Author: Terry Williams

QIC:  Stork

Date: 03/17/2022

PAX: Mayhem, Pill Mill, Uncle Joe, Sousa, Sojourner, Blair Witch, Shawshank, Blackout, M.I.A.

AO: Legacy

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Conditions

Dry, 48 and comfortable

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COP

32 HC SSH (64 total), 16 HC Shoulder Blasters (32 total divided evenly among Seal claps, overhead claps, Shinooks, Cherry Pickers), 16 Lt. Dans OYO, brief FF OYO

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The Thang

In honor of March Madness and the Tourney….games are 40mins. So, we did 40’s. Very similar to 11’s where total reps of 2 exercises is 40 with each round. Parking lot marked off at 94 feet for length of basketball court. 30 reps of exercise at one end, travel to other end to 10 reps, travel back and do 25/15, then 20/20, etc…until numbers flip. Exercise at one end is double merkin burpees, other end John McCain’s. Travel is a walk with block doing curls. 20 sec halftime, then ‘Run it back’ but exercises change to a higher tempo with LBC’s and Bobby Hurley’s, travel is a walk with block doing shoulder presses.

Finished with a couple of mins to spare so we did two suicide sprints down and back.

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COT

We are not built to stand alone. We are meant to be ‘leaners’. This example is seen in Scripture with the story of David. After his defeat of Goliath, David is on top of the world. He has a place in the court of the King, a best friend in Jonathan, a spiritual mentor in Nathan the prophet, status, power, a wife….all is his. But he is not ready to be king…God needs him to learn dependence of Him, not his possessions, power, position, or people around him. David was looked upon by God with favor…David did nothing wrong but yet God event by event stripped him of his possessions, power, position and people tell he was hiding in a cave, not even wanted by his enemies. God does this with us when we tend to isolate ourselves and try and do everything on our own. Remember you are a leaner, built to depend on God and allow Him to bring His servants into our lives for help.

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Moleskin

Mumble chatter was present…grumbling was evident. To be honest, YHC was so gassed I could hardly hear for my sucking of wind. It was overheard that Sousa had rectal prolapse. The compliments at the beginning from the information that no Welsh Dragons would be involved might have gotten replaced with desire to go back to them by the end like the Israelites begging for a return to Egypt.

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News

LOTS! Chubby’s, upcoming Poker Run at the battery, F4 weekend in May, Lookouts covergence this summer, Sousa farewell in early April, and probably a couple more!

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QIC:  Stork

Date: 2/24/22

PAX: AOL, Ducktales, Uncle Joe, Gilligan, Full Moon, FNG – Texas Tea, Mayhem, Sojourner

AO: Legacy

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Conditions

Gloomy, overcast but DRY! A balmy 50

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COP

Breif warm up of SSH x20, FF OYO, WMH x10, Overhead clap x10, Seal clap x10, Don Quixote x 10, Burpees…to the song Tubthumbing, burpee with each “Knock Down” on song – Q choice of single merkin vs double merkin burpees.

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The Thang

Pax take their coupon and pair up with partner for a appreviated Dora. Together the pax team does 150 curls with block and 150 squats with block. 1 Pax does exercise while the other pax join the other Pax at the wall on the other side of parking lot. Wall sits performed while each Pax does shoulder press x10 with slam ball. When all Pax complete their set of shoulder Pax, wall sit is complete and go flip/flop with partner. Continue until reps of curls and squats are complete.

A break from the dora….slow mosey to the end of the parking lot. Pax told to line up in a line facing the length of parking lot…suspicious looks ensued. Fortunately no one there had heard of Welsh Dragons…and regretted that Q had time to look through the exicon. In plank position, Pax bear crawl 4 ‘steps’ then do 1 merkin, 1 plank jack, 1 back of shoulder tap (both shoulders), then bear crawl 4 more steps, repeat but 2 merkins, 2 plank jacks, 2 back of shoulder taps, and so on and so forth until reps of 10 are completed.

Well…we made it to Wales on the other side of parking lot…but had to come back. Reverse Welsh Dragons, with crawl bear x4, merkins/plank jacks/back of shoulder taps but started mercifully at 5 and work back to 1.

Return to Dora. Partners now do total 100 curls and 100 Bulgarian split squats (50 each leg) per group of 2. While one pax works on that, one pax returns to wall for wall sits doing the slam ball presses x10 again until group of pax each does their reps of presses. Flip flop until reps complete.

4 mins left for Mary – Leg raises, flutter kicks, imperial walkers, Pretzel crunches performed.

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COT

QIC discussed how in this season of the year we have many spring storms that knock down dead limbs from trees, causing messes to be cleaned up. Any gardener/arborist knows that a plant will continue to try keep the dead limbs/branches alive, expending energy to do so which only hinders the growth of the living portion of the plant. Therefore, trimming the dead out of plants helps them thrive and produce more blooms, growth, fruit, etc. It is the same with our lives. We have parts of our lives that are dead, sinful, useless that we try to keep going, wasting time, effort, energy on unproductive endeavors. In the Gospel of John chapter 15, Jesus refers to God the Father as a gardener who looks to prune the dead out of our lives so we can grow and produce more fruit for His glory. God the Father knows the dead in our lives and gives us opportunity to prune it ourselves, but if we don’t He allows the storms of life to come into our lives and remove the dead. A earthly storm causes dead branches to clutter our yards with a consequence of us having to clean up the mess since we were not proactive in removing the dead beforehand. Same with the spiritual storms…the dead is pruned for our benefit and His glory, but there are consequences…messes to clean up for the sin in our lives. Let’s be proactive and stop wasting effort on the meaningless, unproductive endeavors of our sinful lives, remain in Christ and prune the dead.

