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New Year, New Opportunities

THE SCENE: 33 and snowing…it was awesome!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Cherry Pickers (IC) 4 CT X 10
  • Overhead Claps X 10 (IC) followed by Michael Phelps
  • Baby Arm Circles Forward, then Backwards X 10 (IC)
  • Tempo Squats (IC) 4 CT
  • Tempo Merkins (IC) X 10
  • Mosey to the covered area by the Library

THA-THANG:

Modified Seabiscuit

  • 20 Merkins, 30 squats, 40 FlutterKicks (Dollies) then run 1 lap around the courtyard
  • Repeat exercises, run 2 laps
  • Repeat exercises, run 3 laps
  • Repeat exercises, run 4 laps
  • Repeat exercises, run 3 laps
  • Repeat exercises, run 2 laps
  • Repeat exercises, run 1 lap

MARY:

Part of Q; AMRAP of Toe Merkins (Calf Raises)

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

12 Men started the new year right

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

John Gordon is an author and speaker on the topics of leadership, culture, sales, and teamwork.  He has great books and provides wonderful, positive quotes and commentary in this negative world we live.

21 Tips for a Positive New Year

Updated for 2022

  1. Stay Positive. You can listen to the cynics and doubters and believe that success is impossible or you can trust that with faith and an optimistic attitude all things are possible.
  2. Take a daily “Thank You Walk.” You can’t be stressed and thankful at the same time. Feel blessed and you won’t be stressed.
  3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and less foods manufactured in plants.
  4. Talk to yourself instead of listen to yourself. Instead of listening to your complaints, fears and doubts, talk to yourself with words of truth and encouragement.
  5. Post a sign that says “No Energy Vampires Allowed.” Gandhi said, “I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet,” and neither should you!
  6. Be a Positive Team Member. Being positive doesn’t just make you better, it makes everyone around you better.
  7. Don’t chase success. Decide to make a difference and success will find you.
  8. Get more sleep. You can’t replace sleep with a double latte.
  9. Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip, energy vampires, issues of the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control.
  10. Look for opportunities to Love, Serve and Care. You don’t have to be great to serve but you have to serve to be great.
  11. Live your purpose. Remember why you do what you do. We don’t get burned out because of what we do. We get burned out because we forget why we do it.
  12. Remember, there’s no such thing as an overnight success. Love the process and you’ll love what the process produces.
  13. Trust that everything happens for a reason and expect good things to come out of challenging experiences.
  14. Implement the No Complaining Rule. If you are complaining, you’re not leading.
  15. Read more books than you did in 2021.

16. Don’t seek happiness. Instead live with love, passion and purpose and happiness will find you.

  1. Focus on “Get to” vs “Have to.” Each day focus on what you get to do, not what you have to do. Life is a gift not an obligation.
  2. The next time you “fail” remember that it’s not meant to define you. It’s meant to refine you.
  3. Smile and laugh more. They are natural anti-depressants.
  4. Boost your immune system and health. Eat wild salmon, turmeric, blueberries. Take vitamin C, D and zinc.
  5. Enjoy the ride. You only have one ride through life so make the most of it and enjoy it.

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JUCOmanjaro through the woods…

THE SCENE: Pretty chilly at 31 degrees, but otherwise clear.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: executed
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH
Merkins
Tempo Squat
Hairy Rockett
Burbees
Freddy Mercuries

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Guardrail
25 Dips
25 Dirkens
Mosey to JUCOmanjario
– Ladder Run Up the Mt, stopping at each marker doing the following
10 Burpees
20 Squats
30 Merkins
40 Freddie Mercuries (2-count)
50 Flutter Kicks (2-count) — Rabbits back to the 6
40 Freddie Mercuries (2-count)
30 Merkins
20 Squats
10 Burpees (Rabbits back to the 6)
– Through the Woods to the Water Tower
Mosey Back to the AO
– Every 4 minutes, alternate between 10 Burpees & 30 Squats, along with some Monkey Humpers on Hardin Valley Road

MARY:No time

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

The Wonder of Christmas
Luke 2:7And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.
Do we really take time to think about how incredible this is?  How incredible – the God of the Universe coming down in the form of a baby to reconcile humanity with Himself
This same God-child causes us to fight for our marriages
This same God-child causes us to raise our children differently from the world’s standards
This same God-man walked in our shoes so he can intercede with the Father with first-hand knowledge
This same God-man causes us to fight fleshly desires because we know our bodies are a temple of the Godhead
This does not happen (consistently) because we desire to be good, because in our own power we fail…this is because God came to us in the form of a Baby

Playing Cards in the Rain

THE SCENE: Upper 50s with a constant drizzle
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Moroccan Night Club IC x10

Harry Rockets IC x10

Tennessee Rocking Chair (also known out west as the Back Woods Poopin Man)….we’ll stick with the TN version, IC x10

SSH IC x 20

Burpees with a plank jack at the bottom, 5 OYO

THA-THANG:
Anniversary Q, the Deck…of…Pain (thanks to Trolley).  Rotate picking a location and exercise from the deck, with a 75% mosey between locations.

