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The Super Sheldon Cooper Mamba Style

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Date: 01/30/20

AO: CHOP, Milton DE

QIC: Fireplex

Warm up

SSH – 24 IC

Cherry Pickers – 24 IC

Bobby Hurley’s – 24 OYO

Bolt 48’s IC (4 Count) – 16 squats to halfway down.  16 squats halfway to full down.  16 full squats.

Windmills – 24 IC

Jiminy Crickets – 8 OYO

Mosey .5 miles to “Oh Hill No” by way of the Black “Mamba” Snake Run

The Thang

The Super Sheldon Cooper Mamba Style.  Inch worm or “Mamba Slither” up the hill, run down and complete 8 Burpees, 8 Squats, 8 Merkins & 8 Big Boys.  Plank for the 6.  Dragon Crawl up the hill, run down and complete 8 Burpees, 8 Squats, 8 Merkins & 8 Big Boys.  Plank for the 6.  Crawl Bear up the hill, Bear Crawl down and complete 8 Burpees, 8 Squats, 8 Merkins & 8 Big Boys.  Plank for the 6.  I had a few more “Mamba Hill Slithers” planned had time allowed.  Break for the F3 message.  See Message Below….

Mosey .5 miles back to CHOP by way of the Black “Mamba” Snake Run

F3 Message 01/30/20

CP CURRENT PAGE: VOICES | TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2020

Kobe Bryant’s death reminds us life is not fair

By Greg Laurie, CP Contributor (The Christian Post)

I could hardly believe the news this weekend: Kobe Bryant, the LA Lakers basketball superstar, had died in a helicopter accident near Los Angeles. Eight other people, including his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, also perished in the crash.

How could a champion like Kobe, so vibrant and full of life, suddenly leave us?

Kobe Bryant was among the very best to play in the NBA. He played 20 seasons with the LA Lakers, won 5 championship rings and finished with 33,643 career points. At 41 years old, he was a living and breathing legend that even other NBA stars were star-struck by.

He even picked his own nickname, “Black Mamba,” after the fastest lethal snake in the world — and passed it on to his daughter Gianna, a budding basketball star, whom he called “Mambacita.”

The truth is, the vast majority of us didn’t know Kobe personally. Maybe we went to one of his games, but that was the extent of our relationship with him. Yet his death somehow has touched millions of Americans deeply. I believe it’s because it suddenly jolted us to the reality that life is not fair.

Why are people like Kobe and his daughter and the other passengers aboard that fateful flight taken while others will wake up tomorrow to face a new day?

There are no easy explanations, but here are three things we should keep in mind as we reflect on Kobe’s passing:

1.  Life Is Precious

I have a smartwatch. Periodically, I will get a message on it that simply says, “Breathe.” Funny thing is, I was breathing already, but it’s reminding me of something that I should never take for granted.

Every day is a gift. Every single heartbeat and every breath you take is a blessing. Don’t take it for granted. And don’t take your health or your family for granted either.

The Bible reminds us, “Teach us to realize the brevity of life, so that we may grow in wisdom” (Psalm 90:12 NLT).

Kobe was a very successful man with many beautiful things, but I am certain he would have traded it all for one more precious day of life. He was not given that choice.

2. Don’t Ask ‘Why?’ — Ask ‘Who?’

I remember the day 11 years ago when my wife and I heard the devastating news that our son Christopher had died in an automobile accident on his way to work. It was as if all the air was sucked out of the room and time stood still. I felt as though if words could kill you, I could have died on the spot that day.

In my time of pain and darkness, I called out to God, and He was there for me. The Bible says He is “the God of all comfort” (2 Corinthians 1:3).

Sometimes things happen in life that are unfair, and we will never get a satisfying answer for why they happened. At times such as these, I have learned that the right question to ask is not “Why?” but “Who?” Who do you turn to at a time like this?

You turn to God and ask Him for the strength you need to go on another day. And you cry and mourn.

The Bible says, “Be happy with those who are happy, and weep with those who weep” (Romans 12:15 NLT). Many people wept with us when our son Christopher died. Right now, Kobe’s family needs support and love.

