CHOP

Paver Rinse & Repeat

, , , , , , , , , , / Leave a Comment / CHOP, Milton, DE / By
Name-O-Rama
Paver Aftermath… +9 more just like ’em

Date: 7/28/20

QIC: Chappie

YHC had the privilege to stand in the gap for Chattahoochee while he’s following quarantine protocol after he kissed a girl and he liked it. Got you covered brother…”I got this” if you know what I mean Quattro.

Today’s workout called for pulling out the stack of pavers in YHC’s shed–they haven’t been out since WBOC posted and did a Delmarva Life story on F3 First State, so YHC dusted them off, chalked them up with some new motivational messages, and put ’em to work again in the hands of 11 strong PAX.

Remember when…

WARM-O-RAMA:
• SSH – 18 IC
• Swartzjacks – 18 IC
• IW – 10 IC
• Prisoner Squats – 15 IC
• Shoulder Tap Merkins – 10 OYO

Patriot Run (around short block)

THE THANG:

(Partner Up)
Paver Pass
• American Hammers/Plank & switch (til each team does sandbag transfer – 2 sandbags opposite ends of parking lot, partners run and switch bags to other ends all while everyone else is doing AH’s or in Plank)


Paver Drive
• 1 PAX drives paver, other runs cones/ switch (4 rotations)
☆ Cone 3 to 4:
Dragon Crawl,
Bearcrawl,
Crawlbear,
Inchworm Merkin

Shout-out to Fireplex (who bowed out to respond to the fire call, but gave us a good piece from the Night Train as they were going by). Monkey Humpers…next time! To all the men and women of Milton Fire 85, thank you for all that you do to keep our community safe.

Paver Overhead Squat Press
• 1 PAX POSP, partner runs to Cone 3
☆ 8, 6, 4, 2 Burpees per round …great push on the extra credit Burpees Waterfall!

Paver Sunday Drive – Done as bonus (not punishment) by teams who finished early — it pays to win!
• PAX Wosey “Drive” w/paver

3rd F shared mid-workout – First, PAX took the time to read the motivational message on each paver, then…

Thomas Edison said, “If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.”

Back in May YHC watched an episode of one of the ESPN E60’s. It was titled Cliff Diving, but it wasn’t about cliff-diving at all. Instead it was about a man named Cliff Devries, diving.

Cliff is the diving coach at Rochester Institute of Technology. He says in the documentary, “You might see me walking down the road and think ‘Man, he’s got it rough,’ but there’s more…which is a little beyond what you think right now.”

In high school Cliff was the Empire State Games diving champion and selected as an All-American in his junior and senior years. That led to a scholarship to dive for the University of Kentucky with Olympic dreams.

As a diver he was always pushing himself to get better and to do harder, more complicated, dives. He was a competitor! But then he noticed his movements were getting worse. I’ve seen some of the videos of this highly skilled diver, flopping on his back. Something was going wrong.

An MRI revealed that a 6″ tumor in his spinal column was the cause of the loss of movement in his shoulder and arm. At 21-yrs-of-age, complications during surgery to remove the tumor, left him with severe trauma to his spinal chord. Totally paralyzed on his right side, he was told he’d be in a wheelchair the rest of his life.

Cliff grew tired of hearing that and determined he’d walk again.

His walk would leave you with some impressions, but he does walk. He has been coaching at RIT since 1999 and has always longed to get back on the diving board. A few years ago Cliff Devries did just that, and it has now became his annual tradition to dive on his birthday. He slowly climbs the 10M ladder, shuffles to the end of the spring board and dives in to the applause of his family, his team, and the crowd watching.

Such an inspiration, as he’s telling his story he states:
• “There’s always more to you; there’s always more to what YOU CAN do.”
He reiterates, “You might see me walking down the road and think, ‘he’s got it rough,’ but when you look beyond what’s on the surface, there’s always more!”

Hw says, “You’re not gonna find alot of beauty in what I do; it’s alot of hard work, alot of emotion, all balled up into a half-second fall into the water.

