Friday: W27 (Str C1, W1)

Training:
Strength:
Back Squat (5-3-1, W1)
2 x 5 x 185#
1 x 20 x 200#

Press: (5-3-1, W1)
1 x 5 x 95#,105#
1 x 8 x 120#

Clean Pull:
3 x 5 x 225#

Conditioning:
Run:
60 min (easy pace)

Notes:
Body: sore, plan on doing major foam rolling and mobility work this weekend. Thought I would hit more than 8 on the final set of presses. Press felt weak today.
Sleep: 6.5 hours

Thursday: W27 (Strength C1, W1)

Training:
Strength:
Back Squat:
3 x 5 x 225#

Bench Press: (5-3-1, W1)
1 x 5 x 135#,155#
1 x 12 x 175#

Db Row:
3 x 12 x 70# dbs

Pullups:
Lots in between sets of everything

Swing:
3 x 12 x 70# db


Conditioning:
Sprints:
Full court basketball sprints (medium volume, moderate intensity)

Notes:
Body: good, squats went up very easy today. I am finally starting to get back into the swing of things. I plan on increasing my squatting volume significantly in the next few weeks. Got 10 reps at 175# on the bench last week so was pleased with getting 12 in today.
Sleep: 7 hours
Nutrition: Good

Wednesday: W27 (Wendler C1, W1)

Training:
Strength:
Front Squat:
3 x 8 x 135#

Deadlift: (5-3-1, W1)
2 x 5 x 225#
1 x 10 x 245#

DB Bench Press:
3 x 15 x 60# dbs

Conditioning:
Sprints on basketball court (medium volume, 100% intensity)
60 min walk (fast pace)

Notes:
Body: Feeling better. Felt good to get a good sweat in. Solid 80% session. Have had a lot going on in my personal life and it feels good to not sacrifice my training as that is often the one thing that I can control. Training offers an outlet for my aggression and my feelings in which other things cannot.
Sleep: 7 hours

Monday: W27

Taking a couple of days off from training due to sickness and personal issues.

Saturday: W26

Training:

100 x situps
100 x pushups
100 x squats

5 mile run

Friday: W26

Training:

WOD 1: Strength
Back Squat:
3 x 5 x 225# (tough)

Bench Press (5-3-1):
5 x 135#
5 x 155#
10 x 175#

Snatch Grip Deadlift:
3 x 5 x 185#

DB Row:
3 x 8 x 70# db

Pullups:
50 in sets of 5-8, these were complete dead hangs and were done slow and with full ROM

WOD 2: Conditioning
Run:
40 min (easy pace)

Daily Reading:
Psalms 25 & 51

Thursday: W26

Training:


Run:
42 min


Daily Reading:
1 Samuel 16-20

1.) Lessons:

• 16:7 - But the Lord said to Samuel, Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearances, but the Lord looks at the heart.
• 17:47 - All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves, for the battle is the Lord's and he will give all of you into our hands.

2.) Applications:

• The Lord looks at the heart of a man, not his outward appearances. We should do that same.
• The Lord saves those who have faith that He has the power to do what He has promised us. 

Wednesday: W26

Training:
WOD 1: Night

Front Squat:
2 x 6 x 175#

Press:
1 x 5 x 135#

Clean Pull:
3 x 5 x 225#

Power Clean to Push Press:
5 x 3 x 135# (light, focusing on technique)

10-1
Goblet Squat: 70# db
Swing: 70# db
Pullup


Daily Reading:
1 Samuel 11-15

1.) Lessons:

• 11:6 - When Saul heard their words, the Spirit of God came upon him in power and he burned with anger.
• 12:15 - But if you do not obey the Lord, and if you rebel against his commands, his hand will be against you, as it was against your fathers.
• 12:20-24 - Do not be afraid, Samuel replied. You have done all this evil, yet you do not turn away from the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart. Do not turn away after useless idols. They can do you no good, nor can they rescue you, because they are useless. For the sake of his great name, the Lord will not reject his people because the Lord was pleased to make you his own. As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by failing to pray for you. And I will teach you the way that is good and right. But be sure to fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things he has done for you.
• 15:11 - Samuel was troubled and he cried out to the Lord all that night.
• 15:19 - Why did you not obey the Lord?

2.) Applications:

• If I do not obey the Lord and if I rebel against His commands the hand of the Lord will be against me in all that I do.
• The Lord will not reject me for the sake of His great name. 
• Consider the Lord's great care for me in the past and the things He has done for me throughout the years. Consider His protections and His faithfulness. Do not turn away after the things of this world for they cannot save me. Only the Lord can give protection and care from sin.

Tuesday: W26

Daily Reading:
1 Samuel 6-10

1.) Lessons:

• 6:20 - Who can stand in the presence of the Lord, this Holy God?
• 7:3 - If you are returning to the Lord with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and commit yourselves to the Lord and serve him only and He will deliver you.

2.) Applications:

• The Philistines realized that no one can stand in the presence of the Lord for He is Holy and set apart. Do I realize this in my everyday life or must I wait for calamity to strike me like the Philistines before I realize this and apply this principle to my life?
• The Lord will deliver me from all my troubles and anxiousness if I make a conscious choice every day to serve Him with all my heart and rid myself of things that take his place. It is an minute by minute, day by day decision to commit my path to the Lord. Only then will He deliver me.

Monday: W26

Training:


WOD 1:
10 rounds:
50 x squats
25 x pushups

Kneeling 1 arm military press:
3 x 10 each arm, 35# db

Situps:
1 x 100 anchored


Daily Reading:
1 Samuel 1-5

1.) Lessons:

• 1:10-11 - In bitterness of soul Hannah wept much and prayed to the Lord. And she made a vow saying, "O Lord Almighty, if you will only look upon your servants misery and remember me, and  not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to the Lord for all the days of his life, and no razor will ever be used on his head.
• 1:15-16 - I am a woman who is deeply troubled. I have not been drinking wine or beer, I was pouring out my soul to the Lord. Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; I have been praying here out of my great anguish and grief.
• 2:7 - The Lord sends poverty and wealth, he humbles and he exalts. 
• 2:9 - It is not by strength that one prevails.
• 2:25 - if a man sins against another man, God may mediate for him, but if a man sins against the Lord, who will intercede for him?
• 2:30 - Those who honor me I will honor, but those who despise me will be disdained.
• 3:13 - For I told him that I would judge his family forever because of the sin he knew about.
• 3:18 - He is the Lord; let him do what is good in his eyes.

2.) Applications:

• In bitterness of soul, Hannah prayed to the Lord and made a vow. She also fulfilled her vow to the Lord when Samuel was born. If we make a vow with the Lord, make sure to fulfill it in faith like Hannah and her husband.
• Sometimes prayer is a time of anguish and grief. Pour out your sorrows to the Lord and He will relieve you of your burden.
• The Lord is all powerful and will exalt those he chooses to exalt and humble those he chooses to humble. Who are we to demand anything of God in regards to our earthly position?
• Unfortunately, our sins have consequences. The sins of the father are past down to the following generations. We can be forgiven for our sins as Eli was, but will still have to suffer the consequences. The consequences of our sins often have a lasting affect on our families. We must answer God's judgement as Levi did when he answered, " He is the Lord; let him do what is good in his eyes." 

