Fitness. Fellowship. Faith.
THE SCENE: 72 and warm
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
0 Burpee
25 Grady Corn
1 Burpee
25 SSH
2 Burpee
Cherry picker
3 Burpee
Mosey to the Flagpole and turn on the tunes
THA-THANG:
54 Card Pickup via the sweat deck app
MARY:
Ring of fire till time
Dog Pound event this Saturday.
THE SCENE: 70 & clear with a light dew on the ground and the warm stench of raw sewage hanging lightly in the air.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
THA-THANG:
Three circuits of four corners, each done three times (Reps: 30/20/10) as time allowed:
Upper
Lower
Core
MARY:
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
6 PAX
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Just finished Is This Anything? – Seinfeld
A few things struck me from a self-leadership standpoint:
Relentless pursuit of his priorities. – At one point he talks about when he was young that comedy was all he really wanted to do and he realized that it was a tough way to make a living, but if he could just make enough to buy a jar of Skippy PB & a loaf of Wonderbread each week, he could survive and it would be worth it. – Relentless pursuit of your priorities will mean giving up other good things.
Willingness to fail & the discipline to learn from those failures. Jerry talks about the way he develops new material: the same way that all comics get new material—by going out to the clubs and trying it out. And when he’s in that mode of working on new material, if he goes out and does a thirty minute set and comes away with one bit that gets a laugh, it was all worth it. Here’s a guy who has a rare level of success because he understands and respects how rare success is. If he only fails 90% of the time, it was worth it to him. And he’s going to go home, reflect on what didn’t work, make what did work even better, and try again the next day. I think there’s a lot to be said for being willing to try something new and understanding that even if you fail, you’ll learn.
That’s the challenge for each of us this week: to be willing to make the sacrifices necessary to chase what really matters to you, to not be so scared as to be unwilling to fail, and if you do fail to treat it as a learning opportunity.
THE SCENE: Mid 50s and slightly chilly
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Done and Done
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH IC x25
LB Arm Circles each way x15
Cherry Pickers IC x5
Tempo Squats IC x 10
THA-THANG:
Mosey to Splash pad and grab a buddy. One HIM does as many of the exercises as the other takes a lap. Each buddy repeats the exercise before moving to the next one.
Mosey to Tennis Courts and line up along the baseline. Each HIM takes turns bear-crawling down and back while the rest complete the exercises. Next HIM repeats with a new exercise for the group.
MARY:
25 count of the following IC: Flutter Kicks, V-ups, Hello Dollys
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 HIMs, no FNGs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Gen. 15:1 “Do not be afraid, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.” God and Abram have a conversation about the covenant between them. There is an odd ritual where a flame passes between the sacrificed animals to show that whoever breaks the covenant will suffer the same fate as the animals.
God does not break His covenant with us, but He does suffer punishment for us by sending His son to die on the cross for our infidelities.
Remember to ask God in prayer, today and every day to show us the areas of our lives where we do not trust in Him. Look to the Lord in His strength; Seek to serve Him constantly.
THE SCENE: Rare gem of a day! 80 degrees, sunny, low humidity.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
Done and Done!
WARM-O-RAMA:
– 20 SSH (4-ct), in cadence
– 10 Windmills (4-ct), in cadence (We came close to starting over because PAX lost count, except for Jetlag, who bailed everyone out. Then the smart-alecks started exaggerating the count, shouting it out excessively loudly, which was actually kind of hilarious)
– 10 Steve Earles, (4-ct), in cadence
– 20 Grady Corns (4-ct), in Cadence
THA-THANG:
MOSEY to rock pile below Coliseum. BATTLE BUDDY UP! Each set of partners pick up a pair of equally sized rocks. Alternate carrying the rocks between the partners as we run around. High Heels picks up a pebble so small that a toddler could easily lift it. 🙂
MOSEY to parking lot below Coliseum. DORAS! WINGS UP x 100
MOSEY to stop sign at southern corner of circle drive. DORAS! WINGS DOWN x 100
MOSEY to Amphitheater. DORAS! WINGS OUT x 100
MOSEY to BAT HOUSE. DORAS! SHOULDER PRESSES x 100
MOSEY to Stop sign at northern corner of circle drive. DORAS! CURLS x 100
MOSEY to grassy area on north side of Pickett’s Charge. DORAS! ROWS x 200 (since these are easy…)
MOSEY to Rock Pile. DORAS! PUNCHES x 100
AYG MOSEY to AO.
MARY:
Leg Stretches
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
18 strong! No FNGs. Grid Iron not tagged.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
The Screwtape Letters were written by CS Lewis to his good friend, JRR Tolkien. The character Screwtape is a senior demon in hell who counsels his nephew, Wormwood, how to corrupt a human (called “The Patient” in the letters). Wormwood is rather incompetent, and wants to try all sorts of extravagant tricks on the Patient, but Wormwood counsels him to take a more nuanced approach, such as the one depicted in this letter. As he says to Wormwood in another letter, “… the safest road to hell is the gradual one – the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts“. The take home message of the letter that Judge Judy posted in the 3rd F channel is that disagreements on things such as politics can distract us from our internal (i.e., religious) growth and development. So next time you feel your blood pressure rising after watching cable news, or see you that one post on Facebook that you are just dying to respond to, maybe try to take a deep breath, disconnect, and focus on something you can do to serve your community, your family, your God
MOLESKIN:
Prayers for several PAX going through difficult challenges, particularly with health issues to them or their families.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Wesley House work day this Saturday! Off the Chain CSAUP coming up. Start thinking about Hardship Hill teams!
