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Kinetic Phonetics

THE SCENE: Cold and breezy, many fingers went numb…. 15 PAX plus two 2.0s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, some Hot Feet with LBACs, then LBACs without Hot Feet, Cherry Pickers, false start Tha-Thang, then short mosey to explain exercise
THA-THANG:

Partner sets working through Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, and Delta rounds. One PAX performs a primary exercise for prescribed reps while other PAX performs the alternate exercise while they wait.

We did two different Alphas and two different Bravos, one on either end of the Grinder, then progressed to Charlie and Delta evolutions.  PAX paired off, pairs went to either side of the Grinder to begin:

PAVILION END OF GRINDER:

ALPHA – 2 SETS Each Exercise

PRI Tempo Merkins: 10 reps

ALT Al Gore

PRI Bent CMU Row: 10 reps

ALT Hold Iron Cross

PAIR RUNS TO OPPOSITE SIDE OF GRINDER TO FINISH ALPHA

WHEN BOTH ALPHAs COMPLETE, BEGIN BRAVO

BRAVO – 2 SETS Each Exercise

PRI CMU Deadlift w/Overhead Press:  10 reps

ALT Hold Superman

PRI Globe Jumps:  5 reps (4-count)

ALT V-Ups AMRAP

PAIR RUNS TO OPPOSITE SIDE OF GRINDER TO FINISH BRAVO

WHEN BOTH BRAVOs COMPLETE, RUN TO SWINGSETS FOR CHARLIE

PULL-UP BAR END OF GRINDER:

ALPHA – 2 SETS Each Exercise:

PRI Pull-ups:   10 reps

ALT Iron Mikes AMRAP

PRI Burpees:   10 reps

ALT LBCs AMRAP

PAIR RUNS TO OPPOSITE SIDE OF GRINDER TO FINISH ALPHA

WHEN BOTH ALPHAs COMPLETE, BEGIN BRAVO

BRAVO – 2 SETS Each Exercise:

PRI Tricep Dips:   10 reps

ALT Good Mornings AMRAP

PRI Pike Merkins (Dry Docks):   10 reps

ALT Squats AMRAP

PAIR RUNS TO OPPOSITE SIDE OF GRINDER TO FINISH BRAVO

WHEN BOTH BRAVOs COMPLETE, RUN TO SWINGSETS FOR CHARLIE

CHARLIE – 2 SETS Each Exercise

PRI Groiners:   10 reps

ALT Imperial Squat Walkers AMRAP

PRI Swan Divers (plank arm extensions on swings):   10 reps

ALT High Knees AMRAP

PAIR RETURNS TO GRINDER FOR DELTA

DELTA – 2 SETS Each Exercise

PRI Bear Crawls:   Round Trip between BB goals

ALT Monkey Humpers

PRI Squat Jumps:   10 reps

ALT Hold Plank

IF TIME REMAINS, BEGIN ALPHA AGAIN….

MARY:

20 WW2s OYO

20 2-Ct Heel Taps OYO

IC Alphabets, ABCD twice (double tapped…)

15 Double Shoulder Taps IC

15 2-ct Flutter Kicks IC

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Things were tough last year, and this year is turbulent so far.  Many are dismayed, but men of faith can look to God’s word for encouragement and challenge:

Philippians 3:12-16 – Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you. Only let us hold true to what we have attained.

Gen Hal Moore (Air Cav Commander in Vietnam, Author of We Were Soldiers Once and Young) wrote that no matter how dire your situation, there is always one more thing you can do to increase your change for success.  And after you do that one thing, there’s always one more thing.

Faithful men can put these two messages together, and the outcome is we always do what we can to serve and trust God, no matter what.  Never give up the faith.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

OTBs at Sandy Springs 0530 M/W/F to prep the battlespace for AO kickoff

Compound Beat Down

THE SCENE: Warmed up a bit. Had a little sky sweat. Just enough to keep you cool. It was nice. Then out of no where there was a high speed chase of a motorcycle and like twelve cop cars! It was nuts!

