Waffle House – Page 39

Bees, tics, snakes and varmints.

July 7, 2018 Lillydipper

THE SCENE: Cloudy, temp in 70’s.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
20 Side-straddle hops, 10 Burpees, 10 Rockettes, 10 Cherry Pickers, Little of This and Little of That, 10 Michael Phelps
THA-THANG:

Mosey to Trail by Northernmost Parking Lot that leads to road by northern gate. We will do 14’s to the road where we will bear crawl one light then run four lights all the way to the roadway.

Mosey to bottom of Mt. Everest. 20 Hello Dollies. 20 Carolina Dry Docks. Next, run up Mt. Everest . Stop at roadway below Admin Bldg.

Mosey to Boulder Pile. Pick up appropriate boulder. We will do the following exercises:

25 Curls
25 Overhead Presses
25 Rows

Next, put down boulders and run to top of space needle and back to boulder pile. Repeat the exercises with boulders. Then put boulders back in pile.

Mosey to stop sign at southeast corner of Admin Bldg. 20 American Hammers

Mosey to outdoor pavilion close to outdoor chapel. We will break into three groups with one group running to island at nearby parking lot, second group doing decline merkins off of chairs or benches and third man doing jump squats at other end of chapel. Groups then switch exercises so that all three groups will do all three exercises. Rinse and repeat.

Mosey north on roadway to parking lot west of roadway where new restrooms are located. Go to southern end of parking lot. We will do suicides by running to first cone and back, second cone and back, etc until all five cones have been reached. Each time back do 10 Big Boy Sit-ups and 20 Baby Crunches. Rinse and repeat.

Mosey to AO.

MARY:
20 Box Cutters. Planks with lifts of each arm, each leg, and then arm and leg at same time, both sides. ATM’s.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Fifteen men with one FNG, Chris Sisk, whom we named “Robin.”
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
This world involves suffering and death. We tend to want to ignore death, keep it at a distance. Yet, one certainty in life is that we will die. Another certainty is that we will suffer. I need to do a better job at looking this suffering and death in the face. Because when I do so, I go beyond the rigamarole of my daily existence. It forces me to consider what I am about. . . what this world is about . . what the Creator is about. It makes me look not just at the finite but the infinite. And in my smallness, in my short time here in the face of eternity, it leads me to face God.

It is good to know that Jesus suffered to. He did not run away from suffering or try to gloss over it. He went to those who were suffering. He didn’t give them some kind of sugar coated message about how everything was going to be happy and terrific for them. What he did show them was the means to go beyond our worldly existence – he showed them that life, the truth, the Word as John writes in the bible, is so much more than what we generally think it is. And, Jesus, God, showed us that he understands suffering. He understands because he suffered too. He was poor, shunned, mocked, beaten, torn apart, nailed to a cross. But he rose again, showing us that we are more than death, we can conquer it, through Him we hold the key to victory.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
3rd F on Saturday, August 11.

Bringing Balls to the Wall

July 3, 2018 Archie

THE SCENE: 72°F, Muggy

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x20 (IC)
Merkins x2 (OYO)
Imperial Walker x20 (IC)
Merkins x 4 (OYO)
Imperial Walker Squats x20 (IC)
Merkins x6 (OYO)
Baby Arm Circles Forward x15 (IC)
Baby Arm Circles Backward x15 (IC)

THA-THANG:

Mosey to the Pavilion

Balls to the Wall and wall sits 30 sec, 60 sec (2 rounds)

11s- Bench pull-ups and squats

Mosey to the short hill near the SP

11s Scorpion Dry Dock –> Squats

Mosey to rock pile near Admin Building

Thrusters to the song: Flowers, by Moby

Mosey to Everest

7s American Hammers (4ct) –> Derkins (didn’t complete before time ran out)

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

Kentucky, Crab-Legs, Snitch, Waffle House, Flanders, Archie (QIC)

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

“for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.”

‭‭1 Timothy‬ ‭4:8‬ ‭ESV‬‬

http://bible.com/59/1ti.4.8.esv

We are saved by grace, but we should be just as (or more) intentional towards growing in Godliness as we are towards growing in physical fitness. This doesn’t mean start fartsacking more often. It means learn from how you are able to focus on physical fitness, to stop fartsacking on your relationship with God.

