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THE SCENE: cool and breezy
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

15 SSH, 10 windmill merkins, 10 tempo squats, 10 cherry pickers and 10 baby arm circles (forward and backwards

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Soccer Field

Modified 4 corners with cone in the middle.  Count down from 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, and 10.  After each exercise run to the middle and do 2 burpees.  Then run to the next corner.

  • corner 1 squats
  • corner 2 iron mikes
  • corner 3 lunges
  • corner 4 CDD
  • Boat/Canoe w/ American Hammer
  • jog the end and sprint the length of the soccer field

Round 2

  • count down from 20, 15, 10, and 5
  • corner 1 merkins
  • corner 2 LBC
  • corner 3 SSH
  • corner 4 pickle pounders
  • jog the end and sprint the length of the soccer field
  • Mosey back to AO

MARY:

  • flutter kicks
  • box cutters
  • squats
    COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

    CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
    I just finished reading The Long Walk; A true Story of a Trek to Freedom.  It’s amazing what the mind and body can endure and thrive under if you’re mentally tough and you’re determined to survive and accomplish a task.
    MOLESKIN:
    It was a beautiful morning with a light breeze.
    ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Acronyms R Us

THE SCENE: Nice ‘n toasty…37!

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:

30 seconds of stretching OYO…we got to business quick!

THA-THANG:

  1. Run 3 laps around the long parking lot median & perform BLIMPS at each end of the median.  Totaled 6 rounds of the following
    • Burpees x 10
    • Lunges x 10 each leg
    • Imperial Walkers x 10
    • Merkins x 10
    • Plankjacks x 10
    • Squats x 10
  2. Mosey to the playground
  3. 11’s:   Pullups & V-up Roll-ups with approx. 40 yard run in between locations.
  4. Mosey to concrete bleachers
  5. 50 BAD HABITs.   Perform 50 reps of each exercise.   This ended up being more of a buffet because we were almost out of time.  Each man did AMRAP of each exercise.   Ended with 10 burpees as a group.  Bonus points to Mayberry for actually doing 50 burpees.
    • Box Jump
    • American Hammer
    • Derkins
    • Hand Release Merkins
    • Alternating Shoulder Taps
    • Burpees
    • Iron Mikes
    • Tempo Squats

MARY

  • Big-O
  • Box Cutters
  • Pickle Pounders

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 strong:  Ratchet, Mayberry, Booger, Butters, I-Beam, Junk, Sparky, La-Z-Boy, Bartman

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
This week has been hectic for me.  I’ve had company in town, spent a night in Franklin and had a snow day.  It all sums up to not many workouts and a lot of sleeping in this week, which sucks.   I love getting up early and posting with the PAX so this week really threw me for a loop, but at the same time the lure of a warm bed and sleeping later than usual was very tempting to continue.  How do you pick yourself up when you fail to meet your goals?  I think we need to fight against the “easy life” and push ourselves each day.  Today my challenge to the PAX was to examine themselves and check how they are doing at getting back on the horse after they’ve been off for a while.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Alcoa CSAUP coming up in Feb.

4-Corners meets the Fox

THE SCENE: 31 degrees
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

To everyone’s surprise, I announced that I was not a professional


WARM-O-RAMA:

25 SSH IC

10 Merkins IC

10 SSH IC

10 BBSU OYO
THA-THANG:
Mosey to top parking lot.

4 Corners of Merkins, BBSU, Squat Jumps, and American Hammers. 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1….

We covered between 3-4+ miles this morning. And did Merkins, BBSU, Squat Jumps, and American Hammers.

MARY:
She was a good lady.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
18 brothers. 2 FNGs- welcome Fur Coat and Pirate!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
While rucking at Concord Trails a week or so ago, I encountered a fox along the trail. The fox was off in the distance and I did what any badass F3 man would have done- I quickly turned around and thought the fox was going to eat me alive. As I reflected on this, a few thoughts came to mind. First, how many fox attacks do we hear about? Zero. Secondly, we fear many things that are truly not the big of a deal or we can easily overcome. Don’t be afraid of the fox.

