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Fake Doras

August 13, 2019 Charmin

THE SCENE: Humid, very humid
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Additional disclaimer: the Q went to a concert last night and is now deaf (and tired)
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 20 IC; 10 burpees OYO; Tie Fighter baby arm circles F&B IC; high knees and butt kickers across parking lot; karaoke across and back.
THA-THANG:
Mosey up the hill toward Everest Base Camp. Stop at each stop sign and go up the ladder. Add one of the following with each stop: 10 BBS; 20 Merkins; 30 squats (4 ct)

From Base Camp, sprint to midway tree for more BBS, Merkins and Squats; back down to base camp

All the way up Everest, continuing on to the top of the space station. At the base of the base station, hold plank while waiting for the 6.

Mosey past the old rock pile (short moment of silence) down the west side of the drive about midway. Find a battle buddy and do fake Doras. One partner runs, the other does sets of 10 man makers and then LBCs until the partner returns. Swap out. Rinse, repeat x3.

Run back up to top of Everest, over to other side. Real Doras: 100 merkins and 100 LBCs (4ct) while partner runs to stop sign and back up.

Start back down the ladder with BBS, Merkins and Squats

Realize we’re about out of time and quick mosey back to AO

MARY:
Cat Gut led in a little Boat/Canoe
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Followed up on Cap’n Crunch’s 3rd F message: Find a Paul, Barnabus and Timothy in your life. Have to reach out to do it. I need to do a better job of intentionally mentoring those in my life.
MOLESKIN:
Lift up Timber’s M and family for some surgery this week.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CSUP – Trucking to the Pound plug.

A Lesson in Humility

August 9, 2019 Pele

THE SCENE: High 80s, more humid than the past few days, light breeze and some clouds made it almost bearable
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Check.
WARM-O-RAMA:
The initial plan of 40 burpees was scratched by the PAX’s generosity in donating to a certain cause.

20 Side Straddle Hops (4-ct), in cadence, 10 Copperhead lunges/ 10 Copperhead squats/ 10 Steve Earles/ 10 Copperhead Merkins (all 4-ct, IC), 10 Windmills

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Stop sign at northeast corner of circle drive, 20 Rocky Balboas on the curb (4-ct). Mosey to CMU pile

Battle buddy up. Grab CMU, 1 per pair
- Partner does modified suicide (HOP to first cone, run back, BEAR CRAWL to second cone, run back, BERNIE SANDERS to third cone, run back), while partner does the following (additive between partners) with CMU:
  - 100 of each: SQUATS, ROWS, CURLS, OVERHEAD PRESS, TRICEPS PRESS

Mosey to base of Cardiac

Cardiac PYRAMID :
- Run to first turn of Cardiac and back
  - 10 Copperhead Squats
  - 10 Copperhead Squats, 10 Mountain Climbers (2-ct)
  - 10 Copperhead Squats, 10 Mountain Climbers, 10 Shoulder Taps (2-ct)
  - 10 Mountain Climbers, 10 Shoulder Taps
  - 10 Shoulder Taps
- Lunges until 6 catches up.
- Run up Cardiac, at each turn do 5 Burpees. At Top, do 5 Burpees and 20 bench dips.

Mosey to where path intersects parking lot:

20 BBS/20 LBCs/20 American Hammers (2-ct) (OYO)

Mosey to tree/shaded area at stop sign where we did the Rocky Balboas

20 BBS/20 LBCs/20 American Hammers (2-ct) (OYO)

Mosey to AO.

