F3 Knoxville

Author: Skeletor

Skeletor’s Toy Box

THE SCENE: It’s a beautiful morning
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

As always, ticked those boxes

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH: 15 x 4 IC
  • Tempo Merkin: 10 x 4 IC
  • Tempo Squat: 5 x 4 IC
  • Little baby arm circles 10 x 4 F & 10 x 4 B
  • Chattanooga cherry picker
  • Seal claps
  • Overhead claps
  • SSH: 10 x 4 IC

THA-THANG:

Round 1 Man at each toy.

120# sandbag Mosey out, Bernie back

60# bag Dead lift

40# bag clean

40# bag overhead press

20# bag tricep extension

35# kettle bell swings

53 # kettle bell farmers carry out with right, back with left

30# rucksack merkins

20# plate heavy big boys

Mosey around for rest

Round 2

120# sandbag Mosey out, Bernie back

60# bag bent rows

40# bag curl

40# bag Heavy Squat

20# bag Dead lift to press

35# kettle bell single arm row

53 # kettle bell farmers carry

30# rucksack get ups

20# plate clean

Mosey to sign and back

MARY:
No time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
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CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

We aren’t called to carry the burdens of life alone. Galatians 6:2 Bear one another’s burdens, and thereby fulfill the law of Christ.

How do we do that:

  1. Be available – This is the easiest one. Show interest in helping a brother carry his load. Ask him how he is doing, how you can pray for him.
  1. Be a listener- We as men can be  bad listeners, we want to take cation to solve the problem. Sometimes folks just want to share what’s on their heart and need someone to confide in. Be there to listen and give a hug or fist bump to say, I love you and I’ve got your back.
  1. Be a conduit – sometimes we aren’t the right people for the situation a friend is in. Be someone who points others to a friend who has dealt with something similar and has experience with the same type of pains.
  1. Be a witness – no matter what the problem, sin, or affliction, there is only one resolution, the Gospel. The Gospel is a daily reminder that we cannot do it, we need a savior, and that savior is Jesus Christ. He is the one who lived a perfect life, that we can’t live, died a righteous death that we can’t die, and rose again defeating death forever and providing a way for his children to dwell with him forever.

Carry your brothers burdens, look for opportunities to be a blessing.

Prayer requests

BOM

MOLESKIN:
None
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

📢IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT📢
We are now moving to an official boot camp on Saturday at 0700. I will work with leadership to get us set. Saturday workouts are a great opportunity to EH guys and be in the community.

Walk that walk

THE SCENE: Foggy and cool
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

Chiggity-check!


WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Willie mays Hayes
  • SSH: 15 x 4 IC
  • Tempo Merkin: 10 x 4 IC
  • Toe Merkin: 25 x 4 IC
  • 4 count cherry pickers
  • Tempo Squat: 5 x 4 IC
  • Little baby arm circles 10 x 4 F & 10 x 4 B
  • Chattanooga cherry picker
  • Seal claps
  • Overhead claps
  • Knoxville cherry pickers

THA-THANG:

Mosey to bus then back to shovel flag hold Al Gore until 6 in

Round 1

10 burpees.

Mosey to fort then back to shovel flag hold Al Gore until 6 in

Round 2 

10 Burpees

25 push-ups

Mosey to bus and back to shovel flag hold Plank until 6 in

Round 3

10 Burpees

25 push-ups

50 lunges

Mosey to fort then back to shovel flag hold Al Gore until 6 in

Round 4

10 Burpees

25 push-ups

50 lunges

100 LBC’s

Mosey to bus and back to shovel flag hold Plank until 6 in.

Round 5

10 Burpees

25 push-ups

50 lunges

100 LBC’s

150 air squats

Completed with 3 minutes to go.

HIM’S you did:

50 Burpees

100 push-ups

150 single count lunges

200 LBC’s

150 air squats

MARY:
Roulette for 3 minutes

olive oyl 10 box cutter

Airborne 60 second Freddie Mercury

Feeny 30 second leg lift hold

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

COT today is about walking in Faith

I am teaching through Ephesians. Yesterday we covered a portion of chapter 2 verse 2. It begins with the phrase, in which you formerly walked. It is referring to the spiritual state of the Ephesians people when they were dead in trespasses and sins.

