Category: Ring of Fire

“Operation Independence” – Gift Card Drive #HIM

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Men,

As we approach Independence Day it reminds us of the struggles and sacrifices made to have freedom. Even once that freedom is achieved, the fight is not over and we must press on to preserve what was attained.

This life we live on earth is not easy and when you are behind the eight ball, it is even harder. Please read this message from Tinker Toy and the plan for assisting a young man, but mainly showing the example of a real man…..High Impact Man (HIM),

Hello friends!
We have a young man transitioning from foster care in York County to full time independence who is moving into his first apartment (we will protect his confidentiality by not providing his name).  We were hoping to collect some items to help him along in this journey.  This is a wonderful young man who works very hard and goes to college…he is striving to make very wise choices and seeking after the Lord.  Will you pray for our friend, for blessings, direction, and a heart sold out for the Lord.  Will you pray that God will provide abundantly for his needs and that he will know he is loved!
There are many household items that are being donated by church small groups and our orphan ministry at our church already.  Being on a tight budget, what he would need most from our F3 family is gift cards to/for:
 
Wal-mart 
Gas 
Groceries
 
Gift card can be brought to any workout and given to Cake Boss, Tinker Toy, Padre, or Mailman. My wife and I will distribute the gift card to this young man as he needs them so he can start to learn how to budget. We don’t want to give everything at one time to avoid the temptation of spending where he doesn’t need to. He has never been taught the basics of adulthood so we want to make sure we help him learn how to best budget his finances now that he is on his own.
Thank you for your hearts and generosity for this young man.  A life without a family entering into adulthood can be very scary and overwhelming, so we are asking that the body of Christ overwhelm him with God’s love and bless him with a little of what we have been so richly blessed with ourselves as a demonstration of His love. 
And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’ (‭Matthew‬ ‭25‬:‭40‬ ESV)

In His Hands,


Sean Baxter (Tinker Toy)
So men, starting today through July 4th we will collect these gift cards and get them to the following PAX – Cake Boss, Tinker Toy, Padre, or Mailman.
Whatever monetary value to can do, no amount is too small as this young man has nothing but his future ahead.
Any questions, please reach out to myself or Tinker Toy.
AYE!
CB
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Taking a Train to Dirt, Sweat, and Pain

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  • QIC: Old Bay
  • When: 05/27/15
  • Pax: Kevlar, Google Maps, Elmer, Gunny, Chicken Hawk, Cerano, Axl, Huckleberry, Snare (FNG), MacGyver, Solid State, Pebbles, FunHouse, Sasquatch, Aquaman, Assassin, Spitz, Cornhole, C3PO, Rebel, Crash, Corruption, Warcraft, Old Bay
  • Posted In: Ring of Fire

A strong showing at The Coop was the result of 24 PAX showing they weren’t afraid of wet grounds from the mild storms that rolled through last night.  Today we welcomed FNG “Snare” with a variety of exercises, including some that hit muscles YHC is still nursing from the Memorial Day Murph.  By the end of the workout we covered about 2 miles.  Check the map and see if you can find in the “Elevation” window where we did the Jacobs Ladder. (workout map)

The Thang:

Run to top of hill heading down to Sugar Creek Elementary for warmup:

  • SSH x30 (IC) => High Knee in formation about 20 yards
  • Imperial Walkers with high leg clicks (IC) x20 => High Knee back 20 yards back to starting COP location
  • Dry Docks x20 (IC) => Butt Kickers out 20 yards again
  • Toy Soldiers x20 (IC) => Butt Kickers back again
  • LBCs x20

Mosey to (shrinking) pile of rocks.  Partner up (size no matter) and each team grabs a rock.

“Catch me if you can” to AO Jones, then back all the way down the hill to Sugar Creek Elem, then back to pile of rocks.  Partner 1 runs with the rock while partner 2 does 5 burpees, then chases him down.  Once caught, partner 1 hands over the rock and does 5 burpees while partner 2 continues the run.  Rinse and repeat until run is complete.

Once done, partner 1 does tricep extensions with rock (10) while partner 2 does squats.  Flapjack, then rinse and repeat.