Pickett’s Charge

June 30, 2018 Lillydipper

THE SCENE: Sunny and beautiful although humid. Temps in 70’s.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
20 Side-straddle-hops, 5 Burpees, 8 Windmills, 4 Burpees, 8 Cherry Pickers, 3 Burpees, Plank Lifts, 2 Burpees, 10 Little Baby to Big Baby Arm Circles, Forwards and Backwards, 1 Burpee
THA-THANG:
Mosey to beginning of Dragon Tail. We will do Route 66 up Dragon Tail starting with one and ending with 11 of the following exercises at each light:

Jump Squats
Big Boys
John Travolta (four count or once with each hand)

Pickets Charge to Road to Admin Bldg. 20 Merkins and 40 Baby Crunches at top of steps.

Mosey to Roadway.

Rest and gander at the beautiful view of the river below.

Mosey to the alley way that goes to the northeast corner of the Admin Bldg. Go to the pile of bricks that is by a big tree. Each man pairs up with a partner to do Doras. While one partner is running to the end of the alley, doing ten decline merkins at curb, and running back, the other partner is working on the exercises. The exercises are done with a pair of bricks. Each set of partners will do 100 of each exercise. The following are the exercises:

Overhead presses
Curls
Behind the neck lifts.
100 Rows with brick in each hand and hand at side
100 Squats with bricks above head
100 Wings Forward
100 Wings Up
100 Wings Down

Mosey to road in front of Admin Bldg. There will be cones placed on both sides of the road. Go to each cone and do the exercises listed.

Cone 1: 20 Hello Dollies (four count). Lunge to Cone 2.
Cone 2: 20 Bicycle Kicks (four count). Run to Cone 3.
Cone 3: Bernie Sanders up right sidewalk to Flag Pole. Run back on other sidewalk. Run to Cone 4.
Cone 4: 20 Dive Bombers. Hop to Cone 5 which will be across the street and a number of yards to the north.
Cone 5: 40 Baby Crunches. Run to Cone 6.
Cone 6: Run down stairs and up stairs three times, staying to right side. Run to Cone 7.
Cone 7: 20 American Hammers. Bear Crawl to Cone 8.
Cone 8: 20 Squats.

Mosey to AO

MARY:
Stretching exercises.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
16 men with one FNG. He is Nathan Chesney whom we dubbed “Swimmies.”
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
We need to look at time differently when we think of God.

The Greek word “chronos” means time in a quantitative or chronological sense. Thus, we are speaking of time in the chronos sense when we ask “What time is it?” or say “I don’t have much time left to finish this project.” The Greek word “kairos” means time in the qualitative sense. It is not time that can be measured but time that is identified but what happens in it. We speak of “kairos” time when we say “the time is ripe” or ask “Did you have a good time?” Jesus spoke in kairos time when he said, in John 2:4 “My hour has not yet come.” As Frederick Buechner points out, it is in kairos time when the book of Deuteronomy says “there is a time weep and a time to laugh” or says “there is a time to reap and a time to sow.” (these words were paraphrased in the famous song “Turn Turn Turn” by the Byrds).

When we are caught up (and often miserable) in the pace of the demands of our world (we have phrases for this such as “living by the clock”) we often are not truly enjoying God. We can feel squeezed by time. As Henri Nouwen says, time becomes a means to an end rather than moments in which to consider and enjoy God. In chronos time we can end up believing that the real thing is always yet to come.

Chronos time is important. We certainly must meet demands and consider the amount of time in which to complete projects. But we must not forget kairos time. Thomas Merton said “the Bible is concerned with time’s fullness” the time when the texture and richness of what we are involved in come to be felt and seen. Time becomes more than what we have to get done. Time is the experience of all of what life has to give us.

We must work at seeing time in the sense of kairos, not just chronos. As Henri Nouwen puts it, time from the kairos standpoint “has to do with opportunity, with moments that seem ripe for their intended purpose.” Nouwen goes on to explain that if we can consider God’s purpose in our experience of time, we can then say, even in difficult episodes, that “something good is happening amid all this.”

So in your days to come, ask yourself “what is God intending for me at this time?” Whether your experience of a moment is good or bad, ask, “How might God be speaking to me at this moment. What does God want me to get from this? What is God wanting to teach me? Could God be working to help me grow from this difficult experience? Is God wanting me to share this moment with someone, to learn from another who may have experienced something similar? Is God wanting me to slow down, to communicate with Him, to pray to Him, to trust Him more, to depend on Him. Is God wanting to let me know that I am His and that I will be ok?

