F3 Knoxville

Total Eclipse of the Heart

AO: shamruck
Q: Mermaid
PAX: Fabio (Joe Hamilton), Honeydew, Polly, slappy, Scratch-off, Mermaid, Drano
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
THE THANG:
We walked the CAK Old Faithful route, watched the eclipse, the clouds were too much to truly observe the reddish hue that was described. We had three dogs with us and almost had an encounter with two dogs off leash on Gulf Park Dr. It was an “exciting” 30 seconds. Those with dogs were working really hard to control them, and those without were working hard to prevent an issue. It got loud with 5 dogs talking to each other, and 7 men telling the dogs to cool it!
COT:
When you get angry, what kind of man do you want to be? Anger is an emotion, and how you handle your anger determines if you sin or not. When Jesus was in the temple, he grew angry. measured his response, and turned the tables. In times past, when I lose my temper, it has been far from measured. I see red, I punch a wall, I say things and use words that are abnormal. When you are “disrespected”, how are you going to respond? At work what kind of boss will you be, at home what kind of spouse or parent will you be? Will you become the person you hate, or will you take a breath and have a measured response? You are in control of your responses to triggers, and if you are not or cannot control your response, then you should consider asking for help. I once went to counseling for my angry responses, and there is no shame in self improvement.

5’s In the Big Lot

AO: juco
Q: Butterknife
PAX: Starlink, Wanderer, Guardrail, Fetch, Lt. Dan, Mailbox, Butterknife, TrailMix, Bowser, Windex
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
WARMUP:
2 each of the following GET UP.  NAVY SEALS Burpies , V-UPS, IRON MIKES, MERKINS, BIG BOY SIT UPS, MT. CLIMBERS, AMERICAN HAMMERS, SIDE STRADDLE HOPS, BEAR CRAWL 3 spaces, SQUATS  

THE THANG:
2 each of the following GET UP.  NAVY SEALS Burpies , V-UPS, IRON MIKES, MERKINS, BIG BOY SIT UPS, MT. CLIMBERS, AMERICAN HAMMERS, SIDE STRADDLE HOPS, BEAR CRAWL 3 spaces, SQUATS  
– Mosey to big parking lot
– 20 Flutter Kicks in Cadence
– This was originally done on a football field we improvised using cones and parking spaces.
EXERCISES AT EACH GOAL LINE AND EVERY 10 YARD LINE.  ONCE YOU COMPLETE THE 1ST EXERCISE RUN DOWN THE FIELD AND BACK . REPEAT THE FIRST EXERCISE MOVE UP 10 YARDS AND DO THE NEXT EXERCISE, RUN DOWN THE FIELD AND BACK REPEAT THE 1ST 2 AND MOVE TO THE 3RD.  AND SO ON.
1 MOVEMENT EVERY 10 YARDS, STARTING AT THE GOAL LINE. 1 GET UP.  5 NAVY SEALS , 10 V-UPS, 15 IRON MIKES, 20 MERKINS, 25 BIG BOY SIT UPS, 30 MT. CLIMBERS, 35 AMERICAN HAMMERS, 40 SIDE STRADDLE HOPS, BEAR CRAWL 10 YARDS
– Mosey back to the flag

MARY:
50 SQUATS

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Mailbox is passing the flag to Windex this Friday. Let’s celebrate Mailbox and his leadership, and Windex for his willingness to step up and lead! Invite a friend!

Escape Haw Ridge (get registered)

COT:
“Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win! All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize. So I run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing. I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be disqualified.”
‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭9‬:‭24‬-‭27‬ ‭NLT‬‬
How does physical discipline strengthen spiritual credibility?
In a lot of ways. It becomes “Muscle memory”. Hard to doubt your own spiritual credibility when you’ve been in the word and praying for years now.

Hill repeats

AO: asylum-am
Q: Hands
PAX: Hands, P3, Suds, Double Wide, Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Cinco (Scott McGuire), Casey Kasem (Jess), Fabio (Joe Hamilton), Fardeen Rastagar
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP:
Silly Kenyan running warm up, SSH, mountain climbers, tie fighters, big stretches

THE THANG:
CMU’s taken to the Tail o’ the Dragon hill. Did an exercise x 1 minute, charged up the hill, jog down the tail. Repeat x5. Exercises were:
1. Curl/press
2. Lat raise/press x 3
3. Blockies
Tried to do 7’s up the hill with block swings and big boys but only got two trips in.

