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Speak up

THE SCENE: 68, expectedly humid but not oppressive
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Cherry Pickers, Mountain Climbers, Plank Jax, Moroccan night club, baby arm circles, dive bombers and stuff.
THA-THANG:

Gave the CMU’s by the flag a tour of campus.  2 Teams.  Team 1 had to carry the cmu while the other did an exercise and then caught up.  Team 1 would then do that exercise and catch up.  The carry rotated through Rifle, Curl, Triceps and [farmer] carry.

The stationary exercises were:

30 Plank Jacks
30 Merkins
15 Burpees
25 Freddie Mercury
30 LBC
30 Flutter (Count 1 leg)
30 Mountain Climbers; count 1 leg
20 Core Exercise chosen by team 1: American Hammer
20 Core Exercise chosen by team 2: Shoulder Taps

 

We then hung out on the loading dock doing leg raises while your partner did 3 thrusters, then wall hops onto the loading dock while your partner did another 3 thrusters.
Returned the CMU home and had some time for a foot race.  I was not able

MARY:
Shoulder taps, Heels to heaven, Hello Dolly and American Hammers
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Speak up for what God is doing in your life.  When we go through trials or experience blessings, we are not meant to keep these things to ourselves.  God receives glory when we talk about His nearness in a trial or His joy in seeing Him at work in us and those around us.

But why don’t we?

Maybe it is embarrassment – not wanting to be seen as overly spiritual.  Don’t want it to be seen as bragging.  Too often we don’t have a polished, TV ready story of how God has been at work in our life. Or maybe it isn’t dramatic enough or we too private about things.  Consider those things but also consider how to appropriately share what God is up to.
Find an audience: your kids, your wife, the guys out here, a friend at church
Share what God has been doing.
Luke 19 Says the stones will cry out if we don’t give God glory.  “I tell you, if these [disciples] were silent, the very stones would cry out”.
1 Peter 3:15 calls us to be ready to explain the hope that resides in us.

“but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect.”

Yes that’s about witnessing, but God’s faithfulness in our life is a huge part of that hope.
MOLESKIN:
To practice this I’ll share 1 big thing and 1 “little”: God has been so good to show Himself working through my oldest daughter.  She recently returned from a month in Nicaragua.  It’s been so clear that God was working through her.  It’s been evident in her love for the people there and the doors that God opened logistically for her to be there and spiritually to connect with students, now great friends, on deep and important truths.

Sunday, my family had a chance to hike Frozen Head between 2 storms.  On the way there it was torrential downpour, but just a light rain as we started hiking.  Miracle #1 is that my M allowed the hike to continue, but it cleared up, the fog was cool, the sun came out again, then it rained lightly some but the tree cover was thick enough to stay mostly dry.  We had the trail to ourselves, saw tons of frogs (that I thought were snakes every time I saw them move), turtles and a full rainbow of mushrooms.  The breeze kicked up where we turned around ant it actually felt comfortable.  For me, and my family, it’s easy to see God at work when we are in the elements, enjoying nature and blessed with the chance to be together.

To God be the glory for the big and little things.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Service Project Saturday 7am.  See Slack for details!

 

Habits, Part 2

THE SCENE:  75 and thick.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER:  Administered.
WARM-O-RAMA: 

  • Phelps
  • RFTS / LIH
  • Grady Corns
  • Mountain Climbers
  • Up/Down Dog
  • SSH

THA THANG:

  • Mosey to the new building, pick a spot on the bench.
  • 30 seconds of each
    • Derkins
    • Single leg squat (L)
    • Dips
    • Single leg squat (R)
    • Incline CDD
    • Plyo step-ups

 

  • Mosey to the pond.  There are 2 trees along the path – approx. half way around the pond from each other.
    • 50 merkins + 50 LBCs.  Run to the other tree.
    • 40 merkins + 40 LBCs.  Run to the other tree.
    • 30 merkins + 30 LBCs.  Run to the other tree.
    • 20 merkins + 20 LBCs.  Run to the other tree.
    • 10 merkins + 10 LBCs.  Run to the other tree.

 

  • Mosey to the Big Lot;
    • Bear crawl one line.
    • 10 flutter kicks (count 1 leg)
    • Bear crawl one line.
    • 10 hello dollys

 

  • Jelly Legs

 

MARY:

  • Dealer’s choice.
  • Jail break!

