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Stopping Around JUCO

THE SCENE: Cold, 25 degrees
WARM-O-RAMA:

High Knees
Butt Kicks
SSH
Tempo Merkins
Tempo Squats
Mt Climbers

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Road around JUCO (mostly Career Path Wy); stopping at every stop sign and doing the following each loop
10 Burpees
20 Dry Docks
30 American Hammers
40 Merkins
50 Squats
We got in 3 laps, about 2.4 miles
Mosey Back to the Flag

MARY:
Freddy Mercuries

Flutter Kicks

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

The God of Second Chances
I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, my great army, which I sent among you.
Joel 2:25 ESV
You may be going through your own set of “swarming locusts” (disappointments, failures, trials), but this verse shows how God, who even at times may bring these “locusts,” is faithful and true and will restore you in His perfect timing.

What love is not

THE SCENE: cold and a little breezy
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
15 SSH, 15 Mountain climbers, 10 tempo merkins, 15 Moroccan night club, 15 Imperial walkers, 10 tempo squats
THA-THANG:
Mosey to coupon pile for an AMRAP style workout.

  • 20 curls
  • 20 thrusters
  • Run up the stairs
  • 20 merkins
  • 5 toes to bar or 10 leg lifts
  • Run back down and to the left
  • At the end of the parking lot, 5 burpees
  • Run back to start
  • Rinse and repeat

MARY:
20 flutter kicks IC, 15 Heels to heaven, Protractor
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
14 enjoyed the chilly morning.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;”-1 Corinthians 13:4‭-‬6 NASB1995

I thought I would share this passage as a reminder to us all how we should act. We need to remember to act with humility in all we do – no bragging. We should act honorably and think of others needs before our own. We should not keep a tally of all that someone has wronged us, but we should truly forgive. We should rejoice in the Truth.

MOLESKIN:
Great to be back leading a workout at JUCO!

Ladder for 2022

THE SCENE: a warm and dry 34

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER:

Properly administered


WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Cherry pickers x 8
  • left over right/right over left leg stretches
  • baby arm circles forward/backward x 10
  • tempo squats x 10
  • tempo merkins x 10
  • Imperial Walkers x 10
  • concentration SSH to 25

Dart gun lost concentration so everyone had to do 5 Burpees on their own. I expect better dart gun.

THA-THANG:

Single file mosey to coupon pile with leader dropping off and doing merkins till the 6 catches up.

Part 1: Ladder on a Hill

  • A: 10 Burpees
  • B: 20 Merkins
  • A: 30 Iron Mikes
  • B: 40 Squats
  • A: 50 Heavy Hammers
  • B: 40 squats
  • A: 30 Iron Mikes
  • B: 20 Merkins
  • A: 10 Burpees

Group A exercises were done at the coupon pile
Group B exercises were done at the top of the stairs by the pull-up bars.

Mosey to the big parking lot for part 2

Part 2: Bernie Race

  • Start at the curb and Bernie to the first line
  • Complete 15 LBC’s
  • Bernie to the second line
  • The first person to the line chooses an ab exercise and does 30 reps while everyone else does 15 reps.
  • Continue to Bernie between lines with the winner choosing the ab exercise and then doing double reps.

Mosey to the geese parking lot to finish out.

Part 3: Merkin ladder

  • Start perpendicular to the parking space lines
  • Bear crawl 2 lines
  • do 1 Merkin
  • Lunge 2 lines
  • do 2 Merkins
  • Continue alternating bear crawl/lunge and add 1 merkin every 2 lines

Finish off with some squats and sprints.

MARY:

  • Hello Dolly x 15
  • 1 Minute plank with Butter Knife mixing it up
  • time!

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Some encouragement for 2022.
It was a tough year for me personally with family stuff, covid, and work changes. Working remote was a surprising challenge that was unexpected.

I was reading a verse recently that I found encouraging and wanted to share with everyone.

Deut 7:9 –

Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations.

This highlights God’s eternal nature, his power, and his faithfulness above and beyond what would be expected. It also shows his involvement with us and commitment to those who choose to follow him.

Hopefully, this can be some encouragement to you for the coming year.

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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Just Desk Work

THE SCENE: 52, dry surfaces, minimal fog
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Cherry Pickers, Reach for the stars, Let it hang, Windmill, Tempo Squats, Tempo Merkins, Maracan Night club
THA-THANG:

8 HIMs ended the year right with a little desk work.
Mosey through the courtyard with mountain climbers to start, then side shuffle across each walkway.

Ended with Bernie to the old chair style desks by the PODS.   No CMU’s today.  Just an old desk.

  • Up and Over (step on the chair and hop over)
  • Curls of the deks
  • Derkins on the desk
  • Overhead Press with the desk
  • Squats
  • Float between 2 desks (while your partner ran the hill)
  • Dips between 2 desks (while your partner ran the hill)

The color of your chair/desk determined the number of reps you did each round.  10, 15 or 21

MARY:
On the mosey back, each stop sign or crosswalk one HIM called a core excercise: Imperial walkers, Flutter kicks, Hello dolly, LBC, Heels to heaven.  Ended with 5 burpees and a start jump
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Elementary School was basic. Reading, Writing, Math.
The Christian Walk is basic too. Prayer, Bible Reading, Worship and Service
Today I want to focus on how we finish off this year well with prayer.
I’ll share an article I read just recently and has already made a difference in my prayer life. https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/stop-having-quiet-times/
In the gospels we are told Jesus went away to pray 20+ times.
To get away from distraction. but also to talk out loud to His Father.  I encourage you to do the same.
Luke 5:16 But he would withdrawal to a desolate place to pray.
This year, get away, pray out loud and see if it doesn’t breath new life into your prayer life.
Mat 6:6 But when you pray, go to your room and shut the door

MOLESKIN:
Be sure to get away  from it all and pray out loud before the year is up

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Happy New Year!  Great job in 2021.  2022 is going to be even better.