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When you can’t do anything dumber…Totally redeem yourself

THE SCENE: post rain – 53 degrees and clear.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
15 SSH, 5 Cherry pickers, 5 tempo merkins, 5 tempo squats
THA-THANG:

  • Indian run with back two men racing to the front (ran to the rear parking lot in front of the ‘Stadium’ hill.
  • 3 x Circuit Breaker – broadjump two parking stalls, lunge one parking stall to the end of the parking lot. Alternate sprinting forward, shuffle, bernie, shuffle, burpee in each parking lot stall until reaching the start point.
  • 11s on Stadium Hill – Hip thrusters on the parking lot, sprint up the hill, monkey humpers at the top of the hill.
  • Dora – 100 merkins, 200 Squat Rockettes (Squakettes), 300 American Hammers (cut short on time), partner runs with CMU up the stairs and slapped the Rec Center wall.
  • Mosey back to AO.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
31 total: 26 Pax//5 FNGs

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Classic scene in Dumb and Dumber – Just when I think you can’t do anything dumber, you go out and totally redeem yourself! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnkefjCES-4

Matthew 5:23-2423 Therefore if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your offering there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering.

When things are wrong, whether it is your fault or not, we must be about making things right. This is not an obstacle, it is an opportunity. I shared a story from my time as an officer in the Navy. A sailor opened the door to a pressurized space and it caused the door I was opening to slam, nearly taking off the fingers on my right hand. I rushed at the sailor and got about two inches from his face and started berating him. He was in the wrong and I outranked him. In the middle of yelling at him, I look down to see another sailor that I had been studying the Bible with. Seeing her replaced my anger with shame. I walked away and cooled down. About an hour later, I found the sailor I had yelled at and I apologized to him for embarrassing him and for the things I had said. Two hours later, I found the female sailor that I had previously studied the Bible with. I owned what I had said and done and shared that I had apologized to the other sailor. I shared that the anger she saw in me was the man that I had to die to daily, the man whom Christ has helped me change from. She said that she knew I had apologized because the whole crew was talking about it (it’s rare for an officer to apologize to an enlisted sailor). 15 years later, we are still close and I saw her over Thanksgiving. She is married to a preacher and they have two kids.

Just when I couldn’t do anything dumber, I totally redeemed myself in her eyes and we are both better for it. Make wrongs right and see obstacles as opportunities.

 

DOUBLE QUARTER-POUNDER W/O CHEESE PLEASE.

THE SCENE: Mid 40s and damp
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Cherry Pickers, LBACF, LBACB, CDD, TN Rockin Chair, Squats.
THA-THANG:
Mosey toward MRSA Field, stopping for a short bear crawl. At MRSA Field, perform the Double Quarter-Pounder (Run 25yd do 25 Merkins – Bernie back, Run 50 yds do 50 squats – Bernie back, Run 75yds do 75 Mountain Climbers – Bernie back, Run 100yds do 100 SSH – Bernie back, Repeat all for a total of two rounds.

Mosey to Field 2, continue running the 4 corners, stopping at corner 1 and 3 for 10 Jump Squats and Increasing 8ct BBs at comers 2 and 4.

Mosey to Rail Bars at water station: 11s – Pullups at station, Donkey Kicks at bottom.

Slowsy to playground for AMRAP: 5 Pullups, 10 Merkins, 15 dips

Mosey to bridge: PAX stack shoulder to shoulder holding Al Gores. Last man runs or traverses in any way he wishes to front. Continue in rotating fashion until bridge is crossed.  We had some bear crawls, burpee broadjumps, lunges, ninja rolls (Waxjob), and more.

MARY:
Cosmo tortured the men while the Q gathered his cones on MRSA Field.  Q returned and led about 2 minutes of Pickle Pounders, SSHs.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
7 HIMs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Phillipians 4:7

The Q shared 5 practical steps that have helped him battle the “kaos” of life and cultivate an inner peace that surpasses understanding:

1. Surrender to total trust in Christ – this settles once and for all the ultimate question of where you will spend eternity.

2. Believe God’s sovereignty rules over all, including your life (all over the Bible).  This removes any fear or anxiety about your life and what happens to you.

3. Trust the Lord to meet all of your needs. This eliminates all concerns with not having enough.

4. Maintain a clear conscience. This protects the inner peace that you have.

5. Accept the way God made you. This prevents the stress and anxiety of trying to change things beyond your control.

MOLESKIN:
N/A
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Prayers for Mrs. Junk

Burpees, Burpees, Burpees

THE SCENE:
The gloom was a sultry 32 degrees but the temperature kept rising
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 15 IC
Imperial Walkers x 15 IC
Cherry Pickers x 5 IC
Baby Arm Circles x 10 IC (forward and backward)

THA-THANG:
Today the theme was BURPEES!
Mosey to the Outhouse
Partner Up for 10 minute AMRAP
Partner 1 – Run to grass and perform 2 Burpees, Run Back
Partner 2 – Deconstructed Burpee (5 Merkins, 5 Donkey Kicks, 5 Jump Squats)
Switch

Mosey to Boat for Burpee Suicides
Run to 2nd Light (Perform 2 Burpees with a twist jump)
Run back to 1st Light (Perform 2 Burpees with a twist jump)
Run to 3rd Light (Perform 2 Burpees with a twist jump)
Run back to 2nd Light (…..)
Continue around all lights (Sing Paula Abdul’s “Two Steps Forward, One Step Back” for motivation)

