On 25 February 2021 8 HIM beat the fartsack and posted at the CHOP for a little fun in the gloom
Warm up – 25 SSH, 20 windmills, 20 mountain climbers, 20 cherry pickers, 15 arm circles forward 15 backwards all IC except arm circles
THE THANG- mosey to the entrance of HOB
20 merkins, 20 Bobby Hurleys ,toysoldier set 60/30/15, 30 flutter kicks IC
Mosey to fishing pier- 20 wide arm merkins, 1 round of Cpt. Thor 1 to 4 ratio 1 bigboy 4 American hammers til you reach 10 and 40, 25 split jacks, 20 hello dollies IC. 10 burpees.
Mosey back to CHOP but oops the Q forgot something at the first pain station stop back at HOB for 10 burpees. Then return to CHOP
5 strong 💪 this morning at Carmel High. Great discussions at coffeeteria to create a SLT to grow F3 Monterey.
It was not gloomy but the field was cold and damp. Gloves quickly soaked up the water to freeze the fingers.
Congratulations to Potato Chip for accepting and completing the challenge to attend every F3 Monterey workout in February. Prize is on it’s way!
Disclaimer given
Warm Up 50 moroccan night clubs 20 Hill Billies 20 cherry pickers 25 Calf raises Bolt 45’s – 15 squats to halfway down. 15 squats halfway to full down. 15 full squats. 20 Hello Dolly
The Thang Run lap Burpees – 1 pax runs to 40, rest of pax do burpees … do until all pax have run… repeat if needed.
Bunny hop & at 10 do 10 Groiner, High plank, low plank, low plank jack, back to high plank jack…. Reduce by 1 every 10 yards
Pair up – 1 partner crab walkds o 5 planks while partner crab walks to 10 & planks, first pax goes to 15… repeat for 100 yards
Run to 50… 10 bobby hurleys…. All the way to 1 every 50 yards
Run to 50… 10 rowers …. All the way to 1 every 50 yards
8 minutes left and we did LBCs, Squats fast and slow, Lunges, planks and Mie Tysons.
7 HIM came out in the dampness for a beatdown. @fireplex, @chattahoochee, @semi, @quattro, @yukon, bolt and swarts
Warm Up
20 of each I/C
SSH, Windmill, Mountain Climbers, Cherry Pickers
Mosey to Presbyterian Church parking lot
The Thang
3×24=300 OYO, Pax does 25 each Merkins, LBC and Squats followed by 23, 22 and so on down to 1. After every 4 sets each HIM does a lap around the parking lot. Side 1 is Mosey, side 2 is NUR, side 3 is Jail Break, side 4 is Mosey. When all HIM completed we shared Third F. OYO, PAX did 100 SSH (single count) then Mosey across parking lot- plank til 6. 100 Jump Rope then NUR across parking lot. 25 Burpee then Jail Break across parking lot. Mosey back to circle for Number-Rama, Name-O-Rama and COT.
Third F
Read James 3:2-8. If we can control our mouth we can control our whole body. Just like a horse is controlled by the bridle in its mouth we must be dependent on God and allow Him to control us. We must focus on Him and His word so we can know His plan and purpose for our lives.
It was one of those real short nights. I had just spoken for a large youth event, and the night went late for the best of reasons: God brought hundreds of young people to faith in Christ that night. The counseling of all those kids took a blessedly long time. Now Jason, who was one of the organizers, took me to my hotel that night and he told me he would be picking me up in a few hours for my very early morning flight. I said, “I’m sorry you have to get me so early when you’ve been up so late.” He said, “Oh, don’t worry. I’ll just roll out of bed, throw on a baseball cap, and come on over.” (Which, by the way, I think is the major reason there are baseball caps.) Well, bless his heart, that’s just what he did. When we got to the airport, I asked him if we could pray together before I went on my plane. He respectfully took off his baseball cap, and we had a neat time of prayer. When I opened my eyes at the end, he still had his cap off. And a very creative hair style – I mean, it was all over the place! He even laughed about it. The cap covered what he didn’t want anyone to see-except when he was praying.
I’m Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A Word With You today about “Real You, Real Prayer.”
Actually, prayer should be the time when we are willing to expose what we don’t want anyone to see or know otherwise. It’s meant to be the place where we can be 100% honest and 100% transparent. And when we are, some amazing things can happen.
Our word for today from the Word of God begins with Hebrews 4:13, “Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.” In other words, there is no point in posing or role-playing when you’re with God. He already knows your deepest feelings, your deepest failings, your deepest struggles. Our hat is always off in front of God, whether we take it off or not. He knows everything we cover up for other people. There’s no point in trying to put a tie on for God if “everything is uncovered and laid bare before Him.” Right?
