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Improv Rain Murph Prep

THE SCENE: Raging storm at the beginning, tapering into drippy wet, 60s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Projectivator, TN Rocking Chairs, Tempo Merkins, Grady Corn, Newton’s cradle
THA-THANG:
Sometimes

  • Mosey to the back porch and do 3 sets of modified Murph reps
    • 15 pole rows
    • 10 merkins
    • 15 squats
  • Then 2 sets of another pair, followed by 2 sets of Murph reps then a lap around the building
    • 10 Iron Mikes and 10 BttW shoulder taps
    • 10 Hand Release Merkins and 10 Flutter-Dollys
    • 10 Derkins and 10 Box cutters
  • By this point, rain had pretty much cleared, so we moseyd to the pool wall
    • 2 sets of 10 Wall-ups and 10 Bobby Hurleys
  • Mosey to playground and do 1 true Murph rep set including pull ups
  • RTF

MARY:
I think we did some…
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

“The Big Lie in the church today is that you are nothing more than ‘a sinner saved by grace’. – John Eldredge

C.S. Lewis cautions us against the words “just” or “merely”, because they serve to exclude other possibility. To be ‘just’ saved by grace is to remain a helpless infant. You are purposed to be much more. Humanity was created in the image of God so that we would become rulers of creation. To be saved is to gain access to the energizing Spirit of the Creator of heaven and earth, but it does you no good if you don’t choose to draw from it. And the Lord delights when you rely on Him for your power.

If I fail to use my chance to grow strong from the Source, I am the least of those who suffer because of it. There is no one to fill your place in the battle line. Every man who chooses comfort or apathy or fear is a gap in the bulwark. Will the enemy win because of my lack? We are certain the answer is a resounding “NO”. But the Lord does not coddle us with irresponsibility. He respects our agency by allowing real consequences. So be assured that your choice will be respected, and all that comes with it.
MOLESKIN:
Not a huge divergence from my original plan, but definitely a little tricky to adapt to the weather, which totally surprised me.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill, Dragon Boat, Flag handoff at Juco May 19th, Rampart May 27th.

We aren’t animal

THE SCENE: clear  and chilly
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMERWas given.

WARM-O-RAMA:
Little Baby arm circle forward and back

Tempo merkins

Downward dog, upward dog,

Zebra butt kicks, awkward turtles

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the bricks for 6 rounds of gorilla complex

  • 8 curls
  • 8 pull ups
  • 8 OHD pree
  • 8 triceps extensions
  • 8 merkins

The we did 10 rounds of yoke walk. Picking up a heavy log and Pax pair up to carry it.

 

MARY:
Two rounds of 10 reps of zebra butt kicks and awkward turtles.

Then two rounds of duck jousting

Duck walking  and trying to knock another PAX, down.

then a 1 minute of Thunderstruck
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

Genesis 1:26‭-‬28

MOLESKIN:

God in his sovereignty,  tells us 4 times that we are made in his image and in today’s day were identity is being challenged we need to remember to look to God, and accept his gift of love through salvation and remember he came to earth in the form of man to so we could have fellowship again .

Below is something that was apart of my morning devotion.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship hill is coming on memorial day

Be Doers

THE SCENE: Warm spring morning and dry at the Project
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
10 Projectivator, 15 Mountain Climbers, 10 tempo merkins, 15 Moroccan Night Club, 10 tempo squats, 15 Imperial Walkers, 5 cherry pickers
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the recruitment center and grab a block. The workout is an EMOM (Every Minute on the Minute). At every 1 minute interval, stop what you are doing and perform 3 burpee block jump overs. Below is the list of exercises to work through.

  • 15 staggered block merkins each side
  • 30 curls
  • 30 squats
  • 30 heavy Freddie Mercury, 2-ct
  • 10 blockees
  • 30 OHPs
  • 30 rows
  • 30 lunges (total)
  • 20 BBS
  • 20 thrusters

Rinse and repeat until time is called.
MARY:
PAX choice core exercises.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 put in the work this morning!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
James 1:22-25 says “But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror; for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was. But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man will be blessed in what he does.”
This passage came to mind last night when one of the new preaching students at the school our church family supports led the Bible study hour. This particular student is a relatively new Christian and is very much on fire for the Lord. He is actively pursuing knowledge of the scriptures so that he is equipped to teach others the good news. This student is a doer. Can we say the same thing about ourselves? This passage points to an example of someone who looks at themselves in a mirror and notes how they look. “Hey there Christian”, they may say. If that person walks away and is able to forget the kind of person they are, then they are not doing what is required by God. They are not intently seeking to do the will of the Father and abiding in His word, the perfect law of liberty. Be a doer and not a forgetful hearer only. Aye!
MOLESKIN:
This was an intense workout! YHC started requiring 5 burpee block jump overs but quickly called an audible, realizing the time it was taking to perform them. All the groans were music to my ears because that was the “music” availble. For a grinder like this, some good toons would have been nice.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Escape from Haw Ridge is in 1 week! Sign up if you haven’t already. Then get ready for Hardship Hill coming up.

