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2024 kick off – eleventy-twos

AO: the-project
Q: Mathlete
PAX: Flying Dutchman, Biohack, Munge, Erector, OBrother, Ocho, Mathlete, Rocket
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WARMUP: Projectivators, tempo squats, Imperial walkers, hillbilly walkers, tempo merkins
THE THANG:
Mosey to playground – 3 pull ups, 10 squats, 20 BBS x3
Mosey to friendship bell – 20 rocket stepups, 20 dips
Mosey to K-25 hill – Eleventy-twos (it’s like 11s, except 20-2, 18-4, 16-6, etc.) One legged merkins and hillbilly squawkers.
Mosey to friendship bell – 10 slow derkins
Mosey to parallel bars – 20 inverse rows and 20 BBS
MARY: About 10 seconds of plank
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Convergence at Arsenal on 6th, BigBall on 20th, and get ready for GTE24
COT:
The virtue of innocence
“I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.” Matthew 10:16
“And he said: ‘Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.'” Matthew 18:3

I like to be savvy. I like to know what is going on behind the scenes and play it to my advantage. If I am worried about my kid getting into trouble, my instinct is to learn everything I can about that particular vice and cleverly counter every move before he makes it.
This is not how Jesus operated. He openly, innocently ignored the subtext of his day. He chatted with the despicable Samaritan woman at the well, the untouchable leper, and the treasonous tax collector just like they were his own kin. And it produced unprecedented results.
Fairy tales show us this through the princess. Because of Snow White’s innocence, the huntsman cannot bring himself to kill her in the forest. Beauty accomplishes transformation of the Beast not by being shrewd in dealing with monsters, but because she expects of him just as she does a man. And so he becomes one.
How often do we think we are being clever and shrewd, but actually making a problem worse than if we would just do the simple right thing, as though we were just innocently good?

12 Rainy Pains of Christmas

AO: the-project
Q: Biohack
PAX: Biohack, Mathlete, Ocho, LeatherSquid, Icey Hot, OBrother, Flying Dutchman
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WARMUP:
-Projectivator
-Cherry Pickers
-Tempo merkins
-Imperial Squalkers
-Basilisks
-Prone rows

THE THANG:
On the back porch of the Senior Center (due to rain). Perform #1, run to the pool wall, do 5 wall ups, run back. Perform #2 + #1, run & wall up, etc

1. Burpee
2. Imperial Squalkers
3. Basilisks
4. Merkins
5. Big Boys
6. Lunges
7. Side straddle hops
8. Prone rows
9. Diamond merkins
10. Heels to heaven
11. Squats
12. Burpees

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
Elijah comes out of nowhere in 1 Kings. He challenges and beats the prophets of Baal on Mt. Carmel, but then flees and goes into hiding immediately after in 1 Kings 19.

The Lord brings him to a mountain and “passes by.” There is a windstorm, an earthquake, and a fire, but the Lord was not in those. He was in the gentle whisper after the storms. In this quiet moment, the Lord spoke to Elijah and solved his problems. He told him to anoint new kings and a new prophet to assist him.

The Lord often speaks to us in the quiet moments. How can we still our minds and our lives so we can listen?

December metric

AO: the-project
Q: Mathlete
PAX: Biohack, Ocho, OBrother, Icey Hot, Erector, Munge, Flying Dutchman, Mathlete, Haggis
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9

WARMUP:
Windmills, cherry pickers, tempo merkins, mountain climbers
THE THANG:
Escalators
1: Burpees x 5
2: 1 + Squat Thrusters with CMU x 10
3: 1-2 + CMU Bicep Curls x 15
4: 1-3 + Merkins x 20
5: 1-4 + Little Baby Crunches (LBCs) x 25
6: 1-5 + Lunges x 30 (15 each leg)
7: 1-6 + Carolina Dry Docks x 35
8: 1-7 + Mountain Climbers x 40 (two-count)
9: 1-8 + Goblet Squats with CMU x 45
10: 1-9 + American Hammer with CMU x 50 (single-count)
MARY:
no time
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
convergences Jan 6 Arsenal, Jan 20 big ball
COT:
We live in a culture that tends to value masculine virtues like strength and courage, but feminine virtues are just as important. One of these is vulnerability. Vulnerability is showcased especially during Christmas, when God, who is most powerful, chooses to lower himself to the place of the most vulnerable, a baby human, living in a country oppressed by a conquering nation, to poor parents. Jesus demonstrates this virtue throughout his ministry with the climax at Calvary, when he gives himself up to his enemies, though he had legions of angels at his call. He preferred His own suffering and death at their hands over the destruction of His enemies. Vulnerability is necessary for any relationship. Ocho gave us a great quote from CS Lewis’s Four Loves about how vulnerability is a non-negotiable part of love. With those stakes, we better learn to be vulnerable.

Super Tuesday

AO: the-project
Q: Unibráu (Nick Robinson)
PAX: slappy, Erector, Tom Tom, Snaggletooth (Elijah Tafao), Rocket, 3-Peat (Carlos Rodriguez), Mathlete, Icey Hot, OBrother, Biohack, Borg, Flying Dutchman
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13

WARMUP:
Preparation Drills
THE THANG:
Conditioning Drill 1 and 2, followed by super 21s
MARY:
Flutter kicks, scissor kicks and side crunches.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: Stay consistent and keep progressing.

F3RoCo Starfish

AO: rampart
Q: Skeletor , Outnumbered, Feeny, Wingman, Lucille (Austin Williams), Piston
PAX: Wingman, Stetson (Cayden Emory), Steam, Spielberg, Sparkler, Porthole, Piston, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Outnumbered, OnStar, OBrother, Mo Rocka (Joshua Miller), McFly, Mathlete, Lucille (Austin Williams), Lilydipper, KickFlip, Icey Hot, GoDaddy (Zack Williamson), Ghost Flag (F3Knoxville), Feeny, CRISPR, Butterknife, BTU, Brick, Biohack, Airborne (Chase Perkins), (Binks) Caleb McDaniel
FNGs: None
COUNT: 39
WARMUP: covered by Feeny
THE THANG: 4 way split rainy day Q by outnumbered, Wingman, Lucille, and Piston
MARY: 10 Hindu Merkins
ANNOUNCEMENTS: F3RoCo is open for business
COT: Be present! Not only physically but mentally. This is something I struggle with. Follow through with your commitments to not only be physically present where you are, but be there mentally as well.

Ephesians 5:15-16
15 Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.

I consistently find myself in another world in my own head thinking about the things that need to be done. My wife and son deserve my mental presence. Consciously make an effort to be there with them, listening to what your loved ones have to say. Set aside the burdens of work, the task list for church and F3, to be present with them. Make the headspace to be the man you have been called to be. Be a HIM!