Warm-a-Rama 20 semi wave. i/c 20 ssh. I/c Nur around circle 20 plank Jack. i/c 20 seal Jacks. i/c Side shuffle around circle 20 should taps. I/c 20 Windmill. I/c Side shuffle (opposite side) around circle 20 mountain climbers i/c 20 Cherry pickers. I/c
Thang Mosey to church on Bradford street
10 swerkins, 30 lbcs 10 swerkins, 20 e2k 10 swerkins, 10 big boys
Mosey to Ruxpin’s distillery
Pax planks while one HIM goes up steps does 3 burpees on top then back in line. X2
Mosey to Domino’s
10 chicken peckers i/c 20 flutter kicks i/c
Wosey to parking lot by court house
Semi suicides Nur, side shuffle, jailbreak, bear crawl, lt Dan, crawl bear, mosey, and lt danger
15 per side Curb/bumper merkin (one hand on bumper/curb)
Mosey to circle
Toy soldier set 50 lbcs 30 e2k 20 big boys
9 HIM showed today: semi, summit, Chappie, doubtfire, quarto, toy soldier, bovine, Ruxpin, Vanilla
Pax completed the Hindenburg BLIMPS routine from the Exicon. Q had brought this routine in the past during a weekly 45 minute workout, and time did not allow us to finish. So….we started all over….We modified the sprint portion to a straight line between four light poles that were approx. .02 miles apart. Sprint to pole #1, perform exercise at pole #1, sprint to pole #2, perform exercise, sprint to pole #3, perform exercise. Then to pole #4, perform exercise. Plank it up until all PAX are in. That completes one round. Reverse directions and perform the second exercise working back through the 4 poles. Round #1 – 10 Burpees. Round #2 – 20 Lunges (10 each leg). Round #3 – 30 Imperial Walkers. Round #4 – 40 Merkins. Round #5 – 50 Plank Jacks. Round #6 – 60 Squats. We modified the merkin round down to 20 at each pole, but picked them back up at 4 waypoints as we moseyed the .47 miles back to the Aegis.
Excellent cherry pie and fellowship (2nd F) was enjoyed at the coffeteria at Baxter Farms immediately following the beatdown. We all love Quattro’s Grandmother, and hope that we get invited back…….Quattro isn’t so bad either as he cuts a very generous slice….:)….
F3 message 09/28/19 –The 3rd F was shared from Ron Hutchcraft Ministries after completing round #4.
Good Wood – #6657
Now,
if I said I was going to give you the great secrets of hitting a baseball, I
don’t think you’re going to go right out and try them. You’re going to be
skeptical, and you should be. But if one of the game’s greatest hitters were to
tell you the secret of hitting a baseball, well now you should pay attention.
Pete
Rose actually was one of those, and he was once interviewed for an article in
Sports Illustrated, and I like the title. It’s called Good Wood. And he said
that he liked a heat-treated bat. Now, I didn’t realize this, but he said that
you put the bat through an intense heat and that the heat would seal the pores
and it actually made the bat hit harder. Well, it worked for him! I guess it’s
true, heat-treated bats hit harder. Well, you know something? So do
heat-treated people.
I’m
Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A Word With You today about “Good
Wood.”
Now,
our word for today from the Word of God is found in Romans 5:3-4, and it talks about, well, heat treating. Here we go. “We,
also, rejoice in our sufferings because we know suffering produces
perseverance, perseverance character, and character hope.” Those are
curious words. “We rejoice in our suffering?” This doesn’t mean that
Christian suffering feels any better than non-Christian suffering. It doesn’t.
It feels about the same, whether you’re a Christian or not. But if you’re a
believer, pain is just as painful, unemployment is just as demoralizing, and
pressure is just as stressful.
But
you rejoice, not because it feels better, you rejoice because in Christ, pain
has a point. A minus can be made into a plus. Suffering can be made into
perseverance, character and hope. Just ask Pete Rose’s bat. He said that heat
heals up the holes in the bat and makes it more solid. Well, could it be that
the heat that you’re undergoing right now is heat-treating you and the holes in
your life are being healed up by it and you’re becoming more solid because of
it? The heat you’re feeling is not to burn you up, even though it feels like
you might not make it through it. It’s to make you strong; to build into you
great perseverance, great character, great hope.
