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Trick or Treat

THE SCENE: Clear & 40

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Cherry Picker x 5
  • Mountain Climbers x 20
  • LBAC x 10 each direction
  • OYO Stretches

THA-THANG:
It’s time to Trick or Treat!   QIC had index cards in hand – each card had a Trick exercise and a Treat exercise listed.  PAX blindly chose “Trick” or “Treat” and then we did that exercise

  1. Warm Up Circle – TREAT
    • Shock & Awe Burpees.   10 Burpees, 9 Burpees, 8 Burpees….. all the way down to 1 Burpee
  2. Pee Rocks – TRICK
    • Pee Rock Inchworm Merkin.  Grab a rock and slide it forward…do a merkin on the rock…then walk your feet up to the rock.   Rinse & Repeat the length of the parking spaces and back to the start line.
  3. Baby Everest – TRICK was chosen but we quickly audibled and did the TREAT
    • TRICK:  backward bear crawl up the hill x 5.   Dumb idea…we could barely do it once….audible…
    • TREAT:  7’s on the hill.  Thrust Merkins at top – Starjacks at bottom
  4. Long Island – TREAT
    • 3 laps around the island.  At each end of the island do increasing reps of burpees:  3,6,9,12,15,18.  Time ran out…we didn’t make it past 12.

MARY:

  • TREAT
    • Captain Thor
    • Side Crunch x 10
    • Pickle Pounder x 15

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
12 brothers.   Tweet-E, Bueller, Wallball, Bluecross, Tonka, Ribbed, Waxjob, Podium, Judge Judy, Mayberry, Tank, Bartman

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Is your Christian walk a cruise ship or a war ship?   It is so easy to slip into complacency and comfort as a Christian in America.  The Bible continually tells us we are at war with the evil one – our lives should reflect this.  On a cruise ship the captain is the head entertainer, on a war ship the captain leads us into battle.  On a cruise ship the crew is there to meet your needs, on a war ship you are expected to hold up your brothers up and hold them accountable.  A cruise ship docks when the war begins, a war ship sails headlong into battle.  As men we should all have a warship mentality – Christ promised us this life would be tough if we chose to follow him.  I pray that you find your strength in Christ as you put on Gods armor and go headlong into battle each day.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

3rd anniversary celebration 11/3 & 11/4

Lake Life

THE SCENE: Crisp, clear 42 degrees
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x20

Squats with 30 sec hold x 5

Windmills x15

Cherry pickers x 10

Baby arm circles forward and back

THA-THANG:
Lake Living:

4 laps around Juco lake with 5 stops along the way for “Breaks”

Mountain Climbers 2 count x20

Merkins x20

Big Boy Sit-ups x25

Imperial Walkers 2 count x 20

Squat thrust x 20

MARY:
No time today, made it back with a few seconds to spare
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
My favorite exercise is the Recover. So, I thought I would share 4 things we can’t recover

  1. A WORD after it is spoken
  2. TIME after it is gone
  3. An OPPORTUNITY after it is missed
  4. TRUST once it is lost
    ANNOUNCEMENTS:
    F3 olympics and picnic this coming weekend!

Rise & Grind: CMU Version

THE SCENE: Frickin’ gorgeous, clear fall morning
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
We did some brief OYO stretching and then lined up on the base line for a series of lunges, butt-kicks, and high knees.
THA-THANG:
I instructed the PAX to visit our stack of friendly CMUs. We carried the CMUs on a one mile run, stopping along the way at 8 evenly dispersed cones an exercise written on the cone. Exercises consisted of the following:

  • 4 ct. Flutter Kicks (w/ CMU) x 20 IC
  • 4 ct. Hello Dolly (w/ CMU) x 20 IC
  • Narrow Squat x 30 IC
  • Carolina Dry Docks x 30 IC
  • Reverse Lunges x 30 each leg OYO
  • Star Jacks x 30 OYO
  • Smurf Jacks x 30 IC
  • Blockees x 5 IC

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“No time like the present.” The PAX and I discussed the importance of living in the present and making the most of every day. We aren’t promised tomorrow and we don’t know what the future holds, so we need to do everything in our power to live to our fullest extent in ways we can control.
MOLESKIN:
Welcome FNG “Block-Buster”. I’m glad you made it, even though you tried to kill me.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 Anniversary is coming up fast; make sure to sign up accordingly!

