F3 Knoxville

Children of God

THE SCENE: Insert info about the weather, etc.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Run half way around parking lot and Bernie Sanders the other half, Motivators starting with 7, 10 Mountain Climbers, 10 Tempo Merkins, 7 Cherry Pickers, 7 Windmills, Little of This and That.
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the roadway that head toward the Admin Bldg.  We will stop to do 20 Rocky Balboas and 20 American Hammers.

Mosey to the Stop Sign at the Northeastern Corner of the Admin Bldg.  We will be heading along the road that semi-circles around the Admin Bldg.  We will stop at each cone to do the exercises listed and then move to the next cone according to the directions given.  Here are the exercises at each cone.

  • Cone 1:  10 Burpees.  Bear Crawl to Cone 2.
  • Cone 2:  20 Hello Dollies (4 ct). Bernie Sanders to Cone 3.
  • Cone 3:  20 Diamond Merkins.  Sprint to Cone 4.
  • Cone 4:  Go down stairs by Bat Cave then head south and run up summit of Everest to roadway and Cone 5.
  • Cone 5:  50 Baby Crunches.  Karaoke Right to Cone 6.
  • Cone 6:  20 Bobby Hurleys.  Karaoke Left to Cone 7.
  • Cone 7:  20 Imperial Walkers (4 ct).  Sprint to Cone 8.
  • Cone 8:  20 Smurf Jacks, 20 Big Boy Sit-ups, 20 Merkins, 20 Squat Jumps, 20 Flutter Kicks (4 ct), 20 Shoulder Taps, 20 Iron Mikes, 20 Bicycle Kicks, Rinse and Repeat.

Run down Mt. Everest and back up again.

At incline at top of Mt. Everest we will do Sevens starting with One Star Jump on the roadway and Six Burpees where incline flattens.

Mosey to small parking lot below and south of Coliseum. We will do Doras with partners changing after one partner has run upstairs, south, and back down road to parking lot. The other partner does exercise. Each set of partners will do the following exercises as a team:

  • 100 Dead Bugs (4 ct)
  • 100 Imperial Walkers (4 ct)

Mosey to Coliseum.  We will run counterclockwise around the loop.  Starting at 6 o’clock we will do 20 Squats.  We will do 20 squats at 3 o’clock.  We will run up and down stairs of the Admin Bldg. at 12 o’clock.  We will do 20 squats at 9 o’clock.  We will stop at 6 o’clock where we started

Mosey to AO via the route past Haslam Rock.

MARY:
Absominals.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
We had 12 men with no FNGs.  It was great to have Lebowski back with us.  We were also honored to have Sanctions visiting us from Franklin, TN.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
My best friend growing up was a fellow named Neil Deutsch.  We were next door neighbors in Dallas, Texas when I was age 3.  I cried the day Neil and his family moved to Memphis, TN.  Neil and I had just finished 3rd grade.  But, we stayed in contact.  Sometimes I would go to Memphis to visit him and sometimes he would come to Dallas to visit me.  The two of us decided to go to the same University – Baylor University – after completing high school.  Neil decided to go even though he was Jewish.  Baylor actually was one of the less expensive universities in Texas that Neil could attend as an out of state resident as it had great alumni support which drew down tuition.  Neil has remained a best friend to me.  I was best man at his wedding and he was best man at mine.  Pele got to meet Neil when both of them attended the wedding of my son, Bennett (aka Puddle).

Going back to our preschool years, Neil and I did all kinds of things together.  I remember playing “guns” at his house with his Uncle Steve who was about ten years our elder.  Whoever was “it” went to hide in the house and also got to possess Neil’s toy machine gun that sounded awesome when you pulled the trigger.  The pursuers had to count and then come hunting.  They had the lesser guns but also were allowed to possess one hand grenade (the grenades were actually boxing gloves).  Uncle Steve made sure everyone played fairly.

On Saturday mornings Neil and I would sit in front of the TV set with our cowboy hats on and watch westerns. We filled his dad’s shot glasses with Red Kool Aid and called it “Red Eye”, slugging the shots down like true cowboys.  We might also go outside and climb fences.  One of our favorite places to climb was a fence between my house and another neighbor’s.  It was a high spot and Neil and I liked to see who could pee the furthest from the top of the fence.

