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Planting Shade Trees

THE SCENE: 68 but pretty humid…it was great!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Reach for the stars
  • Let it hang
  • Cherry Pickers (IC) 4 CT X 10
  • Baby Arm Circles Forward (IC) 4CT X 10 & Michael Phelps
  • Baby Arm Circles Backward (IC) 4CT X 10 & Michael Phelps
  • Tempo Squats (IC) 4 CT X 10
  • Tempo Merkins (IC) 4ct X 10
  • Mosey

THA-THANG:

DORAs – one works, one runs

  • Diamond Merkins X 100
  • Big Boy Situps X 100
  • Bobby Hurleys (aka Chris Loftons) X 100
  • Carolina Dry Docks X 150
  • American Hammers X 150
  • Lunges X 150
  • Merkins X 200
  • Hello Dollies X 200
  • Squats X 200
  • Calf Raises (Toe Merkins) X 250
  • Flutterkicks X 250
  • Wide Merkins X 250

MARY:

Part of the Q

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

!8 men w/ 1 big dog; Titan joined us as well

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Dennis Swanberg, The Swan as he is known across the country is a former preacher turned Christian comedian and motivational speaker.  He spoke to us and some donors at KARM not long ago.  He weaved in humor and scripture seamlessly.  He was truly amazing.

He spoke about his immigrant great-grandparents who had to make their way in this vast, new land called America by the sweat of their brow.  And, considering that they settled in Texas, they sweat A LOT.

One day, when his great-grandfather was still a very young man, a neighboring farmer saw him out in front of the family home, meticulously burying dozens of acorns.  The farmer approached the grandfather, laughing, and asked, “what in the WORLD are you doing?”

“I’m planting shade trees,” the grandfather quietly replied as he continued dropping seeds into the warm soil.

“Shade trees?” the farmer exclaimed, “Don’t you know it will take YEARS before these things are big enough to provide any shade? You’ll be long gone before then!” he stated smugly.  The grandfather continued planting–determined.

“I’m not planting them for me,” he said patiently, “I’m planting them for my grandchildren.”

The lesson was about how his grandfather planted shade trees for his property that he never got to sit under. Swan’s father and future generations got to get blessings from those shade trees.

Donors of KARM are planting shade trees for poor, homeless, addicted, mentally challenged.

Judge Judy is planting shade trees mentoring that kid whose father is in jail.  Others are volunteering at the Wesley House planting shade trees.

Volunteer soccer, baseball and softball coaches are planting shade trees by teaching the game, character, teamwork.

Preachers, Sunday School Teachers, youth sponsors all planted shade trees over us in hopes that someday we’d figure it out and live out what they taught us.

The best shade trees you’ll ever plant…Are the ones you’ll never sit under!
None of us are self-made. We’re all sitting under “shade trees” that were planted by our forefathers, by our families, and by our friends. Now, it’s your turn to leave a meaningful legacy by planting your own shade trees for others to sit under.

Not everyone can be a legend, but everyone can leave a legacy.

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THE SCENE: Shamrock. Clear warm morning
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Tie Fighters forward x15, Tie Fighters Backward x15, Cherry Pickers X5, Bear Plank ~ :45, Imperial Walkers X15, 8 Burpees

Mosey to CMU pile to get a CMU

3 Set of 21’s (CMU curls)

THA-THANG:

Tabata Timer style workout

:40 Exercise :30 Rest

  • Merkins
  • Big Boys
  • Lunges (with CMU)
  • Bear Plank
  • Curls
  • Flutter Kick
  • Bench Press
  • LBC’s
  • Alpos

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Talked about one of my best friends, best man at my wedding and fraternity brother who committed suicide almost 8 years ago. Christopher “Bull” Greenlief would have turned 39 this Saturday but due to mental health issues had his life end too soon. I encourage every HIM in this group to not ignore signs and symptoms of mental health and to seek treatment and/or advice from any fellow HIM. The National Suicide Prevention Hotline number is 1-800-273-8255. We should not think of ourselves as weak for seeking help with depression or anxiety. Just like someone with heart disease, cancer, or even a fracture there are options for treatment from many forms of mental health issues.

One view of suicide in regards to the bible is that some say suicide cannot be forgiven because the person who did it could not have repented of doing it. But all of us commit sins that we are too spiritually cloddish to recognize for the sins that they are. And we will die with sins not named and repented.

MOLESKIN:
If anyone needs someone to talk to and is feeling depressed or overwhelmed please don’t hesitate to reach out to me on slack, facebook or even text me (865) 384-6432.

