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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Dec 2021 18:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[QIC- CHATTAHOOCHEE 7 December 2021- 17 HIM BEAT THE FARTSACK for a mathematical beatdown. WARMUP- 20 SSH,20 WINDMILLS,15 SMURFJACKS,20 CHERRYPICKERS,15 MOUNTAINCLIMBERS ALL IN CADENCE THE THANG- STARTED OFF THE BEATDOWN WITH A LITTLE BILL MURRAY 1 lap around all the middle parking spots at the CHOP followed by 10 mekins, 10 squats,10 bigboys, 10 burpees &#8230;<p class="read-more"> <a class="" href="http://f3firststate.com/2021/12/12/14-ratio/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">1:4 ratio</span> Read More &#187;</a></p>]]></description>
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<p>QIC- CHATTAHOOCHEE </p>



<p>7 December 2021- 17 HIM BEAT THE FARTSACK for  a mathematical  beatdown.</p>



<p>WARMUP- 20 SSH,20 WINDMILLS,15 SMURFJACKS,20 CHERRYPICKERS,15 MOUNTAINCLIMBERS ALL IN CADENCE</p>



<p>THE THANG- STARTED OFF THE BEATDOWN WITH A LITTLE BILL MURRAY </p>



<p>1 lap around all the middle parking spots at the CHOP followed by 10 mekins, 10 squats,10 bigboys, 10 burpees rinse and repeat 5 times then 1 extra lap just because</p>



<p>After  Bill Murray the real fun started with Dan Taylor </p>



<p>1 squat 4 alternating lunges 1:4 ratio all the way to 10 squats 40 alternating lunges</p>



<p>after the leg beatdown it was time just a little arm and shoulders  with  Mr  Jack Webb</p>



<p>1 merkin then up on knees for 4 overhead hand claps again 1:4 ratio all the way to 10:40.</p>



<p>ran out of time before we could get to cpt. Thor so that will be added in the future o. A Saturday when we have a little more time.</p>



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					<description><![CDATA[QIC: Semi Warm-a-Rama19 seal jacks i/c21 plank jacks i/c19 Imperial walkers i/c21 seal waves i/c The Thang Mosey to food lion parking lot for a game of ultimate frisbee 2 merkins every turn over 3rd FTalked about how the HIM have helped me in leading the soccer team I coach. How we HIM can point &#8230;<p class="read-more"> <a class="" href="http://f3firststate.com/2021/09/21/semis-2-0-bday/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Semi&#8217;s 2.0 BDAY</span> Read More &#187;</a></p>]]></description>
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<p>QIC: Semi</p>



<p>Warm-a-Rama<br>19 seal jacks i/c<br>21 plank jacks i/c<br>19 Imperial walkers i/c<br>21 seal waves i/c</p>



<p>The Thang</p>



<p>Mosey to food lion parking lot for a game of ultimate frisbee</p>



<p>2 merkins every turn over</p>



<p>3rd F<br>Talked about how the HIM have helped me in leading the soccer team I coach. How we HIM can point things out to each other and carry each other thru.</p>



<p>Mosey back to CHOP</p>



<p>Losing team did 20 bomb jacks<br>Wining team did 10 bomb jacks</p>



<p>Number-Rama<br>NAME-A-RAMA<br>COT</p>



<p>20 HIM showed today: Quarto, Toy Soldier, Wildwing, Chairman, Streudel, Woodstock, Flatbottom, Roundhouse, Blockbuster, Spaceman, Chappie, Semi, Fireplex, Chattahoochee, Doubtfire, Drago, Whirlybird,&nbsp; Hideous, Mac Daddy, Chauffer</p>



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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2021 12:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Date: 07/22/2021 AO: CHOP, Milton, DE QIC: Fireplex Warm up SSH – 25 IC Cherry Pickers – 20 IC Four Count Freddie’s – 25 IC Bolt 45’s – 15 squats full up to half way down, 15 squats half way down to full down, &#38; 15 squats full motion.&#160; All completed IC as a 4 &#8230;<p class="read-more"> <a class="" href="http://f3firststate.com/2021/07/22/can-you-just-leave-it-the-hill-alone/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Can You Just Leave It The Hill Alone</span> Read More &#187;</a></p>]]></description>
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<p><strong>Date:</strong> 07/22/2021</p>



<p><strong>AO:</strong> CHOP, Milton, DE</p>



<p><strong>QIC:</strong> Fireplex</p>



<p><strong><u>Warm up</u></strong></p>



<p>SSH – 25 IC</p>



<p>Cherry Pickers – 20 IC</p>



<p>Four Count Freddie’s – 25 IC</p>



<p>Bolt 45’s – 15 squats full up to half way down, 15 squats half way down to full down, &amp; 15 squats full motion.&nbsp; All completed IC as a 4 count.</p>



