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Let’s Make a (Bad) Deal

THE SCENE: Still way too warm for late September, daggummit!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x26 IC
TN Rocking Chair x15 IC
Asphalt Kissers x10 IC
Imperial Squat Walkers x15 IC
LBAC fwd and back x15 IC
OHC x20 IC

THA-THANG:
Wouldn’t be CMUesday without CMUs! Head over and grab one.

Each corner of the parking lot has 3 cards. One has a number of reps on each side. One has an exercise on each side. One has a traveling exercise on each side.
Only one side of the card is visible… Content of the other side is unknown.
PAX take turns choosing for each card to take what’s face up, or make a deal and switch to the unknown side…

Station 1:
Tricep Extensions/(Squat Thrust), 30/(45), Crawl Bear/(Inchworm Merkins)
Choices: Kept the Tri’s, Snitch switched the reps to 45 (groans all around), traded Crawl Bear for Inchworm Merkins (pushing CMU ahead)!

Station 2:
CMU Big Boys/(CMU Merkins), 30/(60), Twist Lunge/(CMU-icide)
Choices: Kept the reps and the exercise, but flipped over Twist Lunge to reveal the CMU-icide (suicide with CMU carry)

Station 3:
On the Shelf/(One-hand OHP), 30/(20), Pregnant Crab/(Blockee Broad Jump)
Choices: Kept On the Shelf, missed a reprieve by keeping the 30 reps. Nobody liked the Pregnant Crab idea… Until we found out what was on the other side.

Station 4:
Burpee Hop-Over/(8-Count Blocky Builder), 25/(10), CMU-icide/(Bunny Hop)
This one was the spirit-breaker. After the Blockee Broad Jumps, nobody wanted to touch the Burpees. But we ended up with the 8-Count Blocky Builders instead! 25 showing… Nobody brave enough to make the deal that would have cut the reps to 10. Let’s knock ’em out! Everyone happy to run the CMU-icide, so Bunny Hops remained hidden.

One lap completed! Time for another lap, this time with the excercise/rep combos that were NOT chosen last time:

Station 1:
Squat Thrust revealed. Only 30 since we did 45 last round… Snitch gets apologies from the PAX. Interminable Crawl Bear dragging the CMU.

Station 2:
Merkins on the CMU – 60 of ’em! That’s a lot… If you need a breather, take a mosey down the parking lot and back.

Had to call time halfway through Station 2… Back to the pile with the CMUs

MARY:
Flutter kicks x30 IC.
Cash out with LBCs OYO until time.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 strong this morning. Welcome to Frat Boy from F3 Fort Mill!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Isaiah 1:18
“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord:

though your sins are like scarlet,

they shall be as white as snow;

though they are red like crimson,

they shall become like wool.”

Most of the deals I offered today kinda sucked. Some just worse than others. And you didn’t know what you were going to get. God lays it all out there. Here’s His deal: Trade your sins for His righteousness through Christ!

MOLESKIN:
Pray for Helga’s family as he heads off to “play army” for a month!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Brolympics coming in November!

Building bridges

THE SCENE: Clear , low humidity, 60s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Burpee Dan down the grinder

bear crawl / plank Indian crawl the grinder
THA THANG

  • EVERYONE grab a CMU and head to the base of kiddie slope
  • 11s w Mr spectacular at the base starting w one
  • 10 cones are surest out going to the top of kiddie slope ,
  • Do one Mr Spectacular, run to the 10th cone, run back and do 2 Mr spectacular, run to cone # 9…
  • Repeat until you do 10 Mr spectacular and run to cone #1.  10 th cone being the furthest away .
  • About 2 miles of running back and forth and 55 Mr spectaculars
  • mosey to the base of mt crumpit for 5 rounds
  • one round consisted of 20 CMU curls at the base, run to the top , 20 lbcs
  • 100 Curls and 100 lbcs

MARY:
30 gas pumps oyo

20 hello dolly ic
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 pax
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Story from the Q source ;

Once there were two brothers who lived on adjoining farms fell into conflict. It was the first serious rift in 40 years of farming side by side, sharing machinery, and trading labor and goods as needed without a hitch.
Then the long collaboration fell apart. It began with a small misunderstanding and it grew into a major difference, and finally it exploded into an exchange of bitter words followed by weeks of silence. One morning there was a knock on John’s door. He opened it to find a man with a carpenter’s toolbox. “I’m looking for a few days work,” he said.
“Perhaps you would have a few small jobs here and there. Could I help you?”
“Yes,” said the older brother.
“I do have a job for you. Look across the creek at that farm. That’s my neighbor, in fact, it’s my younger brother. Last week there was a meadow between us and he took his bulldozer to the river levee and now there is a creek between us. Well, he may have done this to spite me, but I’ll go him one better. See that pile of lumber curing by the barn? I want you to build me a fence – an 8-foot fence – so I won’t need to see his place anymore. Cool him down, anyhow.” The carpenter said, “I think I understand the situation. Show me the nails and the post-hole digger and I’ll be able to do a job that pleases you.”

“I think I understand the situation. Show me the nails and the post-hole digger and I’ll be able to do a job that pleases you.”