Right
now you are in a position to learn more about the resources of God than any
person who’s in a comfortable setting. Sure you’d like to be comfortable again.
I hope you will be. Sure you’d like this insecurity, this pain to pass. But
right now you have a chance to know the resources, and the power, and the grace
of God more deeply than you and those around you perhaps have ever known. You
are learning, or you can learn, how to wait, how to overcome, how to really,
urgently, desperately pray.
Perhaps
you’re being forced to close up some of the holes in your life; weaknesses,
un-confessed sin, broken relationships that have been called to your attention
by this hard time. Things you might not have given attention to any other way.
And you can, because of the fire, be forced to deal with the weaknesses that
you might otherwise still tolerate. And when you do, you have added a new kind
of strength.
The
fire turns spiritual wimps into spiritual warriors. So, rejoice as you see what
you are becoming or can become through heat-treating, and only through
heat-treating. You are becoming a heavy hitter in the hands of Almighty God.
One round of 20 reps OYO: Bench dips, Derkins, single leg lunges.
Mosie around the block to the low wall (try not to push it over)!!!
Round One: PAX holds a chair against the wall as one at a time we jump out for 5 Mike Tyson’s
Round Two: PAX holding chair lifts right leg for a single leg chair as one at a time we jump out for 3 Mike Tyson’s.
Round Three: PAX holding chair lifts left leg for a single leg chair as one at a time we jump out for 3 Mike Tyson’s.
Mosie to the church park.
One round of Wilt Chamberlains: 100 LBC – 25 yard mosie – 100 Squats – 25 yard mosie – 100 Flutters – 25 mosie – 100 Lunges (50 each leg). Take a Mosie around the park.
Third F Message (see below)
WMD Crawl: 5 Werkins – 10 wide arm bear crawl step – 5 Merkins – 10 regular Bear Crawl steps – 5 Diamond Merkins – 10 close hand Bear Crawl steps. Repeat this pattern for 25 yards.
Whole Lotta Rosie: “42-39-56 you could says she’s got it all”! 2 rounds: 30 mtn climbers – 42 LBC, 30 mtn climbers – 39 right side double tap crunch, 30 mtn climbers – 56 Flutter kicks. For the second round we omitted the mtn climbers for time sake and did 39 Left side double tap crunches to balance the love hands out.
Mosie back to the circle
Number-Rama, Name-O-Rama, COT.
Third F: I shared with the PAX my FEELINGS. The M and I have been going through some home dynamics changes in a very short period of time. Empty Nesting BIG TIME!! Our two oldest 2.0s have been engaged. They both just bought their first houses with their Fiancés. Seeing the empty room at our house has been bitter sweet. These are steps we prepared them for as best we could; but I don’t think we prepared ourselves. It’s been a crazy emotion month for my M and I. A lot of laughs, memories, tears………I’ve been staying strong for the family. I’ve been that shoulder a HIM needs to be for his M and 2.0s. But it hasn’t allowed me to release emotion that I’ve had bottled. Saturday PAX was that outlet for me and I thank you!!!!!
Break into 2 groups: G1 takes a lap around the Library while G2 does Erkins with an alternating K2E (knee to elbow). Groups 1 & 2 switch when Mosie groups has returned. (x2).
Mosie through downtown Milford.
7 of Walls!!! (Play on the 7 of Diamonds).
7: Mike Tyson’s at each wall, mosie from wall to wall (x4). Wall sit waiting for 6.
14: Snow Angels at each wall, mosie from wall to wall (x4). Wall sit waiting for 6.
21: Merkins at each wall, mosie from wall to wall (x4). Wall sit waiting for 6.
28: Deadlift Squats at each wall, mosie from wall to wall (x4). Wall sit waiting for 6.
Third F Message (see below)
21: Double Crunches at each wall, mosie from wall to wall (x4). Wall sit waiting for 6.
14: 4 count alternating hand to wall planks at each wall, mosie from wall to wall (x4). Wall sit waiting for 6.