<p>Windmills – 20 IC</p>



<p>Mosey @.5 miles to Oh Hill No</p>



<p><strong><u>The Thang&nbsp;</u></strong></p>



<p>The Modified Slugger &amp; Toy Soldier Routine.&nbsp; Crawl Bear up the Hill and Bear Crawl down and complete 20 Diamond Merkins, 20 wide armed merkins and 20 Hand Release Merkins.&nbsp; Crawl Bear up the hill and Bear Crawl down and complete a Toy Soldier Set 100 LBC’s, 50 E2K’s each side and 25 Big Boys.&nbsp; Rinse &amp; Repeat as time allows.</p>



<p><strong><u>F3 Message</u></strong></p>



<p>Mosey @ .5 miles back to the AO.&nbsp;</p>



<p>Count-O-Rama, Name-O-Rama, and the Circle of Trust.  Prayers were offered for multiple needs within the attending PAX, but please keep all our HIM in your thoughts and prayers.   </p>



<p><strong>F3 Message 07/22/21</strong></p>



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<p><a href="https://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hindrances/finishing-your-race-3712">FINISHING YOUR RACE &#8211; #3712</a></p>



<p>It was the end of the day at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics &#8211; only a few thousand spectators were in the stadium as the last of the marathon runners were carried off in exhaustion to the first-aid stations. More than an hour earlier and Ethiopian runner had been the first to cross the finish line in this grueling 26-mile event. As the remaining spectators prepared to leave, they were stopped by the sound of sirens going off and policemen blowing whistles. There, entering the stadium came a lone figure wearing the colors of Tanzania &#8211; his name was John Akhwari. He was the last man to finish the marathon.</p>



<p>His leg was bloodied and bandaged, and he grimaced with each step. He had severely injured his knee in a fall, but painfully, he hobbled around the 400-meter track. The spectators who were still there just got to their feet and applauded as if he were the winner. After he crossed the finish line in excruciating pain, he was asked why he hadn&#8217;t quit when he had no chance of winning a medal. His answer: &#8220;My country did not send me 7,000 miles away to start the race. They sent me 7,000 miles to finish it.&#8221;</p>



<p>Well, I&#8217;m Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A Word With You today about &#8220;Finishing Your Race.&#8221;</p>



<p>When God wanted to give us a mental picture of our life and our service for Him, He used an Olympic image &#8211; running a race. And you&#8217;ve been running the race He set out for you &#8211; but you&#8217;ve been hurt &#8211; you&#8217;re running with pain &#8211; you&#8217;ve been disappointed &#8211; you&#8217;re bloodied and bandaged. And you may be tempted to drop out of the race. But you haven&#8217;t reached the finish line yet.</p>



<p>The great Apostle Paul must have felt that way many times. But we have this report from the finish line &#8211; it&#8217;s in our word for today from the Word of God in&nbsp;<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/index.php?search=2+Timothy+4%3A5-8;&amp;version=31;&amp;interface=print">2 Timothy 4:5-8</a>. He starts out addressing his next generation leader, Timothy &#8211; who&#8217;s been hammered, discouraged, and considering quitting. &#8220;Keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry. For I am already being poured out like a drink offering&#8230;&#8221; Just imagine an Olympic runner, collapsing as he crosses the finish line, having given all he had to give in the race. &#8220;I have fought the good fight, I have kept the faith, I have finished the race. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord&#8230;will award to me.&#8221;</p>



<p>The problem with too many of us is that we run hard for a while &#8211; but we quit before the end of the race &#8211; when Jesus has called us to be that lone runner who knows he or she was put here to finish the race, no matter how painful it is. Maybe you&#8217;re one of those exhausted runners on Team Jesus who says, &#8220;Look, I served my time, I worked very hard for the cause &#8211; I&#8217;ll just step aside and let others do the running now.&#8221; Listen &#8211; in the service of Jesus Christ, there is no such thing as early retirement! God may change your assignment, but He&#8217;ll never leave you without one until the day you see Him!</p>



<p>Maybe you&#8217;ve been tempted to quit an assignment God has given you &#8211; and He&#8217;s coming to you right now saying, &#8220;Finish the race.&#8221; Run with everything you&#8217;ve got, not halfheartedly. Remember, He gave everything He had in His race to rescue you &#8211; and even though He was beaten and bloody, Jesus didn&#8217;t quit until He had crossed the finish line. Run the whole race &#8211; He&#8217;ll be waiting to embrace you as you cross that finish line for Him.</p>



<p>Respectfully Submitted,</p>



<p>Fireplex</p>



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					<description><![CDATA[QIC Chattahoochee 15 HIM posted in the gloom for a little Chattahoochee beatdown. You couldn&#8217;t ask for a better morning to be out and about during sunrise Warmup- 30 SSH, 25 CHERRY PICKERS, 20 MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS, 20 WINDMILLS all IC then OYO 15 arm circles forward 15 backwards THE THANG- Mosey down to firehouse parking &#8230;<p class="read-more"> <a class="" href="http://f3firststate.com/2021/06/24/bear-crawl-1-2-3/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Bear crawl 1 2 3</span> Read More &#187;</a></p>]]></description>
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<p>QIC  Chattahoochee</p>