But then he asks a series of inspiring questions: “When you see my dive, what else can YOU do? What can you find in yourself? And this question is even more key: What can you find in others? When you look in the mirror, what else is there? What more can you bring out–which is a little beyond what you think right now?

All of this brings to mind the familiar verse from Philippians 4:13, which says, “I can do all things through [Christ] who strengthens me.” That verse is meant to inspire us in a variety of life’s situations where we cannot seem to find strength to go on, or to do what we need to do; it’s meant to carry us through in stating that we can, in fact, find whatever strength is necessary, both in highs and lows, by trusting in Jesus Christ.

I think as leaders, as High Impact Men (HIM), husbands, fathers, and brothers we ought to be asking ourselves (and those around us) the same questions: When we look in the mirror we have to be inspired to ask: What else is there? What else do you have? What more can you bring out…which is a little beyond what you think right now?

COT:

  • Announcements:
    • All PAX invited to join YHC & Gump this evening in Georgetown for RuckingChallenges “Scav Ruck”. Friday Gloom will be the “Suns Out Guns Out” ruck, all PAX also invited to join the fun: Step off @ 2 a.m. for first 7 miles at Primis in Lewes, final 3 miles will be part of Roving RuckF3st Friday.
    • YHC reiterated that the COT is just that, a Circle Of Trust and that the GroupMe is an extension of that. Just a maintenance issue to continue to build our trust with one-another and to lock shields.
  • Prayers: YHC prayed for PAX to be able to live out the inspiration heard from Cliff Devries. Prayed for Chattahoochee. Prayed for Semi’s family traveling to and from GA. And Praised for Fireplex and others who serve as VF in our communities.

Special thanks to Chattahoochee for the opportunity to stand in the gap. Honored to Q. Humbled to lead. Always grateful for those who won that first battle (over the fartsack) and posted to get better and get stronger and there’s never any regrets for doing that! Well..almost never. You lapped those who slept.

~Chappie, out!

Hill Fire

, , , , , , / Leave a Comment / CHOP, Milton, DE / By

Date: 07/21/2020

AO: CHOP, Milton, DE

QIC: Fireplex

Warm up

SSH – 20 IC

Cherry Pickers – 20 IC

Bolt 45’s IC (4 Count) – 15 squats to halfway down.  15 squats halfway to full down.  15 full squats.

Windmills – 20 IC

Mountain Climbers – 20 IC

Mosey .5 miles to Holy Hill

The Thang

The Super Sheldon Cooper on a “freaking hill” – Complete 10 Burpees, 10 Squats, 10 Merkins & 10 Big Boys.  Nur up the hill and mosey down and complete 9 Burpees, 9 Squats, 9 Merkins, & 9 Big Boys.  Nur up the hill & mosey down and complete 8 Burpees, 8 Squats, 8 Merkins, & 8 Big Boys.  Nur up the hill and mosey down and complete 7 Burpees, 7 Squats, 7 Merkins, & 7 Big Boys.  Nur up the hill and mosey down and complete 6 Burpees, 6 Squats, 6 Merkins & 6 Big Boys.  Nur up the hill and mosey down and complete 5 Burpees, 5 Squats, 5 Merkins, & 5 Big Boys. Break for the 3rd F.

F3 Message – See below

Right back at it for another round or two before returning to CHOP.

Nur up the hill and mosey down and complete 4 Burpees, 4 Squats, 4 Merkins & 4 Big Boys. Nur up the hill and mosey down and complete 3 Burpees, 3 Squats, 3 Merkins & 3 Big Boys. Nur up the hill and mosey down and complete 2 Burpees, 2 Squats, 2 Merkins & 2 Big Boys. Nur up the hill and mosey down and complete 1 Burpee, 1 Squat, 1 Merkin & 1 Big Boy.

Mosey .5 miles back to CHOP.

