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Sharpen That Saw

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AO: asylum-daybreak
Q: Lilydipper
PAX: Crawdad (Robbi Dickens), Doubtfire (Nick Bond), Jumbo(Carter Dickens), Mr Jinxy, Pele (Jon Lindberg), High Heels, Dain Bramage (Will Olson), Waffle House (Brady Greene), Crash Dummy, CRISPR, Brick
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WARMUP: 2 laps round parking lot with running on longest sides and Bernie Sanders on shorter sides of the lot. 25 Side-Straddle-Hops. Curly Stomps, 10 Windmills, 5 Inch Worms, 7 Pterodactyls Forward and Backward, 7 Twistees, 7 Tennessee Rocking Chairs, Little of This and That.

THE THANG: Mosey to Caribbean parking lot. We will stop to do 10 Imperial Walkers.
Mosey East on Serpentine Trail to where it intersects with Park Perimeter Trail. We will stop to do 20 American Hammers.
Mosey South on Trail to Dock by river. We will stop to do 20 Merkins and 20 Squats.
Mosey south on trail and then mosey to trail where it heads to Bros Bowl. We will stop to do 15 Hello Dollies twice on the way.
Mosey to Muscle Beach. We will stop to do one 20 rep set of any exercise unit at the beach.
Mosey to soccer field and then sprint across soccer field, stopping twice to do 10 Merkins each stop on the way.
Go to trail that is south of soccer field. We will run 4 lights and walk 2 lights, repeating the pattern until we reach the area that branches out and has the peer nearby.
We will go to rock pile where each man will grab CMU weight rock. We will do the following exercises with rocks
20 Overhead Presses
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20 Curls
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20 Rows
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20 Chest Thrusts
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Mosey to Big Baseball Pavilion. We will stop to do 20 Picnic Table Pull-ups and 20 Bench Dips.
Mosey to artificial turf field for a game of kickball.
Mosey uphill to circle in park roadway. We will stop to do 20 Rocky Balboas.
Mosey to parking lot below Caribbean. We will to stop to do 20 Flutter Kicks.
Mosey to the Caribbean and stand at the grassy area up top. One man shall kick the kickball down Pickett’s Charge and then all of us will run after the ball to see who gets to it first. Next, another brother shall kick the ball further down Pickett’s charge and we will race to the ball. We will do this one more time.
Mosey to the parking lot with the nice restrooms. Bear crawl four parking spaces and then lunge four parking spaces, repeating the pattern to then end of the parking lot.
Mosey to AO. We will sprint from one end of the parking lot to the other and then sprint back.

MARY: Stretches.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Passing of the shovel lag at the Asylum PM AO from Brick to Crash Dummy will occur this Thursday, June 26 at the 5:45 pm workout. Our brother, Lizzy, gets married today! Our brother, Steam is gonna have a Little Steam! The baby is due in February.

COT: Message
Sharpening the Saw

Psalms 127:2 – It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
We tend to be busy men. There are some lazy people in this world but when I look among you guys it is the opposite. In fact, I would think an issue for each one of us is that we frequently get into trouble for having too many activities and obligations on our plate.

Sometimes when I get worried and stressed out from taking on too much, my wife, Jan, reminds me of one of the good ol country sayings of her father, Dorlan Grimes. He says, “You gotta sharpen the saw.” If any of you use a chain saw or any other type of saw you know that if you don’t stop now and then to sharpen it, the saw doesn’t cut well. It is ineffective. That country saying has great wisdom in it. We become ineffective ourselves if we do not take time to rest, to relax and just sit in God’s glory. God has given us Sabbath because he knows what is good for us. Gents, take time to rest. We work hard, but as Crawdad says, after our workouts, “Boys, let’s get The Reward!”

Prayer Requests:
Pray for Lizzy as his stepfather may not be here on this earth much longer, yet Lizzy has his wedding this very day. Prayers for MD Hammer whose mother passed away recently. Prayers for Unibráu (Nick Robinson) and his health. Prayer’s for my wife, Jan, who is suffering from shingles on her face and near her eye. Pray that the shingles do not get in her eye.

God Loves the 99

AO: asylum-daybreak
Q: Lilydipper
PAX: lebowski, Brick, Mr Jinxy, Drum Major, Waffle House (Brady Greene), Lizzy, Crash Dummy, Pusher, Kung Blue, Dain Bramage (Will Olson), Doubtfire (Nick Bond), Snitch (Cory Beilharz ), Lulu (Greg Huddy), Veggie (Rylen Huddy), Jumbo(Carter Dickens), Pele (Jon Lindberg)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 17
WARMUP: 20 Side Straddle Hops, 10 Mountain Climbers, 10 Windmills, 10 Twistees, 10 Bobby Hurleys, 10 Rockettes, 10 Gas Pumps, 10 Baby Arm Circles Forward and 10 Backward.