<p>15 HIM posted in the gloom for a little Chattahoochee beatdown. You couldn&#8217;t ask for a better morning to be out and about  during  sunrise</p>



<p>Warmup-  30 SSH, 25 CHERRY PICKERS, 20 MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS, 20 WINDMILLS all IC then OYO 15 arm circles forward 15 backwards</p>



<p>THE THANG-   Mosey down to firehouse parking lot where mysteriously there happen to be 2 cones set up approximately 70 feet apart.  PAX partnered up while PAX 1 bearcrawled to cone and back PAX 2 performed the excercises then switch off for total of 100 merkins, 200 LBCs and 300 Squats.</p>



<p>Then all PAX moved over to side of the fire house and lined up along this pretty wall just waiting for the HIM to put the all to use. At the wall BTTW for 10 Alternating shoulder taps in cadence followed by a wall sit with 20 o erhead claps in cadence</p>



<p>Mosey back to the CHOP  arrived with 2 minutes to spare so on the 6 for 30  flutterkicks IC.</p>



<p>Finished up with Woodstock presenting Chappie with a patch  for posting for 100 workouts in 2021 </p>



<p>Congratulations Chappie good job leading the way.</p>



<p>Ended with number-rama, Name-0-rama and COT</p>
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<p><strong>Date:</strong> 06/10/2021</p>



<p><strong>AO:</strong> CHOP, Milton, De.</p>



<p><strong>QIC:</strong> Fireplex</p>



<p><strong><u>Warm up</u></strong></p>



<p>SSH – 20 IC</p>



<p>Cherry Pickers – 20 IC</p>



<p>Bolt 45’s IC (4 Count) – 15 squats to halfway down.&nbsp; 15 squats halfway to full down.&nbsp; 15 full squats.</p>



<p>Mountain Climbers – 20 IC</p>



<p>Windmills – 20 IC</p>



<p>Chairman Lap</p>



<p><strong><u>The Thang</u></strong></p>



<p>Pax completed the Hindenburg <strong>BLIMPS</strong> routine from the Exicon at the CHOP.&nbsp; We modified the sprint portion to a straight line across the CHOP Parking lot approx. .02 miles apart.&nbsp; Sprint from the Church to the field behind CHOP and perform 1<sup>st</sup> exercise, sprint back to Church and perform 1st exercise, sprint back to the field and perform 1st exercise.&nbsp; Sprint back to the Church and perform 1st exercise.&nbsp; Plank it up until all PAX are in.&nbsp; That completes one round.&nbsp; Rinse and repeat until all 6 Rounds are complete. Round # 1 – 10&nbsp;<strong>B</strong>urpees, Round #2 – 20&nbsp;<strong>L</strong>unges (10 each leg). Round #3 – 30&nbsp;<strong>I</strong>mperial Walkers. Round #4 – 40 <strong>M</strong>erkins. Round #5 – 50&nbsp;<strong>P</strong>lank Jacks. Round #6 – 60&nbsp;<strong>S</strong>quats.</p>



<p><strong><u>F3 message</u> </strong>–<strong> See Below….</strong></p>



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<p><a href="https://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/someone-else-s-fault-5913">SOMEONE ELSE&#8217;S FAULT &#8211; #5913</a></p>



<p>Wednesday, September 9, 2009</p>



<p>Years ago there was a cowboy hero, and a young boy who thought he was a big deal. The boy was me. And my parents bought me this plate with my hero&#8217;s picture on it and an inscription that said, &#8220;That a boy! You cleaned your plate.&#8221; I wanted his approval very much, so I just kept cleaning my plate &#8211; and filling it so I could clean it again. By the time I was in high school, I was 210 pounds. And whose fault was it that I was so heavy? I&#8217;ve told many people &#8211; it was the fault of that cowboy hero, of course. At least, I wish I could have blamed him.</p>



<p>I&#8217;m Ron Hutchcraft, and I want to have A Word With You today about &#8220;Someone Else&#8217;s Fault.&#8221;</p>



<p>I&#8217;ve always been joking, of course, when I blamed my &#8220;clean your plate&#8221; hero for my teenage weight problems. But it is no joke that blaming someone else is, for most of us, one of our favorite ways to account for something in our life that shouldn&#8217;t be there &#8211; whether it&#8217;s a bad attitude, a bad habit, a bad situation, or a bad relationship.</p>



<p>This attempt to dodge the responsibility for our actions is nothing new. Centuries ago, the prophet Nathan was sent by God to confront King David with his sins of adultery and conspiracy to commit murder. David had slept with Bathsheba, the wife of one of his most loyal soldiers, and then arranged for that man&#8217;s death in battle. When David learned that Bathsheba was pregnant, well, he knew he had a serious problem on his hands and he tried to cover it up. But Nathan approached David with the parable of a rich man who had owned many sheep and a poor man who owned one little lamb. When a traveler came for dinner at the rich man&#8217;s house, the rich man killed the poor man&#8217;s one little lamb for dinner. David was enraged at this rich man&#8217;s outrageous crime, and he angrily said, &#8220;The man who did this deserves to die!&#8221;</p>