Count-O-Rama, Name-O-Rama, and the Circle of Trust.  Please keep all our HIM in your thoughts and prayers.

F3 Message 07/21/20 – From Ron Hutchcraft Ministries Posted 09/15/2016

A BUCKET OF WATER, OR A THREE-ALARM FIRE – #7744

Thursday, September 15, 2016

I’m a tornado and hurricane kind of guy. I mean I don’t like them but, I’ve lived where you learn about those things. I’m not an earthquake kind of guy. I’ve never lived where those mattered much. But when I was in San Francisco, I was where earthquakes are a big deal! Most people there still have dramatic stories to tell about what happened during that big quake in 1989, the one that interrupted the 3rd game of the World Series. Some of the heaviest damage and injury was in the Marina District of San Francisco.

Well, actually, I was doing a youth radio program back then, and we went there to record part of it. In fact, we were right on the comer of Beach Street and Divisadero where several buildings collapsed or burned, including one that had been totally consumed by fire. One of the neighbors described the scene for us, one very different from this quiet neighborhood with beautiful rebuilt homes. The night of the quake was total chaos. This neighbor described that awful fire with the unbearable heat that had destroyed the building on the other comer. He said, “The fire started out with a gas leak. It was small. If I could have gotten over there, I literally could have put it out with a bucket of water. But then it started to spread and pretty soon there was no way to stop it.”

I’m Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A Word With You today about “A Bucket of Water, or a Three-Alarm Fire.”

God believes in fighting fires when they’re small, when you can still put them out with a bucket of water. He talks about it in Ephesians 4:26-27, our word for today from the Word of God, and some of the most insightful verses in the Bible for preserving relationships. Here’s what God says, “In your anger, do not sin. Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold.” Could it be that you have let a fire smolder in some relationship in your life? Let it go, let it grow and you will have a blaze on your hands you cannot control.

Maybe there is a strained relationship in your life right now, between you and your mate, or you and a child, you and a co-worker, you and your parent, you and a spiritual brother or sister. Maybe there’s trouble in your marriage and so often, honestly, it’s the guy who’s the last to admit that anything’s wrong. Men – let’s face it – tend to be postponers when it comes to dealing with relationship difficulties. But I’m telling you, the fire isn’t going to stay the same size. Relationships of all kinds burn down when someone lets the small fire just go, until it becomes this uncontrollable inferno that can do so much damage.

In fact, the Bible says that when you let conflict or strain or anger go longer than a day, you literally give the devil himself a place to get into your relationship. Four verses later, in Ephesians 4:31, God lists the kind of ugly things that come from letting relationship fires go unaddressed: “All bitterness, rage, anger, brawling, slander, every form of malice.” Look, can you see some of those flames maybe right now growing in a relationship of yours.

Don’t wait another day to do something about the fire. It’s as small now as it’s ever going to be. Gently confront what you have to confront, forgive what you have to forgive, apologize for what you need to apologize for, and overlook what you have to overlook, but deal with whatever is between you, whatever is breaking or broken.

Because I’ll tell you this, the devil is standing there with his gasoline can ready to pour gasoline on that fire so everyone involved will get burned. You need to come running with whatever water it will take to put it out now. A bucket of water now is a whole lot better than a 3-alarm fire later.

Respectfully Submitted,

Fireplex

Different Muscle Groups

, , , , , , / Leave a Comment / CHOP, DE, Milton, DE / By

Warm-a-Rama

20 seal jacks i/c
20 seal wave i/c
20 plank jacks i/c
20 harry rockets i/c
Capri lap around parking lot
Side shuffle, nur, side shuffle, mosey
20 ssh i/c
20 Imperial walkers i/c
20 Windmill i/c
20 crab FLIPPER

The Thang

1 HIM carries coupon out to wall, climbs wall, and returns without coupon.

Rest of HIM do the following exercises as many times as possible;

Lunges with slosh pipe
Swerkins
Abyss merkins
Dips on slide ladder
Log row
Tire sledge
Flutter kicks
Squats
Coupon curl

3rd F

Play The Man • Devotional
https://bible.com/reading-plans/4023/day/3?segment=0


Round 2
1 HIM runs out to wall, climbs wall, and brings coupon back while rest do listed excercises


NUMBER RAMA
NAME RAMA
COT

7 HIM showed today: Semi, Streudel, Fireplex, Doubtfire, Quarto, Toy Soldier, Bovine

No title workout!