MARY:
No time for good ol’ Mary.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
15 strong, including Gobbler (untagged) and FNG Deuce.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

I’ve always been a bit of a perfectionist, but particularly when it comes to sports. Everyone says “I like to win” or the reverse, “I hate losing”, but I tend to take that to another level. It’s gotten a bit better as I’ve gotten older, but I still have an incredibly hard time moving on when I lose or fail at something competitive. I was playing in Steam’s kickball charity tournament last week, and we lost a tight game that I felt we could have won if I had just sold out and dove for a ball in the outfield and made the catch, or gotten a “hit” when I was up with two outs and the bases loaded. It bothered me the rest of the day and all night. Had a hard time sleeping. Now, this was not the Super Bowl, the World Series, or an important match in any way, shape or form… This was a CHARITY. KICKBALL. TOURNAMENT., but I still thought I let the team down. When I was in college, I seriously considered going to a sports psychologist, because if my team lost at anything, whether it was soccer, basketball, or even if it was just playing darts at the bar, I felt it was my fault, and would go into a deep, intense funk. And when this happens, I try to tell myself, “It’s just a game”, but that never works for me. Almost nothing does.

The only thing that helps is if I take a deep breath, I consider how lucky and fortunate I am to have the gifts that God has given to me in my life, and to consider how %^&*$!! ARROGANT it is to get mad when things don’t go my way. We’re human. We’re flawed. We fail. Grow up and deal with it.

“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” Michael Jordan

Philippians 2:3-10 – (Writings from the apostle Paul, who is asking his readers to turn the focus from themselves to others. Humbling, self-sacrificing lives leads to exaltation from God).

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. 5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; 7 rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death– even death on a cross! 9Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth

Paul frequently addressed Jesus as divine. Paul is pointing out that Jesus could have pulled out the “God Card” and demanded that every person grovel at his feet, but instead of treating others as his servants, he himself becomes a servant to the people. He lived among us, suffered our mortal pains, came to this world in a humble way, and left it suffering a horrible, humiliating death on the cross. We have no right to wallow in self pity when we fail, or when we fall short in how we perform. We try our best, we give every effort to succeed, but when we fail, we must accept it with grace, learn from it, and move on. I will continue to try to take this lesson to heart.

MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Third F this Saturday, with the convergence at Big Ball at 7:00 AM and 3rd F afterwards at 8:30 AM.

Intro of the Mallets

August 7, 2019 Abscess

THE SCENE: 68 degrees w Lightning off in the distance
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Seal Clap SSH x 20 -enough of that let’s get busy
THA-THANG:

Mosey with over sized Mallets x 4 taking turns doing 20 thrusts while others do high knees when Q says halt
first station Burpee run up long hill stopping at cones to do 3 Burpees =21
Second station Dora Trifecta w Curls, Triceps, Presses using 25lb plates , BB runs to cones 10 Dive Bombers
Third station Ab Kracken
Forth station Death Crawl (Bear crawl stopping at every cone Merkins x3) across parking lot
Fifth station Tunnel of Love
Sixth station BB up Run opposite direction around square when meet do 15 party cake BBSs

MARY:

Ring of Fire w Merkins 3,2,1
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
20 Strong w Hercules(Tank) as Co-Q

Mandolin, Booster, Anchor Man, Judge Judy, Stye, Erector,Kickflip,Archie, Trolly, Spotter, Sweeper, Gump, KenJo, Pool Boy, Murmaid, 5K, Nutmeg, Swanson, Ribbed, Abscess
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Genesis 4:9 Are we our brothers keeper. Yes. This is a crazy time for our country. It may feel like things are out of our control and hopeless. Stay focused on helping those around you and in your life. We will have opportunities to help others so don’t neglect. God is the one in control.
MOLESKIN:
We all struggle with something…pray for one another.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence at the Big Ball and 3rd F to follow

Comfort of Judgement

August 6, 2019 Lillydipper

THE SCENE: Sunny, hot but a breeze helped.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
20 Side-straddle hops, 10 Plank Jacks, 10 Side Bend Stretches Left and 10 Right, 10 Cherry Pickers, 10 Tempo Merkins
THA-THANG:
Mosey to Stop Sign at southeast corner of Admin Bldg. 20 Hello Dollies.

Mosey to Outdoor Chapel. Team up into pairs of two. We will do Doras. While one partner runs around building on the sidewalk the other partner does exercise. These are the exercises:

100 Decline Merkins off stage.
100 Four Count Mountain Climbers
100 Big Boys Sit Ups
100 Bench Dips
100 Four Count Hello Dollies

Mosey to Playground. We will do elevens at benches starting with ten bench jumps and one decline merkin.