We need to remember to pray for Kobe’s wife, Vanessa, and his children, Natalia, Bianka, and Capri. Kobe is also survived by his father Joe and his mother Pam. I cannot imagine the devastation they are all feeling over the loss of both Kobe and Gianna. We must also remember to pray for the families of the seven others who died as well. Their names are:

●       John Altobelli, 56, Orange Coast College head baseball coach

●       Kerri Altobelli, John’s wife

●       Alyssa Altobelli, John and Kerri’s daughter, who was Gianna’s basketball teammate

●       Sarah Chester

●       Payton Chester, Sarah’s daughter and another basketball teammate

●       Christina Mauser, girls basketball coach at Mamba Sports Academy

●       Ara Zobayan, pilot

3. We Must Prepare

Death isn’t a respecter of people. It doesn’t care if you are rich or poor; religious or not; famous, infamous or unknown; or even the great Kobe Bryant, who had vast resources and money at his disposal. It knocks at every door, and sadly one day it will knock at your door and mine.

But death is not the end. The Bible talks about an afterlife — a concept even many people who are nonreligious believe in. Jesus spoke about it.

He said, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die;  and whoever lives by believing in me will never die” (John 11:25-26).

It’s because of this hope of eternity that followers of Jesus do not “grieve like people who have no hope” (1 Thessalonians 4:13). If we believe in and follow Jesus, we can rest assured that death will not get the final word but we will be in Heaven with Him.

Greg Laurie is the pastor and founder of the Harvest churches in California and Hawaii and of Harvest Crusades. He is an evangelist and a best-selling author. His books include “Hope for Hurting Hearts” and  “Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon.”

Respectfully Submitted,

Fireplex

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Kobe

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Date: January 28, 2020

QIC: Wildwing

WARM A RAMA: SSH x 20, Cherry Picker x 20, Goof Ball x 20, La La Leggy x 10, Joe Lewis x 20

The Thang:

Sixteen workout stations were set out in two lines 40 feet apart. Each station had a separate exercise that continued for 60 seconds. Pax would do Bobby Hurleys or a Fiddler Crab walk as they rotated to a new station.

Exercises included: box cutters, iron mikes dips, dirkins, lbc, wheel of merkins, groiners burpees, coupon jump, elf on shelf, bolt 45, windshield wipers, big boy, war hammers, Alabama ass kickers

Third F:

While PAX were on 6s doing bicycles, QIC recited Kobe Brant sayings such as: “I can’t relate to lazy people. We don’t speak the same language. I don’t understand you. I don’t want to understand you.” He also talked about leaving the game better than you found it. “When it comes time to leave, leave a legend.”

“Leaving the game better than you found it” echos the concept of seeking a “more perfect union.” So we closed the message by recalling Rear Admiral Black’s opening prayer at the Trump Impeachment trial: “Sovereign God, author of liberty … remember that Patriots reside on both sides of the aisle….Give all senators a civility built upon integrity that brings consistency in their beliefs and actions, we pray in your powerful name, Amen.

(A person can hope anyways.)

Number a Rama, Name a Rama, COT

Respectfully and hopefully submitted: Wildwing

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Coupons and wheelbarrows

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QIC: Semi

WARM-A-RAMA

20 all i/c

Ssh
Seal wave
Cherry picker
Capri lap around upper parking lot
Side shuffle out, nur across, side shuffle in, and mosey across
Windmill
Plank Jack
Seal Jack
2nd capri lap around upper parking lot
Side shuffle out, nur across, side shuffle in, and mosey across

THE THANG

Each HIM grabs a coupon and pairs up with another HIM lined up between the light poles.