, , , , , , , , , / Leave a Comment / CHOP, Milton, DE / By

A/O CHOP

QIC: Leatherman

Date: July 7, 2020

10 PAX posted

Did things a little different today for the warm up. Extra Credit went to Woodstock for showing up ready to warm up but “had to fly.”
Pun is intended

-Warm up-
Mosey to Old waters edge church
10 4 count merkins
Mosey to Church across from old HOB
15 SSH
Mosey to Tequila Real
10 4 count Squats
Mosey to the Park
15 baby arm circles F and R
15 big arm circle F and R

The Thang:
11s
10 Wide Merkins 1 Big Boys
9 Wide Merkins 2 Big Boys
8 Wide Merkins 3 Big Boys
And so on

Mosey to Kings
10 Dips
10 step ups

Mosey back to chop.

5 on 5 Ultimate football play to 10
Drop pass 5 merkins
Interception 5 Merkins
Incomplete pass 5 merkins
Winners choose exercise at the end .

Winners
Fireplex-Strudel-Ruxpin-Chappie-Bovine

Winners picked
10 Diamond merkins
So 20 for losers

Ended with BOM and COT
No message today but Fireplex said something about losers and winners though lol.

Ace ain’t the place…

, , , , , , , , , , , / Leave a Comment / CHOP, Milton, DE / By

QIC- Summit

Warm up- 

SSH- 25 

Arm circles forward – 15

Arm circles reverse- 15

Cherry pickers – 15

Mosey lap around block. Back to AO

Prisoner squats – 15

Wind Mill – 15


Mosey to Ace Parking Lot. 

Line up on one end of lot. 

25 ssh –

Nur to 3/4 point 

25 ssh. Bear crawl  to end of lot. 

25ssh. Mosey back to start. Plank for 6

Round 2

25 merkins 

Sprint  to 3/4 

25 merkins 

Lt Dan to end 

25 merkins 

Let Dan back to 3/4 point.
Mosey back to start. Plank 

Toy soldier set 


Round 3

25 ssh

Nur to 3/4 

25 ssh

Bear crawl to end  

25 ssh 

Mosey back to start. Plank 


Round 4

25 Big Boys 

Sprint to 3/4 

25 big boys 

Side shuffle to end

25 Big Boys 
side shuffle to 3/4

Mosey back to start. Plank. 


Mosey back to AO. 

Flutter kicks IC 

count off, Name-a-rama

COT

6/16/20

, , , , , , , , , , / Leave a Comment / CHOP, DE, Milton, DE / By

Swings, coupons, and a wall

Warm-a-Rama
20 seal jacks i/c
20 seal wave i/c
20 plank jacks i/c
Capri lap around parking lot
Side shuffle, nur, side shuffle, mosey
20 ssh i/c
20 Imperial walkers i/c
20 Windmill i/c
21 crab FLIPPER

The Thang
Everyone grabs a coupon

While 1 HIM moseys out to the wall with his Coupon and ascends the wall and moseys back, rest of PAX does the following:

Swerkins
Tire flip
Coupon Hip thrust
Coupon Merkins
Coupon curl
Coupon swing (kettle bell)
Coupon squats
Coupon big boys
Coupon split squats

3rdF


Round 2

HIM showed today: Semi, Chappie, Gump, Chairman, Quarto, Chattahoochee, Toy Soldier, Vineyard, Strudel, Fireplex, Bovine

Number Rama
Name Rama
COT

Rogue Repeat

, , , , , , , , , , , / Leave a Comment / CHOP, Milton, DE / By

Date: 06/11/2020

AO: CHOP, Milton, DE

QIC: Fireplex

Warm up

SSH – 30 IC

Windmills – 20 IC

Bolt 45’s – IC (4 Count) – 15 squats to halfway down.  15 squats halfway to full down.  15 full squats.

Cherry Pickers – 20 IC

Moroccan Night Clubs – 20 IC

Pax completed a Toy Soldier set consisting of 100 LBC’s, 50 E2K’s each side, and 25 Big Boy ‘s.

“Chairman Lap” out the back driveway of the CHOP, to the left on Willow, left on Union and to the left back to CHOP parking lot.  Approx. .25 miles.

The Thang

All Pax were asked to complete a set of 21’s approx. 15 – 20 yards apart. Complete 20 merkins and bear crawl approx. 15 – 20 yds and complete 1 Bobby Hurley.  Bear crawl back the 15 – 20 yards and complete 19 merkins, then bear crawl back and complete 2 Bobby Hurleys.  Continue until you reverse the order to 20 Bobby Hurleys and 1 merkin.

F3 Message – 06/11/2020

SURROUNDED BY PRECIOUS – #5880

Friday, July 24, 2009

Why are refrigerator doors important? Well, you probably say, “To keep the cold inside,” or “to keep that little light inside from burning out.” Yeh, that’s true too. But you might be forgetting one of the most valuable functions of a refrigerator door. That’s right; it is a great place to display the artwork of your children or your grandchildren! Right! Ours has been covered for years. Now, throughout our house and our offices, you can find pictures drawn by our grandchildren, crafts made by our grandchildren. You may not think they’re masterpieces or great works of art, but they’re precious to us.

I’m Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A Word With You today about “Surrounded by Precious.”

And why are these humble artistic creations so valuable to us? Because of who made them, of course! The person who created them is precious to us, so what he created is precious to us. There’s a song the children love to sing; I did, too, when I was one of those Sunday School kids. “Jesus loves the little children, all the children of the world. Red and yellow, black and white, they are precious in His sight. Jesus loves the little children of the world.” They’re all precious to Him – people of every color, every background, every I.Q., every nationality, every age. And they had better all be precious to us.

Sadly, even though according to the Bible, “God is no respecter of persons” (Romans 2:11), God’s children, all too often, are respecters of persons. We judge people by their category. To be honest, most of us secretly, and sometimes openly, think of some people as being “not quite on our level,” or not our type, as being “outsiders,” or in some way not quite as important as we are.

Don’t try telling that to God. In His book, you and I are surrounded by people who are precious. Why? For the same reason our grandson’s artwork is precious to us – because of who made them. Every man or woman in our world was made in the image of Almighty God Himself. Every man and woman in our world is “fearfully and wonderfully made” (Psalm 139:13), and is, in the Bible’s words, “God’s workmanship.” Our subtle racism, or prejudice, or feelings of superiority are nothing less than sin to a holy God who “so loved the world that He gave His Son.” (John 3:16).

And your Savior went out of His way to be with those everyone considered being of less worth. He’d walk past the religious leaders to express His forgiveness to a repentant prostitute. He’d make a despised Samaritan the example of a good neighbor. He would stop the entire parade around Him for the man everyone else wanted to shut up; blind Bartimaeus. And in Mark 1:40-42, our word for today from the Word of God, it says, “A man with leprosy came to Jesus and begged on his knees, ‘If you are willing, you can make me clean.’ Filled with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. ‘I am willing,’ He said. ‘Be clean!'”

What a scandal! Lepers were the lowest of the low – the total outcasts. And no one ever touched them except Jesus. Every person is of equal value to Him. Every person should be of equal value to you and me as His follower. No matter what race, no matter what class, no matter what their limitations, no matter what their education, no matter what nation or religion they come from.

Jesus’ followers don’t get to choose who they’ll treat as precious, because they’re all precious to Him. Our mission is to show every person in our personal world how very special they are to Him and to us because of Who made them!