Friday: W25

Training:

WOD 1:

Back Squat:
3 x 5 x 225#
1 x 2 x 235#
1 x 1 x 245#

Deadlift:
1 x 1 x 315#, 315#

Power Clean to Push Press:
3 x 5 x 135#
1 x 1 x 155#, 175#, 185#

4 rounds AFAP:
8 x swings (70# db)
8 x chinups
8 x squats

3 rounds:
8 x goblet squat (70# db)
40 yard waiter walk (70# db, alternating hands every 20 yrds)

Waiter Walk:
300 yards (70# db, alternating hands)

WOD 2:
Sprint work:
6 x 300 yard shuttles (1 minute rest between sprints)

Notes:
Big day today with a lot of workload because I had the time. Had to blow off some steam after a long work week so this was done pretty angry. Very pleased with the deadlift considering I am very new at it. Squat has a long way to go though. I am working on trying to go below parallel and exploding out of the hole. I missed the 175# PC to PP 2 times before hitting it. 185# I missed quite a few times before I finally locked it out.

Daily Reading:
Book of Romans

Thursday: W25

Training:
Rest and Recovery due to schedule

Great vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-i3g-RvC-iA


Daily Reading:
Romans 6-8
Do to personal choice, I will be taking a break from my current reading plan and focusing on Romans 6-8 this week.

1.) Lessons:

• 6:6-7 - For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin, because anyone who has died has been freed form sin.
• 6:11-12 - In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires.
• 6:20-21 - When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness. What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of?
• 6:23 - For the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• 7:5-6 - For when we were in the realm of the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in us, so that we bore fruit for death. But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.
• 7:11 - For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, deceived me, and through the commandment put me to death.
• 7:15-25 - I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. 16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. 17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. 18 For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19 For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. 20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it. 21 So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22For in my inner being I delight in God’s law; 23 but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me. 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? 25 Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law, but in my sinful nature[d] a slave to the law of sin.
• 8:5-8 - Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. 6 The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. 7 The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. 8 Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God.
• 8:13 - For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live.
• 8:18 - I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.

2.) Applications:

• I am free from sin and do not have to be enslaved to sin anymore.
• I must not let sin reign in my mortal body or give into its thoughts or desires.
• The wages of sin is death, but God has given me the gift of eternal life through His Son.
• Do not live as I formerly did. Choose to live a life of righteousness but putting away the sin that hinders and entangles me.
• What a wretched man I am! I do not do what I want to do and I end up doing what I despise. I know that nothing good lives in me and that my sin nature is in constant battle with my desire to obey God's law.
• I am a slave to the law of sin but through Christ Jesus I am offered the gift of repentance and forgiveness.
• I  must live according to the Law of the Spirit and not the sinful nature of my mind for if I continue living according to the sinful nature of my mind I will die. For is is through the Spirit that I can put to death the misdeeds of the body and live according the Spirit.

Wednesday: W25

Training:
WOD 1:

Clean Pull:
4 x 5 x 245#
1 x 5 x 265#

Power Clean:
3 x 5 x 155#

10-1:
DB Swings (70#)
Pullups
Hanging leg raises

WOD 2:
Sprint work:
2 x 300 m shuttle runs

Run:
40 minutes (easy pace)

Notes:
Clean pulls are coming along nicely. I went up on the last set and only had a tough time with last rep. I have not done power cleans in a couple of years so decided I would ease into them. The 10-1 work at the end was a grip killer.


Daily Reading:
Romans 7-8

1.) Lessons:

• 7:5-6 - For when we were in the realm of the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in us, so that we bore fruit for death. But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.
• 7:7 - I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law.
• 7:11 - For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, deceived me, and through the commandment put me to death.
• 7:15-25 - I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. 16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. 17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. 18 For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19 For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. 20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it. 21 So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22For in my inner being I delight in God’s law; 23 but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me. 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? 25 Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law, but in my sinful nature[d] a slave to the law of sin.
• 8:5-8 - Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. 6 The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. 7 The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. 8 Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God.
• 8:13 - For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live.
• 8:18 - I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.

2.) Applications:

• It is my natural inclination to sin and go against the law of God.
• Sin is deceiving.
• There is nothing good that lives in me. I have good intentions and good desires but I lack the strength to do what is necessary. I do what I do not want to do. The laws of God and my sin nature are constantly at odds with one another. What a wretched man I am.
• I am a slave to God but have also found myself to be enslaved to my sin.
• When I live according to my sin nature I am doing what is against God. My mind is controlled not by God but by passions and emotions that will lead me to death. If I continue to live according to my sin nature I will be put to death and my sins will ultimately consume me. 
• My present sufferings are not worth comparing with the future glory that will be revealed if I follow Gods law and turn my back on the sin that entangles me.

Tuesday: W25

Training:

Rest and Recovery due to schedule

Monday: W25

Training:


WOD 1:
Front Squat:
1 x 10 x 185#
(warmed up with lots of sets of 3's and 5's before hitting this)

Press:
4 x 3 x 135#
(missed the last rep on my 4th set. Took a minute rest then hit it)

3 rounds:
15 x goblet squat (70# db)
15 x db swing (70# db)

3 rounds:
7 x 1 arm press (R)
7 x 1 arm press (L)
10 x dh pullups

Mobility/Stretching

WOD 2:
Run:
30 min
(mixed in 6 x 100 m sprints at 85%)

Notes:
Happy with the front squats. The limiting factor is definitely my shoulder and wrist flexibility as my back and legs felt pretty good. The set of 10 was very challenging today. Press did not go as smoothly as I would have liked. Low caloric intake today most likely had something to do with that.


Daily Reading:
Psalm 135-139

1.) Lessons:

• 135:14 - For the Lord will vindicate his people and have compassion on His servants.
• 136:1 - Give thanks to the Lord for He is good. His love endures forever.
• 138:2 - You are exalted above all things, your name and your Word.
• 138:3 - When I called, you answered me, you made me bold and stouthearted.
• 138:7-8 - Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life, you stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes with your right hand you save me. The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me.
• 139:1 - O Lord, you have searched me and you know me.
• 139:13-14 - For you created my inmost being you knit me together in my mothers womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
• 139:23-24 - Search me,. O God and know my heart, test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive ways in me and lead me in the way of everlasting.

2.) Applications:

• The Lord will vindicate me and have mercy upon me. 
• The Lord makes me hold and stouthearted in order that I way fulfill His divine purpose for me.
• Though I walk through trouble, the Lord will protect me with His righteous right hand
• The Lord searches and knows my innermost being and thoughts.

Sunday: W24

Training:

Rest Day

Saturday: W24

Training:

Hike:
90 min @ moderate to fast pace

Friday: W24

Training:
WOD 1:

Back Squat:
5 x 3 x 225#
(focused on exploding out of the hole and going deep)

3 rounds:
10 x back squat @ 135#
20 x db swing @ 55#

3 rounds:
10 x back squat @135#
15 x pullup (neutral grip)

Mobility/stretching


Daily Reading:
Psalm 120-124

1.) Lessons:

• 120:1 - I call on the Lord in my distress and he answers me.
• 121:1-3 - I lift up my eyes to the hills, where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. He will not let your foot slip, he who watches over you will not slumber.
• 121:7-8 - The Lord will keep you from all harm, he will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both not and forevermore. 

2.) Applications:

• Call on the name of the Lord when I am in distress and He who is faithful will answer my cry for help.
• Lift my eyes unto the Lord, for He is my help in trouble. My help comes from the Lord.
• The Lord is the creator of Heaven and Earth. Look in creation and constantly by reminded of this.
• The Lord will keep me from harm. He will watch over my life and protect me from the evil that is so prevalent. 

