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Worry Free at Equalizer

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THE SCENE: Perfect, Cool and Dark
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

Completed – one new FNG


WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Motivators to 6
  • 10 iron Mike
  • 10 Wind mill
  • 10 Cherry picker
    THA-THANG:
    Began with a little aerobic partner run around the loop:

At the Track loop –

Partner up – Partner 1 runs clockwise, partner 2 runs counter clockwise; when you meet each other drop for 15 partner Merkins.  Begin as a group with 15 Merkins and go until four sets of Merkins complete.  Finish by running with partner to lighted flag.

At the flag –

  • 15 Burpees
  • 15 dips
  • 15  mountain climbers

Run to playground/jungle gym

  • 15 pull-ups
  • 15 BBS
  • 15 Imperial walkers

Rinse and repeat – from playgroup run to splash pad

At the splash pad – Partner one does stationary exercise and partner 2 does movement exercise (from covered benches to far fence across splash pad) 5 exercises – Shout out to Kick-flip for this exercise routine I re-used from JUCO

  • flutter kicks and bear crawl
  • sprint and Carolina dry docks
  • Broad jump and squats
  • Lunge and Merkin
  • Sprint and mountain climber

Mosey to back parking lot –

4 sets of 50 yard wind sprints

Mosey back to flag pole droping at the loop for a set of 15 merkins and at flag pole another 15 merkins, then mosey back to AO.

MARY:
I was gassed and needed help from Striped, Tank, and Woodshack to finish off the last 2 minutes. (great Mary but I forgot exercises …)
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

FNG – Chuggs; Benchwarmer, Striped, Tank, Tap out, Wil-e, Woodshack, Proton, Driftwood
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I will work on a better bomb, but worry was the bomb for today..Based on Mathew 6:27 Can anyone of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?  I did a poor job of quoting and could only paraphrase; however in this time of Covid-19, political disgrace, and the continual need to trust in the workouts and not worry if it will be good, good weather, you can make it through or not … one should practice good judgement but not worry for this only creates additional stress that works against our health.
MOLESKIN:
I wish I could cadence, but I have two left feet and no rhythm, something I will work on for next time (and a better BOM).  Shout out for Tank jumping in and helping and for Woodshack finishing it off so everyone can hear what a good cadence sounds like, thanks HIM’s!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence at Juco later in March.

Forgot plans, chalk and cups, but didn’t forget to burn calories

THE SCENE: Checkerboard clouds above, cold but not too cold. Pretty ideal for this workout.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSHx20, 10 merks, 5 cobra Kais, 5 cherry pickers. Mosey around Course to explain exercises since I left chalk at home.
THA-THANG:
The Equalizing “kinda hard stuff but not really that hard unless you are out of shape and if you are out of shape it is good for you to do it because fitness is fun and why else would morons like us be up at 5:30am doing stuff in the darkness of a park that is not illegal” Obstacle Course. The obstacles are……

  • 5 burpees
  • 10 pull ups
  • Short chop steps around 11 cones
  • Line drills quick feet
  • 20 Merkins
  • duck walk 4 corners
  • The “didn’t we do this stupid thing before” climb on the “snake” railing
  • 20 BBS
  • Bear crawl up walkway
  • 20 dips
  • 20 rows under the picnic table
  •  20 pickle pounders
  • 20 flutter kicks

Repeat as many rounds as possible till time is up

MARY:
20 box cutters, Peter Parkers, times up!

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
14
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Be fun. Do fun stuff with your kids and your family.  We can sometimes get wrapped up in work, every day stressors of life, or even ourselves and forget to have some fun time with our loved ones. It doesn’t just have to be on the weekend. Take some time this week to do something fun with your kids that you normally wouldn’t. Play a game, wrestle, play 20 questions.
MOLESKIN:
Several prayer requests, good fellowship afterwards with some coffee even though I forgot cups.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
La-z-boys coffee, orange Ts coming soon

The UN-Matched Game

THE SCENE: Cold. Very cold. But not too cold. But cold enough to be cold. But not really that cold. Kind of like cold when your cold and think it could be more cold but don’t want it to be colder. That kind of cold.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Mosey to the flag, 20 jumping jacks, 10 tempo push ups, 10 tempo squats.