MOLESKIN:
Doubtfire locked down two more hood recruits. It was great to have Fur Coat and Pirate out with us this morning. Pfeiffer and Mayberry set the pace on the 4-Corners this morning. The entire PAX pushed it too the limit and it was a fun morning. Now, we eagerly await the “devil’s dandruff” to blanket all of K-town!

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

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THE SCENE: Mid 20’s with snow on the ground.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH x 15
  • Mountain Mule Kicks x 15 (kick legs Back and up landing right leg forward then switch, then kick again landing left forward and switch. That’s 1.) x 15
  • Cherry Pickers x 10
  • Arm Circles x 10 each way

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Mt. Crumpet doing Thruster Merkins at each light post increasing by 2 each time.

Battle buddys. Buddy 1 bear crawls to the tree and moseys back down, buddy 2 doing Bernie hops up to cone (1/2 way), run back down to do 30 calf raises, repeat until buddy 1 comes back then switch. 6 rounds.

Mosey to circle around the fountain.

  • CMU Dips x 30 (legs fountain)
  • CMU Single-leg Goblet squat x 15 each leg

2 rounds.

Suicides back to Pavalon running forward 2 posts and back 1 touching the ground each post.

  • Decline Merkin x 20 legs on table top
  • Balance lunge x 20 each leg
  • Lunge across grinder, run back

2 rounds

MARY:

  • Hundreds
  • Single leg touch x 15 each side
  • ABCs
  • LBC to cash out

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
14 including FNG “Calf”
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

The Values and Conscience of a Leader

How are we to respond to others who hold values different from our own? That’s the issue of Romans 14. Paul speaks in this passage not of eternal issues or absolute truths, but about “gray areas”—subjects that are questionable and maybe even fuzzy. Christians can differ on these issues and still be part of the same organization. On these issues, no scripture declares an unequivocal right or wrong. Note Paul’s counsel for situations like this:

Be open, not condescending (vv. 1–3).

Remember that everyone answers to the Lord, not to you (v. 4).

Cling to your own convictions (v. 5).

Whatever your values, your motive should be to please God (vv. 6–9).

You are ultimately accountable to the Lord (vv. 10–12).

Do not cause anyone to stumble (v. 13).

Don’t let others impose their values on you, and vice versa (v. 14).

Make love your highest aim (v. 15).

Major on the majors and minor on the minors (vv. 16–18).

Pursue peace and adding value to people (v. 19).

Don’t destroy anyone by imposing your values on them (vv. 20–22).

Anything is wrong that is not done out of personal faith (v. 23).

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CSAUP February 24

Day 1 – List of 10

THE SCENE: 35 and really warm!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Cherry Pickers 15x
Burpees 10x
Ice Skaters 15x
Hand Release Merkins 15x
ISO Squats 20x
Burpees 10x
Ice Skaters 15x
Hand Release Merkins 15x

THA-THANG:

In partners – One partner runs 400m while other exercises. Then swap until all reps are completed for that exercise. Begin and end each round together, so Al Gore or plank until all in.
200 total reps of each per team= 2,000  (we made it through about 1500 reps, and over 2 miles)
Round 1 – ‘Merkins
Round 2 – Alternating Lunges (1 leg=1)
Round 3 – Mountain Climbers (2-count)
Round 4 – Big Boy Sit-ups
Round 5 – Carolina Drydocks (1=1)
Round 6 – Squats
Round 7 – Overhead Press
Round 8 – Bobby Hurleys
Round 9 – AbClaps
Round 10 – Burpees

MARY:
AbClaps aren’t that great of an exercise

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
The mission of F3 is to plant, grow, and serve small workout groups to invigorate male community leadership. We need to be constantly reminded of our mission so we know who we are and why we’re here. The same is true in your life. What is your mission? Can you articulate your mission clearly?  Probably worth spending some time to craft it, so it rolls off your tongue..