Today we learned a new exercise and explored a few parts nearby through camping different modes of travel.

WARMUP

Circle up for SSH x 30

Slow Merkins x 10

Slow BWS x 25

WMH x 12

IW x 15

LBAC x 12 (and reverse)

MOSEY

PAX ran to Circular Commons off Mangum transitioning to:

-Karaoke one way, karaoke other way

-Bunny hop loop – bring it in to inner circle at foundation, 5 count down the line Low Plank Hold

-Slow BWS x 20

-One legged bunny hop halfway large loop, switch legs for other half

-NEWish exercise – BOO BOO Bear Crawl for 1/3 loop, crab walk for 1/3, crawl bear for 1/3, pick up the six

MOSEY to parking deck

1 burpee at bottom of ramp, run up, 5 merkins…..escalate until we hit 4 burpees and 20 merkins, bear crawling the flat sections in b/t ramps

Hit the stairs, go all the way to top, and run down steps to ground floor

Stop for JOHNNY DRAMA ALERT: x 30

MOSEY back to AO for Mary

Flutter Kick x 60

Box Cutters x 10

American Hammer x 20

AND We’re done. Good work by all today. Thanks for finding the humor with me at certain points, especially with the air squats. Love the group we have. It’s good to have some varying degrees of personalities and that’s what I love about F3.

I hit on #F3MentalBattle this morning. I felt like with all i could share about my personal story, it seemed rushed and impossible to summarize in one-two minutes. My main point I wanted to communicate is that I’ve been down to the depths, mentally, and emotionally, and it sucks…since working through getting established with my career (which never seems perfect BTW), getting married, having children, working with friendships, clients, people in general. People just are tough but we’re called into engagement with others, just by fact of life. We can either suck at it or work at it. All of it though has the potential to be stress and anxiety inducing. I’ve been through different seasons, and realized that I’ve had to confront generational patterns and sin head on. Seems like I’m constantly trying to arrive at the man I was created to be instead of operating out of a place of hurt or a place of who other people said I was or what my mind would tell me.

For me, you see, I do come back to scripture and other writings to gain a better grasp of what I consider to be truth, which is rooted ultimately in the person of Jesus. But it may look different for you, and that’s OK. We all are capable of allowing ourselves to believe lies, which can lead to negative thoughts and sometimes hurtful things relationally as we are hurt or we hurt others with our words or actions. Ultimately to believe in something beyond ourselves is a big deal, and what I would welcome most is for any brother to reach out if they ever need an ear, or to work through an issue, or just to talk about life. This is what gets me most excited, fellas. Just that we are all drawn to growth and acceleration. Over and out!

Ever and always learning and growing (I hope),

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