THA-THANG:

Mosey to playground for three rounds of 5 pull ups, 5 burpees and 5 squats. Then…
Route 66 with shoulder tap merkins increasing at each cone by one. (11 cones, total of 66). Mosey back to the flag.
Time for the memory game!
12 Tiles  with two of each exercise for matching. Put the tiles face down and try and pick a match. If you get a match you do the exercise and toss the cards to the side. If you don’t get a match, you do both exercises and flip them back over.  After each turn, run down to the playground and do 5 pull ups and back.(we mixed it up a little and ran a lap instead on a couple of them)

MARY:
20 Flutters
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 pax
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭10:24-25‬ ‭

talked about our need for the church. Not the actual building, although important to be there, but being with other believers and leaning on each other, learning with each other and loving each other.
MOLESKIN:
Welcome back to the gloom Benchwarmer!  Your too close not to come more often.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
None.

Goin’ Sleddin’

The scene: 50 and clear

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

Warm-o-rama:

High Knees IC x 20

SSH IC x 20

Baby arm circles IC x 20

This/that/Big Bertha hugs stretches

The Thang:

Mosey to parking lot by restaurant

 Sled race – two teams of 6 each

 Each team split into groups of 3 & began pushing sled back & forth

 2 cones at each end of sled push – total of 4 cones per lap. Perform 10 each of the following.

o Round 1: CMU Bent over row; CMU Curls; Big Boys; Diamond Merkin

o Round 2: CMU Curls; CMU Squats; Tempo squat; Mountain Climber

o Round 3: CMU American Hammers; CMU OH Press; Lunges; SSH

o Round 4: CMU Big Boys; CMU Tricep Press; Starjacks; Dry Docks

o Round 5: CMU OH Press; CMU Upright Row; Burpees; Smurf Jacks

 Ring of fire Merkins: 10, 9, 8, audible….final round = 5 Diamond Merkins

MARY:

ATMs x 20

Box Cutters x 20

Count off and name-o-rama

BOM:

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up. Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.Want to focus on the part about “two can defend themselves”. As men, we are constantly attacked by the world: lures of power, greed, money, lust….are everywhere. While most of us don’t like to talk about our feelings or our struggles I encourage each member of the PAX to lean on each other in times of need. Chances are one of us has dealt with your problem at some point and can help. It’s biblical in marriage and in friendships – 2 are stronger than 1. That means holding each other accountable – even when it’s hard. If we want to be true men of impact that means we sometimes have to do the hard thing and look a brother in the eye and let him know he’s making a mistake. Let’s use that to our advantage and help lift our brothers up who need it today.

With vs. For

The Scene: 41 Degrees, crisp and cool

F3 Intro and Disclaimer

Warm-O-Rama

Cherry Picker, Baby Arm Circles, 10 Burpees, High Knees (short and sweet)

The Thang:

Mosey to tennis court:

DORAS-
100 Burpees
200 LBC
300 Merkins

50 “fence jumps”/bear crawls across pone tennis court/spring to end/50 “fence jumps” x2

Mosey to “pee rocks”:

50 curls/2 overhead runs in 2 lines

Mosey to Lake Trail:

30 Merkins OYO
Group Mosey on Lake Trail
30 BBSU

Mosey back to AO

Finished with 10 Merkins

Ab-O-Rama

Name-o-Rama

The Share (BOM):

Love with vs Love for. Too often we want to do FOR our family/friends/co-workers instead of doing things WITH them. “WITH” love encourages, models, walks beside, and holds people accountable. In F3 we have a model of what it looks like when others love us, hold us accountable, and encourage us through the tough times.

It was a great morning and the 25 strong pushed it and got better!