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Jugs, Jugs, and more Jugs…

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Date: 8/31/2022

QIC: MacDaddy

18 Outstanding HIM including one FNG beat the fartsack and showed up for a GritMil beat down. We had such a good turnout we had to overcome and adapt to our situation in order to have enough coupons for everyone. Big thanks to Chief Quattro for lending out various weighted objects to fulfill the order.

Warm-Up
Side-Straddle-Hops X 20
Bolt 45s
Merkins X 20
Cherry Pickers x 20

The Thang
Mosey to Basketball “Field”

Round 1.
With 1 gallon jugs
50 Bicep Curls
Sprint to opposite end of B-Ball court, 5 Burpees
NUR back to start and 50 Bicep Curls
Everyone does Squats until 6 is in.

Round 2.
With 1 Gal Jugs
50 Overhead Shoulder Presses
Walking lung to opposite end of B-ball court, 5 Burpees
NUR Back to start and 50 Overhead Shoulder Presses.
Everyone does Squats until 6 is in.

Round 3.
With 1 gal jugs, lay flat on back for 50 tri-cep extensions (Skull Crushers) with 1 gal jugs
Scissor run to other side of B-ball court, 5 Burpees.
Scissor run back to Start, 50 Tri-Cep extensions with 1 gal jugs.
Everyone does Squats until 6 is in.

Round 4.
With 1 Gal jugs 50 Juggerbell Swings with squat.
Tightrope Walk with arm out to other side of B-Ball Court, 5 Burpees
NUR back to start for 50 Juggerbell Swings
Everyone does Squats until 6 is in.

3rd F
Being a Man who Leads

In the Bible Paul explains in 1 Corinthians 11, where he says, “The man is the head of the woman…For man does not originate from woman, but woman from man, for indeed man was not created for the woman’s sake, but woman for the man’s sake. This is Paul upholding the concept of a man’s leadership in the family by appealing to the order of creation, and the fact that man was created first, then the woman as a helper to man. Later on in Ephesians Paul addresses a married man’s role as head of his own home. Paul establishes that God’s design is that the husband is “the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church”. Then the bible gives specific instructions on how husbands are to fulfill their leadership role, beginning with the important command: “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loves the church”.

Let’s think about the for a second. How much does Jesus love His church. This love would be described as a sacrificial, purifying, caring, unbreakable, Christ-like love. Christ’s love for the church is a model for husbands to follow, and is a living illustration of the redemptive love of Christ. One of the greatest act of love anyone could do for another is to sacrifice their own life for them. (Acts 20:28 – Christ purchased the church with His own Blood).

Now the question to ask is, if we are to love our wives with that same kind of love, how to we compare? Well, the answer is we all fall short, and we do not even come close. But that’s okay, because Christ has set the standard, so we now know where to aim.

Some more questions we could ask ourselves is:

How are we sacrificial in our own home?

Are we so self-focused that we are not aware of the needs in our home?

Are we willing to sacrifice our time to listen to & comfort our wives and provide emotional and physical security?

Who is the spiritual leader in the home?

If you are a Christian man, then you will recognize that success in your home is far more important than success in your career.

So when we leave here today, let’s note where it all begins, with the command, “Husbands, love your wives”.

C.H. Spurgeon said,

“A husband loves his wife with a constant love, and so does Christ his church. He will not cast her away tomorrow having loved her today. He does not vary in his affection. He may change in his display of affection, but the affection itself is still the same. A husband loves his wife with an enduring love; it will never die out. He says, “Tell death us do part will I cherish thee”, but Christ will not let death part his love to his people. Nothing shall separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

So gents, with that said, we now know God’s standard when it comes to being a Godly husband, a leader in our home, and a father to our children. Let’s use that in our life to better serve our family.

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We are foundation builders!!!

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9 PAX and 1 FNG conquered the fartsack this morning and made it to this morning’s rainy murky Gloom, in order to work on our foundation.
Semi, Rooty, Spreader, Waterboy, Dunkin, Turtle, Ruxpin, Gecko, MacDaddy, and FNG

Warm- Up
SSH
Cherry Pickers
Butts Kicks 1 Min OYO

The Thang

Step off from GritMil, Indian run to Avenue Methodist Church parking lot. Runner from back sprints ahead holding a large dice, then when in front of pack, HIM pass the dise back to last man, then run, rinse, and repeat.