THE SCENE: Just about perfect. Partly cloudy, slight breeze, high 60s.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
Welcome to F3, Fitness, Fellowship and Faith. F3 is a free workout program designed to improve fitness, share some camaraderie, and foster male leadership in the community. I’m Pele and I will be your Q today. I am not a professional, and I do not know your fitness level or injury history. Please push yourself, but modify the workout as necessary to avoid making any existing injuries worse. The goal is to get better together! Some additional COVID-19 considerations: keep your distance between you and other members of the PAX and any other folks that we pass during moseys, etc. to 6-10 feet. We need to set good examples and be good neighbors out here at this public park, especially with so many folks out and about.
WARM-O-RAMA:
-20 Side Straddle Hops (4-ct), in cadence
– 10 Windmills (4-ct), in cadence
– 10 BACs forward/10 BACs backward (4-ct), in cadence (1/2 were wide-arm circles)
– 10 Tempo Squats (4-ct), in cadence
THA-THANG:
MOSEY to front of Admin Bldg.
MOSEY to stop sign at southeast corner of the circle drive.
– UPHILL SPRINTS. Four sets of cones will be laid out up the road, about 40 yards apart. Sprint from one cone to the next in same groups of 4. One of the sprints will be a BERNIE SANDERS.
MOSEY to Bowl Area south of Admin Bldg.
TRAINING FOR MARCH MADNESS!:
Start at the base of the hill. Defensive basketball stance. Backpedal left shoulder x 4, Right Shoulder x 4, RINSE AND REPEAT, Charge up the hill, 5 Bobby Hurleys.
Wait until 6 catches up, and rinse and repeat x4 (1st half/2nd half/overtime/double OT*). *We didn’t get to Double OT due to a wedding engagement situation. Q considered calling an audible to Pickle Pounders, but resisted.
MOSEY to Bat house.
– GRINDERS! 4 STATIONS:
Do two rounds, then meet at Base of Summit for one last charge up to the top, staggered (1s, 2s, 3s, 4s). PAX had option of doing Burpees at the top or cheering on their fellow PAX as they ran up. Good participation on the latter option. Didn’t see one burpee being performed…
MARY:
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
17 strong!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Katharine Hepburn, in her own words [paraphrased]:
“Once when I was a teenager, my father and I were standing in line to buy tickets for the circus. Finally, there was only one other family between us and the ticket counter. There were eight children, all probably under the age of 12. The way they were dressed, you could tell they didn’t have a lot of money, but their clothes were neat and clean.
The children were well-behaved, all of them standing in line, two-by-two behind their parents, holding hands. They were so excited, jabbering about the clowns, animals, and all the acts they would be seeing that night. By their excitement you could sense they had never been to the circus before.
The father and mother were at the head of the pack standing proud as could be. They were smiling and enjoying seeing their family happy.
The ticket lady asked the man how many tickets he wanted? He proudly responded, “I’d like to buy eight children’s tickets and two adult tickets, so I can take my family to the circus.” The ticket lady stated the price.
The man’s wife let go of his hand, her head dropped, the man’s jaw fell open. Then he leaned a little closer to the ticket lady and asked, “How much did you say?” She again stated the price.
The man didn’t have enough money. How was he supposed to tell his eight kids that he didn’t have enough money to take them to the circus?
Seeing what was going on, my dad reached into his pocket, pulled out a $20 bill, and then dropped it on the ground. (We were not wealthy in any sense of the word!) My father bent down, picked up the $20 bill, tapped the man on the shoulder and said, “Excuse me, sir, this fell out of your pocket.”
The man understood what was going on. He wasn’t begging for a handout but certainly appreciated the help in a desperate, heartbreaking and embarrassing situation.
He looked straight into my dad’s eyes, took my dad’s hand in both of his, squeezed tightly onto the $20 bill, and with his lip quivering and a tear streaming down his cheek, he replied; “Thank you, thank you, sir. This means so much to me and my family.”
My father and I went back to our car and drove home. The $20 that my dad gave away is what we were going to buy our own tickets with.
Although we didn’t get to see the circus that night, we both felt a joy inside us that was far greater than seeing the circus could ever provide.”
That day I learned the value to give.
~ Katharine Hepburn*
(from Everything Good in the World)
(* Online research showed that this is actually a narrative that was published in the 1995 book “A 2nd Helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul,” part of the popular Chicken Soup collections of inspirational tales. It illustrates a powerful lesson, regardless of its actual source. But I hate Fake News, so I just wanted to point this out…)
We have an opportunity to give as a group to this month’s fund drive, which benefits STREET HOPE, an organization that assists victims of human trafficking. They still need 55 gallon trash bags, napkins, and/or copy paper. Bring those items to a workout and we will get them delivered.
MOLESKIN:
Prayers of thanks that Dungbeetle’s situation at work is resolving itself, prayers of healing for Jinxy and for Abacus’s mother.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
None