<p>Then Nathan said these four chilling words to the king, &#8220;You are the man!&#8221; And in&nbsp;<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/index.php?search=2+Samuel+12%3A13;&amp;version=31;&amp;interface=print">2 Samuel 12:13</a>, our word for today from the Word of God, &#8220;David said to Nathan, &#8216;I have sinned against the Lord.'&#8221; That moment of painful honesty was the beginning of David&#8217;s deep repentance and the restoration of his shattered relationship with God. It took a while, but David finally accepted the responsibility for what he had done. And the healing began that moment.</p>



<p>That&#8217;s how it will begin for someone who&#8217;s listening right now. As you look at that bad situation, the mess, the problems, you have two choices &#8211; blame someone else or accept your part of the responsibility for that broken or strained relationship, for that negativity, for the conflict, the mess, or the trouble. Many of us hide from taking responsibility for our situation with a victim copout.</p>



<p>Maybe you&#8217;ve honestly been hurt or wronged, and you can&#8217;t do anything about the other person taking responsibility for what they&#8217;ve done. But you can accept the responsibility for the way you&#8217;ve handled it, for the wrong things you may have tried to excuse by the wrong things someone else did. Those who have been victims &#8211; and those who&#8217;ve been victimizers &#8211; never get free until they realize that they are now the victims of their own choices, not someone else&#8217;s.</p>



<p>There is an old spiritual that goes something like this, &#8220;Not my brother, not my sister, but it&#8217;s me, O Lord, standing in the need of prayer.&#8221; That&#8217;s a great place to start &#8211; looking in the mirror, asking, &#8220;Lord, what do I need to change?&#8221; Taking responsibility: that&#8217;s the price of healing, and it&#8217;s the price of greatness.</p>



<p>Respectfully Submitted,</p>



<p>Fireplex</p>



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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Dypsky]]></dc:creator>
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<p>Pre BDay Block Party</p>



<p>QIC: Semi/VQ Warmup Whirlybird</p>



<p>Warm-a-Rama<br>15 Cherry pickers<br>15 merkins<br>15 marocin nightclubs<br>20 mountain climbers</p>



<p>The Thang<br>All HIM grabs a coupon</p>



<p>21s Curls</p>



<p>7 Blockeys</p>



<p>22 Man makers</p>



<p>7 blockeys</p>



<p>22 over head press</p>



<p>7 blockeys</p>



<p>Capri lap around parking lot, side shuffle, nur, side shuffle, mosey</p>



<p>3rd F</p>



<p>21 abyss merkins, borrow part of your fellow HIMs coupon</p>



<p>7 big boys w/coupon</p>



<p>22 lawn mower starters, right arm</p>



<p>7 big boys w/coupon</p>



<p>22 lawn mower starters, left arm</p>



<p>7 big boys w/coupon</p>



<p>Capri lap around parking lot, side shuffle, nur, side shuffle, mosey</p>



<p>22 squats w/coupon</p>



<p>42 single count American hammers w/coupon</p>



<p>10 i/c merjacks</p>



<p>Return coupons</p>



<p>Lt. Dan across parking lot</p>



<p>Number-Rama<br>NAME-A-RAMA<br>COT</p>



<p>15 HIM showed today: Woodstock, Chattahoochee, Chappie, Chairman, Ruxpin, Toy Soldier, Summit, Vanilla, Semi, Whirlybird, Ying Ying, Drago, Struedel, FNG(Flatbottom), FNG(Cabana)</p>



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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Dypsky]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>QIC: Semi</p>



<p>Warm-a-Rama<br>20 ssh i/c<br>15 seal wave i/c<br>15 mountain man pooper i/c<br>20 plank jack i/c</p>



<p>The Thang<br>Mosey to park behind library<br>While waiting on 6 we did one leg hip thrust<br>Pax pairs off, while one HIM completes lap around gazebo other HIM completes exercises.<br>Laps are: mosey, side shuffle, and nur<br>Exercises are: merkins, swerkins, fire hose</p>



<p>3rd F</p>



<p>and the face cloth, which had been on Jesus&#8217; head, not lying with the linen cloths but folded up in a place by itself.<br>John 20:7 ESV<br>https://bible.com/bible/59/jhn.20.7.ESV<br>The culture back then when you were done eating you tossed your napkin on the table. If your were leaving the table but planned on coming back you folded your napkin. Jesus folded HIS head wrap symbolizing HE plans on coming back!</p>



<p>Mosey back to CHOP</p>



<p>While waiting for 6 another round of single leg hip thrust and 15 hello dollies i/c</p>



