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3 Lessons of Marcus Aurelius

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WARMUP: off to Kimbrell’s after being disclaimed. PAX did LSS, Windmills (approved by Trucker), imperial walkers, hillbilly walkers and 50 side straddle hops – with a declining number of burpees (not approved by Trucker) in between exercises. From there – Mosey to Unity Presbyterian

THE THANG: lesson 1 – The happiness of your life correlated to the quality of your thoughts.
10 burpees followed by 7’s – Diamond merkins at the top of the driveway and squats at the bottom. Plank for the 6 or go get them.

Mosey to First Baptist for lesson 2

Lesson 2 – If you’re distressed by anything external, it is not due to the thing itself, but your estimate of it. And this you possess: the power to revoke it at any moment.

More 7’s – diamond Merkins at one end, run to the opposite end of the lot for squats and repeat until the sequence is complete.

Mosey to downtown Fort Mill on Main Street to find benches – 10 Bulgarian split squats each leg (for a notably absent Band Camp) and provide lesson 3

Lesson 3 – The best revenge is to be unlike the one who performed the injury.

Mosey to COT for a few AB exercises – but just a few – then 0600 was upon us.

MARY: See above
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Summer of CSAUPS
COT: 5th core principle

Thanks to Soup To Nuts for the call. Always grateful to post in the gloom with group of HIMs.

Honored,
Cyclops :eye:

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Bringing Fire at ROF

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WARMUP:

Mosey to the ROTC building for Warmaroma
SSH x 30
MNC x 15
Mtn Climbers x 20
Peter Parker x 15
Windmills x 10
Smurfjacks x 10

Head over and grab a Cindy then mosey to football stadium

THE THANG:

5 Manmakers
10 Goblet Squats
15 Curls
20 Triceps
25 Flutters

All with Cindy

Indian Run a lap

Overhead Marches (from Youtbube) to concession stand and back

Rinse and Repeat adding 1 each time (YHC missed this the first time)

Mosey back to put Cindy up

Mary

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Next stop Brayden

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The route

Down Richard crossings
160 to second Brayden entrance at light
Follow to bottom of Brayden hill
Turn left on Afton and follow loop
Run back to Brayden blvd
Up to 160
Back to COT

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Covid-19

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WARMUP:
I don’t remember all the exercises, but it was a good thorough warmup. All exercises went to a count of 19.

THE THANG:

Partner up
1 runs lap, the does squats until they get back
Once back, partner hand slap merkin. Start at one and add one up to 19.

MARY:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Winter Green Skoal and Cindy

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It was a balmy morning at The Ring, but the mumble chatter was fire. A little warmup and we were off to grab our old friend Mr. Cinder Block.

We celebrated the 80th anniversary of the day before D-Day.

Thang: 4 Corners of pain. Every lap move you cinderblock up one cone. The 4 Corners were:
– Bombjacks
– Dry Docs
– Flutters
– Merkins
Mode of transport was running.

Nice work by all!

– JWow

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Fame-What a Feeling vs Welcome to the Jungle

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WARMUP: Abe Vigoda, Downward Dogs, Honeymooners, Imperial Squat Walkers, MNC, SSH,
THE THANG: Mosey to benches- 3 sets of 10-Bulgaria Squats, Derkins, Dips, Step Ups.
Mosey to Basketball court-Pax lined up at baseline for 1 flying squirrel, sprint to the foul line for 5 sumo squats, run back to baseline for 5 flying squirrels, sprint to half court for 5 sumo squats, return to baseline for 5 more flying squirrels, sprint to opposite baseline for 5 more sumo squats. Sprint back to opposite baseline, rinse and repeat.

Mosey down the hill for wall sits. Each Pax bear crawled toward the opposite end. Then each crawl beared for another set.

With 15 minutes left, 7s were up- 6 jump squats them sprint across the bridge to the bathrooms for 1 merkin. Time ran out when we 1/2 way through. We Indian ran back to COT.
MARY: Circled up while each HIM called out an ab workout for a 10 count.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Men’s Shelter this Thursday, upcoming CSAUPS, Fort Mill Care Center Lawn maintenance sign ups for Saturdays.
COT: Dream House’s close friend’s ilness, Teens out of school and on vacation.

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Not leg day, not really

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WARMUP: SSH, Moroccan Night Clubs, Little Baby Arm Circles, Imperial and Hillbilly Walkers, Cherry Pickers
THE THANG: Mosey to the parking lot on the side of Persis. Partner up for a “no legs” DORA. One partner works, the other partner does an easy “moderate” run to the end of the parking lot and back.
100 BBSU
200 Merkins
300 Leg lifts (wheezy Jefferson?)
With 15 minutes left, walked to a more open area for broga. Worked on hips and hamstrings for about 11 minutes.
Mosey back to CoT for one more ab exercise. Cross body crunch (left leg over right knee, crunch right shoulder to left knee) for a 4 count. 1-3 was hold, 4th count was release. Both sides x10 and DONE
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: HIM camp and CSAUPS
COT: Started with a reminder that F3 is about bettering the men that choose to appear in the gloom.
Rather than ask for standard prayer requests, YHC asked the group to list something positive that we could think about throughout the day. This turned quickly into a list of prayer requests…

F3 isn’t about any particular faith or viewpoint, we are here to become better partners, fathers, friends, and citizens of the world. We’re learning to live 3rd.

The Circle of Trust doesn’t have any prescribed formula, and our region tends to use it as a prayer chain. I feel being locked into this methodology is a bit of a disservice to ourselves and our time in the CoT. I say this in the least self-serving way possible.

This is our time to work on OURSELVES.

The CoT is a place where PAX have an opportunity to say what’s on their hearts. We could talk about personal pain and difficulty, and celebrate the victories we have against daily obstacles.

More often than not we hear about a friend or relative going through a tough time. I’m glad people are concerned, I really am, but what I would rather hear is how that affects you, and how that is going to change you. What action will you take? Send a gift card to your friend whose wife is going through some shit. Watch your neighbor’s kids so they have time to go to a job interview. Help change a set of brake pads. When you get home and the M hasn’t cleaned up after her Ramen mess for the 4th day in a row just smile, take a breath, and appreciate your M.

This morning as my CoT turned itself back into the prayer meeting I decided to read between the lines. I heard some PAX say some things that were the usual fare. What I heard was that we have a lot of men in the Fort dealing with anxiety over things they cannot control, things that don’t affect their daily lives.

So when I got it back, I simply asked that we think about what our brothers had to say and find a way to make the lives of those around us a bit better. Let’s live 3rd in a way that enriches and does not tear anything down.

38 out

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