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Spectacular Panini

THE SCENE: Sprinkly, 72 degrees, 1000% humdity.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH x 20.
  • Cherry pickers x 8.
  • A little of this.
  • A little of that.

THA-THANG:
The listed workout contained 3 rounds of 5 exercises.  To progress to each new exercise, the pax performed 10 Mr. Spectaculars.

  • CMU curls x 20, 30, 40
  • CMU thrusters x 20, 30, 40
  • CMU flutter kicks x 20, 30, 40
  • CMU Big boys x 20, 30, 40
  • CMU Goblet squats x 20, 30, 40
  • Most of the pax made it to the second round at least.

MARY:
Plank for time.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 HIMs and one 2.0
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Philippians 3:13-14 says, “Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own.  But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” Perseverance is something that I have historically not been great at.  Yet things like F3, and most of my heroes for that matter, are great at this.  There is a “strain” that we should feel in this life if something is worth doing.  My own Dad worked swing shift at a paper mill and went to school for 18 years to earn his undergraduate degree.  It was hard.  I’m sure there were times where he wanted to quit, but he didn’t.  He stuck it out.  We will all face those types of challenges in our lives when life will get hard, and we will question, “Is it worth all this?”  It might be a particular job, a degree, a marriage, or a struggle with our kids.  However the answer is yes, yes it is.  We have to dig down and gut it out when it hurts.  We have to strain, but it is so much easier to do that together than it is to try and shoulder that alone.  God bless you men.
MOLESKIN:
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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No Excuses

THE SCENE: Rainy and extra gloomy

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:
Assorted stretches and mosey to learn the loop for the morning

THA-THANG:
DORA with the following exercises:

  • Decline Merkins x100
  • Big Boy Sit Ups x200
  • Step Ups x300

One partner ran the loop while other partner worked through the exercises. All PAX completed the exercises and some were about halfway through a second round.

MARY:
Overhead Claps x50

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
6 HIMs left their excuses at home this morning

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Question to think about today: What excuses are you making to keep from doing what you are supposed to be doing?

MOLESKIN:
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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Chariot Dice

THE SCENE: mild. 70s. Not too humid. Good day for a run
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
20 SSH and a warm up lap with stretches
THA-THANG:
8 squares with different exercises.

  • Goblet Squats
  • Dips
  • BBS
  • Merkins
  • Bent Rows
  • Box Jumps
  • Flutter Kicks
  • Decline Merkins

Start on a square and roll the dice. Do the number of reps shown and repeat. When you roll doubles, do double reps and then murder bunny to the next square.

MARY:
Nope.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 HIMs and a 2.0
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Life can feel pretty random when you’re in the middle of it. My own life was extremely random and chaotic in college. Drifting from place to place. Doing random jobs to make ends meet. But when you look back on life, you can see God’s providence at work. For example, all of my seemingly random work and school experience led to a random encounter for a great job which led to moving out here which led to randomly running in the park and randomly joining F3 and randomly dealing with a deep sin issue in my life. You see my point that it’s not really random. God is in control, and whatever random, chaotic, scary thing is going on, you can trust that God is working it out for your good even if it hurts.
MOLESKIN:
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Lots going on.

3rd F type event at Swerve’s Church

Going away party for Avocado

CSAUP at dog pound

All the stuff for Hardship Hill

How Many Hills Are There?

THE SCENE: Clear sky’s, bright eyes and humid but that’s expected
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Warm up lap around AO. Included Mosey, High Knees, hill kicks, side lunges, lunge stretch, Frankenstein’s
THA-THANG:

The goal of this beatdown was to try and name three of the Hill surrounding the AO. You can only name something after you have experienced it

  • Thang 1-  Blind Man’s Hill ( named for the fact that not only can you barley see the top from the bottom but you also really cant see where you are running when in the gloom)
    • Hill Repeats- Straightforward, Q set a 5 min timer. Sprint up the Hill jog back. The work came from the 7.7% grade of the hill.
  • Thang 2 Second Hill -Cedar St to Anderson St ( Still needs a name possible Cardiac Hill? This was also only half of this hill, it keeps climbing)
    • Dora- 50,75,100- Hip Raises, HR Merkins, Leg Raises. The exercises were straightforward, the 7% grade put the stress on the pax.
  • Thang 3- Third Hill- Anderson St- Gut Check Hill ( Avocado so pointedly pointed out that as your sprinting and you think you are near the top you look up and realize you’re not close and its a real gut check moment)
    • Spartan- pax all starts at the bottom together, Q said go and the pax sprinted up the hill. (Q did win all three races but who is counting.) At the top 10 Merkins and hold plank for the 6. Pax walked back down the hill together, lined up and repeated.

MARY:
20 LBC during the mosey back to the grindstone
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I was reading some quotes about success and motivation. There were three themes that kept sticking out to me in all the quotes. Not only did these themes show up in all the quotes, but than i started to think what all the people that gave these quotes had in common. They are all considered highly successful and respected people. Therefore what i took away is that these three themes really are the keys to success in life.

  • Not having regrets act now!
  • failure is key to success
  • don’t look for others to give you what you want
  • “Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm” Winston Churchill
  • “I didn’t fail the test. I just found 100 ways to do it wrong” Benjamin Franklin
  • ” If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on”  Sheryl Sandberg
  • “Happiness is not something readymade. It comes from your own actions.” Dalai Lama
  • “There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing , and be nothing”  Aristotle
  • ” It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you don’t stop” Confucius

The last quote was very meaningful to todays beatdown. We can not stop, we cant question on direction, we must move forward regardless of the of the obstacles in front of you or the negative voices telling you its impossible.

 

MOLESKIN:
Please keep Rep Sleepy in your prayers as he helps his friends family morn their lose.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
22nd is CSUP, Aug 28th 2.0 workout #2, October is Hardship Hill. Need to work on ideas for our obstacle.

It was easier

THE SCENE: Mild
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
1 Cherry Picker
THA-THANG:
Indian Run around the AO, man in front rolls the workout dice. Execute the movement, “water break” read body builders.

Return to the AO press and walk with a CMU between lines doing 10 big boys, 20 triceps extensions, 30 curls and 40 goblet squats.

 

It was easier than Swerve’s Tuesday beatdown.

MARY:
Ab work for time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Comparison is the thief of Joy:

If you watch HGTV too long, you’ll become dissatisfied with your home. If you stay on social media too long, you’ll become dissatisfied with your life. If you watch the news to long you’ll become dissatisfied with the world. Unplug, Pray. Read a book. Spend time with loved ones. Our minds are easily influenced, but you get to choose the influence!
MOLESKIN:
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