Tag: Biohack

Willie Mays Hayes
Lil baby arm circles
Reverse
Moroccan night clubs
Merkins
Cherry Pickers

THE THANG:

Mosey to friendship bell
20 stair steps
25 dips

Mosey to bars
Alternate 20 rows and 20 merkin

Mosey to wall and 15 wall ups

Mosey to playground and 15 pull ups

Mosey to amphitheater and 20 derkins

Mosey, time permitting, to flag by way of memorial flag

MARY:

3 Core exercises

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

Acts 24:25 ESV
And as he reasoned about righteousness and self-control and the coming judgment, Felix was alarmed and said, “Go away for the present. When I get an opportunity I will summon you.”

There are many who want to exercise authority, power, control in wide arenas, but who have very little control over their own selfish desires. On the other hand, those who are known for handling their business in a reasonable manner are looked upon favorably for places of leadership.

God has gifted all of us with varying degrees of responsibility and calling, but one area we are all called to exercise control over is ourselves. And this one area we all must control, none of us are able without the help of the Spirit warring against the flesh. But if we don’t wage that war in this one battle, how can we expect to succeed in larger callings?

He gives greater grace. Let us strive with all the grace he gives to be masters of our own selves.

Doesn’t God love us? Didn’t he give his Son for us? There’s arguably the supreme demonstration of Spirit-led self control. He trusted his Father’s love and will, and looked forward to the joy set before him. Can we not, by that same Spirit, also trust our Father’s love for us, his good purposes? Let’s press on in patient endurance, knowing he means us well, and what he intends, he accomplishes.

THE THANG:
Mosey to recruiting center
Work through stations at own pace, upgrade your level each time you finish a full circuit.
Jump rope – 25/50/100
Agility drill – 5/10/20
Plank extended rows – each side 10/20/40
Thrusters – 10/20/40
Pull ups – 3/5/7
Tire flips – 3/6/10
Airplane flutters – 10/20/40
Ascending derkins – 3/6/9
A break for some Mary about halfway through.
Cleanup and head back to the flag
MARY:
No time
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Iron pax coming at ya!
COT:
Games and Rules
Is a game defined by its rules? I don’t think so, but I think we commonly fall into the trap of behaving as though it is. A game is defined by its activity. I think we play games because there are things we want to do, like run jump throw catch chase problem solve overcome double down, that we just don’t get to do in our daily life. While we could do some of these things on their own, we thrive on purpose, so we arrange a game to make our activity less arbitrary. As we play the game, it becomes clear that some constraints or boundaries will help keep the game alive. Ideally the players see their use and keep to them such that the game thrives.

However, things go awry when the activity ceases to be the focus of the game. With children, this looks like a slow descent into chaos, but with adults this often comes in the form of a focus instead on victory. You can tell this is happening when the rules start to get really detailed, and carefully leveraging rules becomes just as important as the true activity. Sadly, this is the state of most high level competitions, whether they are professional sports or spelling bees. The game loses its joy and just becomes one more means by which the oppressors oppress.

The Bible shows us how this pattern is a transposition of the history of humanity. In the beginning, God gave humanity an activity, to be fruitful and multiply and to work and keep the garden, then he gave a single rule, not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and bad. At root, this is the truly fundamental rule, to choose not to focus on the good and bad of each thing but rather to focus on the activity of God. But humanity, desiring to elevate the self rather than submit to God, began a cycle of oppression that continues today.

Jesus saw this pattern in the treatment the Pharisees gave to the Mosaic law, using it as a way to elevate themselves above their fellow Israelites. But Jesus did not come to abolish this law, which is truly designed for human flourishing, but rather to reclaim its prime directive, to fulfill it by example and to fill us up with His spirit so we might become truly obedient.

THE THANG:
Grab a block and go to the track where there are 24 stops around the 1/4-mile loop. Each stop has a “Ghostbusters” trivia question and an exercise.
Pair up and start at a pole (space each pair out)
Do exercise then try question
Wrong = move 1 space; right = move 2 spaces
2nd time at spot do 2 sets
Can anyone complete 2 laps?

The stations:
10 thrusters
20 Good Mornings
20 curls
15 lunges each leg
20 big boys
20 tricep extensions
20 squats
5 blockies
20 derkins
20 Freddie Mercurys
20 overhead press
20 American Hammers
5 urkie durkies
20 CMU swings
20 LBCs
10 thrusters
20 Good Mornings
15 lunges each leg
20 curls
20 squats
20 tricep extensions
20 Flutter kicks
5 blockies
20 goblet squats

COT:
Romans 8:1-2
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.

If you have accepted the gift of faith in Jesus.
If you have chosen to follow Him.
You are no longer condemned.
The world can tell you suck.
The devil can remind you of everything you’ve ever done.
But you are forgiven.

John 5:24
Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

Jesus has placed the Holy Spirit in you.
You are no longer under the law, but under grace.
You are no longer a slave to sin.
Your setbacks and your stumbles are part of your sanctification, for God will take that evil and use it for good.

You are free to do good.
You are empowered by the Spirit to do what you could not do in your old flesh.

Rejoice, my brothers. You are free.
You are not fatherless. You will never be abandoned. You will never be condemned.
Jesus took every punishment you deserve so that you are free to be the man He made you to be.

So go live it.