Each pair will wheelbarrow to other center parking line
half of pax does 10 burpees while the other half does 15 Swerkins, plank for 6
Wheelbarrow back to light pole line
Other half of pax does 10 burpees while the other half does 15 swerkins, plank for 6

3rd F

Coupon barrow to other parking line
15 Abyss merkins
Coupon barrow back to light pole line
15 Wide Merkins
Coupon barrow halfway to other parking line and switch with partner and continue to parking line
25 Coupon squats
Return Coupons to stack and return to parking line.
Dragon crawl to light pole line
40 lbcs

Number Rama
Name Rama
Cot

16 HIM showed today, Semi, Chappie, quarto, Fireplex, Chattahoochee, Chairman, Wildwing, leatherman, Ruxpin, strudel, doubtfire, trion, phyfe, forky, fng showfer, fng baby shark

Difference Makers
https://bible.com/reading-plans/14159/day/5?segment=0

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Coupons and Mountaintops

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January 14, 2020, 05:15

VQ: Quattro

Disclaimer: Given

Warmup:

  • SSH IC
  • Windmill IC
  • Cherry Picker IC
  • Bolt 45
  • Playboys 10 count each leg (to keep the sniper off our back)
  • Pretzel Merkins 7 each arm IC (once called Yoga-bare Merkin)

the Thang:

  • Mosey around the block (because what’s a block party without it!)
  • Grab a pair of coupons, meet at the edge of parking lot
  • Coupon crawl across grass to first cone, plank for 6
  • 10 Abyss Blerkin
  • Coupon crawl to second cone, plank for 6
  • 20 incline Bigboys holding 1 block
  • Coupon crawl to next cone plank for 6
  • 30 Block presses
  • Coupon crawl to sidewalk
  • Colt 45s IC single count

Gather at Skreet light for 3rd F

Exodus 17: 8-16
Read devotional from Turning Point Ministries:

In today’s reading, we find the nation of Israel engaged in combat with the Amalekites. While Joshua led the troops, Moses went up onto a hill overlooking the battlefield and, in an attitude of prayer, observed the action. The Lord gave the Israelites success as long as Moses’ arms were raised, but whenever he lowered them, the enemy gained the advantage. So Aaron and Hur helped him to maintain the posture that assured victory.

This historical account teaches an important lesson for every believer: Life’s battles are won or lost in the place of prayer. We may think that conflicts are decided on the battlefield, but victory depends on children of God coming before their Father and seeking His face. It is not the size of our army or the strength of our opponents’ forces that ultimately determines the outcome. When we spend time alone with God, we will be equipped by the One who knows the end from the beginning and understands the reality of all circumstances, regardless of appearances.

God foresees every snare and temptation of Satan just as He discerns what people are thinking and plotting. So it is wise to trust His battle plan instead of our own instincts—and we can do so with confidence that we will not suffer defeat.

Faith will allow you to keep your eyes focused on the Lord, even in the midst of frightening circumstances. When you acknowledge Him as the source of everything you need, your sense of direction will become clear. No matter what enemy is facing you, God will reveal what needs to be done.

  • Wosey Double-time back to the coupon magazine to re-stack coupons

Number-rama 16 in all!

Name-O-Rama with one FNG… Welcome @bore

COT: Holding each other’s arms up in prayer

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    Record numbers for a short jog around the block

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    https://youtu.be/Qw3gp30gllw

    Warm Up-

    20 each IC

    SSH

    Cherry Pickers

    Have a lot to get in a short period of time…

    The Thang:

    Mosey to HR Block where we completed a Toy Solider set 60,40,20

    Mosey to Food Lion bear craw from first light pole to second for 20 hand-release merkins. Lt. Dan to 3rd light pole for 50 double count flutter kicks.

    Take a right out of Food Lion and Mosey down to Morris Av and back up to the car wash.

    Break for 3rd F.

    Wall sit while each PAX completes 10 V-ups.

    Mosey back to CHOP.

