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Lil’ Changes

THE SCENE: Calm, Dry Wonderful 37°

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Delivered
WARM-O-RAMA:
Overhead Claps: Seal Claps: Tempo Squats: Imperial Squat Walkers (poorly counted): Tempo Merkins: Cherry Pickers: OYO stretch
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the stairs by the new building.

1st Lap Bear crawl up the stairs, skip, crawl bear down, 3 Burpees (thanks for the HC reduction) Bernie back

Little change

2nd Lap Crawl Bear up the stairs, skip, Bear crawl down, 3 burpees, Bernie back

Mosey to the new half wall

22 Dips at top with feet far, 2 diamond Merkins & 2 Wide merkins at the bottom.

Little change for 2nd round: feet close; Little change for 3rd round: One foot up

Mosey to the courtyard

Run a lap: little change: Long stride.  Little Change: short stride: Little change; No arm (half lap)

Mosey to the loading dock

Plank, 2 at a time, jump up on the dock, run down the ramp and release 2 more, newtons ramp style.

Mosey to the far end of the big lot

At each lot entrance 5 Kick throughs.  Got between spots with bear crawls, bernie, long jumps, wheel barrows and finally skipping.

Mosey to the guardrail for some derkins; Finished with sprints between the arrows.  Little change: Flat, then uphill, then downhill and then flat again.

MARY:
Got to spend some time doing Freddy Mercury, Starfish, BBS, Heel touches
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
13 Men, 5 rushers
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

If your spiritual life is in a rut, maybe it’s not big changes you need.  If your not being fruitful or it’s ineffective take little steps.

Consider 2 Peter 1 5-7

For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge,
and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness,
and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.

A small faith, supplemented with virtue: Might just be keeping your word and coming out here b/c you said you would. Or the virtue of opening your heart to your family and being present despite distractions.
Virtue with knowledge: Take some time to study God’s word and take it seriously; hint: don’t go it alone
Knowledge with self control: Figure out how to control your body, desires and ambitions. That’s a differentiator.
Steadfastness: Do it for a long time and you get godliness
godliness which results in brother affection because God is full of affection for every brother.  Finally resulting in Love.  Just as Jesus loved us.

Be faithful to your Savior, Be faithful to your family, be faithful to your Church
But try a new time of day for study, a new setting for prayer, Try a new posture
Reach out to a friend and pick a 3 day reading plan together or a short book of the bible

For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge,
and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness,
and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.
For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you
from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 1:5-8

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CSAUP at the end of the month, Camping trip in April and T shirt order (see slack for details on all 3)

All burpees in His name

THE SCENE: cold, dry at JUCO
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
15 SSH, 15 Mountain climbers, 10 tempo merkins, 10 imperial walkers, 10 Moroccan night club, 10 tempo squats
THA-THANG:
Insert information about the workout.

  • 25 merkins, crawl bear 20 paces and Bernie Sanders the rest of the hill
  • 25 squats
  • Mosey to next corner
  • 10 burpees
  • Mosey to next corner
  • 25, 2-ct Freddie Mercury

Mosey to the coupon pile

  • 25 curls
  • 25 tricep extensions
  • Up the stairs for 5 pullups
  • Mosey back down
  • 15 heels to Heaven

Mosey to the large parking lot northeast of campus for a burpee suicide.

  • 15 burpees at the first parking row
  • Suicide back to start and then go to 3rd row for 10 burpees
  • Back to start and then run to the 5th row for 5 burpees
  • Return and begin to descend until time is called

MARY:
Hello Dolly, LBC beatdown
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
A dozen got warm quick at JUCO.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you. Beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity. Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful. Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.” Colossians 3:12‭‭-‬17 NASB1995

All of what we do should be to glorify God. This should be in every aspect of our lives: work, family, entertainment, how we treat each other, how take care of our bodies, etc. It shouldn’t be about what we want but what God wants.

MOLESKIN:
Way to keep going on those long moseys!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CSAUP coming up at Asylum.

Smooth as Butter

THE SCENE: Just below freezing. Didn’t feel cold for long though.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
7xCherry Pickers, 15xMoroccan Night Clubs, 10xTempo Squats, 10xHairy Rockettes
THA-THANG:

Decided to take Butterknife on a trip down memory lane with the first two Q’s he came out to.

Mosey to the large north side parking lot for a little throwback to 2019 IPC Week 1.

Perform the “Killer B’s” (modified to be much easier):

  • Broad Jump to the next parking line.
  • 5 Burpies
  • 10 Bonnie Blairs
  • 15 BBS
  • Repeat x 3
  • Bernie back to the start

Performed three rounds of the above.