Now best friends do fight when they are young boys and Neil and I had our fights. Since I was about ten months older and was taller by nature than Neil, I always won the fights . . . that is until we had our great great fight of Religion.

Like I said, Neil was Jewish.  I was Christian.  One fine day we were playing on the See-Saw in my back yard and started talking about religion.  I, as a Christian, claimed that Jesus was the Son of God.  Neil, being Jewish, and not being as familiar about the son of God business, claimed that Moses was the son of God.  Well, I flat out told him he was wrong and he flat out told me I was wrong.  The conversation got more heated while we went up and down on the See-Saw, which was on of those flat board like structures.  When I was down on the ground and Neil was high up in the air on the other side of the See-Saw, I, in my anger, decided to scoot off the seat of that See-Saw.  When I did, there was absolutely no weight to hold Neil up in the air.  He came crashing down with a great Kerbannnnggg!

That boy who had never beat me in a fight was mighty angry and if he were David he would have certainly slew Goliath.  He came running after me and grabbed after me by pulling on my shorts.  I fell to the ground with my shorts down and my buttocks exposed.  What did Neil do?  He bit my butt!! He bit hard!! I ran to the house crying and screaming, with Neil following me, in tears himself.

Imagine my mother, hearing both of these boys crying and telling her what happened.  And then this Christian woman was asked by each of us, “Who is the son of God?”  My mother looked at me and looked at Neil, each with teary eyes and questioning faces.  She paused and then put her arms around both of us.  Her answer to us?   “We are all the children of God.”

Gents, take comfort in that.  Isn’t it good to know that each of us, no matter what our backgrounds or beliefs are the Children of God?

MOLESKIN: 
Prayers for safe travel for Sanctions as he had on with his trip to North Carolina today.  Prayers for Dung Beetle who is in the process of looking for a new job.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence at Shamrock on July 8.  Be on lookout for special Ruck opportunities that will be announced on Slack.

Baby to Respect

THE SCENE: Perfect June weather
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Tempo Squats
  • Imperial Walkers
  • Grady Corn
  • Moroccan Nightclubs
  • Tempo Merkins
  • Down Dog – Up Dog
  • Projectivators

THA-THANG:

  • Mosey to pool wall
    • Wall Ups
  • Mosey to Recruiting Center
  • Each PAX, in any order
    • 20 wall derkins
    • 20 OHP
    • 20 heavy lunges
    • 20 CMU Swings
    • 20 heavy LBCs
  • Gather a group of 4 or more to carry a marine log plus 1 CMU per 2 PAX
    • Make a lap around the islands
    • Rotate gear/position as necessary, but don’t set the log down until finished
    • Log gets set down upon return to the pull up bar
  • Complete the following as a group, someone must be touching the log at all times
    • 20 pull ups
    • 100 heavy squats
    • 200 curls
    • 150 merkins
    • 200 pickle pointers
  • Repeat the whole thing

 

MARY:
No Time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Today, my son turned six months old, exactly 1% of Respect. This led me to reflect on the influence that I have, and even more so on the influence that I don’t have. It’s important to put in the effort, but in the end, Psalm 127 captures the reality well:

1Unless the Lord builds the house,
the builders labor in vain.
Unless the Lord watches over the city,
the guards stand watch in vain.
2In vain you rise early
and stay up late,
toiling for food to eat—
for he grants sleep to those he loves.
Don’t exaggerate your own power over the world. Each of us is expected to labor, but if we labor against the Lord, it is in vain. So, align yourself with your Father in heaven. Only then will you find true success.

MOLESKIN:
Projectivators are really unpleasant wearing a ruck.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence at Shamrock July 8th. F3 In the Nude July 29th.

Salt and Light, and Heavy

THE SCENE:

Clear, 60 degrees, Near 100% humidity

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH – Morrocan Nightclubs – Imperial Walkers – Tempo Squats – Shoulder Taps (20 OYO) – 5 Burpees OYO

THA-THANG:

Football Mosey to CMU pile. Dropped passes = 2 Burpees for both Thrower/Catcher.

Partner up. Slowsey, taking turns carrying CMU to football field.

At the field, 25 dips on the bleachers.

