Date: 2025-11-05

AO: rumble

Q: Schnitzel

PAX: Sharpie, Yogi (Florence), Schnitzel, Bishop

FNGs: None

COUNT: 4

CONDITIONS:

41 degrees of fun! Brisk but perfect – thankful for the cold!

WARMUP:

“Thankful to Move”

Rifle carry around the lot rotating warm-ups:

Stop for each (2 each stop):

• SSH x 20 IC

• Imperial Walkers x 20 IC

• Windmills x 20 IC

• Arm Circles x 20 (both)

• Cherry Pickers x 20 IC

You don’t have to be here—you get to be here. Think of one thing right now you’re grateful for…

THE THANG:

“Grind with Gratitude”

Station 1: Cinder Circuit

– 2 Diamond Merkins – Brick Burners Pole to Pole – rinse & repeat to 5th pole

– 25 curls – rifle carry – 25 curls – rifle carry to back lot

We each shared something else we were grateful for.

Station 2: Parking Lot Push

Alternate between sets:

– Crab walk across lot – Bernie Sanders back

– Bear crawl across lot – Bernie Sandes back

1. 10 Derkins (elevated on block)

2. 15 Curls for the Girls

3. 20 Goblet Squats

4. 25 Overhead Press

5. 10 Blockees

Each rep is a reminder that strength is built one thankful motion at a time.

Station 3: Brick Step Ladder

Use the steps for rounds of gratitude and grit.

1. 25 calf raises

2. 10 step ups (each leg)

3. 25 dips

4. 10 step ups (each leg)

5. 25 chest presses

Gratitude isn’t a solo sport—thankful for our F3 brothers pushing and encouraging each other

Shared a story about Dylan Alcott – Australian Olympic Gold medalists – in a wheelchair due to tumor removed from his spine as a child. Amazing story and a very positive perspective and heart of gratitude!

Sharpie reminded us that when we go looking for something, we find more of it – like positive, good things or negative things (let’s cling to good things) – Thanks brother – a good word!

Station 4: Cinder Circuit Part II

– 10 x curls – rifle carry Pole to Pole – rinse & repeat to rock quarry

– Anything carry back to COT for Mary

We each shared something else we were grateful for.

MARY:

Mary – “Grateful Core”

• 20 Big Boy Sit-ups (Block lifts each rep)

• 20 Flutter Kicks (block held overhead)

• 20 Hello Dollies (block overhead)

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

– Spartan races in a few weekends

– 5K coming January 10th

PRAYER REQUEST:

– School crossing guards and

children’s safety (thankful for whistles – if you know – you know :wink:)

– Yogi’s M – medical challenges

– Prayers for medical ailments – necessary answers and healing all around

BOM:

“Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:18

Men, this morning we’ve been lifting weight — cinders, steps, reps. But the heaviest weight we’ll ever lift isn’t made of concrete; it’s our attitude.

Gratitude doesn’t mean life’s easy. It means we choose to see what’s good even when it’s hard. Every bruise, every burden, every setback — it’s a rep that builds something in us.

When you pick up that block, remember:

:pray:You’re stronger than you think.

:pray:You’re surrounded by brothers who’ve got your six.

:pray:You’ve got a God who never stops chiseling.

So today — as you leave this lot — carry the attitude of gratitude into your home, your work, and your world. Because thankful men don’t just endure life… they elevate it.

MOLESKIN:

:heart_hands: You don’t have to — you get to.

:heart_hands: Gratitude turns the weight we carry into the strength we gain.

:heart_hands: A thankful heart is like armor — it changes how you handle every hit.

:heart_hands: The smallest expression of thanks can shift the entire tone of your home, your team, or your day.

:heart_hands: Don’t wait for things to get easier to be thankful. Be thankful, and watch things get lighter.

:point_up::index_pointing_at_the_viewer:Challenge for the day:

Before your head hits the pillow tonight, name three things you’re grateful for — one easy, one hard, and one person. Text that person.