Respectfully Submitted,

Fireplex

Inspiration

, , , , , , , , , , , / Leave a Comment / CHOP / By

Warm-up

  • 25 SSH – IC
  • 15 Windmill – IC
  • 25 Smurf jacks – IC
  • Arm circles forward/backward

The Thang

  • Mosey to Dentist Office
    • 25 Merkins
    • 50 LBCs
    • 15 Burpees
  • Mosey to Backyard
    • 25 Diamond Merkins
    • 25 Flutter Kicks – IC
    • 20 Bobby Hurleys
  • Mosey to Adkins Law Office
    • 25 wide Merkins
    • 25 America Hammers – IC
    • 10 Iron Mikes – IC
  • F3 Message: Inspiration

In a culture obsessed with measuring talent and ability, we often overlook the important role of inspiration. Inspiration awakens us to new possibilities by allowing us to transcend our ordinary experiences and limitations. Inspiration propels a person from apathy to possibility, and transforms the way we perceive our own capabilities. Inspiration may sometimes be overlooked because of its elusive nature. Inspiration can be activated, captured, and manipulated, and it has a major effect on important life outcomes.

Isaiah 40:28-31: Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.

29 He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.

30 Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall;

31 but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

  • Mosey to Luther Towers
    • 10 Mickey Mouse Merkins
    • 10 Outlaws each direction
    • 25 Prisoner Squats
  • Detour to Chief’s house
    • 10 hand release merkins
    • 15 Monkey Humpers
  • Mosey to AO Entrance
    • 15 nipple scraper merkins
    • Toy Soldier Set 50/30/20
    • walking lunge up driveway
    • finish with bear crawl
  • End with COT

CHOP 6/2/2020 And we kept runnin and running and running.

, , , , , , , , , , , / Leave a Comment / CHOP / By

F3 CHOP 6/2/2020

  • Be free of charge
  • Be open to all men
  • Be held outdoors, rain or shine, heat or cold
  • Be led by men who participate in the workout in a rotating fashion, with no training or certification necessary
  • End with a Circle of Trust

WARM-0-RAMA

20 SSH IC

20 cherry pickers IC

20 smurf jacks IC

20 Grady Corn IC

THE THANG

Run approximately .5 miles to parking lot circle in front of local HOB school where pax will complete the escalator.

Escalator- Take lap around parking lot and do 10 burpees, Lap around parking lot 10 burpees 20 jumpin beans lap around parking lot 10 burpees 20 jumping beans 30 merkins F3 message insterted here (details at end of back blast) … Lap around parking lot 10 burpees, 20 jumping beans 30 merkins 40 squats. Lap around parking lot 10 burpees, 20 jumping beans, 30 merkins 40 squats 50 lbc lap around parking lot. Wosey to stop sign, Mosey .5 miles back to CHOP.

Number o rama (12 HIM posted)

Name o rama

COT- Please continue to pray for our President and his advisors. Please pray for peace during this time of unrest. Praise the Lord for Quatros father in law and let keep him lifted in prayer to make a full recovery. GritMill will be reopening on July 2 2020. CHOP will be closed and all HIM will meet at the Grit Mill. Way to get after it HIM!! (total distance running today was 3 miles)

F3 MESSAGE

Ephesians 5:15-21 15Be very careful, then, how you live-not as unwise but as wise, 16making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. 17Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the LORD’s will is.

The Devil is about like a roaring lion right now. He is using every distraction he can to separate us, and cause divide. We need to discern the time, we need to remember the great commission. Jesus told us to simply treat others the way we wish to be treated not to treat others the way they treat us. Its an easy lesson, but a hard practice.

Matthew 5:43-48 

43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 [a]But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, 45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? 47 And if you greet your [b]brethren only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the [c]tax collectors do so? 48 Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

Matthew 5:41 41 And whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two.