Arrival at church parking lot, HIM split into teams of 2. Runners and Crunchers. Runners roll dice for core exercises, and then take off for a lap around the church. Crunchers do rolled exercise until the 6 is in. Rabbit runners will join crunchers until the 6 is in, then switch sides, run, rinse, and repeat.

Several moseys around the church parking lot followed by various dice rolled core exercises.

American Hammers
Plank Jacks
Shoulder Taps
Freddie Mercury’s
LBC’s
Big Boys

Break for Third F

Matthew 7:24-29

24 “Therefore, everyone who hears these words of Mine, and acts on them, will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock. 26 And everyone who hears these words of Mine, and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 And the rain fell and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell—and its collapse was great.”


Here in Matthew 7, Jesus speaks of the parable of the two houses. One was built on the rock, and the other was built on the sand. When a huge storm came, both houses were hit with the same storm, but the one built on the rock never moved, and the one built on the sand was wrecked and destroyed.

The builders of these houses, built their homes with the same materials, the same quality, and the same specs, except for the foundation on what they were built on. The foundation is what made the difference in this situation. In comparison, it takes hard work to build your house on a good foundation, and it is very easy to build your house on the sand.

The house build on the rock represents the individual who loves Christ and follows him. They invest their lives in the pursuit of Christlikeness. 1 Corinthians 1:11 says, “Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.”

The house built on the sand represents the foolish builder who looks the part, and is polished on the outside. However, he deceived himself thinking that everything would be okay when trials would come his way. He had nothing to anchor him down, he heard God’s word, but never put it into practice or lived it out. There was no true evidence that this individual grounded himself in the teaching and principles of Jest Christ.

So gentlemen, we are all guaranteed to have a severe storm come into our lives. In fact, God says that we will endure trials, but when it comes, will we be grounded in Him? The only way we will not budge is if we have built of lives on our Lord and savior Jesus Christ.

So, let’s take a step back today, and look at our foundation. Let’s do an inspection of our life, and see where we are at. Where are our priorities, are we just hearing God’s word, or are we living it out in our life?

James 1:12 says, “Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.”

Mosey Back to the Gritmil via Indian Run for Name-O-Roma/COT

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Burpee Baseline

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Warm -A- Rama

Side straddle hops

Hip circles x10 both ways oyo

Grinder push-ups calf stretch 

Cherry pickers 

Knee circles x10 oyo

Bolt 45s brought by Mr Fireplex

The Thang

Mosey to Firehouse parking lot 

Play quick video on “Just one more” (Ed Mylett)

DEATH BY BURPEE”   – This is a test of mental toughness…. You against you and you can only cheat yourself.  Do your best as we want to see an improvement when we revisit this again after the burpee challenge in August 

Minute 1 – 1 burpee 

Minute 2 – 2 burpees 

Minute 3 – 3 burpees

Minute 4 – 4 burpees 

(To 20 total if you can last)

If you fail to make the amount of burpees in a minute, you are done!  

***** Keep your total in your head and I’ll mark you down   

3rd F – LT Brian Murphy (podcast to follow) 

CHILDISH GAMES

6 corners – you run to a corner and someone rolls the dice.  If it lands on your corner number, you stretch….. everyone else must partake in the workout (must run to corners 1-6 and be in there before dice stop) 

1 min for the losers who guessed wrong or have no luck.

  1. Plank – 1 min
  2. Air squats – 1 min
  3. Flutter kicks – 1 min
  4. Bear crawl – 1 min
  5. Bomb jacks – 1 min
  6. LBCs – 1 min
  7. Iron mikes – 1 min
  8. Suicide Sprints – 1 min
  9. Burpees  – 1 min

Number -A- Rama

Name -A- Rama

COT- prayer

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7.9.2022 Beatdown(Georgetown)

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Side Straddle Hops (30 reps)

25 Mountain Climbers in Cadence

15 Cherry Pickers

50 LBCs

25 Big Boys

Patriot Run to the Baseball Field

Bear Crawl Baseball – Bear Crawl to 1st 50 Bobby Hurleys, Bear Crawl to 2nd 25 Merkins, Bear Crawl to 3rd 25 Big Boys, Bear Crawl to Home 50 Gas Pumpers(all exercises OYO)

3rd F

Normally, I talk about stress, anxiety, or some other mental health concerns going on in my life right now.  But I am going to bring up something that my cousin who is a nurse in Chicago posted on July 4th evening as she was working in the hospital where those victims were sent.  Her friends were texting her about donating blood.  When was the last time you have donated?  I donate and there will be a time when I need blood on an operating table or ER.  We can help save lives of someone who has the same Type as you!  I am not affiliated with any donation center but looked up the Blood Bank of Delmarva and they have the following donation events coming up:

Crooked Hammock Brewery(Lewes, DE) – 7/18 and 7/28 12:00-5:00

Georgetown Cheer – 7/20 12:00-6:00

Seaford Volunteer Fire Dept – 7/21 1:00-6:00

Big Oyster Brewery – 7/26 12:00-5:00

Milford Elks Lodge – 8/1 12:00-6:00

You never know when your life might be dependable on the donation of someone else’s blood. 

