F3 Knoxville

Ambition and Contentment

The Scene: 65°F and Foggy

F3 Welcome & Disclaimer

Warm-O-Rama:

  • Imperial Walkers x20 (IC)
  • Burpees x10 (OYO)
  • Baby Arm Circles x10 each (IC)
    • forward
    • backward
  • Squats x10 (IC)

The Thang:

  • Mosey to between the baseball fields
    • Pullups x10 (OYO)
    • Squats x20 (OYO)
    • Burpees x 15 (OYO)
    • LBC x30 (OYO)
    • Merkins x20 (OYO)
    • When everyone is done, Run the Loop (out to the greenway, up heartattack hill, and back to the fields)
    • Repeat (4 times)

MARY:

  • Plank
    • Hand and leg up
    • Switch to other side
  • American Hammers x30
  • Hello Dolly x20

Count-O-Rama

Circle of Trust/ Ball of Man

Ambition and Contentment:

We all long for contentment—and people with the right view of God’s ownership want to make sure they don’t fall into discontentment.

But you might wonder: Does being content mean you’re not charging forward toward God’s call for your life? Because those same people don’t want to do that, either! They don’t want to feel like they’re standing still in life, unmotivated and unambitious.

Proverbs 13:4 (NIV) offers an answer: “A sluggard’s appetite is never filled, but the diligent are fully satisfied.”

In other words, standing still doesn’t equal contentment, and ambition doesn’t equal discontentment.

Here’s the thing: Contentment is spiritual. It’s a sense of peace in the middle of a storm. And it has nothing to do with ambition.

Take Paul. He was constantly going, moving, preaching, teaching, discipling and ministering, even when it was really, really hard.

“I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want” (Philippians 4:11–12 NIV).

A content person still wants to do better and be better; he’s just not pinning all his hopes and dreams on that one thing that the culture is telling him he needs to fill the void in his heart. He’s grateful for what he has and thanks God for all of his blessings, even if they’re all he’ll ever have. But he’ll continue to grow, change and make a bigger impact on the world, as long as he’s able. That’s ambition.

Paul describes it this way in 1 Timothy 6:6–8 (NKJV): “Now godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content.”

See the difference? Content people may not have the best of everything, but they make the best of everything.

And all the while, they still pursue everything with passion.

From< https://www.stewardship.com/articles/how-to-balance-contentment-and-ambition>

Moleskin:

It was an intimate workout this morning, a nice break from the typical crowds that are known to gather at the Asylum. I was very glad that Waffle House and Snitch showed up so I wasn’t working out by myself 🙂

The Big Dipper

Warm Up
20 Jumping Jacks
15 Imperial Walkers
15 Squat Jumps
10 Windmills
10 Cherry Pickers

Mosey on Road to North of Admin Bldg.

Suicides to cones on grass

20 Merkens
40 Baby Crunches

Bear Crawl to First Cone, Lunge to Second Cone, Hop to Third Cone, Bear Crawl to Last Cone. Sprint back.

20 Merkens
40 Baby Crunches
Mosey to End of Road Then on Walking Trail to Bottom of Mt. Everest

20 Hello Dollies in Cadence
Run Around Tree and Back
20 Hello Dollies on Own
Run Around Tree and Back
30 Big Boy Sit Ups

Run to Top of Mt Everest
30 Big Boy Sit Ups

Mosey to Stone Pile
Every man grabs a cinder block weight stone
25 Overhead Presses
Run to Bottom of Road at South Side of Admin Bldg
25 Diamond Merkins
Run Back to Stone Pile
25 Curls
Run to Bottom of Road Again
25 Shin Lifts
Run Back to Stone Pile
25 Squat Lifts to Chest
Run to Bottom of Road Again
25 Flutter Kicks to 2 count
Run Back to Stone Pile
25 Bench Presses with Back on Pavement or Grass
Those who have finished do go through weight exercises again while waiting on others to finish
Drop off Stones
Mosey to Original Starting Place

BOM
The Cost of Grace
Grace (“charis” in Greek) means unmerited favor without expectation of return – Jim Branch
“Grace is the good pleasure of God that inclines Him to bestow benefits on the undeserving.” A.W. Tozer in Knowledge of the Holy
Yet “cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline. . . “ (Read lines from The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoefer)

