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Dazed on Suckmore

THE SCENE: spring is in the air! Mid 40s. No wind. Very nice.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
20 SSH. Some cherry pickers and piano keys. 10 imp squat walkers.
THA-THANG:

Head to mount suckmore. 

  • Rep counts
  • 5 . 10 . 15 . 20 . 20 . 15 . 10 . 5
  • Round 1:
  • Bottom: Monkey Humpers (single count)
  • Run Up
  • Top: Roller Berpees
  • Run Down
  • Round 2:
  • Bottom: Dry Docks
  • Top: Good morning

MARY:
20 V-Ups IC. 15 flutter kicks IC. LBCs for time.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
7 PAX
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Was reading a book on generosity and got to a part that was around counting the cost. See moleskin
MOLESKIN:

Sitting cross-legged on the dirt floor, halfway around the world, our friend ate a skimpy bowl of gruel that his hosts had given him. They wore facial coverings, so he could only hear their voices. 

“Aren’t you going to eat?” he asked them.

“No. We are fasting. Our ordeal begins next month.”

His hosts were Christians who had snuck out of their oppressive, anti-Christian nation to seek spiritual and theological training. He was visiting them for only one day and had just joined them at their secretive, rural retreat.

“What do you mean by ‘ordeal’?”

“We want to go back home to teach and train our brothers and sisters in Christ. When we return, our extended absence from the country without a visa will get us in trouble, and we’ll be punished. We will be imprisoned and will be beaten, tortured, and interrogated. This will last for months or years. Afterward they will let us go, and we can go minister. Eventually, if we are ever discovered, we will be executed. Only then will we have eternal rest in Jesus.”

Even their veils, his host later explained, were worn in preparation for what was to come. Each person wore them to protect one another’s anonymity so that later, under torture, they would not crack and identify fellow participants in the training. Despite the somber circumstances, however, these pastors-in-training were peaceful, resolute, and calm. Not only were they financially poor, they were also facing the threat of imminent torture and death.

Our friend later recounted this visit with these brave individuals. “They talk about baptism differently than we do. We talk about being baptized into new life. That’s true and beautiful. But we forget about the dying part. Baptism symbolizes the death of the old self. Death to our own plans. Death to comfort and security, if these things stand in the way of discipleship. These friends spoke of being ‘baptized into the death of Jesus,’ and they knew that it might literally mean their own death at the hands of oppressors.”

His eyes welled with tears as he continued. “They’ll never be beatified as saints by the Catholic church. Won’t ever get invited to speak at Protestant megachurches. They’re anonymous, and no earthly fame will ever come their way. But I’m not even worthy to sit at their feet. We need their perspective, their wisdom, their devotion. We have so much to learn from them.”

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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Breakfast at Drifter’s on the 12th!

The Joker is on You

THE SCENE: A crisp 35 degrees and dry.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH X 20.

LBAC forward and backwards x 10.

3:39 of Imperial Squat Walkers to Jimmy Eat World’s “The Sweetness.”
THA-THANG:
This was a deck of cards workout. For any number cards, the rep count was doubled. See below for exercises based on suit and face card value.

  • Spades – Grave diggers.
  • Clubs – Step-ups.
  • Diamonds – Overhead CMU press.
  • Hearts – Overhead claps in cadence (4 ct).
  • Jack – 15 curls.
  • Queen – 15 Big Boys with an American Hammer to strike fear in the hearts of the commies.
  • King – 15 Blockees.
  • Ace – The entire pax did an inchworm of death bear crawl to the edge of the bathroom on the grinder.
  • Joker – While the rest of the pax did SSH, one pax picked up the Heavy CMU and did overhead press x 10. Once finished, he handed off to the next pax until it made it around the circle. There was much rejoicing over this card.

