Warm Up:

-Low Plank

-Michael Phelps (x12 IC)

-Grass Pickers (x12 IC)

-Wonder Bra (x15 IC)

The Thang:

12 Days of Christmas Exercises + 3 MOT’s (sprints, bear crawls, lunch walks) = 15 Days ‘til Christmas!

1^st Day of Christmas: -Burpee (x1)

-Sprint to end of parking lot

2^nd Day of Christmas: -Low Slow Squats (x2IC) …(& a Burpee)

-Bear crawl to trash cans at path

3^rd Day of Christmas: -Tempo Merkin (x3IC) …(Squats (x2IC), & a Burpee)

-Bear Crawl back to end of parking lot

4^th Day of Christmas: -Monkey Humpers (x4IC) …(Merkins (x3IC), Squats (x2IC), & a Burpee)

-Sprint to lower pavilion at end of parking lot

5^th Day of Christmas: -WWII (x5IC) …(Monkey Humpers (x4IC), Merkins (x3IC), Squats (x2IC), & a Burpee)

-Lunge Walk around pavilion

6^th Day of Christmas: -LBC (x6IC) …(WWII (x5IC), Monkey Humpers (x4IC), Merkins (x3IC), Squats (x2IC), & a Burpee)

-Sprint to center pavilion

7^th Day of Christmas: -Mountain Climbers (x7IC) …(LBC (x6IC), WWII (x5IC), Monkey Humpers (x4IC), Merkins (x3IC), Squats (x2IC), & a Burpee)

-Bear Crawl around outside of pavilion

8^th Day of Christmas: -Carolina Dry Dock (x8IC) …(Mountain Climbers (x7IC), LBC (x6IC), WWII (x5IC), Monkey Humpers (x4IC), Merkins (x3IC), Squats (x2IC), & a Burpee)

-Sprint back to lower pavilion

9^th Day of Christmas: -SSH (x9 IC) …(Dry Dock (x8IC), Mountain Climbers (x7IC), LBC (x6IC), WWII (x5IC), Monkey Humpers (x4IC), Merkins (x3IC), Squats (x2IC), & a Burpee)

-Lunge walk around pavilion

10^th Day of Christmas: -Flutter Kicks (x10IC) …(SSH (x9IC), Dry Dock (x8IC), Mountain Climbers (x7IC), LBC (x6IC), WWII (x5IC), Monkey Humpers (x4IC), Merkins (x3IC), Squats (x2IC), Burpee)

-Sprint back to center pavilion

11^th Day of Christmas: -Dips (x11IC) …(Flutter Kicks (x10IC), SSH (x9IC), Dry Dock (x8IC), Mountain Climbers (x7IC), LBC (x6IC), WWII (x5IC), Monkey Humpers (x4IC), Merkins (x3IC), Squats (x2IC), & a Burpee)

-Sprint to playground

12^th Day of Christmas: -Pull Ups (x12SC OYO)

Sprint back to center pavilion…

Dips (x11IC), Flutter Kicks (x10IC), SSH (x9IC), Dry Dock (x8IC), Mountain Climbers (x7IC), LBC (x6IC), WWII (x5IC), Monkey Humpers (x4IC), Merkins (x3IC), Squats (x2IC), & a Burpee)

COT

-Prayer for Caterpillar’s M, who is still dealing with food poisoning affects since Saturday

-I asked for prayers for my M, but also myself.  Just dealing with a lot right now…kids, busy schedule, work, etc.  Just feeling overwhelmed.  …which leads me to a moleskin…

Hardcode had some great advice and reminded us of the story of Mary & Martha with Jesus.  In the busyness of life, we need to remember to rest.  As leaders of our family, we should be an example of good health, a good work ethic, but along with that goes rest.  We need rest, and should exemplify healthy rest.  I definitely need this reminder.

I appreciate you guys. Sometimes it’s easy to forget how we’re all in the same boat…dealing with/leading our 2.0’s, complexity of schedules and life, etc.…we’re all in a storm in some shape or form.  During the prayer, I was reminded of the story of Jesus on the boat with his disciples during the storm.  Jesus was asleep, because he was exhausted mentally, physically, and spiritually, and needed rest, even though there was a storm going on.  Whatever our storm, he may not pull us out of it when we want to be pulled out of it, and we may even think he’s not intervening, or we may feel like he’s asleep at the wheel. But we can take heart in the fact that he promised he’ll never leave or forsake us. James 1:2-3 says “consider it pure joy whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.”

I need to add that if we’re facing these trials, it means we’re living outside of ourselves, and not placing ourselves at the center of our universe.  We’re living for something bigger than ourselves.  Which is the 3^rd of F3!

Honored to know you guys and lead you this morning.  You guys crushed it.  I kept the pace pretty strong to fit everything in!

~Bunyan out