Warm-a-Rama 20 seal jacks i/c 15 mountain man pooper i/c 20 seal waves i/c Side shuffle to light pole and back Mosey to light pole and nur back 10 hip circles each way oyo
The Thang
Sled push for timer – push to light pole and back 2 rounds AMRAP Abyss merkins Curls 30lb ball toss/slam 35lb kettle bell Turkish getup
Mosey around parking lot
3rd F Talked about how awesome this group is. Brought some stuff I’m dealing/ struggling with. Conversation continued through the rest of the beatdown
2 more rounds
Finished with a couple rounds of Mary Pretzel sticks Gas pumpers Flutter kicks Big boys Crab jacks Hello dolly Lbcs American hammers
Mosey around the blocks looking for the following Christmas decorations and preform the corresponding exercises…..
Example house has a 2 wreaths and lights
You will preform
25 merkins
25 squats
Wreath- 25 merkins
Lights- 25 squats
Reindeer- 25 calf raises
Santa clause- 25 LBB
Christmas tree- 25 American hammers
All of the above add- 10 burpees
If we are unable to locate sufficient yards we will modify and use the towns decorations and work through in a rotating manner….
Third F….
11/28/1981 Bear Bryant becomes the winningest college football coach of all time #315 in the iron bowl……
10 Best Quotes From Bear Bryant
“When you make a mistake, there are only three things you should ever do about it: 1. Admit it. 2. Learn from it, and 3. Don’t repeat it.”
“The first time you quit, it’s hard. The second time, it gets easier. The third time, you don’t even have to think about it.”
“It’s not the will to win that matters—everybody has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters.”
“I know what it takes to win. If I can sell them on what it takes to win, then we are not going to lose too many football games.”
“My attitude has always been…if it’s worth playing, it’s worth paying the price to win.”
“If a man is a quitter, I’d rather find out in practice than in a game. I ask for all a player has so I’ll know later what I can expect.”
“Football changes and so do people. The successful coach is the one who sets the trend, not the one who follows it.”
“Set goals-high goals for you and your organization. When your organization has a goal to shoot for, you create teamwork, people working for a common good.”
“It’s awfully important to win with humility. It’s also important to lose. I hate to lose worse than anyone, but if you never lose you won’t know how to act. If you lose with humility, then you can come back.”
“You boys were eight and ten years old last time Alabama was on top. That was before any of you were paying much attention to it. What are you doing here? Tell me why you are here. If you are not here to win a national championship, you’re in the wrong place. You boys are special. I don’t want my players to be like other students. I want special people. You can learn a lot on the football field that isn’t taught in the home, the church, or the classroom. There are going to be days when you think you’ve got no more to give and then you’re going to give plenty more. You are going to have pride and class. You are going to be very special. You are going to win the national championship for Alabama.”
Inspirational Quotes From Bryant
“Winning isn’t everything, but it beats anything that comes in second.”
“If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride -and never quit- you’ll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards.”
“In life, you’ll have your back up against the wall many times. You might as well get used to it”
“It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog.”
Continue on….until returning to the BORO to finish in a circle of silent trust…..
Prayers:
Mumford family, Quatros wife as she is just returning home, and for those who see things that people shouldn’t….
Announcements:
Memorial Day is Memorial Day, Labor Day is Labor Day, DU gun bash is in March again….
F3 Message – Q shared the story of how he found a painted rock at the workout on 3/14/23. The hashtag on the rock pointed to #Teamlennyrocks on Facebook. The message was about Lenny Williams, a 20yr old that passed away from a battle with cancer back in October of 2022. Lenny’s family are all Milton FD members and Lenny was bestowed honorary membership in the dept. posthumously. He loved the FD, and he loved baseball as he was active with his family at the Milton Little Park. A benefit tournament was held on the Little League premises and it was only fitting that the rock be “hidden” there for the next person to find and to be inspired by the story and the strength of young Lenny Williams. Q offered a word from Ron Hutchcraft below about preparing for the worst and the power of God’s Grace.
The Cycle – From home plate, bear crawl to 1st base, 3 burpees, crawl bear back to home From home plate, bear crawl around the bases to 2nd base, 6 burpees, crawl bear back to home From home plate, bear crawl around the bases to third base, 9 burpees, crawl bear back to home From home plate, bear crawl around the bases to home plate. *The Thang was modified for time and all PAX completed the full cycle Bear Crawl around the bases, 9 burpees at home plate, and then a full cycle Crawl Bear back around the bases to home plate.*
Mosey back to AO
Count-O-Rama, Name-O-Rama, and the Circle of Trust. Please keep all our HIM in your thoughts and prayer.