7: Bobby Hurley’s at each wall, mosie from wall to wall (x4). Wall sit waiting for 6.
WHETSTONE (Q1.8) March 31, 2019 by Dancing Idiot.
A man must be sharpened like a knife blade. Both a man and a knife are made to cut, but neither can be effective until properly honed. A knife is sharpened by a whetstone. While water is used to lubricant the whetstone prior to sharpening, that is not where the “whet” part comes from. To whet actually means to sharpen, like with a man’s appetite and curiosity. In other words, to whet both blade and man is to put on an edge, with a result that is sharp, dynamic, and ready to cut. The unsharpened man is dull and lethargic, in-effective as a leader and I’ll-prepared for the obstacles he will face in his life.
Just as a man’s appetite for pure food must be whetted, so must his appetite for the heavy responsibility that comes with leadership. The HIM acts as the stone to the younger man’s blade, providing the hard surface against which he becomes sharper and whetting his appetite for greater responsibility.
Through the whetstone, the blade receives something he lacked before, a honed edge to his life that he must posses to be effective and have impact on his community. But the stone gets something as well. In fulfilling his natural desire to pour into younger men he accelerates his own pursuit of proper personal alignment.
Bolt 45’s –
15 squats to halfway down. 15 squats
halfway to full down. 15 full squats
Windmills – 20 IC
Imperial Walkers – 20 IC
Mosey .5 miles to “Oh Hill No”.
The Thang
After a 10 count, PAX completed a “Toy Soldier Set” of 50 LBC’s, 30 E2K’s each side, and 20 Big Boys. Extra credit for completing the set on the incline of “Oh Hill No”. Next, we partnered up and completed the Burp Back Mountain routine as per the Exicon, but modified for time. One PAX Nurs up the hill and runs down the hill 5 consecutive times while the other completes burpees AMRAP. The switch was made so all could enjoy the burn.
F3 message – see below
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 08/13/19 – Calming the Storm with Him Always Watching Your Six
Life is a journey of many trials and tribulations that shape and molds us into the person that we are or that we are to become. As men, we try and we do find some success in handling many of the smaller life issues on our own. Sometimes we develop an attitude that we can handle all or most things on our own. That is until the raging storm comes that is completely out of our control. We give everything we have on our own and we still aren’t handsome enough, young enough, wealthy enough, smart enough, or strong enough to overcome whatever situation that we may be going through. We don’t understand why God allows these storms to come, but we gotta trust and believe and have faith that God has a purpose that is far beyond our understanding. We have to remain steadfast in our faith and Let Go and Let God calm the storms of life that we encounter. He always has our “Six”. Allow Him to restore us to where He would have us to be, not where we think we should be. Faith as defined by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association website is as follows –“ In the Bible, “faith” means believing in God, and in what Christ has done for us to make our salvation possible–and then committing ourselves to Him. In other words, faith has two parts to it, and both are equally important. The first part is belief–belief that God exists, and that He loves us and sent His son into the world to save us. Faith isn’t a vague hope that God might exist; it is a definite belief that what the Bible says about Him is true. The second part of faith is commitment–a definite decision not only to believe in our minds that Christ can save us, but to put our lives into His hands and trust Him alone for our salvation. True faith not only believes Christ can save us, but actually trusts Him to do it.”
God did not intend for our faith in Him to only be present in the best of times. He wants us to trust Him with all that we are even when we are facing the fiercest storm or the strongest adversary. He has our “Six”
Joshua 1:9 New King James Version (NKJV)
9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
2 Corinthians 4:8-10 New King James version (NKJV)
8 We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed— 10 always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body.
Psalms 107:28-31 New King James Version (NKJV)
28 Then they cry out to the Lord in their trouble, And He brings them out of their distresses. 29 He calms the storm, So that its waves are still. 30 Then they are glad because they are quiet; So He guides them to their desired haven. 31 Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
Psalms 9:9-10 New King James Version (NKJV)
9 The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, A refuge in times of trouble. 10 And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; For You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You
As defined by the non profit organization “Got Your Six” and gleaned from their website.
