Date: 2025-07-08

AO: southpaw

Q: Schnitzel

PAX: Schnitzel

FNGs: None

COUNT: 1

CONDITIONS: beautiful morning for some brick work!

WARMUP:

• SSH – 20

• Windmills – 10

• Imperial Walkers – 15

• Arm Circles (forward/back) – 10 each

• Tempo Merkins – 10

• Plank Jacks – 15

Short Mosey lap around the lot

THE THANG:

:small_blue_diamond: Round 1: Block Builder

Each checkpoint has a movement + carry in between:

Start (with block)

Block Curls x 10 → Rifle Carry

Midpoint

Chest Presses x 20 → Crab Walk w/ Block

Far End

15 Goblet Squats (w/block) → Bear Crawl to Midpoint

Mosey back to block – Rifle Carry back to start

Rinse & Repeat – 3 rounds

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:small_blue_diamond: Round 2: Block Dash

• Start: 10 Overhead Presses

• Sprint to Midpoint: 10 Thrusters

• Sprint to Far End: 10 Block Swings

• Karaoke back to Start

2 rounds

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:small_blue_diamond: Round 3: Team Carry Challenge (was going to be a team challenge :pleading_face:)

In teams of 2–3, transport all team’s blocks to far end using:

• Rifle Carry

• Farmer Carry

• Crab Walk

If you stop? Do 5 burpees.

Fastest team would have won respect! :saluting_face: – but all would have finished together!

Instead completed the following:

– Bent Over Rows x 25

– Blockees x 10 :face_with_open_mouth_vomiting:

– Goblet Squats x 25

Rifle Carry back to COT

MARY:

• Flutter Kicks – 25

• LBCs – 20

• American Hammers – 20 IC (with block)

• Hello Dollies – 15 IC

• Plank Hold – 60 ish seconds

I also had a reflection moment that I had planned to share, as follows:

“Every Step Matters”

Life is rarely won at the start or the end—but in the carrying, grinding middle. When you bear the burden of marriage, fatherhood, faith, or brotherhood—it’s not about speed, it’s about consistency. God sees your effort. Don’t drop your block. But if you do—grace picks you up. Keep moving.

:open_book: “Let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” – Galatians 6:9

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Run Demo tonight

PRAYER REQUEST:

– Marriages

– Poland Missions Trip (leave July 11th through the 20th)

BOM:

Heavenly Father,

Thank You for bringing these men together this morning—for strength, for sweat, for shared burden. We know that life isn’t about sprinting to the finish, but about showing up in the in-between. The grind. The quiet, heavy steps when no one’s watching.

Help us, Lord, to carry our blocks well. To lead in our homes with strength. To show up at work with integrity. To love our wives and children with compassion and consistency. And when we falter—when we drop the weight—remind us that Your grace picks us up, dusts us off, and tells us to keep moving.

We pray for courage to take the next right step, even when it’s hard. Help us encourage the brother to our left and to our right. Let our example draw other men into the light. Every step matters, God—and we want each one to count for You.

In Jesus’ name we pray—Amen.

MOLESKIN:

Let’s go face the day with truth and grace…intertwined with an abundance of love!!