Thursday: W24

Training:
WOD 1:

Bench Press:
5 x 1 x 225#

Push Press:
5 x 5 x 135# (power cleaned the bar up at the beginning of each set)

AMRAP 10 min: 16 total rounds
5 x pullups
10 x pushups
15 x squat

WOD 2:
Shuttle runs:
5 x 350 yards
(approx 72 yards I was guessing for each down and back)

(times all between 55-58 seconds, rest was 1 minute between rounds)

Mobility/Stretching


Daily Reading:
Psalm 119

Wednesday: W24

Training:
WOD 1: Evening

Clean Pull:
3 x 3 x 245#
2 x 3 x 265# (went up surprisingly easy)

3 rounds AFAP:
8 x Snatch Grip Deadlift (135#)
8 x Pullups (wide grip)

3 rounds AFAP:
12 x db swing (70# db)
12 x hanging leg raises

WOD 2: Night
Run:
71 min (wore vibrams and snow was pretty well packed)


Notes:
Weight: 188# (a little low but overall I feel healthy so not a concern, would like to be up around 195#)
Strength: Slowly easing back into strength training. I realize how my base foundation was severely lacking. My running has improved with less runs per week and a big focus on strengthening my lower back, hips and hamstrings. My strength is not anywhere near where it needs to be. I am going to follow Shane Skowron's strength template for endurance athletes to slowly build back up my base. I am on the second week of it and feel very confident in the program. Especially when I start adding some more miles in when my schedule slows down a bit.
Endurance: Due to coaching and other scheduling conflicts I have not been able to log as much time running as I would like. The runs I have done have been in a 20# vest with minimalist shoes. I feel very confident in my running abilities up to 2.5 hours. After that I am in mostly unknown territory as I have not been able to log more than a handful of runs longer than that. A heavy dose of dumbell swings and goblet squats have drastically improved my ability on hill repeats as well as my overall running ability.


Daily Reading: 
Psalm 116-120

1.) Lessons:

• 116:1-2 - I love the LORD, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live.

• 116:5-6 - The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion. The LORD protects the unwary; when I was brought low, he saved me.

• 117:2 - For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever.

• 118:1 - Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.

• 119:1-3 - Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the LORD. Blessed are those who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart— they do no wrong but follow his ways.

• 119:9-11 - How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word. I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands. I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.

• 119:67 - Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I obey your word. 

• 119:133 - Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me. 

• 119:175-176 - Let me live that I may praise you, and may your laws sustain me. I have strayed like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I have not forgotten your commands.

2.) Applications:

• The Lord hears my cries for mercy for great is His love and faithfulness throughout the ages.
• Every day, multiple times a day, give thanks to the Lord for His love endures forever.
• Blessed are those who walk in the ways of the Lord and follow His commands and decrees.
• Before I was afflicted and went astray, but now my goal is to obey the word of the Lord and to have the  Lord direct my footsteps so that no sin may rule over me.
• I have strayed like a lost sheep, forgive me for my past sins.
• How can I stay on the path of purity? By obeying the word of the Lord and meditating on it day and night.

Tuesday: W24

Training:


WOD 1:
Pushups: 4 x 50



Daily Reading:
Psalm 111-115

1.) Lessons:

• 111:2 - Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them.
• 111:10 - The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his precepts have good understanding.
• 112:1 - Blessed are those who fear the LORD, who find great delight in his commands.
• 115:1 - Not to us, LORD, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness.

2.) Applications:

• Ponder in my heart the great works of the Lord and how He has protected and blessed me in the past.
• The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
• Blessed are those who find delight in the commands of the Lord.
• Not to me, but to Your name be the glory.
• The Lord is full of love and faithfulness. Do not forget.

Monday: W24

Training:


WOD 1:
Front Squat:
3 x 5 x 185#

Press:
5 x 3 x 135#

Pullups: (neutral grip)
1 x 23
1 x 7

Dips:
1 x 20
1 x 10

WOD 2 :
10-1
Goblet Squat (55# db)
DB Swing (55# db)
Pullup (wide grip)


Daily Reading:
Psalm 106 - 110

1.) Lessons:

• 106:3 - Blessed are those who act justly, who always do what is right.
• 106: 13-15 - But they soon forgot what he had done and did not wait for his plan to unfold. In the desert they gave in to their craving; in the wilderness they put God to the test. So he gave them what they asked for, but sent a wasting disease among them.
• 107:43 - Let the one who is wise heed these things and ponder the loving deeds of the LORD.
• 109:21-23 - But you, Sovereign LORD, help me for your name’s sake; out of the goodness of your love, deliver me. For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. I fade away like an evening shadow

2.) Applications:

• The Lord will bless those who do what is right and act justly.
• I am so much like the Israelites, how soon do I forget what God has done for me and make a conscious choice to not wait for His plan to unfold! Because of this my sinful cravings take root and fester like a wasting disease.
• If I am to be wise, I must heed the warnings of the past and ponder how the Lord has loved me and cared for me in the past.

Sunday: W23

Training:
Evening:


Run:
40 min w/20# vest

Friday: W23

Training:
Evening:

Back Squat:
5 x 3 x 225#

10-1 reps
Goblet Squats: 70# db
DB Swings: 70# db
Pullups


Daily Reading:
Psalm 91-95

1.) Lessons:

• 91:1-2 - Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
• 91:9-10 - If you say, “The LORD is my refuge,” and you make the Most High your dwelling, no harm will overtake you
• 93:5 - Your statutes, LORD, stand firm
• 94:22 - But the LORD has become my fortress, and my God the rock in whom I take refuge.
• 95:6-11 - Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker; for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. Today, if only you would hear his voice, “Do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, as you did that day at Massah in the wilderness, where your ancestors tested me; they tried me, though they had seen what I did. For forty years I was angry with that generation; I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known my ways.’ So I declared on oath in my anger, ‘They shall never enter my rest.’”

2.) Applications:

• Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will be saved.
• The laws and statutes of the Lord stand firm and are to be obeyed.
• Make the Lord my rock and my fortress in whom I take refuge in times of trouble.
• I must not harden my heart as the Israelites did in the desert. The Lord will punish disobedience and when my heart is led astray. In order to enter God's rest I must obey His laws and commandments and not harden my heart to His teachings. 

Thursday: W23

Training:
Evening:
Bench Press:
5 x 5 x 185#

Pullups (neutral grip):
2 x 15

Bar Dips:
2 x 15


Daily Reading:
Psalm 86-90

1.) Lessons:

• 86:1 - Hear me, LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
• 86:5-7 - You, Lord, are forgiving and good, abounding in love to all who call to you. Hear my prayer, LORD; listen to my cry for mercy. When I am in distress, I call to you, because you answer me.
• 86:11 - Teach me your way, LORD, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart
• 88:9 - I call to you, LORD, every day; I spread out my hands to you.
• 90:8 - You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.
• 90:17 -May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us, yes, establish the work of our hands.

2.) Applications:

• Cry out to the Lord and He will answer us when we are poor and in our greatest need.
• God is a God of forgiveness and goodness. He is abounding in love.
• God calls for me to have an undivided heart and to call upon Him every day.
• On the day of judgement I will have to give an account of my life before God. All my iniquities and my secret sins will be laid out in front of the the light of His presence. 

Wednesday: W23

Training:
Evening:
Clean Pull:
3 x 5 x 245#

Hanging Leg Raises:
3 x 10

Swings:
3 x 12 x 70# db

Side Bend:
2 x 12 x 70# db (each side)

Night:
Run:
55 min w/ 20lb vest (easy pace)

Daily Reading:
Psalm 81-85

1.) Lessons:

• 81:6 - “I removed the burden from their shoulders; their hands were set free from the basket.
• 81:10 - I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.
• 81:13-14 - “If my people would only listen to me, if Israel would only follow my ways, how quickly I would subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes!
• 84:1-2 - How lovely is your dwelling place, LORD Almighty! My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
• 84:5 -Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
• 84:10-11 - Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked. For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.

2.) Applications:

• God has the power to remove my heavy burdens.
• Open up my heart to God and He will fill it.
• How quickly God would bless me if only I would listen to Him and follow His laws and decrees!
• Make it my goal to get closer to God each day so that I may have the passion of the psalmist where my heart and flesh cry out for the living God and my soul yearns for the Lord.
• Better is one day with the Lord that a thousand elsewhere. The Lord is my protector and my shield and will show favor and honor towards me and bless my life if my walk is blameless.

