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Bodybuilders in the rain

THE SCENE: About 70 degrees and some nice steady rain
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x20 IC
LB Arm Circles x12 each way IC
Little Michael Phelps
Squats x20
Cherry Pickers x10

THA-THANG:
Do the following exercises at the pavalon:

  • Bent over rows x10
  • Mr. Spectacular x10
  • CMU Curls x15
  • Goblet Squats x20

Then bear crawl across the whole grinder. If you walk or can’t go any further, do 15 burpees and jog to the end (I believe everyone made the bear crawl). Next, do the following exercises at the scrapyard:

  • Pullups x10
  • BBS x20
  • Dips x15
  • Flutter kicks x15 on 4-count

Run down the path to the road and do 5 bodybuilders, then run back around to the pavalon and rinse and repeat. Instead of the bear crawl, lunge to the far edge of the bathrooms and jog the rest of the grinder.

MARY:
Box cutters x30
Captain Thor to 5×20
Protractor (Thanks Snorkel!)
Cash out with some LBCs for 30 seconds
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 men strong this morning
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Lately I have had failure on my mind. I lost 30 pounds in my first four months of F3, now I’ve gained some of that back and have not hit my goals. So I feel failure. I failed a couple CPA exams already. Failure. I haven’t really prayed much at all in the last year or two. Failure. But the biggest failure came on Tuesday when we had to put our 2 year old cat down. My wife is an animal lover and especially loved this little cat. She has been depressed and crying for two days now. I can’t help but feel like a failure as a husband because I can’t make it better. Nothing that I say or do will make her feel better or stop her from being sad. But I realized that what I need to do is offer it all up to God. I’ve prayed more in the last two days than I have in the last two years. I’ve been praying for peace for my wife and that led to praying about all of the other things that make me feel like I have failed. I encourage you men to turn to God earlier than I did. Anytime you feel like you have failed, offer it up to God and have a conversation with him. We sometimes feel like it is all on us when in reality, all we have to do is turn our eyes to heaven for some help.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Bomb Shelter anniversary Q next Saturday with a “Keep Blount Beautiful” trash pickup on the greenway at 10 for anyone who is available. Also, we have the F3 olympics coming up on November 3rd with a bunch of events that weekend.

So Many Brickees…

THE SCENE: Mild temp. Good humidity. No bad omens to help people guess what was coming

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:
some light stretching
Grab two bricks
some Merkins, some squats, good mornings, etc. just checking that everyone’s body is working.

THA-THANG:
Run around the park. Stop at every 5th light post. alternate between “Brickees” (burbees with a brick in each hand), and some other work (WTFs, triceps, squats).

5 reps at 5th light post, 10 at 10th, 15 at 15th…50 at 50th

Back to grinder, keep your bricks
10x Merkins –> Lunge to next station
10x BBS –> Bear Craw to next station
10x 4ct Mtn Climbers –> Crab Walk to next station
10x Box Jumps –> Jog back to start
add 2 reps each time through

MARY:
Box cutters, Bricks up and down, bricks up and down with 6 inches, LBCs, superman/banana, etc.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
All tagged, also one FNG (Hype)

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Everybody point North with me (I point south). Everyone pointed south at first and then got confused and tried to figure out where north was by looking around.

What just happened? You all looked for evidence of where north was. At first you looked at me, but evidence of the sun contradicted my account.

When you are looking for truth, you don’t close your eyes and try to feel it out. You look for evidence, but you also have to test that evidence with other sources of truth.

My main source of truth is Jesus who made the claim, “I am the way, the truth, and the life”.

I challenge you all to test that truth claim and see how it holds up. And see how it changes the way you live.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Anniversary stuff coming up soon!

Where is the Creek?

THE SCENE: Mid 60s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Line up on baseline for 5 tempo merkins

Jog across

5 tempo squats

Millennial run back
THA-THANG:

Run down hill by Pav and back up for:
10 BBS
15 Jump squats
20 Merkins
Repeat X 5
7s at scrap yard
6 Pull-ups
Broad jump to cone
1 4-count dry dock
5 rounds of all out sprints across grinder

MARY:
Leg lifts x 15
V-ups x 15
Lazy boys x 3 for about 20 seconds

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
14 HIMs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Proverbs 12:14
Wise words bring many benefits, and hard work brings rewards.