Now we might worry about how God will respond if we really get real with Him. Well, listen to verse 15. “For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are-yet was without sin.” The Savior you’re approaching is the one who has been here, who has been, while fully God, fully human. He gets us!
When God the Son was here, He experienced temptation from Satan himself. He experienced loneliness, abandonment, agonizing over God’s will, grief, family tensions, homelessness, excruciating pain, even dying. So you come emotionally naked to one who has lived…not necessarily all your exact circumstances, but feelings very much like yours. You’ll not shock Him with your struggles-He already knows. You won’t be rejected for your feelings-He understands.
And when you come with the cover off, you leave with resources from God that can change everything. Hebrews 4:16: “Let us then (in other words, since we’re going to a God who knows all about us, who has walked in our moccasins) approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.”
God wants to pour out His mercy and His grace on the hardest, hurtingest parts of your heart and life. But the real God will only help the real you. You don’t come with your “cap off” to show God what He doesn’t know about. You come totally exposed emotionally and spiritually because God will only help you with what you honestly open up to Him.
So when you’re praying, don’t come to God with the official you, with the image you show everyone else, with the dressed up, touched up, covered up you. Uncover in His presence what you can’t uncover to anyone else. And let His grace; let His healing come pouring into the parts of your heart that need it the most.
Come like the old hymn says, “Just as I am without one plea, but that Thy blood was shed for me.”
#1 – 100 Jump Squats-20 Merkins Lt Dan across parking lot – Plank til 6
#2 – 100 LBC-20 Merkins Standing long jump across parking lot- Al Gore til 6
#3 – 100 Lunges (50 each leg)-20 Merkins Duck walk across parking lot- Plank til 6
#4 – 100 Calf raises-20 Merkins Bear crawl across parking lot-Crab plank til 6
Mosey back to circle
#5 – 100 Crab jacks – 10 Burpees
COT:
Number Rama
Name O Rama
Name FNG (TRex pronounced T-Rex…welcome to F3 brother!)
Announcements, Prayer Request and Prayer
Greenhouse Effect Coffeeteria: IF you have to ask: The local “Blackwatering” watering hole is closed to indoor coffeeteria’ing, so we moved to one of Aegis Site-Q, Quattro’s, greenhouses. Perfect location
3rd F (between rounds #3 & #4):
Reputation and character have been recently discussed on group me. Reputation is what people think of us while character is what we really are, what we do when no one is looking. Listen to the following and think about them, do they reflect your character?
Trustworthy,
Loyal,
Helpful,
Friendly,
Courteous,
Kind,
Obedient,
Cheerful,
Thrifty,
Brave,
Clean, and
Reverent
On my honor, I will do my best to do my duty, to God and my country, and to obey the Scout Law; to help other people at all times; to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.
Be prepared
Many boys learned these, the Boy Scout Law, Oath and Motto. I recited them almost every Thursday from 6th grade to age 21. Though I didn’t realize it at the time, these words were becoming part of my character. At age 39 I can still say that these words help to guide me. As a parent I can’t help but think about what I am doing to instill values in my kids as they grow to shape them into good and productive people. Throughout the next day or two think about the words that help to guide you and make you who you are? What do they say about your character? Are you happy with that answer? If not, what are you going to do about it?
The Thang Line up on goal line. Crawl Bear to other goal line. Any pax that takes a knee and entire PAX does 5 burpees. First one to goal line calls it. No one wanted to do burpees and DPR crushed the Crawl Bears to call it.
Mosey to north end of school.
Jump over curbs x10, 10 LBCs (4 count) and reduce by 1 each time.
Mosey to middle of school
5 dips each row of amphitheater going down
going back up – 5 mike tysons & 5 decline merkins
Mosey back to north side of school
10 hops over curb & 10 rowers, reduce by 1
Mosey back to field, bear crawls again & 5 burpees for any knee for PAX. We did one set of burpees before DPR again crushed the crawl bears to call it.
6 mins left. 1 min of LBCs, 1 min of cherry pickers, a little rest and 3 minutes of plank to wrap it up.
4 strong 💪 for the beat down today. Weather was perfect once we started moving. About 99.999% of the country seems to be below freezing and without any power right now. A bit of this beatdown came courtesy of Kobayashi’s back blast from his visit a few years back. Only two remaining members of the Pax are qualifying for the February ‘tide pod challenge’ to post at all the beatdowns in February and Q twice. 4 more posts left in the month. Can they make it?