<p>Number Rama<br>Name Rama<br>COT</p>



<p>18 HIM showed today: Semi, Chappie, Chairman, Quarto, Summit, Chattahoochee, Doubtfire, Fireplex, Drago, Looney Toons, Whirlybird, Breezy, Sweet E, Swartz, Struedel, Woodstock, Ying Ying, MacDaddy</p>



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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Ney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2021 10:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[WARM-O-RAMA 20 SSH 20 CHERRY PICKERS IC 20 WINDMILLS IC 20 MOROCAN NIGHT CLUBS 20 GRADY CORN CHAIRMAN LAP THE THANG &#160;THE SPARTAN LINE UP AT IN THE PARKING LOT, DO 30 MERKINS NEXT PAX&#160; LINE UP AND SPRINT TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE PARKING LOT WALK BACK. RINSE AND REPEAT 10 TIMES FOR &#8230;<p class="read-more"> <a class="" href="http://f3firststate.com/2021/03/30/the-spartan/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">The Spartan</span> Read More &#187;</a></p>]]></description>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">WARM-O-RAMA</h2>



<p>20 SSH</p>



<p>20 CHERRY PICKERS IC</p>



<p>20 WINDMILLS IC</p>



<p>20 MOROCAN NIGHT CLUBS</p>



<p>20 GRADY CORN</p>



<p>CHAIRMAN LAP</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">THE THANG</h2>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">&nbsp;THE SPARTAN</h2>



<p>LINE UP AT IN THE PARKING LOT, DO 30 MERKINS NEXT PAX&nbsp; LINE UP AND SPRINT TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE PARKING LOT WALK BACK. RINSE AND REPEAT 10 TIMES FOR A TOTAL OF 300 MERKINS.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">F3 MESSAGE:</h2>



<p>And it came to pass, when He drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mountain called Olivet, that He sent two of His disciples, saying, “Go into the village opposite you, where as you enter you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Loose it and bring it here.&nbsp; And if anyone asks you, ‘Why are you loosing it? ’ thus you shall say to him, ‘Because the Lord has need of it.’ ” So those who were sent went their way and found it just as He had said to them. But as they were loosing the colt, the owners of it said to them, “Why are you loosing the colt?” And they said, “The Lord has need of him.” Then they brought him to Jesus. And they threw their own clothes on the colt, and they set Jesus on him. And as He went, many spread their clothes on the road. Then, as He was now drawing near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen, saying: “ ‘Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord !’ Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” And some of the Pharisees called to Him from the crowd, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples.” But He answered and said to them, “I tell you that if these should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out.”</p>



<p>Luke 19:29‭-‬40 NKJV</p>



<p>This is my question for you? Are you getting the donkey for Jesus? In other words are you listening to what the Lord asks of you, or does life bog you down and restrict you from serving the Lord. If we are doing what the Lord asks of us he will make the way for us, could you imagine what the owner of the donkey thought about this? Could you just give away your car? Obviously not,&nbsp; but because the disciples were doing what the Lord asked Jesus made the way for them.&nbsp; Men we have to put aside our busy lifestyle and simply just get the donkey.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chappie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2021 13:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[DATE: March 2, 2021 QIC: Chappie The first workout for March arrived and so did 14 PAX for YHC&#8217;s March Merkin Tour de Force. It&#8217;s March so there&#8217;s got to be Merkins; lots of Merkins! Plenty today but no doubt there&#8217;s more to come. Disclaimer: Welcome to F3! F3 is a non-profit men&#8217;s workout group. &#8230;<p class="read-more"> <a class="" href="http://f3firststate.com/2021/03/02/march-merkin-tour-de-force/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">March Merkin Tour de Force</span> Read More &#187;</a></p>]]></description>
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<p><strong>DATE:</strong> March 2, 2021</p>



<p><strong>QIC:</strong> Chappie</p>



<p>The first workout for March arrived and so did 14 PAX for YHC&#8217;s March Merkin Tour de Force. It&#8217;s March so there&#8217;s got to be Merkins; lots of Merkins! Plenty today but no doubt there&#8217;s more to come.</p>



<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Disclaimer</span>:</strong> </p>



<ol><li>Welcome to F3! </li><li>F3 is a non-profit men&#8217;s workout group. We don&#8217;t own anything and, therefore, make no claims on rights or permissions from the church. The church therefore assumes no liability, nor does F3 (i.e. you can&#8217;t sue us). </li><li>You are here of your own accord </li><li>I&#8217;m not a professional, so anything I instruct you to do is only a suggestion, but give your maximum effort. It&#8217;s you against you! </li><li>If there is an exercise you shouldn&#8217;t do, modify. 6. We will not leave you behind, but we won&#8217;t leave you where we found you either! </li></ol>



<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">F3 has 5 Core Principles we adhere to</span>: </strong></p>



<ol><li>We are: Open to all men</li><li>We are: Always free </li><li>We are: Always outdoors&#8230;rain or shine, hot or cold</li><li>We are: Always peer-led in rotating fashion</li><li>We: Always end with a COT </li></ol>



