Category: Block Party

Game Plan – Black Friday Style

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4 PAX braved the cold, traffic and brutality of the Black Friday crowds to get some Chicken and Wisdom at Game Plan.

Proverbs 20 was full of advice and God’s word on many subject including wealth, character, laziness, virtues and separating good from evil.

Key verse:

9 Who can say, “I have made my heart pure;
I am clean from my sin”?

Basically, who can admit they are a mess and need Christ to come into their heart?

Cobra Kai is on Q and will be training us through Proverbs 21. Come to the Chickfilet dojo for some wisdom next Friday.

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11 is the gloomiest number

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26 Pax posted for a serving a Tuesday morning torture at Block Party dealt by Repeat on his virgin Q.

The Thang

Double D in lead

Brief run around WEP

COP – Mtn climbers, squats, Carolina Dry Dock, Imperial Walker, SSH

Line up along tree line

Karaoke to second tree, karaoke back

Bear crawl to to first tree, lunge walk to second tree, run back

Backward bear crawl to first tree, backward lunge walk, run back

Suicides to third tree and back

Plank sequence

COP – Slow Freddie Mercury x20, Merkins x10, Hello dolly x15, Wide arm x10, Dying cockroach x15, Diamond merkin x10

Handoff to Repeat

Lap around WEP

Mosey to Hill for 11s — squats at top + jumping lunges at bottom (real crowd pleaser!)

Merkins x 10

LBCs x10

Head to playground

Pull-ups x10

Dips x10

Run home

COT

Naked Man Moleskin

T-Claps to Repeat on his rookie outing – he brought the lower body pain in high fashion!

Funhouse was salivating over an impromptu Q opportunity at the start before YHC yanked the rug out from under him…he is clearly ready for a day when the 2.0s are not in tow so he can unload some heavy artillery on the Pax.

BLCs or Backward Lunge Crawl will be new specialty for CSPAN!!

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Game Plan – EAT MORR CHICKIN AND WIZDOM!!

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EAT MORR CHICKIN AND WIZDOM!!

9 Knowledge seeking PAX Attended Game Plan this morning as we covered Proverbs 19.

We broke into 3 groups to get a little more participation and perspective on the word.

For verses 1-9, some key points included:

5 A false witness will not go unpunished,
and he who breathes out lies will not escape. – Telling lies will catch up to you!!

verses 10-19

17 Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord,
and he will repay him for his deed. – What are you doing with God’s resources and are you serving his people??

verses 20-29

23 The fear of the Lord leads to life,
and whoever has it rests satisfied;
he will not be visited by harm. – Knowing the Lord gives us peace when all around us is chaos.

Game Plan will be open for Business on Black Friday. Proverbs 20!!

 

 

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Dancing with the stars

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26 veteran Pax shook off the autumn chill and put forth a strong effort at Block Party.

The Thang

Full warm up lap around WEP

COP — SSH x20, Mtn climber x20, IW x20, Peter Parker x20, Slow Sumo Squat x20, Parker Peter x20, SSH x20

Break into three groups (Rotate through each station, 3 cycles total):
+ Group 1:  10x Pull-ups
+ Group 2:  Continuous Picabo Streets over playground barrier
+ Group 3:  Continuous core (Freddie Mercurys, Flutter, Dollies)

COP — Merkins x10, Squat x10, Diamond merkins x10, Monkey humpers x10, Morrocan night clubs x10, Large arm circles forward x10, Morrocan night clubs x10, Jumping lunge x10, Carolina drydocks x10, Monkey humpers x10, Morrocan night clubs x10, Large arm circles backward x10, Morrocan night clubs x10, Bomb jack x10, Wide arm merkin x10

Line up between tree line and playground:
+ Karaoke to first tree, karaoke back
+ Backward sprint to first tree, run back
+ Sprint to first tree, backward run back
+ Bear crawl to first tree, crab walk back

Run home

COT

We were blessed with a beautiful morning – crisp air, no wind, stars peaking through the clouds. It is truly a gift to YHC to start the workday leading the Pax on a day like today.

Great effort by all pax!  The Morrocan night club sequence, continuous core cycles and Picabo Streets provide early training so all pax can impress the M on the dance floor at your favorite New Year’s Eve ball.

Tried to keep the pace crisp today — T-claps to back-of-the-pack Pax for keeping it tight on the stations when your finish triggered the switch.