Mosey up to soccer field for “under-over railroad tracks”.  I had planed on doing this on the soccer field, but didn’t anticipate the sprinklers to be running (perhaps a mid-summer exercise?).  We found a long grassy stretch outside the field that suited pretty well (still wet).  Pax plank in a line with space between.  Person at end of line alternates hopping over and crawling under paxs until he reaches front of line, then he planks.  Next pax follows until all pax have completed one rotation.  There was definitely mumblechatter about how this looked better on paper.  I tend to agree, but only because there were 24 pax.  This exercises would probably be a little better with 15-18 pax (or less with multiple rotations).

Mosey around side of soccer field for Jacobs Ladder that started with 1 bomb jack at the top, and 7 squats at the bottom.

Mosey to the pull-up bars behind the JROTC building.  Partners switched off working toward a total of 60 pull-ups.  Other partner did merkins when not doing pull-ups.

6 Minutes of Mary

  • LBC x20 (IC)
  • LBC x10 (IC) – knees rotated left
  • LBC x10 (IC) – knees rotated right
  • Slow flutters x10 (IC)
  • Hello Dolly x10 (IC)
  • Rosalita x10 (IC)
  • Russian Twist x10 (IC)

COT

The Coop is a great AO with lots to offer.  It always has me rethinking my schedule of Wednesdays as my “day off” whenever I post there.  Much thanks to Chicken Hawk for allowing me to Q, and for the very encouraging and hard working pax that posted this morning.  Aquaman mentioned in COT that it is his one year anniversary of F3 – very awesome.  His sentiment of now feeling an unsuppressible “need for” posting is a great thing, and something we all desire for with good things in our lives: healthy eating, exercise, fellowship, and a quality relationship with God.  How are you EH’ing others into s lifestyle where they feel an unsupressible “need for” these good things in their lives?  How are working on those things for yourself?

Our one spoken prayer request was for Gentry and Hadley Eddings who are going through a tragedy that most of us can’t even begin to wrap our head around.  Pray that they will feel God’s presence, comfort, and love, directly and through us as support friends and members of the community.  To see the story on WCNC, click here.

 

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Two-headed Chickens

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  • QIC: CSPAN & Chaser
  • When: 05/13/15
  • Pax: Cornhole, Huckleberry, MacGyver, Mr. Clean, Stang, Funhouse, Pebbles, Trucker, Hasselhoff, Man-O-War, Dark Helmet, Blackjack, Spitz, Sharpshooter, Barry Manilow, & Corruption
  • Posted In: Ring of Fire

I had the honor to once again co-lead a workout with CSPAN.  We started off with a little warm-up as we waited for Funhouse to complete his foot-commute from Tega Cay.  SSH, IW, Squats and Moroccan Nightclubs.  As soon as Funhouse touched down, CSPAN decided to “bully” by taking off to the other side of the parking lot for some Carolina drydocks.  Off again to the Grinder.

The Grinder – toe the line for the following:

  1. bear crawl 5 yrds, lunge walk 5 yrds – full length of the field;
  2. crab walk 5 yrds, lunge walk 5 yrds – full length of the field;
  3. bear crawl 15 yrds, lunge walk 15 yrds – full length of the field;
  4. backwards run 30 yards, turn and sprint 70 yrds;
  5. backwards run 30 yards, turn and sprint 70 yrds;
  6. backwards run 30 yards, turn and sprint 70 yrds;
  7. backwards run 30 yards, turn and sprint 70 yrds;
  8. Jog 25 yards, sprint 75 yrds.

Prayer for Tatanka and a smoother transition.  Hand off to YHC;

Mosey to the ROTC building and bottom of the hill.

Hill Work

  1. Burpee, 5 lunge walks, burpee, rinse and repeat to the top of the hill;
  2. Burpee, 3 lunge walks, burpee, rinse and repeat to bottom of the hill;

At this point, the mumble chatter was getting a bit too much and Stang commented that the back of the pack sounded like a bunch of women chatting it up….we’ll solve that problem.