<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">WARM-O-RAMA</span>: </strong> </p>



<ul><li>SSH &#8211; 10 IC</li><li>Swartzjacks &#8211; 10 IC</li><li>Stop &amp; Go Merkins (Down, hold 2, 3 up, rep) &#8211; 10 IC</li><li>American Hammers &#8211; 18 IC</li><li>Single Arm Flying Squirrels (5 each arm) &#8211; 10 OYO</li><li>Imperial Squat Walker &#8211; 10 IC</li><li>Cherry Picker &#8211; 10 IC</li></ul>



<p>*Walk-thru explanation of Starfish Stations (group up &#8211; groups of 3 to 4 PAX) </p>



<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">THE THANG</span>:</strong></p>



<p><em>STARFISH/MARCH MERKIN TOUR DE FORCE</em>: Groups picked a station and began working toward completing each one. Not all stations were completed by all PAX, but March definitely came in like a lion (i.e. Plenty-O-Merkins = Plenty-O-Roarin&#8217;&#8230;and man, those Swerkins!). Here&#8217;s each station:</p>



<ul><li>100 <strong>Merkins</strong></li><li>100 <strong>Plankjacks </strong>(5 <strong>Brick Merkins</strong> @ quarters, brick under PAX and down all the way to touch with chest)</li><li>100 <strong>Drydirks </strong>(Drydocks w/feet on boardwalk benches)</li><li>100 <strong>Swerkins</strong> (10 reps/10 sets, lap to platform and back after each set, resume) </li><li>100 <strong>Tilted Kilts</strong> (Gas Pumpers tilted on side, feet over top of parking block, 50 reps each side)</li><li>AFTER first station PAX returned to center platform to complete <strong>10 Burpee Step-ups</strong>. Subsequent rounds: <strong>5 Burpee Step-ups</strong></li></ul>



<p><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Overtime Grand Finale</span> Crowd Pleaser:</em> <strong>JACK WEBB</strong>! (Ratio: 1 Merkin, 4 OHC&#8230; to 10 Merkins, 40 OHC&#8217;s)</p>



<p>Arms. What arms? You didn&#8217;t need them today, did you?</p>



<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">YHC shared the following 3rdF somewhere around mid-workout</span>:</strong></p>



<p>IF &#8211; By RUDYARD KIPLING </p>



<p>If you can keep your head when all about you&nbsp;</p>



<p>Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>



<p>If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>



<p>     But make allowance for their doubting too;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>



<p>If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>



<p>     Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies, </p>



<p>Or being hated, don’t give way to hating, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>



<p>And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise: </p>



<p>If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>



<p>If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>



<p>If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>



<p>     And treat those two impostors just the same;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>



<p>If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>



<p>     Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, </p>



<p>Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>



<p>     And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools: </p>



<p>If you can make one heap of all your winnings &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>



<p>     And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, </p>



<p>And lose, and start again at your beginnings &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>



<p>     And never breathe a word about your loss; </p>



<p>If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>



<p>     To serve your turn long after they are gone,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>



<p>And so hold on when there is nothing in you &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>



<p>Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’ </p>



<p>If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>



<p>     Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch, </p>



<p>If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>



<p>If all men count with you, but none too much; </p>



<p>If you can fill the unforgiving minute &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>



<p>     With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>



<p>Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>



<p>And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son! </p>



<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; </p>



<p>YHC heard this poem a few weeks ago and immediately looked it up, then sent it to my oldest son in California. The poem is embedded throughout with biblical wisdom. While not all of it is found in 1 Cor. 16:13-14, much of it is captured in the phrase &#8220;<em>act like men</em>.&#8221; That phrase ought to echo in our hearts in minds throughout each day. When we&#8217;re making decisions or responding to situations and opportunities we ought to be asking ourselves how would a man <em>act</em> in this moment. Responding is such a manner will inevitably lead to being HIM; it will lead us to becoming better husbands, fathers, neighbors, co-workers, etc.</p>



<p>Here (1 Cor. 16:13-14) the Bible says, &#8220;<em>Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, <strong>act like men</strong>, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love</em>.&#8221; (emphasis added)</p>



<p>Here are 5 quick commands for you today which, if you do them, will help you to be a HIM&#8230;a better husband, father, man: </p>



<ol><li>Be on the alert</li><li>Stand firm in the faith</li><li>Act like men</li><li>Be strong</li><li>Let all that you do be done in love</li></ol>



<p>As mentioned, everyone got in their fair share of Merkins&#8211;it&#8217;s March!</p>



