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The Uncomfortable Ladder

THE SCENE: the Asylum, It doesn’t get much better than the weather this morning
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Rocketts x20
SSH x20
Super squat jumps x5
5 burpees

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Parking lot
10 cones in a line, with an additional cone 20-30 yards perpendicular to the center
(Or split into two 5 cone lines)

Cone 1: shoulder touch merkins
Cone 2: squats
Cone 3: dips
Cone 4: BBS
Cone 5: dry docks
Cone 6: lunges
Cone 7: toe touch merkins
Cone 8: American hammers 2 count
Cone 9: lizard merkins
Cone 10: reverse pickle pounders

1st Trip up the ladder x30
2nd trip up x20
3rd trip up x10
After each exercise run around cone (20-30yds) and go to next cone.
Repeat till time runs out And flutter kick till 6 finishes

Mosey to AO
MARY:
Hello Dollys x29
Freddy Mercurys x20
Peter Parkers

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
25 HIMs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Having a goal and working hard for it.
In the beginning of this workout all of us had a goal of finishing. We worked hard, we sweat, we even got a little bit dirty. Such is life. We are going to have to work hard, we are going to have to sweat during tough times, we are going to have crap covering us from head to toe at times. We may want to give up, we may want to get mad, we may want to yell at God. But, we need to stay strong and we need to know what is waiting for us at the end. Today it’s a nice feeling of accomplishment, in life, it’s eternity in heaven with God.

“I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”
‭‭Philippians‬ ‭3:14‬ ‭

MOLESKIN:
lots of grunting and grumbling of arms being spent. BUT! Everyone pushed hard to hit their goals

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
2nd F party tonight

Ivan the Terrible

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THE SCENE: 68 and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Mosey to Outhouse
15 Cherry Pickers
15 Big Boy Situps
Around the Worlds
Figure 8s
Halos
15 Merkins
Russian Swing
American Swing
Mosey to Outhouse

THA-THANG:
+IVAN the TERRIBLE
100 Jump Rope
50-40-30-20-10 Reps of:
Lunges (singles)
‘Merkins
Kettlebell Swings (American)
BBS

MARY:
Ivan was enough for the PAX
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
4 PAX
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I shared the Ultimate Life Problem (author: DREDD) and how we might work on our own discovery…if our own ULP wasn’t quite evident enough…
MOLESKIN:
Ivan was a good start to the day…definitely needed more PAX to enjoy it!  Where were you Butters? Late Night? Bueller? Bowflex?
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Lunch at Whole Foods (Wednesdays) at Noon
Lunch at Brown Bag, Hardin Valley 11:30 Thursdays
Truckin’ to the Pound – 4 weeks out!!!

Overcoming Obstacles

THE SCENE:  65 and calm

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:
Laos excercises

  • 20 IC 4CT Iron Mikes
  • 20 IC Swimming Merkins
  • 20 IC 4CT Street Stretch
  • 5  IC 4CT Ultimate Merkin

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the rock pile, pick a rock you can curl

Indian run Mosey to the bottom of Matterhorn, curls and tri-extensions with your rock as we mosey

20 IC Mtn Climbers at bottom of Matterhorn

Lunge up Matterhorn

Mosey back down for rocks

Bernie Sanders halfway up Matterhorn, mosey the rest

Mosey to the Pav-a-lon for the following exercises

  • 25 Pull ups
  • 50 Decline Merkins
  • 75 LBCs

Line back up and mosey to the top of Matterhorn, Junk led us down

Indian run mosey back to rock pile

2 teams line up and then while one person does a windsprint, the rest of the team does

  • Merkins
  • Bridge March

MARY:

  • 10 OYO Merkins
  • 20 IC 4ct Floor Wipers
  • 20 IC 4ct Flutter kicks
  • 5 IC 4ct Ultimate Merkin

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
FNG – Flute Loop

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I’ve been reading a study about being a better dad, an “intentional father”, and leading my kids to a relationship with Jesus.  For me I sometimes feel like I don’t know how to do that.  I don’t know all the right things to say and do have them learn about Jesus.  But by putting down my phone, work, hobbies, tv remote, etc., and intentionally spending time with them, I’m off to a good start.  By paying attention to them while they play, or ask questions (lots and lots of questions), or eat dinner and putting the distractions away they can tell the difference.

Sometimes our biggest obstacles to being intentional father is we do not know where to start.  Well just like Matterhorn we climbed this morning, we have to be willing to take that first step.  Get up and move, and if we stumble or fall to get up and keep going.  I’m also learning that I have to show that side to my kids.  If I struggle with obstacles and I handle it the wrong way, my kids learn the wrong way to handle obstacles.  In those times of struggles, I have had to go back and apologize to my kids and ask for forgiveness.  Which does a couple things, it makes my kids realize “hey dad isn’t perfect” and “dad can admit when he is wrong”.  My weaknesses turn into learning points.

And when I struggle with an obstacle so much that I seek our heavenly Father’s assistance with it, my kids see that too.  They see that God is always with us to lift us up and carry us when we need it.  My hope is they know that not only I am always there to pick them up, but that God walks with us.  God picks us all up, gives us a hug, knocks the dirt off, and says “Let’s do this together”.

MOLESKIN:
The PAX really pushed hard this morning, even though we did some things we never tried before.  Indian run with pee rock curls being a prime example.  But we all got better!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • 2 opportunities for lunch this Weds at Whole Foods, and Thurs at Hardin Valley Brown Bag
  • Oct 6, Trail Run
  • Oct 14, Maryville Launch
  • Oct 28, Truckin to the Pound event

No Mosey, All Business!