Tuesday: W23

Training:
Evening:

10 rounds:
5 x pullup
10 x pushup
15 x squat

Swing:
3 x 15 x 70#db

Back Extension:
2 x 12 x 25# plate

Leg Levers
2 x 50

SB Leg curl:
2 x 12 each leg

15 min of sprint work w/ my basketball team


Daily Reading:
Psalm 76-80

1.) Lessons:

• 76:7 - It is you alone who are to be feared
• 77:1-2 - I cried out to God for help; I cried out to God to hear me. When I was in distress, I sought the Lord
• 77:11-12 - I will remember the deeds of the LORD; yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago. I will consider all your works and meditate on all your mighty deeds.
• 78:17-18 - But they continued to sin against him, rebelling in the wilderness against the Most High. They willfully put God to the test by demanding the food they craved.
• 78:32 - In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; in spite of his wonders, they did not believe.
• 78:38 - Yet he was merciful; he forgave their iniquities
• 79:8-9 - Do not hold against us the sins of past generations; may your mercy come quickly to meet us, for we are in desperate need. Help us, God our Savior, for the glory of your name; deliver us and forgive our sins for your name’s sake.

2.) Applications:

• God alone is to be feared.
• When I am in distress, I must cry out to God and He will hear my prayer.
• Remember the deeds of the Lord, remember His faithfulness in my past.
• Do not be like the Israelites who willfully sinned against God. 
• God is a forgiving God and is full of mercy. If I ask, He will forgive me my iniquities.
• Ask the Lord for help.

3.) Daily Meditation:

• 77:1-2 - I cried out to God for help; I cried out to God to hear me. When I was in distress, I sought the Lord

Monday: W23

Training:
Evening:
Warm Up:
Goblet squats:
1 x 25 x 55# db

Swings:
1 x 20 x 55# db

Strength:
Front Squat:
6 x 135#
6 x 155#
2 x 6 x 175#

Press:
3 x 3 x 135#

Goblet squat:
1 x 15 (55#)
1 x 10 (70#)

Swings:
1 x 15 (55#)
1 x 10 (70#)

Push Press:
3 x 8 x 55# dbs

Back Extensions:
3 x 20

SB OH crunches:
3 x 20 (45# plate)

SB leg curls:
3 x 10 each leg

Conditioning:
Sprint work: on a basketball court, high volume


Daily Reading:
Psalm 71-75

1.) Lessons:
71:12 - Do not be far from me, my God
73:22 - I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before you.
73:26 - My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

2.) Applications:

• In the past I was senseless and ignorant. My sin consumed me, but because of the Lords great goodness and mercy I have been given a second chance and have been forgiven of all my past sins.
• My flesh and my heart will fail me, but God is my everlasting strength and will be with me and at my side forever.
• Do not envy the wicked, for they will seem to prosper here on earth but everyone will be held accountable for their actions on the day of judgement.

3.) Daily Meditation:

• 73:26 - My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Saturday: W22

Training:

90 min hike in state park

3 rounds:
12 x ring pullups
50 x pushups

Friday: W22

Training:

Warm Up: 
Goblet squats and db swings w/45lb db

Strength: 
Front Squat:
2 x 10 x 135
2 x 10 x 155

Press:
2 x 3 x 95
3 x 115
3 x 125
3 x 135

Leg Blaster:
3 rounds (20 x squat, 20 x lunge, 20 x jumping lunge, 10 x jump squat)

1 Arm db Row:
2 x 12 (60lb db)

Conditioning:
Run: 25 min (moderate to fast pace, finished with 2 x 800 m runs at sub 6mm pace)
Sprint work: 15 min of full court basketball

Notes:
My strength is pretty pathetic right now. Trying to 2 days of strength work a week and I am going to ease back into it. Front squats were tough.

Thursday: W22

Training:
Morning:
45 min run (easy pace)
100 x sit-ups
100 x leg levers
100 x db swings (25 both, 25 r, 25 l, 25 both)
100 x pushups

Long foam roll and static stretch

Wednesday: W22

Training:
200 x pushups


Daily Reading:
Psalm 46-50

1.) Lessons:
46:1-3 - God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.
46:10 - Be still, and know that I am God
48:14 - For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end.
49:12 - People, despite their wealth, do not endure.
49:13-14 - This is the fate of those who trust in themselves, and of their followers, who approve their sayings.They are like sheep and are destined to die; death will be their shepherd.
49:16-20 - Do not be overawed when others grow rich, when the splendor of their houses increases; for they will take nothing with them when they die, their splendor will not descend with them. Though while they live they count themselves blessed—and people praise you when you prosper—they will join those who have gone before them, who will never again see the light of life. People who have wealth but lack understanding are like the beasts that perish.
50:12 - the world is Mine, and all that is in it

2.) Applications:

• God is our refuge. He is an ever ready help in trouble.
• Do not fear the things of this world, for the world is God's and everything in it.
• God is our God. He will be our guide until the end.
• Those who trust in themselves and others and not God are destined for death.
• Do not let jelousy over others riches impact your relationship with God. He will bless us when we praise Him. We will take no material things with us when we die.

3.) Daily Mediation:

• 48:14 - For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end

Tuesday: W22

Training:
Morning:
200 x pushups

Evening:
Deadlift: 2 x 185, 2 x 205, 2 x 225, 2 x 225, 2 x 245
Bench Press: 10 x 135, 3 x 10 x 155
DB Military Press: 2 x 10 (35lb dbs)
DB Swing: 1 x 20 (55lb db), 1 x 15 (70lb db)
Strict Pullup: 2 x 10
Dips: 2 x 15

Notes:
Have access to a gym this winter so will be doing some strength training 2 days a week. This was only the second time deadlifting for me so my back is a bit sore. Last set of deadlifts went up real easy. Overall the body feels great, will be running and doing core and calisthenics on the days I am not doing strength training.


Daily Reading:
Psalm 41-45

1.) Lessons:

41:12 - Because of my integrity you uphold me and set me in your presence forever.
42:1-4 - As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? My tears have been my food day and night, while people say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” These things I remember as I pour out my soul:

44:3 - It was not by their sword that they won the land, nor did their arm bring them victory; it was your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, for you loved them.

2.) Applications:

• The Lord will honor a man of integrity.
• Does my soul thirst for God? 
• Do I pour out my soul to God?

3.) Daily Meditation:

• 41:12 - Because of my integrity you uphold me and set me in your presence forever.

Monday: W22

Training:
Morning:

• 300 x pushups

Evening:
Work:

• Deadlift: 2 x 5 (75lb db's, 100lb db's)
• Press: 2 x 5 (95lbs, 135lbs, push pressed last2)
• Goblet Squat: 2 x 12 (75lb db, 90lb db)
• Pullup: 2 x 15
• Db Swing: 1 x 40 (55lb db)
• Farmers Carry: 1 x 60 steps (75lb dbs)
• Russian twist: 1 x 50 (45lb plate)
• Weighted OH crunch: 1 x 50 (45lb plate)

Night:
Conditioning:

• 44 min run (easy pace)

Durability:

• Foam roll

Daily Reading:
Psalm 36-40

1.) Lessons:

36:5-6 - Your love, LORD, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies. Your righteousness is like the highest mountains, your justice like the great deep.
36:10 - Continue your love to those who know you, your righteousness to the upright in heart.
37:3-4 - Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
37:5-7 - Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn, your vindication like the noonday sun. Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him
37:16 - Better the little that the righteous have than the wealth of many wicked
37:18-19 - The blameless spend their days under the LORD’s care, and their inheritance will endure forever. In times of disaster they will not wither; in days of famine they will enjoy plenty.
37:27 - Turn from evil and do good; then you will dwell in the land forever
37:34 - Hope in the LORD and keep his way. He will exalt you to inherit the land
38:18 - I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin
40:
1 I waited patiently for the LORD;
he turned to me and heard my cry.
2 He lifted me out of the slimy pit,
out of the mud and mire;
he set my feet on a rock
and gave me a firm place to stand.
3 He put a new song in my mouth,
a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear the LORD
and put their trust in him.

4 Blessed is the one
who trusts in the LORD,
who does not look to the proud,
to those who turn aside to false gods.[m]
5 Many, LORD my God,
are the wonders you have done,
the things you planned for us.
None can compare with you;
were I to speak and tell of your deeds,
they would be too many to declare.

6 Sacrifice and offering you did not desire—
but my ears you have opened[n]—
burnt offerings and sin offerings[o] you did not require.
7 Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—
it is written about me in the scroll.[p]
8 I desire to do your will, my God;
your law is within my heart.”

9 I proclaim your saving acts in the great assembly;
I do not seal my lips, LORD,
as you know.
10 I do not hide your righteousness in my heart;
I speak of your faithfulness and your saving help.
I do not conceal your love and your faithfulness
from the great assembly.

11 Do not withhold your mercy from me, LORD;
may your love and faithfulness always protect me.
12 For troubles without number surround me;
my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see.
They are more than the hairs of my head,
and my heart fails within me.
13 Be pleased to save me, LORD;
come quickly, LORD, to help me.

14 May all who want to take my life
be put to shame and confusion;
may all who desire my ruin
be turned back in disgrace.
15 May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!”
be appalled at their own shame.
16 But may all who seek you
rejoice and be glad in you;
may those who long for your saving help always say,
“The LORD is great!”

17 But as for me, I am poor and needy;
may the Lord think of me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
you are my God, do not delay.

2.) Applications:

• Commit your ways to the Lord, wait patiently for Him and He will give you the desires of your heart.
• The Lord protects the ways of the righteous. 
• The Lord wants to bless us if we keep to His paths and follow Him.
• The Lord desires for us to be set apart and not to live lives of wickedness.

3.) Daily Meditation:

• 40:1 - I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry

Friday: W21

Training:
400 x pushups


Daily Reading:
Psalm 21-25

1.) Lessons:

21:7 - For the king trusts in the LORD; through the unfailing love of the Most High he will not be shaken.
22:1-2 - My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish? My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest
22:11 - Do not be far from me
23:1 - The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing
23:3 - He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake.
24:1 - The earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it

Psalm 25
1 In you, LORD my God,
I put my trust.
2 I trust in you;
do not let me be put to shame,
nor let my enemies triumph over me.

3 No one who hopes in you
will ever be put to shame,
but shame will come on those
who are treacherous without cause.

4 Show me your ways, LORD,

teach me your paths.
5 Guide me in your truth and teach me,
for you are God my Savior,
and my hope is in you all day long.
6 Remember, LORD, your great mercy and love,
for they are from of old.
7 Do not remember the sins of my youth
and my rebellious ways;

according to your love remember me,
for you, LORD, are good.
8 Good and upright is the LORD;

therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.
9 He guides the humble in what is right
and teaches them his way.
10 All the ways of the LORD are loving and faithful
toward those who keep the demands of his covenant.
11 For the sake of your name, LORD,
forgive my iniquity, though it is great.

12 Who, then, are those who fear the LORD?
He will instruct them in the ways they should choose.
13 They will spend their days in prosperity,
and their descendants will inherit the land.
14 The LORD confides in those who fear him;
he makes his covenant known to them.

15 My eyes are ever on the LORD,
for only he will release my feet from the snare.
16 Turn to me and be gracious to me,
   for I am lonely and afflicted.
17 Relieve the troubles of my heart
   and free me from my anguish.
18 Look on my affliction and my distress
   and take away all my sins.
19 See how numerous are my enemies
   and how fiercely they hate me!
20 Guard my life and rescue me;
   do not let me be put to shame,
   for I take refuge in you.
21 May integrity and uprightness protect me,
   because my hope, LORD, is in you.
22 Deliver Israel, O God,
   from all their troubles!

Notes:
Psalm 25 is my favorite Psalm. It is very meaningful to me.

2.) Applications:

The Lord is our shepherd and our guide. An ever ready help in trouble.
Good and upright is the Lord and He will forgive the sins of my youth.
May integrity and uprightness protect. me.

3.) Daily Meditation:

25:6-7 - Remember, LORD, your great mercy and love,
for they are from of old.
7 Do not remember the sins of my youth
and my rebellious ways;
according to your love remember me,
for you, LORD, are good.

Thursday: W21

Training:
400 x pushups


Daily Reading:
Psalm 16-20

1.) Lessons:

• 16:5 - LORD, you alone are my portion and my cup; you make my lot secure
• 16:8 - I keep my eyes always on the LORD. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
• 17:5 - My steps have held to your paths; my feet have not stumbled.
• 17:6 - I call on you, my God, for you will answer me; turn your ear to me and hear my prayer.
• 18:2 - The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
• 18:20-24 - The LORD has dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me. For I have kept the ways of the LORD; I am not guilty of turning from my God. All his laws are before me; I have not turned away from his decrees. I have been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin. The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
• 19:1-2 - The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge.
• 19:13 - Keep your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless, innocent of great transgression.
• 19:14 - May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight

2.) Applications:

• The Lord is our portion and our cup. An ever ready help in trouble.
• When we call upon the Lord, He will hear our cry for help.
• The Lord is our Rock and our Deliverer.
• The Lord will deal with us according to our righteousness. 
• God's creation proves His existence as well as His omnipotence.
• May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be pleasing to the Lord.

3.) Daily Meditation:

• 19:14 - May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight
• 19:13 - Keep your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless, innocent of great transgression.

Wednesday: W21

Training:
Morning:
400 x pushups

Evening:
5 mile run (38:38)
3 x 15 squat
3 x 15 seated military press
3 x 20 upright row
3 x 15 strict curl

Night:
5 mile hike


Daily Reading:
Psalm 11-15

1.) Lessons:

• 11:5 - The LORD examines the righteous, but the wicked, those who love violence, he hates with a passion.
• 11:7 - For the LORD is righteous, he loves justice; the upright will see his face
• 13: How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me? Look on me and answer, LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death, and my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes will rejoice when I fall. But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation. I will sing the LORD’s praise, for he has been good to me.

2.) Applications:

• The Lord is all powerful and all knowing.
• The Lord watches over the righteous. 
• Throughout all things, trust in the Lord's unfailing love, rejoice in His salvation.
• In all circumstances, sing of the Lord's praise for He has been good to me.

3.) Daily Meditation:

• 13:3 - Look on me and answer, LORD my God. Give light to my eyes.

Tuesday: W21

Training:
300 x pushups


Daily Reading:
Psalms 6-10

1.) Lessons:

• 7:8 - Let the LORD judge the peoples. Vindicate me, LORD, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity, O Most High. 
• 7:17 - I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness; I will sing the praises of the name of the LORD Most High.
• 8:3-4 - When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?
• 9:9 - The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
• 9:18 - But God will never forget the needy; the hope of the afflicted will never perish.
• 10:14 - But you, God, see the trouble of the afflicted; you consider their grief and take it in hand. The victims commit themselves to you; you are the helper of the fatherless.

2.) Applications:

• The Lord is a righteous and fair judge. He will judge all people in accordance with their actions.
• What am I to question God? Who am I that God the creator of the universe should care for me?
• The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed. He is a stronghold in times of trouble.
• The Lord will not forget the needy and will not allow His people to perish.
• We need to commit ourselves to God, who is the all powerful.