Left vs Right

THE SCENE: Just like the perfect date. Not too hot, not too cold.  All you need is a light jacket!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Left and right theme today.  All excercises have delayed symmetry…
15x Left Straddle Hops IC
15x Right Straddle Hops IC
10x Travoltas (right side)
10x Travoltas (left side)
10x Buddy the Elf (left side)
10x Buddy the Elf (right side)
15x Sundials (left side)
15x Sundials (right side)

THA-THANG:
Mosey up to the Forbidden Parking Lot, line up on the curb…
10x single-leg calf raise
Mosey to other curb
10x calf raise on the other leg
Mosey back
R&R 3x, getting a bit faster each time.

Mosey on up the Matterhorn.
Stop halfway up and BooBoo Bear Crawl (bear crawl with one leg) for 25yd
Switch legs and continue BooBoo Bear Crawl for another 25yd
Mosey to the Pavalon

Perform the following exercises all on one side, run up the hill and back, then repeat with other side
10x Hanging Knee Tucks
15x Merkins – one hand and one foot on the bench
20x Step-ups (same leg)
15x One-sided LBC
10x One-handed Dips

Everyone made it through the list at least 4x (twice on each side)

Mosey back to the cones on the Matterhorn and BooBoo Bear Crawl back down.

Mosey on to the boats for 5x One-Handed 6-Count Body Builders (same as 8-Count but skip the Merkin) with each arm, then head back to the AO

MARY:
15x Side Crunches each side.
15x (or so) 4-ct Freddy Mercury
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
16 HIMs this morning.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
This politics season we have left and right duking it out as usual, which was what prompted this Left and Right Q, but as I worked on the details, God brought to mind a totally different left and right context in Matthew 6:

Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

Two points from the above… The first is the obvious one – Don’t do good stuff for recognition from man. Second is just one word – “When”, not “If”. It should be the default that we are going to help others – Be on the lookout for opportunities to practice “When”.

MOLESKIN:
Lovely concert during the beatdown from trumpet virtuoso Sparky!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 anniversary 11/3-4 – Sign up for picnic! Service ruck 11/17. Sign up online (links for both on GroupMe)

Bear Crawl Variations

THE SCENE: Cold!!!  I know this is only the beginning, but it came quick.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

15 Peter Parkers, 15 mountain climbers, 15 SSH, 15 imperial walker, 10 count windmill, 15 Moroccan night club

THA-THANG:

Mosey to the south parking lot

Bearpees halfway across the parking lot. OYO 1 Burpee followed up by 4 count bearcrawl forward.  Increase burpees by 1 each time and bearcrawl by 4 (1:4 ratio).

Mosey to the Sophomore. Dora 1-2-3. 100 merkins, 200 6” LBC’s, 300 squats.  Partner is running up the hill to in front of the building’s main entrance.

Mosey to hand rails. Do 15 supine pull-ups, 15 merkins, 15 dips and 15 Carolina dry docks. Run a lap around parking lot and repeat.

Mosey toward shovel flag. Stop in the parking lot and indian bear crawl.  All PAX are in a lined up head-to-foot.  The PAX in the back bear crawls to the front while all others are doing merkins.  Go until all PAX have bear crawled.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 PAX worked hard this morning and got warmed-up quickly
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Look at the story of Job and the loss that he encountered.  God allowed Satan to test Job to this extent, but he did not do the testing.  Through all the hardship, Job starts to question why he is going through all this.  God answers Job in the last few chapters of the book.  I was looking for Job chapter 38 this morning.  Read God’s response to Job.  Then Job responds in chapter 40 and again in 42:  42:2-3.  We may not understand why we encounter trials in life, but if we remain focused on God and His will, we will make it through!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Fall festival this weekend. 3rd Anniversary weekend, Nov. 3rd and 4th.