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Truck Stop Saturday 6-11-22

THE SCENE: Low humidity.  Ideal temp.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: added a rapid fire pre-workout name-o-rama and struggled to remember all 5 F3 Pillars

WARM-O-RAMA:
typical
THA-THANG:
EV.1 – PAX mosey’d to the upper field to complete the Ab Circuit below – 4 exercises; 4 sets per exercise before moving to the next; 30 seconds of work and 15 seconds of rest

1 – Elbow Plank     2 – Flutter Kick     3 – Full Range Freddie Merc     4 – Dead Bug / X-Up

EV.2 – 1-Mile Mosey around the perimeter greenway

EV.3 – Bleacher E.M.O.M – prescribed rep count for each exercise, every minute on the minute for 10 minutes

1 – High Stepper x 10 (2=1)     2 – Air Squat x 5 (10 for some)     3 – Imperial Walker x 10 (2=1)

  • after the 10th minute – PAX scaled the bleacher and charged up the hill to the greenway, then mosey’d back to Field 1 for EV.4

EV.4 – Touchdowns – 4 rounds of the following – perform the rep-count of the round’s exercise on the end line of the field, then run to the other side of the field and do the same before running back to the start.  Early finishers circle back for the Six

– Round 1 – 20 Merkins (Lunge to the Six)

– Round 2 – 15 Reverse Crunches (Bear Crawl to the Six)

– Round 3 – 10 Prisoner Get-Ups (Run to the Six)

– Round 4 – 5 Burpees (Encourage the Six)

MARY:
Group Merkins in Ring-of-Fire Format (3,2,1,1,2,3)
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 HIMs and a 2.0 (Champ)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Invite Christ into the areas of your life that are holding you back.  That’s where He wants to be.  Break the cycle.
MOLESKIN:
2 Corinthians 5:17 – Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.   The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
July 2nd convergence at JUCO.  No Truck Stop (or any other workouts) that day.

Bringing on the flowers @ Truck Stop – 4/16/22

THE SCENE: mid-50’s and drizzly
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Feet together touch toes 20 seconds; feet apart and touch each – right, left, and middle for 20 seconds each; Grady Corns IC x 10; LBAC IC x 10 each way; mosey to the Shed
THA-THANG:
EV.1 – Tabata-Style extended warmup – 4 exercises, 20 seconds of work, 10 seconds of rest, 4 sets of each exercise before moving to the next, and 30 seconds of recovery time between exercises.  Once the tabata was complete we took a run around the baseball field as a preview for what was to come.

1 – Side Straddle Hops

2 – High Knees in place

3 – Front Jacks

4 – Imperial Squat Walkers in place

EV.2 – The Flower Challenge – perform the prescribed exercise for each round, going along with the instructions given within the lyrics of the song “Flower” by Moby.  Lap the baseball field and return to the Shed at the end of each round.

Round 1 – Merkins (chest resting on the ground during the “down” phase)

Round 2 – Squats

Round 3 – Leg Raises (laying on your six with feet together, raise legs straight up to perpendicular without bending them, then lower them back down to 6″ off the ground.  Heels should never touch the ground during this round)

EV.3 – Mosey back to the AO parking lot for some light pole to light pole laps.  Perform each exercise from pole to pole and then back to the start

1 – Sprint

2 – Lunge / Reverse Lunge

3 – Imperial Walker

4 – Bear Crawl / Crawl Bear

MARY:
100 yard dash x 2 – PAX gave it all they had in an all-out jailbreak length-wise across the parking lot (x2) to properly empty the tank
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 HIMs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

“If we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak.  We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea.  We are far too easily pleased.”

CS Lewis – “The Weight Of Glory”
MOLESKIN:

Don’t take Christ’s sacrifice for granted.  Accept the gift and take the holiday at the sea!

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gently and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.  Matthew 11: 28-30

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

A Break In The Storm @ DogPound 4-12-22

THE SCENE: Wet with frequent lightning and thunder right up until go-time, when it all dissipated to provide us with a perfect 40 minute window of mostly rainless workout weather
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH IC x 20; feet together touch toes 20-seconds; LBAC IC x 5 each way; grab a CMU and mosey across towards the Thunderdome
THA-THANG:
EV.1 – Abs Circuit – 4 exercises > 30 seconds of work / 15 seconds of rest > 4 sets of each before moving to the next > 20 seconds recovery between exercises

1 – Elbow Plank

2 – Flutter Kick

3 – Freddie Mercury w/ full range of motion (we turned the FM into an actual ab exercise instead of a race to see how quickly one can turn his neck back and forth – in standard BBS position, the left foot is raised until the knee meets the right elbow.  Shoulders and foot are then returned all the way back to the ground before switching sides).

