Man In the Arena-Teddy Roosevelt

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes up short again and again, becuase there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

 

7 Pax circled up to shake our fists at the sky and say, "not today Ophelia!!"

 

Warm Up

-Brief Indian run around the park (PoPo added an extra "twist" that Square appreciated)

-Grass Pickers-IC, 15x

-Imperial Walkers-IC, 15x

 

Each Pax grab a coupon and circle up in the field (not the pavillon-our way of sticking it to Ophelia)

 

The Thang-Man in the Arena

All Pax circle around with a coupon and one coupon in the middle (this is the Arena). One Pax enters center circle (the Arena) and completes set number of manmaker/blockees, rotate one at a time until we've completed through the circle and each Pax completed the set of blockees while in the arena. Meanwhile, all other Pax completes called exercise for each round (AMRAP) until all Pax have completed the Blockees.

 

Round One

-10 Blockees in the arena

Flying Squirrels

 

Round Two

-5 Blockees in the arena

Goblet Squats

 

Round Three

-5 Blockees in the arena

No Cheat Merkins

 

Round Four

-5 Blockees in the arena

Gas Pumpers

 

Round Five

-5 Blockees in the arena

No surrenders

 

Round Six

-3 Blockees in the arena

Squat Thrusters (with block)

 

Mary

-Who's Mary? Do I know her?

(Sorry, guys. . . stretch on your own during COT)

 

COT

-Count o Rama

-Name or Rama

Prayer

PoPo's friend

Bunyan's M has an MRI on Monday. Prayers for healing, peace, and direction

Square family recently openned their home to an emergency foster care. Prayer for their foster child and their family as a whole as this is a huge adjustment, but a good and holy service.

Prayer for wisdom and guidance for all of us fathers in raising our children

 

I'm going to repeat a verse shared earlier this week on Band because it's been on my heart and rings perfectly true

A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken." Eccl 4:12

 

May we never be among those "cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."

 

DoubleMint