15 burpees, OYO

15 Maktar Kneejis (I always botch that spelling), OYO

15 of the plank to elbows thingies, OYO (Maktar Ninjis?)

Mosey back up to middle of the hill then: Burpee, 1 lunge walk, burpee – rinse and repeat to the top of the hill.

Split into groups of two quickly (counting is hard…) Group 1 – 15 pull-ups, Group 2 – Wide-arm Merkins OYO.  Flapjack.

Wall sit for a painfully slow Trucker 10 count. Mosey to COT and stick the landing right at 6:00.

Announcements included: 3rdF with Chicken hawk, The Murph, Winnsboro clown car, Cannoli Run.  Prayers/Praises: Stang’s family, Trucker and his family’s transition, Tatanka and his move, Flat Tire and his family.

Always an honor to lead, especially alongside a true #HIM like CSPAN.  Humbling to watch everyone get after it and make themselves better.  F3 really is a blessing on so many levels.  Praises for the ability for us all to get up and make each other better in all aspects of life.  It starts with the 1st F but carries through the entire day with the 2nd and 3rd.  #ISI

 

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What’s the purpose of F3?

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5 men answered the call for an Assassin led workout service project…(?)

No disclaimers needed here. These seasoned veterans knew the implications of their attendance at this post… The call was to show up and get to work, so we did…

The Thang:
– Partner up – Partner 1 grabs a lawn mower and mows half the back lot / Partner 2 grabs a weed eater and attacks the back fence lines and edges of the lots around the building
– Rinse and repeat with the front lot – continue for 45 minutes
– Next, 2 men grab round up and spray the parking lot weeds (excellent grip strengthening workout) while 1 man grabs the backpack blower and goes to town clearing the parking lot and driveway
– The other two men, um… supervise for this part… I won’t say whom, but it was Dark Helmet and Catfish…

End with some solid 2nd F and a sense of gratitude for men who have it in them to serve, and for the incredible abundance we all enjoy in our lives…

Moleskine:
So, a few days ago, the twitter machine buzzed, almost unnoticed, with a call by Assassin to come and help clean up the lot around where the new Fort Mill Care Center will be re-locating.

To me, this is one of the absolutely beautiful things about F3. A guy tweets, some guys respond. Lives are made better. It’s simple. The workouts aren’t a lot different. A guy tweets, some guys respond, we workout hard, and individuals are made better. What Assassin did, in my mind, was plant the Virtual Shovel Flag where betterment was needed and we were able to respond. To me, that’s what the shovel flag is. It’s a man solidly planting his intention to make lives better for that hour for those men who answer the call.

In fact, the whole point of the workouts is to “invigorate male community leadership”. And that’s what Assassin did. He heard a need, he rallied the troops, and made lives better. The people from the Fort Mill Care Center, certainly. But even more so, me. Opportunities to look outside ourselves abound. In our marriages, our families, our workplaces, and in our communities. Answer the call… Leave your mark… Be a HIM.

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Inch Worming it out of the gate at the Coop

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  • QIC: Chicken Hawk
  • When: 04/15/2015
  • Pax: Cake Boss, Spitz, Gears, Sasquatch, Honey Bee, Gunny, Assassin, Rebel, Car Bomb, Grid Lock, CSPAN, Huckleberry
  • Posted In: Ring of Fire

With 13 strong Pax for a dry but damp morning we collectively conquered the morning.  Nice job by all the PAX slinging tires and pounding pavement.

The Message:

God calls us to a very high standard in our marriages.  We are told to love our wives as God loved the Church, love them as we love ourselves, cleanse and sanctify them.  How do we live up to that standard?

How do we learn to love our wives as Jesus loves the church?  Through changing ourselves, both our hearts and minds must be cleansed by the word.  If we aren’t reading and meditating on the Word and allowing it to live through us then it is impossible to reach the standard set in the Word.

