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Saint Peters Circle – Rich Welcome

✔ THE SCENE: Not too bad. A little muggy.

✔ F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Not a pro.

✔ WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Twisting Pickers
  • Phelps
  • Big Arm Circles
  • SSH
  • Star Jacks
  • Squat Jumps
  • Bobby Hurlies
  • Froggers
  • Mtn Climbers
  • Crab Kicks
  • Diamond Merkins
  • Merkins
  • Wide Merkins
  • L Alt Merkins
  • Right Alt Merkins
  • and then back up through the whole sequence.

U Indian run

facing the linear hills – Get inline six feet apart.  Last person sprints up the hill then back down then to front of line and sprints up that hill and back down.  Everyone holds a squat or plank while waiting their turn.

  • Mosey to beginning of Loop and Go Through each of the 10 stations

The Thang:  Saint Peter’s Circle

AMRAP

  1. Dirken shuffle Around Circle
  2. Bear Crawl to Corner
  3. Lunge to Speed Bump
  4. 10 Wall Dips
  5. 10 HS Push-ups
  6. Reverse Bear Crawl Over steps
  7. 10 Blockees
  8. Reverse Bear Crawl Over steps
  9. Inchworm over speedbump
  10. Sprint to Finish

We did a little over two laps.

MARY:

  • Flutter Kicks
  • American Hammers
  • Dead Bugs
  • Freddy Mercuries

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

2 Peter 1: 3-11: His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. 4 Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires. 5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6 and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7 and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. 8 For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins. 10 Therefore, my brothers and sisters,[a] make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble, 11 and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

This scripture convicted me and gave me hope. Lately I’ve been dealing with some wandering with lack of purpose and “vision” or “mission” , “why am I here” type of questions.  However, knowing my salvation is secure – I say “Well then, what now”.  I’ve gone through some major ministry “corrections” and “redirections” – and the path doesn’t seem straight – and quite frankly seems hard to understand.  Also being challenged by marriage – this verse caught my attention with the promise of the possibility of  “you will never stumble“.. I’m like, well I stumble all the time, so maybe this scripture has some good advice & wisdom I can glean.  For purpose and goals,  you can, for example, “Make every effort” to work on any of these things:

  1. Goodness
  2. Knowledge
  3. Self-Control
  4. Perseverance
  5. Godliness
  6. Mutual Affection
  7. Love

Those are awesome goals to choose and work towards.  Be sure to know yourself, pace yourself, keep it real, don’t overwhelm yourself, find others along the same journey and calling,  rise up to the call, know that you are not alone, hold onto the “great and precious promises“, know that our faith is a gift, we are not earning our salvation, but we are earning aspects of the “rich welcome” that Peter mentions…  Therefore — MAKE EVERY EFFORT!!  Notice Peter says that twice.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

The Longest Mary Ever

THE SCENE: Low 70’s and clear with relatively low humidity
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH to 10
Cherry pickers 5
Baby arm circles forward/backward
Tempo Merkins 10
Temps Squats 10
Mosey to large CMU pile, get 2 CMU’s

THA-THANG:

20 blockees
40 Thrusters
60 Renegade Rows
80 Goblet Squats
100 Merkins
When finished put the blocks away
Turn left and run to the first speed bump.
Do a burpee, run to the 2nd speed bump, add a burpee.
Run back to the first speed bump, add a burpee.
Repeat until you get to 5 burpees.

Total Merkin count today
warmup 10
Blockees 20
merkins 100
Burpees 15
Mary 100
Total 245

MARY:

We went around the circle and each PAX led us in a 4 count 10 rep ab exercise
After each exercise we did 10 merkins.
We had 11/13 PAX call out and lead ab exercises.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
James 1:12
Those who stand firm during testing are blessed.  They are tried and true.  They will receive the life God has promised to those who love him as their reward.

We are living through a test in 2020, there is a blessing but as God promises, we have to love him to take advantage of the reward.  To love God, we need a relationship, prayer time, studying his word, etc  How do you demonstrate love?  We need to put that into practice so that as we are tried or tested during this time or others, that through our love of God, we can receive the blessings.
MOLESKIN:
2 FNG’s that came with Free Fall… named Geico and Gnome (originally Jar Jar, but that was taken)
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
IRON PAX coming up in September.

Never Give Up – Shamrock

THE SCENE: Low 70s little humid
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Baby Arm Circles forward then backwards (IC) 4 CT x 15 each

Side Straddle hop (IC) 4 CT x 25

On your back Side Straddle hop 25 

Twinkle Toes  (IC) 4 CT x 15

THA-THANG:

Mosey to the CMU pile next to the field. 

Grab a CMU. 

25 Curls

25 Slow twists 

50 Bench press 

Mosey to the track. 

Line up on the 0 yard line. 

25 Curls + 25 Slow Twists then move your CMU forward to the 5 yard line

Run 1 lap

25 Bench Press + 25 Big Boys then move your CMU to the 10 yard line

Run 1 lap

25 Curls + 25 Slow Twists then move your CMU forward to the 15 yard line

Run 1 lap

25 Bench Press + 25 Big Boys then move your CMU to the 20 yard line

See how far you can go. 