Rec Center – 10 Pull-ups, Al Gore for the six

Performing Arts – Burpee Broad Jump to stop sign, repeat for the six

ERC – Crawl bear up the steps with a mosey down the ramp x 3, plank for the six

Maint. Center – 50 CMU curls, wall site for the six with an extra 25 count

Bagwell center brick wall – Derkins x30, step ups for the six

Pond/Lake – 30 lunges, LBC for the six

Center quad brick wall – Dips x 30, then repeat another 30 half with each leg up – squat jacks for the six

Information center – 30 pickle pounders

Mosey back to flag

MARY:
No time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Investing in others.  Building legacy. Advancing his kingdom – three part series

Part 1 (kick flip on mon): be grateful for those who have invested in your life.  Show gratitude.  Be humble enough to realize that many people paved your road.

Part 2 (commission on wed): Be a man who is investing in others.  Give of your time and experience.  Look for ways to lead by example. Counsel those who need counseling and share.

Part 3 (me): how to be a good mentor.  Characteristics of a good mentor are:  Listener, speaking truth, encourager, knowledgeable, and nonjudgemental.

Do you live in a way that can be considered an example to others?

“Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭7:3‬ ‭ESV‬‬

We’re all sinners and truly fall short of the glory of God but that doesn’t mean we should sit on the sidelines. We should constantly be seeking knowledge and relationships that we can learn from or teach in.

Mentors should still seek out other mentors. Some of the best mentorship’s are the ones that aren’t prescribed in any formal manner.

Think about how Jesus mentored the 12 disciples. He spent nearly all of his waking time in an effort to build them up

Proverbs 22:6 ESV

Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Proverbs 27:17 ESV

Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.

We can all think of at one person who has been a mentor to ourselves but have you told them thank you?

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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Last Steps on the Moon

THE SCENE:  29 and clear.  Perfect for a beatdown
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Administered
WARM-O-RAMA: 

  • Abe Vigoda
  • Cherry pickers
  • Seal squats
  • Tempo merkins
  • Scorpion dry docks IC
  • Mountain climbers
  • Down/up dog

THA THANG:

Mosey – stop for 20 dips, 20 jump-overs, 20 derkins.  Bear crawl, crawl bear.  While we wait for slowpoke Archie to catch up to us, do 10 more dips, 10 more jump-overs, 10 more derkins

Don’t get squished by a passing car as you broad jump across Hardin Valley.

Mosey to Award Winning Way. Plank at the streetlight, 3-2-1 go! Sprint to the next streetlight – repeat x 4

Mosey over to the Stairs to Nowhere…  Divide into two teams.  There is a box of balls in the middle…  Perform exercise.  Sprint, grab a ball, and bring it back to your side.  Repeat with next exercises.  When there are no more balls in the middle, run all the way across, steal a ball from the other team’s stash, and bring it back.  First one to finish all exercises call out – team with most balls wins.  Exercises were;

  1. 20 Burpees
  2. 30 Monkey humpers (2-count)
  3. 40 Flutter kicks (2-count)
  4. 20 Scorpion Dry Docks
  5. 30 Iron Mikes (15 each leg)
  6. 40 Mountain climbers (2-count)
  7. 20 Merkins
  8. 30 Fairy Jacks
  9. 40 LBCs

How the heck did Team 1 end up with so many balls?!?  Whatev…

Run back down AWW Hill.  At each tree, rotate 90 degrees clockwise and do 5 merkins.  Repeat that pattern to the bottom.

Galway hookers – 4 lunge steps, 1 squat, 4 lunge steps, 2 squats, 4 lunge steps, 3 squats, etc….

Bear crawl to the road… Broad jump back across… Al Gore… Jail break!

MARY:

  • Mountain Rockettes
  • Supermen
  • LBCs

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

Only a dozen men in history have planted their feet on the surface of the moon.  Neal Armstrong was the first in July 1969.  The last was Eugene Cernan, on December 13, 1972 – 49 years ago.

