MACV-SOG

Date: 08/06/19

QIC: Chappie

A dirty dozen PAX threw off the Fartsack and won THAT FIRST BATTLE to post for what turned out to be one of the workouts for GORUCK’s August rucking challenge. YHC had two options on his Weinke: On one side, the Bearmuda Triangle. On the reverse, the MACV-SOG workout put together by the cadre at GORUCK. The choice depended on whether YHC could get other PAX to bring rucks. Thanks to all who brought rucks! We had extras…which means we’ve got a good crew of ruckers. (Let’s get some of the GORUCK events under our collective belt.)

Here’s how we started the day:

WARM-O-RAMA

  • SSH – 18 IC
  • Apollo Ohno – 18 IC
  • Swartzjacks – 18 IC
  • Crabflippers – 18 IC
  • Superman/Pull! – 10 count/5 rounds
  • Shoulder-Tap Merkins – 10 IC

PAX counted off by 2’s then partnered up for the following MACV-SOG workout (YHC had a bunch of extras in case we fell short…who was “I” to doubt GORUCK?)

MACV stands for Military Assistance Command Vietnam

Between the 100 No Push-Up Burpees, what the F3 Exicon calls Flying Squirrels, (50 per partner) YHC shared this 3rdF message:

We need to constantly push ourselves to understand what we [PERCEIVE] to be our limits. Until we do, we haven’t reached, or begun to reach, our full potential. Often times, EXTREMES are required to push us past our limits, to make us stronger, better, or produce growth where we need it most.

▪ We can push ourselves past our limits, this requires self-discipline. Or, at least the willingness to places ourselves in positions where we know we’ll be pushed past our limits. That’s the treasure of having different Q’s lead us through a workout! …

▪ I.e. Others, who do not know OUR limits (or probably don’t care what our limits are) will push us past our limits… These situations are mostly in reference to the physical workouts or challenges we face, but they easily translate to the mental and spiritual aspects of life as well, because…

▪ Lastly, and most importantly, Christ, who is the Author and Finisher of our faith (Heb. 12:2), will push us past our limits. And this is often through our testing, which includes suffering (suffering ALWAYS pushes us past our limits) and in God’s economy He allows this for our good, like burning away the dross and purifying us like gold, and He does this for His glory. (Our good, His glory!) So…DEQ! (Don’t Ever Quit…cleaned up version of DFQ.)

BIBLICAL EXAMPLES:

  • ABRAHAM in Gen. 22 was tested by God to take his son, Isaac, and offer him as a burnt offering. Poor Isaac even had to chop and carry the wood. When he asked his dad about the offering, Abraham replied “God will provide for Himself a lamb...” And when Abe was about to plunge the knife into Isaac, God said “Do not stretch out your hand against the lad, and do nothing to harm him; for NOW I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, YOUR ONLY SON, from Me.” You can guarantee this extreme test pushed him past his limits!
  • JOSEPH, by the end of Gen. 42, was sold into slavery by his brothers! He ran from Potiphar’s house in his boxers after Potiphar’s wife tried to seduce him (he ran because he feared God), and ended up imprisoned. The story continued for numbers of years in Egypt where Joseph experienced the favor of God, rising to leadership where he was 2nd only to Pharaoh! Point being, his life was full of consistently being pushed beyond his limits, but he never once used his personal circumstances as an excuse NOT to live for God. As a result, he rose to power in Egypt. He knew God’s purposes were higher than his personal suffering. He not only reached the full potential of his faith, but as a result, the nation of Israel was preserved! There was a greater purpose to it all!

Peter referred to all of this when he wrote: “Brothers, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice insofar as you share in Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when His glory is revealed…” (1 Pet. 4:12-13)

So, we push ourselves to understand what we [perceive] to be our limits, others push us beyond our limits, AND God pushes us past our perceived limits. ALL for a purpose: For our GOOD but ultimately for God’s GLORY. So…DEQ!

PAX wrapped up the very last exercise at 5:59, which left no time for the extra’s YHC had planned: Wall work, Jack Webb, & Mary. With a minute spare shared a little further about the ruck workout carried out in honor of America’s Special Forces.

Time called.

COT/BOM:

  • Announcements: Chattahoochee working on method to collect school supplies.
  • Prayers: The family of Katie West, grieving her tragic death; Chattahoochee’s daughter, Taylor, having surgery on 8/7

That’s about it. Always honored to lead. And, yes, what a great way to start a day!

~Chappie, out!

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Gtown beatdown

Qic Semi

Warm-a-Rama
20 semi wave. i/c
20 ssh. I/c
Nur to opposite side of circle
20 plank Jack. i/c
20 seal Jacks. i/c
Side shuffle to opposite side of circle
20 should taps. I/c
20 Windmill. I/c
Side shuffle (opposite side) to opposite side of circle
20 mountain climbers i/c
20 Cherry pickers. I/c

Thang
Mosey to church on Bradford street

10 swerkins
15 leg lifts on bench
X 3

Mosey to wall on other side of the tracks

5 derkins, hop wall, 5 urkins
X 5

Mosey to Domino’s

5 chicken merkin
I/c 8 count

Mosey to parking lot by court house

Semi suicides
Nur, side shuffle, jailbreak, bear crawl, lt Dan, crawl bear, mosey, and lt danger

Mosey to circle

Round of Mary

15 Superman plank i/c, 20 reverse crunch, 20 e2k, 25 flutter kick i/c, 20/10/5 toy soldier set, 15 hello dollies

10 HIM showed today: semi, bovine, doubtfire, nugget, Fireplex, Chattahoochee, toy soldier, Waterfall, Vanilla, Wildwing

Number Rama
Name rama
Cot

3rd F. All in
1 kings 18:20-40
Prophets of baal defeated

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Sally Loves Burpees!

Tuesday July 23, 2019

Location: CHOP

Q: Chairman

PAX: Chattahoochee, Fireplex, Gump, Leatherman, Nugget, Ruxpin, Summit, Toy Soldier, Vanilla, Waterfall, & Ying Ying

Warmup: All IC 25 SSH, 18 Cherry Pickers
18 Moroccan Night Clubs, 18 Windmills, 18 Mountain Climbers

The Thang Mosey around the block
Bring Sally Up with Burpees on Up (30)
Mosey around the block
Burp & Merk Pyramid up to 10 and back down. Start with 1 merkin 1 burpee, 2 merkins 1 burpee, 3, …100 merkins 19 burpees.

Mosey around block
Cptn Therkin 1 Big Boy 4 American Hammers 5 Merkins, up to 5 Big Boys & 20 Double Count American Hammers with 5 merkins each time. Mosey around block

Brief message about F3 encouraging us all to win the 1st battle each morning by posting and how we all benefit from surrpunding ourselves with other HIM.

Number-O-Rama and COT.

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Route 66

Beautiful weather for lots of Burpees!

Q: Waterfall The PAX: Toy Soldier, Summit, Ruxpin, Ying Ying, Chairman, Gump, Doubfire, Chattahoochee

The Warm Up: 20 SSH IC, 20 Diaper Pickers IC, 20 Moroccan Night Club IC, 20 Windmill IC, and Superman Banana! Superman Banana starts in the superman position. When Q yells BANANA you roll over on to your back in a reverse of the superman so you are curled up like a banana. When the Q yells SUPERMAN you roll back. Rolled back and forth like a bunch of crazy people a few times.

The Thang #1: Route 66 and a bag of chips. We did the Route 66 from telephone pole to telephone pole. We did it decessending from 11 burpees at the first telephone pole down to 1 burpee at the last telephone pole for a total of 66 burpees. For added suck we also did LBCs ascending. I’m calling the additional exercise “and a bag of chips” since it was added on.

The Message: The story of the Rich Young Ruler. His good works weren’t good enough. Jesus invited him to follow him. But the young man went away sorrowful because he wouldn’t give up his lavish lifestyle to follow Jesus.

The Thang #2: Waterfall likes the wall! Wall of Burpee for an additional 3 burpees. Each PAX takes the chair. We go down the row doing 1 burpee each. Then we went down the row again doing 2 burpees each. Next we did Mexican jumping beans and overhead claps ascending up to 10 jumps and 40 claps. With a few minutes left we ended with some Mary.

Good push by all!