Before returning CMUs we did 60 more bench presses 

MARY:
We had 1 minute left over to do merkins until 6:15AM
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Betty, Mermaid, Pom-Pom, Free Fall, Curry, Key Fob, Dumpster Dive, Slim Reaper, Sparrow, Slip-n-Slide, Music City, Cheatsheet, Curveball, Baby Boomer, Anchorman,
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

The Word:

Some quotes from my grandfather from about 25 years ago at his 50th wedding anniversary.

“Never Give Up”  –  He was talking about his 50 years of marriage and also his walk with Christ. He said there will be peaks and valleys. The pain we suffer when we are in the valleys makes us appreciate the mountain tops. 

“Be There”!  –  He looked around at over 100 family members and friends that came to celebrate their 50th anniversary. He praised us for being there, but said this may be the last time that we are all together, but it won’t be the last time up there. 

I was just a dumb 12 year kid, but his speech stayed with me my whole life. He had such a great perspective on life. He was eternally focused. I want to challenge us to be eternally focused as well.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

GrindtoShine

The Scene

73 Degrees and Sticky with a little rain at the end

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

Fitness, Fellowship, Faith, Free, Modify, Not a Professional, Own Volition, Social Distance, Phone

Warm-O-Rama

10 Windmills

10 Imperial Walkers

10 4-count SSH

5 Froggers

10 Lateral lunges (L+R=1)

10 tempo merkins

Tha-Thang

Mosey to the CMU’s by the softball field

Pre-Grind (2 rounds)

10 Shoulder press

10 curls

5 swings

10 merkins

 

Mosey to back parking lot

Grind Session

Complete first exercise then take that one with you to the next station, complete that exercise again while adding another. 

10 burpees 

 

10 burpees

20 lateral lunges

 

10 burpees

20 lateral lunges 

40 BBS

 

10 burpees

20 lateral lunges 

40 BBS

60 American Hammers 

 

10 burpees

20 lateral lunges 

40 BBS

60 American Hammers 

80 Reverse Lunges 

 

Mosey to bus coupon pile

Post Grind (Partner Work)

1st guy holds a plank while 2nd farmer carries 2 cmus for 10 paces then switch (5 Minutes)

Mary

No time

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

20 HIM’s. Welcome FNG @Slip ‘N Slide

COT/BOM

1 Samuel 12:24 

24 ”Only fear the LORD and serve him faithfully with all your heart. For consider what great things he has done for you.”

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Revenge of CMU Later

THE SCENE: Perfect low 70’s and just a bit of steam in the air


WARM-O-RAMA:
4ct SSH x 20 (IC); 4ct Starfish Crunches x 7 (IC); 4ct Tie Fighter x 10 (IC) F&R; 5ct Catalina Wine Mixers x 5 (OYO)

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the big CMU stack in the alley and load up for some fun – encouraged to grab 2 CMU’s but allowed to modified some took only 1; Farmer’s Carry toward the top of Detention Hill with a stop half way to wait for the 6 (and to regain some feeling in the shoulders); Work stations marked with chalk to help us keep separated where PAX broke into groups of 3

CMU Hill of Pain:  2 HIMs worked through several exercises at the top while the 3rd HIM runs to bottom of Hill to perform 10 single count SSH then Bear Crawls back up Hill to rotate;  3 HIMs combine reps in order to finish all of the exercises collectively; 50 Clock Pendulums (1 block), 100 CMU Merkins (2 blocks), 150 Block Squats (2 blocks), 200 Bent Over CMU Rows (2 blocks), and 250 Blocky Balboa’s (1 block) completed by most

PAX redistributed for some COVID Shuffle – groups of 3 sent 1 HIM to each corner of a triangle course along the parking lot but the 3rd leg going down into the Gloom Valley and back up Detention Hill; Each HIM performed 10 SSH, 10 Squats, and 10 LBC’s (single count) at each corner then ran to the next corner; Kept moving until at least 4 station rotations; Farmer’s Carry to move CMU’s back to pile

PAX mosied over to Saint Patty’s Circle for some speed round exhaustion; Spread around the circle wall and several benches, PAX did 5 Dips and 5 Jump Ups/Step Ups over and over for 3 minutes;  Mosey back to the AO

MARY:
Returning to AO, had 1 minute to work in some Pickle Pounders to end the fun

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
3 FNG’s: @Slim Reaper, @Flower Pot, and @Macho Man

@Dragon Slayer not on system

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Genesis 32 story of Jacob wrestling with the God-man and not willing to stop without being blessed; Jacob’s hip was injured and ailed him the rest of his life – a scar and a reminder of his close encounter with God; Jacob was alone and fearful and trying to control his world of chaos but came face-to-face with the only thing that could truly bless him and change his circumstances; Encouraged the PAX to wrestle with God in the weighty matters of life and trust Him for change.

Proverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.  In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths.”