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12 days of Christmas

THE SCENE: Insert info about the weather, etc.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Insert information about the warmup.
THA-THANG:

1 SSH

5 cherry pickers

6 tempo squats

10 baby arm circles forwards (backwards) Big

12 days of Christmas looks like this:

 

Wheel Barrels with partner. 2x each 12 steps
11 Merkins
10 Carolina Dry Docks
9 Mountain Climbers
8 American Hammers
7 Big Boy sit ups
6 Hello Dolly’s
5 (Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive Boooooooooat Canoooooooooooes)
4 Jump Squats
3 Iron Mikes
2 Burpees
1 Hug for your brother

Run around the field to other areas of the park and do them again total of 4x

Finish running to the tennis court
Wall site for 60 seconds

7 – Balls to the wall and 1 Dirkins

Time up run to the AO

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Training Like the Elves Do

THE SCENE: Chilly morning, LOOK AT THAT MOON! 

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Done and Done. I will NOT comment on the outfits of TweetE and ToePick, I just won’t do it. 

WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH IC x15 | LBAC IC x12 each way | Little bit of This; Little bit of That | Cherry Pickers IC x4 | Tempo Squats IC x5

THA-THANG:

Time to train like the elves do getting Jolly Ol Saint Nick ready for his Christmas Eve journey! 

  • Santa’s Workshop (Flagpole)
    • 7s 
      • Toymakers (Manmakers) @ Flagpole
      • Squat Jumps @ Playground
  • Loading Santa’s Sleigh (Field)
    • 5 cones set up down the field (about 20 yards apart)
    • Rifle carry CMU to 1st cone, set it down, sprint to the start and back
    • Rifle carry CMU from 1st cone to 2nd cone, set it down, sprint to start and back
    • Repeat to the 5th cone, then repeat the process from the 5th cone back to start
  • On Dasher, On Dancer, On Prancer… (Tennis Courts)
    • Pick a corner of the court; do 8 Diamond Merkins and 8 Imperial Walkers
    • Sprint to the next corner and do 7 of each
    • Repeat down to 1 rep of each exercise
  • Run, Run, Rudolph
    • “Colonizer Run” from Tennis Courts to Stonehenge 
      • Opposite of an Indian Run, HIM at the front of the line drops off and does SSH until the entire line has passed. 
      • Yells out “Back!” when the last HIM in line passes and rejoins the run
      • The new HIM at the front drops off and repeats 
  • Down the Chimney with Lots of Toys! (Stonehenge)
    • Start with 8 reps of each exercise and drop a rep each round
    • Chimney Jumps (Box Jumps)
    • Inchworm Merkins
  • HO-HO-HIIT (Splashpad)
    • Tabata timer (20 seconds work/10 seconds rest) for 16 rounds alternating:
      • Chimney Climbers (Mountain Climbers)
      • Tree Toppers (Star Jacks)
  • Fellowship Mosey back to the AO

Special Coffeeteria of Milk and Cookies!

MARY:

Did you know? 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

7 PAX; 0 FNGs; 3 for Pre-Ruck 

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

With the hustle and bustle of the Christmas Season, even though we are often reminded of the true “Reason for the Season.” Many times this is ignored or not given a lot of thought. Of course, Christmas time is the season to celebrate the birth of Jesus, but often we are distracted. I saw on the sign at a church down the road a new phrase that can reinvigorate us during this time. “Don’t focus on the presents, focus on His presence.” 

Christmas celebrates God becoming Man. The Word incarnate. The Almighty Lord of the Universe humbled Himself enough to become a little baby, born into this world to experience all of the pain and suffering of humanity… and He did this for us.

12 Days of Christmas at The Equalizer

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Rockettes IC | Windmills IC
  • SSH IC

THA-THANG:

Mosey to home base. 12 days of christmas (ascending Ladder).  Do 1 station, run back to start, do 2 stations, run back to start, etc.

  1. Crab Toe Touch
  2. Diamond Merks
  3. Burpees
  4. Lunges
  5. Flutters
  6. Shoulder Taps
  7. LBCs
  8. Merks
  9. Mtn Climbers
  10. SSH
  11. CDD
  12. VUps

MARY:

  • Stargazers OYO

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Just Cold Enough to be Annoying

THE SCENE: Just cold enough to be annoying 

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Did this, forgot to mention I had my cell phone, they quickly understood

WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH IC x15 ; LBAC each way IC x10 each ; Little of this, Little of that ; Cherry Pickers IC x5 

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Splash Pad for a Tabata workout + Field Trips 

20 work/10 seconds rest x 8 ; After 3 exercises, field trip to the bathhouse 

  • Set 1:
    • Dips
    • Step-ups 
    • BBS
  • Field Trip to the Bathhouse 
    • 5 Burpee Pull-ups
  • Set 2: 
    • Shoulder Taps
    • Imperial Walkers 
    • Freddie Mercury
  • Field Trip to the Bathhouse 
    • 5 Bodybuilders
  • Set 3: 
    • Merkins 
    • SSH 
    • Reverse Crunch 

