F3 Knoxville

Author: Drifter

Chariot Dice – Zelda Edition

THE SCENE: a comfy 58 with clear skys
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
20 SSH
THA-THANG:
8 stations set up in an ovel. This is the chariot track. Each charioteer gets 2 dice to represent their two horses. Roll the dice and do that number of reps. Only advance to the next square when you roll doubles. When you roll doubles, do double the number of reps shown, gallop to the pull-up bars, do 5 pull-ups, gallop back and star rolling for the next exorcise. Use this album to set the zelda adventure quest vibes https://open.spotify.com/album/1k2WWlWmP2bCDNQhsN8ofh?si=XgTCxbj2SfGY8qNChSlZuA&utm_source=copy-link

Stations were

  • Box jumps
  • Good mornings
  • Flutter kicks
  • Mekins
  • Lunges
  • BBS
  • Bench Walkers
  • Squats

MARY:
20 Sword slash sit-ups
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
7 PAX
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Read the verse below about God’s sovereignty. I would think if I really believed God is sovereign, I wouldn’t worry so much. And I also think I would find more assurance and comfort in following Christ’s example and become a servant of those around me.
MOLESKIN:
Who does majesty, glory, and power belong to?
Who is righteous in all His ways and never wrong?
Who is God? Sovereign
Who is awesome?
Who do all men depend on for life and breath?
The author of life and death
The often overlooked but still He’s all-seeing, all-knowing
Holding all creation in its place, the God of wrath and grace
The one who could crush every idol man would rather chase
And leads men to the narrow gate, through these crooked paths we navigate
This world exists cause You’ve commanded it
So is Your hand in it?
Or have you handed it over to man and turned away and abandoned it?
Did you try your best and then left man to handle the rest?
Will your plans find success or should we second guess
When world leaders are deceivers, eager to puff their chests?
Is life a game of chess? Do you have these kings in check?
With so much evil how can we believe you’re good?
But I finally understood when I saw that man nailed to wood
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Would like to play two hand touch football on the 24th if we can get enough people to commit to coming to the beatdown. Maybe bring the young men out too?

Just a few merkins

THE SCENE: a farmer’s rain. Slow and steady.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Little baby arm circles. SSH. Peter Parkers.
THA-THANG:
Using the full upper loop, run 5 light poles, do 5 merkins and 5 LBCs. Run 5 more and do 10. Keep running 5 light poles and increase by 5 each time. Go all the way to 50.

Finished up with a couple victory laps on the full upper and lower loops

MARY:
Stuck with 50 for each of the following. Flutter kicks. Side crunch L&R. Crossing side crunch L&R.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
2 Pax
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
It was a bit of a small crowd since Hydrant had to leave early. But was thinking about the difference between goals and momentum. I feel like I don’t have a lot of specific goals in my life at the moment (aside from major house reno), but I do have a lot of good momentum on many positive life habits. I think that momentum is really important for times like this. And it’s always easier to maintain current momentum than trying to ramp back up to activity after a lull.
MOLESKIN:
N/A
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Might be a demo day at my house soon!

A Veep & Drifter Mashup

THE SCENE: A comfortable 70.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
5 Cherry Pickers, 15 SSH, 11 Windmills, 8 Little Baby Arm Circles (both ways)

THA-THANG:
Veep’s Thang

Starting on one end of the Grinder, do 5: Merkins, Big Boy Situps, and Squats.

Run to the other side and do 5: Pull-ups and Dips

Rinse and repeat adding 5 reps each time. Once you get to 25 reps, work down by 5 reps. Keep cycle going for 30 minutes.

Drifter’s Thang

20 cones set up for agility training. Bring a block over to the sidewalk. One PAX member calls out an exercise for everyone to do while they run the cones. After running the cones, they jump to the back of the line and the next person calls out an exercise.

MARY:
10 Supermans on a 4 count and LBCs for time.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
6 PAX and a guest who joined part way in and left before it was done.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
We finished reading through the old testament this year, and something that really stood out to me is how unflattering the book is toward the Israelites. They are the most faithless bunch of people. It is especially a stark contrast to other texts of the era which mostly puffed up the origins of the people who wrote it. Especially look at the Babylonian epics which basically make the claim that their kings are literal descendants of gods (same with the Egyptians). In the Hebrew scriptures, we mostly see a bunch of screwups. And as odd as it is, it seems more sincere. I see myself in the story of the Israelites. I have some bright moments, but for the most part, I’m not that faithful. It reminds me that the story of the Bible isn’t really about all the human characters’ lack of faith. It’s about God’s faithfulness in spite of humanity’s faithlessness. God does call us to faithfulness. But He also equips us with the faithfulness of Christ and empowers us by His own spirit. F3 encourages us to do hard things. Perhaps the hardest thing is to humble ourselves before God and accept His free gift. Accept that He loves us, and then to respond in faith, being fully convinced that He is able and willing to transform our lives into a faithful witness to His great love for all mankind. 

MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

Ultimate Frisbee – A Game of Inches

THE SCENE: Felt like fall is finally in the air. A bit cooler and nicer
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
10 windmills, motivators from 5, mosey to the soccer field stopping at each stop sign for 4 T-Merkins
THA-THANG:
Game of Ultimate Frisbee played in the 18 yard box of the soccer field. Every time the frisbee hits the ground, everyone does 1 burpee (the throw offs are exempt).

When you score, Scoring team does 10 star jacks (to release excitement), and scored on team does 10 hand release merkins (to wallow in shame, lol).

MARY:
Run back to the AO stopping at each stop sign to do 4 jump squats with a midair twist. Little baby crunches for time. 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
6 PAX

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Goals. There was this interesting study I heard about where there were 2 AIs that were sort of like artificial financial advisors. There were real people in the study who were all competing in like a simulated stock market to increase their portfolio. The AIs were given similar but distinct goals. One was tasked with selfishly increasing the wealth of the artificial company it worked for. The other was tasked with increasing the overall wealth of their company and their clients. The selfish AI did a good job and actually got more wealth for it’s company than the other AI. But the other AI generated more wealth overall for itself and its clients.

So what? Well, for one, we need to think carefully about what goals we delegate out to AI to make sure they are ethical. But more importantly, thinking about our own goals. Are we setting good and noble goals for ourselves? Are we setting goals that are good for the people around us? How many degrees of people around us? How do we measure our success? The “wealth” we create for ourselves? Or the overall “wealth” we generate for our families, friends, and communities. I say “wealth” in quotes because I’m not just talking about monetary wealth. I’m talking about human flourishing. I think F3 gives us a good place to start. Do our Fitness, Fellowship, and Faith goals all align in such away that it helps us all flourish? Or are we guilted into things, or over commit ourselves in one area only to be come bitter and resentful in another important area?

One last thing. It was cool to observe on the field today that as both teams started to adopt a strategy the involved possessing the frisbee and waiting for a good short pass, they tended to reach their desired goal more. The Hale Mary passes worked a few times, but they more often failed. Let’s all lock shields together and help each other make small consistent steps in our goals.

MOLESKIN:
N/A

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
See Slack for a couple events on the 20th and for some Breakfast at Drifters and a Beer Mile coming up in September.

Soccer the Drifter Way

THE SCENE: A thick fog set the perfect atmo for this crazy Mongolian throat music I found. Seriously, check it out.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
19 SSH, 20 Merkins, Soccer Warmup Run around the parking lot. Run to Soccer Fields stopping for T merkins and jumping squats at each stop sign (for safety)

THA-THANG:
Part 1 – Going For Distance.

10 cones. Farthest Cone marked with 10 reps, next closest 20, then 30…all the way to 100 which were like right in front of us. Kick the soccer ball as far as you can then sprint as fast as you can to it. The farther you kick, the lest reps you do when you return. Same with throwing the disc golf disc and dragging the weighted bag. This continued in cycles for about 20 min

Soccer Ball – Lunges
Disc Golf – Merkins
Weighted Bag – Big Boy Sit-ups

Part 2 – Scrimmage Match

Split into 2 teams and we played on a very small field (I brought small goals). 20 min match.

Scoring Team – 5 Star Jacks
Scored on Team – 5 Burpees
Out of bounds sidelines (all players) – 4 side crunch each side 10 min, then 2 T-Merkins each side for 10 min
Out of bounds goal lines (all players) – 3 Big Boy Sit-ups for 10 min, then 3 merkins for 10 min

The ball goes out of bounds a lot so we get some good work in.

MARY:
Run back to the AO. Then we got 20 Flutter Kicks, and LBCs until time. 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
6 PAX. Loafers from down range. Great to have you all week!

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Reading a book called “Living Fearless”. Highly recommend.

From what I can tell, at the core of the book is this concept of 3 different identities we can assume. The fake, the real, and the true.

The fake is the identity that takes the least faith to live in. It’s all the lies we accept about ourselves like, “I’m not good enough for X,” or “I’m just a nobody so it doesn’t mater what I do.”

The real identity is tricky, because it can sound very genuine, like repentance, but it just sort of stops there. It says, “Man, I looked at porn again this week and am really struggling to do better,” but it just says that, week after week.

The true identity is the one that takes the most faith to live in, and is the hardest to believe. It is the identity of what God made us to be. It’s a higher calling, and it’s something that can only be discovered and maintained through Christ and through careful dedication to the word and to honest prayer that seeks a true answer. One that helps us with our everyday activities.

I’m not doing the book justice, so just go read it. At first, the book rubbed me the wrong way, but now I see that I was being challenged on things I needed to be challenged on and now I see it was rubbing me the right way.

MOLESKIN:
N/A

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Remember the events on the 20th. A charity race and a men’s dinner. check the slack.