I asked my youth kids what it meant to walk with something, and what was a life like if you are walking in sins. If you are walking with sins and trespasses, it’s a way of life for you. You have no relationship with holiness if you are walking in trespasses and sins.

Once we defined an unrighteousness walk, we looked at a Holy walk, and specifically Enoch. Enoch was Noah’s great grandfather, and Genesis 5 tells us that He walked with God and he was not, for God took him.

Then in Hebrews 11: 5-6 we see that Enoch was translated, he never died, and was taken up to be with God, for he pleased God. Then it says:

But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

So my friends, if you want to please God, then by faith, walk with Him, believing that He is, and diligently seeking Him.

There are only two ways to do this, that is reading His word, and prayer. There are many ways to serve Him, but service does not grant you an audience with Him. Again, Hebrews 11:6 ,without Faith it is Impossible to please him.

MOLESKIN:
Walk in Faith, believing in Him and earnestly seeking Him.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Saturday beat down, 7am with coffeteria

Heavy circle of pain

THE SCENE: Perfect for a beat down, gloomy and cool
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

As always ✅
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Willie mays Hayes
  • SSH: 15 x 4 IC
  • Tempo Merkin: 10 x 4 IC
  • Toe Merkin: 25 x 4 IC
  • 4 count cherry pickers
  • Tempo Squat: 5 x 4 IC
  • Little baby arm circles 10 x 4 F & 10 x 4 B
  • Chattanooga cherry picker
  • Seal claps
  • Overhead claps
  • SSH: 15 x 4 IC double time 

THA-THANG:

Mosey over to the circle

Round 1

Each man at one station. 60 seconds of work. Once finished move to the next station. Repeat until each man has completed every station. No breaks 

60# sandbag deadlift

Plank 

40# sandbag curl

Burpee 

40# sandbag get up’s

Al Gore

30# ruck plate kettle bell swings

Plank 

20# ruck sack tricep extension

Burpee 

10# ruck plate extension hold

Al Gore

5# sand disc plank slides

Big Boys

CMU Rifle carry

60 seconds of rest while we mosey to start line. Mosey to FSWP sign and back. Record time we. Ame in at 1:45. Challenge men to cut the time by 15 seconds. Go again, came in at 1:20. If we successfully make time then no punishment. If we fail, we get 10 burpees per man. No extra burpees

Round 2

Mosey back to the circle

same plan, but we cut the time to 30 seconds per station to finish on time

60# sandbag bent row

Plank 

40# sandbag squat

LBC 

40# sandbag overhead switch shoulder to shoulder

Al Gore

30# ruck plate overhead press

Plank

20# ruck sack merkin

LBC

10# ruck plate extension hold

Al Gore

plank shoulder touches

Big Boys

CMU Farmer carry

Finish at 6:00

Mosey to start line

Run to the sign and back. If we beat our best time, we’re finished. If we don’t, 30 merkins per man.

MARY:
Did I not have time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Water.

Adult men are approximately 60% water. We can live for bout three days without drinking water. Water is the source of our life. If we don’t have access to clean drinking water, we die.

I want to draw your attention to spiritual water.

Joh 4:7  A woman of Samaria *came to draw water. Jesus *said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

Joh 4:8  For His disciples had gone away to the city to buy food.

Joh 4:9  So the Samaritan woman *said to Him, “How is it that You, though You are a Jew, are asking me for a drink, though I am a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)

Joh 4:10  Jesus replied to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”

Joh 4:11  She *said to Him, “Sir, You have no bucket and the well is deep; where then do You get thisliving water?

Joh 4:12  “You are not greater than our father Jacob, are You, who gave us the well and drank of it himself, and his sons and his cattle?”

Joh 4:13  Jesus answered and said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again;

Joh 4:14  but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never be thirsty; but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up to eternal life.”

In Psalm 1 we read,

“Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.”