The THANG:

Mosey ( inch worms, lunge walks, side shuffle left then right, bear crawl, crab walk, karaoke left then right)

Warm-up

30 Ssh

5 burpees oyo

20 IW

5 burpees oyo

15 mountain climbers

5 burpees oyo

15 low slow squats

5 burpees oyo

Mosey to the bus parking lot for suicide sprints then exercise:

5-10-15 – Carolina Dry Docks

10-20-30 – Merkins

40-20-10 – Squats

15-10-5

Mosey to tires

7 min. Amrap

10 – around the worlds

10 – over head tire squat

5 – pull ups

7 min. Amrap

3 – Wall climbs

10 – curb merkins

Lap around the bus loop

3 minutes of Mary

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The Dark Side of The Schwartz…

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  • QIC: Dark Helmet
  • When: 03/25/15
  • Pax: CSPAN, Photobomb, Chaser, ChickenHawk, Bolt, MacGyver, Double D, Pusher, Beacon, Package, Santini, Tatanka, Zima, Gears, Cerrano, Huckleberry
  • Posted In: Ring of Fire, The Fort

As men began to filter in to the lot at The Coop, they soon realized that even the parking lot lights had given in to the Dark Side, and therefore their normal amber glow was not present…

In other words… It was freaking dark. Really dark. Unsettlingly dark…

Like moths to a flame, we moseyed to the only source of light anywhere nearby (yes, even the street lights on AO Jones weren’t on), the traffic light in front of the High School. There we circled up and YHC read the following quote: “No one – not rock stars, not professional athletes, not software billionaires, and not even geniuses – ever makes it alone.” – Malcolm Gladwell
Today was going to be a fair amount of partner work to remind us that we can’t make it alone. With that, we began The Thang:

COP (Since it was the 25th of the month, everything had a 25 count, in cadence):
1. SSH x 25
2. Mountain Climbers x 25
3. Windmill x 25
4. Squat x 25
5. Plank Jack x 25

Indian Run up the winding driveway of the school until we go to the top (not quite a 1/4 mile).

Walk to the band practice field and partner up (size matters).

Wheelbarrow Merkin Madness:
– Partner 1 wheelbarrows to 50 yard line, but every 10 yards adds a Derkin to his travel while Partner 2 holds his legs (1 at the 10, 2 at the 20, etc)
– At the 50 YL, partners switch and head the rest of the way down the field in same fashion
– Once you get to the end, run the 100 yards back to the start

Partner Sit-Ups – Both partners lock legs and sit up together to 25 count

Wheelbarrow Squat Stupidity:
– Much like before, Partner 1 wheelbarrows to 50 YL, but this time every 10 yards Partner 2 adds a squat to his travel (while holding Partner 1’s legs)
– Once again, switch at 50 YL, finish the field and run back

Booyah! Merkins x 15
– Look it up…

Partner Carry to 50 YL, switch and come back to start

Mosey to roundabout and circle up for Johnny Cash/Ring of Fire:
1st round: Everyone planks while, in turn, each Pax does 5 CDDs (e.g. one guy does 5, then it goes to the next PAX, all the while everyone is holding their plank)
2nd round: Everyone on their 6 and hold legs at 6 inches while, in turn, each Pax does 5 Burpees around the circle (on this one we started 2 lines going opposite directions for each exercise so we wouldn’t be there all day)
3rd round: Everyone elbow planks while each Pax, in turn, does 5 Makhtar N’Diayes
4th round: Everyone back to regular plank while each, in turn, does 5 Merkins

Mosey back to the cars for a little Mary…
LBCs x 20
Hello Dolly x 20

About halfway through our HDs, one Pax was getting a little mouthy, so we sped up the Dollies to Ludicrous Speed, then added 10 Burpees OYO to calm the chatter. Someone sarcastically said, “I was hoping for Bombjacks“, so he got his wish x 15. No more takers? Ok, then let’s COT…

So, we then ended our thoughts where we started them. This workout was to remind us that we are NEVER alone. The lie the world tells us is that we are in this on our own, and that no one is here to help us. BUT, we have our M’s, our fellow F3 Pax, our church (if we are inclined that way) and if no one else we have The Sky Q to help us, comfort us, and lift us through what we face on our journey to becoming High Impact Men. We cannot, and should not, try to do it alone. We are better together.