3.) Daily Meditation:

• 8:3-4 - When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?

Monday: W21

Training:
Morning:
400 x pushups

Evening:
4.7 mile run (35:14)
50 x pullup (30,13,7)
50 x dips (30,20)

Night:
100 x goblet squat (35lb)
100 x db swing (35lbs)
50 x good morning (35lb db)
3 x 15 hammer curls
3 x 15 kneeling military press

Long roll out and mobility session


Daily Reading:
Psalms 1-5

1.) Lessons:

• Psalm 1: Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the LORD, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers.Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.
• 2:11 - Serve the LORD with fear and celebrate his rule with trembling.
• 3:4 - I call out to the LORD, and he answers me from his holy mountain.
• 4:1 - Answer me when I call to you, my righteous God. Give me relief from my distress; have mercy on me and hear my prayer.
• 4:3 - Know that the LORD has set apart his faithful servant for himself; the LORD hears when I call to him
• 5:1-3 - Listen to my words, LORD, consider my lament. Hear my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray. In the morning, LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly.
• 5:12 - Surely, LORD, you bless the righteous; you surround them with your favor as with a shield.

2.) Applications:

• The Lord watches over the ways of the righteous.
• The Lord hears when I call to Him for I have been set apart.
• I am called to lay my requests on the Lord and wait expectantly for His answer.
• The Lord will bless the righteous and surround them with His favor as a shield.

3.) Meditation:

• 5:12 - Surely, LORD, you bless the righteous; you surround them with your favor as with a shield.

Friday: W20, Leviticus 17-20

Training:
Push: 350 x pushups

Daily Reading:
Leviticus 17-20

1.) Facts:

• The Lord tells the Israelites to not conform to the people in the land of Canaan. The Lord is going to punish these people for their wickedness and is going to remove them from the land by His hand. The Israelites are going to inhabit this land and are not to prostitute themselves to the Canaanites previous customs, laws or habits. After this warning the Lord lays out various laws in order to keep His chosen people pure, holy and set apart from those around them.

2.) Lessons:

• 17:7 - They must no longer offer any of their sacrifices to the idols to whom they prostitute themselves. This is to be a lasting ordinance for them and for the generations to come.’
• 17:11 - For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one’s life.
• 18:1-5 - The LORD said to Moses, 2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘I am the LORD your God. 3 You must not do as they do in Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. Do not follow their practices. 4 You must obey my laws and be careful to follow my decrees. I am the LORD your God. 5 Keep my decrees and laws, for the person who obeys them will live by them. I am the LORD.
• 18:30 - Keep my requirements and do not follow any of the detestable customs that were practiced before you came and do not defile yourselves with them. I am the LORD your God.
• 19:3 - Each of you must respect your mother and father, and you must observe my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
• 19:4 - Do not turn to idols or make metal gods for yourselves. I am the LORD your God.
• 19:14 - Do not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block in front of the blind, but fear your God. I am the LORD
• 19:18 - Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
• 19:30 - Observe my Sabbaths and have reverence for my sanctuary. I am the LORD
• 19:37 - Keep all my decrees and all my laws and follow them. I am the LORD.
• 20:7 - Consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am the LORD your God. Keep my decrees and follow them. I am the LORD, who makes you holy.
• 20:22-24 - “‘Keep all my decrees and laws and follow them, so that the land where I am bringing you to live may not vomit you out. 23 You must not live according to the customs of the nations I am going to drive out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them. 24 But I said to you, “You will possess their land; I will give it to you as an inheritance, a land flowing with milk and honey.” I am the LORD your God, who has set you apart from the nations.

3.) Applications:

• We are called to be set apart from the people around us. God calls us to be holy as He is holy. Set apart from the customs, traditions and sin that entangles our current society.
• There is always a punishment for our sin and disobedience. 
• The Lord wants to bless us and give us our inheritance, which is eternal life. However, in order for this to happen we must be set apart and must follow his laws and decrees.
• We must not be a stumbling block for others. Have self-control over your actions and follow the laws of the Lord. 
• Keep the laws and decrees of the Lord. He has given them to us for a purpose.

4.) Daily Meditation:

• 18:2-5 - ‘I am the LORD your God. You must not do as they do in Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. Do not follow their practices. You must obey my laws and be careful to follow my decrees. I am the LORD your God. Keep my decrees and laws, for the person who obeys them will live by them. I am the LORD.

Thursday: W20

Training:
Push: 400 x pushups

Run: 4 mile TT (24:29)
Squat: 75 x goblet squat
Hinge: 75 x db swing
Hinge: 75 x good morning

Push: 3 x 15 seated db press
Pull: 3 x 15 hammer curl

Notes:
Took over 3 minutes off my previous 4 mile time trial. I believe I could have taken another 20 seconds off with a proper warm-up, considering my first 800 m split was 3:31. Legs and lungs felt great, much easier than anticipated. Form got a bit sloppy around mile 3 but I was able to fix it and finish strong.


Daily Reading: 
Leviticus 13-16

1.) Facts:

• The Lord speaks through Moses regarding the care of infectious skin diseases as well as as defining when the Israelites were considered ceremonial clean and unclean.

2.) Lessons:

• 16:2 - For I will appear in the cloud
• 16:22 - The goat will carry on itself all their sins to a remote place; and the man shall release it in the wilderness. 
• 16:31 - It is a day of sabbath rest, and you must deny yourselves; it is a lasting ordinance.
• 16:34 - And it was done, as the LORD commanded Moses.

3.) Applications:

• The sins of the Israelites were placed on a goat and then the goat was sent off into the wilderness to die. This is symbolic for us in Christ taking on our sins and dying on the cross in order for us to receive the forgiveness of sins.
• We must not deny ourselves of a day of Sabbath rest.
• Moses was obedient, even in the midst of multiple rules and regulations. Obedience such as his is something to be sought after.

Wednesday: W20

Training:
AM:
Push: 500 x pushups

PM:
Run: 4.2 miles (36:44)


Daily Reading:
Leviticus 9-12

1.) Facts:

• Aaron and the priests begin their ministry as spiritual leaders of the Israelites. His two sons are killed by the Lord for not following the rules and regulations of sacrifices. The Lord gives the Israelites rules on what animals are clean and unclean to eat as well as rules for purification after childbirth.

2.) Lessons:

• 10:3 - Moses then said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD spoke of when he said: “‘Among those who approach me I will be proved holy; in the sight of all the people I will be honored.’” Aaron remained silent.
• 11:44 - I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy.
• 11:45 - I am the LORD, who brought you up out of Egypt to be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.

3.) Applications:

• We are called to be Holy because God is Holy. We must consecrate ourselves to Him. 
• There is always punishment for our disobedience. 
• The Lord is mighty to save, therefore be Holy because He is Holy.

4.) Daily Meditation:

• 11:44 - I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy.

Tuesday: W20

Training:
AM:
Push: 400 x pushups


Notes:
Body: Good
Sleep: 5 hours

Daily Reading:
Leviticus 5-8

1.) Facts:

• The Lord speaks through Moses and describes when sacrifices are needed to atone for the sin of the people. The Lord then lays out the rules and regulations for the different types of offerings. Aaron and his sons are anointed by the Lord.