‭‭Psalm‬ ‭1:1-3‬ ‭ESV‬‬

A tree planted by streams of water prospers. Not because of the view, or it’s individual position. It prospers because it’s roots, the foundation of the tree have access to the source of life. The tree has an endless supply of water.

Brothers, I call you to follow this Psalm. Watch who you run with, watch what they say, delight in the Lord, and spend time with Jesus. Be plugged into Him. He is living water. He is the source of life. Drink of the well, and look to Christ.

Prayer requests

BOM

MOLESKIN:
Super proud of the pax at Rampart today. You guys carried my heavy day without grumbling. Maybe it should get harder. 😉
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Bobbitt on Iron Pax at Project

Flag and Q change at project coming soon. Let’s go support our family in Oak Ridge.

Heavy Encouragement

THE SCENE: Gloomy and Sticky
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

Check


WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH: 15 x 4 IC
  • Tempo Merkin: 10 x 4 IC
  • Toe Merkin: 15 x 4 IC
  • Cherry pickers 5 x 4 IC
  • Tempo Squat: 5 x 4 IC
  • Tie fighter: 10 x 4 F & 10 x 4 B
  • Moroccan Night Club 10 x 4
  • SSH: 10 x 4 IC

THA-THANG:

Mosey to my tailgate

Double coupon discount day

Each man pulls a card, Ace – 8

Pickup all coupons from bed of my truck

  • Ace – FLAG and 20# rucksack
  • 2- 5 – one corner of the 120# sandbag
  • 6 – 60# sandbag
  • 7 – 40# sandbag
  • 8 – 40# sandbag 

Mosey to the parking lot and get in a large circle

One exercise per man. 

  • Flag, wave it like you just don’t care
  • 120# sandbag bear hug squats
  • 60# sandbag bag dead lifts
  • 40# sandbag curls
  • 40# sandbag tricep extensions
  • 20# ruck sack merkins

The two men without a coupon run the length of the parking lot and back, when they return, rotate, rinse and repeat until every man has performed every exercise, then Coupon carry to the close goal line of the soccer field.

Spread out the 120, the 60, both 40’s

  • 2 men 120# sandbag drag 40 yards May pull forwards or backwards
  • 2 men 60# sandbag toss 40 yards Death march style
  • 2 men 40# sandbag overhead toss 40 yards and back Death march style
  • 2 men 40# sandbag under leg drag 40 yards and back Death march style

Everyone hold plank until 6 is in. 6 in, rinse and repeat until all men have completed every exercise. 

Hard stop recover at 5:50

Bear Crawl to Glory

Man with the ace is on the goal line, everyone else gathers around for encouragement.

Ace man sit’s on the 120# sandbag and strap shoulders in. Lean forward to bear crawl. 

Bear crawl pulling the 120# bag across the 40 yard line as fast as possible. Men on the sides do not let the man stop. Yell scream, and encourage the man to pull as far as he can. 

Rinse and repeat until every man in order of 2 – 8 has reached the goal

RTB

MARY:

No Time

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 HIM’s, 2 FNG’s from Monday had to be renamed due to replication, Otis is now Binks, and Shredder is now Rap Sheet

We have had consistent effort from a 2.0, thought it was time to give him a name, He liked Tarantula, so Tarantula it is.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Encouragement

The whole point of the bear crawl to glory was encouragement. We as brothers need to be constantly building each other up as men. We need to hold each other accountable. We need to be the men in the community that set the example of what it means to be a man, and there is no finer example than our AO motto.

“Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.”

1 Corinthians 16:13-14 ESV

MOLESKIN:
These men absolutely killed Heavy day. Shout out to Wingman who pulled the 120# sandbag like it was not even back there. That was impressive brother.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • 2nd F gathering at Shakira’s coffee shop 8am Saturday morning. See you guys there.
  • August 6: 7 AM.  Work Day at the Cerebral Palsy Center.  See Slack for details.
  • Coffeteria at McDonalds.
  • Seems like there was one more, but I don’t remember.

