F3 Knoxville

[downrange] Leg Day

AO: downrange
Q: Mermaid
PAX: Mermaid
FNGs: None
COUNT: 2
This was a variation of my no glove workout, that focuses on legs. It also may not have been the best idea since we were walking about 25,000 steps a day.

The COT was Matthew 16:24

Fast Laps

AO: shamruck
Q: Trojan
PAX: Eliza, Fabio (Joe Hamilton), Glamper
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
WARMUP: Walk to track.

THE THANG: Ruck laps around the track at brisk pace.

MARY: N/A

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Forgot to mention Escape From Haw Ridge!

COT:

Chapter 6 of Kent Evans’ book The Manhood Journey is about serving others. Kent talks about three reasons we serve: Duty, Devotion, and Delight. While serving out of duty and devotion is good, we should strive to serve out of delight. We should take joy in using our gifts to serve others as God’s Word commands.

Scripture references: Matthew 20:28/Mark 10:45, 1 Peter 4:10, Galatians 5:13-14, John 13:14, Philippians 2:3-4

Wall day

AO: juco
Q: Mailbox
PAX: Love Shaq, Guardrail, Starlink, Wanderer, Lt. Dan, Mailbox, Windex, Archie, Aspen
FNGs: 1 Aspen
COUNT: 9
WARMUP: SSH, Moroccan Night Club, Windmills, Grady Corns, Tempo Squats

THE THANG:

Mosey to Haslam Center Wall
20 Jump Ups, 20 Derkins, 20 single leg squats each leg

Mosey around big lot rolling the dice at each light pole for the number of no cheat Merlin’s

Stopped at HV Road for some monkey humpers

Mosey to Tome Poke Wall where we did 20 squats, 20 lunges, 20 count wall hand stand and 20 count wall sit then ran the stairs and around. Rinse and repeat dropping off 2 counts til we got to 10.

Mosey back to flag with a few more stops of no cheat merkins

MARY:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

Don’t be burdened by stuff and pursuit of stuff. Set sights on heavenly things –

Matthew 6:19-21

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

Tuesday Feb 25, 2025

AO: dogpound
Q: Madoff
PAX: Lightweight, Mayberry, Earmuffs (Dan Studt), Einstein, Bartman
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WARMUP:
20 Rockettes
10 Tempo Squats
10 TN Rocking Chairs
10 SSH
10 Plank Jacks
10 Little Baby Arm Circles Forward and 10 Backwards

THE THANG:
Tabata – 20 secs work 10 secs rest x8
1. Jump Squats
2. Freddie Mercury
3. Deep Incline Merkins
4. Toe Taps while leaning back on wall
5. Reverse Lunges
6. Box Cutters
7. Tempo Squats

MARY:
25 Plank Jacks
25 Imperial Walkers
10 Jump Squats

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check newsletter. Mentioned Escape Haw Ridge and Hardship Hill

COT: Men typically do not get their feelings hurt often, and when they do it’s most likely by someone you love or respect…because you have to care what they think in order for their thoughts to be valuable enough to “hurt” you. Your first response to hurt is likely to be anger or defensive. I challenged myself and the men to try and calmly process the situation and be introspective to see if there is something you need to learn. If someone important to you has something to say you do not like, then the leader must take that information and do something positive with it. It’s hard in the moment to do it, but I think it’s one way we can grow. Gave an example from my life recently.

Dutch Royal- Team Biohack vs Team Mathlete

AO: the-project
Q: Flying Dutchman
PAX: Biohack, Erector, Mathlete, Munge, Ocho, slappy, Baby Face, flyball, Flying Dutchman, Patch Adams, Tom Tom, None
FNGs: 1 None
COUNT: 11
WARMUP:
LBC’s forward and reverse, arm stretches, SSH, tempo squats, Willie Mays Hays, Cherry picker
THE THANG:
Mosey to back of library, Biohack and Mathlete picked teams. We had 2 decks of F3 exercise cards, and a paper to track points. Team with most exercises (points) wins. There were three stages. Stage 1, 4 different places around the Project had to be visited with an excercise to be completed before returning. Stage 2, each member of the teams flips cards and does that excercise until the team flips 30 cards total. Stage 3, each member of the team continues to flip cards and go that excercise, but now adding running up stairs and the doing 2 burpees in between each one. Team Biohack did 82 different excercises and Team Mathlete did 80. To be fair, Team Mathlete had one less person.
MARY:
No time
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:
We discussed how we continue to encourage, train up and support each other at F3. The Q today demonstrated that as we worked as individuals, but also teams. II Timothy 1:5. I have been reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and I am persuaded, now lives in you also. Timothy was trained up by his family first, and the Paul. Lets us continue to train up and support our kids, family, friends, colleagues and anyone we come into contact with.