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Bringing on the flowers @ Truck Stop – 4/16/22

THE SCENE: mid-50’s and drizzly
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Feet together touch toes 20 seconds; feet apart and touch each – right, left, and middle for 20 seconds each; Grady Corns IC x 10; LBAC IC x 10 each way; mosey to the Shed
THA-THANG:
EV.1 – Tabata-Style extended warmup – 4 exercises, 20 seconds of work, 10 seconds of rest, 4 sets of each exercise before moving to the next, and 30 seconds of recovery time between exercises.  Once the tabata was complete we took a run around the baseball field as a preview for what was to come.

1 – Side Straddle Hops

2 – High Knees in place

3 – Front Jacks

4 – Imperial Squat Walkers in place

EV.2 – The Flower Challenge – perform the prescribed exercise for each round, going along with the instructions given within the lyrics of the song “Flower” by Moby.  Lap the baseball field and return to the Shed at the end of each round.

Round 1 – Merkins (chest resting on the ground during the “down” phase)

Round 2 – Squats

Round 3 – Leg Raises (laying on your six with feet together, raise legs straight up to perpendicular without bending them, then lower them back down to 6″ off the ground.  Heels should never touch the ground during this round)

EV.3 – Mosey back to the AO parking lot for some light pole to light pole laps.  Perform each exercise from pole to pole and then back to the start

1 – Sprint

2 – Lunge / Reverse Lunge

3 – Imperial Walker

4 – Bear Crawl / Crawl Bear

MARY:
100 yard dash x 2 – PAX gave it all they had in an all-out jailbreak length-wise across the parking lot (x2) to properly empty the tank
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 HIMs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

“If we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak.  We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea.  We are far too easily pleased.”

CS Lewis – “The Weight Of Glory”
MOLESKIN:

Don’t take Christ’s sacrifice for granted.  Accept the gift and take the holiday at the sea!

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gently and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.  Matthew 11: 28-30

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

Just 6 Reps

THE SCENE: Clear and a bit on the cool side. Upper 30s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
40ish SSH waiting for Mayberry to pull up his panties or something
5x Cherry Pickers
5x Cobra Burpees
10x Tempo Merkins
10x Imperial Squat Walkers
15x LBAC each way plus Grady Corns

THA-THANG:
Starting in the parking lot, 24 merkins at each end for 48 total.

Mosey to the soccer field at Watt road.
12 merkins and 12 BBS at each corner for 48 total of each

Mosey to the Bob Leonard side soccer field
8 merkins, 8 BBS, 8 squat jumps at each corner plus the midfield line for 48 total of each

Mosey to the upper soccer field
6 merkins, 6 BBS, 6 squat jumps, 6 8-count body builders at each corner of an 8-stop figure-8 lap around the field for 48 total of each

Finished with enough time to head to the bars and do 4 sets of 12 E-Z Ups

MARY:
Mosey back to the AO and get in a few flutter kicks.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 PAX this morning including FNG Resistor (Rich Crompton)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
From My Utmost for His Highest – March 30:
The reason many of us stop praying and become hard toward God is that we only have an emotional interest in prayer. It sounds good to say that we pray, and we read books on prayer which tell us that prayer is beneficial— that our minds are quieted and our souls are uplifted when we pray. But Isaiah implied in this verse that God is amazed at such thoughts about prayer.

Worship and intercession must go together; one is impossible without the other. Intercession means raising ourselves up to the point of getting the mind of Christ regarding the person for whom we are praying (see Philippians 2:5). Instead of worshiping God, we recite speeches to God about how prayer is supposed to work. Are we worshiping God or disputing Him when we say, “But God, I just don’t see how you are going to do this”? This is a sure sign that we are not worshiping. When we lose sight of God, we become hard and dogmatic. We throw our petitions at His throne and dictate to Him what we want Him to do. We don’t worship God, nor do we seek to conform our minds to the mind of Christ. And if we are hard toward God, we will become hard toward other people.

Are we worshiping God in a way that will raise us up to where we can take hold of Him, having such intimate contact with Him that we know His mind about the ones for whom we pray? Are we living in a holy relationship with God, or have we become hard and dogmatic?

Do you find yourself thinking that there is no one interceding properly? Then be that person yourself. Be a person who worships God and lives in a holy relationship with Him. Get involved in the real work of intercession, remembering that it truly is work— work that demands all your energy, but work which has no hidden pitfalls. Preaching the gospel has its share of pitfalls, but intercessory prayer has none whatsoever.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Mark your calendars for Swan Cabin weekend – Sept. 16-18

Holiness is Not a Trait. It is a Result

THE SCENE: The weather outside is the weather. 

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Did this very well.

WARM-O-RAMA:

Blindside warm-upy things (I do the same warm-up every time I Q, pay attention). 

THA-THANG:

Tennis Courts: Each court has a different routine. Both are explained and PAX chooses where to begin. When one is finished, complete the other one. Repeat each routine 5 times. 

