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Birthday Burpees Bring Big Blessings

THE SCENE: Insert info about the weather, etc.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMERWARM-O-RAMA:
Ankle Roll x 5 ea OYO
Calf Raises x 10 + x 5 ea OYO
Cherry Picker x 5 IC
Drinking Bird (Flamingo) x 5 ea OYO
Tempo Squat x 10 IC
El Capitan x 8 (2 forward, turn around and 2 back out)
Werewolf x 5 OYO
Overhead Clap x 10 IC
Neck Roll x 5 ea OYO

THA-THANG:
Falling Indian Run – Burpees / Merkins / Squats to the football field parking lot or the hill

El Capitan up the hill if we have to go around
Squats at the top 10 each person / til the 6 gets up the hill.

Mosey carefully down to the Bleachers.

Snake up and down – every other row a PAX stops.
Incline Merkins going up
Squats going down
Overhead Clap at the bottom

Repeat for all of the bleachers

May modify this depending on the PAX’s mood:
Burpee Broad Jump on the track (5 each) back followed by El Captain or if it’s not too tiring / finishes quickly repeat in reverse. Mod = Core to let the PAX catch their breaths and Lunge and then core (also can do if we don’t have to run around)

Mosey back
Crawl bear down the hill
5 Burpees at the Bottom. Plank for the 6 if necessary.

Falling Indian Run – Burpees back to the #ShovelFlag

Burpees Squared –
PAX pair up. Each PAX runs the squar but at each corner the PAX does a Burpee starting with the corner where all PAX are. While the burpee running is happening other pax does one exercise:

LBC Pickle Pointer Fluter Kick Squat

MARY:
Dealer’s Choice (almost ended with Pickle Pointer Ring of Fire (starting with 3)
Dealer’s choice but every exercise has to be a Burpee)

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 men got their weekly dose of burpees!

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Today’s my birthday! I’m so happy to share it with you men at the start!

As many of you know, lately I’ve had my thoughts on a certain person. She’s gotten my attention and my thoughts go there often. But the best part about her? She fills my thoughts with the Word of God. We talk about it all of the time.

We discuss what we’re meditating on, what we’re reading through, what our devotionals that we read says (we even discovered we have the same daily devotional book)!

Many people probably know what the greatest two commandments are. Love God and love others. This fulfills the whole law! The Jews counted up 613 different laws from the Torah to be followed and yet if you did these two things you would fulfill the law.

Coupled with this is what Jesus said with your heart – what you meditate on, what you think about, will overflow. This is also stated in the same passage that Jesus quotes when asked about the Greatest Commandment in Deuteronomy 6:4-9:

4 “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.[b] 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. 8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

Obedience to God’s law is threefold: immediately, completely, and joyfully. We can ask God to help us follow through, especially with our hearts, as we think about The Good News of Law as my church put it during a study we did this summer.

So today, dwell upon, meditate on, talk about, and think of God’s law. You will see the fruit of thinking about how good it is all the time with a heart that overflows with belief of the same.

MOLESKIN:
Birthday Q’s seriously make your day go so well. 11/10 would recommend any opportunity you get to Q on your bday to do it!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
IPC still happening. Brolympics 11/5/2022 at The Asylum. Watch Slack for sign-ups.

Counting the Cost of Not Fartsacking

THE SCENE: Mid 60’s – nice weather for August
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER – Check
WARM-O-RAMA:
Wrist & neck roll (courtesy of Caveman)
Richard Simmons (inspired by Mermaid’s shorts but also pre-planned)
Ankle rotation
Flamingo (SLRDL)
Seal clap squats
Forward lunges
Backward lunges
Tennessee rocking chair

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the football field end zone (scratch that – mosey to the Cheatsheet parking lot as the football field was locked)

Pool Boy 11’s variation –
Tennessee Rocking Chair – Side Lunge, switch halfway
Drinking Bird / Flamingos
When you’re done run a lap – the 6 will go the opposite way and turn everyone around getting us back to the end zone (or bleachers). Crawl Space completed 1 lap. The rest of us recovered.

Next part totally skipped because the track was locked (we didn’t have enough time anyway haha)

Bleacher Falling Indian Run – every other bleacher someone stops at and does the following exercises
Incline Merkins going up
Squats going down
At the bottom the first pax down announce a core exercise for everyone to single file and do 15 reps of. Complete for all bleachers or until the Q calls recover.

Mosey Falling Indian Run to the CMU pile – do drinking birds aka Flamingos on the way until the back of the line reaches you. Really try to stretch those hamstrings.

2 CMUs – complete reps & then do more of an exercise: 11’s
Deadlifts
4-ct Flutter kicks or a core exercise called by the PAX

First PAX finished calls it or the Q may call it.

MARY:
Fellowship mosey to the Shovel Flag. Dealer’s choice for 2 PAX then finished 15 seconds early.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
7 PAX!