A Preview of Hardship Hill

THE SCENE: Cold, clear and gloomy.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Projectivator
  • Tempo merkins
  • Tempo squats
  • Overhead clap
  • Run around parking lot
    • Bernie
    • High knees
    • Butt kicks
    • Karaoke

THA-THANG:
Grab a block and carry it to the amphitheater. We did a mini obstacle course in teams of 3.  While waiting for our turn, the rest of us took turns leading block exercises at the amphitheater.

The obstacle course included:

  1. Bear crawl up the hill
  2. Run to the pool wall; up and over
  3. Run to the benches by the fountain and “parkour” the perimeter
  4. Run around the civic center to the parallel bars
  5. Travel the parallel bars with your arms
  6. Run to the pool wall; up and over
  7. Run the playground and complete the monkey bars
  8. Return to the amhitheater

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I encouraged the PAX to register for Hardship Hill.  I explained how it had a huge influence on me joining F3.  2 other PAX expressed the same.  We also talked about the name: Hardship Hill.  It is a physically hard course on a hill, but it is also a fundraiser for Operation Enduring Warrior.  They help veterans with their hardships.

We then talked about the hardships each of us carry in our own lives and I encouraged the PAX to share those burdens with their peers in F3.  Shield Lock is a great place to do this.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • OTB recon workout on Saturday at 0700 at Melton Lake
  • Shovel flag building on Saturday; CMU decoration
  • Escape from Haw Ridge on April 14
  • Hardship Hill on Memorial Day

Testing is Purifying

THE SCENE: A crisp, wet 50, Almost new moon
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Projectivators
  • Hairy Rockettes
  • LBACs
  • Tempo Squats

THA-THANG:
March Metric Workout

  • Mosey to the recruiting center
  • Everybody get a block and line up along the parking lot
  • 15 minutes of work, change exercises every minute, count total reps as you go, move a parking lot line every 50 (everything is with a CMU)
    • OHP
    • Goblet Squats
    • Bent over Rows
    • Big Boy Situps
    • Curls
    • Lunges
    • Derkins
    • LBCs
    • Tri extensions
    • Deadlifts
    • Thrusters x5
  • 3 minute rest, then DO THE WHOLE THING AGAIN
  • Put up the blocks and head back to the flag

MARY:
No time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

The prospect of being tested doesn’t usually make me excited. Thanks, I expect, to our public education culture, most of us associate testing primarily with being judged, usually based on a comparatively short and only vaguely representative sample of our performance. Too often, it seems that the circumstances of the test have more to do with the outcome than our preparation.

Consequently, most of us avoid tests when we can. Our experience says that we get better outcomes when we rely on more controlled vehicles like 1001 take home worksheets. We don’t like the risk if failing. But I am here to tell you that this perspective is a wound and scar that is crippling your growth, and it’s time to start stretching it out.

This model of testing is shallow and unhelpful. Perhaps unsurprisingly, I think the model presented by the bible provides insight. In the preblast, I quoted Psalm 66 v. 10 “For you, God, tested us; you refined us like silver.” Here and in many places, “test” is the Hebrew word is Tsaraph, which is directly related to the process by which impurities are removed from silver or gold, what we would call smelting. Through heat and pressure, the precious metal is separated from the dross and purified. So while evaluation is one aspect of testing, by its nature, it is also a means of purification. It is through repeated testing that gold becomes pure, and likewise, it is through repeated testing that we grow, develop, and become stronger. And, in truth, we want to be tested. From our youth, we seek out challenges. Easy is boring. It’s only under the weight of time with nagging fear and doubt that this inclination gets slowly crushed out of us.

Tsaraph – 1) to refine, try, smelt, test 2) to find out who is qualified for battle, as with Gideon in Judges 7:4 3) to smith, as in shaping metal (Jer 6:29-30, Is 40:19) 4) to refine by means of suffering (Ps 66:10-12)

Is 1:25 – “And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin.”

Zec 13:9 – “And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.”

Mal 3:2-3 – “But who may abide the day of his coming? And who shall stand when he appeareth? For he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fuller’s soap: and he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto The LORD an offering in righteousness.”

Finally, I want to show how this directly connects to the F3 leadership process, Q4.5, here is an excerpt:

So where does Failure fit into the Leadership development equation? What does it add to a man’s Leadership Foundation? If he already knows what a Virtuous Leader does and is–and is able is able to do and be those things himself–why must a Leader also Fail?

The reason is that Failure is a crucible. It is the forge by which a Leader is purified through the burning away of his me-first self-regarding nature. It matures him. Without Failure (and lots of it), a Leader will retain too much of who he was and keep doing what he did, rather than being fully transformed into what a Virtuous Leader is and consistently do what a Virtuous Leader does.

MOLESKIN:
We were late getting back. In September (ouch…) probably gonna need to get right over to the recruiting center and warm up on the way.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Wild at Heart, Escape from Haw Ridge, Hardship Hill