  • Routine 1: 
    • 5 Burpees to start 
    • Shuffle along baseline right to left
    • Sprint diagonally to net shuffle along net right to left sprint diagonally to far baseline
    • 5 Burpees 
    • Retrace steps, shuffling left to right this time
    • 5 Burpees at the start
  • Routine 2: 
    • 10 Merkins at the first corner
    • Lunge down baseline
    • Sprint to the opposite baseline along the sideline 
    • 20 LBCs at baseline
    • Lunge to net
    • Bear Crawl to the middle of the net
    • 10 Squats
    • Bear Crawl back to the sideline
    • Walk back to start

Tennis Court Kraken: Grab a CMU. Kraken consists of completing an exercise, taking a lap around the outside of the fence, passing your previous station, and going to the next. All exercises are 20 reps. 

Stations:

  • Merkins
  • 4 ct. Flutter Kicks 
  • OH Press
  • 4 ct. Hello Dolly
  • Squats 
  • Calf Raises
  • LBCs
  • Imperial Walkers 

MARY:

Back and forth between Squat and Merkin Ring of Fire 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

20 HIMs; 1 FNG (Squeakers); 5 PreRuckers; 1 PreRunner; Several Kotters

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Holiness isn’t a trait. It is a result.

THE TRUCK STOP FUNERAL

THE SCENE: Cool but Nice!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER✔
WARM-O-RAMA:
LBACF, LBACB, Tempo Squats, Tempo Merkins, Mountain Climbers, Cherry Pickers
THA-THANG:
Divide up into 4 teams, one team at each corner of the main parking lot.  At each corner is a cone with 5 exercises and reps written in chalk.  Round 1: Perform all exercises and reps at each corner of the parking lot, recovery mosey in between each corner.  Round 2: Perform just the bottom 4 exercises and reps at each corner, recovery mosey in between each corner. Round 3: the bottom 3.  Round 4: the bottom 2. Round 5: just the last exercise and reps.  Exercises were as follows:

Corner 1: 10 Merkins, 9 Jump Squats, 8 Burpees, 7 Mountain Climbers, 6 Monkey Humpers

Corner 2: 10 SSH (4ct), 9 Windmills (4ct), 8 Body Builders (8ct), 7 Seal Claps, 6 Plank Jacks

Corner 3: 10 Squats, 9 BBS, 8 Diamond Merkins, 7 Werkins, 6 Calve Raises

Corner 4: 10 Flutters (4ct), 9 Hello Dolly (4ct), 8 Box Cutters, 7 Heals to Heaven, 6 4x4s

Mosey to Concrete Stadium Bleachers for EMOM.  We did about 10 rounds of x10 Box Jumps/ x10 Squats and another 5 rounds of x15 Dips/ x15 Calve Raises.

Long Recovery Mosey back to Flag

MARY:
No time but had planned something with a frozen ham that Tail Pipe had brought for Cosmo.  Too bad, so sad.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 Strong
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Luke 12:16-20

16 And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. 17 He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’

18 “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. 19 And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’

20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

I had the honor of attending Sgt. Chris Jenkins’ funeral this week.  He was tragically killed on the highway while trying to remove a ladder from the roadway.  The funeral was extremely sad and unfortunately I’ve been to one too many law enforcement funerals.  Not only was his life taken too soon but his son (also an officer), gave a heart-felt eulogy that I will never forget.

Funerals can give one alot of wisdom.  They make you contemplate your own funeral.  I wanted the men at truck stop to pause today and think about their own funeral – who would be there? what would be said about them? would they have any regrets?

After thinking that through, I encouraged them to contemplate their own funeral today and whatever you would regret – whether that’s where your treasure is (like the rich fool in Jesus’ parable), or someone you need to forgive, or telling your children you love them more often, or telling your wife how appreciative you are of her friendship and love – DO IT TODAY.  Life can be taken from us at any moment.

MOLESKIN:
Mayberry was a few minutes late rescuing and cuddling with his new cat.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CSAUP – February 26. REGISTER NOW.

Lappin It Up @ Dog Pound – 2-10-22

THE SCENE: Colder than the forecast indicated.  Clear skies showcasing a few planets and more than one shooting star
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Feet together – touch toes – 20 count; feet apart – rigth, left, middle – 20 count for each; Grady Corns IC x 5; Cuckoo Clocks OYO x 10; Neck Rolls x 5 each way; Grady Corns IC x 5; LBAC IC x 5 each way; Tempo Merkin IC x 5; Down Dog – 20 count; Tempo Squat IC x 5
THA-THANG:

Mosey across Northshore to the Dog Track for a Seabiscuit-style workout where all PAX performed each of 4 exercises according to the prescribed rep count for each round, and then followed that with the prescribed number of laps around the track for each round.  

Exercises – Merkins – Air Squats – Windmills – Dead Bugs

Round 1 – 25 reps, 1 lap

Round 2 – 20 reps, 2 laps

Round 3 – 15 reps, 3 laps

Round 4 – 10 reps, 4 laps

Time was called with PAX spread out all over the track at various stages of the challenge.  All were accounted for and then moved back to the AO

MARY:
Flutter Kicks back at the AO – 4-count to 30
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 – Frosty, Mayberry, Earmuffs, La-Z-Boy, Goat Dish, Ribbed, Submarine, Snitch, Trunk
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
A lyric from the 1994 Soundgarden song, “Fell On Black Days”

“So don’t you lock up something that you wanted to see fly”
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Asylum CSAUP Saturday 2/26