THE SCENE: 64 & Clear

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA
COP:

  • SSH x30 IC
  • Tempo Squats x15 IC
  • Dive Bombers x15 IC
  • Diagonal Lunges x15 IC
  • Burpees x10 OYO
  • Baby Arm Circles Fwd x10 IC
  • Baby Arm Circles Bkw x10 IC

THA-THANG:
Everyone line up on the curb and get in groups of 3.

Triple Sprints
2 men at Cone 1 (orange cones) and 1 man at Cone 2 (orange cone).  One man at Cone 1 runs to Cone 2 while other two men do exercises at the cone, stopping in the middle at the yellow cone to do 2 burpees.  Then man at Cone 2 runs to Cone 1 while other men do exercises.  First man now runs to Cone 2.  Rinse and repeat for 6 minutes.

Upper Body:
Cone 1 = Diamond Merkins / Carolina Dry Docks
Cone 2 = Shoulder Taps / Superman Swims

Abs:
Cone 1 = American Hammers / Lance Armstrongs
Cone 2 = Flutter Kick / Hello Dollys

Lower Body:
Cone 1 = Squats / Skaters
Cone 2 = Reverse Lunges / Side Lunges

10 count recover then circle up for the Accumulator.

Accumulator
Start with 1 exercise, adding another exercise until all 5 exercises are completed in succession. Then, work back down until only the last exercise is left. 20 seconds (20s) per exercise:

– Exercise 1 then 20s rest
– Exercises 1 and 2 then 20s rest
– Exercises 1, 2, 3 then 20s rest
– Exercises 1, 2, 3, 4 then 20s rest
– Exercises 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 then 20s rest
– Exercises 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 then 20s rest
– Exercises 5, 4, 3, 2 then 20s rest
– Exercises 5, 4, 3 then 20s rest
– Exercises 5, 4 then 20s rest
– Exercises 5

Exercises:
– Exercise 1: Burpees
– Exercise 2: Wide Merkins
– Exercise 3: Narrow Squats
– Exercise 4: Dry Docks
– Exercise 5: Jump Squats

Stay in circle, get on your 6 and get ready for some Mary

MARY:
4ct Flutter Kick x20 IC
4ct Side Crunches, Rt. x10 IC
4ct Side Crunches, Lf. x10 IC
4ct Flutter Kick x10 IC

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
43 PAX, 1 FNG – Drawstring

CIRCLE OF TRUST / BOM
Part of our growth is spiritual.  One observation YHC has made recently is that most men seem restrained and bored on Sunday mornings at church.  Rather than their faith igniting them, it seems to be hindering them from being who they are.  This is the exact opposite of God’s intent for us as men.  Our faith is not meant to fence us in, but fuel us for a life of impact and significance!  My faith informs me that there are no idle moments, everything has eternal significance.  Even the most mundane experiences, when viewed though faith have potential to be life-changing.  It’s about perspective.  It’s about seeing our lives as more than a quest for self-comfort and self-satisfaction.  It’s about seeing life as Jesus did…an adventure where we are part of something greater than ourselves.  We are meant to be life-givers, servant-leaders…HIMs!

Choose today to view your faith from the lens of what you give rather than receive.

MOLESKIN
It was a beautiful, clear, cool Monday morning and the PAX were out in force!  No mosey today, all business.  The men busted it for a solid 45 minutes and it was a great start to the week.  We also had a guest, cameraman from WVLT news was on site to get some video for a story they will be doing later this week.  No Sad Clown Is Safe!!!

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Alcoa/Maryville Launch – 10.14.17
Trucking to the Pound CSAUP – 10.28.17
GROWRUCK05 – 11.18.17

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Pee Rock Pyramid

THE SCENE: 69 and foggy
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:
Run in place / high knees ~ 1 min
SSH Burpees IC x 25
Nose Wipers IC x 10
Run Stance Squat Jump IC x 20
THA-THANG:

Mosey to pee rocks.
1. Grab 2 handheld (brick sized) rocks
a. Iron Squats IC x 20
b. Wonderbra IC x 20
2. Put small rocks back & grab a large rock
a. Hip Thrusters IC x 20

Pyramids with big rock. After each round run across parking lot to the gate & back.

With a single large Pee-Rock (aka Coupon) complete 7 Rounds of exercises, adding a new exercise each round.

  • 5 Burpees
  • 15 Merkins
  • 20 Goblet Squats
  • 25 Curls
  • 30 OH Press
  • 35 Hip Thrusters
  • 40 BBS

MARY:
Pretzel Crunches IC x 15 each side
Protractors
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST:
BOM:  Showed a quick clip of Penn Jillette (an Atheist) expressing his views on proselytization. His view: if you truly believe something to be true (i.e. heaven/hell, Jesus is the only way to heaven) and don’t share your faith about that item then you are in fact hating your fellow man. He goes on to say that if he truly believes a bus is about to hit someone, then he is eventually going to help that person get out of the way. He says Christians who don’t proselytize are the equivalent of letting that same person get run over by the bus. Honestly, he’s right. This video hits close to home because it is true of many Christians. My challenge to the PAX was to take time to reflect on this. Who do you share your faith with? Do you take your DRP when it comes to sharing your faith and having tough conversations?