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Completing what you started. God starts what He finishes. Jesus wasn’t plan B. He has a time for everything and a place for you and me to fit in. Today we are here on a Wednesday. Everything is perfect in time. I’m praying about what to do with my time. I have a PE exam to study, friendships to pursue, a church to serve, a job to work, and lots more…

But the real test is do we trust God for what he calls us to do when we feel like He will not complete it for us or that we have to hold on to have him complete that in us? A passage where Jesus challenges us to count the cost and the time for things in order to complete it – Luke 15:25-33:

25 Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them, 26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. 27 Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. 28 For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? 29 Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, 30 saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’ 31 Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? 32 And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace. 33 So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.

Jesus challenges us to make sure we know what the cost of something is – a house, a marriage, a new job, staying at your old job, a lawsuit, everything- we must count it! Anybody know what TINSTAAFL means? There Is No Such Thing As A Free Lunch. God counted the cost when He sent Christ in a twofold way:

Romans 8:31-32 – 31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be[i] against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?

Philippians 1:6 –6 And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.

So today, where are you counting (or not counting) the cost? Are you grateful for the cost the Father gave of Christ’s blood? If not, pause and reflect.

MOLESKIN:
Signing up to Q makes you not fartsack as much. Cost counted. Pride humbled. More workouts attended.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
IPC sign-up in Slack on Tuesdays at Shamrock. Also Yoga on Thursdays by Tailhook – see Slack as well.

Shamrock – Walls of Jericho

THE SCENE: So humid
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Run in a circle, side to side, butt kicks, high knees, run, stop. 

Stretching – Quads

Mountain Climbers – IC – 15 – 4 count 

Cobra stretch 

Tie Fighter 4 CT x 10 each

Smurf Jacks – 20

Cherry Pickers x5

1-2-3 MerkBurpee (Wide-Standard-Tri) x 3 

THA-THANG:

Mosey to the CMU pile 

Grab a CMU – I set out 4 extra CMUs with a rope around 2, with 2 more stacked on top. 

Form a large circle for the Walls of Jericho

Round 1

1 man will walk backwards dragging 4 CMUs around the full circle, during which the rest of the men will:

–Curl CMU AMRAP until the 1st man makes it back to their spot

–Smurf jacks AMRAP while the next man drags the quad CMU around, 

  • 1-2-3 MerkBurpee (Wide-Standard-Tri) AMRAP
  • Start back over with Curls, then Smurfs, then 1-2-3 MerkBurpees. 
  • We had 11 men so this took a while

Round 2

Once everyone has had a turn we do it again, but with 3 different exercises. 

  • Jumping Spiders – AMRAP
  • Bobby Hurly – AMRAP
  • Tricep CMU – AMRAP

Round 3

  • CMU Twinkle Toes “Heavy Twinkie”- AMRAP
  • Alternating CMU Merkins – AMRAP
  • Bench press while doing flutter kicks “Flutter Press”? – AMRAP

We made it through all 3 rounds and had 5 minutes to burn at the retention pond gully. We ran up and down twice and did some long planks

 

MARY:

Dealers choice – BBS, Merkins, V-ups, flutter kicks

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 men – Nature Boy, Osteen, Fabio, Crawl Space, Pom-Pom, Waxjob, Betty, Dumpster Dive, Curry, Mermaid, Anchorman, 

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Resolution and Review 

Resolution – a firm decision to do or not to do something. Sound like a Yoda quote. 

From the devotions from Thomas a Kempis a 14th century Christian 

“In the morning make a resolution and in the evening examine yourself on what you have said this day, what you have done and thought, for in these things perhaps you have offended God and those around you. “

An example for a resolution to start your day – Pray that God would help you to consider others throughout the day more than yourself. Pretty easy to sit in bed at night to rewind and playback parts of your day. Was I self serving today or did I serve others? 

In the same devotional Thomas says “Just men depend on the grace of God rather than on their own wisdom in keeping their resolutions.”

 

Digging for Treasure? Find it in Christ Alone!

THE SCENE: 47F and clear. Great workout weather.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER – Administered. Hopefully social distancing requirements will be lifted soon!
WARM-O-RAMA:
IC Moroccan Night Club x 10
IC Tennessee Rocking Chair x 10
OYO Forward Lunge x 5 ea leg
OYO Side Lunge x 5ea leg
IC Tempo Merkin x 10
Pickle Pounder x 10
Pickle Pointer x 10
Reach for the sky ~10-15 seconds
Let it hang ~10-15 seconds

Mosey around the parking lot toward the pavilion near the walking path. Today we’re digging for treasure! Let’s see if we can find some

THA-THANG:
Dig Site #1 – At the Pavillion – ~5 minutes of AMRAP of the following (10 reps each)

Step Ups
Incline Merkins
Squats
Dips

Mosey to Dig Site #2 – the CMU Pile ~ 10 minutes AMRAP of the following (10 reps each)
Hodor
Bent Over Rows
Blockees

The plan was to run down and back to the tree next to the pathway leading up to the CMU plie after all 3 exercises, but the Hodors and Blockees proved to be so difficult after the first round the Q suggested a modification of running after each exercise set of 10 reps and I think it worked better.

