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Memorial Day Tributes at The Equalizer

THE SCENE: 51 degrees, a little chilly. Clear. 

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Done and Done

WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x14 LBAC x10 each Cherry Pickers x5 Tempo Squats x14

Total of 53 reps. Memorial Day was officially established in 1968, 53 years ago.

THA-THANG:

Memorial Day Workouts: 

Mosey to Splash Pad

The Bob:

13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 reps of each exercise

  • Hand-Release Merkins
  • Squats
  • Big Boys
  • 1 Lap around Stonehenge

Mosey to the Flag Pole

21 Guns: (Was supposed to be a 21-minute AMRAP. We did not have the time, but we got 1 round in at the Flag Pole. 

  • 21 Merkins
  • 21 box jumps
  • 14 dips
  • 7 burpees 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

5 HIMs. 0 FNGs.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Bob: This memorial workout is dedicated to Robert “Bob” William Nowling from Council Bluffs Iowa.

Bob served in the United States Air Force during the Korean Conflict. After his military service, he attended Hastings College in Hastings, Nebraska, and Iliff School of Theology in Denver.

The workout was designed by Coach Ryan Garcia of Bob was an athlete at Wild Horizons for 2 years. They trained 3 times a week for 1 hour each day. Bob had been showing signs of dementia, and his wife began implementing lifestyle changes in order to try and help him. The most prominent changes she made for him were relative to his nutrition and fitness. Coach Ryan said:

“I grew very fond of my sessions with Bob, and the bond we formed over the 2 years extended beyond the gym. I learned a lot from Bob, and working with him was a fun professional challenge that helped me evolve as a coach.

The nature of this workout is intended to be simple. In order to work with Bob, I reminded myself to keep things simple with him. We didn’t need anything fancy to be effective, and that’s what I wanted to express with this workout.”

The rep scheme signifies:

– 91 reps of each movement for Bob’s age when he passed

– 3 movements to represent the number of days they trained every week. Monday they worked upper body, Wednesday they worked lower body, and Friday was his functional day where they did a handful of skills and movements that mimicked tasks he would do in his day-to-day activities.

21 Guns: A functional fitness tribute workout held twice a year on Veterans and Memorial Day in the US – “to honor our Nation’s Warriors, past, present, and future.”

The 21-minute workout and 21 repetitions signify a 21-gun salute, with an exercise for each of the five Branches of the Military. A 21 Gun Salute is the US’ highest display of honor, appropriately reserved for Fallen troops on Memorial Day. 

MOLESKIN:

Praying for Ribbed’s wife, Lillydipper, and Jinxy’s recoveries. Cavalier and his family. Blindside and his wife’s job hunts. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

CSAUP at Dog Pound July 24th. See slack channels and newsletter for signups! 

Being Pious Before the Lord

THE SCENE: Clear skies, cool(ish) weather, starting to get a *little* humid

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x10… Cherry Pickers x5…  LBAC x10 each way…  Windmills x10… Tempo Squat x10

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Flagpole: 

7s → Dips @ Flagpole / BBS @ playground

Mosey to Splash Pad

10s → Squats @ fence / Box Jumps at tables

Mosey to Dock with Rock

14s → Curls @ rock pile / 4 ct. Flutter Kicks at the upper table

Mosey to Bath House

7s → Pull-Ups or Knee-Ups @ Bath House / Merkins next to Bath House (ran out of time)

MARY:

Half Fellowship Mosey™ Half Jail Break back to the AO

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

9 HIMs / 0 FNGs / Several Fart Sackers

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Piety or Reverence is a deep respect for God. A person with reverence recognizes our total reliance on God and comes before God with humility, trust, and love. Piety is the gift where we pay worship and duty to God. 

Willingness to worship and serve God. Piety takes that willingness beyond a sense of duty so that we desire to worship God and to serve Him out of Love. Piety is the instinctive affection for God that makes or allows us to desire to render worship to Him. 

Examples of Piety in Scripture: 

-Abraham’s potential sacrifice of his Son in Gen. 22:12

-Jacob recognizing God’s hand guiding his life in Gen. 48:15

-Joseph would not consent to anything that would displease God in Gen. 39:9

Paul says in James 1:26-27 that true piety manifests itself also in a genuine love of neighbor. 

