THE SCENE: Low 30’s but dry so good to go.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER – Administered + COVID
WARM-O-RAMA:
Moroccan Night Club x 15 IC (for Erector!)
Forward Lunges x 5 ea, Reverse Lunges x 5 ea OYO
Tempo Squats x 10 IC
Tempo Merkins x 10 IC
Tennessee Rocking Chair x 10 IC
THA-THANG:
This is Part 2. Part 1 here: Soldiering Through the Project Deck of Pain
The following Spades were not done last time but we did them this time:
| Location |
Suit |
Card |
Description |
Card Amt |
Modified Amt |
| Shovel Flag |
Spades |
2 |
1 lap entire shovel flag parking lot |
1 |
1 |
| Shovel Flag |
Spades |
3 |
Dips on the curb |
15 |
5 |
| Shovel Flag |
Spades |
4 |
Bear crawl in parking lot |
Q’s distance |
Q’s distance |
| Shovel Flag |
Spades |
6 |
Tempo squats |
10 |
10 |
| Shovel Flag |
Spades |
8 |
Jumping Spider |
10 |
5 |
| Shovel Flag |
Spades |
9 |
Heels to Heaven IC |
20 |
10 |
| Shovel Flag |
Spades |
J |
Stationary Lunges |
10 ea leg |
5 each leg |
| Shovel Flag |
Spades |
Q |
Al Gore |
30 sec hold x 2 |
30 sec hold x 1 |
| Shovel Flag |
Spades |
A |
Single Leg Calf Raise |
15 ea leg |
7 ea leg |
From there we did the following “randomly” pulled exercises (these aren’t in order but my cards got off so I’ve just put them in a filtered list from all exercises below):
| Location |
Suit |
Card |
Description |
Card Amt |
| Shovel Flag |
Spades |
5 |
Moroccan night club (if Erector is present he must lead it IC and must be 15 reps) |
15 |
| Shovel Flag |
Spades |
Q |
Al Gore |
30 sec hold x 2 |
| Amphitheatre |
Diamonds |
6 |
Box Jumps on low theatre wall |
15 |
| Amphitheatre |
Diamonds |
7 |
Flying Squirrel |
10 |
| Amphitheatre |
Diamonds |
J |
Iron Mike / Bonnie Blair (ea leg) |
7 |
| Amphitheatre |
Diamonds |
Q |
Reach for the Sky / Let it Hang |
30 sec each |
| Amphitheatre |
Diamonds |
K |
Pickle Pointer IC |
20 |
| Friendship Bell |
Hearts |
4 |
Reverse Crab around bell |
1 |
| Friendship Bell |
Hearts |
9 |
Leg Lifts |
20 |
| Friendship Bell |
Hearts |
A |
Alternating Leg single leg calf raises (single count) |
40 |
MARY:
Mary-go-round (aka Rotating Dealer’s Choice) – making a normal MARY circle for Dealer’s Choice, going around the circle each PAX calls out a 4-count IC exercise . After going around, the Q or one PAX doing one of the exercises as it rotates does 10 IC reps of the exercise on the Q’s lead. PAX does the exercise the PAX to his right did. After a 3-5 sec confirmation, the Q calls out the the cadence and the PAX again do 10. Repeat for a chosen length of time or at the end during normal “MARY” part of the workout. If PAX complete all exercises in the full circle, go back to the left instead. (I made this up a few weeks ago and submitted it but it’s not on the Exicon yet)
Exercises in today’s Mary-Go-Round included the Pickle Pointer, Basilisk, LBC, Stargazer (everyone was a fan of 15 seconds of rest in!), Leg Lifts (or Heels to Heaven… the Q might have gotten these confused today!), BBS, & more!
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA – PAX in Spades today!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Because of life circumstances and COVID, I haven’t attended church in person since March 2020. Lord willing, that will change on Easter Sunday, April 4, 2021. There are many factors that have gone into me staying away to care for those around me, but I want to write this to encourage those who are like me with what God has taught me and worked in me while absent.
1. God has not forgotten me and He hasn’t forgotten you.
It would be easy to get fatigued and
feel like I’m not being faithful, making a difference, or really growing. I feel like I’m in no man’s land, simply riding the bench while everyone else gets to play the game of fellowship and worship each week. But we know that’s not true. Each person and especially those not present in person has a role to play in our church. God has called every member of the body to work and serve its purpose. He makes it clear in
1 Corinthians 12:21-23 21 The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” 22 On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23 and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestow the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty,
Do not fear – you and I are not forgotten.
2. God has been working while you were ‘away’ both in you and in others.
In many ways, relationships cannot help being had in person. There are various methods of communication – email, letters, endless Zoom meetings for work and with family- but these are not exactly the same. We feel it with the drain from being in front of a screen longer than any of us knows we want to be. Even those of us who are technophiles (previously loving technology a little too much) want to join in with the technophobes (that computer is ‘of the devil’ as Bobby Bouche’s mother would say) and take a break from the endless virtual communication we get. So, for those who you haven’t seen and those who haven’t seen you for a year or so, remember that you have changed and so have they. Lord willing, you’ve both become more Christ-like and the best version of you. But if you have stumbled, if that person has not followed as straight-and-narrow of a path as you or I may think they should have, there is grace for that as well. When you see someone after not seeing that person for some time, go into it with the thought “God how can I love the 2021 (person’s name)?” Colossians 4:6 reminds us how those conversations are to be ” 6 Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.”
God will give you the words, just listen to what the Spirit says in that moment and not your flesh is saying. Trust Him with your relationships.
3. Remember true community starts and ends with fellowship with God.
Jesus condescended from perfect communion with the Father and Spirit. We do not yet have that fellowship, and it is God’s good gift to use by giving us other people who are made in His image, giving them value and dignity and making them capable of relationship. This is God’s design, but as with all things, you and I need to realize that fellowship is to point us to God. Our church family should be one of the dearest groups of people and especially many individuals there can be so edifying and encouraging to us as friends, brothers, sisters, fathers, and mothers. When we gather 2 or more, God is manifestly with us. But there is no replacing time with God and communion with the Lord. Are you following the example of Mary (Luke 10:38-42), sitting at Jesus’ feet? Are you slowing down, carving time out of your “busy schedule” to make time for what trutly matters? Or have you let the feeling of isolation pull you away from making time to intentionally get alone with Jesus every day (as Jesus Himself did with the Father in the GLOOM in Mark 1:35)
This last point has been of particular relevance to me in the preceding few months. I’ve been lonely and anxious, struggling with seeking other things to soothe my flesh rather than pressing into the Spirit.
All of these are a call to press into God and not let the things and people of this world be what take the cake for you. Appropriately desire community with others, trust God to work in those relationships, and seek God first and most.
Proverbs 18:1 –
Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire;
he breaks out against all sound judgment.
Press into relationships, especially the one with your Creator!
MOLESKIN:
Glad to have Baby Boomer visit us!
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