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:
20 IC SSH, 10 IC Merkins, 20 IC Flutter Kicks, and 10 IC Squats
Warm-up lap around the parking lot, butt kicks on side, high knees one side, side shuffle one side, sprint one side

THA-THANG:
Do 1 of each on round 1, run a lap, 2 on round 2, 3 on 3, etc. up to 10 (if you can make it that far). Run the small lap between each one, and Burnie the little hill next to the steps

  • Hand Release Merkin, Merkin, Clap Merkin equals 1 rep
  • LBC, BBS, WW2
  • Get up, squat, squat jump
  • Bent row, upright row, CMU swing

It’s a compound movement, so don’t just do all your LBCs then all your BBS. If you’re on round 5 do a LBC, BBS, then WW2 in that order, 5 times.

MARY:
21 IC Normal box cutters, 21 IC superman box cutters (draw with your hands, and keep your feet up), LBCs to cash out

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
twelve PAX and one 2.0

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Scout is going to Basic next week, so I wanted to share something basic. When asked, “What is the greatest commandment”, the greatest man who ever lived (King Jesus) said, “Love the LORD your God with all of your heart, all of your soul, all of your mind, and all of your strength.” He also gave us a bonus, “The second is like it, to love your neighbor as you love yourself.” Love God. Love others. Loving others is going to look different when we are loving a boss or a superior officer than when we love our kids or spouse. But we are empowered to love in all those different ways when we keep the first commandment the first and most important thing. God made that the greatest commandment for a reason, its because it’s what we are made to do. We most reflect the image of our creator when we are loving like He loved.

MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
OTB tomorrow at Sandy Springs. Don’t be a square

Donkey Kong is a beast, be like Donkey Kong

THE SCENE: Dampness filled the air from the left over rain the day before
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 25 (4ct)

Little baby arm circles forward x 10

Little baby arm circles backward x 10

Cherry Pickers x 5

Bobby Hurley’s x 10

THA-THANG:
Mosey to church for a game of Donkey Kong.

Arcade games used to cost 25 cents, so to play you must pay the price but in merkins but on this arcade you must do so every level.  Then progress side to side of the parking lot jumping barrels (CMUs) and stopping to do each exercise along the way.  Start the next level but increment exercises by 5 each level.

The level goes as follows.  Pay your 25 merkins, lunge to the next exercise.

5 Mtn. Climbers, jump barrels, 5 Monkey Humpers, jump barrels, Speed ladder, jump barrels, 5 WW2 Sit-ups, jump barrels, 5 Iron Squats, jump barrels, and finally 5 burpees.  Start back at the beginning repeat but increment exercises to 10 until you reach level 5 and do 25 burpees, then enter the Bonus level.  Running laps around the parking lot until time or the 6 finishes.

 

MARY:
Plank, Captain Thors, Low Plank Peter Parkers, LBCs, and Flutter Kicks

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Get outside your comfort zone.  Personally I am making it a focus to things that seem difficult or uncomfortable and outside my comfort zone.  Staying in your comfort zone is just that, comfortable, but it is hard to make any real progress if you stay in that comfort zone.  You end up spinning your wheels.  Pushing yourself outside of that zone will open up more opportunities.  Look at things in your life that might be uncomfortable/difficult but you know you need to get them done, get out of your comfort zone and get after it.  Doing these uncomfortable/difficult things on purpose now will make the surprise difficult things much easier when they pop up, because you will already be used to doing things outside your comfort zone.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COMING UP: OTB on January 4th, 6th, and 8th at Sandy Springs park starting at 5:30.

Asylum CSAUP on 1/30

Backup

THE SCENE: 47 degrees F.,
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, Baby Arm Circles, Cherry Pickers, Imperial Squat Walkers
THA-THANG:

Set 1 Exercises (Under Pavilion)

Step Ups x12/leg

Dry Docks x12

Squat Jumps x12

Merkins x12

SSH (4 count) x12

WWII Sit ups x12

Mountain Climbers x12

Run Across Grinder

Set 2 Exercises (All with CMU)

Russian Swings x12

On the Shelf x6/side

Bent Rows x12

Curls x12

Goblet Squats x12

Lawnmowers x12/arm

Overhead Press x12

Run down to the road.