Bridge of Hate – One pax will then be lifted and passed down the line of the pax that are laying on the ground. When the pax that was being passed down the line gets to the front he lays next to the last man and the man at the rear of the line then gets passed down, so forth and so on.

Curls for Girls with Coupons from home plate to right field

Patriot Run back to Circle

Name-o-Rama – Sherlock, Spreader, Doodle, Quattro, Whirlybird, Cinco , Woodstock, Bunt, Silo, Cowbell, Mr Mom, Semi, Ruxpin, Chattahoochee, Chappie, Fireplex, Bubba, Trex(Q)

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Walk Down Memory Lane

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21 HIM (2 FNGs and a visitor from F3 Knoxville) posted this morning for a Independence Weekend beatdown!

PAX

Bolt, @quattro, sinko, doodle, FNG (la-tongue), mr mom, @looney-tunes, pick, @cowbell, @whirlybird, FNG (jiggle jiggle), geppetto (F3 Knoxville), @trex, bunt, @ruxpin, pusher, @chattahoochee, chauffer, @chappie, @fireplex, @yukon

Warm O Rama

  • 20 SSH (I/C)
  • 15 Windmill (I/C)
  • 10 Chinook each direction (I/C)
  • 15 Cherry Picker (I/C)
  • 20 Mountain Climber (I/C)
  • Mosey to Park next to Presbyterian Church (stopping along the way for 15 Monkey Humpers I/C)

The Thang

Pax divided into groups of three somewhat equally sized HIM. Exercise #1: Three Amigos-groups squatted back to back and walked 75 yards stopping every 25 for 10 Merkins. If the group broke their squat the completed 10 Burpees. Exercise #2: 6 Rounds of Daft Punk, also known as the Around the World Lunge (I/C). Exercise #3: 6 Pretzel Merkins each arm. Exercise #4: Bolt 45. Exercise #5: War Hammer. Exercise #6: Groups did Empty Wheelbarrow (third HIM duck walked) changing position every 25 yards until everyone had been in each position. Exercise #7: 20 Stump Hugger (I/C). Exercise #8: Suicides (25 yards, 50 yards and 75 yards). Mosey back to the Circle to close with Number Rama, Name O Rama, naming of 2 FNGs, announcements and prayer requests. Followed up with coffeeteria @ Dunkin Donuts.

Third F

In following with 2 weeks ago being the 6 year Manniversary and Cowbell talking about his first beatdown with F3, this weekend marks my 2nd Manniversary. Quattro had be getting on me to come out for some time but for one reason or another I wouldn’t make it. July 4, 2020 I decided after my morning 5k that I was going out. Being warned upon arrival by Gump that I picked a bad week to show up because, “Fireplex really brings it!” Fireplex introduced me to the Bolt 45s and then ran us to the school where he kicked my butt with his “BLIMPS.” Fortunately for me, he forgot the I came before the M in BLIMPS. That means I only had to do 30 Merkins 4 times instead of 40 Merkins 4 times. I got through the first two sets, but the third one was killing me. I remember Quattro and 2 other HIM after finishing all their Merkins came back and finished mine with me. Quattro even pushed me to do 7 at a time instead of the 5 that I thought was already all I could do. After the BLIMPS, we Moseyed back to the Circle. Along the way I had to walk. The rest of the PAX circled back and picked up the 6. Then there are the Third Fs. This group makes us better men spiritually, as a husband, as a father, as a child and as a citizen. Every message speaks to one, all or a combo of those topics. No one gets left behind and no one is left where they are when they show up for the first time. This group is always moving in a positive direction1

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CHOP 6.21.2022 Beatdown

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F3 Workout 6.21.2022

Side Straddle Hops (30 Reps)

Arm Circle (20 reps each direction)

Fox Hole Merkins – aka Gas Station Hotdogs(20 reps)