Mosey to stairs for Sevens
Squats at bottom
Burpees at top next to rock

Mosey back to AO for Mary

MARY:
Ab Cycle
Flutter Kicks, Hello Dolly, Reverse Crunches (x15 IC)
Hold feet 6 inches above ground between exercises
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 PAX conqurered the Burpee today.  YHC (I-Beam), Ribbed, Waxjob, Excite Bike, Trolly, Mouthwash, Pool Boy, Snitch
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Learn to accept the path God has laid out for you. Over the past three months I’ve spent a lot of time reflecting on two F3 Brothers personal struggles. In each of these situations I’ve asked what is God trying to teach them. Then moved to a place of what is God trying to teach me. Here I sit wondering what am I supposed to learn. What I am discovering is that we don’t know what God’s plan is for us or for those around us. But I do know that these two Brothers have taught me that God’s timing is his and we are only to trust in Him.
MOLESKIN:
To those two Brothers, THANK YOU for the lessons learned. You are in my prayers always and I will walk the journey with you. No matter the path.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Pray for Lady Junk, Butters son and Trolly’s overly busy schedule and the burden this is putting on his wife.

La-Z-Q

THE SCENE: sNOw, iCe, OverwheLmingly frigiD temps. Wind blowing Extremely hArd wiTH gusts even hardER.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x30 IC
Cherry Pickers x8 IC
LBAC x20 each way
Grady Corns x15 IC
Failure to Launch x10!
Hindurkins x10 IC
Asphalt Kissers x10 IC
THA-THANG:
Lazy Q today… Mostly stolen from La-Z-Boy’s RAW Q last week. Because I was good and sore the next day.

Mosey to the Scrapyard. Grab 2 CMUs each on the way back.

5 rounds:
15 double-cmu bent rows, Crazy 8’s curls (legit grip), 12 upright rows
(Audibled to 10 of each row. Also, called time after roughly 4 rounds)
I think the CMUs are heavier due to being wet!

Mosey to the Scrapyard and back

5 rounds (well, again, that was the plan…)
10 Curl-OHP, 20 single-arm OHP (10 each arm), 30 decline shoulder taps
(I think we made 4 rounds on this one too)

Bear crawl to the restroom. Crab walk back.

(I knew we weren’t gonna make it 5 rounds on this one by this time)
10 thrusters, 20 CMU step-ups, 30 CMU squat
Called it after about 2 rounds

MARY:
Apx one minute of CMU BBS OYO
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
7 today. Not 8 like I posted on GroupMe…
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Galatians 6:2 – Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
Bill Withers – “For noone can fill those of your needs that you won’t let show”

Dual responsibility, gentlemen!

MOLESKIN:
Not so much running today… I think I have bass-ackwards plantar fasciitis. Ball of my foot instead of the heel.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Breakfast at Drifter’s coming up at the end of the month!

Truck Stop Convergence

THE SCENE: 40 and clear….perfect

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:  (Waxjob)

  • Side Straddle Hop x 25
  • Tempo Merkins x 15
  • Tempo Squats x 15
  • Grady Corns x 31
  • Crabettes x 10

THA-THANG:

  • Mosey to the concrete bleachers (Bartman)
    • 11’s on the hill – squat jumps at the bottom / carolina dry docks at the top
  • Mosey to the end of the soccer field (Waxjob)
    • 50% run across the field
    • 75% run back the other direction across the field
    • 100% run across the field 25 v-ups at the other end
    • 100% run back – 25 big boy situps at the other end
    • Tunnel of love
  • Mosey to the bottom soccer field (Bartman)
    • Kraken style run around 6 cones.  Start with 5 burpees, 5 merkins, 5 squats at the first cone, then increase by 5 reps after each lap around the cones.  When you get to the last cone you’ll be doing 30 burpees, 30 merkins, 30 squats.  Time ran out, had to cut this short.
  • String of pearls mosey back to the AO (Waxjob)
    • Monkey humpers facing the road
    • Freddie Mercury by the outhouse
    • Pledge of Allegiance by the flagpole

MARY:  (Waxjob)

  • Boat/canoe while singing row, row, row your boat

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
41 strong!   Snorkel, Waxjob, Brick, Mr. Jinxy, Driftwood, Woodshack, Kickflip, Drive Thru, Curveball, Herbie, Bagman, Mustard, Snitch, Swimmies, Full House, Choir Boy, Gibbler, Tweet-E, Swanson, Cosmo, MC Hammer, Tank, Face Plant, Manilow, Abscess, Cavalier, Poyo, Mermaid, Mailbox, Slag (FNG), Guardrail, Lillydipper, Pele, Butters, Frosty, Sparkler, Moses, Steam, Rosetta, Hammy, Bartman

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:  (Bartman)
2019 has been a tough year among our F3 brotherhood – we have dealt with illness, injury, death.  In light of that and also in light of the Christmas season I decided to share several scriptures of encouragement to remind us that GOD is ultimately in control and we can find our rest in him.

MOLESKIN:
It’s always fun to have a big group together for a convergence workout – today was not different.   It was great to see many faces I hadn’t seen in a long time.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
3rd F immediately after the workout at Two Rivers church