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The November Guest

THE SCENE: Clear and chilly, around 40 degrees.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

Completed adequately.
WARM-O-RAMA:

-Motivators (5 reps/level)

– Yoga stretches: legs spread, hang straight down, reach to right and left ankle, touch the ground and reach one arm up twisting torso, reverse hands.

– 10 Mountain Climbers (4-ct, IC)

– 10 Moroccan Night Clubs (4-ct, IC)

– 10 Calf raises

– 10 Steve Earles (4-ct, IC)

THA-THANG:

Mosey to LILY PAD where cones will be laid out in a rectangle, short/medium/long distance on each side. Pair up.  One partner will get to the cone using various means, does 3 PELE BURPEES, and returns while partner performs maintenance exercises. Switch.  Do each cone for two minutes. Cones are, counter-clockwise order:

    • Cone 1 (Long): Bear Crawl, partner does Bobby Hurleys
    • Cone 2 (Medium): Broad Jumps, partner does Iron Mikes
    • Cone 3 (Short): Inch Worm, partner does Hurpees
    • Cone 4 (Long): Bear Crawl, partner does BBS
    • Cone 5 (Medium): Broad Jump, partner does American Hammers
    • Cone 6 (Short): Inch Worm, partner does Gas Pumps

 

  • Mosey to perimeter path, heading east then north then west to Caribbean parking lot:
    • Nickel/Dime/Quarters (run 1 light, do 5x first exercise, then 2 lights 10 reps, then 5 lights 25 reps)
      • Squats
      • SSH
      • Imperial Walkers
      • CDDs
  • Merkins at the parking lot until 6 gets up.

Mosey to the Pav-a-lon

  • 7s on benches (Incline merkins/Dips)

AYG MOSEY TO AO

MARY:
Dead Bugs, Homer/Marge until time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Nine strong
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

My November Guest, by Robert Frost

My Sorrow, when she’s here with me,
Thinks these dark days of autumn rain
Are beautiful as days can be;
She loves the bare, the withered tree;
She walks the sodden pasture lane.

Her pleasure will not let me stay.
She talks and I am fain to list:
She’s glad the birds are gone away,
She’s glad her simple worsted grey
Is silver now with clinging mist.

The desolate, deserted trees,
The faded earth, the heavy sky,
The beauties she so truly sees,
She thinks I have no eye for these,
And vexes me for reason why.

Not yesterday I learned to know
The love of bare November days
Before the coming of the snow,
But it were vain to tell her so,
And they are better for her praise.

– Describes a person embracing the sadness that comes with the passing of summer and the beginning of the long winter, with “Sorrow” personified as a woman.

-Winter can be ominous and unsettling, and for some there can be some depression associated with it

–  But there is more to this poem… the dreariness of winter has its own kind of beauty, and the author ultimately embraces it.

– Same for “Sorrow”.  No one likes being sad, but it is an enriching facet of the human condition.

– Many times, we feel ashamed of our grief and sadness, we try to bury it, and pretend it doesn’t exist. The author is encouraging us to look at that part of us not with shame or trepidation, but to embrace it as part of our humanity.  I think about my parents, who both passed during the early part of the winter season.  I read this poem and it encourages me to use this time as a period of reflecting on her love and the wonderful times we had while she was on this earth.  “Not yesterday I learned to know the love of bare November days”. Try to learn the value of your own sources of sadness and grief.  And know that there’s a God in your life that will never be far from your heart, and seek comfort and refuge in the love of our Almighty Father.  PSALM 34:18: The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

MOLESKIN:
Prayers of thanks for Title 9 making it back from his west Coast trip. Prayers for Brick and his dad.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Asylum PM will host a 9 am workout on Thanksgiving.  A 7 am workout will also be happening.

The Seinfeld Q (A Q About Nothing)

THE SCENE: Perfect morning.  Cool, crisp, BSRIA!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: The Pax was a bit rowdy, but it got done.
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, froggy squats, Iron Mikes, Rockettes, line hopping, tempo Merkins, some Yoga/stretching, karaoke, Super Mario
THA-THANG:

  • Suicide Route 66 with squats and Merkins. (much complaining)
  • 2X4’s – 1/2 the Pax did 2 pull ups followed by 4 step back lunges until 10 total pull ups were done. The other 1/2 did core work and then the Pax switched out.
  • Jack Webb – 1:2 ratio up to 10 Merkins and 20 air presses.
  • Catch Me If You Can – featuring 5 Burpees, 10 BBS, 15 Merkins, 20 Flutter kicks (a reasonable amount of air hunger and complaining)
  • Over to Cardiac for Cardiac in 3 ways – Bernie to first corner, bear crawl to second corner, AYG to the top.  Rinse and repeat.
  • Pax stumbled back to the AO

MARY:
In and outs, Big Wheels forward and back, Boat/Canoe
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
13 Pax.  Q-bert (no tag in the system yet) in addition to those listed.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
After a tough week, the QIC tried for about 2 hours to come up with a word but to no avail.  Sometimes you put in the effort but don’t succeed, and that’s ok.  There’s a lot to learn in failures.
MOLESKIN:
I really enjoyed this Q! Solid mumble chatter. Also, thanks for the comments on Slack about the Q.  That brought some positive closure to the week for me.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • 0700 workouts for Thanksgiving and the Friday after.
  • December 3rd – Christmas parade. More info and sign up/HC sheet coming soon.  2.0’s welcome. Goal is to increase membership.