During the high school football season, our Campus Life Club used to have a crowd breaker that provided a lot of entertainment for all of us. We had four cheerleaders up front with a box of football equipment, minus the more personal stuff, of course. They raced to see who was the first to get fully dressed in shoulder pads, hip pads, knee pads, helmets, the rest, you know. Well, they each had a football player providing verbal coaching, but the results were still hilarious. Those cheerleaders had no idea what gear went where. But that’s okay. They didn’t need to know. You can be sure the players knew. Every day, whether it was for a practice or a game, they got that equipment on. They didn’t need it all day in school, of course, because they weren’t generally being chased, or run into at high speeds, or thrown to the ground. But when it came time to play, the coaches made sure they had the equipment they needed. The coach wasn’t about to send them into the battle without what they would need to protect them.
I’m Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A Word With You today about “Preparing For the Worst.”
Our missionary son called us one day and, in an uncharacteristically sober tone of voice, he opened with these words: “Mom, Dad, get your grace helmets on.” He was preparing us for some bad news. They were in their sixth month of pregnancy with our grandson, and the doctor had just spotted some rare and serious medical problems. Our son knew what he, his wife, and our whole family were going to need for the trying months ahead. We were going to need God’s grace; the equipment that God provides to give us that extra strength and protection we will need for the battle we’re headed into.
Right now, you may be in one of those seasons where all your human resources are just totally inadequate to keep you going. Here’s God’s open invitation, recorded in Hebrews 4:16, our word for today from the Word of God. “Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.” See, grace is God’s enabling power that sustains us when we’re running on empty. It’s sort of like a reserve fuel tank that kicks in when our emotional and physical fuel tank has run out.
And it’s not just generic grace, you know; not like “one size fits all.” No, it’s customized grace, specially designed for the kind of situation you need it for. So, God provides parenting grace when that’s needed; forgiving grace when forgiving is what you need to do. He’ll give you cancer grace, suffering grace, persecution grace, funeral grace. For our family, facing the deep questions, the deep feelings, and the critical decisions about that little baby, God’s grace came in like a Daddy’s arms picking us up and carrying us when we couldn’t walk any farther.
That little guy has had his battles, and he’s not a little guy any more, and he’s doing okay. But even if we have some more, you know what? His story is already one miracle after another. Not the least of which is the strength and the grace that has protected us like body armor on a soldier, or gear on an athlete. And, as God promised Paul in the pain and limitations of his thorn in the flesh, “My grace is sufficient.” (2 Corinthians 12:9) Or, as the original Greek says, “Enough for you – My grace.”
His grace really is enough for you, no matter how desperate the situation. Because He’s said “your strength will equal your days.” (Deuteronomy 33:25) Whatever the burden, He will match it with His grace. More than match it, if you’ll go to His throne of grace to get it. You have to go for the grace that this moment requires.
No matter what hits you, God is no less in charge; His plan is no less on target. Things may be out of your control. They are never out of His control. If you trust Him, He will give you just the equipment you need for the battle you’re facing right now, because God’s plan will not lead you where His grace cannot keep you.
A series of societal shifts have broken the bond between boys and their fathers.
Boys have grown up without a healthy male role model and have as a result adopted a feminized version of masculinity called the Nice Guy Syndrome.
Nice Guys force themselves to live according to a set of rules they have acquired in their childhood as a result of not getting their needs met.
The pattern goes like this: I have needs -> they’re not met, probably because I am bad -> I have to be good to get my needs met.
Nice Guys believe that they have to do everything well to satisfy everyone and get their needs met.
Doing so, they cut themselves from their core masculinity which prevents them from being happy and fulfilled.
They expect other people to fulfill their needs as a result of them being “good boys”, and become rageful and frustrated when they don’t.
To recover, Nice Guys must understand that they have to put their needs a priority, change the way they think and act, face their fears, and express themselves clearly.
What No More Mr. Nice Guy Talks About
No More Mr. Nice Guy is a book written by the psychiatrist Dr. Robert Glover. It explains how societal changes have led young boys to hopelessly seek everyone’s approval constantly. They try their best to be “good boys”, get split from their core masculine identity, and struggle in their daily lives as a result. The book is a proven method to help men reclaim their masculinity and get the life they desire.
I noticed lately that I had a tendency to lack assertiveness, so I read The Assertiveness Workbook but I didn’t find it good enough. I remember that No Mr. Nice Guy, which I read in 2017, was much better, so I decided to re-read it.
This book is by far the best book for men’s mental health.
10/10. If you’re a man and you’re struggling in your life, read it (do not let the ugliest cover in the history of books discourage you).
If you have never read it, do yourself a favor and buy a copy. Don’t read the summary.
If you have read it though, this is the best summary on the Internet (!!).
