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Back to the Future

THE SCENE: A toasty 27 with some residual snow on the ground as a reminder of how cold it COULD be. Thanks nature.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Impartially implemented.

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH x15
  • Willy Mayes Hays x10
  • Knox Cherries x10
  • Tempo Squats x10
  • Tempo Merks x10
  • FLBAC x10
  • RLBAC x10
  • Seal Claps x10
  • OH Claps x10
  • Hallelujahs x10
  • Moroccan Night Clubs x10 (irony noted)
  • Chatty Cherry Pickers x10
  • Quick Tempo SSH x15

Mosey to the amphitheater.

THA-THANG:
Pax performed a Dora back to 1955. While Marty travels, Doc Brown does exercises.

Exercises were as follows…

  • 100 Shoulder Taps (double count)
  • 150 Merkins
  • 200 LBCs
  • 250 Squats

Travel was around the amphitheater, lunges from cone to cone, then return.

Once the routine was complete, pax had to return to 1985 or be stuck in 1955.

Exercises were in reverse…

  • 250 Squats
  • 200 LBCs
  • 150 Merkins
  • 100 Shoulder Taps

Travel was again around the amphitheater but lunges were in reverse.

Zero pax returned to 1985 and either disappeared from existence and/or had to kiss their mother. Better luck next time, Marty.

MARY:
Outatime! QIC was disappointed not to use the Flux Capacitor. We’ll have to wait for the sequel.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
A friend and YHC used to discuss the theory of time travel as the rules were written by BTTF I, II, and III. When the world seemed like it was going south, he said, “Is this Biff’s world?” Often times, life can begin to feel like Biff’s world where the bad guys win and life just seem unfair.

Many people try to cope  by escaping reality using drugs and alcohol, TV, Movies, games, daydreaming, etc. It’s important for HIMs to embrace reality as it is. It is also important to be present in the time in which we find ourselves.

Don’t live in the future. People spend a lot of time and energy worrying about the future. YHC’s M was worrying about the exit ramp while driving in the in the snow. “We’re not there yet.”

Matthew 6:34 says

“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”

 

Don’t live in the past. Ps 103 says,

As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

God doesn’t live in the past. We shouldn’t either. The present moment, even in suffering, is a gift and a blessing. Choose this timeline. Choose this reality. Choose to accept the situation as it is. Each moment of suffering is an opportunity to work with the guy next to you. Another moment, alive, no matter how long, sure, is an opportunity to exchange love; to give and/or receive love.

“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” Rom 8:28

God is able to work in the here and now. We should work to see it and trust.

MOLESKIN:

  • Many BTTF quotes were enjoyed.
  • Stetson has been assigned to watch BTTF I and II by next beatdown and is therefore exempt from taking down Christmas decorations until it’s done.
  • Soundtrack included:
    • “Back to the Future” – The Outatime Orchestra
    • “The Power of Love” – Huey Lewis & The News
    • “Marty’s Letter” – Alan Silvestri
    • “Johnny B. Goode” – Marty McFly and the Starlighters
    • “The Clocktower” – Alan Silvestri
    • “Back In Time” – Huey Lewis & The News
    • “Warmed Up” – Alan Silvestri
    • “Beat It” – Michael Jackson
    • “The Wallflower” – Etta James
  • Prayers for Skeletor, Wingman’s 2.0, Bink’s mom, Cardinal’s cousin.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • Welcome back Spieilberg!
  • Make America Burpee Again campaign starts in January! Get signed up! Details in Slack!
  • Go30 Challenge restarts in January! Get signed up! See Wingman. Details in Slack!
  • Cardinal’s VQ on Jan 11!
  • Skeletor on Q Saturday; Piston on Monday; Wednesday OPEN!
  • January 7 – Convergence @ F3 Smokies. See Slack for details!

12 Heavy Pains of Christmas

THE SCENE: Cool and misty
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  1. Projectivator
  2. Cherry Pickers
  3. Tempo Squat
  4. Tempo Merkins

THA-THANG:
Run to the hill on ORAU campus. Do the number of reps, run up and down the hill, do the next rep and all below it (just like the song).

  1. Blockee
  2. Elves on the shelf
  3. Thrusters
  4. Derkins
  5. Big Boys
  6. Lunges
  7. Curls
  8. Rows
  9. Diamond derkins
  10. Tricep extensions
  11. Squats
  12. Blockees

Optional light version was also available:

  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:
Extra bur-ur-ur-ur-ur-pees!

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
The Jews of the Gospels read and studied the Old Testament Scriptures, but missed the coming of the Messiah because they were too focused on the problems in the world around them.  What are we missing about God’s Word because we are too focused on the world around us?
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Project Christmas party tonight at Pappalock’s.  No shieldlock tomorrow.  Likely no Family Workout on Saturday.

Stand together to face adversity

THE SCENE: clear chilly morning
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER given
WARM-O-RAMA:
TN rocking chair.  Tempo merkins, SSH, baskalist
THA-THANG:

  • TABATA STYLE 40 seconds step-ups 20 Bruce lee abs . 8 sets 2 rounds 1minute plank hold between round
  • 1,000 rep step-ups
  • Bruce Lee Ab( American hammer,  leg lifts,  little baby crunches, awkward turtles, heels to Heaven, Flutter kicks
  • Run 1 mile

MARY:
Thunderstruck
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Ecclesiastes 4:9‭-‬10‭, ‬12 ESV
https://bible.com/bible/59/ecc.4.9-12.ESV
MOLESKIN:
The workout was a reminder of Navy Seal Chad Wilkinson who committed suicide.  Many men today have Adversity they are facing and without a true sense of community of men to help them overcome so they can be the best version of themselves that God has planned for them.