The older brother had to go to town for supplies, so he helped the carpenter get the materials ready and then he was off for the day. The carpenter worked hard all that day measuring, sawing, nailing. About sunset when the farmer returned, the carpenter had just finished his job. The farmer’s eyes opened wide, his jaw dropped. There was no fence there at all. It was a bridge… a bridge stretching from one side of the creek to the other! A fine piece of work handrails and all – and the neighbor, his younger brother, was coming across, his hand outstretched. “You are quite a fellow to build this bridge after all what I’ve said and done.”
The two brothers stood at each end of the bridge, and then they met in the middle, taking each other’s hand. They turned to see the carpenter hoist his toolbox on his shoulder. “No, wait! Stay a few days. I’ve a lot of other projects for you,” said the older brother.
“I’d love to stay on,” the carpenter said, “but, I have many more bridges to build.”

MOLESKIN:
Let’s build bridges and not divide during these times , especially the iron pax challenge . Yes , we need friction( iron sharpens iron !)  to grow as men but we can provide positive friction with encouraging to do the right thing and not negative friction by calling someone out and put them down because they are not doing the right thing.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

Bottle Up and Explode

Ooo THE SCENE: Not too bad out.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH
High knees
OH claps
Windmills
THA-THANG:
Mosey w/ CMUs to the Educator.
Under construction so we audibled to the field across the street.
Suicide the cones then run the loop back in between rounds.
5 rounds of 20 reps each.
Derkins
Thrusters
BBS w/ CMU
Curls
Tris
MARY:
CMU up flutters x 20
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
13 brothers
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Asking for help is ok. Emotionally as men we may bottle up our feeling because if we ask for help we think there is something wrong with us. Just like we need help from our brothers out here to get better physically we need to rely on our brothers and significant people in our lives to get better emotionally.
MOLESKIN:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

50 reps of just about everything

THE SCENE: Nice and cool.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, Little baby arm circles, Tempo Merkins
THA-THANG:

Divide the PAX evenly at 4 stations. After completing each station go for a run down to the point and back to the AO. Take the long road.
Station 1
-50 Merkins
-50 CMU Chest Press
-50 Dry Docks
Station 2
-50 Squats w/ CMU
-50 Step Ups w/ CMU (25 per leg)
-50 Lunges (25 per leg)
Station 3
-50 CMU Curls
-50 Tricep Extensions
-50 Lawnmower Pulls (25 each arm)
Station 4
-50 WW2’s
-50 LBC’s
-50 Big Boys

MARY:
Mosey for a while, Overhead Claps and more Merkins

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Neighbor, Moses, Taco, Tin Man, Snorkel, Fins, Iceman, Flopper, RadioShack, Goldfinger, Pinnochio, Cable Guy, ESPY
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Hot Spots, we all have them. These are areas of insecurity or a nerve that gets touched. Maybe it’s anger in relation to a familiar trigger, maybe its self-doubt or a habitual sin.  When they show up, it’s never pretty. The devil can take a hold of you in these moments because you allow yourself get so wrapped around the axle when they pop up. Each time that hot spot gets lit up you can’t love others the way you were created to. You stop showing up as the best version of yourself because you are focused on the sin/insecurity/fill in the blank.
Stop in those moments and listen to the truth about yourself:  You were created in His image and He doesn’t make mistakes. You are a well-loved and cared for son of an Almighty God.
Take that hot spot and lay it down at the foot of the cross, leave it there. Pick up the Truth about yourself and refer back to it in your heart and mind when and if that hot spot ever pops back up.

MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
T-shirt order is complete, they sent me the spreadsheet with who ordered what. I’ll let ya’ll know when the box ships fro distribution at the AO

The Narrow Road

THE SCENE: Felt a little hot, but nice overall.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSHs x20 IC
LB Arm Circles x12 each side IC
Michael Phelps for a bit
Cherry Pickers x8 IC
THA-THANG:
Four cones were set up in a rectangle across the grinder. Each person started at a different cone and did the first exercise there. Then they moved clockwise to the next cone by either bear crawling (shorter side of the rectangle) or doing a defensive slide (longer side of the rectangle). They then did the first exercise at the next cone and so on until they finished the first exercise at all four cones. Each time we completed four exercises, we ran up the troll bridge and did 10 bodybuilders before going back and moving on to the next set of exercises.

Exercises at each cone:
Cone #1

    • Goblet Squats – 20
    • Overhead CMU Lunges – 20 each leg
    • One Leg Deadlifts – 20 each leg
    • Step Ups – 20 each leg

Cone #2

    • Three Part Merkins – 10
    • CMU Chest Presses – 30
    • Hand Release Merkins – 20
    • Wide Merkins – 20

Cone #3

    • Bent Over Rows – 25
    • Tricep Extensions – 20
    • Curls – 30
    • Chest Ups/Pull Ups – 15

Cone #4

    • WWII BBS – 30
    • Boxcutters – 20 4 Count
    • Flutter Kicks – 20 4 Count
    • V-Ups – 20

MARY:
We did a little ring of fire holding an Al Gore while each person did a burpee. For round 2 we each did 2 burpees before time ran out.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
16 PAX Strong today
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Matthew 7:13-14 says “Enter by the narrow gate, since the road that leads to destruction is wide and spacious, and many take it, but it is a narrow gate and a hard road that leads to life, and only a few find it.”

I feel like this verse is applicable to anything we do in life. As F3 men, we walk a narrow road each day when we decide to wake up early and workout. We have to strive to take the narrow path in each and everything we do. Comfort and ease are the barriers to happiness and success.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: