Author: Broke (Page 19 of 20)

With the forecast calling for temps slightly below freezing, YHC wasn’t sure how many PAX would show this morning at Mt. Hollywood. Not only did 11 PAX decide to start the week off right, some even posted in shorts. Let’s get started.

No FNG’s, but a short disclaimer was given anyway. Warmup with some SSH’s, Don Q’s and Moroccan Nightclubs and then onto The Thang:

Quarter Miler

The goal of the workout today was to keep moving so we moseyed in 1/4 mile increments and at each stop performed a set of exercises.

Stop #1 – Wall at Rankin Elementary

Donkey kicks, Dips and Derkins x15

Stop #2 – Wells Fargo

American Hammers, Freddie Mercury’s x30 (count right side)

Stop #3 – Hill St. at City Hall

Hand release Merkins, Plank Jacks, Shoulder Taps x15

Stop #4 – Front of Police Station

Michael Phelps, LBC’s x40

Stop #5 – First Pres parking lot

Mike Tysons, Merkins, CDD’s x15

Stop #6 – Halfway up Baptist Hill

Rosalita’s, Mtn. Climbers, Flutter Kicks x40

Stop #7 – Glendale and Hawthorne

10 Burpee’s

Stop #8 – Steps across from Middle School

10 Calf raises on each step, 50 Squats

Still a little time left so head over to the front of the school for 3 rounds of 1 minute wall sit and 10 Hip Slappers followed by Protractors and Big Boy sit ups to finish it off.

Pledge

Announcements – Be on the lookout for 50 mile CSAUP soon

COT/BOM

Tiger announced last week that Mt. Hollywood was committing to pray for the Gastonia region PAX throughout the year. As you are doing this, think about why it is important to pray for others. Two reasons that come to mind are:

IT HELPS

James 5:15 – “Therefore, confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayers of a righteous person are powerful and effective”.

WE ARE CALLED TO DO SO

1 Timothy 2:1 – “First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people”.

If you feel led to do so, reach out to those you are praying for each week and see if there are any specific things you can pray for. Sometimes all a person needs to lift their spirits is to know that they aren’t alone and someone else is thinking about and praying for them.

Prayer Requests

Anchorman’s mother in law

2018 Gashouse leadership team – ToolTime, Pizza Man, Sargento, Freight, Roscoe, Short Sale

Nameorama

YHC took us out.

Welcome to Wrangler who lives just outside of Mt. Holly and started posting last week at one of the Lake Norman AO’s. Sounds like he’s gonna be one of those dual region PAX!

Thanks for the opportunity to lead!

Broke

5 PAX posted for a bootcamp and one more came to log some miles on an unusually warm December morning. No FNG’s so after a short disclaimer, pledge and a little warming up we headed to the front of the school for The Thang.

Most of you who have been posting for a while have likely done The Vern at some point. To my knowledge, it hasn’t been done yet at Mt. Hollywood so let’s break the ice. Fortunately for me, there’s no place around town with a good place to do pull-ups so lets change that up to more of a crowd pleaser – Hip Slappers!

It went like this:

10 Hip Slappers

Run a lap around the parking lot (about 250 yards)

20 Dips

Run a lap

25 Merkins

Run a lap

30 LBC’s

Run a lap

Repeat a total of 5 times

Still had a little time for Mary. Corkscrews, Big Boys, Burpee’s, etc.

Announcements

Christmas party December 15th at Quiche’s – reply to the email

Convergence at Schiele on December 15th

Prayer Request

Orangeman with some upcoming decisions to make, pray for courage and guidance. Each other, PAX battling injuries.

Moleskin – Give More

Read Luke 6:38. You don’t need to be wealthy to possess a giving heart. Don’t get caught up in giving presents, rather give of yourself. A helping hand, a listening ear and a kind word are all examples of how we can give to others without spending any money. God promises us that when we give he will return those blessings back to us multiplied.

YHC took us out.

SYITG,

Broke

Nine PAX posted in the gloom to get their week started right. Roadie was “all jacked up on Mt. Dew”, or some kind of energy drink that is allowed during the 40 day challenge, and itching to get after it. Gold Digger comes in hot after some EC and time hits. No FNG’s this morning, but a disclaimer was given nonetheless.

After a warmup of SSH’s, Don Q’s, Moroccan Nightclubs and 5 Burpee’s for the train we headed out for a mosey down Catawba Ave to the wall behind the BB&T. PAX line up on the wall and perform a wall sit while one PAX takes a lap around the bank. When PAX returns, switch to Balls to Wall while next PAX in line takes a lap. Alternate back and forth between exercises until each PAX has completed a lap.

Head out to Main Street and mosey down Main to Central Avenue stopping at each light pole for 5 Burpee’s, 10 Merkins and 20 LBC’s. Plank for the six.

Lunge walk down first set of parking spaces on Central stopping for 10 Jump Squats at each space. Bear Crawl next set of spaces with 10 Merkins at each space. NUR to Oakland Ave for 50 LBC’s. Regular mosey to the wall at Rankin Elementary for Dips and Step Ups.

Mosey back to the Auditorium across from the start for some Calf Raises, Squats and Deep Sea Divers on the steps. After 5 Burpee’s for another train, back to the start for a few minutes of Mary before time is up.

COT/BOM

Thought of the day:

The mission of F3 is to invigorate male leadership in the community. Recently we have seen more and more men step up to lead, either through their first Q, or by taking on the role of Site Q. What are some leadership lessons we can learn from men in the Bible:

Moses – Leaders stick up for their people. Moses tried every excuse in the book not to do it, but finally answered God’s call and led his people out of bondage.

