Fitness. Fellowship. Faith.
THE THANG: Partner up. max merkins in 1 min. max BBS in 1 min. Record scores. 2-mile run. Record times.
MARY: Mountain climbers, big booties (or something like that – it was Anchorman’s call).
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: To be a HIM, F3 promotes the idea of “Living Third”. Live for God first, family second, and self third. It seems a paradox, but one of the best ways you can love your family is to serve them second – and put God and your faith first. A selfless and sacrificial love for your family comes from a 1) pure heart, 2) good conscience, and 3) sincere faith (1 Tim 1:5). Seek those things first – and then you will be able to serve and love your family out of abundance. Putting your family second to God – prioritizing your faith and heart and virtue – is loving your family BETTER than putting them first.
Prayers for Eliza’s wife, Megan – for Anchorman’s travel – for Mermaid’s friend, Adam.
Side shuffle then reverse
High knees
Butt kicks
Tie Fighters X10
Cherry Pickers x5
Smurf Jacks (IC) 4 CT x 10
Stretch quads, runners, downward dog, cobra
THE THANG:
Mosey to rock pile
Grab 2 rocks
Butterflies – 60 seconds
Twinkletoes with rocks held out – 60 seconds
Butterflies – 60 seconds
Curb squats – rocks out in front – 60 seconds
Butterflies – 60 seconds
Drop the rocks and mosey to the CMU pile
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Stop halfway for 25 curb dips and 25 Merkins
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CMU push pull or drag sale
AMRAP: CMU bench press, curls, rows, triceps: while 1 man drags 2 CMUs around the circle to hand off to the next guy. Modify to farmer carry if you want.
Pull-up bars and swing set pulls
One more round of 25 curb dips and 25 Merkins
MARY:
Dealers choice
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
Slappy asked us if we really believe that God loves us. He asked us to dwell on that and what it means.
What came to my mind was my experience the day before on Sunday at church. We had communion and I walked down like we do once a month. For some reason I was flooded with a wow moment. I was just shocked and honored that Jesus wanted me to come have this special fellowship with him. I was invited to this? It wasn’t so much an “I’m not worthy shameful” feeling, but I just felt honored to be invited to his table.
So that was Slappy’s word and I really appreciated his thought provoking words.
I want to talk real quick about another love. Brotherly love. Loving your neighbor.
This group of men and what you guys display. I feel honored to be invited and welcomed into this circle of awesome dudes.
I’m naturally prone to hang back in the shadows and could easily slip away from a group. When I started to consistently show up for F3 years ago I already played it out in my head that I would probably just do this for a while and then casually slip away.
Then Judge Judy said “Hey Anchorman, when you are going to sign up to Q” I was like, oh crap, I stayed too long. Then I lead my 1st and I freaking loved it.
To further keep me from leaving I could rattle off countless men at Shamrock that consistently reached out to me and made me feel like I belonged here. I have witnessed so many examples of love thy neighbor at this location. So, thank you guys for living that out! Let’s keep it up.
THE THANG:
Mosey to the football field and line up at the Goalline
Start a group of exercises with 25 Reps each and in between take one lap to the 50 and back…
1. Merkins x 25
2. Squats
3. SSH (4 ct)
4. Flutter Kicks (4 ct)
5. Tricep Dips
6. Freddy Mercuries
7. Carolina Drydocks
REPEAT
PAX called out some Mary: Scissor Kicks, Jane Fondas, Side Crunches, Pickle Pounders
Mosey back to COT where we played 2 team Ultimate Football. Team 1 (Waxjob, Mermaid, Snaggletooth, Free Fall) won 9-4
COT:
About 8 years ago, I was working in retail. I was a store manager, working lots of hours, nights, and weekends. It was exhausting!
I was also in the middle of a bad marriage. What little was there in the beginning, was long gone now. We tried counseling. We tried meeting with other couples. We were going to church, had community. My relationship with God was getting stronger. I thought I was doing everything I could to show my wife love and selflessness, but it wasn’t working. We had two young children to care for, on top of that. I was tired, frustrated, alone, and felt defeated. I was at my end.
Sometime in October, my wife told me she wanted a divorce. I told my boss at work about the struggles I was having at home, and the physical stress and exhaustion I was under. I was told “I’m sorry to hear that, but you have a job to do here. It got harder. With the holidays approaching, the hours got longer. The tasks became more frequent. The expectations had risen, not decreased. A week and a half later, I was terminated from my job for an unwritten company violation.
THOSE were hard days. But, I made it through. I didn’t make it because I was strong, or had a plan, or had success at managing the stress. I made it because in that struggle, God became greater than me. I made it because I came to the end of myself. All of the effort, strength, and courage I could muster was not going to change my circumstances. Looking back, today, I am thankful for that time.
God word tells us in Romans that He will work all things together for our good, those who love him. He calls us to be conformed to the image of his son, Jesus. And, if we are conformed to his death now, in our time of grief, then we will also be conformed to His resurrected life in the end (see Phil ch 3).
My challenge today, for those walking in difficulty, is to first admit that you aren’t God. Understand that your efforts will often fail and you don’t have control over everything in your life. Second is to seek God with all your heart. Let Him know that. He’s the only one that knows what’s happening in your life and has your best interest in mind. Three: Seek out other men you can trust and be vulnerable with. There are a lot of wise men in this group. Reach out. Don’t go it alone. God calls us to fellowship with one another.
THE THANG:
1. Coreshredder
We did 10 core exercises in 3 rounds. Do 3 merkins between each exercise. Round 1 – 15 of each, round 2 – 10 of each, round 3 – 5 of each. We got to hear some of my Friday fun track until my speaker died. (Lame)
2. Mini loops
We had 2 cards with 6 different exercises each. Do 10 of an exercise and take a quick mosey lap move on to the next exercise on list followed by a lap each time. We were able to finish both cards and have a friendship mosey back to the flag ending exactly at 6:15 thanks to my superior planning skills.
MARY:
Nope
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
-Convergence was moved
-sign up for GTE
-next week Stitch, Crawlspace, and Mermaid
COT:
Read John 1:1-3
These words are pretty crazy when you think about it. Jesus is God. Jesus was there at the beginning. Jesus actually was the one who made everything. There’s no getting around it this is a crazy truth that Christians must believe. We are not given an option in scripture to accept Jesus as only a great moral teacher in a pluralistic group of other religions. Jesus believed that he was God and savior of the world and so did his first followers. What do you think about this? Have you ever considered it from this angle? He was either crazy or who he said he was. If we believe Jesus is who he said that he was, we believe in something pretty wild and crazy. But just because something is crazy doesn’t mean it isn’t true.