5 Studs playing cards?

THE SCENE: warm and humid
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
tempo merkins
baby arm circles forward/backward
cherry pickers
calf stretches
Quad stretches
michael phelps, some of this, that, one of these, and those

THA-THANG:

Need a deck of cards.  Pull out all 4 aces, and divide into 4 teams
deal five cards face down stacked vertically into 5 columns
if a suite is played that matches your suited ace, you get to move your card up a column.
Everyone will do the number of exercises based on the value of the card
2=2 and king =13
Each suit represents an exercise
Heart
Spade
Club
Diamond=Diamond merkin
Club = Big Boy Sit ups
Spades= Jump Squats
Hearts= pickle pounders 4 ct
once all teams advance past a column, that card is flipped over, and the suited ace that matches the flipped card,
returns to that row, and everyone does the corresponding exercise and runs one lap
This is repeated each time all 4 aces pass a column.
a winner is determined when an Ace advances past the 5th column.

We played four rounds, with different exercises each round.  Betty dominated winning 3/4 rounds.
MARY:
No time for that today.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Matthew 21:28-32
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Shamrock 40th Birthday Bash

THE SCENE: 70F
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Side Straddle Hops – 25-4-count 

Tie Fighters

Cherry pickers

Mountain climbers

Mosey 

THA-THANG:

Stop at tall curb

Rocky Balboas 50 single

Tricep Dips – 25

Repeat 

Mosey to CMU

Grab a block and head to starting line. 

5 Burpees – Crab walk to the chalk line about 25′ – run a lap

10 Merkins – 5 Burpees – Crab walk to the line – run a lap

15 Overhead Press – 10 Merkins – 5 Burpees – Crab then run

20 Big Boy Situps – 15 Overhead Press – 10 Merkins – 5 Burpees – Crab then run

25 Calf raises – 20 Big Boy Situps – 15 Overhead Press – 10 Merkins – 5 Burpees – Crab then run

30 Freddie Mercury Single ct – 25 Calf raises – 20 Big Boy Situps – 15 Overhead Press – 10 Merkins – 5 Burpees – Crab then run

35 Curls…..

40 American Hammer – single…..

45 LBC…..

50 Shoulder taps – single…..

Mosey back to AO flag

MARY:
Flutter kick, Snow angels, merkins
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA – 20 including 1 FNG Paper or Plastic
Dos Años, Slappy, Chicken Wing, Flower Pot, Cheatsheet, Honeydew, Mermaid, Baby Boomer, Hoopty, Booster, Sparkles, Finger Food, Music City, Brick, Mr. March, Dumpster Dive, Paper or Plastic, Anchorman, Jitters, Betty

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Keeping it short and sweet so we can spend some time at Dunkin. 

It goes without saying that F3 and specifically this group at Shamrock has been a big part of my life for the past few years. I truly look forward to these terrible workouts because I get to do it with you. Yes I want to be in shape, but more importantly I want to continue building friendships with you guys. Thank you for showing up and please continue to reach out to friends and strangers to invite them here. 

 

Choose Your Own Adventure

THE SCENE: Warm & Humid
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Baby Arm Circles Forward/Backward
Cherry Pickers
Windmills
10 burpees (5 for each person that was late)

THA-THANG:
Today was a choose your own adventure day!!!  We moseyed to the pull up bars and did 15 pullups each followed by 5 burpees.
Betty was next, he took us to the columns by the church where we did 8’s.  Dirty hookups & lunges.  We did 5 burpees each.
Anchorman had us mosey to the steps at Cedar Bluff Primary School where we did 5 rounds of 10 merkins and a stair climb in between.  We did 5 burpees each.
Jitters was next and we did 50 LBC’s followed by 5 Burpees.
Then it was Jenner’s turn.  We did 50 squats followed by 5 Burpees.
Honeydew was next, and we ran to the CMU pile where we did 21’s.  7/7/7 versions of a curl.  We also did tri extensions, and bench press, all followed by 5 burpees.
Judge Judy saved the “best for last”, and we did 10 blockees, 8 blockees, and 6 blockees.
We moseyed back to the AO, where we added our 5 burpees.

Total Burpees 69 each
MARY:
25 LBC’s and a Judge Judy led round of pickle pounders
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
This Holiday is about freedom.  There was a price for freedom, and many before us laid down their life so that we can make good/bed decisions.  We all made choices today and led the workout.  I encountered a group of PAX in F3 Low Country last week on vacation doing 25 burpees a day, each.  They have PAX who was diagnosed with Breast cancer, and although treatable, it was a reminder to them to take their health seriously.  They are doing 25 burpees a day as a reminder to get checked or seen by a doctor, and to not those things off.  Today we did burpees as a reminder to do the same.
MOLESKIN:
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