Mosey to Pavilion. We will do sevens starting with six picnic table pull-ups and one bench dip.

Mosey to stop sign at northeastern corner of admin bldg. 20 American Hammers

Mosey to AO.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Nine men including one FNG: Joe Salamanca whom we dubbed “Nature Boy.”
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Finding comfort in God’s Judgement

From Proverbs Chapter 1 (24-28) in ESV Bible:

Because I have called and you refused to listen,

have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded,

25  because you have ignored all my counsel

and would have none of my reproof,

26  I also will laugh at your calamity;

I will mock when terror strikes you,

27  when terror strikes you like a storm

and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,

when distress and anguish come upon you.

28 Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer;

they will seek me diligently but will not find me.

Those of us who read the Bible sometimes read about God’s wrath and judgment. It can be quite discomforting when we do so. God seems quite upset, quite irate, when it comes to sin. Sometimes I ask myself, “Do I want that kind of God?” when I read about his anger and vengeance toward sin. God’s wrath is difficult to think about. We tend to like the idea of a loving God but not of a judging God.

I particularly don’t like to think of his anger and judgment when thinking of my own sins. I don’t want that burning fire coming after me!

While God’s wrath may seem “Ungodly” in our modern world of “tolerance for others”, do we really want a God who does not judge sin? When we see the hatred and injustice that occur in this “tolerant” world, do we want a God who sits idly by, just watching it all happen while munching on brownies? When we see children being abused, victims slaughtered by evil dictators, people losing their fortunes due to swindlers, do we want our Creator to do nothing in regard to it?

I want God’s judgment (just not against me!).

Think of yourself as a father or father to be. You love you children. You want great things for them. But are you not going to be angry and passionate when you see someone hurt them? No way! Are you going to sit by and just let them get hurt? I don’t think so. You will tear doors down to get to the one who hurts them. Also, are you indifferent when your children themselves do wrong? Are you going to sit by idly if they purposefully pick a fight with a younger child? Or, are you not going to feel embarrassment, anger, and shame if they steal from a store or friend? You are going to take action! You won’t like doing it but you will discipline them. You will do that because you love them. You want them to be morally straight, to be loving to others, to be of good character.

If we look at the issue more closely, we do want a God who gets angry about sin, who judges bad deeds. We desire a just world where evil is punished. And we do have a God who is just.

But what does our just God see when it comes to us humans? We all sin, after all. Well, our sin probably stirs his wrath. Fortunately, we have a God who loves us. He may hate our sins but He is slow to anger. He is also willing to die on a cross in atonement for our sins. He loves us so much that He sent His only son to die for us. As the great song by Stuart Townend proclaims, “Tis the power of the cross, Christ became sin for us.”

God, thank you for judging my sins. Also, thank you for sending your only son to die for my sins so that I might live for you.

MOLESKIN:

Prayers for Steam on his new adventure of traveling with his job. Prayers for Thunderstruck’s mother.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence and 3rd F this Saturday!

Boosters Last Stand

August 2, 2019 Booster

THE SCENE: 70 or so in the gloom
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Cherry Pickers (IC) 4 CT X 10
Baby Arm Circles (forwards) & Michael Phelps (OYO)
Baby Arm Circles (backwards) & Michael Phelps (OYO)
5 burpees (OYO)
10 Tempo Squats (IC)
10 Hand release merkins (OYO)
20 Side Straddle Hops (IC)
50 Curb Calf Raises (OYO)
Karaokes & Sprints
Mosey – Double Wide Indian Run

THA-THANG:

Don’t Act Like A Sophomore on the Hill

Get into groups of 3
Partner 1 does AMRAP merkins while Partner 2 runs up Sophomore Hill while partner 3 at the top does AMRAP squats
Rotate throughout each position; rinse & repeat
Mosey to the junkyard