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Sled 2.0

QIC Semi

Warm-a-Rama
All i/c
21 seal jacks
21 Windmills
21 seal waves
21 Cherry pickers
21 plank Jacks

Capri lap out back entrance around to the front entrance

The Thang

1 pax pushes sled out the back entrance and back as timer

Rest of pax do the following exercises during sled push

Sledge tire hit
Burpee with a doubtfire
H bomb (30 or 50 lb. Ball)
Ball slam
Box jump
Log row
Coupon curl
Bear crawl coupon drag

2 rounds, 2nd round sled pushed to survey stake along drive

3rd F

Proverbs 18

9 HIM showed – semi, leatherman, Chattahoochee, Chappie, Wildwing, Waterfall, Fireplex, gump, summit

Number Rama

Name Rama

COT

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Field of Dreams [a.k.a. Burpee Delirium]

Great times! For this time of year as PAX rotate out on vacations it was awesome to have 11 HIM drop the DRP and post for the Field of Dreams [delirium] workout. It wasn’t always this way, so its exciting to still see double digits when others are out. Plant, Grow, and Serve small workout groups of men for the invigoration of male community leadership–on mission!

So here’s the skinny, it went a lil’ something like this:

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH’s – 18 IC
  • SwartzJack’s – 20 IC
  • Seal Jack’s – 18 IC
  • Plank Jacks – 18 IC
  • Merkins – 10 OYO
  • Crab Flippers – 18 IC
The Big Dice

THE THANG:

Upon returning to the AO following a nice brisk 0.5 mile Patriot Run around the block, PAX divided into 2 teams. Teams took turns rolling the 3 dice until reaching the opposite end of the field.

  • ROUTINE: Roll dice, both teams Bear Crawl to dice, execute the corresponding number of Burpees rolled (teams were to remember total number rolled. Team with highest number determined the punishment of lower scoring team at the end of the field).
  • Team 1 rolled 4x – Roll dice, Bear Crawl, Burpees. Rinse & Repeat…
  • Team 2 rolled 3x – Roll dice, Bear Crawl, Burpees. Rinse & Repeat…
  • Team 1 Rolled the highest number, though neither team remembers the exact number due to burpee delirium. Guestimates are as low as 77, but it was more likely closer to 100.
  • Da MATH: Neither team rolled less than 11 (77 Burpees would be the bare minimum), but there were rolls of 16, 14, 13, and 12. I.e. just know that the PAX executed ALOT OF BURPEES!
  • Rolling the highest accumulated number, Team 1 determined they would do 15 Merkins, while Team 2 was assigned 30 Merkins.

PAX took the long Mosey back to the AO, taking turns swapping out holding the dice overhead. They’re not heavy but THAT did create a different dynamic for the mosey.

Meanwhile back at the AO: 3rdF Message

(The following thoughts adapted from R. Kent Hughes in Disciplines of a Godly Man)

Harry Blymires, in (The Christian Mind) said, “The Christian mind  has succumbed to the secular drift with a degree of weakness and nervelessness unmatched in Christian history.” He sees our generation as suffering from religious anorexia (anorexia religiosa), a loss of appetite for Christ.

The bottom line is: this comes from a declining willingness to properly program the amazing instruments God has given us. Christians leave their 12 billion cells unguarded and unthinking—and undisciplined. When we turn to God’s Word, we’re aware that the Biblical writers understood the problem in a less technical way. “Above all else, guard your heart,” says Proverbs, “for it is the wellspring of life” (4:23). “For as a man thinks within his heart, so is he” (Prov. 23:7). The Scriptures tell us rightly that INPUT DETERMINES OUTPUT — that our PROGRAMMING DETERMINES PRODUCTION.

The one thing that will always shape your life is the condition of your heart. The Apostle Paul told us in Philippians to think on explicitly positive things: The true. The noble. The right. The pure. The lovely. The admirable. This is more than the power of positive thinking. They all defy negative exposition. I.e. each is a matter of personal choice — and our choices make all the difference in the world. We all can CHOOSE a thought “program” which will produce a Christian mind.

2 AREAS OF PERSONAL APPLICATION:

#1 – I have great sympathy for those whose past has been a series of bad choices. I understand that if over the years one has chosen the impure and the illusory and the negative, it is very difficult to change. But as a biblical thinker I give no space to myself or to anyone else who rationalizes his present choices by the past. Brothers, as followers of Christ we are free to have a Christian mind/a biblical worldview. It IS within our reach, and it is our duty.

