Bodies in motion…

Bodies in motion…

After only posting once in about two weeks I realized how fast your body goes back to lethargy. In about two weeks you can go from feeling at the top of your game to zero because you didn’t feel like posting one morning or because you had other things going on. It can be frustrating because you really do have to push every day or at least be very consistent to keep your body going.

The same goes for our relationship with Christ. I’ll have a good few days reading my bible and praying each morning and I think “I’ve got this now”, then I just chill for a few days because I’m feeling good. A few days pass by and things start breaking down. I am not loving others, I’m selfish, irritated and trying to do everything on my own. Then I’ll be broken by a recurring sin or failure, and the cycle continues.

We think we deserve to have a privileged life and relax and enjoy everything – but we have to work for it, physically and spiritually. Of course we were not made for this world but while we’re here we have to push, we have to stay motivated and we have to put Christ first each day. F3 helps me to think that way and for that I’m very grateful.

They say bodies in motion stay in motion – our hearts need to stay in motion each day and be disciplined in our relationship with Christ. We can’t take a break – and that’s a good thing.

In other news – we also worked out this morning –

What had happened…

Quick warmup run and circle up 

• SSH, LSS, Head Slap Merkins

Run over to Woodfox Ln 

Run down the street doing increasing burpees at each lamp post to the stop sign at the end of Woodfox, plank and run back doing the same thing. There were 5 total lamp posts so we hit them up both ways.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (55 burpees)

From the top of the road…

Run down to Fairway Downs – 20 sit ups

Run down to Rosemead – 20 Sister Mary Catherines

Partner up

Catch me if you can with your partner with 1 burpee, flapjack (probably 5 more burpees, (60 total)

Wall of school building

20 donkey kicks – 10 derkins on curb

20 alternating foot kicks on wall – 10 derkins on curb

20 thigh slappers (10 each) – 10 derkins on curb

Parking lot

Partner work

Line up across from your partner on the provided lines (about 15 feet away)

Round 1

Bear crawl to the middle – 2 hand slap merkins – bear crawl back – 10 full

Bear crawl to the middle – 4 hand slap merkins – bear crawl back – 10 full situps

Bear crawl to the middle – 6 hand slap merkins – bear crawl back – 10 full situps

Bear crawl to the middle – 8 hand slap merkins – bear crawl back – 10 full situps

Bear crawl to the middle – 10 hand slap merkins – bear crawl back – 10 full situps

Round 2

Same thing as above but we did 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 squat jumps with your partner and 10 plank jacks in between

Run down to baseball field

3 burpees at home plate

20 merkins in right field

3 burpees at home plate

20 squat jumps in center

3 burpees at home plate

20 merkins in left

(9 more burpees – 69 total)

To the hill

10 merkins, reverse hill run, 10 more at the top (something like that)

10 Carolina Dry Docks – bear crawl – 10 more at the top

Burpees – 1 at the bottom of the hill, 2 at the top, 3 at the bottom, 4 at the top, 5 at the bottom (15 burpees – 84 total)

Parking lot

Partner suicides

• Partner 1 planks, Partner 2 runs to 1st basketball goal, flap jack
• This continues until both partners have run to all 5

Circle up

Freddy Mercury’s, Sit Ups, Jack Knife, Head Slap merkins, then 10 burpees on your own (94 total)

Moleskine

I learned recently that if you keep the warmup short and sweet that the entire workout feels about 20 minutes longer. So I did that…

It seemed like the PAX had the most fun trying to coordinate the partner jump squats facing each other. There was talk of chest bumps, booty bumps but only Bulldog and Puddin Pop attempted an in-air high five. I peeked down and they didn’t look too bad. In fact i think they were in the lead for most of this part of the workout so they may have figured something out.

If anything made me proud it was that Floor Slapper was on time and didn’t leave early. He is getting better.

Chin Music and Header did a pre-run and came back motivated and talking about a “cross carrying” idea next Easter with some heavy duty crosses. Sounds like a good idea, we have some time to plan for that. Both of these two were also by far the fastest at the end of the workout on the suicides..

Busch led the PAX through most of the workout and came in strong on the hills. He was also very interested by my suggestion for the first F3 calendar shoot. I can see him as 2018 Mr. February. Thanks for taking us out in prayer.

It was a priviledge to lead this group, as always.

-Out