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Moleskin

Mumble chatter and grumbling present…escalating dramatically. A few grumbles with “Tubthumbing” burpees. Part one of Dora produced the usual groaning associated with wall sits after doing heavy squats. Then the Welsh Dragons took it to a whole new level. Some cursing was evident…and appropriate after the first round and continued with the announcement of our return trip to Wales with reverse Welsh Dragons. There were prayers to SkyQ to end the misery. The literal, quite loud (without Burrito present), groans of pain with each bear crawl/crawl bear spoke to the toll this exercise took on the Pax. Common comments of “awful”,”horrible”, and “I hate Wales”. PAX were somewhat thankful to go back to the Dora and more wall sitting despite shaking legs from Bulgarian split squats. So awful and yet a great time was had by all…even the FNG will be back despite the ‘total suck’ of this beatdown.

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News

F4 fatherhood weekend. Chubbys. Habitat build hopefully coming soon.

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QIC:  Stork

Date: 01/31/2022

PAX: Mandela, Mayhem, Full Moon, Abercrombie, John Doe, Tinder, Ramrod

AO: Hacksaw

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Conditions: Chilly, clear skies on this “31”st day of the year

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COP: SSH x10, 5 Burpees, SSH x10, FF OYO (10 sec count in Q’s head), Willie Mays Hayes 10 count, 3rd grade exercises 11 count, SSH x11, 5 Burpees.

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The Thang – Rock Around the Blocks

It is the 31st day of the year. All exercises add up to 31 (as in the COP (more burpees below)). PAX circle up in a large circle about 6 feet apart with their blocks. Music selections by the Q all have the word “Rock” in them. Exercises done in succession. Initially no breaks but as complaining and inability to breathe grew, active recovery was done with a walk around the blocks and/or 10 count.

31 reps each exercise…

Squats with calf raises with block on back

Curls

Left leg on upright block, lean to the right squat down on right leg (These should be called Captain Morgans but that title is taken already by a exercise done in plank)

Reverse it with right leg on block

Curls

Bulgarian Split squats with left foot on upright block

Repeat with right foot on block

Curls

Rock around the Blocks…done to the tune of “Rock around the Clock” by Bill Halley and the Comets, Bear crawl around the circle, do a Merkin everytime you hear the work “Rock”. Of note, merkin rep count was 34 if you did them all.

Squats with calf raises, no block

Bent over Rows

Repeat Q’s version of the ‘Capt Morgan’ as described above

Bent over Rows

Lt. Dans…split into 16 count and 15 count with a walk around the blocks in between as the PAX legs were toast

Bent over Rows

Rock around the Block – same tune as before but this time PAX in plank position with feet on block and hand walk themselves around their block doing a merkin everytime they hear the word “Rock”.

21 Burpees to complete 31

31 LBC’s

31 Hello Dollys

31 LBC’s

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COT

QIC noted how much suffering, death, prayers for healing, cancer have been heard at posts. It seems more and more new requests are heard each week to go along with the continued requests. Hebrews 2:17-18 says we have person in Jesus who Christ who is there for those who are suffering as He too did the same. And as the hands and feet of Christ, we as Christians are to be there for those around us that are hurting. Q encouraged all to look for opportunities to help those who are suffering in any way they can to show the love of Christ to others.

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Moleskin

The mumble chatter started from the get go with the disclosure. QIC mentioned that if anyone did get injured that he would check out their uterus and then get them to their car or call for help. Much mileage gained by that comment throughout the beatdown. Several PAX stated their uterus fell out. One noted that he thought his just “broke”. Numerous groans of pain, “this is awful”, “how did you come up with this” and “please don’t do this again”. “Fun time” had by all.

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News

Chubbys, Tuff Muff. Prayer requests taken and pray it out.

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QIC:  Stork

Date: 01/10/2021

PAX: Best in Show, Purple Rain, Toe Jelly, Sunscreen, Lanyard, Rodeo

AO: Beast-ridge

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Conditions

Chilly with a Brisk wind out of the north

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COP

SSH x20

General lower half stretching including FF, Willie Mays Hayes, Calves, Iraqi Tea Time, Back Stretch

Shoulder Blasters – LBAC forward/reverse, overhead clap and seal clap

Mosey for a 2 min run to location of the Thang.

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The Thang

It’s Tabata Time

8 round Tabata (High intensity Interval Training), 8 cycles per round, 20 seconds of work AMRAP, 10 seconds of rest, 30 second rest between rounds. Tabata timer with selection of uplifting music playing via bluetooth.

Exercises – Step ups, variety of merkins, squats, LBC/Big Boys, Variety of lunges (standard/bonnie blairs/Bulgarian splits), Dips, More Abs (leg raises/American Hammers/ Hello Dolly’s), Burpees.

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COT

What is your goal for this year? Where there is no vision the people will perish according to Proverbs. In Philipians 3:12-14, the author Paul who is in prison, soon to die states that he has not arrived yet so neither have we. Paul states we have 1 thing to do…forget the past and strain forward, press on toward the goal. Remember the past is merely a rudder to guide you, not a anchor to hold you back. Remember pressing on in your daily walk in F3, as a husband, as a father, as church member, as a employee will be difficult and take max effort as it did in our Tabata today.

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Moleskin

Mumble chatter was present. Quickly into the Tabata there was much groaning and grumbling. PAX were not happy with Rodeo for having shared the timer app with Stork on a previous beatdown. There was a lot of “That’s what she said” when PAX asked on several occasions if they had to do another round. Facetious ‘Congrats’ were given to the Q for a great beatdown.

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News

Announcements included Chubbys ministry and upcoming Tuff Muff. Prayer requests included AOL and his family, Blair Witch’s father and his battle with cancer, and Sunscreen’s new semester in grad school.

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