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God’s Garden

AO: asylum-pm
Q: Lilydipper
PAX: Pusher, Swimmies (Nathan Chesney), Steam, Mr Jinxy, Brick, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Curveball, Doubtfire (Nick Bond)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP: 20 Side Straddle Hops, Curly Stomps, 8 Twistees, 8 Tennessee Rocking Chairs, 10 Windmills, 10 Little Baby Arm Circles Forward and 10 Backward

THE THANG: Mosey south on roadway past the Administration Building to where the road curves east. We will stop to do 20 Hello Dollies

Mosey to stop sign and then head south to the the circle where the Admin Bldg Road converges with the main park road. On the curb by the garden in the circle we will do 15 Decline Merkins with feet on curb and 20 Calf Raises with heels on the curb.

Mosey west to the parking lot on the west side of the large pavilion that is west of the baseball fields. Then mosey to the grassy area just west of the pavilion. We will stop to do 20 American Hammers.

Mosey south of the pavilion to the area near the dock by the waters. We will have three points of contact. We will loop (running) clockwise around the points of contact to do the listed exercises listed. Do the first exercise listed on the first loop, second exercise on second loop, and third exercise on third loop. Here are the exercises:
– Point of contact 1, 30 yards west on trail from rock pile: 25 Flutter Kicks (4 ct), 25 Freddie Mercuries (4 ct) and 25 Baby Crunches (4 ct).
– Point of contact 2, at rock pile: With rocks, 25 Overhead pressed, 25 Curls, and 25 Rows
– Point of contact 3, picnic tables by water: 25 Step ups, 25 Bench Dips, 25 Incline Merkins

Mosey on trail just south of ballfields and go past all ballfields to grassy area near small pavilion. We will stop to do 20 Box Cutters.

Mosey across the main park roadway to grassy area. We will stop to do 15 Tempo Merkins.

Do Pickett’s Charge Run (this will be south of the usual Pickett’s Charge area) to small parking lot south of the Coliseum and then run upstairs and go north to the Coliseum.

Run to the right side of the loop and go to the steps of the Admin Bldg. All men will do calve raises until the six arrives.

Mosey to the roadway in front of the AO. We will sprint to the large tree north of the AO and sprint back to the AO. Rinse and repeat.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Haw Ridge on Friday, March 28.

COT:

Prayers

Prayers for Brick as he financially and mentally copes with divorce. Prayers for Pusher that he will be able to use wise words as he helps his older sister, Carmen, deal with some difficult situations. Prayers for our brother Lizzy as he cope with deaths and illness of family members, for Sparkler that he has a great time on his cruise with family before his surgery for prostate cancer, and for Curveball regarding his biopsy for prostate cancer.

Message

God’s Garden

Have you ever been to a large city garden? Some of the favorite city gardens I have been to are the Portland Japenese Garden and Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden. These are human created gardens and the beauty, order, intricacy and attention to detail are spectacular. Heck, go to Dollywood and find the beautiful attention to detail in the gardens there.

Think about God as gardener vs the human as gardener. God’s garden seems much more haphazard. You don’t have the neatly carved details of the bushes or the artistic designs of the way flowers are displayed. Still, the beauty of nature here on our planet is spectacular to survey. And, although I have loved those manmade gardens, I love God’s garden more.

Furthermore, if we more carefully observes God’s garden, we find that it is not as random or haphazard as we think. Each flower, each insect, the soil, the rock, the flow of the rivers, the way that the sun and rains give life to it all, every atom and electron within the living creatures in this world, the way the planets rotate and spin around the sun, all point to a creator that is a designer so great that He is beyond full comprehension. As the song by Chris Tomlin proclaims:

Who has told every lightning bolt where it should go
Or seen heavenly storehouses laden with snow
Who imagined the sun and gives source to its light
Yet conceals it to bring us the coolness of night
None can fathom
Indescribable, uncontainable,
You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name
You are amazing God

Nature is a gift from God. Let’s take it in, be grateful, give praise and enjoy.