A hardy salute to Crab Cakes on his Tough Mudder adventure – an inspirational example to all Fort pax!

Announcement — Food Drive at ALL Saturday workouts through year end.  Bring non-perishable foods to The Fort and Alcatraz for collection and distribution to Fort Mill care center.

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The Armory – Math Quiz and Kettle Bells

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7 PAX braved the cool morning air at Forest Hill’s finest asphalt for a little Kettle Bell/Cardio 1..2..punch.

1st Set:

Run Lap X 3

Goblet squat X 3 1 Min each

Curl right/curl left X 3 1 Min each

Merkins X 3 1 Min each

2nd Set:

Shoulder press R/L X 3 1 Min each

Walking lunge X 3

Triceps extension X 3 1 Min each

LBC/hello dolly/Freddy x 3 (15/18/20reps)

3rd set:

Two arm Kettle bell swing 1X 1 Min each

Curtsy lunge  1X 1 Min each

Rows  1x 1 Min each

Mountain climbers 1X 1 Min each

The PAX were wide awake when it was suggested we are doing 3 sets of 4 exercises 3 times each. It was a mad scramble for calculators and abacuses, especially leading off with a lap around the parking lot. “What….12 laps”?? We ran out of time on the last set so to everyone’s delight…it was time to go to work!

Everyone survived and the sweat poured down regardless of the cool fall morning air. Way to go!!!

  • Announcement:
  • Convergence Jan 4 5k at WEP
  • Prayers for Lucy’s (Boy Band’s daughter) eye surgery and for Deacon’s mom’s continued recovery.

Food for Thought –  Make God #1 in your Life and he will provide all you need to cover all the other #1’s in our lives, (careers, kids, accomplishments, stuff). Anyone wants to talk about this more, reach out to Cake Boss!

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Game Plan – Over the Hump

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Game Plan is through Proverbs 16, “over the hump” as we are more than halfway through the book. We been together for 17 weeks now and the PAX has continued to grow and share lots of wisdom.

Here is the link to Chapter 16. I encourage everyone to read this chapter a couple of times and discern over what God is telling you personally.

This week there are 3 major groups of text:

  1. Comparison between man’s plans and God’s sovereign direction
  2. The well being of knowing God, “Fear of the Lord” and wisdom.
  3. Bad is not always bad and being able to see the good in bad circumstances.

Key verses:

2 All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes,
but the Lord weighs the spirit. Where is your heart? How do you act and talk in public and private?

11 A just balance and scales are the Lord’s;
all the weights in the bag are his work. Knowing God is a just God balances all of the injustice of this world. Take comfort his authority is above all.

31 Gray hair is a crown of glory;
it is gained in a righteous life.
32 Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city. Old does not mean weak and big does not mean strong. We need to look at things as God sees things not as our culture defines things. Grey hair speaks to wisdom, experience knowledge. Someone who controls their emotions is stronger than someone quick to violence or anger.

Have a great week! Deacon will lead us through Chapter 17 next Friday at Game Plan!

CB

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Swingin’ Block Party

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28 Fort Millians entered the gloom this morning for a good beatdown on a beautiful late October morning:

The Thang:

Jog around WEP, slow down and start lunge walking, then high knees, then butt kickers, then jog to the grass.

COP

SSH x 40, Squat x 25, Merkins x 15, hold plank,  Peter Parker x 20, recover.

IW x 20, Sumo squat x 20, Carolina dry dock x 15, Alabama a** kickers (10LL, 10RL)

Mosey to hill

Jacob’s Ladder (1-7 burpees at top of hill), recover

Mosey to flat area

Jack Webbs, 1:4 ratio.  Count to 10 merkins and 40 overhead hand claps

Mini Mary:  Hello Dolly x 20, Freddie Mercury x 20, Dying Cockroach x 16, LBC x 25

Indian Run around park and back to parking lot

COT

Moleskin

YHC received the call last night to Q today so the workout was classic F3.  Nothing fancy – just some good upper body strength and cardio work.   The Pax put forth a good effort today.  Not much chatter other than some groans during Jack Webbs.  YHC heard the ‘that’s what she said comment’, but missed the cue for 10 bomb jacks – that won’t happen again!  The double wide Indian run along a narrow path in the dark turned into a mob of men towards the end so will have to plan that differently next time.     As always, it’s a pleasure to lead such a fine group.

Announcements:

Thoughts and prayers  for Evil Knievel who injured his back.  Get well, brother!