    Name-O-Rame

    COT

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    1/2/2020 CHOP

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    WARM-O-RAMA

    20 SSH IC

    20 WINDMILLS IC

    20 CHERRY PICKERS

    BOLT 45

    20 SMURF JACKS

    15 morocan nightclubs

    THE THANG

    Welsh remained in parking lot stay in plank position the whole time. Bear crawl forward 4 steps, do 1 merkin, 1 plank jack, and tap the BACK of each shoulder 1 time. Repeat adding 1 rep to each exercise each time – bear crawl forward 4 steps, do 2 merkins, 2 plank jacks, 2 sets of back of shoulder taps… etc. Go until you get to 10 reps each

    Chairman lap– Took lap around block

    Doracides

    Dora’s twin sister and she is a lil’ cray cray. Use the same concept as the regular Dora, 2 PAX work together to reach cumulative exercise goals of 100, 200, 300, and 400 reps. The difference comes in the sprint, instead of running 100 yards you will do suicides instead. 1 PAX member will execute as many reps as possible while PAX 2 sprints to cone 1 (or use a pole, tree, etc. for your point of turnaround), 1 burpee, sprint back to partner, touch, sprint to cone 2, 2 burpees, sprint back to partner, touch, sprint to cone 3, 3 burpees, sprint back, switch with partner. PAX member picks up where PAX member doing the exercises left off.

    ·        100 merkins

    ·        200 LBC

    ·        300 squats

    ·        400 Overhead air-presses


    F3 Message

    We just celebrated the New Year 2020. Rougly 41 % of all Americans make New Years resolutions, and only 4% of those will actually stick to their resolutions. Failure overtakes the new year new you mentality, and before you know it, here we are again a whole year youfailed to commit to something. everyone has failures. most successful people aren’t those that have never failed. Rather, after they failed, learned from their mistakes. Just like the stats prove most americans will set goals and they will start out really well but temptation creeps in and they will slip a little, and they will slip a little more, and then before you know it resolution 2019 gets labeled as a year characterized by failure. And you find yourself by february  with the “Well 2019 i didnt stick to my resolution but next year I will do something about it” Praise the Lord that God does not think the same way about us. You see his mercies are new everyday. Everyone fails but the fact is that God will forgive us immediately. We no longer have to wallow in our shame and despair. If we believe in Christ we are still going to make mistakes and be riddled by failures but the fact remains, God loves us unconditionally and we don’t have to wait until the New Year to resolve our problems.

     Through the Lord ’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. They  are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “Therefore I hope in Him!” The Lord  is good to those who wait for Him, To the soul who seeks Him.

    Lamentations 3: 22-25

    Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he  is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

    II Corinthians 5:17

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    Block Work at CHOP

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    Or “Shut up you loud crazy people!!”

    Waterfall on Q for a warm but moist gloom at CHOP.

    We warmed up with the usual: Side Strattle Hop, Cherry Picker, Moroccan Night Club, Seal Jack.

    The Thang: Overhead carry the blocks to the tooth pulling place. Pair up for block work. 100 squats, 100 LBCs, 100 presses, all with the blocks. Done as a team. While one partner does the exercises the other lunges across the parking lot and mosey back. We stopped when a neighbor opened the window and yelled at us.

    Carried our blocks back to the AO to finish. Then we mixed things up. One partner side steps across the parking lot while the other does the UPS. Each partner does the parking lot twice. Then partner mosey across the parking lot and nur back while the other partner holds the block in Al Gore position. Each partner does the parking lot twice.

    F3 Message. Don’t let your New Year’s resolutions just be wishful thinking. 1. “Budget” your plans. Know what it is going to take and how you are going to get there. 2. You need “councilors.” Tell your M and your friends about your plans. 3. “Commit to the Lord.” Make sure your plans are consistent with God’s will for your life.

    Finished up with some Mary.

    Count-a-rama Name-a-rama

    New FNG is named “Beeker.” He is a science teacher. Welcome Beeker!!

    COT

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    Gifts around the block

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    13 HIM beat the fartsack and posted at the CHOP on this nice brisk morning for a little 4X4 action around the block 4 corners 4 exercises per corner. Transition between corners varies. Oh and Chappie made it back from picking up his 2.0 just in time for the name-o-rama and COT.

    Warm-up- 25 SSH + 10 more just because, 20 Windmills, 20 Mountain Climbers, 20 Cherry Pickers, 20 MNC.

    The Thang- Mosey to dental office –

    20 Merkins, 20 Widearm Merkins, 15 Diamond Merkins, 15 Ranger Merkins.

    Lt. Dan to first light pole mosey to shipbuilders.