The H.O.B./M.E. 500

, , , , , , , , , , , , / Leave a Comment / CHOP, Milton, DE / By

The so-named workout will become evident as you read on but it was done in honor of the race that is always run on Memorial Day — The Indianapolis 500. This year it is postponed to later this Summer in August. Meanwhile, it served as a good motivator for the first workout at CHOP since mid-March.

Monday was the “official” reload of F3 First State since the shutdown and it was a good one! The relaunch was a brutal 2nd Annual Memorial Day Mini CSAUP at Cape Henlopen State Park. 13 PAX started the day with a mile-long double Patriot Run to the beach, planted the shovel flags, promptly got completely wet, and commenced to making “sugar cookies” between sets of Sandbear and recitations of the F3 principles: Open to all men. Free. Always outdoors, rain or shine, hot or cold. Peer led. And always end with a COT. It all unraveled from there. But it was awesome to be back together! PAX shared brief bio’s of fallen warriors throughout the workout to keep focused on the reason for the Day. We ended the 2-hr CSAUP with a tailgate coffeeteria.

The morning after: 13 PAX posted again for what was originally scheduled as a day of reeecovery. Yet the draw of being circled up together again for motivation, accountability, locking shields, and to be sharpened “as iron sharpens iron,” drew PAX out of the fartsack to ignore recovery for a Chappie led H.O.B./M.E. 500 — so named after the perfect little oval in front of these two elementary schools: H.O. Brittingham & Milton Elementary…

The Oval

First things first…

WARM-O-RAMA: (something like this)

Disclaimer given because it’s been so long, and because of the presence of an FNG; welcome Spread!

  • SSH – 18 IC
  • Crab Flippers – 18 IC
  • Moroccan Night Clubs – 18 IC (not Arm-Circles Chappie!)
  • Windmill – 18 IC

Mosey’d to H.O.B. & M.E.

3rd F YHC chose to share his 3rd F word to be sure to get it in:

First, a quick recitation from the PAX of F3 core principles and mission.

See if you can finish this very popular verse from Jeremiah 29:11 : “For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you…’ <PAUSE> …’a future and a hope.'”

We tend to think the 2 most important thoughts of this verse are that God will give us A FUTURE and A HOPE.

But I’ve been re-thinking this lately because in our nation, our state, and our communities we’re surrounded not only by signs people are putting on their front lawns with the word “hope.” on them, but behind those signs are people concerned about an undetermined and unknown future. They’re looking for hope. Maybe you are too!

Whether we’re talking about businesses, schools, churches or other entities that have been affected by the shutdown who wonder if they’ll be able to reopen and what it will look like when/if they do, nobody likes an unknown future. That’s why I think there are 2 words in Jeremiah 29:11 that are even more important than the words “future” and “hope.” I’m talking about the words: “I KNOW.” God was saying to Israel, the false prophets don’t know the future, but “I know.” Israel themselves didn’t know the future, but God said, “I know.” Our federal, state, and local governments can’t even pretend to know the future, but God says, “_______________.”

Admit it, having an unknown future bugs us! It’s disorienting! I don’t know the future, and you don’t know the future, but the most important part of this verse, that part which actually gives us hope, is that God says, “I know…I ALONE know…the plans I have for you.” This is a call to turn to God and trust Him!

“For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.'” Trust Him for those plans, THAT future!

The Thang:

PAX partnered up and completed the following exercises cumulatively (Partner 1 runs lap, partner 2 exercises, swap, rinse and repeat to total number of reps were completed:

  • 100 – Apollo Ono
  • 200 – Merkins
  • 300 – Seal Jacks
  • 400 – Squats
  • 500 – LBC’s (500, get it?)

Mosey return to CHOP AO

Number-Rama

Name-O-Rama – Welcome again, Jalil Davis (F3 Spread)

COT – Prayers lifted for several PAX and family members, etc.

Honored to Q the reload workout at CHOP. Welcome back, welcome, back, welcome back…

Chappie, out!

Scroll to Top