Sally’s Cousin – Play Flower by Moby

Curls for the Girls with Coupon(15 seconds, 30 seconds, 45 seconds, 30 seconds, and 15 seconds) – max reps by each PAX

Hernia – Lay on Back V-Ups with Coupon

50 LBCs

25 Big Boys

15 E2Ks

3rd F

Lots of people are experiencing some hard times with work, family, themselves, or another person.  I see this with my own life.  The stress at work with a new system is leading people to look for another job.  The stress of how are we going to afford our next mortgage payment, the stress of not connecting with your spouse, not having that close friend be that close anymore leads people down paths that  need to have a little light shined on them.  Whirlybird called me the other day to ask about my Mom, that means a lot, lots of guys in this group have come to be there for one another.  If you have that feeling of needing to reach out to someone to check on them, do it.  If you need that support, call one of us here in F3. 

Psalms 34:17-18

When the righteous cry out for help, the Lord Hears, and rescues them from all their broken troubles.  The Lord is near to the brokenhearted, and saves the crushed in Spirit”

Make that call today to someone you haven’t talked to in a while.  Brighten their day and make them smile because you could be that person that saves them from going down that dark path.

Welsh Dragons – Bear Crawl 4 Steps, 1 Merkin, 1 Plank Jack, Should Tap each side(10 Reps) use driveway to side road

110s – Split into Groups and run 110 yard sprints(3 sets of Sprints)

Name-o-rama- Quattro, Whirlybird, Mr. Mom, Semi, Flat Tire, Focker, Baa, Sherlock, Flat Bottom, Wooley, Looney Tunes, Spreader, Toy Soldier, Fire Plex, Struedel, T-Rex on Q.

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The Dead Cockroach Feb 3rd

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F3 is the place to be, for both you and me. Nobody here forces you to do what you do. We are here to help, not only when you yelp but also in our daily lives, for those things you can’t tell your wives. It’s time to get this show on the road, before our energy gets forever slowed.

Warm up

25 Cherrypickers, 25 Side straddle hops, 25 windmills

Mosey to ACE parking lot to do 25 merkins, 25 big boys, carry weights while others planked or bear crawled behind you, 25 jump squats, wall sit for 2 minutes, dead cockroach for 2 minutes, mosey to CHOP for Circle Burp and ended with 25 (3 count) flutterkicks.

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What Legs?

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16 HIM posted at the Circle in Georgetown on Saturday for mostly leg beatdown. Bolt, Woodstock, Quattro, Sinko, Doodle, Spaceman, Looney Toones, Semi, T-Rex, Doubtfire, Chauffer, Chappie, Bubba, Fireplex, and Yukon.

Warm O Rama

  • Side Straddle Hop (25 IC)
  • Windmill (25 IC)-slow down Yukon
  • Dancing Bear (20 IC)
  • Cherry Picker (25 IC)
  • Pretzel Merkin (6 IC each arm)
  • Mosey to Georgetown Middle School stopping at James and Robinson for some Monkey Humpers (15 IC)

The Thang

  • Standing Long Jump from one light pole to the next, suicides to the next 2 light poles, plank for the 6
  • Duck Walk to the next light pole, suicides to the next light pole and fence, plank for the 6
  • Lt Dan to the next light pole, suicides to the fence, plank for the 6
  • Monkey Jumpers to the fence, suicides to the light poles, plank for the 6
  • Nur back one light pole, 10 Burpees (brought on by fire siren) 50 Gas Pumpers OYO, plank for the 6
  • Nur back one light pole, 25 Big Boys OYO, plank for the 6
  • Nur back one light pole, 50 LBC OYO, plank for the 6
  • Nur back one light pole
  • Mosey to Circle for Number Rama, Announcement and Prayer Requests, and Name O Rama

The 3rd F is the 2nd F

What is Fellowship? By definition fellowship is “friendly association, especially with people who share one’s interests.” It means closeness. We as F3 have this closeness, this bond. We joke around, bust each other’s chops, the teasing is part of it so long as we don’t cross the line (with this group that line is a long way off). That’s because it’s all in fun. Each one of us knows that no one else here is trying to hurt anyone else here. The other part of fellowship is the support we give each other. Everything from pets to new babies, looking for Christmas gifts to a good doctor, from a family crisis to (tough word) transportation. A guy can make a snarky remark in one post and in the next post he’s lifting and encouraging. Sometimes both posts are directed at the same HIM. Sometimes the snarky remark and the lifting and encouraging are in the same post. The fellowship of this group knows the snarky remarks are all in fun, never serious. But we also know that when there’s a need this group of HIM gets serious. I personally have experienced the serious side of this group. Before I was in this group 2 HIM cancelled their evening plans to take me up state for the only “fun” evening I had in a 2 week span as I moved my brother from hospital to hospital. A third HIM came and visited my brother and family in New York. Just last week a HIM and his family stopped their dinner to look for my missing son, Pick. This same HIM posted a general prayer request and I know that many if not all of you stopped what you were doing to pray for my family. My desire is that none of us take for granted the FELLOWSHIP of this group of men.