#2 – We should be aware of the wise warnings against using words like “all,” “every,” and “always” in what we say. Using absolutes is dangerous. But I’m going to do it anyway. Here it is: IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANY FOLLOWER OF CHRIST WHO SPENDS THE BULK OF HIS EVENINGS, MONTH AFTER MONTH, WEEK UPON WEEK, DAY IN AND DAY OUT WATCHING THE TV AND WATCHING VIDEOS TO HAVE A CHRISTIAN MIND. This is ALWAYS true of ALL Christians in EVERY situation.  A biblical mental program cannot exist with worldly programming. Again, INPUT DETERMINES OUTPUT — PROGRAMMING DETERMINES PRODUCTION.

Where the Bible says “think about such things” (Phil 4:8), the word that is used is “logidzamai”, from which we get the mathematical computer-like word logarithm. It means a “deliberate and prolonged contemplation as if one is weighing a mathematical problem.” It’s like getting junk mail versus getting the new Shooters Magazine, Runners World, etc. Or like getting junk emails versus emails from F3 or GoRuck, etc. You throw out the junk after a brief scan, but you take deliberate and prolonged contemplation over the new items from your favorite sources.

Even more so, we are to think about the good and positive elements God wants us to put into our computers/minds. God calls HIM in His Word to a massive and positive discipline of the mind. You cannot be profoundly influenced by that which you do not know. I.e. INPUT DETERMINES OUTPUT — PROGRAMMING DETERMINES PRODUCTION.

Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long. Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, for they are ever with me. I have more insight than all my teachers, For I meditate on Your statutes. I have more understanding than the elders, For I obey your precepts.” (Psalm 119:97-100)

Last but not least A Round of Mary:

  • Flutter Kicks – Courtesy of Chattahoochee
  • Box Cutters – Courtesy of Vanilla
  • Big Boys – Courtesy of Gump
  • LBC’s – Courtesy of Summit
  • American Hammers – Courtesy of Ying Ying

COT/BOM:

  • Announcements: Warm-Up VQ scheduled for Gump @ Primis. Be there!
  • Prayers: Chattahoochee, Bill Crouch, YHC, etc. Plus, as always prayers were lifted up for each PAX to be a HIM in his home, his workplace, and in his community in which he serves.

That’s a wrap. Lot’s of PAX on vacation but we still posted 11! Way cool to see the continued growth of this group and of each individual PAX getting stringer and better as they keep posting. YHC was once again honored to lead!

Aye!

~Chappie, out!

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FIRST WATCH BEATDOWN

July 9, 2019

July 9, 2019 Doubtfire on Q

Gloom Factor 05:15 67° and clear

12 PAX  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkqeUhszaBE

WARMARAMA: 20 Moroccan Nightclubs IC , 20 SSH IC , 20 Copperhead Squats IC, 20 Cherry Pickers IC, 20 Mountain Climbers, 15 SSH IC

The Thang 1: Mosey to Shipbuilders Village and partnered off. Partner 1 runs to Spinnaker Lane and nurs back while partner 2 is doing merkins and then switch. Then Partner 1 runs to Genoa Ln and nurs back while partner 2 is doing side plank leg lifts switching sides at 10 counts. Then switch with partner.

Thang 2: Mosey to Post Office circle. Same partners. Partner 1 bearcrawls halfway around circle and crawlbears the second half of the circle while Partner 2 does 80/40/20 super toy soldier set. Then switch.

3rd F – First Watch Psalm 143:8 Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you.  Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life.

I have struggled all of my life with a shallow relationship with my heavenly father.  I have tried since I was 15 years old to have a daily quiet time with him. I have had spurts of success, but never sustained.  Some events in my life over this past year have caused me to reflect on that issue and I have made some major changes accordingly.  I belong to a Christian business leaders group called C12 Group. About 5 years ago I was at a C12 conference in Orlando the founder, Buck Jacobs gave a stirring message about how important it is to have a consistent daily time in the Word of God and prayer.  He said the best success for that time is the first hour of every day, no matter what you do. Make it non-negotiable. At the prompting of a very good friend of mine, Herb Troyer, whom I ironically introduced him to C12 4 years ago, he suggested I revisit that message.  I did, and I have successfully adopted this routine into my life now 138 days straight (Buck is on day 10,000+-). I would encourage each of you to consider this to be part of your life, a non-negotiable start to your day. God will redeem your time and rest.  

