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IronPAX Warmup

THE SCENE: 70 degrees and 99% humidity

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:
Motivators x5; LBAC (Forward/Backward) x10; warmup mosey

THA-THANG:
This was one of the challenges from IronPAX 2019. Set timer for 43 minutes and complete as many rounds of the following exercises as possible.

  • Pull Ups x10
  • Burpee CMU Jump Overs x15
  • CMU Curls x20
  • CMU Thrusters x25
  • Gas Pumps x30

Hammy and Smoky finished six rounds and everyone else was somewhere in round five when the timer went off.

MARY:
Flutter Kicks x35; Heel Taps x10; LBCs x20; Big Boy Sit Ups x20; Grady Corns x20; Box Cutters x20

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

5 HIMs and 1 2.0 challenged themselves to get better

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Question of the day: What do we need to be doing to challenge ourselves? That could be physically, spiritually, or in any other aspect of our lives. I know that IronPAX will be a huge challenge for me but one that I want to take on because I know it will make me better. Don’t be afraid of a hard challenge because that is what allows us to grow.
MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

Spectacular Panini

THE SCENE: Sprinkly, 72 degrees, 1000% humdity.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH x 20.
  • Cherry pickers x 8.
  • A little of this.
  • A little of that.

THA-THANG:
The listed workout contained 3 rounds of 5 exercises.  To progress to each new exercise, the pax performed 10 Mr. Spectaculars.

  • CMU curls x 20, 30, 40
  • CMU thrusters x 20, 30, 40
  • CMU flutter kicks x 20, 30, 40
  • CMU Big boys x 20, 30, 40
  • CMU Goblet squats x 20, 30, 40
  • Most of the pax made it to the second round at least.

MARY:
Plank for time.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 HIMs and one 2.0
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Philippians 3:13-14 says, “Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own.  But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” Perseverance is something that I have historically not been great at.  Yet things like F3, and most of my heroes for that matter, are great at this.  There is a “strain” that we should feel in this life if something is worth doing.  My own Dad worked swing shift at a paper mill and went to school for 18 years to earn his undergraduate degree.  It was hard.  I’m sure there were times where he wanted to quit, but he didn’t.  He stuck it out.  We will all face those types of challenges in our lives when life will get hard, and we will question, “Is it worth all this?”  It might be a particular job, a degree, a marriage, or a struggle with our kids.  However the answer is yes, yes it is.  We have to dig down and gut it out when it hurts.  We have to strain, but it is so much easier to do that together than it is to try and shoulder that alone.  God bless you men.
MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

F3 B-Ball

THE SCENE: Upper 60s and nice
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, Cherry-pickers, and LB Arm Circles
THA-THANG:
Everything was basketball themed.  Started off with a plank line and the person in the back would dribble between everyone and once he gets to the end passes the ball back to the last guy and gets down in a plank.  We worked our way down doing both high and low planks.

  • Next we did a relay. When one person dribbles the ball to the other end and back, everyone switched between merkins and squats.  After a few trips each we switched it to dips and dry docks.
  • Next we did a layup relay.  One person would dribble down the court and have to make a layup and dribble to the other goal and make a layup.  You had to make the layup.  While he did that the rest switched between squat jumps and SSHs.
  • The last station everyone got 2 free throws.  We did this as a group so what the shooter got we all did.  If you made 0 shots we had to run to the end do 5 burpees and run back and do 5 more.  If you made 1 shot it was 10 burpees.  If you made both shots it was 5 superstars.

MARY:
We did dealers choice all including a basketball.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
4 HIMs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

1. “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
2. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships
3. I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying
4. My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.
5. You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them
6. Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
7. “If you quit once it becomes a habit. Never quit!”
8. To learn to succeed, you must first learn to fail.
9. The minute you get away from fundamentals – whether it’s proper technique, work ethic or mental preparation – the bottom can fall out of your game, your schoolwork, your job, whatever you’re doing.
10. Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen
11. Learning’s a gift, even when pain is your teacher.
12. I’ve never lost a game I just ran out of time
13. My body could stand the crutches but my mind couldn’t stand the sideline.

MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

A Hill Worth Dying On

THE SCENE: 67 Degrees of Perfection
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • LBAC x 10 (forwards and backwards)
  • SSH x 20
    THA-THANG:
    We picked up our blocks of woe, aka CMU’s, and moseyed to the Educator, where the pax gathered at the bottom of the hill.
  • At the bottom, we did Grave-digger steps (1 set of grave-diggers per step) to the top of the hill. Then proceeded to 5 stations on the cones.
  • CMU swings x 20, 40, 60
  • CMU curls x 20, 40, 60
  • Big boys x 20, 40, 60
  • Thrusters x 20, 40, 60
  • Goblet squats x 20, 40, 60
  • Carry CMU back to the bottom of the hill and repeat.
  • Most pax were on the 2nd round when recover was called, a few made it to round 3.

MARY:
A nice long CMU carry back to the grinder for the Mary seemed appropriate.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Hundo, Radioshack, Espy, Limbo, Hammy, Pinocchio, Veep, Rep Sleepy, Drifter, Swerve
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Reflected on Psalm 115:4-8 where the Bible indicates that those who make idols become like them. The truth is we all have these in our lives, and we need to strive to identify them, and ask the Lord’s help in removing them.  Our families, our churches, and our communities deserve that we will be men who fight against the pull of idols in our lives.  If you want an example of a time when men didn’t care about this, just read the entire book of Judges, where “everyone did what was right in his own eyes.”  The crazy thing is almost anything can become an idol.  If you wonder what your idol is, just do a little self-diagnosis with this question, “what is the one thing that, if God took it away tomorrow, I couldn’t live without?”  The answer to that question will tell you what your idols are.  We have to put Christ first men, to be who God has called us to be.  If anything else occupies the throne of your heart, then we are headed for trouble.
MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
August 14th, Drifter is speaking at Mt. Olive Baptist in South Knoxville for a Men’s Meating Breakfast at 9:00am.  Join us!!!

Ultimate Frisbee

THE SCENE: It was okay. Finally had cooled off a little, but still hot. Does that make sense? It was overcast. Maybe that is more descriptive? I digress
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
20 SSH, 20 LBAC, warm up lap, Bring Sally Up… yeah… sorry
THA-THANG:
Run to the soccer field. Tried to pick a word in the song to do a tuck jump. Failed at first, but adjusted.

Everyone throws a disc. Farthest throw gets to run to the disc. Everyone else lunges. (Nair got to hold a squat in the sprinkler lol!) Farthest 2 throws pick Ultimate Frisbee teams.

Play Ultimate Frisbee inside the 18 yard box. Every time the Frisbee hits the ground, 5 burpees (later merkins, and then BBS).

When you score, 5 monkey humpers. When you’re scored on, 2 body builders.

Run back to AO, Mary on the way.

MARY:
15 box cutters, 15 V-Ups, indian run, hold squat.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 HIMs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Life is short. We don’t know how long we have, but we know it is limited. Do we spend our time in alignment with what we say we value? Spending a little bit of time on the right things over a long period of time has a cumulative effect. You don’t have to spend 8 hours a day on building relationships or whatever is important to you, just 20 or 30 minutes consistently can make a difference. For me, fun with friends is something I value, so I encorporated it into today’s workout. Find those things you can spend your time on and spend it wisely.
MOLESKIN:
Mentioned “In Time” movie as an example.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
3rd F opportunity on the 15th at Swerve’s church. Drifter speaking. Also CSAUP coming on the 21st!