Captain Eugene Cernan was commander of the Apollo 17 mission, the final moon landing mission of the Apollo program and the last time that humans have even gone beyond low Earth orbit.  Apollo 17 landed in the moon’s Taurus-Littrow valley in part because it was thought to be possibly volcanic, and they wanted a closer look.  Cernan had twice before been a pilot for space missions – Apollo 10 had taken him into moon orbit, but not to its surface.  He must have been elated at the chance to return and perform this legendary feat (he’ll have the best story at every dinner party for the rest of his life, for sure!).  As he stepped to the edge of the lunar module and prepared to take his first – of what would be mankind’s last – steps on the moon, that leader of this historic moment paused and said these words that I wanted us to reflect on this morning.

“Houston, as I step off at the surface at Taurus-Littrow, I’d like to dedicate the first step of Apollo 17 to all those who made it possible…”

That’s the kind of leader that I want to be.  Even in my life’s pinnacle moments, I want to humbly know that my accomplishments and blessings are owed to the many who have paved my way.  I want to live and lead with humility and expressing gratitude to those who have invested in my life.

Galatians 6:6, “Let the one who is taught the Word share all good things with the teacher”.

How can I express my gratitude to those who have taught me, mentored me, taken a chance on me, opened a door for me?  What good things do I have to share back with them?  I believe most of them would simply say, “your heartfelt thanks is more than enough”.  Heck, I can do that!

So, here’s is your challenge.  Reflect on the actions of a mentor, a parent, a youth leader, a teacher – someone who has made an investment in your faith, your health, your career, your relationships – and some part of you is better because of the time and energy they gave you.  By the end of the day, reach out to that person and let them know you appreciate them.  A call, a text, an email.  Buy them lunch.  Give them a specific example of what they did for you and let them know of the impact it has made in your life.

“We must find time to stop and thank those people who make a difference in our lives” – JFK

Live and lead with humility and gratitude.  Express your gratitude to those who have invested in your life.  

MOLESKIN:

T-Claps to Dart Gun for providing the moon when we couldn’t find the real one!  :-O

Good to see Lil’ Spice and Spring Break back out with us!

Finish this challenge before your head hits the pillow TODAY and make a green checkmark on the group photo after you’ve completed.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

This was only Part 1 of a 3-part Word planned for this week.  Parts 2 and 3 of the Word will be better.  Don’t miss them – Wed and Fri!

H.O.P.E.

THE SCENE: Warm and dry… Until we started sweating.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Side straddle hop in cadence 20
Cherry Pickers
10 tempo merkins
Tempo squats
Arm rotations thumbs up in cadence
Reverse thumbs down in cadence
Motivators 8x
Moroccan nightclub 20

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the next parking lot for 5 mins of CORE:

  • BBS
  • Plank w/ variations
  • Superman
  • Flutter kicks x20
  • Right heel on left knee left elbow to right knee x20
  • Other side x20

Mosey to cone in Large parking lot. Start at the first cone travel to the next cone via

  • Sprint
  • Bear Crawl
  • Walking Lunges
  • Flutter kicks x 20

Mosey to JUCOManjaro

  • Sprint to first line
  • Bear Crawl to the next line
  • Walking Lunges to the next line
  • Flutter kicks x 20
  • Rinse and Repeat x3
  • Continue to the top and stopping at each tick mark for whatever exercise was called out

Mosey to Hard Knox Parking Lot for some Man-Makers x20
MARY:
Scissors x20
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
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CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Hallerin Hinton Hill spoke at my church a couple of weeks ago. His message was on hope.
He said Hope is a habit
We need to practice hope
Remember when you’re at rock bottom, things can only get better.

I was hanging out at rock bottom when I was invited to workout with you.

I lost my job of 20 years and had no idea of how I was going to support my wife and kids.

Thanks Spotter for inviting me out!

“As tears were coming down the hope was rising up.”

4 things people with hope have:
1. H-healing
2. O-opportunities: turn obstacles into opportunity!
3. P-progress: Fix more than they break & leave more than they take
4. E-encouragement: literally means to make courage

Be in the habit of hope!

You gentlemen give me hope and challenge me to be a better man. I’m so happy to have you in my life.

2 Corinthians 12:9
Each time he said,”My grace is all you need, My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me.
MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 Float at Oak Ridge Christmas Parade 6p (reach out to Kick Flip in Slack)

Judge Judy’s Christmas Party 5p – 8p (Adult Only event HIMs and Ms only)

WELCOME: Little Spice AKA Jackie Chad