<p></p>



<p><strong>COT:</strong></p>



<ul><li><strong>Number-Rama</strong></li><li><strong>Name-O-Rama</strong></li><li><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Announcements</span>: <strong><em>ShamRuck Family Ruck</em></strong> coming up on Mar. 13 +@ 3:17 p.m. Meeting at Georgetown Circle (Aegis AO) and rucking to McDonalds for a Shamrock Shake. Also, we&#8217;re planning to strengthen our 2nd &amp; 3rdF&#8217;s by starting a study of the book <em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Chosen Suffering</strong></span></em> by Tom Ryan, Head Coach of the Ohio State wrestling team. Up for discussion: Do study at Saturday Coffeeteria or on Mondays from 0500-0600hrs? Starting end of March or early April. Watch for the poll on our F3 First State Groupme. GREAT BOOK! Recommended reading by Toy Soldier.</li></ul>



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<ul><li><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Prayer</span>: We lifted up baby <strong>Beau</strong>, his body is rejecting the new heart and he&#8217;s back on the transplant list; continue prayers for <strong>Gavin </strong>&#8211; praying for a miracle for this young man to walk again after being paralyzed from a snowboarding accident in January</li></ul>



<p>Honored to Q up the first March Merkin Madness beatdown with a Tour de Force. Welcome to March gentlemen!</p>



<p>Shaky arms,</p>



<p>Chappie, out!</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[DATE: 02/09/21 QIC: Chappie Congrats to Waler for pulling off an excellent VQ Warm-O-Rama! Glad to finally get you in the line-up; great job brother. PAX can&#8217;t wait for your official VQ. Kudos to the dirty dozen who won THAT FIRST BATTLE in the Gloom and posted in the rain to do a lot backwards, &#8230;<p class="read-more"> <a class="" href="http://f3firststate.com/2021/02/09/bass-ackwards/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Bass Ackwards</span> Read More &#187;</a></p>]]></description>
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<p><strong>DATE:</strong> 02/09/21</p>



<p><strong>QIC:</strong> Chappie</p>



<p>Congrats to <strong>Waler </strong>for pulling off an excellent VQ Warm-O-Rama! Glad to finally get you in the line-up; great job brother. PAX can&#8217;t wait for your official VQ. Kudos to the dirty dozen who won THAT FIRST BATTLE in the Gloom and posted in the rain to do a lot <em>backwards</em>, hence the title of this Backblast&#8230;</p>



<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Warm-O-Rama</span>: </strong>(YHC tried to remember the details, hope this is accurate)</p>



<ul><li>SSH &#8211; 20 IC</li><li>Mt. Climbers &#8211; 20 IC</li><li>Imperial Walkers &#8211; 21 IC</li><li>Merkins &#8211; 10 IC </li><li>Cherry Pickers &#8211; 16 IC</li></ul>



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<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Thang</span>: </strong> Waler handed it over to YHC and off we went&#8230;bass ackwards</p>



<ul><li><strong><em>Nur </em></strong>to Willow Street, </li><li>Mosey to Mulberry Street,</li><li><strong><em>Nur </em></strong>toward new entrance for H.O.B. Elementary School,</li><li>Mosey to pick up the six,</li><li><strong><em>Nur </em></strong>to entrance of H.O.B. Elementary</li></ul>



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<p>Wosey to other side of storm pond, partner up for a little trip to&#8230;</p>



<p><strong>Burpback Mountain:</strong></p>



<ul><li>Partner 1 mosey&#8217;s to bottom of hill, then <strong>Nur </strong>back to the top, </li><li>Partner 2 does <strong>Burpees</strong></li><li>Partners swap &amp; rinse and repeat until Burpees are complete</li><li>Team Goal: Completed <strong>100 Burpees</strong> cumulatively. Just keep moving! &#8220;<em>I hate Burpees, let&#8217;s do Burpees</em>&#8221; was the name of the game.</li></ul>



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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">PAX got a breather at 50 Burpees for the 3rdF</span>:</p>



<p>Andy Stanley shared a quote this past Sunday from Albert Speer which really caught my attention; so much so that I wrote it down right away.</p>



<p>First, if you don&#8217;t know who Albert Speer was, you&#8217;re not alone. He served as the Minister of Armaments and War Production in Nazi Germany during of World War II. He was convicted at the Nuremberg trials and sentenced to 20 years in prison.</p>



<p>Speer later died in 1981. And as a right hand man of Adolph Hitler, we&#8217;d not typically think of him, a Nazi, as a man worthy of quoting, moreless someone to learn something/anything from.</p>



<p>Still, there are lessons to be learned even from some who&#8217;ve gained them the hard way. In his memoirs titled: <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Inside the Third Reich</span>, Speer gave this profound statement: &#8220;<strong>Resist the evolution of a court</strong>.&#8221;</p>



<p>When you begin to understand his statement, it is incredibly powerful and poignant. It means to <strong>resist the development of a group of people around you, so-called friends, who will tell you only what you want to hear</strong>.</p>



<p>The Bible refers to this in reference to the end times and sound doctrine, but I also want us to apply it today in terms of that big word: <strong>ACCOUNTABILITY</strong>.</p>



<p>Second Timothy 4:3 says, &#8220;<em>For the time will come when they will not tolerate sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance with their own desires</em>.&#8221;</p>