Kindness Ninjas

THE SCENE: Cloudy and 70ish degrees
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

15 side straddle hops in cadence

5 cherry pickers

10 baby arm circles each way

Little of this and that

10 hillbillies

10 windmills

5 burpees

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Cardiac corner

10 side straddle hops

Run to first corner – 20 LBCs – run back to top – 10 side straddle hops

Run down to 2nd corner – 30 merkins, back to 1st corner – 20 LBCs – top and 10 SSHs

Run all the way down to the bottom and do 40 squats – stay at the bottom and do SSHs until 6 comes in

 

Mosey to greenway intersection

15 Bobby Hurleys in cadence

 

Mosey to stop sign bottom of hill

Cones out in path that circles full loop and then back out on greenway. Do exercise on cone and travel to next according to instructions

Cone 1 – 10 hand release merkins – lunges to next cone

Cone 2 – 10 Big Boys – reverse lunge to next cone

Cone 3 – 20 2 count imperial squat walkers – Bernie to next cone

Cone 4 – 20 2 count Rocky Balboas – skip to next cone

Cone 5 – 15 major merkins – karaoke to next cone

Cone 6 – 15 Bobby Hurleys – karaoke the reverse way back to previous cone and then sprint all the way to the next cone after this one.

Cone 7 – 25 LBCs – jog to next cone

Cone 8 – 5 Burpees – run all the way back to the 6 and do all cones and exercises you pass on your way coming back again, 2nd time through you can Bernie to next cone

Cone 9 – 15 merkins – El Capitans to next cone

Cone 10 – 20 two count flutter kicks – sprint all the way to AO parking lot

 

5s on Dragon hill – Hello Dolly down low and merkins up top

MARY:
Light stretching – since we were at time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Use the TAGS on right-side to record PAX (BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOURSELF) in attendance. Be sure to select the AO in CATEGORY above TAGS and then delete these notes!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Be a Kindness Ninja through the holiday seasons

“Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.” Ephesians 4:32

“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.” —The 14th Dalai Lama

“A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.” – Phyllis Diller

MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Prayers for Title9 travels, Lilly friend health, Drum Major’s aunt’s health

React + Adapt

THE SCENE: Sun getting ready to set, parking lots are PACKED down by the playground. However, adapt and overcome.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

  • Welcome to F3: Fitness – Fellowship – Faith 
  • My name is Steam and I’ll be your Q this morning 
  • A few things before we begin: 
    • I’m not a professional 
    • You’re here on your own belief 
    • You know your injuries if you have any so if you need to modify anything we do today feel free to do so, but push yourselves and the men around you. They deserve it and so do you. 

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH: 20×4
  • Squat: 10×4
  • Imperial Walker: 10×4
  • Cherry-Picker: 10×4 
  • Rockette: 10×4 
  • Cash-In: ATMs

THA-THANG:

Because people decided to park their cars in the parking lot we were going to work out in, the Q reacted and adapted, taking into account the darkness and limited lighting in the park at 6pm.

(1) Another One (25s)

  • 1 cone with an exercise every 3 lights – total of 5
  • All exercises are 25 reps on a 1 count
  • After completing the exercise on the cone, carry it to the next light and complete all exercises up to that point
  • The exercises
    • Side Straddle Hops (SSH)
    • Imperial Walkers
    • Flutter Kicks
    • Merkins
    • LBCs

(2) 2 For Tuesday

  • An Asylum PM tradition – 2 For Tuesday aka back to back rinse and repeats
  • Repeat the previous route and exercises done above, but reverse it
    • Take one exercise off every 3 lights, until we finish with the first exercise at the shovel flag – SSH

(Mosey to the top of Cardiac Hill)

(3) 8s

  • 2 points of contact: top of cardiac + 1st curve of cardiac
  • Exercises: incline merkins + squats

MARY:

Cash-in with ATMs before moseying back to the shovel flag

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

  • 14 total
  • No FNGs

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

This is an excerpt from an article I wrote last week.