THE THANG: Mosey up Mini Cardiac. We will stop at the top for 10 Imperial Walkers.
Mosey to small parking lot located on north side of roadway as roadway goes west. We will bear crawl across parking lot.
Mosey to stop sign at northeast corner of Admin Bldg. We will stop to do 20 Hello Dollies.
Bernie Sanders on semi-circle roadway to guard rail on north side of roadway. We will stop to do 20 American Hammers.
Lunge to Big Tree on right side of roadway. We will stop to do 20 Merkins.
Sprint to where roadway is even with bat house. Take 20 second rest.
Sprint to beginning of gravel parking lot. Take 30 second rest.
Lunge to end of parking lot.
Sprint to where the road curves to the east. We will take 20 second rest.
Sprint to tree on right down the road. We will take 20 second rest.
Bernie Sanders to end of semi-circle road. We will do 20 American Hammers
Sprint south to the circle at the middle of the intersection with the main roadway. We will stop to do 20 Rocky Balboas.
Mosey to parking lot west of ball fields. We will stop to do 10 Hand Release Merkins.
Mosey to picnic tables in baseball fields’ pavilion. We will do the following exercises stopping after each one to run around the pavilion twice:
40 Baby Crunches (single count)
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40 Freddie Mercuries (two count)
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20 Picnic Table Pull-ups
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20 Bench Dips
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Mosey to Basketball Courts. We will play Knock Out and continue until we have a champion. All those knocked out run laps around the other half of the court three times before getting back in line. Rinse and repeat two more times.
Mosey east to the circle at the intersection of main roadway and roadway that heads to the admin bldg. We will do 20 more Rocky Balboas.
Mosey to driveway that leads to Outdoor Chapel Parking Lot. We will take 20 second rest.
Alternate between mosey and gentleman moseys until we get to last speed bump before AO and then sprint to the AO.

MARY: Nada, we were behind time!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Lizzy has bachelor’s party next Saturday, 6 pm at the Orange Hat. The Banjo AO will now be an OTB

COT: Message

The Ninety-Nine are Not Forgotten

Luke 15:1–7

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

[1] Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. [2] And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”

[3] So he told them this parable: [4] “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? [5] And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. [6] And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’ [7] Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance. (ESV)

I love Jesus’ parable of the lost sheep. I have certainly felt lost in sin and it is good to know that my God will come after me when I am lost and rejoice when he takes me home. At the same time, verse number 7 can trouble me at times, especially when I am trying to be righteous. So is God going to ignore me and only rejoice with the sinner? Sometimes I feel like the brother of the prodigal son.

I think all of us can relate to that desire to be noticed. That is why kids are thrilled to see their parents in the stands when involved in a sports game. That is why sibling rivalry occurs. Sometimes, kids will act up and do something bad, just to be noticed by their parents. I used to do some consulting work on the Oncology/Hematology Unit at Children’s Hospital. Every year, they would have a one week camp for the siblings of patients with cancer. At the hospital, they realize that the siblings of patients with cancer are not only suffering the grief of their brother or sister having cancer but also suffering because their parents are required to pay so much attention to their child who has the cancer.

In the parable of the lost sheep, Jesus is speaking in hyperbole as he often did in parables. Of course he isn’t ignoring us when we are righteous. God delights in our righteous acts. And, isn’t it good to know that God wants us to walk along side of him and reach out to help sinners? He wants us to be a disciple and work with him. In doing so, we don’t have to be the focus. Others become the focus. We give up childish things.

And, if we can do that, God still loves us. He isn’t forgetting us. He is pretty damned proud.

Pele knows that one of my favorite songs is No Hard Feelings by the Avett Brothers. It is not only a song about forgiveness but is about living for God. One of my favorite lines in the song is one that captures what the writer foresees after death: “Will I join with the ocean blue? Or run into a savior true? And shake hands laughing.”

Imagine that. You are in heaven. You meet God, who knows you, who has seen you through it all, although He has seemed so far away. And, you shake hands with him laughing! God is saying yes, Brick, I saw your struggles but I also saw how much you loved and gave to others. Yes, Pele, I knew you were frustrated so many times with the conflict between others, but you hung in there with them and loved on them. Yes, Waffle House, I saw all the work you did on missions. Yes, Lizzy, I saw how you suffered through the deaths and sicknesses of family members but continued to serve others. Welcome home, welcome home! I have loved you through your sins but I have always seen and been proud of your righteousness. That message goes out to you, my brothers, for God sees the many righteous acts among you.

Prayers
Prayers for Crash Dummy’s 91 year-old grandmother, Sue, as she most likely will not be on this good earth for much longer but will join God in heaven. Prayers for Sue’s and Crash Dummy’s family. Prayers for Lebowski who strained his ankle during the Knock Out portion of our workout today. Prayers for Pusher as he travels to the Phillipines soon to see family, including his father.