[genesis-ruck] Up/Down + No Sandbags

AO: genesis-ruck
Q: Steam
PAX: Brick, Single (Ryan Chambers)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
WARMUP
– BAC F: 10×4
– BAC B: 10×4
– Rockette: 10×4
– Apollo Ono: 10×4
– SSH: 25×4

THE THANG
– No sandbags
– Rucks only

Ruck up the Trade Route
– 15 elevated heel squats
– 15 merkins
– 15 chest presses
– 15 curls
Ruck around the parking lot
Ruck back down and touch the curb
Rinse and repeat

MARY
– Ruck up Moto Hill and around the pool
– SWS

ANNOUNCEMENTS
– 2nd F lunch on Friday (3/21) at Jim N’ Nicks BBQ near West Town Mall @ 12:30ish

COT
Don’t Lose Heart
2 Corinthians 4:16-18

(ESV) “So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.”

(CSB) “Therefore we do not give up.  Even though our outer person is being destroyed, our inner person is being renewed day by day. For our momentary light affliction  is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory. So we do not focus on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”

(MSG) “So we’re not giving up. How could we! Even though on the outside it often looks like things are falling apart on us, on the inside, where God is making new life, not a day goes by without his unfolding grace. These hard times are small potatoes compared to the coming good times, the lavish celebration prepared for us. There’s far more here than meets the eye. The things we see now are here today, gone tomorrow. But the things we can’t see now will last forever.”

TPQ: What is courage if there is no cost?

Points Of Contact

AO: asylum-daybreak
Q: Steam
PAX: Brick, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Lulu (Greg Huddy), Veggie (Rylen Huddy), Lilydipper, Rooney (Carl Whipple), Choir Boy, High Heels (Henry Ritchie), Waffle House (Brady Greene), Mr Jinxy, Crawdad (Robbi Dickens)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WARMUP:

THE THANG:

MARY:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

Points Of Contact

AO: asylum-daybreak
Q: Steam
PAX: Brick, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Lulu (Greg Huddy), Veggie (Rylen Huddy), Lilydipper, Rooney (Carl Whipple), Choir Boy, High Heels (Henry Ritchie), Waffle House (Brady Greene), Mr Jinxy, Crawdad (Robbi Dickens)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WARMUP
– SSH: 20×4

THE THANG
4 Corners
– 2 rounds / 2 Xs at each corner / all 1-count
– Round 1 – 25 reps
– C1: Merkins
– C2: Squats
– C3: LBCs
– C4: Imperial Walkers
– Round 2 – 50 reps
– C1: Carolina Dry Docks
– C2: Elevated Heel Squats
– C3: American Hammers
– C4: High Knees

(Mosey to the Yoga Studio (open air chapel)
– Core 4
– 25×4 Flutter Kicks
– 25×4 Heels 2 Heaven
– 25×4 Box Cutters
– 25×4 LBCs

(Mosey to the Bro’s Bowl)

Nickel, Dime, Quarter Part 1
– 3 times around the Bro’s Bowl
– 5, 10, 25 dips at the top
– 1 burpee at the bottom

(Mosey to Muscle Beach

Nickel, Dime, Quarter Part 2
– 5 chin-ups
– 10 inclune merkins
– 25 reps of a Muscle Beach machine
– Take a lap around the parking lot
– Do this 2x

(Mosey to the BSIA Outlook)

Pickleball Drill
– 2 teams
– one person hits the pickleball across the imaginary court and and then hands the paddle to the next man on his team
– If the ball goes out – the team does 1 burpee

(Mosey back to the flag)

MARY
ATMs + SWS

ANNOUNCEMENTS
– escape-from-haw-ridge CSAUP coming up in 2 weeks. Check out more in the channel.
– You can find announcements (including the Send Me newsetter) in the announcements channel.

