Six men converged on a beautiful, cold, SC winter morning to get stronger at the Ballroom.  Here is what they did:

The Thang:

Mosey out of the lot and head down the road toward the big warehouses.  Take a couple detours up and down the grassy hills and circle up for COP at the entrance to Allied:

All in cadence:  SSH x 50, CDD x 10, Cherry Pickers x 15, Squat x 25, Diamond merks x 20, Hillbilly x 25, LBC x 25, Mountain Climber x 40, Jumping lunge x 25, Wide arm merkin x 20

Mosey up the main road and line up in front of the two tiered retaining wall for Jacob’s Wall Ladder:   Do 1 burpee, run to the first wall and climb up, climp up the second wall and run the path back to the start.  Repeat for 2-10 burpees

Extended people’s chair,  then balls to the wall, short break and another extended people’s chair.

Indian run down the main road and head back to the grass by the Roaster Oven restaurant for ABLAB:  Freddie Merc’s x 20, Rosalta x 20, American Hammer x 20

COT

Moleskin:

I am probably in the minority here, but I love the cold weather.  I’ll take 19 degrees and no humidity over the swampy 70 degree summer mornings any day.  It felt awesome today, no doubt about it. When I saw Change Order get out of his car with sweats, a hoody, and a contractor coat, I was like, ‘dude, c’mon, are you gonna workout in those clothes?  It’s not that cold and wer’e going to be running shortly.’   Jacob’s ladder was a challenge today and like last time, left me with some knee bruises and a nice chunk out of my shin.

We had a small, but motivated group and everyone worked their tails off.  Not much chatter today – just six guys getting it done in the cold.    Nice to see TPS who I haven’t seen in a long time.  Good to have you back, brother!  It’s a privilege to lead the group and as always, I  feel very lucky to be able to keep doing it.

Announcements/Prayers/Praises

3rd F Convergence this Friday, Jan 22 at Eternal Church office.  Oral Cancer 5k Run in Baxter (Feb 6), The Yeti (Feb 20) – check Twitter and the F3 site.  It’s all there.

Prayers for those recovering from sickness and those with family struggles.