Warm up Grady Corn Shoulder Taps Heal Raises Sun Gods SSH Cherry Pickers
The Thang Mosey to parking lot. 10 LBCs and bear crawl to do 10 rowers. Walk back, repeat reducing 1 each time. First person to 1 calls it for the pax.
Mosey… we did a little parkour at the boat ramp and then stopped for some Squats & Al Gores (in cadence.)
Mosey some more to wharf sea wall for some hand stands against the wall and planks. Then some wall sits and more planks.
A few minutes left and we strolled down the beach.
MOROCCAN NIGHT CLUB-30 IC; WIND MILL-20 IC; BLADES OF STEEL-10 IC
QUICK MOSIE TO THE SUSSEX COUNTY GOVERNMENT OFFICE BUILDING STEPS FOR PLANK HOLDS WHILE PAX TAKE TURNS WITH 5 MERKINS AT THE TOP OF STEPS.
ANOTHER QUICK MOSIE AROND BACK TO PARKING AREA FOR A ROUND OF STATIC HOLDS. 1) HOLD AL GORE, SIDE STEP L/C/R/C IC. 2) HOLD HIGH PLANK, TO UNEVEN PLANK-DROP LEFT FOREARM TO THE GROUND AND HOLD; BACK UP TO HIGH PLANK; DROP RIGHT FOREARM TO THE GROUND AND HOLD; BACK UP AND SPREAD TO A STAR PLANK AND HOLD. 3) STATIC LOUNGE CHAIR; ON YOUR 6, LEAN BACK & HOLD; ROTATE RIGHT & HOLD; BACK TO CENTER & HOLD; ROTATE LEFT & HOLD; BACK TO CENTER.
USING THE PARKING STOPS: ROUND 1 OFFSET MERKINS-30 LH ON BLOCK, PLANK WALK OVER TO RH ON STOPS BIG BOYS-30 HOOK HEELS ON STOPS FOR STABILITY CALF RAISES-30 USING STOPS DRY DOCKS-30 FEET ON PARKING STOPS AMERICAN HAMMERS-30 ALTERNATING JUMP SQUATS-30 SIDE TO SIDE JUMP SQUATS USING STOPS
3F: PRESIDENTS TRUMP’S 1776 REPORT INTRODUCTION
In the course of human events there have always been those who deny or reject human freedom, but Americans will never falter in defending the fundamental truths of human liberty proclaimed on July 4, 1776. We will—we must—always hold these truths.
The declared purpose of the President’s Advisory 1776 Commission is to “enable a rising generation to understand the history and principles of the founding of the United States in 1776 and to strive to form a more perfect Union.” This requires a restoration of American education, which can only be grounded on a history of those principles that is “accurate, honest, unifying, inspiring, and ennobling.” And a rediscovery of our shared identity rooted in our founding principles is the path to a renewed American unity and a confident American future.
Today, however, Americans are deeply divided about the meaning of their country, its history, and how it should be governed. This division is severe enough to call to mind the disagreements between the colonists and King George, and those between the Confederate and Union forces in the Civil War. They amount to a dispute over not only the history of our country but also its present purpose and future direction.
The President’s Advisory 1776 Commission presents this first report with the intention of cultivating a better education among Americans in the principles and history of our nation and in the hope that a rediscovery of those principles and the forms of constitutional government will lead to a more perfect Union.
Challenge went out to the PAX to go to every beatdown in Feb. We have 3 still on track for that. We are hoping to grow F3 Monterey and I think we are on the tipping point. I have to give a presentation to a group which could easily double or triple our turnout. Trying hard to give it away and this could be the thing that reaches a lot more people.
The Thang: Line up on 100 – bunny hop – every 10 yards to 5 mike tysons….
Cleveland Rocks Burpees – SSH and when it says Cleveland Rocks do a Burpee (41` ish)
100 Yard Dash then 100 SSHs, run back to start point to plank/wait for six (or catch up to 6) 75 yard dash then 75 mountain climbers 50 yard dash then 50 LBCs 25 yard dash then 25 Merkins,
Cat’s in the Cradle – Jump ‘over curb’ , and then hold al gore for: “ And the cat’s in the cradle and the silver spoon Little boy blue and the man in the moon “When you coming home, dad?” “I don’t know when” But we’ll get together then You know we’ll have a good time then”
Run to 25/ 50/ 25 /100 & back… 5 Groiner, high plank, low plank plank jack back to high plank
Bodies Hit the Floor – Merkin for each Number (1234123) and donkey kick for each body hit the floor
Run to 25, do 50 mtn climbers, run to 50… 75… 100 and that’s a wrap.
This was one of the hardest beatdowns I have Q’d in a while.