COT

https://open.spotify.com/track/5UPuF5PMmjHZBidp8avYkF?si=Rv9bC1r0Rzacr-esTloC0g
“Lift me to the light “”
“”Through the roof they broke “”
“”Faithful hands of love “”
“”In each word they spoke “”
“”Jesus sees my pain “”
“”His touch divine embrace “”
“”Lift me to the light “”
“”Heal me by his grace “”

“”Above the crowd, they climbed with might””
“”Through the ceiling, piercing night “”
“”Lowered down, my soul exposed “”
“”Before the one who loves the most””

“”Now I walk, my spirit free””
“”With grateful heart, on bended knee””
“”Friends who carried me that night””
“”Together, we are lifted to the light”
This is referring to Mark 2:3-11, where these men tear through the roof to lower their friend to be healed by Jesus.
“’When he entered Capernaum again after some days, it was reported that he was at home. So many people gathered together that there was no more room, not even in the doorway, and he was speaking the word to them. They came to him bringing a paralytic, carried by four of them. Since they were not able to bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him, and after digging through it, they lowered the mat on which the paralytic was lying. Seeing their faith, Jesus told the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” But some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts: “Why does he speak like this? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone? ” Right away Jesus perceived in his spirit that they were thinking like this within themselves and said to them, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts? Which is easier: to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, take your mat, and walk’? But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins” #— #he told the paralytic — “I tell you: get up, take your mat, and go home.” Immediately he got up, took the mat, and went out in front of everyone. As a result, they were all astounded and gave glory to God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this! ””- Mark 2:1-12
– www.bible.com/bible/1713/MRK.2.1-12

Check out this message thread for more content and resources around this.

Positive Reinforcement

AO: asylum-pm
Q: Pele (Jon Lindberg)
PAX: High Heels (Henry Ritchie), Brick, Mr Jinxy, Lilydipper, Glamper, Switchhitter (Tony), Crash Dummy, Tenderfoot, MD Hammer, Abacus, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Double Dribble, Boomer
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
WARMUP:- 15 Split Jacks L, 15 Split Jacks R (4ct, IC)
– 15 Moroccan Nightclub (4 ct, IC)
– 15 Grady Corns (4 ct, IC)
– 15 Water Wheels (4 ct, IC)
-15 Steve Earles (4-ct IC)

THE THANG:Mosey to bottom of Everest
Run 1/3 up the hill, do 5x the following exercises:
Prisoner Cell Merkin Burpees (PCMBs)
Imperial Walkers (2-ct)
Catalina Wine Mixers
Run 2/3 up the hill, do 10x the same exercises
Run up to the road and do 15x the same exercises.

MOSEY on mulch trail to round-about. 5/10/15s
PARTNER 1 RUNS to metal box past intersection does 5x two exercises, runs back while PARTNER 2 does a slow mosey back and forth in the “bull pen”. Switch. Rinse and repeat two more times, increasing the reps to 10x and 15x. (If in doubt, exercise is a 2-count)
– Round 1 Exercises: PLANK JACKS AND PETER PARKERS *
– Round 2 Exercises: SQUATS AND IRON MIKES*
– Round 3 Exercises: FLUTTER KICKS* AND BOX CUTTERS
(Did Round 1 and 3, then 5x/10x Round 2; PAX finishing early did Prisoner Get Ups until 6 arrived)
MOSEY to AO

MARY: No time for her today.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Haw Ridge and Hardship Hill. Be There!

COT: We talked about how we all make mistakes… even Albert Einstein!– but negative reinforcement can be a bit toxic, especially if the bulk of someone’s effort is excellent. Don’t let negative comments be the only feedback you give to people. Positive reinforcement can be much more motivating.
POINT #1 of the BOM: don’t keep the fear of making a mistake keep you from trying something, but…
POINT #2 of the BOM: don’t let negative feedback be the only feedback you give someone. Don’t take for granted all the good things they’ve done, whether it’s your spouse, co-worker, etc. Praise them for that. Don’t just correct them when they make mistakes.