F3 Knoxville

Author: BackBlasts

8/8 BigBall

AO: bigball
Q: Drive-thru (Mikel Towe)
PAX: Abort (Jeremy Loftis), G-6 (Rick Kuhlman), Jenner (Matt Pfeiffer), Postman (Scott Colby), Swanson (Eli Cockrum), Ben Bannister, vanilla (caleb gilmore), Snake handler
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP: Tempo Squat, Squat and reach, Baby arm circles, Hillbilly, little this/that
THE THANG:

Mosey to BigBall do some slow high knees forward and backward up stairs.

Mosey to parking lot across from YWCA

Circuit around parking lot and run to Eddie’s Health Shop

2 rounds each x15

-flutter kick
-hello Dolly
-J-Lo
-BBS
Run

-T merks
-dips
-decline
-shoulder taps
Run

-lunge
-jump squat
-monkey humpers
-pistol squat
Run

MARY: no time
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: My 2.0 turns 2 today. Showing my appreciation for the BigBall guys for everything they have gotten me through. Power of prayer from before through birth process and the times after. Thanks men.

Trust Too

AO: the-project
Q: Mathlete (Jacob Platfoot)
PAX: Biohack (Andrew Ditmer), Mathlete (Jacob Platfoot), Snaggletooth (Elijah Tafao), Rocket (dave weston), OBrother (Luke Platfoot), Ocho (Matt Hudson), Munge (Nathaniel Bond), Fire inthe Hole (Dave Duhamel), slappy (Nathan Evers), Boy George (Carey Allen), KickFlip (David Greer), Comfort Zone (Colin Courtney), Duke (Anthony Kahn)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
Warm-o-rama: SSH, tempo squats, LBACs, Grady corn, tempo merkins, down/up dog.
The Thang: Mosey to pool wall and remember 3 wall ups.
Mosey to playground – Dora: 250 hanging knee raises while partner runs to pool wall and does 2 wall ups.
Mosey to Pool Wall – Dore: 150 Merkins while partner runs to playground and does 2 pull ups.
Mosey to amphitheatre – 50x 4-ct core exercise, 10 derkins, then run up the hill and back. Core exercises are LBCs, Flutterkicks, Freddy Mercury, and box cutters.
Mosey to fountain and do 50 dips.
Mosey to parking lot and do a sprint.
Mary: prone rows for time
Word: some great take aways from a lecture I heard from Craig Groeschel.
Trust is built by Transparency, Empathy, and Consistency.
Transparency – When communication decreases, uncertainty increases. Better to disappoint with a hard truth than to deceive with a lie.
Empathy – Talk less, listen more. Your team will never care about your mission if you don’t care about your team.
Consistency – It’s not what you do occasionally that matters, but what you do consistently.
To earn trust, you have to give trust.
The best way to figure out if you can trust someone is to trust them.
You may be disappointed if you trust too much, but you will always be limited if you don’t trust enough.

Societal trust is as low as it has ever been. People default to distrust. Thus, we must be more intentional about building it. Go first in trust. Be transparent about your weaknesses. And remember that the three most important ingredients for success are consistency, consistency, and consistency.

Dora to the Max

AO: juco
Q: 5K (Derren Burrell)
PAX: Guardrail (Brandon Brown), Butterknife, Archie (Andy Nack), Jonathan Woodall (GUMP), Booster (Les Fout), Lil’ Spice (Chad Crawford), Data (Joey Tipton), Windex, Wanderer (Dave Staab), MC Fraud (Chris Trice), Fetch (Joel Moran), MessyHobbs, Scott/Pickle Pounder
FNGs: 1 Scott/Pickle Pounder
COUNT: 14
WARMUP: SSH
Tempo Squats
Tempo Merkins
Morrocan Night Club
Pagoda Windmill
Toe Merkins

THE THANG: Mosey to new building
Dora up
150 Dips, 250 LBCs, 300 Squats
Partner does a lap around the building
Mosey to the Courtyard
Dora up
100 Carolina Dry Docks, 200 2-count Flutter Kicks, 300 Lunges

MARY: Freddy Mecuries on the way back

COT: Eccl 4: 9-10
9 Two are better than one,
    because they have a good return for their labor:
10 If either of them falls down,
    one can help the other up.
But pity anyone who falls
    and has no one to help them up.
Acts 4:32-33
32 All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had. 33 With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all
I personallly had an experience this past Friday whereby I needed help — my daughter had slid off the side of the road in her car, and I was looking on who to call for help. I didn’t check work, I didn’t check other circles, I immediately thought of my F3 brethren. Partly location, but partly because I knew Dartgun and Mailbox for several years, and know them, I’ve sweated with them out in the gloom…and I knew they would help. That’s the church, isn’t it? This is the body…let’s live it out

What’s behind DORA number 1?