Partner up at the goalline. 1st partner runs to the 50 yd line and back. 2nd partner begins group of exercises (take turns):

  1. Curls
  2. OHP
  3. Upright Rows
  4. Bench Press
  5. Bent Over Rows
  6. Skull Crushers
  7. Burpees

2 FULL ROUNDS.

MARY:
4 Core exercises: Hello Dolly, Flutter Kicks, 5 Burpees, 45 sec plank, BBS

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I’ve read this often, but lately I’ve heard it on more than a few occasions; The fruit of the Spirit is LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS, GENTLENESS and SELF-CONTROL. Against such things there is no law. (Gal 5:22-23). Paul wrote this to churches in Galatia 2000 years ago.

So what does this mean for us, as believers, here today?

I think that so much in scripture can seem redundant and repetitive. We can recite things over and over and believe that they are true. But do they change who we are? We need repetition, don’t we? Isn’t that the point? Isn’t that why we have church services every Sunday? Dont’ we come to F3 3-5 days a week and often do the same exercises? Why?

If you’re going to be good at something, you have to practice. If you’re going to follow Jesus, you have to read about and study who Jesus was. And if you’re going to live by the Spirit, we have to put into practice these exercises…to grow the fruit. We have to look different from the world. A dark world.

In Matthew, Jesus tells his followers that we are the salt and light of the world. “Let your light shine before others so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven (Matt 5:16). So we do these things, not to make us look good but to reflect and glorify the one who is good.

My challenge for us today is to not only memorize Galatians 5:22-23, but to practice these 9 fruits of the spirit. Know them, think about them every day, and put them into practice.

We are going to fail at these, every day, but the goal here is practice. Practice kindness to those around you. Practice peaceful responses. Practice offering forgiveness to those who harm you. Practice being gentle to your wife. Practice patience with your kids. Practice taking a pause when you feel an urge or desire that you know is not from the Lord. Practice listening to a coworker. Practice love.

The more we practice these things, the more they will become habits and the more we will become like Jesus. And when we mess up, often, we take that opportunity and run to Him. We repent and know that He is trustworthy to forgive us.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence – Shamrock – July 8.

Window Shopping 2023

THE SCENE: Rather humid, 67 degrees

WARM-O-RAMA:

Jog
Lunges
Merkins
Lunges
Burpees
Lunges
Rocky Balboas

THA-THANG:

4 corners–Matlock Tire
10 Burpees
20 Squats
30 Merkins
40 Freddy Mercuries
4 corners–Arby’s
10 Burpees
20 Squats
30 Merkins
40 Flutter Kicks
4 corners–Zaxby’s
10 Catalina Wine Mixers
20 Squats
30 Merkins
40  Hello Dollys
4 corners–Regions Bank
10 Burpees
20 Squats
30 Merkins
40 Ankle Taps
4 corners–Maple Street
10 Burpees
20 Squats
30 Merkins
40 LBCs

MARY:
Various core exercises for 4 mins

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

James 1:2-3
2 Count it all joy, my brothers,[b] when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

 

Bears vs Crabs Soccer

THE SCENE: 66 degrees with slightly more than a drizzle to keep us cool-ish
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Done
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Mosey one lap – high knees, butt kicks
  • SSH IC – 20
  • Merkins IC – 10
  • Squats IC – 20
  • Mosey to the tennis courts

THA-THANG:

Bears vs Crabs Soccer:  Count off by 2’s to divide into teams, during play, one team has to crab walk while the other has to bear crawl. Once someone scores a goal, then the teams swap roles (bear to crab and crab to bear). Goalies have to be in plank position, and goalies must be swapped out after every goal scored. There may be more than one ball on the field at any time. The ball must roll through the goal to count. Shots only count if the PAX is on hands and feet, not knees or butt.  When the ball goes out of bounds, run to get it back in play, no walking.

  • Play for 15 minutes.
  • Recovery jog around the tennis court.
  • SSH X 61
  • Divide into different teams. Play until 6:00a.m. Mosey back to COT for Mary.

MARY:
10+ minutes of Mary to top off the Ab workout.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Success is a ByProduct.  Of what?  Dreaming, planning, executing, adjusting to feedback, white knuckling through some obstacles, not white knuckling through some obstacles.  Understand that Cause and Effect logic can be misleading.  You need trusted men with good fruit over time to have your back, so that you will listen when they tell you what you don’t want to hear, but need to hear.  Get to Shieldlock.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence, July 8th

F3 in the Nude, July 29th