Heavy Grumble, Grumble @ RAMPART

THE SCENE: Beautiful 68 degrees, very nice
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

  • Welcome to F3: Fitness/Fellowship/Faith
  • My name is Skeletor
  • Couple of things before we begin:
    • Not a professional
    • You’re here on your own volition
    • I don’t know the injuries you may or may not have – so modify as you need. Push yourselves don’t hurt yourselves and push the men around you when they need it.
  • FREE.99


WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH: 10 x 4 IC
  • Tempo Merkin: 5 IC
  • Mountain Climber: 5 x 4 IC
  • 4 count cherry pickers
  • Tempo Squat: 5 x 4 IC
  • Baby Arm Circles: 10 x 4 F & 10 x 4 B
  • Moroccan night club 6 x 4 IC
  • Chattanooga cherry picker 6 x 4 IC
  • SSH: 10 x 4 IC

THA-THANG:

Carry heavy things as a team or individually to each post.

  1. Mosey to baseball field parking lot
  • 1/2 group “peoples chair” as long as it takes for the other half to finish 20 squats
  • 1/2 group 20 squats

Switch Rinse repeat until everyone gets 100 squats

2. Mosey to track sandbags have to go up and down

  • @ track 5 burpees
  • @playground 5 burpees

Rinse and repeat to 4, 3, 2, end at 1 on the track.

3. Mosey with sandbags to top of track

  • 5 merkins
  • 5 big boys

Rinse and repeat to 4,3,2,1

4. Mosey with sandbags to bottom of track

  • 5 – 4 count American hammers
  • 5  – 4 count flutter kicks

Rinse and repeat to 4,3,2,1

Lap #2

5. Mosey to mid field with sandbags

  • Pax in a single file line, plenty of space between. 1st man deadlifts the 60# sandbag and toss over head for the next man, then drop to plank the heavy bag travels to the end of the line. When all men are in plank, drag 40# sandbag under your body with opposite arm to the next man.
  • Recover, rinse, repeat. Modify to hold Al Gore, and drag the bag back up to first man between the legs of each man. 

6. Mosey with sandbags to picnic tables under awning

  • 5 – 4 count Rocky balboas
  • 5 dips

Rinse and repeat to 4,3,2,1

RTB with sandbags

MARY:

Stretch sesh with Skeletor

3 – 4 count cherry pickers extend to hold and stretch

3 – 4 count slow windmills for the stretch

3-4 count Sprinkler

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

8 strong

Bobbitt, Olive Oil, Wingman, Mathlete, Biohack, Snaggletooth, Skewer, Skeletor

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

That was a hard thing gentlemen. THANK YOU FOR GIVING YOUR ALL. Most men are still asleep waiting to face the day. You have already went to battle and won. The COT today is brought to you by the Apostle Paul.

Key verse Eph 5:20

Eph 5:18  And do not get drunk with wine, for that is excess, but be filled with the Spirit,

Eph 5:19  speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;

Eph 5:20  always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;

Eph 5:21  and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ.

It’s easy to have a melody in your heart singing to the Lord when things are all good, but when things go wrong our flesh desires to rebel. Instead of focusing on the negative aspects of your situation, thank the Lord for your trials and trouble.

I love the closing thought in verse 21 as well. How do we as brothers ensure that we are holding this standard of giving thanks to the Lord? Be subject to one another in the fear of Christ. That’s accountability right there. That’s why F3 exists to be a helper for your brothers.

Rom 8:35  Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

Rom 8:36  Just as it is written, “FOR YOUR SAKE WE ARE BEING PUT TO DEATH ALL DAY LONG; WE WERE CONSIDERED AS SHEEP TO BE SLAUGHTERED.”

Rom 8:37  But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us.

Give thanks to Him for the good, for the bad, for the mundane, for the Joy. He alone is worthy. THANK YOU LORD.

MOLESKIN:
This was my VQ, and what an honor to Q at Rampart. Looking forward to many more.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Official #Rampart AO open May 30 @7am. Invite those FNG’s  it’s a great opportunity to get them some exposure without getting up before the rooster.

Men of AO project have shown up in force to support Rampart. Let’s show them some love by making an appearance at the Project this coming Tuesday May 24th @5:30am