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

9 for bootcamp + 5 Rushers

COT / BOM

All this week, we’re talking about habits.  For Part 1 on Monday, Guardrail led a discussion about cultivating our hearts in preparation for a habit change – starting a new good habit, killing an old bad habit.  Today we continued talking about habits – as we start a new, or end an old, let’s plan for failure.  Let’s think about what might cause failure and pre-decide on strategies to avoid those or to quickly rebound from them.

When you are starting a new habit, what kinds of things are going to throw you off course?

Stumble:  I’m not making any progress toward my goal.
Did you just set a goal – or did you also define a plan and come up with systems to get you to the goal?  “Systems” are the reminders, queues, routines, notes, people, etc. that you set in place to facilitate your work toward to the goal.  James Clear says “you don’t rise to the level of your goals; you fall to the level of your systems.”  A goal is just a daydream without a plan.  Make sure you have an actionable plan + establish systems to execute that plan.

Stumble:  I’m not seeing change happen as fast I thought it would.
Adopt a long-term perspective.  Have short-term milestones. Especially in the short term, evaluate your progress based on how well you stick to your plan, not your results.  Worry about meeting the plan today – tomorrow worry about tomorrow.  Keep your sights only looking that far out.  If you have a good plan and you stick to the plan, your goal will take care of itself.  Again from James Clear, “You should be more concerned with your current trajectory than with your current results”.

Stumble:  I missed a day, so I guess I’m done. 
Sometimes we have an all-or-nothing mindset.  If we fail one time, we think we are a failure.  Like my daughter who is learning to walk, I wouldn’t say to her “just two steps?!?  Come on!“.  No, I say “Two steps! Great job girl!  Now try and again and get three steps this time!!!”  As you are learning to do something new, coach yourself the same way.  Give yourself some grace.  If you miss a day, don’t miss two. Missing one day reduces your chance of success by 5%.  Missing two consecutive days reduces your chances by 40%.

As we start new habits, here are three strategies that we’re going to implement

  1. Create systems to push you toward your goal
  2. Success is sticking to your plan TODAY
  3. If you miss a day, don’t miss two.

You are what you repeatedly do.  Every action you take is a vote for the type of man you want to become.

With that in mind…

  • What good habit do you need to start?
  • What unhealthy habit do you need to stop?

Come back Friday for Part 3 of this Word!

 

MOLESKIN:

Prayers for Data, Papa Lock, and Shrubbery’s Aunt.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

It’s OK to be slow (to anger :-)

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
• Reach for the sky
• Let it hang
• Cherry Pickers
• Hairy Rockettes
• Tempo Merkins
• TN Rocking Chairs
• Plank; Right hand up; Plank; Left hand up
• Mosie to the courtyard

THA-THANG #1:

Courtesy of “Funk Roberts” on YouTube. I accidentally fartsacked a couple of weeks ago and found this workout to do at home. Do each exercise twice for 30 seconds with a 30 second rest in between.
1. Side Straddle Hop
2. Merkins (fingers out, shoulders back, elbows in)
3. Forward Lunges (keep core tight)
4. Freddie Mercuries (slow, hands out, elbows out, rotate to focus on your core)
5. Mountain Climbers
6. Seal Jacks (engage rear delts, back exercise)
7. Wide Push Ups
8. Reverse Lunges
9. Wide Crunches
10. Burpees

THA-THANG #2:

• Mosie to the coupon pile
• Everyone grab a coupon
• Break into 2 groups
• Group #1 carries to bottom of freshman hill and starts the rotation. Group #2 stays at the coupon pile and starts the rotation from there.
• At bottom of hill, Coupons (x15 each)
◦ Curls
◦ Presses
◦ Tricep extensions
• Bernie to top of hill and do 5 pull-ups
• Mosie back to coupon pile, Coupons (x15 each)
◦ Bent over rows
◦ Kettle bell swings
◦ Bench press
• Run to bottom of hill

MARY:
No time!

