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The Power of Encouragement

THE SCENE: Warm and humid…August
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Abe Vigoda x7, Cherry Picker x6, Tempo Merkins x10
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the courtyard and partner up:

One partner runs down to the ERC and crawl-bears up the stairs the runs back to the courtyard.

The other partner works through these:

  • 100 x BBS
  • 100 x Step Ups
  • 100 x Dips
  • 100 x Star Jacks

Next up, suicide ladder. Start with 5 x Diamond Merkins and 5 x Bobby Hurleys increasing by 5 each round.

Exercises were performed at opposing corners of the grassy area between the ERC and the courtyard. To transition from one corner to the other, run, karaoke left, bernie, karaoke right.

Mosey to the large parking lot for some sprints. Sprint to farthest light pole then crawl-bear to the six, sprint again. Performed 20 Flutter Kicks. Next, sprint back to the start and Bernie til you reach the six, sprint again.

Moseyed back to the flag stopping for some BBS in cadence along the way.

MARY:
Steering wheels courtesy of Dart Gun. LBCs from Stye. Somehow Commission though Burpees were a good Mary exercise. A few imperial walkers followed by some planks to finish it off.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
14 men encouraged one another to get better
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Acts 11:22-24

Only 10 times in scripture is the phrase “a good man” used. One of these times is in describing Barnabas. In this passage, Barnabas is sent to encourage the brethren at a struggling church. His encouragement earned him a status as a good man. Let’s all strive to encourage one another in all areas of our lives.
MOLESKIN:
Called out Butter Knife for his constant encouragement of the PAX. I really appreciate his attitude during the Q’s, never complaining and always pushing.

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

Giving 110% in 100% humidity

THE SCENE: According to pool boy it was 100% humidity, but no rain
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, Cherry Pickers, tempo squats, pointer dogs, sprints and calf raises
THA-THANG:
Small detour to the center courtyard, due to a skunk sighting.

The many faces of Merkins and Abs

  • 20 Inclined, run lap
  • 20 Declined, run lap
  • 20 regular, run lap
  • 20 shoulder tap, run lap
  • 25 LBC, lap
  • 25 American hammers, lap
  • 25 Side crunches each side, lap
  • Mosey to coupon pile for 25 curls, triceps, then top of the hill for leg lifts on the pull up bars

MARY:
Didn’t make it back in time, but did some mary on the way back for breaks.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Romans 2 vs 1 and 10, John 8.  Remember let us who are free of sin cast the first stone.  Instead of judging others, turn the mirror on ourselves and see what we can do to improve and become more Christ-like.
MOLESKIN:
Help guides all these men in decisions about life and work.  Please give us health and courage to share your love.

Quality Time at Sophomore Hill

THE SCENE: Nice 70ish degrees with about 55% humidity.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Completed
WARM-O-RAMA:

High Knees
Kickbacks
SSH
Merkins
Tempo Squats
Freddy Mercuries

THA-THANG:

Last Man Up to Sophmore Hill (doing a set of Flutter Kicks along the way
Burp Back Mountain
– pairing up with one person proceeding to run backward up the hill/forward down the hill while the other person is performing burpees. The individuals continue to alternate running with burpees until 100 total burpees are completed
Cindy Crawford (5 corners)
– AMRAP 5 pull-ups, 10 merkins, and 15 squats, 20 LBCs and 25 Calve raises

MARY:

Boat/Canoe
Freddie Mercuries

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Heb 10:24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, 25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
Eccl 4:9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. 10 For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up!

MOLESKIN:

Privilege to be together with you men, you encourage and inspire me to be a better Christ-follower, let’s continue to bring others into the F3 fold and watch them change!

 

Learning more about Dolphins & Daffodils

THE SCENE: Very nice
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH
Crunchy Frog
Tempo Squat
Tempo Merkin
Freddy Mercuries
Windmill

THA-THANG:

Mosey to the Courtyard, picking up a CMU baby along the way – making sure it didn’t touch the ground the entire workout and passed around to everybody to love on it.
4 Corners to some Tunes
First Round 10, 20, 30, and 40 Merkins
Second Round 10, 20, 30, and 40 4-count Mountain Climbers
Third Round 10, 20, 30, and 40 Monkey Humpers
Fourth Round 10, 20, 30, and 40 LBCs
Fifth Round 10, 20, 30 flutter kicks (time)
Periodically taking a break and doing squats during “Thunder” by Imagine Dragon

MARY:

Hello Dolly
Big Boys

 

MOLESKIN:

Part 2 of Missionality in the life of the High Impact Man

Missionality is Service in the High Impact Zone. To Live Right, a HIM must exert the majority of his efforts to Serve within his personal HIZ, the boundaries of which are defined by his Mission.

Mission is the course of action taken to achieve an articulated Purpose. The course of action is comprised of the individual Tasks the HIM undertakes to bring his Purpose into fruition. These Tasks are not random, but are the outgrowth of the Skills for which he is most suited, the things that he does with the most ease and familiarity and constantly improves through Practice.

Building on Kickflip’s message about the Dolphin, The Daffodil represents the people-category that a man is born to Serve with his Dolphin. Like the Dolphin, a man’s Daffodil is a matter of hard-wiring. There are men who continue to coach soccer even after their kids have stopped playing. It took me awhile, but my Daffodil is engaging, collaborating, and helping veterans in their post-military career. Each one of us has both a Dolphin ability and Daffodil passion. The HIM loves all of mankind equally, except for his Daffodil. He loves his Daffodil more, because that is who he was born to Serve.

Part 3 on Friday!

Layers of the Pearl

THE SCENE: Pleasant 65 degrees
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Side straddle hop -20

Cherry pickers – 5

Tempo merkins – 10

Tempo squats – 10

Flutter Kicks – 20

THA-THANG:

  • Indian Run to Parking Lot
    • Run 2 lines forward and do 1 Burpee, Bernie 1 line back and do 1 Get Down (both cheeks and both shulder blades touch the ground), Repeat increasing reps by 1 until the end of the parking lot (Max 8). 
  • Mosey to CMU pile
    • Beginning at 1 rep, cycle through Squats, Curls, Raises, and then hold a coupon at eye level for the number of seconds equal to the reps, repeat cycle with 2 reps all the way up to 20 reps.
  • Mosey to the stairs
    • At the curb, beginning at 1 rep, cycle through CMU bench press and skull crusher. Repeat cycle with 2 reps all the way up to 5 reps. 
    • At the first level of stairs, beginning at 6 reps, cycle through coupon push up, skull crusher. Repeat cycle with 7 reps all the way up to 10 reps.
    • At the second level of stairs, beginning at 11 reps, cycle through coupon push up, skull crusher. Repeat cycle with 12 reps all the way up to 15 reps.
    • At the top of the stairs, beginning at 16 reps, cycle through coupon push up, skull crusher. Repeat cycle with 17 reps all the way up to 20 reps.
  • Mosey to the AO

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Matt 13: 45 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. 46 When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.

So valuable that he went away and sold everything…

There are two types of oyster produced pearls: natural and cultured. Natural Pearls form when an irritant – usually a parasite and not the proverbial grain of sand – works its way into an oyster, mussel, or clam. As a defense mechanism, a fluid is used to coat the irritant. Layer upon layer of this coating, called ‘nacre’, is deposited until a lustrous pearl is formed. A cultured pearl undergoes the same process except that the irritant is a surgically implanted bead. The cultured pearl is a pearl on the outside with a thin, exterior layer of nacre while the natural pearl is pearl throughout. 

Takes years to form a natural pearl. If we look within ourselves, we too find parasites that try to steal the best of our strength, thought, joy and holiness. The temptation is smother the parasite with a bunch of nacre all at once but then you will have an uneven pearl, which has no beauty. It takes thin layers, little by little, layer by layer, day by day, prayer by prayer, scripture by scripture. The natural pearl within is started and then grown into a thing to be desired. 

This is the fine pearl that the man in the parable went and sold all he had to go purchase. As HIMs, we embrace this grind in the spirit of James 1 – 2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 

The kingdom of Heaven, the fine pearl, the natural pearl is worth selling all you have for. So if we are going to go all in,  we mist ensure that we have strength and faith throughout and not just a pretty exterior with a false center.