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No Ordinary Men

THE SCENE:  Cloudy 56 degrees Just a touch of gloom
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Start out 20 SSH 0n 4 Count, Cherry Pickers x6, Tempo Merkin x10, Temp Squat x10
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the Church

Ring of 20 SSH in cadence, 10 burpees OYO rinse and repeat (5 Rounds)

Mosey to Lower Parking Lot

4 Cone Workout

Cone 1 Squat x20 Mosey or Bear Crawl to Cone 2

Cone 2 Merkin x 20 Mosey or Crab Walk to Cone 3

Cone 3 BB x 20 Mosey or Bear Crawl to Cone 4

Cone 4 Squat Jump X15 Mosey back around to Start-Rinse and Repeat (4 Rounds)

Mosey to Base of Little Hill

Up and Down 3x’s With 1, 2, 3 burpees at top

Back to AO

MARY:
Finish American Hammer’s x20 on 4 count, Hello Dolly’s x20 on 4 Count
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Brought up the movie Dunkirk about how allied forces were surrounded by German forces on the beaches of Dunkirk France in WWII.  The solution to save lives of trapped allied soldiers was to use ordinary men and fishing boats to get to stranded troops.  It took ordinary men in fishing boats to go across the English Channel to help save lives.  It’s the same with us and Christ.  He calls us ordinary men to go out and be Christ every day.  We may feel ill equipped, but we aren’t.  It takes a leap of faith and doing.  Ordinary men doing extraordinary things.  It’s the same thing Christ looked for in the disciples.  Ordinary men willing to not ask questions and just do.  Let’s be ordinary men doing extraordinary things!
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

4 Strong at the Asylum

THE SCENE: 34 and overcast .
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Side Straddle hop X 25, Baby Arm Circles X 20, Windmills X 10

THA-THANG:
Mosey the long way to base of Everest stopping to do 5 burpees a few times along the way.

  • Run up first 3rd of Everest, turn and back pedal 2nd 3rd, then run to rock pile
  • 2 times around the Asylum stopping only for 30 rock presses,  30 rock rows, 20 rock squats, 20 rock curls, 10 Rock sit ups, 60 LBC’s, 20 donkey kicks, 10 decline Merican partner squats and 10 ankle touch star jumps.

MARY:
Ring of Fire X10 Mericans                                                                                                                    Ring of Fire X 4 Captain Thors boat ride(ring of fire with captain thor’s, while you wait on your turn you hold boat)

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
4 Pax

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Forgiveness – I read a devotional on forgiveness a few weeks.  The author encouraged to pray and ask if there was anyone in your life that you needed to forgive.  Even though I really didn’t think of anything I needed to forgive I prayed about it anyway and realized there was something I had been holding on to.

Matthew 6:14-15                                                                                                                              For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.  But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

From Full House                                                                                                              @Bunny Here’s a good article on forgiveness to go w your forgiveness BOM. If anyone isn’t aware of All Pro Dads, it’s a pretty cool organization that Tony Dungy started and supports. 

http://www.allprodad.com/5-reasons-people-dont-forgive/

 

Embrace the Suck

The scene : Pretty Dang nice out!

The Theme: Embrace the suck
THE THANG
COP
Ratchet Effect x3
Hill Billys
Sumo squats x20
Narrow Squats x20
Mountain merkins x10
Surfees x10

MOSEY to the Playground for Leg ups/quad blasters 3 sets each leg x30

Mosey to the PAVALON for bench pull ups. while others are hanging leg/ab execersise in the dug out. Rinse and repeat 4 times x20 reps

Mosey back to the AO for Doracides.
100 merkins, 200 LBC, 300 squats P1 does reps while other does suicides with increaing burpees at each cone

Circle up for PAX choice. CONES OR MUSIC! Pax chose music. I get Knocked down. Do a burpee everytime the song says I get knoecked down, SSH between. TOtal of about 32 burps
BOM
As Shakespear once said “Let thee embrace me, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course” = Embrace the Suck. Get out there and challenge yourself and push your self so you can change yourself for the better.

George Brown

F3 Welcome & Disclaimer

The Scene: near perfect conditions – 55 degrees, overcast

The Thang:

5:30 COP – 7 min

  • Baby arm circles X 10 (forward/backward)
  • Imperial Squat Walker X 10
  • Merkins X 20
  • Partner up: Wheel barrow across parking lot, 10 merkins every 3rd parking space, trade places and repeat the other direction

Mosey to Field Office

  • 5 Burpees OYO (on your own)

 

Mosey to Soccer Fields “Doug Brown’s” (Doug Brown was an NCAA Champion, Olympic Team Member at legendary Tennessee T&F coach,. One of his favorite workouts was endless quarters. This is modeled after his coaching regimen) – 6 laps around a single soccer field, sprint the straight, perform an exercise as instructed on the corner, recovery jog to next corner, sprint the straight, perform an exercise on the corner, recovery jog to next corner. Rinse and repeat. Exercises vary on each lap:

  • Lap 1: Sprint the straight, 20 Lunges, jog to corner, Sprint the straight, 20 Merkins, jog
  • Lap 2: Sprint the straight, Bear crawl, jog to corner, Sprint the straight, 20 squat jumps, jog
  • Lap 3: Sprint the straight, jog, sprint the straight, jog
  • PAX waits for everyone to catch up while in plank position
  • Lap 4: Sprint the straight, 20 Merkins, jog to corner, Crab walk, jog
  • Lap 5: Sprint the straight, 20 Squat Jumps, jog to corner, 5 Burpees, jog
  • PAX waits for everyone to catch up while in plank position
  • LAP 6: Sprint the straight, jog to corner, sprint the straight, jog

Mosey to Field Office

  • 5 Burpees OYO

Mosey to Pavilion – rotate with battle buddy

  • One man on endless dips, while the other does 10 pull ups, rotate

Mosey to AO for abs

  • Hello dollies X 20
  • Bicycles X 50
  • American Hammer on the 4 count: X 5

 

Matthew 4:19-20

Walking along the beach of Lake Galilee, Jesus saw two brothers: Simon (later called Peter) and Andrew. They were fishing, throwing their nets into the lake. It was their regular work. Jesus said to them, “Come with me. I’ll make a new kind of fisherman out of you. I’ll show you how to catch men and women instead of perch and bass.” They didn’t ask questions, but simply dropped their nets and followed.

