F3 Knoxville

2024 kick off – eleventy-twos

AO: the-project
Q: Mathlete
PAX: Flying Dutchman, Biohack, Munge, Erector, OBrother, Ocho, Mathlete, Rocket
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WARMUP: Projectivators, tempo squats, Imperial walkers, hillbilly walkers, tempo merkins
THE THANG:
Mosey to playground – 3 pull ups, 10 squats, 20 BBS x3
Mosey to friendship bell – 20 rocket stepups, 20 dips
Mosey to K-25 hill – Eleventy-twos (it’s like 11s, except 20-2, 18-4, 16-6, etc.) One legged merkins and hillbilly squawkers.
Mosey to friendship bell – 10 slow derkins
Mosey to parallel bars – 20 inverse rows and 20 BBS
MARY: About 10 seconds of plank
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Convergence at Arsenal on 6th, BigBall on 20th, and get ready for GTE24
COT:
The virtue of innocence
“I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.” Matthew 10:16
“And he said: ‘Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.'” Matthew 18:3

I like to be savvy. I like to know what is going on behind the scenes and play it to my advantage. If I am worried about my kid getting into trouble, my instinct is to learn everything I can about that particular vice and cleverly counter every move before he makes it.
This is not how Jesus operated. He openly, innocently ignored the subtext of his day. He chatted with the despicable Samaritan woman at the well, the untouchable leper, and the treasonous tax collector just like they were his own kin. And it produced unprecedented results.
Fairy tales show us this through the princess. Because of Snow White’s innocence, the huntsman cannot bring himself to kill her in the forest. Beauty accomplishes transformation of the Beast not by being shrewd in dealing with monsters, but because she expects of him just as she does a man. And so he becomes one.
How often do we think we are being clever and shrewd, but actually making a problem worse than if we would just do the simple right thing, as though we were just innocently good?

VPMQ

AO: asylum-pm
Q: Waxjob
PAX: CRISPR, Glamper, Rooney (Carl Whipple), Jeevan Kypa (Scrubs), Steam, Tenderfoot, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Drum Major, Brick, Down Under, Crash Dummy, Guppy, Abacus, Lilydipper, Waxjob, Whitey Tighty, Cheetah Boy
FNGs: None
COUNT: 17
A lovely, clear, and crisp winter afternoon. About 40°
WARMUP:
20 SSH
24 LBAC each way
5 Knoxville Cherry Pickers
10 Hindurkins
15 Tennessee Rocking Chairs
10 Failure to Launch
5 Burpees OYO
2 Burpees OYO
THE THANG:
Head to the top of Cardiac, make good use of the benches for 24 dips.
Next up is Traveling 11s with Merkins and BBS. Reps are as normal, but instead of just moving between two places, advance one light pole after each set. Mosey after the even number sets, and bear crawl the odd.
This took us all the way to the next intersection, so we cut cross country up to the Pavalon:
10 Table Rows
10 Step Ups each leg
10 Table Rows
24 Calf Raise (Straight)
24 Calf Raise (Toes-in)
24 Calf Raise (Toes-out)
10 Table Rows
1-Minute Balls to the Wall
10 Table Rows
Head back up to the parking lot for Mary!
MARY:
24 Flutter Kicks IC
24 LBCs IC
12 Side Crunch each side
A little bit of planking
Finish it off with some leg stretches
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
Ps 119:8-16
How can a young man keep his way pure?
By guarding it according to your word.
With my whole heart I seek you;
let me not wander from your commandments!
I have stored up your word in my heart,
that I might not sin against you.
Blessed are you, O Lord;
teach me your statutes!
With my lips I declare
all the rules of your mouth.
In the way of your testimonies I delight
as much as in all riches.
I will meditate on your precepts
and fix my eyes on your ways.
I will delight in your statutes;
I will not forget your word.

365 “Slurpees” and  Hollywood-style site tour of Equalizer

AO: the-equalizer
Q: Bookman
PAX: Colonel (Alex Wallace), Gobbler, Blindside, Snowbird, Stripped, Ribbed, Swimmies (Nathan Chesney), Bookman
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WARMUP: 10 SSHs

THE THANG: 365 burpees and a tour de Equalizer.

MARY: No time!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Smokies Anniversary 1/6, Hot Toddy Triple Q 1/13 at Asylum Daybreak, 1/20 Convergence at Big Ball

COT: Take a look back at your year.
Your failures, your accomplishments.
Are you proud? What did you learn?
What can you improve? (hint, it’s everything)
Reflect. Be introspective. Celebrate those success!

Now what are your goals for the New Year?
Don’t forget you have help!

Have a safe and Happy New Year.
Get ready to kick ass and out the pedal to the floor in 2024.

The Kraken. Bunny is a menace (murder bunny)

AO: asylum-am
Q: Gibbler
PAX: F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom), Bunny, Hot Tub (John Muller), Cosmo 2, P3, WORM, Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Rainbow, Gibbler, Hands, Double Wide, Charmin (John Willis), @Worm @Newton@Whitebelt @Tropicana
FNGs: None
COUNT: 15
WARMUP: some stuff to get us warm. We listened to @cosmo 2 flap his gums.
THE THANG: The Kraken. 8 stations with exercises. Almost 3 rounds.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:John 1. Be the Light. Don’t wait to change.

Ending 2023 on a High Note

AO: juco
Q: Data
PAX: Guardrail, Dart Gun, Windex, Data, Bootleg
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WARM-O-RAMA:
Reach for the sky & let it hang
Abe Vigodas
Moroccan Nightclubs
Motivators
TN Rocking Horses
ONE THANG: JUCOmanjaro!
Mosey to the first cul-de-sac
Sprint 2 hash marks, perform a static core exercise until the 6 arrives, count to 10
Lunge 1 hash mark…
Bear crawl 1 hash mark…
Bernie 1 hash mark…
Repeat ’till the summit
ANOTHER THANG: Kraken!
12 cones in a circle… do 23 reps of a listed exercise… run around the circle… and advance to the next cone:
Jump Squats
BBS
Merkins
Iron Mikes (1ct)
Carolina Dry Docks
Flutter Kicks (2ct)
Monkey Humpers
Imperial Walkers
Burpees
Mountain Climbers (2ct)
Bobby Hurleys
Plank Jacks
MARY:
Quick run to trees for some last minute pull-ups
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
We will meet on New Year’s Day!
COT:
christianscholars.com/the-meaning-of-technology/
The Bible is full of examples of men using the precious resources around them to do things that serve themselves or that bring God glory. Something to think about as we prepare for a new year. What are we going to do with our precious resources (time, talents, money, etc.) in 2024?!?