AO: the-equalizer
Q: Stripped (Carter Cross)
PAX: Blindside (Davis Bodie), Snowbird (Nick Wilson), Ribbed (Joshua Sagraves), mouthwash (Mike), Stripped (Carter Cross), Snitch (Cory Beilharz ), Headgear, Unibráu (Nick Robinson)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH IC | Grady Corns IC
SSH IC | Windmills IC
SSH IC | Rockettes IC

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the flag pole (CW). Partner up for DORA. Partner A runs CW lap while Partner B performs exercise at flag pole. Move on to next exercise when cumulative reps are completed.
100 Lunges (each leg)
200 Squats
300 4Ct StepUps

Elevens – Calf raises. Bridges at flag circle

STRETCHES:
Bend down & grab toes
Sit squat

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM: James 1

There And Back Again

AO: rampart
Q: Steam
PAX: Piston (Ralton Emory), GoDaddy (Zack Williamson), Outnumbered (Daniel Hildebrandt), Skeletor (Tyson Canup), Stage Hand, Lucille (Austin Williams), Wingman (Maverick Gregory), Feeny (Josh Banken), (Binks) Caleb McDaniel
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
WARMUP:
– SSH: 20×4
   – 2 Cherry Pickers OYO
– Hillbilly: 20×4
   – 2 Cherry Pickers OYO
– Mountain Climber: 20×4
   – 2 Cherry Pickers OYO
– Squat: 20×4
   – 2 Cherry Pickers OYO
– Apollo Ono: 8×4
   – 2 Cherry Pickers OYO

THE THANG:
(mosey to the pav)
1: 10s
– 7 cones / 1 on each table
– Classic 10s: 1+9, 2+8, etc
– Do all the Xs in here – run to the light on the corner of the building
– Man-makers
(mosey back to the flag

MARY:
Core 4
– LBCs: 20×4
– Flutter Kicks: 20×4
– American Hammers: 20×4
– Dead Bugs: 20×4
2 rounds – sprint to the street + execute monkey humpers (10×4) and then sprint back

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Growth/expansion opportunities are coming in hot! Be on the lookout for more info in the channel from Skeletor
– Forg3 2023: a weekend retreat created by F3 men, for F3 men. September 22 – 24 @ Doe River Gorge in Hampton, TN
– $110 covers your food/lodging/retreat materials
– Checkout our landing page for all the info and register today ⚒️ forg3intel.carrd.co/

COT:
3 Things I Learned Last Week

(1) Don’t get complacent/too comfortable. Michael Barrett called me out for not saying the 5 Core Principles of F3 correctly when I started leading a F3 Smokies last week. It’s now part of my intro any time I lead an F3 workout. It’s not just a fun thing to say, it’s part of the DNA of F3. I appreciate the accountability bro.

(2) Real requires real. One of the F3 men I’ve met over the past 6 years and that I respect the most shared something at the end of the workout that kind of knocked me on my ass mentally, spiritually, mentally, and emotionally. Why? Because in that moment I thought “Man, idk if I would have the guts to share that this openly in a group of 20+ men after a workout.” That’s a problem. If I’m challenging/encouraging/inviting men to be their real + authentic selves, I better be doing the exact same thing. You know who you are, and I appreciate you bro.

(3) My strength will fail me, God will not. After this week, I’m smoked. Monday Q with F3 Smokies, Tuesday pre-ruck + Q at the Asylum PM, Thursday morning ruck, Thursday night ruck WOD, Friday morning workout with Shamrock, and Saturday Q with F3 Smokies. Yeah, I’m smoked. I didn’t know if I had the strength to push through this week to be honest – but God did. And that’s just the physical realm.
– “My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” – ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭73‬:‭26‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Don’t stay isolated and in the shadows. Reject that. You don’t have to be the strongest, the smartest, the richest, the most connected, or the most known to find true community in F3. Shoot, I’m none of those things. Come and see what something as crazy as a 45-minute or 60-minute workout can do for you physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and relationally. F3 Nation was created with you in mind. ⚒️