2.) Lessons:

• 5:1 - “‘If anyone sins because they do not speak up when they hear a public charge to testify regarding something they have seen or learned about, they will be held responsible.
• 5:5 - when anyone becomes aware that they are guilty in any of these matters, they must confess in what way they have sinned.
• 5:13 - In this way the priest will make atonement for them for any of these sins they have committed, and they will be forgiven.
• 5:17 - “If anyone sins and does what is forbidden in any of the LORD’s commands, even though they do not know it, they are guilty and will be held responsible.
• 6:7 - In this way the priest will make atonement for them before the LORD, and they will be forgiven for any of the things they did that made them guilty.”
• 8:35 - do what the LORD requires, so you will not die
• 8:36 - So Aaron and his sons did everything the LORD commanded through Moses

3.) Applications:

• This passage stresses our inability to escape from our sin nature. We are fallen and have been corrupted through sin. Because of this we have a need for a blood sacrifice in order to atone for our sins. We are held responsible for our sins and there is always a consequence for our sins. We are in need of a perfect High Priest. God the High Priest will make atonement for our sins and we will be forgiven for all the things that made us guilty, however, in order for this to happen we must recognize that we are guilty and confess and repent. The blood of the sacrificial lamb (Christ) will atone us for all our sins. 

4.) Daily Meditation:

• 6:7 - In this way the priest will make atonement for them before the LORD, and they will be forgiven for any of the things they did that made them guilty.”

Monday: W20

Training:
AM:
400 x pushups


Evening:
75 x goblet squat
75 x db swing
75 x good morning
75 x rdl

3 x 12 seated military press
3 x 12 hammer curl

Notes:
Sleep: 6 hours


Daily Reading:
Leviticus 1-4

1.) Facts:

• This passage speaks of the rules of sacrifice for the Jewish nation when under the leadership of Moses. The rules for the burn offering, grain offering, fellowship offering and sin offering are all outlined in these 4 chapters.

2.) Lessons:

• 1:3 - “‘If the offering is a burnt offering from the herd, you are to offer a male without defect.
• 2:1 - “‘When anyone brings a grain offering to the LORD, their offering is to be of the finest flour.
• 2:13 - Season all your grain offerings with salt. Do not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offerings; add salt to all your offerings.
• 3:1 -“‘If your offering is a fellowship offering, and you offer an animal from the herd, whether male or female, you are to present before the LORD an animal without defect.

3.) Applications:

• Anytime an offering to Lord is made, the one common theme between all the different sacrifices is that what is being sacrificed is the very best, without defect. I can apply this to my life today by realizing that in order for my sins to be forgiven, I needed something without defect to take my place. Christ was my sacrificial lamb. His blood was a pleasing aroma to God that took the place of my sins and my past burdens. 
• The Lord deserves my best. My sacrifices to Him must be my best for that is what He deserves.
• I found it interesting about the importance of salt and adding salt to the offerings. It made an interesting parallel to Matthew 5:13-16, in which Christ speaks of the importance of salt in a beleiver and if something loses its saltiness it is good for nothing expect to be thrown out.

4.) Daily Meditation:

• 3:1 -  you are to present before the LORD an animal without defect.

Sunday: W19, Recovery

Training:
50 min run (13 min easy pace, 37 min of hill work at moderate pace)

Friday: W19, Recovery

Training:
400 x pushups


Daily Reading:
Philippians

1.) Facts:

• Written by Paul during his imprisonment in Rome. He writes of thanksgiving and of his imprisonment for Christ. The faith of Paul during this time of suffering is unbelievable. He has complete and udder confidence that God has a plan for his life and that God will give him deliverance. Paul encourages us to imitate Christ and live a life worthy of the calling. Live differently from the world and consider everything a loss in comparison with the greatness of Christ.

2.) Lessons:

• 1:6 - being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
• 1:9-11 - And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God.
• 1:18 - The important thing is that in every way, whether from false motives or true, Christ is preached. And because of this I rejoice.
• 1:21 - For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain
• 1:27 - Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ
• 2:3-4 - Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
• 2:7 - rather, He made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant
• 2:14-15 - Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky
• 3:7-10 - But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8 What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith. 10 I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death
• 3:13-14 - But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

3.) Applications:

• I must strive to be filled with the fruit of righteousness so that God may be glorified through my actions.
• The important thing in life is that the good news of Christ is preached. Everything else are momentary troubles. Nothing matters except for the surpassing greatness of Christ.
• Do not grumble or argue. Strive to be different than the world and be a light in a dark place. We are called to be separate from this crooked and depraved generation, putting off our old self and its desires.
•  Be a servant. Do nothing out of selfishness or vain conceit, but take the nature of Christ and humbly put others before myself.

4.) Daily Meditation:

• 3:13-14 - But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

Thursday: W19, Recovery

Training:
AM:
51 min run (easy pace)
50 x goblet squats
50 x db swings
50 x good mornings
2x15 curl to press
100 x leg levers

PM:
300 x pushups

Notes: Good session. Started at 4:20am due to a busy schedule today. Doing my workouts in the morning is something I need to consider, but only if I can successfully monitor my sleep patterns.
Sleep: 7 hours

Daily Reading:
Ephesians

1.) Facts:

• Paul's letter to the Ephesians emphasized the church itself, of which Christ is its head. The first three chapters concentrate on the church being God's workmanship, which he made to be what it is according to his eternal plan of salvation. It was a plan that began in eternity, was implemented in time, and will be completed on the day of judgment when God receives his church of believers, the new Israel, into heavenly glory. This plan of salvation is all by God's grace. See Ephesians 2:8,9.The last three chapters concentrate on the response of the believers to God's plan of salvation as the recipients of his grace. The believers are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus, to do good works. Their good works will be holy lives of loving service to God and their neighbor. See Ephesians 2:10

2.) Lessons:

• 1:7 - In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace.
• 1:11-12 - In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, in order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory.
• 2:4-5 - But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.
• 2:8-10 - For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
• 2:18 - For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
• 3:12 - In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.
• 3:17-19 -And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
• 4:1-6 - As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
• 4:17-32 - So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. 18 They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. 19 Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, and they are full of greed.20 That, however, is not the way of life you learned 21 when you heard about Christ and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus. 22 You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.25 Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body. 26 “In your anger do not sin” Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, 27 and do not give the devil a foothold. 28 Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need.29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. 32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
• 5:3-5 -But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people. 4 Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving. 5 For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person—such a person is an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
• 5:8 - For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord
• 5:22-29 - Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, 27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. 28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church
• 6:18 - And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests.

3.) Applications:

• I am redeemed and have received forgiveness from all my sins through Christ's blood.
• I have been chosen by God for a specific purpose. I must glorify Him in all that I do. Which is day by day, minute by minute decision.
• I have been saved by grace, through faith, not by works so that I may not boast. It is through God's great love that I am saved from hell.
• It is through faith in Christ and His sacrifice that I may approach God freely and with confidence. Christ's sacrifice has given be complete access to the Father.
• I must put off my old self which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires and put on the new self in Christ. Build others up in the kingdom of God and leave the life of darkness in which I previously lived.
• I was once in darkness, but now I live in the light.
• When the time comes, I must submit myself fully to my wife and be the spiritual leader of our home. I must love her as Christ loved the church.

4.) Daily Meditation:

• 4:22-24 -You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. 
• 6:18 - And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests.

Wednesday: W19, Recovery

Training:


400 x pushups
60 min weighted vest run (20lb vest)

Daily Reading:
2 Corinthians 9-12

1.) Facts:

• Paul encourages the church in Corinth to practice generosity towards each other and that we are not only serving others but serving the kingdom of God. There will be false apostles masquerading as angels of light. Paul's warns the church to be on their guard against the attacks of these, as they are from Satan. Paul boasts in his own sufferings for in his weakness, Christ is made strong. Gods grace is sufficient for us.