The call to follow Jesus is a call to transformation. He does not leave us as He finds us. He leaves no area of our lives untouched: family relationships, friendships, our perspective on life, work, leadership and the world in which we live, all are fair game. Jesus doesn’t come to justify our current lives, He comes to call us to real life. Are you ready to trade in your life to find real life? Are you ready to follow Him?

One of the things that resonates with me, about F3, is the way I’ve been transformed by it – it creates more productivity in my day, encourages me, pushes me to be a leader and team player. Praying that we would all choose to lead where necessary in our lives, and follow as necessary.

Workout + Q101

THE SCENE
55 and cloudy

Welcome, disclaimer and explanation of day (workout + Q101)

THE THANG
COP
– SSH 4ct 30x (IC)
– Squats 4ct x20 (IC)
– Dive Bombers 15x (IC)
– Reverse Lunges x10 (IC)
– Arm Circles Forward 15x (IC)
– Arm Circles Backward 15x (IC)

Partner up with Battle Buddy and line up along the curb

Grinders
1st Battle Buddy lunges to the first cone, then sprints to second cone, does 5 reps of the exercise while Battle Buddy 2 is jumping air rope.  Switch.

Each round increase by 5 reps until each man does a total of 20 reps.  Three rounds:
– Rd 1 = Ranger Merkins (hands at should width, elbows in)
– Rd 2 = BBS
– Rd 3 = Froggy Squats

Mosey to field opposite the soccer fields

Nickel and Dime Hill Runs
Battle Buddies alternate between…
– 1st Battle Buddy raccoon crawl to the base of the hill, run up the hill, back down the hill, then run backwards up the hill and do 10 fairy jumps, run around back to the start (2nd Battle Buddy alternates flutter kicks and superman swims x15 each)
– Switch

Rinse and Repeat 4x (each man 4 trips)

Pyramid of Pain
Circle up.  We are going to do the following exercises together adding an exercise each round (ending with doing all 5 together).

Exercises (x20 of each):

  1. Narrow Squats
  2. Diamond Merkins

Run up hill!

  1. BBS
  2. Reverse Lunges (each leg counts as 1)

Run up hill

  1. Dry Docks

Mosey to SP

ABS
Dealers Choice…
Woodshack – Jay Lo & Pickle Pounders in honor of Hooker’s wedding!
Zygote – Boat Canoe

COT
Number off & Name-O-Rama (37 PAX, 3 FNGs)

BOM
As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend (Proverb 27:17 NLV)

Notes from Q101
Most important thing: It’s Not About You!
– Your #1 job as Q is the safety of the PAX.
– Men have shown up early and are trusting you to challenge them and keep them reasonably safe.

PLANNING
Not just the exercise, but the explanations, transitions and your BOM
– Explanations and transitions can make or break a workout!

Think through the following when planning your exercises:
– Weather (not just the day of, but the days before)
– Amount of day light
– Size of the PAX (make thing scalable)
– Fitness levels in the PAX

Equipment needs
– Cones, light sticks, CMUs, etc.

ELEMENTS
Strength
– Push, pull, core and leg
– Goal: tax each of the four major muscle groups

Cardio
– Sprints and distance
– Goal: elevate the heart rate and maintain it

PRACTICE
Make sure YOU can do the exercises properly

PRACTICE, OUT LOUD, THE CADENCE!

EXECUTION
Talk up the morning on GroupMe. Let the PAX know you are excited to lead them.
Show up early!
Be energetic (you don’t have to be Richard Simmons, but
Always wear a watch
USE PROPER CADENCE
This seems small…it isn’t. The cadence creates a very real synergy for the group.
Proper cadence is:
– “The Next Exercise is ______________________”
– Clear and concise command
– PAX repeat exercise name to demonstrate understanding
– “Starting Position … Move”
– “Starting Position” is the information
– “Move” is the command
– Pause between info and command, to assist with understanding
– “In Cadence … Exercise”
– “In cadence” is the information
– Not all exercises are in cadence
– PAX repeat back “in cadence” to demonstrate understanding
– “Exercise” is the command
– Signals PAX it is time to begin
– Pause between info and command, to assist with understanding
– “1, 2, 3” then PAX calls rep
– Your cadence MUST match the called exercise
– Not all exercises are performed at the same cadence
– Your count matches the body movement
– PAX call the rep number in place of “4”
– Change your voice inflexion on last rep
– Signals to the PAX that we are ending
– Important to keeping morale and order
– “Recover”
– At the end of the called exercise you call “Recover”
– Important command to let everyone know we are finished
– During the workout, engage the PAX
– Have PAX count off for rest times
– Use men’s F3 names
– Laugh, remember…this is supposed to be hard, but it’s also supposed to be fun.
– If you can’t do it, don’t Q it.
– This doesn’t mean you have to be the strongest and fastest, just that you can execute the exercise properly

– NEVER leave a man behind
– This is important when moving around the AO. If the PAX gets stretched out we loose cohesion.
– If you feel the group stretching out, circle back (i.e. wagon wheel) or stop and do a few reps of an exercise (i.e. merkins, squats, etc.)