Be a Junkyard Dog

Stay with your same partners, same structure
Partner 1 does 10 CMU reps Overhead Press, Triceps extension, Curls & bentover rows as many rounds of the lifts as possible until partner 3 gets down the stairs
Partner 2 runs up & replaces Partner 3 who has been doing Big Boy Situps
Rinse & Repeat
Mosey to big parking lot

Light Pole to Pole

5 burpees & sprint to the next pole, 5 more burpees
mosey to AO

MARY:

Judge Judy led us in 75 (or 500) flutterkicks

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

26 HIMS and 1 FNG – Nutmeg

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Jeremiah 29:11 “‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.’”

Joshua 1:9 “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”

We know these words but do we always believe them or have doubts? Sure we have doubts. We’re human. We have doubts, fears, etc.

I started at JUCO in October 2017. I weighed about 270 and was out of shape physically and spiritually. I’ve lost 40 pounds since that time and I’m much stronger physically and spiritually. While I don’t and never will have all of the answers on this Earth, I know more about myself and how I should live my life because of each of you. Your witness. Your love for your families and each other is inspiring. Your willingness to share, be open and vulnerable out here is awesome.

During my first time or two out here, Bartman had me out here in the pouring rain doing burpees and bear crawls down the stairs. I thought “what the heck am I doing here.” I don’t remember his closing BOM that day but I really liked it. Me, him and Shooter circled up, put our hands on one another and prayed and I promise I felt closer to God in this parking lot than I had in a long time in a church pew.

As some of you know, today is my last day at my job as executive director of a cancer charity. It’s been an honor to build that charity and help more than 7,000 families over the last 5 years. But I felt it was a time for a change. I prayed about it. Shortly thereafter, a couple of consulting opportunities came up so I turned in a 3-month notice and it was the fastest 3 months of my life. I’m sad, happy, relived and nervous.

I went to Oklahoma last weekend and had a hard time sleeping. On Monday, I met Sarah McLean who was diagnosed with breast cancer at 25. A couple of years later she felt like she should start a charity since she had learned so much and wanted to help others battling breast cancer. She prayed and God told her no, not now so she continued to work at a church and had 2 kids. She then got breast cancer again. After she healed, she prayed and God told her she was ready. She shared her story, her faith journey and she wept as she told me about one of her board members dying in her arms. I was ugly crying. It wasn’t pretty. We stood up and hugged. At that moment, I knew God put me in the right place to help her charity in addition to the other one I will be leading in Oklahoma City.

While I don’t know exactly what will happen in my life, I know God has it under control and will lead me where I need to be.

Ecclesiastes 3

There is a time for everything,

and a season for every activity under the heavens:

a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build,

a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,

5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,

a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away,

a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,

a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace

There’s a time for everything and my time as executive director has come to an end. When I started at JUCO, we were averaging 2-5 people. We’ve grown so much but not because of me. God brought you here for a reason. I needed F3 and still do. We all need F3 and there are men out there asleep that should be here right now. There are men out there worried about their kids, their marriage, their job that could use us in his lives.

Today I’m stepping down as AO Q for JUCO. I’m going to be travelling quite a bit. So, I’m proud to say Judge Judy is taking over as AO Q. He’s a great person, smart, funny, a leader, a lawyer, a husband and father, a great friend and has the coolest name out here. Abscess is taking over next week as lead of all F3 Knoxville and he’s asked me to help him on some special projects so I’m not going anywhere. I’ll actually be here all week next week so get ready to wagonwheel to get me at the back!

MOLESKIN:

It’s been an honor to lead JUCO for the last 19 months! We’re in better hands now with Judge Judy. Whether you are an FNG or been around for years, we’re all brothers and I want you to know I would do anything for any of you! Thank each of you for helping me try to become a better person! God bless each of you and your families!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Dunkin
Sign up to Q
3^rd F Convergence next Saturday on August 10^th at 7:00 a.m. at the Big Ball followed by breakfast/testimonials at Redeemer Church