2.) Lessons:

• 9:6 - Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
• 11: 9 - And when I was with you and needed something, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied what I needed. I have kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.
• 11:21 -31 - Whatever anyone else dares to boast about—I am speaking as a fool—I also dare to boast about. Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they Abraham’s descendants? So am I. Are they servants of Christ? (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more. I have worked much harder, been in prison more frequently, been flogged more severely, and been exposed to death again and again. Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was pelted with stones, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the open sea,  I have been constantly on the move. I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from my fellow Jews, in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city, in danger in the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false believers. I have labored and toiled and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked. Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.Who is weak, and I do not feel weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not inwardly burn? If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness. The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is to be praised forever, knows that I am not lying.
• 12:7-9 - Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me,“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.

3.) Applications:

• We must learn to be self-sufficient as Paul was. Do not be a burden to others but work hard with your own hands. If we are to boast, boast in our weaknesses, for it is through these weaknesses that God's power is shown . There is nothing that we struggle with that is uncommon to man. Sin and temptation attack everyone, however, it is how we deal with these weaknesses that define us and the church. We must realize, as Paul did, our weakness and inability to resist our fallen sin nature. God's grace and power are made perfect through our weakness. 

4.) Daily Meditation:

• 12:9 - “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”

Tuesday: W19, Recovery

Training:
450 x pushups
4.2 mile walk

Daily Reading:
2 Corinthians 5-8

1.) Facts:

• The ministry of Christ is a ministry of reconciliation. Our old self has gone and our new self in Christ has taken its place. We are told not to ever become a stumbling block for others. We must lead them closer to Christ and closer to a saving faith in Him. Paul tells us to not be yoked together with unbelievers and that sorrow is a tool that leads us to repentance. 

2.) Lessons:

• 5:1 - For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
• 5:7 - we live by faith, not by sight
• 5:10 - For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.
• 5:11 - What we are is plain to God
• 5:15 - And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.
• 5:17 - Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:The old has gone, the new is here!
• 6:14 - Do not be yoked together with unbelievers
• 7:1 - Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.
• 7:10-11 - Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. See what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what concern, what readiness to see justice done.

3.) Applications:

• Everything that we do and everything we are is plain to God. We will be held accountable for our actions on the day of judgment. The Lord will judge us for everything we have done on this earth so therefore we must no  longer live for ourselves, but live for Christ. We are a new creation, the old has gone and the new has come. Use the tools that God has brought into our lives, such as sorrow, to lead us to repentance and to lead us to the purification of our hearts. Emotions such as sorrow, if they come from God, will produce in us earnestness and an eagerness to clear ourselves in Gods sight. 

4.) Daily Meditation:

• 7:1 - Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.

M2 Recap

Running:
Week 5:
Total miles: 27
Long run: 10 miles

Week 6:
Total hours: 4
Long run: 2:20

Week 7:
Total hours: 3
Long run: 2:00 (w/20lb vest)

Week 8:
Total hours: 5 hours
Long run: 2:00

Strength and Conditioning:
Focused on hinge movements, pullups, pushups and core work and was very happy with the progress. Typical time spent on each S&C workout was 30-40 minutes. Flexibility and core strength has improved and lower back has not been sore at all during long runs.

Recap:
Due to work and social commitments I have not had as much time to dedicate to workouts and runs during the week. I have been going longer on the days that I can and taking rest days on the days I have commitments. A vast majority of my miles are coming during the weekend when I have more time. I have had to take more rest days than normal which has actual been beneficial in my opinion. Hing movements are going to continue to be a staple as I have seen a great improvement in my running since I started adding them regularly into my routine. Did a 2 hour weighted vest run w/ a 20lb vest in week 7 and did very well. Going forward I will focus on going long and slow and adding more weighted vest runs in as well as occasional rucks to work on my walking pacing.

Monday: W19, Recovery

Training: Rest Day


Notes:

• This week is going to be an intentional lighter workload.

Daily Reading:
2 Corinthians 1-4

1.) Facts:

• Paul begins by acknowledging that he had to change his plans but still wishes to visit Corinth. He then speaks about the greatness of the new covenant in Christ and that our present weaknesses will not destroy us for God is faithful and just. Our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an everlasting glory.

2.) Lessons:

• 1:7 - And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.
• 4:2 - Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.
• 4:8-12 - We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body. So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
• 4:17-18 - For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

3.) Applications:

• God is the God of comfort and He will comfort us in our every need. We are hard pressed on every side yet God will never abandon us. Death is at work in all of us due to our sin nature, but life is found through Christ. Everything we face in this world are light and momentary troubles. They are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs anything we can possibly imagine. Therefore we are called to fix our eyes on our heavenly father and not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. God is eternal, this world is temporary. 

Sunday: W18, M2

Training:
Morning:
Hunt

Afternoon:
5 rounds:
10 x ring L-pullups
20 x military pushups
30 x squat (35lb sanbag)
40 x leg levers

Total Milage:
5 hours running
Long run: 1:58
90 min ruck

Saturday: W18, M2

Training:
Morning:
Hunting

Afternoon:
1 hour 58 min run (easy to moderate pace, all out last 1000 meters or so)

100 x sandbag front squat (35lb bag)
100 x bgbs (35lb bag)

1 x 15 L-pullups on rings

Friday: W18, M2

Training:
Night:
58 min run (easy pace, covered 7 miles)
2 min max pushups: 124 (80 in a row to start off then sets of 10) (PR)
2 min max squats: 118
2 min max 4 count flutter kicks: 87

Notes:
Very pleased with the pushup score. I have found that in order to get a higher score I have to increase my 1 set max and knock out as many as possible right off the bat. Doing high rep sets throughout the work day as breaks has really helped with improving this score. I was hoping to get greater than 120 on the squats. I did not go all the way parallel on some of these so the score is not entirely accurate. Nutrition has been pretty poor this week. Looking to turn that around this weekend. Planning on hunting most of the weekend so will have to get my runs in Saturday and Sunday in the afternoons around the morning and evening hunts.

Daily Reading:
1 Corinthians 5-8

1.) Facts:

• Paul addresses tough issues in the church of Corinth regarding sexual immorality, the laws of marriage and food sacrificed to idols. He speaks on giving up the former ways in which we used to live by fleeing from the sins that formerly entangled us and by not being a stumbling block to those weaker than us. We were washed, sanctified and justified through the blood of Christ. We are to honor God with our bodies.

2.) Lessons:

• 5:6-7 - Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough? Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
• 6:9-11 - Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
• 6:18-20 - Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.
• 7:19-20 - Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commands is what counts. Each person should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.
• 8:6 - yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.
• 8:9-13 - Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block to the weak. For if someone with a weak conscience sees you, with all your knowledge, eating in an idol’s temple, won’t that person be emboldened to eat what is sacrificed to idols? So this weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge. When you sin against them in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother or sister to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause them to fall.

3.) Applications:

• Honor God with my body. Flee from the temptations that have entangled me in the past. Christ has washed, sanctified and justified me. I was bought at a price. I must realize this and embrace the fact that I am not beholden to my past sins. Christ has set me free, therefore I must honor Him with my body and honor Him by turning from those sins that have had control in the past. 
• I am placed in situations by God and I am called to honor Him in those situations by keeping His commands. 
• I must live my life as if in a glass house. Whether I like it our not my actions are being viewed by others and impact how others live their lives. If my actions lead another to sin than I am being a stumbling block to them and am keeping them from Christ. If this is the case than I am called to change my ways and do what will not cause them to fall. It is a sin to lead others to destruction and to lead others away from Christ. This is something of the utmost importance and is something that that needs work in my life. I must be willing to sacrifice my own wants and desires if they are causing someone else to sin. As a follower of Christ I am called to be different from the world and to live a life worthy of the calling of Christ. My actions either bring others closer to Christ or lead them farther away... Which is it? This is a day by day, minute by minute decision impacting how I live my every day life. 

4.) Daily Meditation:

• 8:9 - do not become a stumbling block to the weak