• When: 2022-10-29
  • QIC: Socrates
  • The PAX: Enos, Shredder, LunchLady, Convoy, and YHC


Arms and Shoulders Day for the StrutBrigade

Conditions:  52 degrees, light winds, 92% humidity, with a low UV index.

My name is Socrates and this is my story.

5 PAX gather off campus at Saluda Shoals Park fir a pre- Go Leo Go 5k boot camp.  The PAX probably wondered if the workout was to be a trick or treat, given the date.  Little did they know, YHC had other plans on this day.

It was 505 years ago come October 31st that the way we worship changed forever and ushered in Protestantism as we know it.  It was on this day that Martin Luther nailed his writing, Disputation of Martin Luther on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences  (aka “95 theses”) to the door of the All Saints Church in Wittenberg, Germany.  Thanks to work of men like Martin Luther, John Calvin, and my man John Knox (just to name a few), the Protestant Reformation began and worked its way around the globe.

Given today’s importance in history, YHC decided to theme today’s workout around the historic event.

While this is an auspicious occasion, let us not confuse it with Lisa Simpson’s creation of Lutherans, see here:

Lets have some music to read by.  YHC goes back to one of my all time favorites, Buck Owens and his hit “Truck Drivin’ Man.”

So, one minute warning was sounded, no FNGs noted, opening prayer offered, and off we moseyed for COP.

  • 10 Wind Mills (IC)
  • 31 SSHs (IC)
  • 15 TTTs (IC)
  • 17 Mountain Climbers (IC)

Farmer carry coupon down and around the utility pole.

  • 10 Merkins (IC)
  • 31 LBCs (IC)
  • 15 Freddie Mercurys (IC)
Freddie Mercury GIFs | Tenor
  • 17 Ray Charles (IC)

Farmer carry coupon down and around the utility pole.

  • 10 Squats (IC)
  • 31 Calf Raises (IC)
  • 15 Monkey Humpers (OYO)
  • 17 Bonnie Blairs (OYO).

Time for The Thang:

  • 25 Curls (IC)
  • 25 Alternating Front Raises (IC)
  • 25 Tricep Extensions Squats (IC)
  • 25 Military Presses Squats (IC)

Rinse and repeat 4 more times for a total of 5 sets, with a Farmer carry coupon down and around the utility pole after each complete set.

Then:

YARN | But wait, there's more! | Family Guy (1999) - S14E14 ...
  • 5 Burpees (OYO)

Farmer carry coupon down and around the utility pole.

Circle up for Circle of Fire:

Ring Of Fire GIFs | Tenor
  • 5 merkins
  • 3 merkins
  • 1 merkin.

Closed with 10 minutes of Mary, dealer’s choice.

Naked Moleskin:  Great effort today, really felt the burn.

So you know, the numbers from today:  The date of Martin Luther’s act was used in the COP, 10/31/1517; we did 500 reps with the bricks plus 5 burpees which represented the 505 years since that act.

Prayers/Praises:

  • Prayers for family and friends of Command Sergeant Major Marion Brakeman
  • Prayers for healing for Fiji
  • Unspoken prayers

Devo (from Our Daily Bread)

Ruth’s Story

Ruth cannot tell her story without tears. In her mid-eighties and unable to get around much anymore, Ruth may not appear to be a central figure in our church’s life. She depends on others for rides, and because she lives alone she doesn’t have a huge circle of influence.

But when she tells us her story of salvation—as she does often—Ruth stands out as a remarkable example of God’s grace. Back when she was in her thirties, a friend invited her to go to a meeting one night. Ruth didn’t know she was going to hear a preacher. “I wouldn’t have gone if I knew,” she says. She already had “religion,” and it wasn’t doing her any good. But go she did. And she heard the good news about Jesus that night.

Now, more than fifty years later, she cries tears of joy when she talks of how Jesus transformed her life. That evening, she became a child of God. Her story never grows old

It doesn’t matter if our story is similar to Ruth’s or not. What does matter is that we take the simple step of putting our faith in Jesus and His death and resurrection. The apostle Paul said, “If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved” (Rom. 10:9).

That’s what Ruth did. You can do that too. Jesus redeems, transforms, and gives us new life.

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