The Shovel Flag was planted and six faithful headed into the semi-gloom.

The Thang –

Inspired by a strong lead from    at Armor last Friday, I stopped by a recently completed house in my Aunt’s neighborhood and helped the builder there recycle some of the waste bricks.

After a rousing discourse about how we as sinners will oftentimes burden ourselves with unnecessary things (guilt, bitterness, rage, big mortgage payments, debt, etc., etc.), we each picked a burden (regular sized house brick) and launched into the workout.  At the start, that little brick seemed so small and light in my hand…

Circumnavigate campus 2x to COP;

COP with bricks (SSHx15, Flapjack SSHx15; Squatsx30; Merkanx15; Mountain Climbersx25)

Shake weight got his name at the first COP from the way he was holding his brick as we did squats – instead of the two handed lateral hold, Shake Weight had the two handed Vertical grip going, very akin to the Shake Weight infomercials that are on late night TV;

Mosey to Picnic Plaza (Right Leg Stepupsx25; Dips with bricksx15; Left Leg stepupsx25);

Run to hill in front of campus (Elevens with bricks – Crunches at top, Squats at bottom);

Plankorama;

Partner burden off – Partner 1 grabs both bricks and runs to bottom of gravel lot and does 10 squats, Partner 2 does 10 burpees and runs to bottom of gravel lot; Alternate double brick carry.

Mosey to Astro Turf (Life of Pix25; Squatsx25; LBCsx25);

Run to gravel lot for the Double Down on the Hard 12 – grabbed another brick and circumnavigated the parking lot to the cross in the woods, where we laid our burdens at the foot thereof.

Sprint back to front parking lot;\

Plankorama;

COT.

Moleskin –

That little eensy weensie brick didn’t feel very heavy at the start, but by the end of 45 minutes, it felt like it weighed 20 lbs…  Similarly, when we finally got smart and did what He tells us to do and laid our burdens at the foot of the cross, it was like we had shed carrying another person.  How true that is in our lives!