THE SCENE: 70s, clear but humid
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
20 Side Straddle Hops, 5 Burpees, 10 Mountain Climbers, 4 Burpees, 10 Twisties, 3 Burpees, 10 Windmills, 2 Burpees, 10 Tempo Merkins, 1 Burpee, Stretches
THA-THANG:
Mosey to parking lot close to the Brolympics Field. Turn around about 1/3 of the way along the parking lot and Bernie Sanders to the curb. Mosey to the flat fields where we hold the Brolympics. There will be 8 cones set in a perpendicular line. In single file we will serpentine between those 8 cones. Then sprint to 2 cones set parallel to each other. Do a broad jump at the imaginary line between those two cones. Then bear crawl to the last cone. Rinse and repeat two more times.
Run up to the Coliseum, stopping at the top of each hill to do 3 Burpees.
In the courtyard od the Coliseum we will do 20 American Hammers ans 20 Hello Dollies.
Next, we will run counterclockwise around the loop that goes by the Admin Bldg. We will stop at each quarter to do the following exercises:
- 1st quarter: 20 Diamond Merkins
- 2nd quarter: 20 Calve Raises on Steps of Admin Bldg.
- 3rd quarter: 20 Wide Merkins
- 4th quarter: 20 Decline Merkins off benches in Coliseum Courtyard.
- Rinse and repeat.
Mosey to bat cave. We will run in a counterclockwise route stopping to do the following exercises at the following locations:
- 20 Star Jumps at Bat Cave
- 20 Carolina Drydocks at bottom of stairs.
- 20 Incline Merkins on final summit od Mt. Everest.
- 10 Dive Bombers at tip of summit.
- Rinse and Repeat.
We will do 20 4 ct Baby Crunches.
Mosey to Rock Pile just below Coliseum. Each man picks up a large rock. Mosey with rock above head to next rock pile. We will then do the following exercises with the rocks:
- 20 Curls
- 20 Overhead Presses
- 20 Rows
- 20 Chest Out Pushes
Mosey back to other rock pile and relace rocks
Mosey to nearest cone on Brolympics field. We will Bear Crawl to parallel cones, then do a standing broad jump, then lunge to the next cone, then serpentine sprint between the last 8 cones. Rinse and repeat.
Mosey to parking lot bt the Brolympics field. We will sprint halfway down parking lot then Bernie Sanders to curb. We will do the same thing back. Then, mosey to AO.
We will do 20 Side Straddle Hops, then Bernie Sanders the length of the parking lot and sprint back.
MARY:
Stretches
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
13 men and one fine dog.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
With the war in Ukraine, with the long list of public shootings occurring over the past two months, including those in Buffalo, New York and Uvalde, Texas, with the inflation we are coping with in 2022, with the continuing Covid numbers that faded but now seem to be rising again, it is easy to lose sight of God. We worry about the state of the world and continue to hear from news pundits and politicians about what should be done or, even more often, what isn’t being done. God, where are you in this process?
Maybe this is a time when we should slow down . . . in order to allow our senses to hear God, to see Him, to feel Him, to taste and discover Him. Where is He?
Let me read you a poem that my pastor, Shaun Slate told our congregation about.
I Wake Close To Morning by Mary Oliver
Why do people keep asking to see
God’s identity papers
when the darkness opening into morning
is more than enough?
Certainly any god might turn away in disgust.
Think of Sheba approaching
the kingdom of Solomon.
Do you think she had to ask,
“Is this the place?”
I am often guilty of failing to see God when the evidence is there before my very eyes. The world spins in the same pattern daily, the days of the year remain the same, each season returns, the stars gaze at us from the sky, the birds in the air, the animals of the earth, the mountainous majesty, the waves of the ocean, all speak of the majesty of God. Is it harder to believe when we see wars and shootings? Maybe so. But remember when Christ came to Earth over 2000 years ago? What was the state of the world then? Wasn’t their war and bloodshed then? The Romans ruled much of Europe, the Middle East and parts of Asia through a bloody and deadly war campaign. The Romans were often vicious, using people as slaves, hanging people on crosses in public areas to remind people to fear the Roman Empire or else. And Christ, the one who Christians like me believe is the loving representation of God, was hung by those very Romans on a cross for all to witness. It was hard for Christ’s disciples to believe. But Christ showed Himself to them.
Where is God in these uneasy times we face? Allow God to show Himself to you. His identity papers are all around us. Let us open our eyes and see.
MOLESKIN:
Prayers for all those impacted by the war in Ukraine and by the recent shootings in the United States. Prayers for Steam’s safe travels to Kentucky next week and for all our brothers who are traveling.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F6 and Del Monte are performing in the musical, Something Rotten at the UT theatre. F3 Knoxville has a convergence at Juco on July 2.
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