the earth, in the whisper of the leaves, in our everyday lives.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Ribbed 66

THE SCENE: It was a balmy 49 degrees with a little mist as 18 men gather together for a BOM
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH 15X
Tempo squats 15X
Baby Arm circles (forward and backward) 15X
Some of these and those

THA-THANG:
Two lines and we Indian ran to the middle of the parking lot around the restaurant. We stopped at the break that runs down to the boat ramp and started with 11s. 10 Carolina Dry Docks and run to the other side of the split and do 1 Big boy sit up and rinse and repeat all the way down.

  • Ribbeds 66
    • lunges to the next light pole
      • 10 Burpees
    • Berny sanders to the next light pole
      • 10 Star Jaxs
    • Reverse Lunges to the next light pole
      • 10 Burpees
    • Sprit to the end of the parking lot
      • 10 tempo squats
  • Mosy to the AO stopping to do incline merkins 15X
    • 20-yard increments we did the following:
      • Bear Crawl to one side then 10 Big boys situps
      • Bunny hope to one side then 10 tempo squats
      • lunges to one side then 10 stare jax

Circle up

  • 10 Burpees
  • 10 Box cutters

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
18 men: LaZyBoy, Bartman, Butters, Scutter, Pogo, Frosty, junk, waxjob, Mayberry, sparky, detention, compost, abacus, shooter, Frenchie, ibeam, booger, ribbed.

Thank you all for your example and faithfulness. It’s been a year since I started working out with F3, its because of all you men that keep asking me where you been, that I keep coming. As I look to goals for 2018 I look to lead at f3 at least once a month.

Day 1 – List of 10

THE SCENE: 35 and really warm!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Cherry Pickers 15x
Burpees 10x
Ice Skaters 15x
Hand Release Merkins 15x
ISO Squats 20x
Burpees 10x
Ice Skaters 15x
Hand Release Merkins 15x

THA-THANG:

In partners – One partner runs 400m while other exercises. Then swap until all reps are completed for that exercise. Begin and end each round together, so Al Gore or plank until all in.
200 total reps of each per team= 2,000  (we made it through about 1500 reps, and over 2 miles)
Round 1 – ‘Merkins
Round 2 – Alternating Lunges (1 leg=1)
Round 3 – Mountain Climbers (2-count)
Round 4 – Big Boy Sit-ups
Round 5 – Carolina Drydocks (1=1)
Round 6 – Squats
Round 7 – Overhead Press
Round 8 – Bobby Hurleys
Round 9 – AbClaps
Round 10 – Burpees

MARY:
AbClaps aren’t that great of an exercise

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
The mission of F3 is to plant, grow, and serve small workout groups to invigorate male community leadership. We need to be constantly reminded of our mission so we know who we are and why we’re here. The same is true in your life. What is your mission? Can you articulate your mission clearly?  Probably worth spending some time to craft it, so it rolls off your tongue..

pushing the cold out

THE SCENE: 11 degrees and clear. Oh, and it was a little chilly
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
2 capri laps, SSH x20, Squats x20

THA-THANG

  • Mosey to the dragins tail for 11’s. Burpees and Big boys
  • Hair burners/Grinders for 10 minutes. 3 Pax at each station. Each station had a plate that is pushed from Point A to B. As plate is being pushed , Pax 1 at point A is doing merkins and Pax 2 is at point B doing froggie squats. As Pax 3 pushes the plat to pint B, Pax 2 poushes the plate back to Point A. Pax 1 pushes plate back, rinse and repeat
  • Bench pull ups to Sally at the PAVALON
  • Mosey to the top trail for Protonic Suicides. Run to 1st light , 5 burps, run back to start, run to 1st light 5 burps, run to next light, 10 squat jumps…..always running back to the start and repeating the exercises…5 burpees, 10 sq jumps, 15 supermans, 20 merkins, 25 squats, 30 dry docks, etc…

MARY:
Hello Dolly x10, Iron cross, then Power T flutter, Box cutters by Crawdad
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
18 Pax including 1 FNG John Thurman PIPE WRENCH
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
FISH ON! As we grow, its about getting more FNGs out to join F3. That does not mean your all over the sadclown with lots of pessure to join us. Sometimes, its just throwing the line out from time to time, let the sadclown swim around the bait for a while. Eventually a sadclown gets hungry and takes the bait! Once hooked, reel them in and keep them!
MOLESKIN:
Keep Fishing
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

Preacher is Back!

THE SCENE: Clear and cold.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
20 Side Straddle Hops, 10 Burpees, 10 Windmills, Twists to Stretch Back, Michael Phelps
THA-THANG:
Mosey to parking lot next to serpentine sidewalk.  We will do the following exercises in four separate corners of the parking lot.  We will bear crawl from corner one to corner two, run to all other corners.

  • Corner one:  20 American Hammers
  • Corner two:  20 Jump Squats
  • Corner three:  20 Hello Dollies (two count)
  • Corner four:  20 Smurf Jacks
  • Rinse and Repeat

Mosey to outdoor chapel.  We will do elevens, starting with 10 Mountain Climbers at one end of chapel and 1 Decline Merkin at the stage end of the chapel.

Mosey to start of Serpentine Sidewalk.  We will hop to first light, run next four, hop to sixth light, run next four, etc. in increments of five lights until we reach the park perimeter trail.  We will then do 20 Box Cutters as a group.

Mosey to start of Cardiac Hill.  We wild do the following, running up hill to reach each exercise:

  • 15 Big Boy Sit Ups at start of Cardiac Hill
  • 30 Baby Crunches at first turn
  • 15 Decline Merkins at second turn
  • 30 Bench Raises

Mosey back to AO.

MARY:

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Five men.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Discussed contemplative prayer.  It is different than prayer that we might otherwise practice.  Words may not be said, but instead we focus on God, thinking of perhaps just one thing, such as His power, glory or grace.  We may also repeat one prayer thought during the day as we go about our business of living.  An example might be saying silently to oneself, “God, thank you for your loving grace” occasionally throughout the day.  In this way, we are more likely to experience God throughout the day, not forgetting His presence in our lives.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Preacher is back!!  His Achilles is improving and he joined us for his first workout in quite a few months.