Warm Up:
-Low Plank…5 Core Principals & Singing Happy birthday to Trojan!
-Michael Phelps (x15 IC) …have to get those arms ready for the Gun Show later in the WO
-21’s…another one of Trojan’s favorites
(Repeated 3 times, w/ 2 rounds of x5 Penalty Burpees! Thanks Drawstring & Caterpillar!)
Each PAX gets 2 bricks…
-Wonder Brick Bra (x10 IC)…Wonder bra is one of Trojan’s favorite warm-up exercises
-Goof-brick-balls (x10 IC)…another favorite of Trojan’s
The Thang:
-Rifle Carry bricks to Pavilion
-Gas Pumpers w/ Brick between feet (x15 IC)
(Since Trojan seemed to “Like” (Complain about) these so much, we’re making him do them again!
-SSH (x46 SC) (Trojan’s 46th Birthday)
-WWII’s w/ Bricks (x15 IC) (Trojan made us do nothing but WWII’s for an entire WO onetime!)
My father-in-law, Sam passed away 5 years ago today, very suddenly & unexpectedly. He was in the army, and drove a tank while serving in Vietnam. While he was in Vietnam, he had a pet monkey he called “Charlie”. The picture in the Preblast was of Sam and Charlie.
-Monkey Humpers (x15 IC)
-Line up in line along the side of pavilion….Sam’s favorite activity & hobby was shooting.
-Gunners…
-American Hammers (x15 IC) (Pulling back the hammer)
-Roll up into High Plank (Trigger discipline)
-On command, x1 Burpee (Pulling the trigger)…then Run (Bullet leaving the gun)
-Run across field & street to stairs at Library
My father-in-law had a very raspy, grizzly voice…
-Grizzcalator:
Merkin on each step…Bear Crawl at Landing. Once at top, turn around and Derkin on each step going down stairs. Once at bottom, do x14 more Merkins.
(16 steps total…x16 Irkin’s, x16 Derkins, x14 Merkins = total of 46 Merkins, since it’s Trojan’s 46th Birthday!)
-Run across the field, back to the pavilion.
Sam loved to go fox hunting
-Fox Holes (x10 OYO)
Since we were already on our six, more Gas Pumpers, just for Trojan’s birthday!
-Gas Pumpers w/ brick between feet (x12 IC) (12…because Trojan’s M says mentally he’s 12 years old!)
Sam loved guns, and going to gun shows…Welcome to the Gun Show!
-Bicep Curls w/ bricks (x23 IC) (23 IC…half of Trojan’s age = 46 total reps, Trojan’s Age!)
-Overhead Press w/ bricks (x23 IC)
-Bat Wings w/ bricks (x12 IC)
-Arm Extensions w/ bricks (x12 IC)
***Red Card said Trojan doesn’t like to talk about his age…so I made sure to mention it a lot in the backblast! 🙂
Mary
-Gas Pumpers w/ brick between feet (x12 IC) …Just for you Trojan!
-Jim Braddock w/ Bricks (x12 IC)
-Rifle Carry bricks back to shed…
-Snow Angels!
COT
-Prayers for Trojan, his M, and their family, as they deal with a difficult situation with their daughter and her school.
-Prayers for Swanson, his M, and their family.
-Prayers for my M, and the birth-mom she has been working with. It’s been a very tough emotional & spiritual battle.
-Grateful for this awesome group of HIM, and the brotherhood/camaraderie we have
Moleskin
Happy Birthday to the Man of the Year! Glad he’s back to feeling better and back out in the gloom with us! We all gave him a big birthday hug.
It was fun getting to celebrate a birthday today in the gloom, but for me it’s also a bit of a somber day to remember my father-in-law. Both of my M’s parents died very suddenly and unexpectedly, and we miss them everyday. While praying, I was reminded of Psalm 39:4-Lord, remind me how brief my time on earth will be. Remind me that my days are numbered-how fleeting my life is. Also Psalm 90:12-Teach us to realize the brevity of life, so that we may grow in wisdom.
I admire Trojan’s family, Square’s family, and any family that is called/lead to adoption. Whenever I hear the hardships they’re going through with their kids, I can’t help but admire how they just keep showing up, sacrificing everyday, putting in the work, and loving their kids, even though it’s crazy hard to do somedays. It always makes me think of Romans 5:8- God showed His great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. I pray that we can all love our kids the way Christ loves them. I also pray that we will have the wisdom to be men of courage, and stand against evil, and be willing to stand in the gap where HIM are needed. As men, we have the opportunity to speak life and courage into our family, and to each other. Our F3 group is strong, alive and well because of the life that gets spoken into the group through all of you PAX everyday! I’m proud to know you guys, and proud of you for making the decision to get out of that fartsack on a cold, snowy morning!
Thanks for playing in the snow!
~Bunyan Out