Practiced piety that is done “For the Love of God” will always enrich & nourish the participant. “By kindness & piety guilt is expiated” Proverbs 16:6

MOLESKIN:

Prayers for Ribbed’s wife, Tweet-E’s friend for healing and recovery for both himself and his family. Hans’ job interview today. I (Blindside) am looking for an admin job for next year in Knox County Schools, and my wife is trying to get back into Knox County as a teacher after stepping away from the classroom for a few years to be with our kids.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • Dog Pound is hosting a Murph on Monday, May 31st at 0700
    • I am Q-ing a Murph-Like Beatdown that morning at 0530 at The Equalizer
  • Convergence at Big Ball on June 12th is canceled due to another event taking place in that location that day. 
  • DogPound CSAUP: Off the Chain 2021 on Saturday, July 24th 0630-0930 Food, Coffeeteria, and a beatdown provided. Check Slack for the sign-up link

Sharpening iron

THE SCENE: 65 and cool
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
23 SSH

5 Cherry pickers
THA-THANG:
We mosey to the boat ramp and have 4 stations with three exercises

  • station 1
    • LBC
    • Iron Mikes
    • Merkins
  • station 2
    • American Hammers
    • welsh dragons
    • air taps
  • station 3
    • Freddie mercury’s
    • SSH
    • Monkey humpers
  • station 4
    • Burpees
    • mountain climbers
    • BBS
  • fellowship mosey back to the AO

MARY:
50 LBC

40 hello dollies

ring of fire to time

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
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CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Fellowship is not just in our families or church but also here in F3. Thanks for sharpening me as I sharpen you. Head lock someone who has not been out in a while. 

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

Chumbawamba and Tabata

THE SCENE: late spring morning kinda cool kinda meh
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
 1 Burpee

Chumbawamba – Play the song by the same name and do SSH. Every time you hear the line “I get knocked down” you do a burpee then keep up the SSH. We did 28 burpees.

THA-THANG:
mosey over the tennis court. Tabata workout 5 rounds of the following exercises for 40 seconds with a variable rest time between

  • V-up
  • rest
  • Freddy Mercury
  • rest
  • Air Taps
  • rest
  • Monkey Humpers
  • rest
  • pickle pounders
  • rest
  • LBC
  • rest
  • lunges
  • rest
  • merkins
  • Agassi’s
  • rest
  • REPEAT

MARY:
No time
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence and off the chain event at the dog pound.

Adapt to Survive the Kraken

THE SCENE: Almost 50. Clear skies. 

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Done and Done. 

WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x15

Little Baby Arm Circles forward/backward x15

Cherry Pickers x5

Tempo squats x10

THA-THANG:

Modified Kraken … What started out as a lap in between each location, turned into a single lap after the first location and a spirited mosey to the next one … The best leaders improvise … 

Do Round 1 exercise at each location, then do Round 2 exercise

  • Tennis Court
    • Round 1 
      • Lunge Lap (took approx. 38 mins)
    • Round 2 
      • 40 Monkey Humpers 
  • Playground
    • Round 1 
      • Pull-ups to fail
      • Hold Plank
    • Round 2 
      • Merkins to fail (try to get at least 40)
      • Hold Beast plank for 40 seconds
  • Flagpole
    • Round 1 
      • Squat Jumps 
    • Round 2 
      • 40 Dips & 40 Big Boys 
  • The Gateway
    • Round 1 
      • 40 Flutter Kicks (4 count)
    • Round 2 
      • 40 American Hammers (4 count)

The Next Thing:

  • Ring of Fire 
    • PAX in a circle holding plank
    • Q starts with 5 Merkins and then the next HIM does 5 all the way around the circle, then moves to four … three … two … one … If you want to add in a clap (or two) go right ahead. 

MARY:

Child’s pose stretch to help with the shoulders

15 V-ups IC 4 count

14? Hello Dollies IC 4 count

Downward dog stretch to help with … is it legs? … is it what? 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

9 HIMs … broke our streak of FNGs this week. Two out of Three ain’t bad. 

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Fortitude, or courage. With Fortitude, we can overcome our fear & are willing to take risks as a follower of Jesus. With courage, a person is willing to stand up for what is right in the sight of God, even if that means accepting rejection, verbal abuse, or even physical harm & death. 

The Gift of Courage allows people the firmness of mind that is required both in doing good and enduring evil. 

Fortitude gives us strength to follow through on the actions suggested by the gift of Counsel (or Right Judgement). Fortitude is what allows martyrs to suffer death rather than renounce Jesus or their faith. Willing to endure danger if necessary, but does not seek out danger for danger’s sake. 

St. Paul, in his letter to Corinth, says, “3 times, I begged the Lord about this (affliction), that it might leave me, but He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for the power is made perfect in weakness.’ St. Paul goes on to say, “I will rather boast most gladly my weakness, in order that the power of Christ may dwell with me. Therefore, I am content with the weakness, insults, hardships, persecutions, and constraints, for the sake of Christ; for when I am weak, then I am strong” (2nd Corinthians 12:8-10).

MOLESKIN:

I have now posted 44 times and this is my 4th Q. Words cannot express my love for this group of HIM. All of them, at all the other AOs. I have never experienced a group in my life that is so dedicated to one another. Who cares about each and every man that shows up. Even in the short time I have been participating, I am so lucky to be a part of this group. I just hate that it took me over a year to come out after first learning about F3. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

DogPound CSAUP: Off the Chain 2021 on Saturday, July 24th 0630-0930

Food, Coffeeteria, and a beatdown provided. Check Slack for the sign-up link.