THE SCENE: 65 and clear.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Administered
WARM-O-RAMA:
Motivators
Seal squats
Cherry Pickers
LIH
Cobra
Merkins
Squat 180
Double-tap squat
THA THANG:
Mosey to the TOMO parking lot – split into 2 teams. One die with numbers 1,2,3.
Team 1 rolls the die, then runs that number of laps up the stairs and back around.
While Team 1 runs, Team 2 works through the exercises until laps are completed.
When last man from Team 1 returns from laps, other team rolls.
When list is complete, knock down a cone and start again.
* Timer set for 2 minutes. Every 2 minutes stop and do 15 merkins *
Repeato for 25 minutes.
See how many times each team can work through the list.
Exercises:
- 10 Monkey Humpers (4-count)
- 15 Mountain climbers (4-count)
- 10 Iron Mikes (10 each leg)
- 15 Side crunches (15 each side)
- 15 Squat jump 180s
- 15 BBS
- 15 Double-tap squats
- 20 Dollys (4-count)
- 10 Pendulum lunges (10 each side)
- 20 LBCs
Mosey to Maple Street parking.
- Bear crawl one parking line, 15 merkins, mosey to the end.
- Plank…Sprint!
- Bear crawl two parking lines, 10 merkins, mosey to the end.
- Plank…Sprint!
MARY:
Mosey back home for some quick Mary.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Me and 18 of the best men I know
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
June 29th, 1914 – 108 years ago – the world was just starting to come apart at the seams.
It started the day before…Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was visiting Sarajevo. Six terrorists, who were furious about the annexation of Bosnia and hellbent on doing something about it, had spread themselves out along his motorcade route. As the archduke’s vehicle approached, a terrorist threw a hand grenade at the open car, but the grenade only wounded members of the entourage. Nobody was killed, the archduke wasn’t even injured, and the terrorists all got away. After settling down and complaining to the Austrian administration about the poor security, later in the day Ferdinand decided to go back out into the city to visit his staff who were wounded and in the hospital.
En route to the hospital, the archduke’s driver took a wrong turn, backed down the street, and momentarily came to a stop in front of a café. It was at that very café that the frustrated would-be assassins who had escaped earlier in the day, were getting drunk. When they saw the car sitting there, I imagine they were astonished at a second chance to commit their planned murder. 19-year-old Gavrilo Princip stepped out of the crowd and fired two shots, killing the Archduke and his wife, Sophia.
And thus began a sequence of events that is a tragedy without parallel in all human history. That driver’s one wrong turn, a simple stupid mistake – inadvertently aided an assassination that was the spark that lit off World War I. That event led to the deaths of 10 million soldiers and civilians…destroyed most of the empires and dynasties of Europe…created the conditions for the rise of communism… One wrong turn can be ruinous…
One wrong turn in your life can be ruinous… One extra stupid decision (to drive after too many drinks…to see that ex-girlfriend who is in town for the weekend…) can RUIN you. Even small bad decisions can damage your reputation…impact your health…cost you respect from loved ones…cost you a lot of money…or a job…or a friend. There are very real consequences to poor decisions.
HOW do we prepare against and protect ourselves from making a wrong turn – from acting in foolishness? According to the F3 Q-Source, we do 2 things; BUILD GUARDRAILS and SEEK ACCOUNTABILITY.
Build Guardrails
Proverbs 5:23, He will die for lack of self-control.
Proverbs 1:7, Only fools despise wisdom and discipline.
The HIM builds Guardrails in his life. Guardrails are routines, habits, disciplines that you establish in your life to keep you focused on being a HIM and keep you resisting those things which would drag you down. Guardrails. Habits. Routines that keep you out of the ditch and on the road.
Here’s a question for you, BB reader: You know your tendencies, you know your urges, your vices – now think about this – what Guardrails do you need to build and strengthen to keep you away from those ditches? What habits, what routines do you need in your life?
Seek Accountability
Proverbs 12:15, Fools think they need no advice, but the wise listen to others.
Proverbs 13:20, Whoever walks with the wise will become wise; whoever walks with fools will suffer harm.
If you aren’t already doing so, you need to be locking shields with other men who are striving to live virtuously. You need trusted men in your life whom you can be vulnerable with, who’s counsel you value. You need men who are watching your six as you watch theirs – and who’s duty it is to speak candidly to you if they see you acting foolishly or walking toward danger.
Last question for you, BB reader: Do you have those men in your life? If not, who?
Here’s the takeaway: To prepare against making poor decisions in life – big and small – you need guardrails and you need accountability. The HIM works to develop both.
MOLESKIN:
Nice to see Limo back out with us! Nice to see Boy George come out for Rush!
Hat tip to Wax Job – he led a workout very similar to this about 3 years ago… It’s a classic!
Prayers for our brothers who are injured, ill, awaiting surgery, and/or going through hard times. Prayers for those traveling.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence at JUCO, Saturday
Family Workout at the Project, July 9th, 9:00 AM