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The Double USMC Drill Instructor Workout attacks #TheCoopF3

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  • QIC: CSPAN & Gunny
  • When: 03/18/15
  • Pax: 1-Niner, Assassin, Boy Band, Cerrano, Chaser, Cheddah, Chicken Hawk, CSPAN, Gears, Grand Strand, Gunny, Honeybee, Huckleberry, Lil E, & MacGyver
  • Posted In: Ring of Fire

CSPAN on Q

Disclaimer and welcome (Legal Department approved message – thanks Chaser)

This was our friend Tatanka’s Q slot, but since he started his new career on Monday in sunny Florida, he wanted me to tell everyone “hello”, and that he is looking forward to getting back out with us. He is feeling better and should be in Fort Mill next week.

The Marines use a 2 Drill Instructor system to increase the intensity of physical training during recruit boot camp. Think of it as a combination punch, the first punch allows you to think the second punch won’t knock you down, which is always wrong …no matter your fitness level. This morning 15 souls foolishly (except 1-Niner who likes abuse) found out what getting “hit in the face with the squad bay door” feels like (direct boot camp quote from my SGT Washington).

Short mosey dodging a bus and an unusual amount of assorted cars dropping kids off

Stop#1 “The Grinder”

SSH, IW, Squats, Windmills, couple of others…

Long plank series…Honeybee will not forget his gloves again…

Long down and back series of forward/backward running

Bear Crawl / Lunge

Backwards Bear / Backwards Lunge

More running

Stop #2 “Shoulders”

OYO 2 sets of max – pull-ups, Americans, & Dry-Docks

MacGyver did a nice final set with a boisterous PAX full of encouragement

Stop #3

Weird sequence of Bear Crawl / Crab Walk / BTW Walk

People’s Chair on single leg #recoverytime

Gunny on Q

This is where you see why the 2 DI system challenges you, about the time you believe the workout is getting easy, here comes a punch in the gut.

Stop# 4 “I think I might get sick?”

Gunny described this as “getting your heart rate up”

5 cycles of American sequence on bottom of the hill (insert “mucho chesto” here), run up 1/8 mile hill, 10 Burpees, run back down 1/8 mile hill…(hence this turned out to be a crowd pleaser…and yes, your heart rate “got up”). Gears departed on an #ElvisEmergency, I believe Gunny thinks of this as a mission accomplished signal, but barfing would have signaled he got the cardio selection right.

AB sequence waiting for 6 to arrive

Stop #5 “Gunny must think this goes until 0630”

4 cycles of Backwards Bear (short hill) / 10 Burpees / Pull-up bar sequence of “boots to bar”

Run back to the bottom of the hill

Long backwards run followed by a “jail break” to COT = Chicken Hawk is ridiculously fast

I was proud of every man getting through that workout, as it felt like Chasers Black Diamond #memories #Ialmostpuked

COT

Prayer & Praise, BOM, and a some post fellowship

Moleskin:

Always an honor to Q, especially with a fellow Marine who is an absolute BADA$$ #RESPECT

Here is everything in my notes:

  • 1-Niner on Q at #SLOWBURN
  • CRAB CAKES on Q at #SWAMP
  • WWL on Q at #RANCH
  • #Clowcar to Hartsville this weekend
  • #P200F3
  • 4/18/15 & 4/25/15 Gastonia #Clowncar
  • 5/2/15 1 year Anniversary of Rock Hill with Dredd & OBT
  • If you haven’t Q’d , step up, it is what makes F3 work
  • #HIM = High Impact Man
  • #NoFatPants = Once you make the physical change of F3, burn the ship and those fat pants as there is no going back. A man who can’t get his 1st F on track will never get his 2nd and 3rd Fs online
  • Read “Freed to Lead” here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/Freed-To-Lead-Unshackling-Modern-day-ebook/dp/B00JJQB2Z8
  • Always make the 1st F too hard, the 2nd and 3rd F will come only with deliberate leadership
  • Appreciate the enthusiasm, and get your twitter account going, and follow me @CSPANF3 & @F3TheFort

