Marine Corps PFT 3.013 HIM showed up to see if they could live up to the standards of the toughest branch of the military.
PAX: @Jalisco, @Dizzy Gillespie (F3 Dads), @Pancreas, @Underoos, @Cross-Stitch, @Peewee (TRAPP), @Night Light, @Soul Glo, @Baby Gap, @Singlet, @Thin Mint, @Fertile Myrtle, and QIC: @Three’s Company
The Marine Corps physical fitness test consists of:
- Unbroken pull-ups (chin above bar, arms locked in the down position, no kipping)
- Max crunches in two minutes
- Three mile run
Congrats to @Pancreas for scoring the highest today with a score of 227. @Chowdah still holds the record for the highest score of 236 last June.
T Claps @Dizzy Gillespie (F3 Dads) for the extra encouragement on the run today.
T Claps to @Fertile Myrtle for shaving TEN MINUTES off of his three mile time from when he did this test last year.
Announcements:
Check slack
Check slack
Prayer Requests:
@Night Light. Praise God – Dad is out of ICU.
@Night Light. Praise God – Dad is out of ICU.
@Dizzy Gillespie (F3 Dads)– Friend’s dad had a heart attack, plus that friend has covid and can’t go see his dad
Prayers for @MapQuest and family with covid, and all other PAX dealing with sickness at home
@Peewee (TRAPP). Prayers for his oldest 2.0, who has Autism and ADHD. He’s 11 and struggling with social interactions and self esteem issues, and other kids not being nice.
@Jalisco. More patience with his 2.0s
@Pancreas. Friend Travis in Arizona. Recently went through a divorce. Prayers as Pancreas shares the Lord with him.
Praise – It was good to see @Baby Gap back out there with us Moleskin:
We are all pushing ourselves hard out here. We can all think of examples over this past year where we didn’t think we could do something, but we were able to overcome by conquering the mental aspect of it. That’s great. However, this is the training ground for life, and we need to treat it as such. If you are hitting your fitness goals in F3, but not giving the same attention to your family, and your faith, it’s all meaningless. If I can push through barriers here, but give up when it gets tough at work, it’s all for nothing. This is where we push ourselves in the morning out in the gloom, but we need to make sure we are pursuing our relationship with Christ, and other relationships, with that same intensity.1 Timothy 4:8
For while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.
We are all pushing ourselves hard out here. We can all think of examples over this past year where we didn’t think we could do something, but we were able to overcome by conquering the mental aspect of it. That’s great. However, this is the training ground for life, and we need to treat it as such. If you are hitting your fitness goals in F3, but not giving the same attention to your family, and your faith, it’s all meaningless. If I can push through barriers here, but give up when it gets tough at work, it’s all for nothing. This is where we push ourselves in the morning out in the gloom, but we need to make sure we are pursuing our relationship with Christ, and other relationships, with that same intensity.1 Timothy 4:8
For while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.
We are just borrowing these bodies for a short time, and it’s important that we take care of them, but our relationship with Christ is more important, because it affects our eternal life, and our actions and lifestyle inside and outside of F3 can affect other people eternally as well.
Thanks for the opportunity to lead this morning gentlemen.
SEMPER FI3’s OUT