DATE: 11/27/2018

WHERE: The Lions Den

THE PAX: Fleetwood, Chops, Hard Hittin’, Goldberg, Mr. Boston, Ole’ 96’er, Calamari

Total # of PAX: 8

Number of FNGs: 0

QIC: Hartford

INTRO:

It was a cool 32 degrees in the gloom this morning but, at least the wind was blowing.  Chops gave us the “Goldberg gave us the “feels like 22” number.  I’m not sure if he got that from an authoritative source or if it just felt like 22 to him.  No time to debate – we mosey.

WARM-O-RAMA:

Moseyed down the hill to the Liberty and circled up in the liberty parking lot.  Warm up:

20 X SSH

12 Weedpickers

10 Windmills

Sun Gods OYO

Michael Phelps

THE THANG:

Moseyed back to the hill by Freedom middle.  YHC carefully selected the area due to the smooth concrete at the bottom of the hill.  Hard Hittin’ was particularly complimentary on the choice.

ACT LIKE MEN

YHC created a routine inspired by 1 Corinthians Ch 16 v13 that also presented the opportunity to implement some new exercises for TLD.  Bernie Sanders (backward running) up the hill after each exercise – we were soon feeling the Bern.  ACT. 40 American Hammers, followed by 30 Crunchy Frog, then 15 Tony Hawk burpees .  Hold air chair for the six. 

LIKE – 20 Lunges, 20 Incline Merkins, 20 Knerkins, 20 (each side) Elf on a Shelf.  Sweat Angels for the six.

MEN – 20 Mexican Jumping Beans, 20 (each side) E2K’s, 20 Newton’s Cradles.  Plank for the six

PAX are heating up and layers begin to be shed.  Mosey to Liberty car rider line.

Fire!

Someone politely wrote “Fire Lane” on the asphalt every 15 yards or so – thanks for that.  Start at the first fire lane. 20 merkins, sprint to the next for 20 monkey humpers, sprint to the next, repeat till you reach the end, run back and hold air chair for the six. Repeat with 15 merkins followed by 30 monkey humpers.  One more round with 20 Carolina dry docks followed by 20 jump lunges. 

Dedicated staff were beginning to roll in and time was getting short.  Mosey back to the flag for three minutes of Mary to finish.

CIRCLE OF TRUST:

Name-o-rama, sixth man (Fleetwood).  Fleetwood talked about the fact that life can get really heavy.  We have had a lot of heavy prayer requests lately.  He gave us a much needed reminder that spending time alone with God is a big help in heavy times.  Hard Hittin’ had a powerful message that I can’t do justice here.  We don’t have to look for the light in the world.  The light is in us, we are the light.

Prayers for Fleetwood and his medical issue, Calamari’s friend with a brain tumor, and for Pax to be the men God has called us to be.

Naked-Man Moleskin:

1 Corinthians 16 v. 13 reads “Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.”  So, we are commanded to act like men.  But what does that mean?  What does that look like?  Those aren’t easy questions to answer and I am surely not qualified to answer them.  The truth is I should have given that question much more thought much earlier in life.  I’m thankful for the opportunity to give that more thought now.  The bible gives us some great examples of men who acted like men.  I’m also thankful to be a part of F3, where there are also many examples of Godly men that gather and Act Like Men.