CSPAN – over & out

 

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VQ’s Revenge

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  • QIC: Lugnut and Spitz
  • When: 03/04/15
  • Pax: Gears, Zima, McGivor, Huckleberry, Cash, Chicken Hawk, Old Bay, Cable Guy, Destiny, Jekell, Photo Bomb, Assassin, Beacon, Gridlock, Sabrina, Solid State, Pooh, Sea Crest, Dark Helmet, Santini
  • Posted In: Ring of Fire, The Fort

Lugnut adventure begins with 5 Burpies OYO followed by a mosey to elementary school with some shuffling trots on the way.

The Thang

20 SSH

20 IW

20 Squats

10 Imperial Squat Walkers

20 IW

20 CDD

10 Merkins

Plank Sequence

25 SSH

10 Wide Arm Merkins
Mosey to ROTC building and count off by 2’s.  1’s got a rock and did standing tri extensions while 2’s ran to AO Jones BLVD and back.  Mumble Chatter about length of run/triceps burn while waiting on 2’s.  1’s ran and 2’s exercised.  Rinse and repeat with shortened run to 18 wheeler while other group did Rock Curls.

Mosey to rotc building and count off by 2.  1’s get a rock and do standing tri extensions while 2’s run to A.O Jones.  Mumble chatter about how far of a run it was as triceps were burning waiting on the 2’s to run back.  1’s now run and 2’s do the weight exercise. Rinse and repeat with run to the 18 wheeler with non running group doing rock curls. Switch off to Spitz

Jacob’s Ladder in parking lot between two light poles.  Begin with 7 Burpees at the top and one Bomb Jack at the bottom.  Plank it up when finished.  Mosey to top of the lot for Around the World pushup off the curb/10 Count/Rinse and Repeat.  25 MNC then move to Ab Lab which consisted of: LBC, Protractors, Merkins, Freddy, Hello Dolly, and Superman.  COT

Announcements: 20 workouts/give up or add/CAH snacks and Gatorade, Mud Run, Hartsville on the 21st.

Praise and Prayer Request: M’s, family, health and safety of PAX.  Anyone want to borrow Spitz copy of Living Proof by Lt. Clebe McClary let him know.

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The Coop: Chicken Dance rEmix with some added PAIN

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  • QIC: Cake Boss
  • When: 02/25/15
  • Pax: Hasselhoff, Chicken Hawk, Cash, Anchorman, Change Order, Spitz, Lugnut, Cheddar, McGruff, MacGyver, Huckleberry, Serrano, Chicken Wing, Old Bay, Dark Helmet, Rebel, Cornhole, Trucker
  • Posted In: Ring of Fire

The PAX arrived slowly as YHC watched the cars roll into NAFO. The clock struck 0515 and away we went….some PAX had to chase us down to SCES. 18 PAX ended up joining the fun!!

Cheddar tool the Q for the initial COP

  • 30+ SSHs, 10 Merkins, 15 IWs, 15 Wind Mills
  • Cake Boss @ Q – 16 CDDs, 5 1 Arm Sprawl or now 3 legged Dog (each arm), Sumo Squat, 3 more 3legged dogs each arm

Mosey to Play ground

Grouped in 1s 2s 3s, Pax rotate through each station 2 times

  • 1s – Suicides
  • 2s – Swing Crunch Merkins
  • 3s- Pull Ups

Circle on Bball Court for 20 Bomb Jacks thx to Chg Order and Trucker

Mosey to front of school for some more stations

  • 1s – Clean & Press Cinder Blocks
  • 2s – Step-Ups
  • 3s- 10 Curb Merkins each arm

2 rounds and then;

  • 1s – Tri Extentions
  • 2s – LBC’s
  • 3s- Dips

2 rounds and then mosey back to other side of school

  • BTTW, Wall Sit, BTTW, Merkins, BTTW

Mosey to Tires behind Pull-up bars for a little football drills

  • Spint, backward peddle, Sprint, backward peddle around 4 tires 4 times

COT

Awesome to have Chicken Wing visit and catch up. Proud of you brother and always a home for you in The Fort!!

