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Year of Fear

THE SCENE: Easy, breezy, beautiful
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
5 merkins
20 SSH, 4 ct
5 merkins
10 windmills, 4 ct
5 merkins
10 tempo squats
5 merkins
5 cherry pickers
22 merkins
THA-THANG:
Mosey around island
5 rounds of exercise, then a lap around the baseball field with 5 each merkins, BBS, and squats at each light pole (9 light poles = 45 reps per move per lap)

Exercises between laps – 22 reps each move:

  1. Squats, American Hammers (4 ct)
  2. Merkins, Flutter Kicks (4 ct)
  3. CDDs, Star Jacks
  4. Mountain Climbers (4 ct), Wide arm merkins
  5. Dive Bombers, Burpees

Fellowship mosey to basketball goal for 2 rounds of Gotcha (10 merkin buy-in, 10 merkin penalty when out)
Mosey back to AO

MARY:
1 minute Mary – 22 flutter kicks, 4 ct

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
We went around the circle and named off something that caused us stress, anxiety, or to be scared in 2021.  Most of us focused on our children, their safety, and how we’re doing as fathers and leaders.  2020 kicked off a 2 year cycle of stress, anxiety, fear, frustration, and anger.  2021, for most it seems, was even worse.  We’ve heard nonstop garbage and noise about all the things we should be scared of.  Covid, jobs, the economy, foreign governments, our own governments, non-citizens and citizens alike.  It’s overwhelming the amount of fear that’s being preached by our leaders and news outlets.

I told myself for most of 2021 to ignore the garbage and shouting, to not be scared, to just keep on keeping on.  It wasn’t until the last stretch that I realized that maybe they were on to something.  Maybe they were right.  Maybe I should be fearful.  But they were, and still are, preaching the wrong kind of fear.

Paul tells us in Philippians 4:6, “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.”  In Psalm 56:3-4 we find David saying, “When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.  In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid.  What can flesh do to me?”

Stress and anxiety have no place in our lives, gentlemen.  It will not add anything to our lives.  And we far too frequently find ourselves wallowing in the wrong kind of fear.  There is one, and only one, thing we should fear.  That is the Lord God Almighty.  Our Creator, Provider, Healer, and Savior.  Not as the world fears.  Not as we fear punishment or harm.  But a fear out of love, respect, admiration, and praise.  A righteous fear.

Job 28:28 describes fear in this way, “And he said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'”  Matthew 10:28 instructs us, “And do not fear those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul.  Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.”

Let us live our lives with the right kind of fear, the Fear of the Lord.  Let us give him all of our worldly fear, stress and anxiety to him.  Let us lead our children, spouses, friends and neighbors with a righteous Fear and help spread the Gospel to this dark world that so desperately needs Him.  Make 2022 the Year of Fear!

MOLESKIN:
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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Just Desk Work

THE SCENE: 52, dry surfaces, minimal fog
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Cherry Pickers, Reach for the stars, Let it hang, Windmill, Tempo Squats, Tempo Merkins, Maracan Night club
THA-THANG:

8 HIMs ended the year right with a little desk work.
Mosey through the courtyard with mountain climbers to start, then side shuffle across each walkway.

Ended with Bernie to the old chair style desks by the PODS.   No CMU’s today.  Just an old desk.

  • Up and Over (step on the chair and hop over)
  • Curls of the deks
  • Derkins on the desk
  • Overhead Press with the desk
  • Squats
  • Float between 2 desks (while your partner ran the hill)
  • Dips between 2 desks (while your partner ran the hill)

The color of your chair/desk determined the number of reps you did each round.  10, 15 or 21

MARY:
On the mosey back, each stop sign or crosswalk one HIM called a core excercise: Imperial walkers, Flutter kicks, Hello dolly, LBC, Heels to heaven.  Ended with 5 burpees and a start jump
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Elementary School was basic. Reading, Writing, Math.
The Christian Walk is basic too. Prayer, Bible Reading, Worship and Service
Today I want to focus on how we finish off this year well with prayer.
I’ll share an article I read just recently and has already made a difference in my prayer life. https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/stop-having-quiet-times/
In the gospels we are told Jesus went away to pray 20+ times.
To get away from distraction. but also to talk out loud to His Father.  I encourage you to do the same.
Luke 5:16 But he would withdrawal to a desolate place to pray.
This year, get away, pray out loud and see if it doesn’t breath new life into your prayer life.
Mat 6:6 But when you pray, go to your room and shut the door

MOLESKIN:
Be sure to get away  from it all and pray out loud before the year is up

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Happy New Year!  Great job in 2021.  2022 is going to be even better.

