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A JUCO Invasion at The Equalizer

THE SCENE: An unseasonably warm January day with temps in the high 40’s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
I failed to announce that I had a cell phone with me in case of emergency.  This is a new precaution that Q’s have been tasked with when leading the group.
WARM-O-RAMA:
-The Motivator from 11
-Tempo Squats
-Cherry Pickers

THA-THANG:
2 stations, at one station we did upper body work, then ran to the 2nd station to focus on the lower body.  We ran about .2 miles in between the tennis courts and the pavilion at the top of the hill.  We did one exercise, ran to the next station, and alternated until we ran out of time.  At the top we did 4 sets of 20, these were the exercises.  Merkins, Picnic table pull ups, and dips.  On the tennis courts we did 4 sets of 20 squats, calf raises, and then El Capitan’s across the width of the tennis courts.  We had the lights on at the tennis courts, and it made me realize how ugly the men of F3 really are.  No wonder we workout in the Gloom!  That is a joke, we are all amazing looking specimen.

MARY:
We began with a 10 count of Carolina Dry Docks, then the PAX got mouthy and it was recommended that we also do 4 sets of 20 of that exercise.  After our arms fell off at the shoulders, we did 20 flutter kicks in cadence, and 20 BBS as we ran out of time.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
We had a record of 15 in attendance at the Equalizer, the previous record was 13.  We had one FNG, who we named Gotcha. (Josh McMullen?, Age 28)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
The Great commission, Matthew 28:16-20  The challenge was to go out and make disciples as Jesus commanded in the Great Commission.
MOLESKIN:
Prayer Requests:
Tank- Praise that his wife has some relief from the kidney stone that has been ailing her.
Wax Job – Pray for discernment about his Mother in Law that is suffering from Alzheimer’s.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Doubtfire on Q Wednesday, and Bartman on Friday.

Episode I was definitely the worst

THE SCENE: 50 degrees and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Mosey around the island, SSH, Merkins, squats, plank jacks, tho and that’s and rockettes
THA-THANG:

mosey to the soccer field for a Star Wars episode workout. 9 episodes. Each episode has an exercise with a qty of 10.  Do exercise and run to other sideline on the field. Repeat 3 times  each episode. Episodes are… (i may be off some)

  • I – burpees (because it was the worst one of all 9 episodes, mainly because of Jar Jar Binks
  • II – Merkins
  • III – inch worms
  • IV – squat jumps
  • IIV – star jacks
  • V – BBS
  • VI – Burpees (because of the Ewoks)
  • VII- Merkins
  • VIII – shoulder tap Merkins
  • IX – ?

we stopped half way and came back to it later as it was getting boring.

Mosey to other side lot and did 7s  with pull-up rows and shoulder tap Merkins.

mosey to bottom field. Jumped over the wooden barrier fence at each post all the way to the end. Balance beam after that for a 1/4 of it.

Mosey to circle on field. Ring of fire. Hold plank as one member of the pax runs around jumping over each other member. Do one Merkin and add one every time you get jumped. Total of 8 rounds.

mosey back and try to finish the episodes till time ends.

MARY:
Sparky led the group in some Ab exercises and some Peter Parkers
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 pax in attendance
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

“We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭5:3-4‬ ‭

MOLESKIN:
The Q has had a good run without an injury but alas, all good things must come to an end. This Q is writing this backblast with 600mg of ibuprofen and a muscle relaxer in him. I figured out that I would rather do 100 burpees with the pax than watch them work hard sidelined with a back injury. Coffeteria was great with everyone attending. ANNOUNCEMENTS:
New Years Party this Friday.

You’re on Q, oh and it’s your VQ

THE SCENE: Cool 40-42 degrees, clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
We got started with some SSH, Merkins, big arm circles, squats and cherry pickers
THA-THANG:
Since no one was signed up to Q and Training Wheels said he would take the first “ten” minutes, we moseyed over to the big flag. Since Training Wheels has never done a Seabiscuit before, we will call this a Training Biscuit. It is: Run one lap (1/4mile) then do 25 of each exercise below. Do two laps then exercises……three laps-exercises , then back to two-exercises. We all finished together with a mosey back to the AO. The exercises were 25 of each:

  • Merkins
  • Squats
  • Dips
  • Big boys/LBCs

MARY:
Bartman and Snitch led us in Box cutters, side crunches and flutters
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
6 pax
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Training wheels talked about seeing the movie about Mr. Rogers with his wife last night. He shared with us about how Fred Rogers goal was to make every child feel special. TW was really looking for a group of men to be Christian leaders in Knoxville. He was very thankful for finding F3 and really wants to motivate us to become spiritual leaders.
MOLESKIN:
Not a lot of mumble chatter as there was a lot of running today. It’s hard to breathe and talk.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Prayers for sick kids and in laws to come to Jesus

12 DOC

THE SCENE: Frosty
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Mosey around the can x2
  • SSH IC * 15
  • BA Cir IC * 10
  • Imperial Walkers IC * 15
  • Cherry Pickers (DP Style) IC * 5

THA-THANG:
Grab a CMU – Handed out the exercises one at a time to the PAX like presents. Did the exercise on the card and the previous rounds like the Song. On the 1st day of Christmas my Q gave to me…

  • 1 – World’s Greatest Merkin
  • 2 – Captain Thor’s
  • 3 – Iron Mike’s
  • 4 – Plank Jack’s
  • 5 – Burpee Tuck Jumps
  • 6 – Bobby Hurley’s
  • 7 – Thrusters Thrusting
  • 8 – Caterpillars Crawling
  • 9 – Supermen-a-swimming
  • 10 – Legs a lunging
  • 11 – Curls and Presses
  • 12 – Body Builders

MARY:

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
A friend told me that 2019 had a lot of hard times with a lot of precious moments in between. I couldn’t agree more. It was on some of those hardest days for me that I would happen to find a bracelet that my daughter made. It’s stored on the same hook as my keys and seemed to slip off when I grabbed them on the hardest of days. It says, “Pray”. Those beads stopped me and reminded me where my strength is found.

MOLESKIN:
You should have seen the boys’ face light up with each present. Who knew we could harmonize so well?

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

“Borrowed” Q from Bartman

THE SCENE: Mid 20’s and clear (except for Tank’s glasses which kept fogging up)
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH (x20); High knees for 1-minute; Windmills (x10); Tempo Squats (x10); Tempo merkins (x10)THA-THANG:
Mosey to tiny circular basketball court for ring of fire

  • Merkins going up by 1 as we went around the circle.  Up to 15.

Mosey over by dock for 20 squats.

Mosey to CMU pile

Declining ladder beginning at 25 and going down by 5 each round til we got to 5:

  • Curls
  • OH Press
  • Squats
  • Rows
  • CMU Swings
  • Box Jumps/Step-ups
  • Run a lap to the outhouse and back

MARY:
Hello Dolly’s on 4-count (x25); LBC’s on 4-count (x15)
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Galatians 6:2 — “Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.”

Encouraged the PAX that this coming week can be difficult for various folks in our life.  Reach out, give them a call, invite them over for dinner, pray for them.  Let’s help bear their burden and encourage them this Christmas season.