Confidence In The Cartographer

Perhaps the Lord will be with me and I will drive them out as the Lord promised. (From Joshua 14:10-12) I think that as Caleb was saying this to Joshua and the surrounding people, he had a slight grin on his face, with a chuckle at the end. Think about your race. Have you been able to see every turn, twist, bend, reroute, detour, traffic stop, warning sign, or stoplight? I haven’t. A cartographer is someone who draws or produces maps. And if we look at our lives like a race we’ve been called to run, there is only one ultimate cartographer that has mapped out every single thing that we are going to encounter during our race. I think Caleb knew this as he said this to Joshua. As if to say, “God has only fulfilled his promises 10/10 times, so perhaps He will still be with me during this next part of my race.” Caleb knew the Lord’s promises were good! So as I was reading this I thought: Do I have more confidence in the runner or the cartographer in my race? More times than not unfortunately, I can be more confident in the runner (me) than the one who designed the entire race in the first place! We’re called to run a race and run it in such a way that the surrounding witnesses can look on and only attribute the harmonic and unique journey to God. So wherever you find yourself in your race this weekend + new week, put more confidence in the cartographer vs. the runner. You’ve got this, because He’s got you.

17 Humble HIMs at Asylum

THE SCENE: Sunny about 65 F
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

Normal disclaimers. No fngs tonight
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH – 20 IC

Arm circles – 10 thumbs up, 10 thumbs down

Michael Phelps arm warm ups

Cherry Pickers – 10 IC

Slow Mosey to Tree and back

Grady Corns – 34 IC

THA-THANG:
Mosey to stop sign – 11’s – LBC 2ct at bottom, run to cone up and do Reverse Lunges

Run down road to lower- lower stairs directly below bat cave:

Blimps (progressive)- do exercise, run to base of bat caves stairs, run back down stairs and repeat adding 1 exercise each time until all are done

Bobby Hurley- 5, Lunge – 10 sc, Imp Walker- 15 2 CT, Merkins-20, Plank Jacks- 25 sc, Squats – 30

Mosey to front of Admin Building. Progressive. 1 Squat, then run 1/4 around circle to left, do 5x squat count star jumps, run back, then 2 squats and run to do 10 star jumps, then back. 3 squats, 15 start jumps, etc until about 30 or we cant do anymore

Mosey to AO. Plank for 2 minutes

MARY:
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I

13 Habits Of Humble People

Sections cut from March 1, 2015 Forbes Magazine article by Jeff Boss

 

They’re Situationally Aware

Situational awareness is a function of emotional intelligence as it is being aware of oneself, the group, the actions of each and the social dynamics therein. As such, situationally aware people aim their focus outward as they try to absorb (i.e. learn) more about the situation

They Retain Relationships

Studies have shown that humble people are more likely to help friends than their prideful counterparts.

They Make Difficult Decisions With Ease

Since humble people put others’ needs before their own, when faced with difficult decisions they respect the moral and ethical boundaries that govern the decision and base their decision-making criteria off a sense of shared purpose rather than self-interest.

They Put Others First

Humble people know their self-worth. As a result, they don’t feel the need to cast themselves before others just to show them how much they know. Instead, humble people realize that nobody cares how much they know until those people know how much they’re cared for.

They Listen

There’s nothing more annoying that being in a conversation with somebody who you can just tell is dying to get his or her words in. When you see their mental gears spinning, it’s a sign they’re not listening but rather waiting to speak. Why? Because they believe that what they have to say is more valuable than listening to you. In other words, they’re placing their self-interest first.

Humble people, however, actively listen to others before summarizing the conversation. Moreover, humble people don’t try to dominate a conversation or talk over people. They’re eager to understand others because they’re curious.

They’re Curious

Humble people seek knowledge because they are perpetual learners and realize that they don’t have all the answers. They glean knowledge from the experiences of others and crave more opportunities to learn.

They Speak Their Minds

While active listening is certainly important, humble people aren’t afraid to speak their minds because being wrong is not a fear they have. They know that to bridge the gap between unwillingness and willingness there must be action; they summon the courage to face difficulty as they graciously accept to sacrifice themselves.

They Take Time To Say “Thank You”

They Have An Abundance Mentality

Humble people don’t believe that one person’s “win” necessarily mean another person’s “loss.”

They Start Sentences With “You” Rather Than “I”

Humble people put others at the forefront of their thoughts. Humble people brag about others, while the prideful people brag about themselves.

They Accept Feedback

Humble people are not only receptive to constructive criticism but actively seek it because they know that feedback is a pathway to improvement.

They Assume Responsibility

Rather than eschewing blame on “the system” or the behaviors of others, humble people assume responsibility by speaking up and owning their part.

They Ask For Help

Part of being humble means realizing that you don’t have all the answers. No one does. Humble people acknowledge what they do and do not know and enlist help for the latter.

Humility displays a willingness to learn and become better–two things that everybody should cultivate.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
brolympics Nov 5