Aborted set 3 halfway through SSH as the Q didn’t hear the PAX at the other end of the SplashPad yelling that it was 6:13, then 6:14…

Quick mosey back to AO (arrived after time 6:16)

MARY:

There just wasn’t enough time. 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

8 HIM (2 pre-rucked)

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

When Ribbed asked me about my weekend this morning during the pre-ruck, I told him that “It was good, just not enough time to do nothing.” While this wasn’t going to originally be the focus of my BOM, that phrase churned in my mind throughout the workout. During the holiday season, many of us become busier and busier. Whether it is kid’s concerts at school, holiday parties with work or friends (shoutout to Judge Judy for welcoming us into his home this weekend, what an incredible evening!), shopping for presents, etc. We tend to go, go, go during this last half of December. I challenge you all to take time out of your day to do “nothing.” I don’t mean sit and stare at a wall nothing, but do something unscheduled, something without a deadline, something that makes you a better HIM. For me, I am committing to spending an extra 15 mins before heading out into the gloom this week, sitting in front of my lit Christmas tree, with my gas logs going, and spending some extra time in silent prayer.

These Are the Days

THE SCENE: Windy, windy, windy, temp about 66 degrees.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

20 Side Straddle Hops, 10 second squat, 10 Mountain Climbers, 20 second squat, 10 Cherry Pickers, 30 second squat, 5 Baby Arm Circles Forward and Backward as well as 5 Wide Arm Circles Forward and Backward, 60 second squat.
THA-THANG:
We will split into two groups.  Group 1 start in the pavilion while Group 2 will start on the Playground.  We will do 10 Picnic Table Pullups and 10 Incline Merkins at the picnic tables.  We will do 10 Bench Jumps and 10 Decline Merkins on the benches.  After each man does the exercises he should run to his right side of the pavilion do the next set of exercises at the next spot.  Rinse and repeat 3 times.

Mosey to the bottom of mini cardiac.  We will Bernie Sanders to Park Sign then run to the crosswalk.

Mosey to the stop sign where the road goes to the admin bldg.  We will circle up to do 20 Hello Dollies.

Mosey to the parking lot that is below the Coliseum.  Men will split into teams of two and will do Doras.  While partner one runs up stairs, across the coliseum area to the end of the parking lot, and back to the spot we are gathered at, partner two does the exercises.  Partners then switch.  Here are the exercises:

  • 150 Jump Squats
  • 150 Iron Mikes (both feet = 1)
  • 150 Bicycle Kicks (4 ct)
  • 150 Flutter Kicks (4 ct)

Mosey to roadway that semicircles by the soccer fields.  We will run around the semi-circle doing two burpees after every ten stakes in the grass.  Men finishing first will alternate between Merkins and Big-Boy Sit-ups.

Mosey to the large parking lot is near what used to be the southern ball fields.

We will do suicides to each light post and then the end of the parking lot.  Each time a man comes back to the curb he should do 20 Baby Crunches.

Mosey to the AO.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
21 men with one FNG, Darrell Roberts, whom we dubbed “Hochuli.”  We were also blessed to have Trunk and Submarine visit us as they are usually at the Truck Stop on Saturday mornings.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Ask guys who are in their 60s like me.  Life is short.  We need to accept the glory and beauty of what God has given us here.  Man, we need to savor these days, bless them, hold them in our hearts.  The time is now.  Why wait until we are in retirement or on our deathbeds to enjoy God’s gift to us.  The other day, I was listening to one of my favorite songs by Van Morrison, one that you might not have heard as it isn’t as famous as some of his others.  It captures the idea of our needing to cherish our time here on earth while thinking of our savior who has blessed us with the gift of life.

“These Are The Days” by Van Morrison

These are the days of the endless summer
These are the days, the time is now
There is no past, there’s only future
There’s only here, there’s only now
Oh your smiling face, your gracious presence
The fires of spring are kindling bright
Oh the radiant heart and the song of glory
Crying freedom in the night
These are the days by the sparkling river
His timely grace and our treasured find
This is the love of the one magician
Turned the water into wine
These are days of the endless dancing and the
Long walks on the summer night
These are the days of the true romancing
When I’m holding you oh, so tight
These are the days by the sparkling river
His timely grace and our treasured find
This is the love of the one great magician
Turned water into wine
These are the days now that we must savor
And we must enjoy as we can
These are the days that will last forever
You’ve got to hold them in your heart.

MOLESKIN:
Prayers for Cheatsheet as the new parenting plan that will be made for he and the mother of Cheatsheet’s daughter, Willow.  Prayers for all those impacted by the tornados that swept through Kentucky last night.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Christmas Party!  Also, great job by F3 men in helping with Christmas projects to help others in our community.