MARY:
Step ups for time.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“11 And the mind of the king of Syria was greatly troubled because of this thing, and he called his servants and said to them, “Will you not show me who of us is for the king of Israel?” 12 And one of his servants said, “None, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.” 13 And he said, “Go and see where he is, that I may send and seize him.” It was told him, “Behold, he is in Dothan.” 14 So he sent there horses and chariots and a great army, and they came by night and surrounded the city.

15 When the servant of the man of God rose early in the morning and went out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was all around the city. And the servant said, “Alas, my master! What shall we do?” 16 He said, “Do not be afraid, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” 17 Then Elisha prayed and said, “O Lord, please open his eyes that he may see.” So the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.” 2nd Kings 6:11-17

MOLESKIN:
To be honest, I really struggled with what to talk about today, so I decided to go the personal route. Lately, through different situations, I have had to make some tough decisions that made me feel drastically alone. Sometimes, leadership is like that. At the same time, the spiritual warfare in my life has stepped up in the last 6 months or so, and the devil and all the world loves to isolate people that are enduring difficulty. Now, when those moments come, when difficult times occur and I feel a little “cut off,” I am trying to remember to pray like Elisha, “Lord, open my eyes.” The truth of the matter is if we are in Christ, we are never alone. There are more for us than those who are against us. So, let me just put it this way: I know we all face trying times, but we never face them alone. I’m thankful for my brothers here at F3, and we need each other to remind ourselves that our struggles are not to be shouldered alone. We have an amazing God first and foremost, but we also have the gift from Him of the Spirit, and the gift that F3 is to each of us. God bless you men, and I hope you have a great rest of the week.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

Crazy 8 Suicide

THE SCENE: A brisk breeze with nothing but clouds but luckily no rain
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH x10
  • Windmills x6
  • Show work out moves

THA-THANG:
2 sides approximately 10 yards apart.  8 workouts (4 per side).  1 minute per work out (no reps; just go until time). 15 seconds to get to the other side via bear crawl, crab walk, jog, side shuffle, jog backwards.

Side 1

  • Thrusters
  • Side to side over brick (start with right and left foot on ground on right side of block, left foot up to block, right foot up to block, left foot down to ground on other side, right foot down to ground on other side; do it as fast as you can)
  • Stork brick row (one leg on ground, bend over with other leg going straight back, pick up brick with one hand, single row with brick, replace brick, back to upright position; alternate legs)
  • Superman

Side 2

  • Merkins over block (left hand on ground, right hand on block, merkin; left and right hand on block, merkin; right hand on ground, left hand on block, merkin – reverse)
  • Single leg v-ups (left hand to right leg; right hand to left leg)
  • In place lunge (leg forward; leg backward) with CMU, rotate side to side after forward and backward; repeat for other leg
  • Dirty 30s (30 suitcases, 30 American hammers, 30 second suitcase hold) – suitcase is similar to LBC but legs go straight out as your back goes towards the ground)

MARY:
30 second suitcase hold
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Espy, Napster, Drifter, Veep, Grouch
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
1 Peter 5:9-10 Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

While Peter is talking to those who are called to be shepherds of God’s flock, the idea of suffering rings true for all his sheep as he states in verse 9 by saying “knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world.”

YHWY never said this life would be easy but he did say that we will always have him to go to battle for us and strengthen us.  He knows that our burden will be too much to bear at times and we should not go it alone.  We need our brotherhood and our Father to overcome the trials of the enemy.  We should always look to encourage each other and pray for each other and why Galatians 6:2 says, “Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.“

Make Every Effort to Fight Again

THE SCENE: 48 and heavy rain that tapered off as we began.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 20.

Cherry pickers x 6.

Windmills x 10.
THA-THANG:
This is the exact same workout from the first time I came to F3 at the Bombshelter two years ago, and Fins was on Q. There are six stations on cones. Bear crawl and drag your CMU between the cones ( which was the length of the Grinder), and after the 6th station, we ran the hill. It was glorious. The stations and reps are below.