A Leap of Faith

AO: asylum-daybreak
Q: Crash Dummy
PAX: Lilydipper, Crash Dummy, Crawdad (Robbi Dickens), Doubtfire (Nick Bond), Kung Blue, Mr Jinxy, Tropicana, Dain Bramage (Will Olson), High Heels, Snitch (Cory Beilharz ), Honeydew, Veggie (Rylen Huddy), Jumbo(Carter Dickens), Pac-man, Labowski
FNGs: None
COUNT: 16
WARMUP: Side Straddle Hops – 20, Cherry Pickers – 5, Good Mornings – 5, Tempo Squats – 5. Runner’s Stretch, Fire Hydrants, Donkey Kicks, Cat-Cows, Run the perimeter (facing the same direction)

THE THANG: 1st POC – Mini Cardiac: Battle Buddy Up! Partner 1, Bernie up the hill & back. Partner 2, reverse lunge. x5.

2nd POC – Cardiac: Suicides – Start w/10 Squat Jumps at bottom. Run to the 1st bend. 10 Merkins. Run back Down. 10 Squat Jumps. Run up to the 2nd Bend. 10 Merkins. Run back down to the bottom. 10 Squat Jumps. Run to the bench at the top. 10 Merkins. Run back down to the bottom. 10 Squat Jumps.

3rd POC – BSIA: Battle Buddy – Partner 1 – Burpees. Partner 2 – sprints around. 2nd lap. SSH. 3rd lap. Imperial Walkers. 4th lap. American Hammers.

4th POC – Toilet Bowl/Bidet: PAX Choice. Either Sprint up & around or head back to AO.

MARY: None

ANNOUNCEMENTS: None

COT: Growing up, my friends & I loved to drive up to Townsend, to the Wye, & jump off the cliffs into the water. The toughest part was not the jump itself but thinking about the jump. For the guys who are out here, that want to Q but might be overthinking it, I say, take that leap of faith and JUST DO IT!. It gets a little easier each time.

HH BFW Workout

AO: asylum-daybreak
Q: High Heels (Henry Ritchie)
PAX: Jumbo(Carter Dickens), Veggie (Rylen Huddy), Crawdad (Robbi Dickens), Lulu (Greg Huddy), Lilydipper
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WARMUP: SSH, Tempo Squats, Merkins, Wind Mills, BACs,

THE THANG: Head to the Island parking lot for candy canes. Round 1, SSH 20 at each POC, Round 2 Merkins 7 at each POC, Round 3 Squats, 10 at each POC, Round 4 CDD, 10 at each POC. Then we headed to the Yoga Studio for LBCs, Box Cutters, BBS, Flutter Kicks. The we headed to the Lilly Pad for The Serpentine: running the parking lot while doing SSH, CDD, Incline Merkins, Squats. Then we ran to the large to the TLP for step ups with stops at the ball fields for table pull ups and dips. Then up the hill to the colosseum for one round of 0900 with CDD. Back to the AO which 3.6 miles in the bank.

MARY: No time

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Heart Break Ridge – May 17th.

COT: Fulfilment can’t be found in the human things we chase good or bad: Money, Power, Love, ect. Only through Christ is fulfilment discovered.

Be Consistent

AO: asylum-daybreak
Q: CRISPR
PAX: Crawdad (Robbi Dickens), Pusher, Veggie (Rylen Huddy), Jumbo(Carter Dickens), Pac-man, High Heels (Henry Ritchie), Drum Major, Choir Boy, lebowski, Waffle House (Brady Greene), Stripped, Swimmies (Nathan Chesney), Honeydew, CRISPR
FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
WARMUP: SSH, Rockettes, Cherry Pickers, other stuff

THE THANG:
– 10 Inch Worms – Run
– 20 Apollo Ono – karaoke
– 30 Mountain Climbers – Bernie
– 40 Imperial Walkers – karaoke
– Mosey
– 10 – Reverse lunch w/ high knees – bear crawl
– 20 Squats – long jump
– 30 Shoulder tap merkins – crab walk
– 40 American Hammers – super Mario
– Mosey
– 10 Romanian deadlift – run lap
– 20 Alt Plank rows – run lap
– 30 Freddy mercury – run lap
– 40 Georgia cheerleaders – run lap
MARY:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Hot Toddy Triple Q next week

COT:

Brad Stulbeg:
Consistency is more important than intensity. If you win at consistency, you have a good chance of winning at everything else. Consistency means:

– Showing up on good days and bad days.
– Zooming out and playing the long game.
– Focusing on the process over outcomes.

James Clear:
If you want to maintain your sanity, reduce stress, and increase your odds of long-term success, then you need to plan for failure as well as focus on consistency. Research from Stanford professor Kelly McGonigal has shown that the number one reason why willpower fades and people fail to remain consistent with their habits and goals is that they don’t have plan for failure.

Planning to fail doesn’t mean that you expect to fail, but rather than you know what you will do and how you will get back on track when things don’t work out. If you’re focused on being perfect, then you’re caught in an all-or-nothing trap.
Meanwhile, if you realize that individual failures have little impact on your long-term success, then you can more easily rebound from failures and setbacks. Being consistent is not the same as being perfect.