Paula Abdul near the UT school

F3 Welcome & Disclaimer

Warm-o-Rama

  1. 15 – Side straddle hops on 4 ct
  2. 12 – tempo squats on 4 ct
  3. 10 – windmills on 4 ct
Mosey to parking lot behind Chemistry building
Doracides – partner up. 1 person does exercises, the other runs suicides, 1 burpee at first cone, back, 2 burpees at second cone, back, three burpees at third cone, back. Switch. Pick up where partner left off
  1. 100 merkins
  2. 100 lbcs (little baby crunch)
  3. 100 squats
Mosey to parking garage
Paula Abdul in 11th st parking garage. 2 floors up, one floor down, 10 burpees. Continue to the top.
Mosey back to SP
Core cash out
  1. 10 – Crunchy dolly’s on 4 ct
  2. Not so lazy boys on Q cadence
Count off, name-o-rama, FNG naming.

Raining FNGs

The Scene: 60, cloudy, on the verge of rain….gloomy

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

Warm-o-rama:
SSH IC x 20
This / that stretch
Merkins 4ct IC x 10
Burpees OYO x 10

Tha-Thang:

  • 7’s on the hill: burpees at bottom / 4 count mountain climbers at top
  • Box crawls: 4 cones in a square. Bear crawl the square while always facing one direction. After one lap around the square, run a lap down the stairs, over to next stairs, then reverse crawl up the stairs. Rinse & repeat entire set x 5.
  • Suicides: 4 cones, do 2,4,6,8 reps at each cone of the following: Iron Mikes, wide merkins, Bobby Hurleys
  • Wheelbarrow merkins. Battle buddy up & wheelbarrow across 5 parking lot lines. Do 5 merkins at each line.

MARY:
Hello Dolly IC x 20
Box cutters IC x 20
ATMs

Count off and name-o-rama

BOM:
When I think of our nation’s military history it gives me chills. We enjoy freedoms today because of the sacrifices made by prior generations. Today is June 5…the day before D-day. 73 years ago, thousands of American men were spending their time on this day preparing to storm the beaches of Normandy tomorrow morning. They were securing their gear, thinking of their loved ones, homesick, scared, confused and they probably all had knots in their stomachs. Then, on June 6th, those same men swallowed down their fear and performed flawlessly while securing the beach. It’s estimated that 2,500 American’s lost their lives that day fighting for freedom. Let’s not forget them or the sacrifice they made so that we may have a brighter future.

Moleskin:
Great to see so many FNGs today! Tclaps to those guys for gutting it out!

Lottery

The scene: 60, cloudy

Q Bartman

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

Warm-o-rama:
Little Baby Arm Circle – front / back IC x 10
This / that stretch
Cherry Picker IC x 5
Burpees OYO x 10
CMU: 10 curls, 10 OH press, 10 tricep press, 10 squat

The Thang:
• Suicide lottery. 5 cone suicide course with cones about 10 yards apart from each other. Pass a bucket around with exercises written on cardboard tickets. PAX draw a ticket & run suicide course, completing the exercise you drew from the bucket each cone. Rinse, shuffle, repeat.
• Final lap: everyone does burpees

MARY:
ABCs
Box cutters IC x 20
American Hammers IC x 15
Ring of fire – leg levers. 2 rounds

Count off and name-o-rama

BOM:
You reap what you sow. The world tells us to sow our wild oats while we’re young and then settle down later to be responsible men, husbands and fathers. The problem with this is that the bible clearly tells us we will reap what we sow. Is it any wonder that the man who spent his teenage years partying now has a hard time staying away from the same crowd? Or the man who spent his time looking at pornography while young now struggles with this in his life? As fathers this is something we need to be aware of with our children. I want my children to experience life to the fullest – I want them to experience joy, sadness, success, failure, love, heartache, friendship and animosity as they round out to be adults. However, as my oldest child enters his high school years I am increasingly aware of my responsibility as a father to set appropriate guardrails so that my children experience all they can, while not establishing bad habits that they will reap later in life.

Moleskin:
Today was Peyton’s last day with the PAX before he relocates to FL. We’re all going to miss him in the gloom! Peyton is a HIM and the Orlando F3 PAX will be better because of him. Tclaps brother!