<p>In other words, men will <em>not </em>want to hear the truth and as a result they will hang around&#8212; they will gather a court of&#8212;those who tell them only what they want to hear and tickle their ears.</p>



<p>Truth is, there is no such thing as autonomy, there&#8217;s no such thing as a self-made man, there&#8217;s no such thing as a man who can fully hold himself accountable. Can you hold yourself accountable? No!</p>



<p><strong>Accountability </strong>by definition requires a shield-lock with others who will speak truth to us. <strong>Accountability </strong>is about ideal relationships between men.</p>



<p>Here&#8217;s how Dredd started his chapter on <strong>accountability </strong>in his book F3 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Q Source</span>:</p>



<p>&#8220;The HIM seeks <strong>accountability </strong>because his life is not his own. No matter how dedicated or deliberate a HIM is in the building of his Guardrails, there will be some stretches of his road that he will not be able to protect through his own Bricklaying. These are a man&#8217;s Blind Spots, the hardwired gaps in his nature that he cannot protect without help.&#8221; (103)</p>



<p>&#8220;Because he is a servant who lives for the mission, the HIM treats his blind spots like any other obstacle in his life&#8212;as a problem that impedes movement. Because a problem can and must be remedied, the HIM does so by seeking <strong>accountability</strong>.&#8221; (104) The HIM does so by &#8220;<strong>resisting the evolution of a court</strong>.&#8221;</p>



<p>&#8220;Nobody likes being held accountable, held to a standard through enforcement and consequence. But accountability shines the light of hope into a man&#8217;s blindspots.&#8221; (104)</p>



<p>As HIM let&#8217;s strive to <strong>resist the evolution of a court</strong>; let&#8217;s strive to develop the F3 First State 2ndF (Fellowship), and let&#8217;s strive to stay out of the danger zone of [perceived] autonomy and, instead, develop ideal relationships between some of the guys in this group for mutual <strong>accountability</strong>! You&#8217;re in danger if you don&#8217;t have another man or two who can tell you the truth, brutal truth if need be.</p>



<p><strong>RESIST THE EVOLUTION OF A COURT!</strong></p>



<p>After completing <strong>Burpback Mountain</strong>, PAX returned to the AO&#8230;mostly bass ackwards.</p>



<ul><li><strong><em>Nur</em></strong> up Mulberry Street toward AO,</li><li>Mosey<strong> </strong>to pick up the six,</li><li>Mosey Left onto Clifton Street til PAX are together,</li><li><strong>Prison Break</strong> for 10 secs.,</li><li>Mosey to Union Street,</li><li>Mosey up Union,</li><li><strong>Prison Break</strong> for 10 secs.,</li><li><strong><em>Nur </em></strong>rest of the way back to the AO </li></ul>



<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Round of [wet] Mary</span>:  (Must be in cadence)</p>



<ul><li>Hello Dolly (sitting) &#8211; Compliments of Ruxpin</li><li>Flutter Kicks &#8211; Compliments of Chattahoochee</li><li>Big Boys &#8211; Compliments of Waterboy</li><li>Big Boys (Again!) &#8211; Complements of Woodstock</li><li>Crab Jacks &#8211; Compliments of Fireplex</li><li>&#8220;Reverse Plank&#8221; &#8211; Compliments of Quattro <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72x72/1f609.png" alt="😉" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></li></ul>



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<p><strong>Time!</strong></p>



<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>COT</strong></span><strong>:</strong></p>



<ul><li><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">NUMBER-RAMA</span></strong></li><li><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">NAME-O-RAMA</span></strong></li><li><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Announcements</span>: PAX will be doing the Rucking Challenges &#8220;Love Your Ruck&#8221; rucking challenge for this week&#8217;s <em><strong>Roving RuckF3st Friday</strong></em> (2/12) in Georgetown. Join the fun and love your ruck!</li><li><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Prayers</span>: Praise for successful implant of Pacemaker in Chairman&#8217;s dad, <strong>Denny</strong>, expected to be released today. Continued prayers for <strong>Gavin</strong>. YHC&#8217;s son was able to visit with him for about 1 hr. on Friday. Gavin is overwhelmed at times by what the future holds, whether he will ever walk again or not. We&#8217;re continuing to pray for a miracle by the hand of the God for whom <em>all things are possible</em>. Prayers for all PAX that we&#8217;d make ourselves accountable to a few guys in the group so that we&#8217;re more successful at being HIM in our homes, workplaces, and the communities in which we serve. <strong>RESIST THE EVOLUTION OF A COURT!</strong></li></ul>



<p><strong>Lots of Nur</strong> today. I.e. bass ackwards, legs will be feeling it tomorrow. But, hey, you can&#8217;t skip leg day&#8230;unless, of course, you do (shout out to the Fartsackers, you got lapped)!</p>



<p>Grateful for the opportunity to lead once again, and honored to introduce <strong>Waler</strong> into the Q rotation. </p>



<p>~Chappie, out!</p>
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