F3 Convergence/5k double down on Jan 4 at Walter Elisha.  This is a big event – mark your calendars now.

Spring Mud Run in Columbia – big F3 group making the trip to Columbia including teams from The Fort.

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Game Plan – Combo # 5

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Evel Knievel

16 PAX attended an  encore presentation by Evel Knievel at Game Plan this morning.

EK ordered up a Combo #5 for Proverbs Chapter 14 and split the group up into 5 small groups in order to consume all the wisdom from the chapter in our 45 min workout.

Some of the key verses are below. Triple claps to Evel Knievel for excellent leadership and insight into the word.

Proverbs 14:

4 Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean, but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.

  • We need to invest in the “dirty work” in order to harvest the fruit in our lives. Marriage, Kids, Career….do the tough work and the crops will be abundant.

17 A man of quick temper acts foolishly, and a man of evil devices is hated.

  • Teenagers…..enough said!! Seriously, let’s be slow to anger and wise with our words when things get sideways.

26 In the fear of the Lord one has strong confidence, and his children will have a refuge.

  • Just as our children look to us for refuge (food, money, shelter etc.) and have confidence in our abilities to provide, we too need to “Fear or Respect” our God knowing he is providing our every need with confidence.

Thanks for all the participation this morning. Hope more PAX post to Game Plan and give it a chance and be inspired by wisdom.

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1-2-3 as simple as do-re-mi

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32 brothers pushed each other through 45 minutes of pain and then stood as one to honor a 33rd.

The Thang

Warm up run around WEP to center of field

COP (support from Decibel and Trucker) – SSH x??, Merkins x20, Slow sumo squat x43, LBCs x20, Mtn climbers x20

Drill  bit – 10x wide arm merkins + 10x Sumo squats at each 1/10 mile post

Split into two groups:
Group A = run up long hill past trees & lamp posts + 10x bomb jacks run back (repeat 2x w/ 10x burpees and then 10x donkey kicks)
Group B = Karaoke to playground + 10x pull ups karaoke back (repeat 2x w/15x derkins and then , 10x pull-ups of another flavor)

6MoM – Freddie Mercury x15, Hello dolly x15, Chopsticks x15, Flutter x20

Pusho/plankorama = Merkins x10, Peter Parker x10, Monkey humpers x10, Carolina Dry Docks x10, Parker Peter x10, Slow squat x10, Diamond merkins x8, Monkey humpers x10

Run home

COT

Naked Man Moleskin

Take Two — Decibel nailed his SSH routine after using his Mulligan on the first hole…then he proceeded to silence the pax with an early Merkin beatdown (so much for warm up!).  T-claps for taking some OTJ instruction in a constructive spirit.

Trucker relived a Nittany Lion nail biter with 43 slow sumo squats — Mr Blue Hoodie missed out on the commemorative sequence aimed at wearing down one more Wolverine.

SPOILER ALERT:  Funhouse shattered all CFB fans’ anticipation by revealing that Gamecock fans WILL be disappointed come November 30th.

Prayers and support for Flacco as he honored the memory of his brother, Sean, who would have been 34 today.

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Game Plan – Proverbs 13

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Evel Knievel took us through Proverbs 13 this morning and we explored how our words have power to bring others up and/or bring them down.

How are we using our words and conversations?? Do we shy away from opportunities to encourage or lift others up or do we step up and put ourselves out there for others.

Also, we learned we can be financially comfortable but spiritually poor and vice versa. Where are you? What are you doing with the resources God has given you?

Is it ok to be Rich Financially and Rich Spiritually? How to we tend to those that are Poor both financially and spiritually??

Here are some key verses that stood out this week:

13:7 One pretends to be rich, yet has nothing: another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth. – Rich/Rich or Poor/Poor or Rich/Poor or Poor/Rich…where are you??

13:22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is laid up for the righteous. – Real wealth is what we pass on from our hearts not our wallets!!

Chick filet was a great change of scenery and comfortable setting.

It will be home for Game Plan going forward and the staff there was very accommodating.

Have a great week and see you all at The Fort!

FYI on the Real Evel Knievel: Best jump he ever made!!!

Sunday, April 01, 2007 Crystal Cathedral Born again/baptized by Dr. Robert S. Schuller on “The Hour of Power”
Friday, November 30, 2007 Clearwater, FL Died of complications from Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis –
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