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The Sheep and the Lions

THE SCENE:  44 and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER:  Administered
WARM-O-RAMA:

Abe Vigoda IC x 8
Seal claps IC x 8
Randy IC x 8
Motivator IC x 8
Sprints x 4
Calve raises on the curb while I explain Tha Thang…

THA-THANG:

We going to play a game called “Mutton”.  One PAX is “the sheep” – he wears a flag belt and holds an interval timer (my phone).  The rest of the PAX are “lions”.  Here’s the game;

  • 30 Second Sprint: The Sheep sprints off in whatever direction his chooses… The Lions perform an exercise called by Q (e.g. 3 fairy jacks!), then pursue the Sheep.  If they catch the Sheep, Lions pull his flag off.
  • 10 Second Recovery: If the Sheep was caught, he (alone) starts an exercise of his choice while the Lions recover.  If the Sheep was not caught, he gets to recover along with the Lions.
  • 45 Second Work: All PAX perform exercise of the Sheep’s choice
  • 15 Second Recovery: All PAX recover (and the flag belt is given to another PAX – who becomes the new Sheep…).
  • Repeat…

Stop at the coupon pile to do;

  • Colt 45s
  • Squat thrusters
  • Uneven merkins (one hand on coupon) – is there a name for this?
  • Heavy Freddies
  • Heavy Hammers
  • Hello Dolly

Start “Mutton” again and work our way back to the shovelflag.

MARY:

20 seconds core, 10 seconds merkins….repeat (e.g. LBC, merkin, side crunch, merkin, rosalita, merkin…..)

Repeat for 5 minutes

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

26 HIMs

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Proverb from India (hat tip Paramahansa Yogananda).

A pregnant lioness attacked a flock of sheep.  As she sprang on her prey, she gave birth to her cub and then died.  The lion cub grew up in the company of the sheep.  As the sheep ate grass, the cub followed their example.  They bleated; the cub bleated too.  Gradually it grew to be a big beautiful lion but still acted like a sheep.  He had no idea, not even in his dreams, that he was a lion.

One day an old lion passed by and saw this young lion standing with the sheep, acting like a sheep.  So, he gave chase and got ahold of him.  The young sheep-lion said, “Please don’t!  Let me go!”.  But the old lion said, “come with me!” and dragged him to a lake.  He made him gaze into the water and said, “Look at yourself!”  So, the lion who thought he was a sheep looked and for the first time he saw his reflection.  Then he looked at the old lion, and he looked in the water again, and he let out a mighty roar.  He was never a sheep again.

3 Points

1. “The opposite of a man is not a woman; the opposite of a man is a boy” (hat tip Judge Judy). I have three boys at home, and I can tell you that they are often self-centered and short-sighted.  Boys live for gratification and pout when they don’t get their way.  As a high-impact man, you choose not to endlessly chase your own desires, but instead to live sacrificially.  You put the needs and interests of others above your own.  You operate with intentionality and have a consistent positive influence on your community.  You are a high-impact man.

2. If you are in Christ, you are a new creation; the old has gone, the new is here (2 Corinthians 5:15). The old was lust and greed (Colossians 3:5), selfishness, jealousy, envy, and rage (Galatians 5:19-21).  You no longer have a spirit of fear, but a spirit of power, love, and sound judgement (2 Timothy 1:7).  You set your hearts and minds on things above (Colossians 3:1-2).  You’ve clothed yourselves with compassion and humility (Colossians 3:12) and the Spirit of God produces in you love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (Galatians 3:22-23).  You are a new creation.

3. This one applies to every single one of you – every one of you is the old lion in the story. In your life, there are young lions who act like sheep – and who think they are sheep (we call them “Sad Clowns”).  Grown men who live like selfish boys – men who profess Christ, but who follow their flesh instead of the Spirit.  You must pursue and get ahold of that man.  You must be an example of a high-impact man in his life and show him what he was created to be.  You may just give that man his first glance at his “imprisoned splendor” (hat tip Robert Browning).  You may just be the conduit that God uses to rescue that man from his selfishness and meaninglessness, and to call him into a life of service and sacrifice to the glory of God. 

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • Prayers for PoolBoy’s house to sell quickly
  • Brolympics November 9th

Never forget 19

THE SCENE:
beautiful morning to sweat
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Tempo- Tempo- Tempo merkins 19

M.A.R.S w/ cherries picking and bucket dropping  19

tempo Squats 19

SSH 19

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the coupon pile

Brickyard Bear crawl 19

Coupon Leap Frog 19

Bear Crawl up the Stadium w/ coupon and squats 19

Crawl Bear down w/ Coupon and return it to its home

MARY

Man Makers 19

flutter kicks 19

Hello Dolly 19

BBS 19

 

  • COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
    20 HIMs put in the work
    CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

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

JUCO IPC week 4-DONE!

THE SCENE: Nice! mid 60s at JUCO
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Quick:  15 SSH, 10 mountain climbers
THA-THANG:
Iron PAX challenge Week 4.  LAST ONE!!!