4 – Dead Bug

EV.2 – CMU Circuit – (performed at the center circle of the Thunderdome) 8 exercises > 20 seconds of work /  10 seconds of rest > 5 sets of each before moving to the next > 30 seconds to jog to the baseline of the Thunderdome and Bernie back to your CMU

1 – Curl

2 – Toe Tap Block-Overs

3  – Thrusters

4 – Burpee Block-Overs

5 – Single-Arm Shoulder Press (sitting or standing)

6 – Deadlifts

7 – American Hammers w/ CMU

8 – Hip to Halo

MARY:
Booked it back to the AO w/ CMU’s to make it on time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
5 total with 2 early departures for “meetings”
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
1 – make Easter meaningful this year.  The culmination of events that occurred on this week so many years ago is the most important happening in all of human history.  Don’t overlook it.  Understand and appreciate the sacrifice that was made, and consider Jesus’s invitation to “come to me”.

2 – Big props to all the Men who’ve toughed it out through the winter months.  As the temps increase so will the size of the COT.  Give yourself a pat on the back if you’ve maintained consistency throughout the cold season.

MOLESKIN:

Matthew 11: 28-30 – Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The Flag is being passed at The Equalizer this Friday, April 15th, at 0530.  Be there.

Just 6 Reps

THE SCENE: Clear and a bit on the cool side. Upper 30s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
40ish SSH waiting for Mayberry to pull up his panties or something
5x Cherry Pickers
5x Cobra Burpees
10x Tempo Merkins
10x Imperial Squat Walkers
15x LBAC each way plus Grady Corns

THA-THANG:
Starting in the parking lot, 24 merkins at each end for 48 total.

Mosey to the soccer field at Watt road.
12 merkins and 12 BBS at each corner for 48 total of each

Mosey to the Bob Leonard side soccer field
8 merkins, 8 BBS, 8 squat jumps at each corner plus the midfield line for 48 total of each

Mosey to the upper soccer field
6 merkins, 6 BBS, 6 squat jumps, 6 8-count body builders at each corner of an 8-stop figure-8 lap around the field for 48 total of each

Finished with enough time to head to the bars and do 4 sets of 12 E-Z Ups

MARY:
Mosey back to the AO and get in a few flutter kicks.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 PAX this morning including FNG Resistor (Rich Crompton)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
From My Utmost for His Highest – March 30:
The reason many of us stop praying and become hard toward God is that we only have an emotional interest in prayer. It sounds good to say that we pray, and we read books on prayer which tell us that prayer is beneficial— that our minds are quieted and our souls are uplifted when we pray. But Isaiah implied in this verse that God is amazed at such thoughts about prayer.

Worship and intercession must go together; one is impossible without the other. Intercession means raising ourselves up to the point of getting the mind of Christ regarding the person for whom we are praying (see Philippians 2:5). Instead of worshiping God, we recite speeches to God about how prayer is supposed to work. Are we worshiping God or disputing Him when we say, “But God, I just don’t see how you are going to do this”? This is a sure sign that we are not worshiping. When we lose sight of God, we become hard and dogmatic. We throw our petitions at His throne and dictate to Him what we want Him to do. We don’t worship God, nor do we seek to conform our minds to the mind of Christ. And if we are hard toward God, we will become hard toward other people.

Are we worshiping God in a way that will raise us up to where we can take hold of Him, having such intimate contact with Him that we know His mind about the ones for whom we pray? Are we living in a holy relationship with God, or have we become hard and dogmatic?

Do you find yourself thinking that there is no one interceding properly? Then be that person yourself. Be a person who worships God and lives in a holy relationship with Him. Get involved in the real work of intercession, remembering that it truly is work— work that demands all your energy, but work which has no hidden pitfalls. Preaching the gospel has its share of pitfalls, but intercessory prayer has none whatsoever.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Mark your calendars for Swan Cabin weekend – Sept. 16-18

Matterhorn Circuit

THE SCENE: 39 degrees Fahrenheit, slight breeze – no sweatshirt needed
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH IC x 25
  • Tempo Merkins IC x 15
  • Tempo Squats IC x 10
  • Cherry Pickers (Dog Pound Style) IC x 5

THA-THANG:
Indian Run to Matterhorn & Battle Buddy up. Travel to each cone between Speed Hump and the Pav-a-lon.

  • Partner Merkins x 20
  • Pull-ups/Knees to Chest x 20
  • Reverse Lunge up Matterhorn
  • 25 Squat Hops
  • 11’s – CDD’s & Dips
  • BC down hill
  • R&R for time

MARY:

  • Flutter Kicks IC x 20
  • Spidey Stretches

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Arguing with your wife is like reading the EULA on the internet. You get part way through and just agree… This month there is a call out from F3 to take the M out for a nice date. Let’s take the wife out!!

Link to podcast here: https://soundcloud.com/f3nation/stuff-worth-trying-podcast-episode-23?utm_source=clipboard&utm_campaign=wtshare&utm_medium=widget&utm_content=https%253A%252F%252Fsoundcloud.com%252Ff3nation%252Fstuff-worth-trying-podcast-episode-23

MOLESKIN:

Ribbed disappears at 615a sharp. Aladdin has wheels and we found out that a CDD is a dip according to Trunk.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Check the email.