Warm up
15 SSH
15 windmill
15 IW
15 MC

Mozy to Freedom center steps

Singles at steps
Reverse bear crawl steps

Mozy to Parking deck

Level 1
Carry partner to next level
Level 2
10 Burpees, 20 jump squats, 30 jumping lunges
Carry partner to next level
Level 3
10 Burpees, 20 jump squats, 30 jumping lunges
Carry partner to next level
Level 4
10 Burpees, 20 jump squats, 30 jumping lunges
Carry partner to top

Run to level 1

Rinse and repeat with other partner

Run back stopping at wall in alleyway for some long People’s chair counts while waiting on the 6.

Spoke on Matthew 16:24 when Jesus said “if anyone wants to follow me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.”
Many times we find that we can bring ourselves to deny ourselves (as hard as that is sometimes), and we can say we follow after Jesus, but we forgot the most crucial component, which is taking up our cross. As part of the workout, each man had to carry his partner up each level of the parking deck on his back. The idea is for us to visualize what Jesus did for us over 2000 years ago and to understand that we too must carry that same cross. A cross was said to weigh around 200 pounds. For some of the PAX today they carried 200 pounds, for some they carried less, and for some they carried more than 200 pounds. Although crosses in biblical times didn’t vary in weight as much as the PAX, it is a good reminder that sometimes the cross we carry seems lighter and sometimes it seems heavier depending on the circumstances of life. That being said, we must understand that our cross is not our circumstances in life, but our “voluntary participation in Christ’s sufferings as He carries out His redemptive purposes (Philippians 3:10).” (Experiencing God Day by Day, Loc 882)

It was a honor to Q today and participate in something that hopefully allowed all of us to fix our eyes on Jesus, the One that bore the shame and pain of the cross, so we can understand that we too must carry the cross as an outward expression of our inner desire to follow Jesus.