Mosey to Dig Site #3 – The Fish
Bear crawl the fish. 30 second wall sit. Repeat 1x.

Rounded it up with 10 x Pickle Pounders + 10 x Pickle Pickle Pointers

Falling Indian Run (aka a modification of a do-ah-diddy) Dig Site #4 – Shovel Flag
Man in the front of the line peels off and does squats until the end of the line reaches him. New man in front of the line counts to 3 (originally had it planned for 5 but we didn’t have very far to run so I wanted us to get plenty of squats in) while running and then peels off. Repeat until destination is reached.

MARY:
Dig Site #4 – Shovel Flag – Q gave the option of doing something hard (my version of the Thunderstruck routine, doing something flexible (Dealer’s Choice), or doing something that makes you think (Mary Go Round) and the first two tied, so we did something hard (20 reps minimum) of Dealer’s Choice.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
15 Treasure Hunters!

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Today we went searching for treasure. And we found a few gems we might have to take out and repeat our long gaze at the future!

This past year has caused us all to ask the question:
Where is your treasure? Matthew 6:19-21 (and also Luke 12:32-34) answers it:

19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust[e] destroy and where thieves break in and steal, 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

So again I’m going to ask: Where is your treasure? Is it in this world? In the security of making good financial decisions? Are you trusting in the perceived security of a relationship? A friendship? A hope of something you’ll experience in the future? Or even a felt vindication for the past? Where is your treasure? Further commentary from Jesus continues in Matthew 6:22-23

22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, 23 but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

What are you taking in that is driving your treasure? Consider well -we know GIGO. But do we apply it to our eating habits? To our treatment of our friends? Does how we act, what we say, and why we do it point to a treasure in heaven or a treasure in ourselves? Where is your treasure?

Last Jesus points to the most obvious dichotomy in Matthew 6:24

24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.[f]

This is where the rubber soundly meets the road. There are many ways to fall and only one angle at which you can stand straight. Is your treasure in money, your financial security to provide for yourself and your family? Or is it with God in heaven? Jesus says you can’t have them both as the place you’re putting your treasure? So once more:

Where is your treasure? I pray it’s wholly, daily seeking to be in Heaven, Where Christ Is.

MOLESKIN:
Prayed for Jordan, Clickbait, Corey, & Interpol. Also this was my first time leading at Shamrock and thoroughly enjoyed it. Hope the PAX were well-served.

Step up and lead a Q (or ask me or Mermaid or another guy to co-q with you!)
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence at Big Ball June 12th (time not yet announced but I anticipate 7am start). Bring your 2.0’s + breakfast and a work day at the Wesley House after!

Bleachers and Wallees

The Scene

50’s and gorgeous, 

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

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

Warm-O-Rama

SSH

Mountain Climbers

Tempo Merkins

IW

Crabettes

Tha-Thang

Mosey to bleachers

5 Rounds OYO

Bottom of bleachers complete 5 4-count IW

Bear crawl up bleachers

Top of bleachers complete 5 4-count In and Outs

Crawl Bear/Crab walk back down bleachers

 

When finished we headed to the closest endzone of the football field 

3 rounds (IC) with a shuttle run to 50 yd line in between each round

5 Half Burpees

10 Elbow to Hands Planks

15 Crabettes

Mosey to weight room/bathroom building wall

5 Wallees (Burpee but instead of kicking your feet back on the ground, your feet go up onto a wall) 

Bernie to the beginning of the track 

10 air squats 

Mosey back to the wall 

Repeat 4x

 

Mosey to Track

x2

Mosey 100 meters 

Lunge half the length of the endzone

Bernie second half the length of the endzone

 

x2

Mosey 100 meters 

Reverse Lunge half the length of the endzone

Bernie second half the length of the endzone

 

On the way back to the AO 

30 Rocky Balboas 

Bear Crawl up the hill outside the football field

Repeat 3x

 

Mosey back to AO

 

Mary

10 4-count crabettes 

 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

9 HIM’s

 

COT/BOM

1 Samuel 24:6

6 He said to his men, “The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, the Lord’s anointed, to put out my hand against him, seeing he is the Lord’s anointed.” 7 So David persuaded his men with these words and did not permit them to attack Saul. And Saul rose up and left the cave and went on his way.

1 Samuel 25 Nabul and Abigail, Abigail spoke reason into David.

 

At church, we have been studying the life of David. In 1 Samuel 24 David, despite enormous peer pressure, did not take Saul’s life in the cave and listened to the voice of God and showed restraint. In the very next chapter, a man named Nabul insults him and he was ready to take the lives of every man in the town. 

 

The same man shows so much restraint in one challenge because he was in tune with the voice of God. The very next challenge, arguably much less significant of a situation, he was ready to slaughter all the men in a town but listened to the reason of the wife of the man that had wronged him. As high impact men we need to be in tune with God’s voice as much as we can in our lives, but when this is not the case, surrounding ourselves with people who will speak reason to us is a crucial guardrail to have in place. I am thankful for the people in my life that are there to keep me on track when I am not as in tune with God’s voice as a should be. 

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: