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Merkin Madness

April 11, 2017 Mayberry

Scene: 59, clear and beautiful

Welcome and Disclaimer

Warm-o-Rama

10 IC 4ct BAC

10 IC 4ct Michael Phelps

10 IC Confused Penguin

Little bit o’this, and a little bit o’ that

The THANG

5 rounds of Merkin Madness

10 diamond, 10 normal, 10 wide and Dead Bugs for rest (that’s one round)

Mosey to the boats and battle buddy up with someone you have not partnered with before. If one partner finishes before the other he matches reps until the second buddy finishes

5 light poles of 10 SSH, and 10 Merkins

5 light poles of 10 Turkish Getups, and 10 Spider-Man Merkins

5 light poles of 10 4ct Freddie Mercury, and 10 Lizard Walks

5 light poles of 10 squats, and 10 CDDs

5 light poles 10 Merkins of you choice

Ab-O-Rama

Mayberry Macerena

Floor Wipers

Reverse Crunch

Count-o-Rama

Name-o-Rama

BOM

Take a knee. When we get knocked down, when we go through struggles and when we hit a wall what do we do, we take a knee. We take a knee not because we are weak but because at that time we take it to Jesus. And then we get up, no matter what we get up and we keep moving forward.

But when we can’t get up on our own? We as men are usually told asking for help is a sign of weakness. I don’t believe that, I think not asking for help when you need it is the sign of weakness. A true HIM knows he can’t do everything on his own and there is a time when he needs is Father in Heaven, and his friends. Jesus said in John 15:12-14 “My command is this, love each other. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for their friends. You are my friends if you do what I command”

There is no doubt that Jesus paid the ultimate debt and gave his life for us, and I don’t think he meant for us to just give up our lives for our friends. But it does mean we need to make sacrifices and give up our time, talent, treasures, etc, in order to be with a friend in need and left them up. I think we can all think of a friend who might need a hand. I encourage each of you to send them a message, give them a call, take them to lunch, and help them stand up and keep moving forward.

Prayer request for Manhattan and his family as the deal with the loss of his father-in-law.

And prayers for Bartman’s daugher, his family, and him as they prepare for his daughter’s surgery on Thursday.

FNG Hunt

April 10, 2017 Archie

The Scene:
52°F and calm, the moon looked eerie shining through the thin clouds

F3 Welcome & Disclaimer

Warm-O-Rama:
Imperial Walkers x20 (IC)
Air Jump Rope (OYO 30sec)
Mosey around parking lot (2 laps)
Arm Circles x10 each (IC)
Baby forward
Baby backward

The Thang:
Indian Run- the long way around to the Sophomore

At the Sophomore, circuit training
Merkins x15
Flutter Kicks x15
Squats x15
Burpees x10
Mosey to the court yard

11s in the long court yard
Dry docks
BBS
Wall sits (until everyone was done with the 11s)

Count-O-Rama

Name-o-Rama

COT/BOM
This is Holy Week
Luke 24: 2- 7
Rest in the work Jesus did, be reminded of his love for you, and look to reflect his love to the people around you

Mole Skin
We still did not locate the elusive Hardin Valley FNG, but the guys pressed on boldly. We put in 2.9 miles and got better together.

Rise of the Merdipkin

April 6, 2017 Junk

The Scene: 46 and chilly wet

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

Tha Thang:
COP –
SSH 10x IC
Cherry Pickers 10x IC
20 Merkins oyo
LBAC 10 forward 10 reverse IC
Michael Phelps 5x
Little some o’ this/that

Mosey to little Everest –
Partner Merdipkin 11’s

Dora – pole to pole
Sit-ups

Route 66 – to the base of the Matterhorn
Drydocks & Squats

To the pavilon
Alternating 12 Merkins/ 10 table-ups

Mosey back to the AO

BOM
“And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed him, crying aloud, “Have mercy on us, Son of David.” When he entered the house, the blind men came to him, and Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to him, “Yes, Lord.” Then he touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith be it done to you.””
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭9:27-29‬ ‭ESV‬‬
Why would anyone ask God to do something and not believe He could do it? Why would Jesus ask them that question? He was standing right in front of them, they knew He had healed others, why wouldn’t they believe that He was able to do it?

How does this play out with us? We just don’t bother asking. We go about life doing our own thing. We all know the scripture “God helps those who help themselves,” right? Except that’s not a scripture, it’s an old Greek teaching popularized by Ben Franklin. Start inviting Him into your daily decision making…and see what happens. When you come up against a big one, and you hear the question echo through your mind, “do you believe I can do this”…lean in
Moleskin
The Merdipkin 11’s were brutal, but the men hammered it out…just about left me in the dust. The hard work in the cool with a storm threatening the entire time was the definition of working in the gloom.

Circle of Pain

April 5, 2017 Bartman

The Scene: 54 and perfect

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

Warm-o-rama:

SSH IC x 10

Around the worlds

Figure 8s

OYO arm & leg stretches

Tha Thang:

8 cones set up in a circle. Pick a cone as a starting point. Complete the exercise listed at the cone then run a lap around the outside of the circle & proceed to the next cone. Rinse & repeat until 2 circuits of cone exercises are complete.

Circuit #1	Circuit #2
KB Turkish Getups x 20	Burpees x 20
Gas Can Carry to grass & back	Gas Can Carry to grass &back
Double Burpees x 20	Bear Crawl to grass & back
KB Side Lunge x 30	KB Merkin x 25
KB American Swings x 50	KB Russian Swings x 50
OH Press with rock x 50	Curls with rock x 50
CMU Squat x 50	CMU Calf Raises x 50
Jump Rope x 100	Jump Rope x 100

MARY:

Channel Changers

J-Lo IC x 20-ish

Box Cutters IC x 20

V-up roll up OYO x 10

Count off and name-o-rama

BOM:

Control the controllables. It’s an overused term these days. Many use it to skip out on responsibility. The Bible definitely speaks to making good choices and controlling the struggle with inner longings (lust, anger, your tongue, etc.). There’s also a practical side. You control what you eat, how much sleep you get, whether or not you beat the fartsack each day, how you teach your children, whether or not you go to church on Sunday, and so on and so forth. To me, when you roll all of this up it comes down to a message that we all need to be living intentionally. We need to put one foot in front of the other each day, with eyes wide open to our surroundings and realize that we will have important choices which we can control and we will also deal with circumstances we cannot control. The goal is to make positive choices when given the opportunity. Conversely, the goal is also to not beat yourself up when something is truly out of your control….even when you’ve made a good choice but don’t achieve the result you were wanting. We should never use situations that are out of our control as a cop-out, but rather learn from them and grow so that we will make better choices when acting in areas where we do have greater control.

Wheelbarrow o’ Junk

April 4, 2017 Junk

The Scene: 66 and clear

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

Tha Thang:
COP –
SSH x10 IC
Cherry Pickers x10 IC
20 Merkins oyo
LBAC 10 forward 10 reverse IC
Michael Phelpsx5
Little some o’ this/that

Mosey to the coupon pile – partner up – 20x Squadips

Mosey to the boats – burpees til the six is up
20x Merkins – squats – SSH

Mosey to the office – burpees til the six is up
20x Merkins – squats – SSH

Mosey to the Matterhorn – burpees til the six is up
20x Merkins – squats – SSH

Wheelbarrow up the Matterhorn
20x count WB – 20 squats – switch

Junk Mosey back down
20x Merkins – squats – SSH

Mosey back to the rock pile
20x each – curls/press/tri/domo

BOM

“Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.”
Psalms 1:1-3

The key here is that the tree bears its fruit in season, not every second of every day and not before it is ready. Faithfulness usually takes time. Just because you don’t see fruit yet doesn’t mean you won’t, it just means you need to keep it up and be faithful. Don’t get caught up with the jokers and the smokers…delight in the Lord and His word and you’ll see change.

Moleskin
Wheelbarrowing up the Matterhorn sucked. That is all