Mosey back to the CMU pile for a throwback to IPC week 2. “Meatloaf’s Massacre”

Grab a CMU and perform the following:

  • 5 CMU Man Makers
  • 10 CMU OHP
  • 15 CMU Swings
  • 20 CMU Squats
  • 25 CMU Derkins
  • Run up the stairs and slap the sports center

Repeat x3

Mosey back towards the flag

MARY:
15x Imperial Walkers

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
16 men (some from Equalizer, Shamrock, and the Project) descended upon JUCO to support Butterknife’s appointing as AOQ
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Live third.

As men of F3 we are called to live third. Our creator comes first, followed by our community. We need to strive to put the interests of others above our own. Butterknife is a HIM that I have seen grow a ton over the last 2.5 years that he’s been out at F3. He has shared aspects of his life with us and expressed how much F3 has done for him, as it has for me as well. One aspect that I really appreciate is his desire to put others first. He is quick to pick up the six or make an FNG feel welcome. He’s been a leader at JUCO and has helped us all to grow. Today I’m excited to pass the torch of JUCO AOQ to Butterknife. I know he’ll lift up the men of JUCO and help push the mission of F3 as a whole.

Philippians 2: 1-11

2 So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, 2 complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. 3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. 5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,[a] 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,[b] 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant,[c] being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

MOLESKIN:
I’m still convinced that Butterknife grows stronger every time he gets COVID.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

Burpin’ Bernie turns 3 y/o

THE SCENE: Cold, dark
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • 10-Cherry Pickers
  • 10 – Hairy Rockettes
  • 15 – lbac forward/backward
  • 15 – Tempo Merkins
  • 20 – Tempo Squats

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the large parking lot on East side of campus.

Burpin’ Bernies

The large parking lot has 10 parking rows. Starting on the West side of the parking lot, run to the first row (Level 1) and perform 1 burpee, Bernie back to the start and perform the level 1 exercise, run to the second row (Level 2) and perform 2 burpees, Bernie back to the start and perform the level 2 exercise. Complete until finished with level 10.

  1. 10 – Carolina Dry Docks
  2. 20 – Monkey Humpers
  3. 30 – Plank Dips
  4. 40 – Merkins
  5. 50 – Smurf Jacks
  6. 60 – Flutter Kicks
  7. 70 – Shoulder Taps
  8. 80 – Air Squats
  9. 90 – Freddie Mercuries
  10. 100 – Side Straddle Hops

In total there were 550 reps of the level exercises and 55 burpees. We ran 3/4 mile forwards and 3/4 mile backwards.

MARY:
No time. Arrived at AO with 15 seconds to spare.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
14 HIMs came out on the third anniversary of my first VQ! Love the JUCO PAX and their enthusiasm.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Don’t allow yourself to become complacent. It’s obvious that no one here is complacent with their physical self as we are all here to grow and push ourselves to the next level. It’s important that we apply that same desire to grow in all areas of our lives. Remember that the goal of F3 is not to workout, but to invigorate male leadership within the community. I hope that JUCO has done that for more men than just myself. Today marked three years to the date from my VQ. I was hesitant to step up and take the lead in a workout, but the constant encouragement (and badgering) from Judge Judy got me over the hump. Taking the lead of a group of men like those at JUCO has given me greater confidence in my ability to lead. I’ve been able to take that confidence and use it to take leadership in other areas of my life. These last three years have really pushed me to step up into more leadership positions and I’m grateful to the PAX at JUCO for that.

MOLESKIN:

Love the PAX at JUCO. These men have pushed me to hold myself to a higher standard.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

nada

What love is not

THE SCENE: cold and a little breezy
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
15 SSH, 15 Mountain climbers, 10 tempo merkins, 15 Moroccan night club, 15 Imperial walkers, 10 tempo squats
THA-THANG:
Mosey to coupon pile for an AMRAP style workout.

  • 20 curls
  • 20 thrusters
  • Run up the stairs
  • 20 merkins
  • 5 toes to bar or 10 leg lifts
  • Run back down and to the left
  • At the end of the parking lot, 5 burpees
  • Run back to start
  • Rinse and repeat

MARY:
20 flutter kicks IC, 15 Heels to heaven, Protractor
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
14 enjoyed the chilly morning.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;”-1 Corinthians 13:4‭-‬6 NASB1995

I thought I would share this passage as a reminder to us all how we should act. We need to remember to act with humility in all we do – no bragging. We should act honorably and think of others needs before our own. We should not keep a tally of all that someone has wronged us, but we should truly forgive. We should rejoice in the Truth.

MOLESKIN:
Great to be back leading a workout at JUCO!