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Psalm 103:6-11
6 The Lord gives righteousness
and justice to all who are treated unfairly.
7 He revealed his character to Moses
and his deeds to the people of Israel.
8 The Lord is compassionate and merciful,
slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.
9 He will not constantly accuse us,
nor remain angry forever.
10 He does not punish us for all our sins;
he does not deal harshly with us, as we deserve.
11 For his unfailing love toward those who fear him
is as great as the height of the heavens above the earth.
Eph 4:26
“In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry,
James 1:19
19 My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,

Tim Keller on Anger

• https://youtu.be/2v-2ewGCQB4
• Note that God reveals himself as slow to anger. Its OK to get angry. To be like God, however, we need to do it slowly and at the right things.
• Anger is not the opposite of love; hate is and the ultimate form of hate is indifference
• Anger has a basic goodness. In this form is it response to love being threatened.
• What do we get angry about? There’s our loves and maybe our idols.
• On the flip side, what are things that should be getting angry about but don’t?
• In Mark 11, Jesus got angry about sin in the temple keeping Gentiles away from God. Yet, in his anger we are told he began to teach the people. He was in control of himself the entire time.

Ai-CAN Legs and Bro-CAN-back Mountain

THE SCENE: 60ish and cloudy.  No rain yet!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x20; Now grab 2 cans each from Charmin’s food drive box; Imperial Squat Walkers x 20; Tie fighters x 11 each way; line up on the baseline curb for some Rocky Balboas. All in cadence.
THA-THANG:

  • Mosey to the Cloud for some Aiken (or Ai-CAN) Legs:  20 squats, 20 box jumps, 20 Mary Katherines, 20 Rev. Lunges, rinse and repeat.  Stop midway for 10 burpees (10 burpees every time someone drops a can!)
  • Rest with Flutter kicks IC x 20.
  • Mosey to the Pavalon and partner up.  20 step ups on the tables while the partner wall sits with cans held out. Rotate out. Rinse and repeat.
  • Mosey to bottom of Baby Everest (or is it Little Cardiac??).  Vote to hold on to the cans for the remainder of the workout.
  • Bro-CAN Back Mountain:  Doras with your partner.  One partner Bernies up the hill (back pedal) and then runs down while the other is doing SSH or Moroccan Night Clubs (250 total for each exercise).
  • Back to the Cloud for Can Ups:  Grab a bench, plank position with cans in front of you.  Place one can up on bench from plank, then merkin, then other can up on bench, then merkin, then one can back down on ground, merkin, and other can back down on ground and merkin.  That’s 1.  Do 10 of those.
  • Mosey back to AO

MARY:
Code Brown led in some Canned Thors, then some Canned Dollies
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Food drive message: “Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up, ‘Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”  John 6:8-10.  We never know what small thing will lead to big miracles.  Have faith and great things can happen from even the smallest gesture.

MOLESKIN:
Prayers for Pacman and his wife as she goes to Vanderbilt for evaluation of eyesight issues.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  1. Last week for the food drive!  2) Brolympics on Nov. 9.  Sign up now!!

Life is Short — Give Yourself Away While Your Here

THE SCENE: Crisp, 43 degrees.  Chilly but not for long…
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • 25 SSH
  • 10 Cherry Pickers
  • 10 Baby Arm Circles/ 10 Bakkards
  • 10 Seal Claps
  • 30 Apollo – “Oh, No’s”
  • 30 Snow Boarders
  • 20 Merkins

THA-THANG:
Parking Lot:  High Knees, Karaoke, Skipping, Bear Crawls, Lunges, Mountain Climber

Battle Buddy up, Grab a CMU and Slingshot to Everest, 15 Squats and catch your buddy to switch.

Everest:  Blockees with overhead press.  Partner runs halfway up Everest, does 10 Big Boys and then switch.  3 rounds

Slingshot back to the AO doing 15 dips while alternating.

MARY:

  • 15 Snow Angels
  • 15 Superman
  • 15 Toe Touches
    COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

Tooth Fairy, Snitch, Rousey, Viagra, Crab-Legs, Hands, Hot Tub, Waffle House, Flashback,

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Read a book over the Summer call the “Book Thief”.  It is written with the narrator as death.  Death takes the souls of everyone who has died.  Death is not angry, mean, or have any malice.  It is just his job to take souls once someone dies.  Every once in a while there is a soul that is so much lighter because that person has given most of themselves away in this life so there is not much to pick up and carry away. None of us gets out of the life alive.  Take the time to give yourself away in this life so you will be the lightest of souls taken to heaven.

“His soul sat up. It met me. Those kinds of souls always do – the best ones. The ones who rise up and say “I know who you are and I am ready. Not that I want to go, of course, but I will come.” Those souls are always light because more of them have been put out. More of them have already found their way to other places.”

Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

MOLESKIN:
Prayers for Viagra as he works with his group to buy toys for kids in low income areas and reach even more kids this year for Christmas.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Brolympics II on Nov 9th.

Food Drive this Month