Peter – Leaders bounce back from failure. Peter was probably the most well-known disciple and after telling Jesus he would never deny him, did just that. Peter realized what he did and was distraught. He bounced back and went on to spend the rest of his life preaching and teaching about Jesus.

Jesus – Leaders are servants. Jesus washed his disciples feet. Enough said.

Announcements

• Convergence with 3rd F event following workout at The Yank on November 10th
• Christmas party December 15th – details coming soon

Prayer Requests

• Shad Rap’s son having testing done this week
• Plane crash in Indonesia
• Roadie’s friend plane crash in SC

Nameorama

YHC took us out. Thanks to all the PAX for supporting Tiger and the newest AO of our region. If you haven’t made it out yet, give it a try. Better yet, sign up for a Q!

Broke

The weather was perfect and 9 PAX resisted the urge to fartsack and chose to start the work week off right by posting at Mt. Hollywood. Since there were no FNG’s a short disclaimer was given and we got started.

Warm Up

SSH and Imperial Walkers x15IC followed by a lap around the parking lot

The Thang

Everyone grab two bricks out of my truck and let’s do this. Since YHC doesn’t have the new “official” F3 version we’re going old school for the Deck of Death.

Spades = Mountain Climbers

Clubs = Squat to Air Press

Hearts = Morrocan Nightclubs (counted IC)

Diamonds = Merkins

Ace = 14 reps plus a lap around the lot

Wild = PAX choice of exercise plus a lap around the lot

(All exercises and laps performed with coupons in hand)

We got through the deck with a little time to spare so we did a blind draw of one card and doubled the face value to get the number of reps for one more round of each exercise. Out comes a Queen so 24 reps of each and one last lap around the lot. Three minutes of Mary and the workout is complete.

COT / BOM

YHC is doing a study on Transformation by Rick Warren through his church and wanted to share a little about what that means. We need to seek God’s will to transform the essential areas of our lives: Spiritual, Physical, Mental, Emotional, Relational, Financial and Vocational.

Romans 12:2 “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind”.

Conforming has to do with behavior

Transforming has to do with character

Conforming is from the outside in

Transforming is from the inside out

Announcements

Burpeethon on October 6th

Need Q’s at Mt. Hollywood

Prayer Requests

Shad Rap’s 2.0 having a sleep deprivation test tomorrow

Buckeye’s aunt is ill

Tiger’s M

Broke’s 2.0 having more tests

Those impacted by the flooding

YHC took us out

Almost forgot the pledge, but remembered while most of us were still around to avoid the Q fail. Thanks for the opportunity to lead and for the push.

Broke

Seven PAX decided to get the workweek off to a good start by rolling out of the fartsack and posting at the newest AO in Gaston County, Mt. Hollywood. Everyone was a regular so only a short disclaimer given before we go to work.

Quick warmup of Imperial Walkers, SSH’s and Morrocan Nightclubs all x10IC. Said the pledge and headed down Catawba Ave to the BB&T on the corner where we got started with The Thang:

Walls of Jericho – 7 reps of 7 exercises then a lap around the building and parking lot repeated 7 times. Exercises were  Hip Slappers, WWI’s, Squats, Derkins, American Hammers, Seal Jacks and Mike Tyson’s.

We took a few minutes to recover and discussed what we can learn from the bible story about the walls of Jericho and how they fell. The massive wall surrounding the city seemed to be indestructible and the strategy laid down by God probably seemed foolish to the people…. You want us to march silently around the city once a day for six days, and then, after seven circuits on the seventh day, shout and blow our horns? Say what??? But Joshua was obedient to the plan given to him by God and the people followed the instructions exactly as they were laid out for an easy victory. When we are obedient to God’s commands we will achieve victory, no matter how foolish his plan may seem to us, he will always deliver us when we are faithful. The problem we have is that we make life difficult by seeking to do what WE want and not what HE wants.

Now back to our regularly scheduled programming.

Mosey over to Central Ave and head back toward the start. Orangeman and Sister Act are starting to get restless due to the fact that we haven’t heard a train and YHC has yet to call any burpee’s. Gotta keep the PAX happy so we gathered up at the entrance to Rankin Elementary to practice the monthly challenge – Contra Burpee’s. Start with one at first light pole and add one at each pole all the way to the corner.

Short mosey over to the auditorium for the last part of the workout. Deep Sea Divers, Calf Raises and Dips on the steps.

Just enough time left for a couple of rounds of Mary which consisted of Corkscrews, Crab Cakes and Bobby Hurley’s.

Announcements 

3rd F at Grits and Greens in Lowell on Wednesdays at 6:30pm

CSAUP relay on August 25th – If you want to sign up you need to let Pizza Man know ASAP.

2nd F cookout at Sargento’s on August 25th (M’s only, no 2.0’s) – Let Sargento know if you are planning to attend.

Nomads heading to CSPAN convergence on August 18th – Freight is getting clown car together

Folsom 2.0 workout on August 18th

Tubing on August 18th – Contact Freight for details

JJ5k on September 22nd at Common Grounds in Stanley

Speed for Need – Stop Soldier Suicide 5k/10k in Belmont September 22nd

Special Olympics Burpee-thon on October 6th

Prayer Requests and YHC took us out.

Strong work from everyone this morning. Sister Act continues to post all over the county, Dr. Seuss and Orangeman are two of the most steady, hard working guys in F3, Tiger is battling an injury but still posted and pushed through, Gilligan is back and pushing the rock and Gold Digger continues to do his energizer bunny impersonation. I appreciate the push and opportunity to lead this morning.

Broke