Rebel and YHC talked prior to wheels up about how those with less seem to go over and heyond their expectations, where as those of us with full ablitites, take advantage of our health and ablities. Point is to take care of yourself but strive to reach and do more then expected. Dream Big and go get it!

Announcements: 40 Day Challenge, Mudrun Sign ups, CAH workout Saturday afternoon

Prayers for sick, deaths, stuggles, work issues, and praises for all our blessings.

Thanks again to Chicken Hawk for the opportunity and looking forward to what this PAX can do and accomplish with the 40 Day Challenge.

Cake Boss

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40 Day Challenge for Children’s Attention Home

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PAX of The Fort, Indianland and Rock Hill,

In 2014 we developed a great relationship with the Children’s Attention Home (CAH) of Rock Hill. Some of the events and things we partnered with them for included;

  • April Cereal Drive – 374 boxes
  • June Field day event
  • Lowes Home Improvement work days around the campus with a time of fellowship ending the week
  • Bike rides and playing games with the kids while visiting the home.

There are some big plans coming for 2015 that all of us will have an opportunity to serve and model what being a godly man looks like for the kids of CAH. 2/28 Launch of Workout at CAH!!!

40 DAY CHALLENGE

Beginning Wednesday 2/18/15 we are starting a 40 day challenge that will include 3 dimensions. The 40 days will be the days of lent, ending on Easter Sunday 4/5/15. That’s only 6 weeks of serving and a little sacrifice.

This is not a ritual but a way to build a stronger relationship with God. When we get weak, regardless of this challenge, we should pray and relay on his strength to carry us. Jesus was the example of this during the passion. He knew what was coming but relied on God the Father to carry him through. This is a way to build spiritual muscles!!

Dimension #1 – Attend 20 workouts within the 40 days. That is 3.33 workouts per week. Very doable even for Red-eye.

Dimension #2 – Either give something up (Facebook, candy, snacks, beer, etc.) or take up something positive (reading, praying, poetry for your M, etc.)

Dimension #3 – We will be collecting items for Children’s Attention Home, just like cereal drive. No need to break the bank, but if all our PAX participates, we will make a difference for them this summer.

Here is what they requested:

  • Individual Wrapped Snacks like Lance crackers, Little Debbie’s, cookies, goldfish (Think Sam’s, Costco)
  • Gatorade – mix of flavors and think of kids with sizes in packs (small size, 10/12 pack)

Bring one of each or a couple of one item, whatever you can do!

Q;s will hold PAX accountable for #’s 1 & 2 in the COT. Be ready to be asked how many times you have posted and what you have given up or taken up.

 

Q’s will also collect items and pass them up to:

  • Cake Boss, Pusher, Chicken Hawk, Senator Tressel, Maximus, Pebbles, Peach

Idea men is to look beyond ourselves, challenge ourselves and get out of comfort zones while thinking about the sacrifice that has been made for you by our Sky Q.

Looking forward to how this challenge brings all of us together as a tighter PAX for our community.

Here are some of the committments men have made!! Good Job to all and others can send in theirs so we can hold each other accountable!!

  • Cake Boss – Donuts/Cake
  • Pusher – Desserts/Sweets
  • Hasselhoff – Alcohol
  • Crab Cakes – Soft Drinks/Be more present with kids
  • Cash – Alcohol
  • DD – Alcohol
  • Dark Helmet – Dessert after dinner
  • Zima – Chips/Read “Facing Your Giants” daily
  • Italian Job – Soda
  • Minuteman – No more speaking to gratify himself
  • Maximus – Kneel down to address/discipline kids
  • Rebel – Ice cream
  • Decibel – Read the Bible daily
  • Old Bay – Iced tea
  • Trucker – Snacks
  • Red Banjo – Ice Cream
  • Chaser – Restaurants/Fast Food
  • Dustin Jordan (F3 Name?) – Soft drinks
  • CSPAN – Mountain Dew
  • Change Order – Not eating after 7pm
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