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All things New

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Warm o rama

  1. Annie This exercise instructs pax on the art of clean floors, be warned some pax may break out in song and dance. Hold plank and rotate one arm in a circular motion while holding plank with the opposite arm. 10 each arm each direction
  2. Finkle Swing, named for the infamous kicker “Ray Finkle” it is said that this was the stretch that lost him the big game. Pax swings one leg at a time back and forth to warm up those hips
  3. Happy Jacks Do 5 side straddle hops in cadence then after the 5th one everyone does two jump squats.
  4. Manatee -While in the default Superman position, with left hand twist left and back to grab right foot, return to default, then take right hand and twist right and back to grab left foot. Bend at the knee as needed. A nice stretch on that lower back while working your core. If you were in the water you’d probably look as pretty as a Manatee, sometimes referred to as The Sea Cow.

The Thang

Mosey to Bridge ove the Missipillion River, Train rolled tru so we did 10 Burpees

Duck walk over the bridge

Moseyto parking lot where Arenas is

From the start line Duck walk to the 1st parking line, 5 merkins, reverse bearcrawl back to goal line. Repeat to the 2nd parking line 3rd and 4th increasing # of merkins by 5 until we reached 20 merkins. Duckwalk-Merkin-Reverse Bearcrawl.

3rd F inserted here (at end of backblast)

Mosey to the next parking lot between watsons auction and the old M and t bank

Wheel of Animal Walk Essentially a Wheel of Merkin with Animal Walks between each stage. Frog Hop across parking lot do 10 Merkins w/ both hands on curb. Bear Crawl across, do 10 Merkins w/ left hand on curb. Duck Walk across, do 10 Merkins w/ feet on curb. Crab Walk across, do 10 Merkins w/ right hand on curb.

Mosey to the street the big church is on, mosey down road and get on the boardwalk trail until we get to AO

COT prayers

3rd F message

I took last week of work to go duck hunting all week. While i spent more time observing God’s beautiful creation then I did shooting ducks, I did get some time to reflect on things. 

For what seems like 3 lifetimes ago life was pretty rough for me.  I really struggled in school,  didn’t have a solid place to live,  my dad was in jail and my mom made sure the moose lodges tap beer wouldn’t go stale every night.  I was a troubled teen,  whom really despised life.  I remember having faith that God would work all things out for good for me,  but it would take a long long time.  Many many years before that could be possible.  25 years later,  I’m in a much different phase of life.  All of those things of the past are long long forgotten.  Some say time heals all things.  I say,  God will restore all the years the swarming locust ate. We may go thru tough times. But hold tight.  God has a better plan.  When at the end of our life,  when we feel like life is too short, our

bodies give up on us. And things are looking bleak, if we believe Jesus is the Son of God and he came to make us right with God by  being atonement for our sins thru repentance, we know God has gone to prepare a place for us that where he goes we will be there with him. 

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or

nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written: “For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.” Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 8:31-39 NKJV

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バーピー Burpee in japanese

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3 strong (or was it 5?) for what almost was our first rainy beatdown of the season.

Warmup:
Grady Corn
IW
Moroccan Night Clubs
T Pots
Heal Raises

The Thang:
Mosey to courtyard
Run in to 2 Japanese tourists who have not yet adjusted to the time
Lunge walks to other end (joined by our two new FNG friends) with heal raises at steps
We leave our friends as we mosey to the ally
10 burpees, crab walk to other side, 10 rowers walk back and reduce by 1. First one calls it.
Mosey… oh damn! Look, some nice benches.
10 dips, rest
We are joined by just one of our friends this time
10 more dips, then mosey
We did not want to be rude to our friend so we moseyed back to the courtyard
Lunge walks again with our friend….
We try to have a conversation but they don’t speak english and we don’t speak japanese…
We say good bye to our friend and mosey back to start

Count & Name-o-rama

YHC and Q: Cleveland Rocks

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