“In the military, “got your six” means “I’ve got your back.” The saying originated with World War I fighter pilots referencing the rear of an airplane as the six o’clock position. If you picture yourself at the center of a clock face, the area directly in front of you is twelve o’clock. Six o’clock is what lies behind you. On a battlefield, your “six” is the most vulnerable. So, when someone tells you that they’ve “got your six,” it means they’re watching your back. By extension, that person expects you to have their back as well. “Got your six” is now a ubiquitous term in the military that also highlights the way military members look out for each other.”
Isaiah 58:8 New King James Version (NKJV)
8 Then your light shall break forth like the morning, Your healing shall spring forth speedily, And your righteousness shall go before you; The glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.
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
The Thang: Mosey west on King’s Hwy to Lewes Presbyterian Church knee wall for 10 Derkins, 10 Dips & 30 Crunches with feet isolated on the wall to limit lower body movement.
Mosey to the Lewes Library for an arm/ab circuit.
10 Bike Rack Pull-ups to 30 American Hammers (LR double count).
Lt. Dan from bench to bench. Bench 1; 10 Dips & 30 feet isolated Cruches. Bench 2; 10 Derkins & 30 feet isolated Crunches. Bench 3; 10 Dips & 30 feet isolated Crunches. Bench 4; 10 Derkins & 30 feet isolated Crunches. Mosey back to the Bike Rack to begin round 2.
We only made it through the 1st bench set of round 2 before having to Mosey back because of time.
Number-O-Rama, Name-O-Rama, COT.
3rd F: Four Communication Styles
1. Passive Communication: This spouse tends to clam up, withdraw, and do all they can to avoid any confrontation. This can often lead to stress, anger, resentment, and bitterness in the passive person. For example, if finances are getting tight and stressful, the passive person will likely avoid the subject, change the subject, or overlook the subject, even when they see that a financial disaster is approaching.
2. Aggressive Communication: This spouse tends to attack, control, and provoke others. This tends to raise everyone’s stress levels, creating an atmosphere of fear and confrontation that seems, over time, to be insurmountable. And if unchecked, the aggressive person can become dangerous and destructive. In our earlier example, the aggressive spouse would see the financial stress and lash out at the family, blaming others, creating fear of financial ruin.
3. Passive-Aggressive Communication: This spouse tends to turn agitation, anger, and frustration into a more confusing reaction by dealing with it very indirectly. Often the passive-aggressive person will respond with more subtlety or hints, while acting like nothing is wrong. They will pretend not to notice how something they did was troubling or pretend that any offense they’ve caused is more due to someone else’s problem than theirs. They’re real feelings will be masked by conflicting attitudes and actions. Continuing the example of the financial problems, the passive-aggressive spouse, instead of addressing bad spending habits or overdue bills directly, would drop hints of frustration or unexpected snarky comments about purchases or payments, without being direct about what needs to be done to improve the situation.
4. Assertive Communication: This spouse achieves a much healthier result than the others by starting with a clear understanding of what they feel, what they think, and what they want. The assertive person deals directly, honestly, and most importantly, respectfully with others about what they are thinking and feeling. To finish our example, the assertive spouse would identify the real financial issue, and directly and honestly address the issue, without being angry or demeaning or confusing to the other spouse. They would accept responsibility for any part they played and would then offer some clear solutions and say something like, “We need to make some changes, and we need to work together to get through this. Here is what I suggest…..” would be a typical type of response from a healthy, assertive person.
Bolt 45’s –
15 squats to halfway down. 15 squats
halfway to full down. 15 full squats
Cherry Pickers – 15 IC
Chilcutt Plank Jacks – 15 IC
Windmills – 15 IC
Mosey .5 miles by way of the merkin
mile to the school. Each ¼ mile, all Pax
stopped to complete 25 merkins.
The Thang
Q brought a modified Super 21 beatdown for the hot and humid morning that Summit dubbed “a friendly 82” degrees at 7:00 a.m. 1 Merkin to 1 Big Boy Sit up. 2 Merkins to 2 Big Boy Situps. 3 Merkins to 3 Big Boy Situps, etc., etc., etc. Since we had excessive heat and humidity, Q elected to start at 21 in descending fashion. Each merkin/big boy set was followed by 21 prisoner squats. All Pax completed the round of 21 descending through the round of 16 before taking a break for the third F. After the message, Pax completed the Super 21 descending through the round of 10.
Mosey .5 miles back to Aegis. Pax stopped twice on the return mosey and completed 25 merkins at each stop to complete the merkin mile.
Back at the Aegis, Pax completed the modified Super 21 from the round of 9 descending to the round of 1.
Count-O-Rama, Name-O-Rama, and the Circle of Trust. Please keep all our HIM in your thoughts and prayer.
F3 Message 07/20/19 – Q shared from Ron Hutchcraft Ministries in regards to how Jesus, the Cross, and the Bible is being systematically removed or “stolen” from our daily lives because it offends someone. As Christians, we must remain vigilant and defend the One who sacrificed all for us.
Who Stole the Cross? – #6479
Thursday, November 10, 2011
“Somebody stole the cross! Go figure.
Well, I mean that was a news story that got my attention a while back. The missing cross was a six-foot-tall metal structure that was embedded in rock and concrete, and it was perched high up on Sunrise Rock in the Mojave Desert. Veterans actually placed it there to honor those who’ve died fighting for their country. And wow! It’s been there for 75 years—no problem; suddenly—problem. People who didn’t want it there argued against it all the way to the Supreme Court. And for the time being, the Justices said that it could stay. But then somebody just went up there and stole the cross. It’s crazy.
I’m
Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A Word With You about “Who Stole the
Cross.”
As
soon as I heard the story, something much more troubling hit me. The cross has
gone missing a lot of places these days; places that matter a lot more to God
than some mountainside in the desert. I’ve listened to lots of sermons and
Christian radio programs, and sometimes I’ve heard little or nothing about
Jesus’ cross. I’ve heard lots of Christian talk about how to have a great
marriage, or how to raise your kids, how to manage your money, how to have a
good self-image, but somehow they never got to the cross.
I’ve
heard some great Bible teaching that was deep and powerful, but the cross was
on the margins or not even on the page. We’ll talk a lot about important things
like justice for the oppressed, compassion for the poor, and help for families,
and God cares about all of them. But we never get to God’s game-changer for a
sin-broken planet, and that’s the cross of Christ.
Sadly,
I think of lost people I’ve known for a long time and talked to about a lot of
things, but somehow I’ve never told them about the cross where Jesus died for
them. I suspect I’m not alone. Too often, Christians talk a lot about their
church or their faith, but not much about their Savior. Oh, yeah, somebody
stole the cross…from our conversations, from our ministries, maybe even from
the center of our hearts.
Oh,
I know who took it. The one Jesus called “…the thief who comes only to
steal, kill and destroy” (John 10:10). The devil hates the cross because as the Bible says,
“having disarmed the powers and authorities, (Jesus) made a public
spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross” (Colossians 2:15).
You
know, Satan’s death warrant is signed in the blood of Jesus. He knows the power
of that cross. The oft-quoted Charles Spurgeon called the cross God’s
“magnificent magnet.” And in our word for today from the Word of God
in John 12:32, Jesus said this about His cross: “When I am lifted up…I
will draw all men to Myself.” No wonder Satan says, “Hey, go ahead.
Talk about everything you want. Just don’t mention that cross.” Talk about
your church. Talk about your faith. Talk about your family values. Don’t
mention the cross! The enemy of our souls knows its power and does whatever it
takes to erase the cross from our view.
Now,
veterans are outraged that the cross was stolen from that hill. We should be
outraged! We’ve allowed Jesus’ cross to be stolen from the center of our
hearts, and our ministries, and our conversations. “The message of the
cross,” 1 Corinthians 1:18says, “is…the power of God.” I need to be as
passionate about elevating that cross as the world and the devil are about
eliminating it.
I have the unspeakable privilege of taking a lost friend by the hand and walking with them up a hill the Bible calls Skull Hill, and standing there at the foot of an old rugged cross, and sharing with them the greatest love in the universe. “What He did here, my friend, was for you.” Without that cross, there is no hope…no heaven.”
