WARMUP: Cornerstone prayed us in
THE THANG:
We discussed F3: Groups
Organizations
Communities
Teams
Lizards
Bullfrogs
Leaches
Where are we leading in each of these groups
Most influential is in our HOME TEAM
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
Cyclops prayed us out!
It was a frigid morning in The Fort, but the high intensity of the PAX kept us warm. We warmed up the engines and we were off.
The Thang – 4 Corners Jack Webb with running as the mode of transportation.
Cone 1 Merkins 1 – 10
Cone 2 Overhead Claps 4 – 40
Cone 3 Flutters 4 – 40
Cone 4 Squats 1 – 10
We had some time for wall work with bear crawls and some Mary.
JWow
Stockade Four Freedoms January 6th 2023 (1941)
Started with a run behind Harris Teeter and up to Grace Presb Church.
Warmup:
SSH (20x I/C)
Windmills (8x I/C)
Imperial Walkers (10x I/C)
Moroccan Nightclubs (10x I/C)
Low slow squats (10x I/C)
Big Arm Circles (6 forward, 6 backwards)
Peter Parkers (10x I/C)
Plank Stretches (Downward dog, upward dog)
Short mosey run
Fish tracks routine:
Pax do the transportation and stop when instructed and do the exercise called.
Toy soldiersâŚstop and do Bobby Hurleys,
Lunge walkâŚstop and do squats,
Bear crawlâŚstop and do merkins,
Short mosey run back over to the shopping plaza.
Bench work: Incline Merkins, step ups, dips, squats, derkins, calf raises
Short run over to the wall nearby Dollar Tree:
Wall sits, BTW, and wall-tar-jaiâs
Four Freedoms background/info delivered during wall sits. See summary at end of BB.
Short run to adjacent parking lot: found the cinder block and did:
Pass the ammunition: Pax do a curb plank, drag/pass the cinder block to the guy next to you, and so until the last guy then sends the block back to starting guy. Then all pax do curb merkins (3 I/C). repeat.
Run back to Grace church: Find the four cones in the parking lot.
Cone 1 âFreedom of Speechâ: did 4 burpees,
run to Cone 2 âFreedom of Worshipâ: did 4 burpees,
run to Cone 3 âFreedom from Wantâ: did 4 burpees,
run to cone 4 âFreedom from Fearâ: did 4 burpees.
Run back to shopping plaza.
Global running routine: Pax circle up, wrestling stance, side shuffle, stop and do: Smurf jacks, squats, monkey humpers.
Run to COT.
BURPEE-QUIZ time: Pax were asked, and correctly answered, what the Four Freedoms were, which President delivered the speech, and when was it delivered. Therefore, pax had to do only 8 burpees.
Mary: Freddies, flutters, box cutters.
Fini
COT
Four Freedoms:
Context/background: by December 1940, Nazi Germany had taken over most of Europe and Britain/London was getting pummeled with the nightly blitz bombings. Japan was also making conquests in China and Korea. The US was separated from all of this, and many folks thought the isolationist stance should continue (people were still remembering the pain of WW One).
But FDR (newly elected to his third term as President) knew the US was basically the only nation capable of saving the democracies of the world.
In his State of the Union address on January 6th 1941, FDR laid out why the US should get more involvedâŚthe four basic freedoms of democracy was under attack:
Freedom of Speech
Freedom to Worship God in the manner that a man wants to.
Freedom from WantâŚeconomic security
Freedom from FearâŚaggression of one nation to another
Eighty-two years later, we have Ukraine being attacked and their basic Freedoms under attack. Prayers for ClickBait, MarkTwian, and their crews in the work they are doing over there in Ukraine.
WARMUP:
Mosey to Fort Mill Church of God
Windmills
Slow Low Squats
Downward Dog/Honeymooner
Mountain climbers
THE THANG:
Quick recap of Frenzoid ride at Carowinds: simple but terrifying, goes in both directions, and we all move as a group.
(Using Williamson St. & Monroe White St.) Starting at the “bottom” of the hill we NUR halfway up. Stop and wait on the 6. 10 Merkins. run the rest of the way up to next street. 10 Flutters in cadence. Run back down the hill to “bottom” and perform Burpees (in ascending manner). NUR up the other side until parking lot. 10 Merkins. Run to next street. 10 Flutters in Cadence. Rinse and repeat. Burpee count got to 6 at the bottom.
MARY:
Flutters, Dying Cockroach
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Bethel Men’s. New AO
COT: Prayers for healing, our teachers and children, elderly parents, to be consistent.
WARMUP: Slow mosey around the parking lot to get the blood moving, then circle up for 10-20 of each:
* SSH
* Windmills
* IW
* MNC
* Strawberry pickers
THE THANG: 20-23 – Get through it together
20 exercises, 23 reps each, divided into 5 groups of 4 exercises. Everything done together, in cadence, since getting through anything is better together with someone, right? After a group is completed, run a lap around the parking lot – together (approx 400m),
Group 1
* Merkin
* LBC
* LSS
* Plank Jack
Group 2
* Box cutter
* Wide-arm merkins
* Sumo squat
* Imperial walker 2ct
Group 3
* American hammers 2ct
* Dips
* Lunge 2ct
* Shoulder taps 2ct
Group 4
* Situps
* CDDs
* Calf raises 2ct
* Hillbilly walker 2ct
Group 5
* Leg lifts
* Diamond merkins
* Monkey humpers
* Mountain climbers 2ct
Between each round, we discussed (each person was asked for input)…..
