August 17th, 2025 By Mayhem

QIC: Mayhem

PAX: El Abagado, Fire Chicken, Lex Luther, Gooney, Ezekiel, Spud, Hops, Tombstone

Runner: Java

9 men made it out to the misty gloom. Q walked out to steady rain and called audible 1 to meet at new deck, only to arrive and find wasn’t really raining. We got to it and went like this:

Mosey back up to OCT for Warm-A-Rama:

SSH, IST, Loose Change, Arm Circles and light stretching

The Thang:

Grab a block four four corners of the upper parking lot of OCT

Corner 1 – 10 Squats with blocks

Lunge Walk with block to

Corner 2 – 10 Curls

Walk length of lot with block Overhead to

Corner 3 – 10 Push Press

Lunge Walk with block to

Corner 4 – 10 Skull Crushers

Walk back to Corner 1 with block overhead

Called audible 2 as rain began to creep back in getting heavier, back to New Deck. QIC’s ADD was kicking into overdrive to create a dry workout and came up with:

Ground Level – 15 Core Killers

Level 2 – mimic OCT thang with four corners

Corner 1: 10 Air Squats (For Real Tho El Ab), lunge walk

Corner 2: Merkins, run up

Corner 3: LBCs, lunge Walk

Corner 4: Carolina Dry Docks

Repeat at Level, 3 & 4. Level 5 discovered NO RAIN!

Audible 3 called, down stairs and back to OCT for a repeat of original 4 corners. With rain starting, again, Put the blocks up and back to New Deck for

Mary:

Trying to give a nod to mid-August football practice memories, QIC tried a very suspect version of “Bull In The Ring”. Circle up and count off. Bull called out a number between 1-9, and everyone did that many burpees. PAX whose number was called ran to middle and called out next number of burpees.

With a few minutes to spare, Ezekiel & Spud were called upon to lead some stretching.

Prayer: CAT and his journey, end in Lord’s Prayer

Moleskin:

Everyday we are faced with decisions, for most of us, the first decision of the day consists of getting out of bed to head to the gloom. Because we all are busy and have our days planned out and those plans can change in a hurry based on what life throws at us on any particular day. F3 is the constant, where even though it changes, it stays the same. Its balance. The standard. The discipline. Ground Zero.

Proverbs 16:9 states, “A man heart plans his course, but the Lord directs his steps”. Even our most thought out plans for each day can create the need to call an audible, and more often than not, on a regular basis. We get frustrated, angry, inconvenienced. Pause and remember, the audibles can be a good thing. Look for the positive, and make the best out of it. HE’s in control anyways, not us. Listen closely, is HE calling an audible on your day and you are refusing to listen? Tune in!

Maybe he’s saying call it an early day and pick your kid up from school early and take them fishing, golfing or for coffee! Maybe its just a pause in the day to call someone he’s laid on your mind. Perhaps make a call of encouragement to your wife, or parents. Maybe it’s just to step outside and enjoy the rain! Rain refreshes. It’s a pause. It’s life!

F3 founder Tim Whitmire, “OBT”, said this, “Embrace uncertainty and leave room for the miraculous” .

Remember to call an audible every now and then, on HIS leading…..something miraculous can happen!

In His Service,

Mayhem

 

 

 

 

 

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