MARY:
Some tempo scissor kicks.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Haw Ridge.
Waffle House (Brady Greene) is coordinating the White Belt BBQ get together. We should make sure we invite Gray Cup.

COT:
The response to the prodigal and to the faithful son is the same. You are my son and I love you.

Undercover Brother

AO: shamrock
Q: Crawlspace
PAX: Crawlspace, Drano, Dumpster Dive, Flower Pot, Pool Boy, Stitch
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WARMUP:
1. Seal Claps (in cadence)
2. Big Arm Circles (in cadence fwd, bwd)
3. Hallelujah’s (in cadence)
4. Michael Phelps
5. Little of this/that
6. Some of these/those
7. Windmills (10 ic)
8. Inch worm to merkin (5 increasing rep count)
9. Staggered Merkins (10)
10. Dolphin merkins (10 ic)
11. Side forearm plank twists (5 each side)
12. Runners stretch (noodle)
13. Calf stretch
14. High Peter Parker’s
15. Child’s pose
16. Bicycles (in cadence)
17. Hello Dolly’s (in cadence)
18. Lbc’s in cadence
19. Bent knee single side sit ups (10 each side)
20. Eagles/scorpions
21. Seated T-spine twists
22. Alternating Lunges (10 each side)
23. Tempo Squats (10)
24. Imperial Squat Walkers (10 ic)
25. Speed skaters
26. Forward fold leg stretches
27. Jump squats (10)
28. Toe Merkins
10 count
(Repeat)

THE THANG:
Warm up:

MARY:
Warm up:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Nope

COT:
Adversity – Psalm 27:11-14

We all face adversity. I have faced a lot of adversity lately, and someone encouraged me with the verses from Psalm 27. “I am confident of this, that I will again see the goodness of God in the land of the living.”

It’s not a, “blessed in heaven”….”one day far away” thing. It’ll be in the here…in the land of the living.

52 Card Beatdown

AO: thequacken
Q: Z-Pack
PAX: DoorKicker (Jud), Shotgun, Recoil (Blake Conley), Lift Kit, Imodium
FNGs: 1 Imodium
COUNT: 6
WARMUP:
SSH
Windmills
Squat and Reach
Hillbillies
Baby Arm Circles
Merkins IC
Mountain Climbers

THE THANG:
We took turns drawing cards, the card number is the number of reps and the suit determines the exercise.
:heart:= burpee
:diamonds:= decline merkin
:spades:= squat
:clubs:= lunge, easy way
For face cards,
Jack is 11 reps, Queen is 12 and King is 13
Aces = 25 SSH, 4ct
Jokers are wild. PAX chooses exercise and reps.

We lacked 2 cards finishing the deck. Homework is 10 burpees and 7 squats, I think.

So when me and Lift Kit were doing burpees we smelled some wacky tobacky. Sure enough under a bench was a rolled up, and what smelled like, marijuana cigarette. Somebody was probably really missing that joint.

I brought the Dad Joke 3,000 button that Fixer gifted me. We enjoyed a few jokes when we were tired.

MARY:
No time, but our FNG, Imodium, did give us 20 big boy situps when he drew a Joker.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
I forgot announcements this morning, but here are some:
– 2nd F Lunch on Friday at Kerns Food Hall
– Haw Ridge! 3-27-2026, Go sign-up f3knoxville.slack.com/archives/C0125GAAFMY/p1772056550413149
– Quacken vs. Brickyard, ultimate football game in April.
– More stuff on the main channel. GoRuck I think and don’t forget we have to transition over to the Nation Slack very soon!

COT:
COT – Showing Honor
Romans 12:10 ESV
[10] Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.

DoorKicker – a consistent PAX and steps up to serve and lead, now as Quacken AO Q and Veterans outreach Q.

Shotgun also has been very consistent, posting at the Quacken since moving to Fountain City. Like the other guys he steps up to Q and he is a positive, encouraging force at F3.

Who makes a positive impact in your life? Take a few minutes to honor them.


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