13 men of valor have chosen a different form of retreat this morning – retreating from the lure of the fartsack, and paying the ransom of sweat and pain owed to glorifying God with our bodies. Here’s how these HIM’s embraced the challenge to lead:
The THANG:
WARMERAMA:
- Circle up on the basketball court
- Invite to any other guys wanting to Q …no takers? OK, let’s GO!
- Welcome & Disclaimer
- The usual DTH top to bottom IC Reps
COP #1:
- DORA
- x100 Merkins, x200 Squats, x300 LBC’s
- Moving partner lunges length of basketball court, then bearcrawls back to switch with partner
PLANKORAMA REVIEW:
- Review the F3 Mission, Credo, 5 CP’s while holding low plank, pushing up and stretching between
COP #2:
- Mosey out to the lit parking area and circle up
- FREED TO LEAD
- The PAX was briefly directed by the Q on the simple steps to call an exercise in cadence (1. State the exercise, 2. Ready Position Move, 3. In Cadence, 4. Exercise!, 5. 1-2-3-_, 6. Change intonation in final count)
- Each of the 12 other HIM’s in the circle then exercised their freedom to lead the PAX in 10 reps of whatever exercise they wanted in cadence
- After Action Report was provided where needed but generally everyone did extremely well
COP #3:
- TRIPLE CHECK
- P1 – Flutters
- P2 – Wall Step-ups
- P3 – Run up steep hill and back down
COT:
- Counterama # 13
- Namerama
- Announcerama (see Below)
- YHC took the PAX out in Prayer
Prayer Requests:
- Salvation for Marshall and Christian, two brothers that FNG Hasselhoff brought here to the retreat
NMS: Wonderful weather for our second mountain beatdown, and great to have another big group at the Windy Gap men’s retreat. Plenty of turnover between yesterday and today as most men chose only one of the two days to attend F3. But we still had three FNG’s to welcome, and all the PAX embraced the opportunity to lead some reps in cadence and did a GREAT job of it. YHC was hoping another HIM would accept yesterday’s invite for someone else to lead today’s beatdown, but since no takers YHC found another way to share leadership. God is moving here on the mountain top, as always best appreciated as it appears THROUGH the brothers next to you. I’m reveling in deep thanksgiving for the opportunity to be here. Yours AYE! ~DTH