So, as you move forward, consider time in the sense of the kairos.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The eight workout challenge created by Abscess.

Terra Firma Triple Decker

June 20, 2018 Bartman

THE SCENE: Warm & muggy

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x 15
Tempo Merkins x 10
Tempo Squats x 10
Burpees OYO x 10
This/that stretch

THA-THANG:

Mosey to the grass hills that lead up to the Asylum building. It’s a 3 level tiered hill….placed 6 cones in a line up the hill. PAX ran suicides up the hills to the cones doing increasing burpees at each cone. 2,4,6,8,10,12
Mosey down the hill to the flat bowl for Pyramids
1. Round 1: 10 Merkins, run the hill
2. Round 2: 10 Merkins, 20 Squats, run the hill
3. Round 3: 10 Merkins, 20 Squats, 30 LBCs, run the hill
4. Round 4: 10 Merkins, 20 Squats, 30 LBCs, 20 Shoulder Taps (was supposed to be 40 but the Q was smoked!), run the hill
Mosey back to the AO
Paula Abdul bear crawl the parking spaces and do 5 squats each time you back up one space
Paula Abdul running the parking spaces and do 5 squats each time you back up one space

MARY:

Box cutters x 30
Boat/canoe
Peter Parker
Run lap around parking lot
AMRAP squats

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

Walkabout, Ribbed, Pusher, Rusty, Slide Rule, Pringles, Cheatsheet, Dog Bite, Cosmo, Mogul, Hot Tub, Fabio, Capn Crunch, Bunny, Gibbler, Smalls, Woodshack, Umbro, Chaco, Pinkeye, Jenner, Strava (FNG), Waffle House, Carney, Bartman

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Have the right perspective when things go wrong. My A/C went out in my house and it’s going to be expensive to fix. While I don’t like spending a ton of money unexpectedly, it’s not the end of the world. My family still has a roof over their head, clothing on their body and food to eat. As leaders in our home we need to remember that our wives and kids are looking at us to see how we handle adversity. We need to show them that they are the priority, not material possessions.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

We Are Sons

June 17, 2018 Umbro

THE SCENE: A little warm but beautiful

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:

25 SSH IC

10 Cherry Pickers IC

15 Tempo Squats IC

10 Merkins IC

THA-THANG:
Mosey down to the Pavalon for a little bench work. 4 rounds of the following 4 exercises. 1st set = 20 reps each, 2nd = 15, 3rd = 10, and 4th = 5

Bench rows
Box Jumps
Derkins
Tricep Dips

Mosey to the bottom of Cardiac with some lunges on the way. At the bottom of Cardiac, 20 merkins. 1st turn = 15 merkins, 2nd switchback = 10 merkins, at the top = 5 merkins.

Mosey to the rock pile at the Asylum after a quick stop to take in the beautiful view of the river. Grab a rock and do 3 sets of the following 3 exercises (15 reps each). After the completion of Set 1 and 2, run and touch the Asylum stairs. After set #3, run down to the stop sign and back.

Bicep Curls
Overhead Press
Bent-over rows

Next, 3 sets of the following 3 exercises (we did these IC and ran to the Asylum stairs in between sets 1 and 2).

Tempo Squats (with rock)
Flutter Kicks 4 ct (rock overhead)
Hello Dollies 4 ct (no rock)

Mosey down to the bottom of Everest. 10 Merkins IC. Made our way back around the new path doing some lunges, squats, bear crawl, and American Hammers. Mosey down Little Baby Hill. Sprint back to the top 1 time.

MARY:

Just a little bit of time left for some Flutter Kicks, plank work, and a few more SSH’s.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

12 HIM’s – No FNG’s

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

In the spirit of Father’s Day weekend, I’m reminded of what it means not only to be a father but also what it means to be a son of God. I believe that I’ve been saved and that God loves me unconditionally, but I fail to live that way each day.

When we feel like we’re falling short, failing, or still struggling in various aspects of our lives where we think we should be better, it’s easy to forget that our heavenly Father still loves us just the same as when we’re standing on the mountaintop. Instead, we can quickly revert to a worldly way of thinking – that somehow God doesn’t love us as much when we’re stumbling or that His love and grace couldn’t possibly be vast enough to cover over our multitudes of sin. But that’s simply not the case.

“But when the time had fully come, God sent his son, born of a woman, born under law, to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons. Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, ‘Abba, Father’. So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, God has also made you also an heir.” Galatians 4:4-7