MOLESKIN:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Seabiscuit this Sunday at West HS track at 7 am.

Bomb shelter first anniversary special Q next Saturday the 13th 7 am.

F3 Olympics at the Asylum November 3.

Stand on the Rock!

THE SCENE: 65 Degrees cool
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
-Side Straddle Hop (15 in cadence -4 count)

-Feet Together Leg Stretch (20 Seconds)

-Cherry Pickers (15 in cadence – 4 count)

-Michael Phelps (30 seconds)

-Arm Circles

THA-THANG

-Indian run with CMU to the Educator

-Partner Workout – 300 curls with CMU/Run/Bear Crawl Hill/ 10 air squats

-Partner Workout – 200 overhead press with CMU/Run/Bear Crawl Hill/10 air squats

-Mosey back to grinder

MARY:
Led by Snorkel

-Armstrong’s, heel touches, hello dolly, scissors, and superman/banana
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

  •  Spartan
  •  Snorkel
  •  Drifter
  •  Fins
  •  Emeril
  •  Napster
  •  Bumblebee
  •  Neighbor
  •  Chief
  •  Hammy
  •  Tin Man
  •  Butterfingers
  •  Squiggly
  •  Gecko
  •  Happy
  •  Flash

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Psalms 18:2 – The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
MOLESKIN:
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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Ancient Path, September 25

THE SCENE: Cloudy and began to rain
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  1. Side straddle hops x 20
  2. Tempo squat x 10 (3 count down)
  3. Tempo push up
  4. Tempo Good mornings

THA-THANG:

Tha-Thang #1

Mosey to the wooden bridge

  • Stride (75%) to next bridge
  • 1st bridge: 20 Dry Docks (hold plank)
  • Stride to next bridge (all run together)
  • 2nd bridge: 30 diamond Merkins (hold squat)
  • Stride to the road
  • 3rd bridge: 40 lunges (20 each leg) (fire hydrant)
  • Stride to fountain
  • Fountain: 50 squats (Big boys)

Indian Run back to the grinder

Tha-Thang #2

Kraken reps of 20:

  1. Pullups
  2. Goblet Squat
  3. Diamond Merkin/Plyo pushup
  4. Sumo DL high pull
  5. Mr. Spectacular
  6. Swings
  7. Dips
  8. Good mornings

MARY:

  • V ups x 15 
  • American Hammers x 20

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
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CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Several years ago I started to pray, very innocently and ignorantly, that God would remove anything that comes between he and I. I prayed that he would take this decade of my life and tear me down to the foundation if he needed to.  He has since and is still dismantling me and humbling me and teaching me and at times it is down right painful. Asking him to show me my agreements (lies that come out of my hurts and woundings) is one way he is teaching me. Another is through images that he gives us in scripture.  I like to hunt and be in the woods so this image I have been given lately that I can’t get out of mind takes place perhaps in the wilderness. Iit comes from Jeremiah 6:16 “Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is and walk in it”. In my mind I am looking around and I am so busy that I can’t see what is right in front of me, what has been there the whole time.  I can’t see this slightly hidden but well beaten path unless I slow down and take my time, unless I engage, unless I remove the unnecessary things from my life. I am reminded that there are no short cuts. I have to push back the agreement that I make that says, “You are 35 and what do you have to show for it. Work harder, worry more, prove yourself” and believe that this time in my life is a time to take the low seat at the table. To purposefully choose what sometimes looks backwards to the world because I am not fighting for the top spot at the table. I am in search of the narrow gate Matthew 7:13 “Enter by the narrow gate. For the the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many.  For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few”. I want to find and take the ancient path to the narrow gate. I want to be led to life. There is a way that has been made for me. I am pleased and honored to be on this path with you.

MOLESKIN:
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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