  • 100 merkins/squats and 200 yd coupon carry
  • 100 Bonnie Blairs/coupon swings and 200 yd coupon carry
  • 100 Walking lunges/squat thrusters w/ coupon and 200 yd coupon carry

3 rounds total for 900 total reps and 1800 yds of carries.

MARY:
Nada.  Some PAX helped others finish up.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
22 crushed Iron PAX challenge week 4.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
1 Thess. 5:17 “Pray without ceasing”.  My pray life has been something of a constant struggle. I just simply haven’t made it the priority it should be.  It should be part of our everyday lives and practically a constant state of mind.  Jesus warns against “meaningless repetition” in Matthew 6:5-8.  In context, it sounds more like he is calling out people who may try to sound good before men with their prayers and don’t have their focus on the fact that they are speaking to God.  However, I think it is reasonable to apply any meaningless prayer that one may say.  For example, I tend to have a standard before-meal prayer that I always use.  There is no real meaning and no true thankfulness behind it.  He says to “pray to your Father in secret” so that you don’t focus on being seen by men.  Make sure you are keeping your focus on speaking to your Creator.  Maintaining a relationship with God requires spending time in prayer with Him just like any relationship requires a time investment.  Sometimes it may be difficult to find the words, but if we put in the time, God will hear even if we don’t know what to say.
MOLESKIN:
Nice job to all the PAX this month for completing the Iron PAX challenge!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

JUCO Slaughterhouse

THE SCENE: Bout 60 degrees and brisk with a high chance of smoke.  Named 38 as the “magic number” due to next day’s birthday.  19 PAX total, 2 FNG (Nadia and Focus)
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Side Straddle Hops x 19; Cherry Pickers x 7; Overhead Clap x 19; Moroccan Nightclub x 19; Mosey to start point of Tha Thang

THA-THANG:
Set up in a parking lot with a 0.3 mile road/loop around it.  Each of 4 corners contained 2 exercises.  Wrote in chalk what exercises belonged in which corner.  Complete exercises in your corner, then run the perimeter; sprinting the short sides and moseying the long.  When you reach the 3rd corner from your start, do those exercises.  Rinse and complete until time is called.

Corner 1:  CMU shrugs (one in each hand) x 38 ; Lunges x 38 (count each leg)

Corner 2:  Broad Jumps x 38 (not bunny-hops like IPC) ; Pickle Pounders x 19 (4-count)

Corner 3:  Bent over rows x 38 (8x12x16 CMU assisted) ; Flutter Kicks x 19 (4-count)

Corner 4:  Little Man in the Woods x 19 (4-count) ; Diamond walk x 38

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Joshua Chapter 24; Discussed that the most notable verse (actually, just the last line of verse 15) “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord” is often taken out of context.  When seen/spoken alone without understanding the background for the verse, it can be taken as a snub/insult toward others rather than its true nature, which was a challenge by Joshua to the leaders of the Israelites (think massive crowd, not just a few people).  After serving as a proxy for God’s words, laying out all of the blessings that He had provided to Israel, he issues the challenge:  “If it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell.  But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord!”  Emphasis on SERVE.  Issued a challenge to look deep inside and evaluate what and who we serve, and whether, if someone laid out a laundry list of our blessings, we were doing our part as individuals in our families, churches, and communities to serve them as God has served us.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
IPC week 4 Friday morning; Early start:  5:15, regular start 5:30

The Tabata Bear on the Rock

THE SCENE: 75 and Perfect… except for the mountains of duck poop.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
17 SSH, 10 Angle Grinders, 10 Annies, 5 Apollo Creeds.  Small taste of things to come, Bear Crawl, Right Bear Crawl,
THA-THANG:

The Bear – Crawl up Jucomanjaro – Marked off every 100 feet there are exercises to get you to the next marker.   All crawling of some sort.  We had a Tabata timer set to 45 seconds on and 10 rest.  Starting at the bottom of Jucomanjaro:

  1. Bear Crawl
  2. Right Bear Crawl
  3. Reverse Bear Crawl
  4. Left Bear Crawl
  5. Bear Crawl
  6. Forward Crab walk
  7. Aligator Crawl
  8. Reverse Crab walk
  9. Bear Crawl
  10. Right Bear Crawl
  11. Reverse Bear Crawl
  12. Left Bear Crawl
  13. Bear Crawl
  14. Frog Hops
  15. Peter Parker Crawl with Merkins
  16. Plank Walk with Merkins
  17. Reverse Crawl
  18. Bear Crawl

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Crawling on hands and knees up a steep hill in various directions is often what life feels like.  However, we climb knowing Christ is with us.  We climb knowing we are not alone.  We can climb in strength knowing we lean on God our redeemer — our true rock.

Ps 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.

Ps 19:14 May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.

Ps 28:1 To you, Lord, I call; you are my Rock, do not turn a deaf ear to me. For if you remain silent, I will be like those who go down to the pit.

Ps 31:2 Turn your ear to me, come quickly to my rescue; be my rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save me.

Ps 62:2 Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.

MOLESKIN:
Lifting up Pool Boy!