Road Work

Merkins x12

BBS x9

Drydocks x6

Burpees x3

Run back to Pavilion and repeat until “Recover” is called

MARY:
21 Boxcutters, 20 Flutter kicks, 60 LBCs
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 HIMs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Merry Clayton and Gimme Shelter

We started the workout to the song Gimme Shelter, the opening track from the Rolling Stones 1969 album, Let It Bleed.  When asked who sang the song most will generically say the Rolling Stones or specifically, Mick Jagger.  When I listen to the song, I hear Merry Clayton.  She is the background vocalist and the one who puts her heart and soul in the song.  Merry was born on Christmas Day, 1948, and was the daughter of a Baptist minister in the New Orleans area.  She began singing gospel music in church before she was tagged as a background singer for Ray Charles and others at the ripe age of 14.

In 1969 she was pregnant and living with her husband in Los Angeles.  The phone rang around midnight and an agent said this British rock group needed a background vocalist for a track to complete a soon to be released album.  They needed her to come to the recording studio right away.  At first she said no, she was tired and she wasn’t feeling too well.  Her husband said she needed to go; that it might be good for her singing career.  Merry shows up at the studio and talks to Keith Richards about the song, the significance of the words written by Jagger, and the way they wanted it sung.

She sang one take, got some feedback from Richards and Jagger, and then said she would give it one more try.  After the second take she offered a third and then said goodnight.  The rest is history for the Stones.

Merry is always the singer I hear in the song.  She was the one that gave it everything she had and she blows it away – as a backup singer.  The Rolling Stones almost always gets the credit for this hit from almost 50 years ago.

There are many times that our roll in life is like Merry’s that night.  We are not the one to make the decisions, we are not THE face in the crowd, we are not the leader, we may not get the recognition we deserve.  We are the backup, the support member of the team, the one given a specific task in the big picture, the one that will be an integral part of future success.  Regardless, our job is to push ourselves, attain the objective, and move on to the next.  Always remember that there is no limit to what can be attained if no one cares who gets the credit.

So where is Merry?  She went home after the Stones session and had a miscarriage late that morning.  She believes the stress she put herself in earlier was a factor and she could barely bring herself to sing the song for a few years afterwards.  She continued mostly in a backup singer roll and was highlighted in a 2012 documentary about others in similar rolls that made many of the legendary songs of the past.  Finally some well deserved recognition has come to her.  In 2014 a car accident left her without legs.  Her faith in God and the inner strength and determination derived from that faith is keeping her on her feet and her music alive.

MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
OTBs start January 4th at Sandy Springs Park and will be held each Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 5:30 am.  These will continue until launch of the new AO in Maryville.  Meet at the basketball court.

Silent Night

THE SCENE: 42 degree F, 67% humidity, very dark
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, Baby arm circles, Cherry pickers, Imperial squat walkers

THA-THANG:
Grab your numbered CMU and mosey to Mt. Crumpit.

 

Mt. Crumpit Dora  (1 partners with 2, 3 with 4, 5 with 6, etc.)

(Partner #1 starts exercises while Partner #2 runs to back side of tree, does 3 Burpees, runs back down, and switches with partner to complete required number of exercises.)

100 Squat Trusts

200 Bent Rows

200 Upright Rows

200 OH CMU Flutter Kicks

200 Curls

200 Derkins

200 Dips

200 Triceps Extensions

100 Russian Swings

 

Mosey back to AO

MARY:
Everyone did 10 Russian Swings before time was up.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
14 HIMs and 1 2.0 (Lumberjack)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
The Simon and Garfunkel album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme was released in October 1966.  Silent Night/7 O’Clock News is one of the tracks.  It starts with the duo singing Silent Night and soon into the song a broadcaster starts to present the top headlines of the day. There is mention of antiwar protests, civil rights marches, calling in the National Guard, mass murders by Richard Speck, suicide by comedian Lenny Bruce, and messages of political dispute.  In the midst of the beautiful singing of Silent Night, the listener realizes that there never seems to be one.

The reality of this broken world is that there never will be a night without strife and turmoil and greed and disagreement and pain and sorrow.  Only when Jesus comes again will all of this be wiped away.  The good news is that we are all able to cope with the worlds brokenness when we lay our troubles at the feet of our Savior.  We can only have a silent night when we rest in His arms.

The challenge for us is to take the time and do this.  Rest in His arms if only for a short time.  Do it with your family and loved ones.  Carve out that time this Christmas season and then try to make a habit of it.

MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.