  • Station 1 – Blockees x 5.
  • Station 2 – Thrusters x 10.
  • Station 3 – BBS with an American Hammer x 15.
  • Station 4 – Tricep extensions x 20.
  • Station 5 – Goblet squats x 25.
  • Station 6 – Curls x 30.

MARY:
Tempo CMU Big Boys and a little overhead claps for time.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
5 HIMs put in work.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
2nd Peter 1:5-8 – “5 For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith iwith virtue,5 and virtue jwith knowledge, 6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control kwith steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, 7 and godliness lwith brotherly affection, and brotherly affection mwith love. 8 For if these qualities6 are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or nunfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
MOLESKIN:
The phrase that I focused on here is “make every effort.” It is an imperative or command in Greek, and I have meditated on it for a while. It doesn’t matter if it is your physical fitness with F3, your mental health, your marriage, or your parenting, men are called to “make every effort.” There is a strain that all men should be under because anything worth doing in this life requires work and sacrifice. Yes brothers, there will be days where you feel ineffective in all of those areas, where you look at your efforts and see no perceivable progress…but that doesn’t matter. We know not to trust our feelings. Feelings come and go. What makes the difference in the long haul is that day in and day out, when life is good and when its bad, we make the effort because we are committed to what matters. I am probably the guy that is in the worst shape at our AO, and sometimes that is discouraging, but the truth is I have to push that aside. What matters is that we get out of the fartsack, get in the gloom, and put in the work. So, let this be a final encouragement to you, whatever it is in your life that is difficult, commit to endure the suffering, commit to put in the work, and make every effort. Our God is worth the struggle. Our families are worth the struggle. Our communities need that effort men, and so for all the times you have shown up when you didn’t want to, when the easier choice was to just stay home, thank you. God bless you.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

MR. ROGERS @ 50

THE SCENE: CLEAR AND COLD.  VERY NICE.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
2 OF ;  GET-UP, NAVY SEAL BURPIE, V-UP, IRON MIKE, MERKIN, BIG BOY SIT UP, MT. CLIMBERS, AMERICAN HAMMER, SIDE STRADDLE HOP, BEAR CRAWL (1), SQUAT, RUN TO FOOTBALL FIELD
THA-THANG:
AT THE FOOTBALL FIELD:

EXERCISES AT EACH GOAL LINE AND EVERY 10 YARD LINE.  O E YOU COMPLETE THE 1ST EXERCISE RUN DOWN THE FIELD AND BACK . REPEAT THE FIRST EXERCISE MOVE UP 10 YARDS AND DO THE NEXT EXERCISE, RUN DOWN THE FIELD AND BACK REPEAT THE 1ST 2 AND MOVE TO THE 3RD.  AND SO ON.

1 MOVEMENT EVERY 10 YARDS, STARTING AT THE GOAL LINE. 1 GET UP.  5 NAVY SEALS , 10 V-UPS, 15 IRON MIKES, 20 MERKINS, 25 BIG BOY SIT UPS, 30 MT. CLIMBERS, 35 AMERICAN HAMMERS, 40 SIDE STRADDLE HOPS, BEAR CRAWL 10 YARDS, 50 SQUATS.

 

MARY:
SOME AMERICAN HAMMERS AND SOME BOX CUTTERS
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
23
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
AT 50 YEARS OLD I ASK MYSELF, WHY AM I DOING THIS? ALL OF US HAVE SOME KIND OF DRIVE KEEPING US MOVING.

THE ANSWER TO MY QUESTION,  PERSONALLY,  IS…I HAVE NO ANSWER.  I TRULY DON’T KNOW WHAT MY DRIVE IS OR WHY.  I DO KNOW I FEEL A DRIVE.  I ALSO KNOW NOW, AT 50, THAT ITS OK TO NOT KNOW.

YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHY OR WHAT DRIVES YOU BUT AS LONG AS THE DRIVE IS A POSITIVE ONE, ITS OK TO NOT KNOW.
MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.