F3 Knoxville

3X3’s at JUCO

AO: juco
Q: Wanderer
PAX: Lt. Dan, Mailbox, Stye (Hal Phillips), Commission, Butterknife, Data, Guardrail, Fetch, Windex, Booster
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WARMUP:

Side Straddle Hop
Thai Fighters (left/right)
Reach for the skies/let it hang
cherry pickers

Mosey to the coupon pile…

THE THANG:

3×3 – Complete a circuit and run a lap. Repeat each circuit 3 times.
3 Circuits 3 Times = 3×3

Circuit 1
– CMU Curls x 15
– Diamond Merkins x 10
– Mountain Climbers x 30 (2 ct)
– Heavy Hammers x 20

Circuit 2
– Merkins x 10
– Skull Crushers x 15
– V-ups x 10
– Burpees x 10

Circuit 3
– Thrusters x 10
– Werkins x 10
– Rainbow Drops x 15
– High Knees x 30

MARY:
none!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

> Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

A simple reminder of our standing with God if we have accepted Jesus. Something unshakable we can rely on in uncertain times.

[running] OTB run on the knoxville half course

AO: running
Q: Mermaid
PAX: Toretto, Anchorman, Erector, Honeydew, Mermaid
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
We met this morning to show Toretto more of the Knoxville Half course to help him get some knowledge for the April half (his first). Erector did mile repeats around us, and with the hills that we tackled today, our pace was a little slower than normal. That could also be a week of tough workouts and not feeling fresh.

We welcome anyone and any pace! If you or anyone you know wants to jump in on the OTB running group, we run most Saturday’s generally for one hour. Spread the word and help some guys get into running or help others connect to a group!

The Century

AO: asylum-am
Q: Waffle House (Brady Greene)
PAX: Cinco (Scott McGuire), Gibbler, Wham-o (Charlie Greene), Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Matlock (Bill Maddox), P3, Econoline, My Precious (Hunter Dance), Trotline (Britton Carver), Pac-man, Grandslam (Trey Leake), Sawdust, Fabio (Joe Hamilton), Rainbow, Clipper (Ben McCurry), Tropicana, Jilted (Brison Leyva), Double Wide, Charmin (John Willis), Coolio (Greg Fox), Pizza Pizza
FNGs: None
COUNT: 21

7 motivators motivated the pax. Shoulders blasted, tempo squats, and by popular demand, Junk Science.

CMIYC bernie/knuckle draggers to the rock. 13 burpees. Long way to Everest, 12 and 11 burpees.

Oops I Did It Again on Everest. 10 burpees by the Asylum.

Dealers Dark Webb at the Colosseum, shout out to Double Wide for taking a bad idea and making it much, much worse. Some men are able to exceed expectations.
Mosey back to AO for your traditional Friday morning activities.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: YOU JUST DID 100 BURPEES

COT: Unless a seed falls to the ground and dies, it stays nothing but a seed. But if it dies…you know what happens then.

Our Blessing

AO: juco
Q: Erector
PAX: Butterknife, Lil’ Spice, Guardrail, Dart Gun, 5K, Trash Panda (JUCO), Pinky, Survivor, Erector
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP: 15 SSH, 15 Mountain climbers, 15 Moroccan Night Club, 10 tempo squats, 5 cherry pickers.
THE THANG: Mosey to the coupon pile. After each exercise, run to the top of the stairs and alternate between 5 pull-ups and 5 toes-to-bar.
-25 curls
-25 OHPs
-25 goblet squats
-15 thrusters
-15 blockees
Mosey to the Sophomore. Do 25 2-ct flutter kicks at the first corner. Bernie up the hill and run the loop. Do 25 more 2-ct flutter kicks at the first corner and Bernie back up the hill. Do 25 merkins and run the rest of the loop. Continue this trend picking up an additional exercise for the next two laps: 25 LBCs and 15 burpees. We ran out of time to do the burpees. Mosey back to the flag.
MARY: 20 big boys OYO.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Escape from Haw Ridge on April 5th.
COT: We are, in general, a very blessed nation. Oftentimes, we do not count our blessings from God, and we take them for granted. At church, we sing a song “Count your blessings, name them one by one.” We need to remember to be grateful for all of our blessings, but this morning, I want to mention one blessing in particular that we especially shouldn’t take for granted: our wives. Proverbs 31 contains a description of a wife’s worthiness. In particular, verse 10 tells of her worth. “Her worth is far above jewels.” Our wives are a treasure that is far above value. If you are anything like me, you probably don’t tell her this often enough. She needs to know! There are far too many marriages that end for many reasons. Don’t let lack of appreciation for all she does be a reason for strife in your marriages.

Battleship at the Shammy

AO: shamrock
Q: KickFlip
PAX: Commission, slappy, LeBling, Oscar Meyer, Stitch, Gringo, Honeydew, Mermaid, Jardet, Anchorman, Eliza, Base Salary, Curveball, Crawlspace, Toretto, KickFlip, Snaggletooth (Elijah Tafao), Nutcracker (2.0)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 17
WARMUP: RFTS/LIH, Cherry pickers, TIE fighters, down dog, $tretch, merkins, mountain climbers, predator jacks, walking stretch kicks, walking fence steppers. Mosey to the big parking lot.

THE THANG:
Divide into two teams for Battleship. 5 sets of cones set out facing each other. Run and grab a tennis ball, sprint to your far side, sprint to a battle station and perform the exercise on the cardboard, fire your tennis ball at the other team’s ships. Repeat until one team sinks all of the other team’s ship.

Team 1 wins Round 1. Team 2 wins Round 2.

Teams hold plank while 1 man sprints to collect a tennis ball and comes back. First team to 17 balls is our winner.

MARY:
“Turn it Up” by Oh the Larceny. Burpee each time the song says “Turn it Up” – SSH the rest of the time. Crawlspace and Toretto finished and hereby join Erector in the PAX Hall of Fame as men who have completed this challenge!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Mermaid’s home tonight, Rainbow Falls hike tomorrow, Mountain Biking AO launches Monday, Escape From Haw Ridge April 5th – details for all these are on Slack.

COT:
Tagged on to Crawlspace’s COT from Wednesday – specifically about having discipline over your thoughts.

Take every thought captive…and make it obedient to Christ… 2 Corinthians 10:5

Philippians 4:8
“…whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.”

Let’s work to get really good at realizing when our thoughts are negative and we are daydreaming about guilt, mistakes, slights (real or imagined), and other unhelpful darkness where (whiny voice) “I’m the victim…” Let’s get good at shifting out of that mindset and into virtuous thinking. One of the best ways to shift from negative thinking to positive thinking is by expressing gratitude.