    30 LBCs OYO, 25 Flutterkicks IC, 20 Freddie mercuries IC, 15 big boys OYO.

    Bear crawl down mulberry street to first light pole mosey to Drs office.

    20 Imperial walkers IC. 20 Squats, 20 lunges 10 each leg, 20 monkey jumpers. I believe some pax performed a few extra monkey humpers to entertain a lone car going by and some how we ended up with 10 bombjacks at this stop.

    Mosey on to final corner at union street.

    20 American hammers, 20 mountain climbers, 20 splitjacks and everones favorite gift was 10 hand release burppes.

    Mosey back to CHOP for a stop at the wall.

    Wall sit with 10 overhead clamps

    Balls to wall 10 Australian mountain climbers IC.

    Wall sit with 15 overhead hand claps

    After all that Christmas eve fun we still had time for a few minutes of Mary which indo not recall what exactly consisted of.

    Finished up with Number-rama

    Name-o-rama along with giving our FNG his F3 nickname welcome Phyfe and ending with the COT.

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    12 Days for 12 HIM…

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    12 men braved the 16 degrees for a 12 days of Christmas beatdown. MERRY CHRISTMAS!

    Warm up – IC 

    SSH- 15

    Arm circles – 15 fwd.  15 back. 

    Squats – 15 

    Cherry  picker- 15

    Imperial Walker- 15 

    The Thang- 

    Mosey around block and come back to CHOP. ParkingLot 

    For 12 days of Christmas …(do in format of the timeless classic Christmas song )

    1- side shuffles from pole to pole and mosey  back to start for 1-6 , lt Dan back for 7-12.. 

    2- burpees   1 

    3- hand release merkins  2,1 

    4- side straddle hop IC  3, 2,1

    5- tricep dips- 4,3,2,1 

    6-  mountain climbers ….5,4,3,2,1

    Break for 3rd F 

    7- American hammers …. 

    8- good form merkins   … 

    9-  little baby crunches ….

    10- alternating lunges  …. 

    11- big boy sit ups ….

    12-  deep squats … 

    A little surprise for round 12….. we finished with 12 of EACH exercise 

    Name A Rama 

    COT

    3rd F- 

    Duty Is Yours, Results Are God’s

    By Jason Benham, Jul 10, 2019

    John Quincy Adams once said, after losing case after case after case in a seemingly hopeless cause to set the slaves free, “Duty is mine, results are God’s.”

    This sums up what every person should believe concerning the thing God wants them to do. We can’t focus on results, otherwise we’ll deal at the level of the mind and not the heart – we’ll try to figure out how to make the thing happen, when God wants us to just put our faith in Him and trust Him with our hearts.

    A statement from the Apostle Paul in Acts 20:22 echoes this – “And now, behold, bound by the Spirit, I am on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there….”

    Check this out:

    “And now I am on my way to building this business, not knowing how it’s going to turn out.”

    “And now I am going to have another baby, not knowing how I’m going to feed her.”

    “And now I am going to tell the truth, not knowing if it’s going to cost my job.”

    “And now I am going to expose the lie, not knowing what’s going to happen to my reputation.”

    “And now I am going to stand and fight, not knowing if I will win or lose.”

    See how this works – all we have to do is our duty, the one given to us by God. Let Him handle the rest. He’ll take care of the results.

    When you keep your focus on God you will continue to operate at the level of the heart, which is where faith is found. You can trust Him, you don’t ever have to worry about the results.

    The post Duty Is Yours, Results Are God’s appeared first on Benham Brothers.

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    CHOP 12-17-19

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    https://youtu.be/4gOf6RvqrsE

    Warm-O-Rama

    • 5 Burpees OYO
    • 20 Side Straddle Hop IC
    • 20 Windmills IC
    • 20 Cherry Pickers IC

    The Thang

    • Mosey to the main entrance of HOB
    • Complete in descending order from 11- each of the following: Dips, Squats, Merkins, and Big Boys. After each set mosey around the middle circle of the parking lot. 10, 9, 8, 7… you get the idea.
    • Mosey back to CHOP

    F3 message: Qualifying the Called.

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