Apart from Christ, we are all creatures of our fleshly desires and habits. Even though He promises that our salvation is secure, our commitment to living under the Lordship of Christ must happen one day at a time as we react to the many challenges and temptations which come our way. Our ability to provide Godly leadership stems solely from our daily intimacy with Christ. Unless we abide in Him by routinely accessing His means of Grace (i.e., Bible, prayer, worship, fellowship, witnessing), it is easy for us to get off track and be compromised in our ability to be ambassadors and make disciples.

Start small, 10-15 mins everyday.  Routines become habits, habits become part of us, good or bad.  This will change your life, I promise you.

Psalm 119:11 Thy word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

Ephesians 6:13 ..put on the whole armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.

Mosey back to AO for Namorama and COT

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New Beginnings

Warmup:

Milton Mustard Seed welcomes our brother from Charleston, SC today.
  • Side Straddle Hop 20 IC
  • Seal Jacks 20 IC
  • Smurf Jacks 20 IC
  • Plank Jacks 20 IC
  • Hairy Rockets 15 IC
  • Mountain Man Poopers 15 IC
  • Cherry Pickers 15 IC

The Thang

Caterpillar Snake Run with 12 pound medicine ball to 4 locations with exercises at each location.

First stop H&R Block

  • Merkins 20 IC
  • Air Drama Squats 25 OYO
  • Flutter Kicks 25 IC

Second stop Adkins Law Firm

  • Diamond Merkins 15 IC
  • Ballerinas Toe Squats 25 OYO
  • American Hammers 25 IC

Third stop field behind apartments

  • Hand Release Merkins 20 OYO
  • Bobby Hurley 20 OYO
  • Absolution 10 IC

Final Stop field behind AO

  • Walking lunges across field passing medicine ball
  • Burpees 10 OYO
  • Toy Soldier Set 40/20/10

F3 Message: New Beginnings bud around you and within you every day. You don’t need a clean slate. God is in the business of making all things new.

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has come the new is here.

Peter 1:3 Praise be to theGod and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In His great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

Jeremiah 29:12 For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Seal Jacks Smurf Jacks 20 IC

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Texas Hold’em

Waterfall was the dealer (on Q)

Warm Up: 20IC side strattle hop, 20IC Moroccan night club, 20IC Windmills, 20IC seal jacks

The Thang: Poker with 2 decks of cards and the ball of suck (a die with different exercises on each face). We did this with 11s with dips on one side of the parking lot and squats on the other side. The cards and ball of suck were in the middle. Paired up into teams of two. Each team started with 2 cards face down. To get a card, as you went by, you had to roll the ball of suck and do the exercise to get a card. If you didn’t want a card, you could pass and keep doing your 11s. The team with the best hand at the end of the workout won.

The Message: Romans 12:1-2 Offer your bodies as a living sacrifice and do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. I talked about not getting sucked into the us vs. them mentality in our culture. Instead be conformed to the Bible.

Count-A-Rama, Name-A-Rama, COT

Winning hand was 5 Kings!

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Wheelbarrows and 45’s

QIC Semi


Warm-a-Rama
All i/c
20 seal jacks
20 Windmills
20 seal waves
20 Cherry pickers
20 mountain man pooper

The Thang

Mosey to new HOB entrance

Pax pair off

Big boy 45’s.
Wheelbarrow to light pole
Sumo squat 45’s I/c
Wheelbarrow to light pole
Leg lift 45’s.
Wheelbarrow to light pole
Legs 6″ squats. I/c
Wheelbarrow to light pole


3rd F
All in
Talked about how Abraham was all in sacrificing his son Issac for the Lord.
Genesis 22

Mosey back to CHOP

13 HIM showed – semi, Ruxpin, leatherman, Vanilla, Chappie, Wildwing, Chairman, toy soldier, Waterfall, doubtfire, Fireplex, nugget, FNG gump

Number Rama

Name Rama

COT

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