A. Something about 2022 that made you happy, proud, etc (the good)
B. Something about 2022 that made you sad, angry, etc (the bad)
C. What is the main thing or big thing you want to do to improve yourself in 2023
D. Something you feel you need or is important to help you with ‘C’ above
E. Something you can do to better serve or improve your ‘church’ and/or community. Note that your ‘church’ is wherever you lead, you impact, you preach, you teach.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
* Read your newsletter and get involved! Start 2023 off right!
* Reboot of Q-Source for 2023
* D2D Fundraisers
COT:
* Alot lifted up in both prayer and praise
Thanks for the opportunity to lead!
Blessings and SYITG
-NASA
WARMUP: mosey to parking lot across the street for a circle and warm up exercises.
THE THANG: mosey more over to medical building and get going on the 12 days. Â
Not moderate. Â Good work put in. Fellowship was pretty quiet by about day 5.
Do day one, run around building.
Plank for 6. Â
Do day two, day one then around the building, etc
1 Donkey Kick
2 WAM
3 Jumping Lunges
4 Merkins
5 Squats
6 Burpees
7 Bombjacks
8 Sumo Squats
9 CDD
10 Flutters IC
11 Monkey Humpers
12 Diamond Merkins
During Plank we got to hear about Pax fav Christmas gift memory as a kid. Â Sounded like a lot of our folks were hitting the Sears catalog or the local KB Toy in the mall for the best stuff. Â
Outside of Old Bay who got a dot matrix printer. Â Prob from Radio Shack. Â We are renaming him Tandy.
MARY: Â no time for her. Â It took all 45 to wrap the 12 days. Â Site q was nervous weâd be late during run back.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
I rarely stray from NaFo for a workout, so it was nice to travel to another site today. Since I was on unfamiliar ground, I asked the group if they wanted a Deck of Cards of a EMOM workout, they chose the deck of cards. Always come prepared đ
WARMUP: Mosey around the parking lot, SSH, Moroccan NCs, Windmills and Cherry Pickers
THE THANG: Deck of Cards where Spades were sprints across the width of the parking lot (it was further than first expected). Diamonds where diamond merkins. Clubs where bear crawls the number of parking spaces. Hearts were American Hammers. Jokers were 20 burpees. After each PAX in the circle pulled a card, everyone ran a lap around the parking lot. We got through 4 rounds of everyone pulling a card. There were a lot of hearts and diamonds and thankfully not many spades but we did pull the King of Spades for 13 sprints back and forth across the parking lot right at the end. We ended up with about 2.3 mi during the session. Finished the last minute with SSH.
MARY: None as we had lots of American Hammers during The Thang.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas Eve Convergence, 8 Blocks for Shield Locks.
COT: What happens in COT stays in COT.
WARMUP: the first 1/2 mile
THE THANG: 4+ miles with maybe a few hills to help prep for dam2dam
MARY: nah
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas party coming up and be on the lookout for more d2d fundraisers
COT: prayers & praises
Delivered a Cuomo designed Wienke as a last second pinch hitter. It went something like thisâŚ..
warm up:
SSH x20
windmills x10
moroccan nightclubs x20
hillbilly walkers x10
burpees x10
The Thang
mosey to the hill and partner up for a Dora of burpees, CDDs, LBCs and squats. We made it through 1.25 rounds before heading back to COT for some Mary which included American Hammers and Big Boy Sit Ups
DISCLAIMER – this is a repeat performance of what I Q’d up earlier this week at The Ranch, but we were not able to complete it all then. We did today.
WARMUP: Quick run/jog around the parking lot, around the amphitheater, then onto the amphitheater stage. Circle up and 10-25 reps of the following:
* SSH
* Windmills
* Imperial walkers
* Moroccan night clumbs
* Strawberry pickers
* Hillybilly walkers
* Overhead claps
Mosey back to the parking lot near COT to start the main event…..
THE THANG:
4 corner fun
Cones were set up around the parking lot and the amphitheater. Do the exercise, then the movement to the next cone.
Area was approx 60yds long x 30yds wide.
1. Burpees, then Lt Dan to next cone (~60yds)
2. Box cutter, then crab walk to next (~30yds)
3. Merkins, then Lt Dan (~60yds)
4. Mountain climbers, 2 ct, then crab walk (~30yds)
Repeat until time out
Reps of each exercise were descending with each round: 25, 20, 15, 10, 5 (75 total reps of each exercise)
Everyone got through all 5 rounds of the loop until we ran out of time (75reps of each exercise). GREAT JOB FELLAS!!!
Quick jaunt back to COT which wasnât very far.
MARY: None. Out of time.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
* READ THE NEWSLETTER. Alot going on. Get involved.
COT:
* Went to each PAX for a prayer and a praise.
* Lifting up prayers that were said and unsaid.
We worked every major muscle group – legs/glutes, abs, arms, chest, shoulders, back. Gonna feel this one tomorrow!
Thank you for the opportunity to lead.
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