20/20/20 – Merkins Are Your Recovery

20/20/20 – Merkins Are Your Recovery

20/20/20 – Merkins Are Your Recovery
Partner up with someone of like speed
20 Two handed swings
20 Lawnmower Rows (20 each arm)
20 One-handed Push Presses (20 each arm and audible to two-handed if needed)
KB Merkins until the Pax finishes
Repeat x 3
Sprint around the track, loser does 10 burpees while winner does speed squats until burpees are completed
20 Racked Squats
20 Tricep Extensions
20 Two Handed Curls
KB Merkins until the Pax finishes
Repeat x 3
Sprint around the track, loser does 10 burpees while winner does speed squats until burpees are completed
20 Upright Rows
20 Lying Pullovers
20 Single Arm Chest Presses
KB Merkins until the Pax finishes
Repeat x 3
Sprint around the track, loser does 10 burpees while winner does speed squats until burpees are completed
Mary –
30 KB (Navy Seal) sit-ups per GRC 943 on up/down call
Lemon Squeezers on up/down call
20 KB Flutters
20 KB (Navy Seal) sit-ups on up/down call
As many Merkins as possible in the last minute
Moleskin:
This was not the best weather…that story is getting old this winter, but the Skunkworks men pushed through regardless as usual!  It is always an honor!  It was great seeing my Brothers that came and supported the Area 51 and greater Charlotte F3 Pax that participated, suffered, and were made better by the GRC (Thorn Ruck) on Friday night at the Whitewater Center.  Below is my write up that I sent to my suffering Brothers/Thorn Ruck GRC Team that were by my side.  I apologize that it is so long, so reader beware, but I do recommend participating in a GRC…at least once!
Brothers,
Thank you all for your thoughts, and as the hours have ticked away since Saturday, I have had many new revelations.  Thank you to the Spearhead men that set this Custom Challenge up, it was awesome, terrible, and life changing all in a span of 13 hours.  Not many people can say they have ever gone through something like that, and I am truly thankful for all the men who stepped up to go through the challenge together.
It was an amazing group with so many Herculean efforts put forth to make sure that The Log or our other coupons never touched the ground and that we completed our task.  It reminds me of the visual talked about with the body of Christ…someone has to be the eye, the ear, the arm, the feet, etc. for us to function and accomplish advancing His Kingdom the way He intended.  If one doesn’t do their part, we cannot accomplish our goal of the race set before us.  We can’t all be the same part, but all are necessary and priceless.  Thank you for doing your part!!  A special thanks to Calypso, Jolly Roger, and Donkey Kong for swapping out to give me a rest, and for everyone’s encouragement.  I unfortunately missed the pre-ruck events because I was out of town and got back on Friday, I wish I had met more of you beforehand to know your names during the event.  I hope to see all of you again in the future.  The GRC proved to me how many first class men there are that make up F3 and Spearhead!  To my Area 51 Brothers that I regularly train with in the gloom, you guys are awesome and make F3 something I truly look forward to every week!  It was awesome to have so many of you come out for the welcome party and for your encouragement!
Regarding the peninsula on the Catawba river; you probably already know this, but we are all broken and selfish people that must fight against that temptation every day.  Whether it is self-preservation, greed, lust, or pride, but we all struggle with it.  In the Bible it says that, “All have fallen short.”  All means ALL…and we are each on our own journey with different circumstances that we either answer the call, or sometimes fall short.  The most important thing is to learn from our mistakes and sufferings, and to not make the same poor choices again…make better ones next time.  We are called to go through all trials joyfully because through them we are purified, we become better because of them.  We don’t grow when things are easy, we grow when life is hard.  The impurities are separated from the pure gold only through melting by fire.  The worst thing you can do is to continue to make the same poor decisions; the beautiful thing is that the ones that didn’t answer the call to get in the ice cold river at ~4AM (I was one of those) were all quick learners.  We changed and made better sacrificial decisions after the peninsula, choosing to put others before ourselves.  It’s not where you were in your past, but in what direction you are now moving that matters.
The Log and logs made me think of Christ carrying the cross, carrying my sins.  He was tortured, beaten, flesh ripped off His body, spit upon, and cursed by the very people He came to save.  How He carried the weight of the cross and the world’s sins is pure amazement to me, especially since He did nothing to deserve it…but He never gave up on accomplishing His purpose, He never gave up on me, and He won’t ever give up on you!  He will pursue you until you finally reach your breaking point when you realize you can’t do it on your own, through only your strength.  You need Him first and foremost, and you need a community of Brothers (and Sisters) surrounding you to help you when you stumble, to pick you up, to encourage you, to sometimes carry your load to allow you time to recover from the pounding of the waves that can be at times unrelenting.  We saw Brothers doing that for each other on Friday night and especially on Saturday morning!  I pray we all decide to lean on Him in all situations, for His strength to make it through this hard, broken world.
Please honor our Veterans, current servicemen, policemen, and fireman…they all willingly have said they will give up their lives to serve and protect us, and they don’t ever get the true thanks and appreciation they deserve.  Calling on the VA Medical Center in Salisbury, I have spoken with many great men who have recounted the same story as Angler’s about how poorly our country treated the Vietnam Veterans when they came home.  It makes me so angry and sad to see how selfish and unthankful much of our country has become.  Please also remember in your prayers the men and women who did mot make it home.  Both Angler and Radar are heroes that made that choice with whom I am so thankful for.  I have taught my boys (8 and 10 years old) that whenever they see a servicemen, Veteran, policemen, or firemen, they should always make sure they go out of their way to tell them, “Thank you for your service.”  They deserve it more than anyone!  I hope we can all at the very least say those few words to show our appreciation.
We need to make this city, nation, and world better by being sacrificial, servant leaders.  As men, Christ has called us to lay down our lives for our families as He did for the Church…my question to you is, “Will you do it?  Will you love sacrificially and serve your wives and children?  Will you take it a step further to love your neighbor or a stranger?”  Without true authentic love for others we are bankrupt, self-serving, and we end up miserable.  Don’t love someone because they will love you back, do it because true love doesn’t ask for anything in return and you want to make that person’s life better.  We must make the choice now that it will start in OUR homes…that we will serve The Lord, our families, and others with excellence in everything we do!  You will leave an amazing, generational legacy if you do!
If you are not part of a 3rd F group…I urge you to start coming to one.  That is where truly authentic relationships happen.  Where you get to know Brothers on a deeper level than just workouts or coffeteria/HDHHs allow.  It is about being there for and encouraging your Brothers when they are struggling, helping them as well as yourself to a better life.  Thank you all for the men you are, and the experience that the GRC gloom gave me on Friday night!
God Bless you and your families, and to God be the glory!

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