Author name: MacDaddy

Boulder Shoulders for Days
4/12/2023
GritMil
8 Outstanding HIM beat the Fart Sack for an early morning Boulder Shoulder Beat down.

QIC: MacDaddy
PAX: Whirlybird, Sherlock, Roscoe, Woodstock, Spreader, Ruxpin, Baa, MacDaddy

Warm-O-Rama
Moroccan Night Club IC x 10
In memory of Merkin March Madness, “The Merkin” IC x 1
Forward Arm Circles IC x 10
OYO shoulder stretch while we wozzy over the the OVERHANG OF PAIN.

The Thang:
One HIM runs a Gigante Lap, while the other HIM hit up an exercise station. When the runner returns, we switch stations, sending out another runner.
Stations:
35# Shoulder Plate Halos
10# Steering Wheel Shoulder Drivers
#10 per hand Upright Rows
#10 per hand Squat into Arnold press
35# Should Shrugs
25# Dumbbell Curls or Overhead Shoulder Press
35# Shoulder Plate Swings
25# Weighted Crunches
10# Wall Ball Squats
Rinse and Repeat

3rd F:
A man and his wife were invited to spend the evening at his employer’s home for dinner, and then out into town to see the sites and attractions. His boss is very wealthy, and is very generous with his money and doesn’t want anyone to spend a dime.
The man’s wife was delighted to experience the life of the extremely wealthy. She knew this would be an experience that she would always remember.
On one occasion as they were about to enter an exclusive restaurant for some dessert, the boss was walking slightly ahead of them. He stopped suddenly, looking down on the pavement for a few seconds in silent.
An awkward silence followed. What was he starring at? There was nothing on the ground except a single darkened penny that someone had dropped. Quietly, the rich boss reached down and picked up the penny.
He held it up and smiled, then put it in his pocket as if he had found a great treasure. The wife’s was in awe. How absurd she thought! Why would he waist his time picking up a single penny?
Throughout the evening, the wife thought about that penny… and it bothered her. Finally, she causally mentioned that her son once had a coin collection, and asked if the penny he had found had been rare one.
A smile crept across the man’s face as he reached into his pocket for the penny and held it out for her to see.
Look at it. He said. Read what it says. She read the words United States of America.
No, not that; read further.
One cent? No, keep reading.
In God we Trust? Yes!
The wife replied…And?
The rich man said, And if I trust in God, the name of God is holy, even his name on a coin. Whenever I find a coin, I pick it up and see that inscription. It is written on every single United States coin, but we never seem to notice it!
God drops a message right in front of me, telling me to trust Him?
Whenever I see a coin, I stop and look at it to see if my trust is still in in God. I pick the coin up as a response to God; that I do trust in Him. For a short time, at least, I cherish it as if it were gold. I think it is God’s way of starting a conversation with me, and I’m thankful for that. God is patient and pennies are plentiful!
Psalm 34:4-6
Delight yourself in the LORD; And He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, and He will do it. He will bring out your righteousness as the light, and your judgment as the noonday.

Back to the Overhand of Pain for a little more fun.

HIM brought it in for the COT

03/16/2023
F3 Angry… Bird Chest
QIC: MacDaddy
5 Outstanding bird chested HIM showed up at the Gritmil for a FabTabulous Beatdown.
Focker, Woodstock, Roscoe, Ruxpin, MacDaddy.

Warm-O-Rama

Single Sided Giant Arm Circles, Forward Only X 10 in cadence.

Swimmers Stretch X 10 in cadence.

Whirli-Stocks X 15 in cadence.

MacDaddy Merk 45s in cadence. Recently, as of today, changed to MacDaddy Merk 30s.

The Thang

HIM will “The Price is Right Run” to the basketball court.

Team up: Partner sprints to other side of B-Ball court and Lt Dans back while partner starts Merkins.

Stop when combined team finishes 200 Merkins.

3rd F

In the spirit of Merkin Madness, I’d like to talk about anger. As men, I know this is something we can all relate to.

Anger is everywhere. It’s in the news, it’s in the schools, it’s in the work environment, and we even see it driving down the roads. Let me share with you a little story.

An everyday honest man was being tailgated by a stressed-out woman on a busy boulevard. Suddenly, the light turned yellow just in front of him, and he decided to make a full stop. He did the right thing, stopping at the light where there was also a crosswalk. He could have easily beaten the yellow light by accelerating through the intersection, but he did the right thing and came to a complete stop. The tailgating woman just flew off the handle as she slammed on the horn with one hand, while giving the middle finger with the other, screaming in frustration that she missed her chance to get through the intersection.

Does this sound familiar? Maybe we can relate.

Well, as she was still in mid-rant, she heard a tap on her window. She looked up and saw the face of a very serious police officer. The officer ordered her to exit her car with her hands up. Then, he took her to the police station where she was searched, fingerprinted, photographed, and placed in a holding cell.

After a couple of hours, a policeman approached the cell and opened the door. She was escorted back to the booking desk where the arresting officer was waiting with her personal effects. He said to her, “Mam, I’m very sorry for this mistake. You see, I pulled up behind your car while you were blowing your horn, cussing up a storm, and flipping off the guy in front of you. It was then, that I noticed the ‘Choose Life’ license plate holder, the ‘What Would Jesus Do’ bumper sticker, the ‘Follow Me to Sunday-School’ bumper sticker, and the chrome-plated Christian fish emblem on the trunk. So naturally, I assumed that you had stolen the car.

You see men, anger has so much power and can have control over any individual, anyone one of us can be subject to it.

The word Anger found in the dictionary as a Noun that says: a strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility. As a Verb, it means to fill with anger, or provoke anger in.

As Christians, High Impact Men, Role Models, Teachers, & Leaders in our home and our community, we are certainly not exempt from this behavior of anger, in fact the Bible says in

Proverbs 27:4, “Wrath is fierce, and anger is a flood”. “Anger is a Flood”.

What does that mean?

Take a moment and think of a flood and what it looks like. Here we have a flood that just comes roaring in, and what is it doing, it’s destroying people, property, and everything in its path.

It’s just so powerful, it rips through and destroys everything.

This is why we need to get control of our anger, because it can ruin us, and everyone around us.

Ephesians 4:31 – “Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with malice.”

Let’s look at Cain. He became angry with his brother Abel, and then what happened, he murdered him.

Prior to this event, you find in Genesis 4:6-7: God said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why are you looking down? Will not your face be happy if you do well? If you do not do well, sin is waiting to destroy you. Its desire is to rule over you, but you must rule over it.”

God is speaking about self-control. We need to hold our tongue, control our temper, and rule over our anger, to keep that flood from ruining everything we love.

Back to the Thang:

Teams split up again. Parner places feet against the fence and start Mike Tysons, Then, partner Frog Hops to free throw line, Bear Crawls to center line, then Crossovers to the fence, return to partner with a sprint and switch until a total combine 100 Mike Tyson are completed.

The Price is Right Run back to AO, but not before stopping to do Lt Dans across the bridge.

HIM finished strong with plenty of time for the COT.

Good push, literally….

n 2/22/23 4 HIM beat the fartsack and came out to the GritMil. Focker, Ruxpin, Woodstock & MacDaddy.

Welcome to F3, if you weren’t here, where would you be. In the fartsack you say? No way, because this is a free peer led workout with no place to pee. Yes, it’s a poor man’s workout, we are not paid, we are not pros, but we are certainly bros. You are here on your own accord, no matter how tight that EH was. When the going gets tough, don’t quit, let’s keep it going, modify it. We never leave a man behind, but keep in mind, we broke, so you can’t sue me or F3. Now that this is said and done, we are ready to warm up with…. The Moroccan Night Club.

Warm Up

Moroccan Night Club x 15

Cherry Pickers X 15

Bolt 45

The Thang: Jailbird Beat-Down

Partner Up (One goes to jail, while the other bails him out).

Jailbird holds plank while Bailer pays 100 towel lateral pulls.

Partners switch & repeat.

Jailbird does Wall Sit/Hold the Wall, with towel elevated while Bailer pays 100 towel squats.

Partner switch & repeat.

Bench Lunges, single leg while partner runs 2 laps. Switch legs once partner completes 1st lap.

Partners switch & repeat.

3rd F
The book of Revelation is the last book of the new testament, in the Greek it is called apokalypsis, meaning “unveiling” or “revelation”. This is the revelation of Jesus Christ. Jesus is speaking to John and offers comfort and encouragement to Christians of all ages that God is firmly in control. He also addresses that when the time is right, the forces of evil that seem to dominate our world will be utterly destroyed, and God’s eternal kingdom will come into its fulfillment. Jesus, described as the Lamb, the One like a Son of Man dictates seven messages for John to send to the seven churches in Asia Minor. Each message praises the church community for its strengths and urges community members to correct their weaknesses.

Revelation 3:14-22 reads,

“To the angel of the church in Laodicea write:

The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Origin of the creation of God, says this:

‘I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot. So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of My mouth. Those whom I love, I rebuke and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me. The one who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat with My Father on His throne. The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’”

This was Jesus addressing the church in Laodicea because they were LukeWarm. They understood this analogy because their drinking water came through a channel from a spring six miles to the south, and when it arrived, it was disgustingly lukewarm. The water they received was not like the water at the hot springs where it originated, where people used to wash in etc.., nor was it cold for the purpose of drinking. Being hot and cold is useful, and will benefit the Kingdom of God. But, being LukeWarm is useless and benefits nothing. Jesus says to them, be zealous (passionate) and repent.

In 2013, a man created a fake company and sent fake invoices to Google, claiming Google owed an outstanding balance. Because the invoices were many and overwhelming, Google decided it was easier to pay the bills and not investigate the bills. The man swindled Google out of 100 million dollars. Later, the man was caught and he pled guilty to fraud. He was pretending to be someone who he was not, just like the Laodicean Church. They too were frauds.

If we are living a lukewarm life, then we are living in a “gray world”. We are simply existing with no purpose. We need to step up and be useful, we need to paint or get off the ladder. A life without God is not a life at all, it’s just us idling in time until we die. So, let’s get out of this gray area and step into a strong relationship with Christ and avoid being a man just “existing” in this world.

Let me leave you with this for us to examine ourselves: The signs of a lukewarm Christian is that:

· God is only a source to escape from the penalty of sin, but they still love living in their sin.
· They attend church and worship God as a religious activity, but their actions do not show the fruits of a transformed life.
· There is no evidence of fruit in their life.
· They don’t enjoy praying or spending time in the presence of God and glorifying Him in everything they do.
· They don’t share their faith, or have a burden for the lost.
· Their eyes are set on the things of this world.
· They don’t have much time for God, there’s always an excuse.
· No one even knows that they are followers of Christ.
· and so on…