The Hare Ventures to the Forest
THE SCENE: Entered ye Old Forest around 5am to find others had already ventured off on a ruck, (4:30 is early for lagomorphs – we are crepuscular after all) however, this bunny decided to do a 25 minute ruck on my own but stick to the outer edges of the park as bunnies have many natural predators………Temp – a manageable 78ish
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Not a professional, modify as necessary, yep covered all the basics (did it twice as FNG arrived midway through warm-o-rama) including reading the Mission of F3 which is:
Plant, grow and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership
WARM-O-RAMA:
- SSH IC x 15
- IW IC x 15
- LBAC Fwd IC x 15
- LBAC Bwd IC x 15
- Hillbillies IC x 15
- 1/4 mile mosey down the path and back (stop at path and plank until all in, then go back to startex)
THA-THANG:
Double 4 Corners
- Corner #1: 10 burpees – short bear crawl to Corner #2
- Corner #2: 10 burpees + 20 merkins – long bear crawl to Corner #3
- Corner #3: 10 burpees + 20 merkins + 40 LBC – short bear crawl to Corner #4
- Corner #4: 10 burpees + 20 merkins + 40 LBC + 80 squats – long bear crawl back to Corner #1
All exercises done OYO. Once you bear crawl to next corner, do alternating shoulder taps until all in so PAX always start together.
I had another circuit planned but looking at the time, that was NOT going to happen so we did this instead
CRAB WALK INCHWORM
- All line up in a straight line in crab walk position
- PAX at back of the line crab walks to the front
- Once they get about 1/2 way, the next PAX begins and crab walks to the front, etc… until we have done 1 rotation through
- Soooooooooo that did not take as long as I thought it would so we reversed position and proceeded to do the
BEAR CRAWL INCHWORM
- All line up in a straight line in plank
- PAX at back of the line bear crawls to the front
- Yell NEXT upon arrival to front
- Next PAX bear crawls to the front, etc… until we have done 1 rotation through
MARY:
- Flutter Kicks IC x 15
- Baby Makers IC x 16
- Pickle Pounders IC x 10
- Freddie Mercurys IC x 16
- Hello Dollys IC x 16
- Jane Fondas IC x 10 each leg and it was TIME!!!!!!!!
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
20 PAX (1 FNG – Sloppy Joe)
Bottomless, Teacher’s Pet, Park Bench, Sloppy Joe (FNG), Doc Hollywood, McDowells, ISS, Mirage, Book It, Chioccetti, Jailbait, MIB, Pirtle, Sir Mix-A-Lot, Pastor Dodge, Blart, Sergeant Minor, Dewey, Handsy, Rabbit (QIC)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
YHC has thought a lot lately about this song he heard on the radio a month or so ago called “Dream Small” by Josh Wilson. So he did some research and wanted to find out what the inspiration for the song was.
First, YHC read part of the song with the PAX: full lyrics along with the song can be found here: https://genius.com/Josh-wilson-dream-small-lyrics
It’s a momma singing songs about the Lord
It’s a daddy spending family time
That the world said he cannot afford
These simple moments change the world
It’s a pastor at a tiny little Church
Forty years of loving on the broken and the hurt
These simple moments change the world
Dream small
Don’t bother like you’ve gotta do it all
Just let Jesus use you where you are
One day at a time
Live well
Loving God and others as yourself
Find little ways where only you can help
With His great love
A tiny rock can make a giant fall
Dream small
It’s visiting the widow down the street
Or dancing on a Friday with your friend with special needs
These simple moments change the world
Then YHC read an excerpt from Josh Wilson on what the song means to him.
Think about tomorrow. Today. What we can do to make someone’s day better. How what we say can either encourage someone or make a dent in it. There is no neutral- it is either one or the other
YHC then shared how there is nothing wrong with big dreams but it is the day to day where we can make an impact which may or may not lead to bigger dreams/ things. We can and should make an impact at home, work, with our spouses, children, friends, co-workers – whoever God puts in our path each and every day.
As the song says:
Keep loving, keep serving
Keep listening, keep learning
Keep praying, keep hoping
Keep seeking, keep searching
Keep pressing on – it may seem like it is small and it doesnt matter, but it matters to God and it matters to those around you. Even if you dont think you are making a difference in someone’s life, you are – you have a choice each day – to choose to encourage someone or make a dent – choose wisely
MOLESKIN:
Have posted at Ye Old Forest several times but it was a my first time to Q. Loved being in Midtown with a great group of HIM.
On our 1/4 mile mosey, there was much mumblechatter once we got to the path and turned around: “we came all the way down here for nothing” ha ha! We never do anything in F3 for “nothing” The PAX faithfully followed YHC’s lead even if they were “confused”
After the Double 4 Corners circuit, I heard a few suggestions on what we could do next but little did they know I already had something planned just for this occasion!!!! Note to all Qs and a reminder to myself – always have a back up plan or be able to modify on the fly because sometimes things take longer than you expect
Pirtle was very competitive on both the crab walks and bear crawls – very impressive!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
GrowRuck is September 21-23
Prayer Requests
- JailBait’s M’s pregnancy
- Pastor Doge’s friend Alex
- Sergeant Minor’s new job at Chipotle (go see him)
- Teacher’s Pet’s brother’s job search
- Cowbell’s job search
- Bottomless’ daughter’s trip to the dentist