Super easy AOQ handoff beatdown

THE SCENE: Few clouds, 54°F, Feels like 52°F, Humidity 82%, Wind 2mph from SW
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Arm circles forward IC 15x
  • Overhead Claps IC 15x
  • Seal claps IC 15x
  • Amr circles backwards IC 15x
  • Tempo squats 10x
  • SSH 30x

THA-THANG:

  • Herbie starts with Q
  • Mosey to the planters. Partner up. 
  • Dora’s
    • 100 derkins
    • 200 dips
    • 300 step ups (2 CT left leg right leg)
    • Partner 2 runs to the bush and back while partner 1 does exercise
  • Hand off Q to Geppetto
  • 10 count Welsh dragons.
    • 4 step bear crawl
    • Merkin, plank jack, same shoulder shoulder taps = 1 rep
  • Mosey to the rock pile.
  • Diego’s
    • Grab a good sized rock
    • Partner up, partners do total reps
    • 100 curls
    • 200 overhead presses
    • 300 squats
  • Mosey back to the main parking lot, single file line and Indian run to the marathon station backer on the parking lot to the AO.

MARY:

  • Dealer’s choice.
    • Hello dollies on a 20 count.
    • Captain Thor’s six to and 24.
    • Freddie Mercury’s
    • Ring of fire till Time

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Handoff of the flag and AOQ from Herbie to Geppetto

To the pax:

It has been an honor and blessing to be the AOQ for the Brickyard. You men have inspired and challenged me. We have faced a pandemic together and grown stronger together. F3 has made me a better man and you all are a part of that. Leadership of the AO does not fall on the shoulders of one man. You all are a part of this. If you haven’t figured it out yet, we are a leadership group disguised as a workout group. So if you have an idea of something to do, don’t wait do it. You are freed to lead. Start it up and pull other men into it with you and get after it.

I love you all.

To Geppetto:

I’m handing over a group of rowdy wild men that are passionate and outspoken. They have heart and will push you to your limits at times. As the AOQ you will represent Brickyard to the other AOs and with the Nantan, but you are not alone. Do not feel that you have to do everything yourself, you have a group of men here to lead and guide. Call upon us, challenge us and push us to be better. Iron sharpens iron only by being struck and scraped together. At times things will be abrasive, but that is the sharpening of men and it cannot be done alone. Thank you for your willingness to step up and be the AOQ, we have your back.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Christmas party and emerald youth toy store

Crawl Run Fun

THE SCENE: Foggy, low 60s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER✔
WARM-O-RAMA:
Cherry Pickers, Windmills, Good Mornings, Tempo Merkins, Tempo Squats, Jumping Flamingos
THA-THANG:

  • Parking Lot:  10 yard crawls with ascending exercise at each end: Round 1) Bear Crawl to curb, 1 Merkin, Crawl Bear back to start, 2 Merkins.  Rinse and Repeat up to 5 Merkins.  Round 2) Same concept with Lunge/Squats. Round 3) Alligator Crawl/Werkins.  Round 4) Frog Jumps/Monkey Humpers.
  • New Building:  Exercises and Reps written on 15 light poles going around the building.  Run to first pole, perform the exercise, Run lap around building.  Repeat at each pole: exercise, then lap around the building. Exercises at poles – Merkins x40, Squats x50, Plank Jacks x50, Werkins x40, BBS x30, Iron Mikes x30, Shoulder Taps x50, Box Jumps x30, Derkins x30, Dips x30, SSH x100, and a few others.  Most completed 9 or 10 out of 15 poles with over 2 miles of running.

MARY:
No Time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 Strong
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
There is a God and you are not Him.
MOLESKIN:
N/A
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
N/A

Charles Bronson’s BLIMP

THE SCENE: Foggy
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER✔
WARM-O-RAMA:
Cherry Pickers, LBACF, LBACB, OHCs, Tempo Merkins, Tempo Squats, Jumping Flamingos across the Parking Lot
THA-THANG:

  • Parking Lot:  10 yard crawls with ascending exercise at each end: Round 1) Bear Crawl to curb, 1 Merkin, Craw Bear back to start, 2 Merkins.  Rinse and Repeat up to 5 Merkins.  Round 2) Same concept with Lunge/Squats.
  • Soccer Field: Charles Bronson – 50 Reps of a called Exercise, Run 90 yards, Bear Crawl 10 yards, Run back to start.  Rinse and Repeat.  Exercises: Merkins, Squats, Flutters, and SSH.
  • Concrete Bleachers: Grinder.  One partner does step ups while other runs along walking path and across bridge.  The runner encountered three stations along the run: 15 Merkins, 10 Squats, 5 Burpees before returning to relieve stepping partner.  Switch, Rinse and Repeat for total of two rounds each.
  • Concrete Bleachers: Calf Way to Heaven – Perform called number of Calf Raises, box jump to next bleacher seat, repeat for total of 4 rounds.  We did a total of 12 rounds – 1 Round with 10 reps, another with 15, another with 20.
  • Soccer Field: Hidenberg BLIMPS – 4 Corners, called exercise with reps at each.  Round 1) 10 Burpees at every corner, Round 2) 20 Lunges at every corner.

MARY:
Plank for 1 minute.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 Strong
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Work with all of your heart as if you are working for the Lord.  Colossians 3:23
MOLESKIN:
We had a visitor from Woodstock, GA.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
N/A