F3 is just this to be there for other HIM so we don’t lose anymore.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Nightmare before Christmas WOD #2 “Lock, Shock, and Barrel”

THE SCENE: A brisk 25 degrees
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

Obligatory, and check.
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH
  • Tempo merks
  • Tempo squats
  • LBAC -F
  • LBAC – B
  • Hallelujahs
  • Moroccan Night Clubs
  • Chattanooga cherry picker
  • Knox Cherry Pickers
  • SSH

THA-THANG:

“Lock, Shock, and Barrel”

1/2 Pax wearing ruck or vest, app pulled sandbags for pull through

  • 10 man makers
  • 50 plank ruck pull through
  • 400m ruck
  • 10 man makers

Cops showed up around here to check on us. Apple Watch thought I had a fall, through all the layers and gloves, I couldn’t get to it quick enough. 911 was called and 5.0 came to check on us. Turned out to be one of Roane County’s finest that ,multiple PAX had been EH-ing. All in all, glad it happened, maybe he will show up to a beatdown soon.

  • 50 ruck press/leg lift
  • 400m  ruck
  • 10 man makers
  • 50 ruck twists (2 ct)
  •  400m ruck

MARY:
Super quick Skeletor’s choice of core burning exercises on the 6
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Everyone read the latest newsletter from Kickflip? If not, he has been releasing them every Sunday morning and I highly recommend that you give them a read. This week I was challenged by what I read to make a few changes in my COT.  

In my COT’s I try to be motivational, encouraging, and point you all to Christ in some way. Today will be different. I am going to share one of my biggest struggles as a man, as a husband, and as a father. I struggle with anger. If I am not careful, I will let it get the best of me, and I lash out at those I love. I am going to use this newsletter as a springboard to be more open and honest with you guys. I think mostly we come here to be an encouragement to each other but we haven’t reached the point where we are honest about our weaknesses. I have more, but today it’s anger that’s on my mind. 

The root of my anger is selfishness. My M will ask me for a favor, the. Another, then another, then another, and before you know it, I blow up. Or, Super Soaker needs some help while I am working on something, or “resting”, and I grumble at him and let him know I am too busy. I have prioritized my needs over theirs, and that isn’t right. It should be God first, others second, and me third. 

The root of my selfishness is pride. My pride gets in the way when I begin to think that my needs are more important, and I begin to prioritize myself or my needs over anyone else’s. 

The goal I should have in my heart is to be more like Christ each day. “He must increase, I must decrease”. 

“‘The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression,’”

Numbers 14:18 ESV

“A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.”

Proverbs 15:18 ESV

MOLESKIN:
Couldn’t have been a better day in the gloom. We welcomed THREE FNG’s today. Welcome Slider, Candy Crush, and Baskin!

My 2.0 “Super soaker” was also in attendance.

Proud of these men. Most who were in attendance today earned a niceChristmas patch for completing GORUCKS The Nightmare Before Christmas WOD’s.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Too excited to remember every thing Bobbitt had for us!

It’s a good day at Rampart!

THE SCENE: Not rainy. Weird!

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Indubitably!

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH x15
  • Knox Pickers 5 or 6
  • Willie Mays Hayes x8
  • Liver Twists – x6
  • Chatty Cherry Pickers – x12
  • Hallelujahs – x10
  • Moroccan Night Clubs – x10
  • LBAC Forward – x10
  • LBAC Reverse – x10
  • SSH – x10

Mosey to the paved “hill” thingamabob.

THA-THANG:
Jacob’s Ladder – Run to the top of the hill, 1 burpee, mosey back. Run to the top of the hill, 2 burpees, mosey back. Run to the top of the hill, 3 burpees… you get the idea. All the way to 7. 28 burpees in total.

Kevin’s Ladder? – repeat the following exercises in 3 stations in the following order: station 1, station 2, station 3, station 2, repeat until time.

  • Station one: 10 Lunges
  • Station two: Cut a Flip (3 merkins, flip, 3 BBS)
  • Station three: 15 squats, then back to station 2, then one.
  • Rinse and repeat until time.

RTB

MARY:

  • Flutter Kicks – 10x IC
  • Freddie Mercury – 10x IC
  • SSH – 30 IC
  • Time was called.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
The other morning, Slappy at The Project started the morning off saying, “It’s a good day.” Regardless of the weather and our circumstances, he reiterated that it was going to be a good day. YHC believed him and started thinking about that statement.

The following day, after having coffee with a friend who was struggling, YHC repeated. “It’s a good day.” Said friend agreed with a certain amount of determination. “It is a good day.”

Philippians 4:4-7 says…

“Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”

“Rejoice” is not just an internal sentimental feeling. The word actually indicates a public or outward celebration.

YHC would have loved to write the “Southern Translation” of the Bible if someone hadn’t already beaten YHC to the punch. It’s difficult to tell second person plural from second person singular in English; (i.e. you from you all) without the very important and completely legitimate word “ya’ll”. It’s nearly as important as the Oxford Comma in the opinion of YHC. In the Greek, Paul means “y’all” in this paragraph when he says, “you”.

Paul is saying, “Let y’all’s gentleness be evident to all” and “will guard y’all’s hearts and y’all’s minds in Christ Jesus.

This means that your outward celebration and your visible attitude does 3 things.

  1. It changes your attitude.
  2. It’s contagious.
  3. It affects the environment of the entire group.

We should be the kind of person that is always celebrating, always reassuring, always positive. It’s a good day. Especially when we have hope in the Lord who “is near”. Each of us should be challenged to be a more positive influence to our Ms, 2.0s, PAX, colleagues, communities, etc.

It’s a good day!

MOLESKIN:
Prayers for Cardinal with a tough assignment today, Spielberg’s M, Curious George.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Binks on Q Wednesday.
Skeletor on Q Saturday.
VQs forthcoming!