F3 Knoxville

God’s Plan is Greater than Our Understanding

THE SCENE: crisp and cool, 49 degrees
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA
15 SSH

5 Cherry Pickers

10 Tempo Squats
10 Temp Merkins
10 Baby Arm Circles
Quick Stretch

Mosey to Ice Rink
Two groups – one at each goal
1st Group does BBS
2nd Group does Merkins
Sprint to each end
Complete 5 more reps when sprinter arrives then next person goes

Mosey to track (2 laps)
Walking lunges as a group
Jog for 50yds
High knees IC x 15
Jog 50 yds
Sumo Squats IC x 15
Jog 50 yds

Mosey to tennis courts
7’s
Merkins and Burpees
BBS and LBC

MOLESKIN:
Genesis 50:18

Know that God’s plan is much greater than your understanding of a trial might be. Joesph’s perspective of his almost death, enslavement and rule over Egypt with Pharaoh was spot on.

2/8/23 Quackblast

THE SCENE: Pretty nice, dry and 50ish
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

Delivered

PAX took note that YHC mentioned “modifying” twice, presuming that the beatdown would be extra horrible. It was no such thing.


WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH IC

Michael Phelps

Hamstring

Quads

Some back stretching stuff

THA-THANG:
A couple trips across the FUMCFC parking lot

Travel halfway across, jog back, travel all the way across, jog back.

Methods of travel

  • Duck Walk
  • Crab Walk
  • Bear Crawl

EMOM for 10 mins

Q called out the exercise and the number of reps to be completed in 1 min. If PAX finished before 1 min, they could rest.

Exercises included :

  • 10 burpees
  • 20 OHP
  • 25 side bends with CMU
  • 25 plank jacks (single count)
  • 25 curls
  • 25 merkins
  • And some others

Because he saw it on TikTok, Lizzy took the opportunity to lead in some Joker merkins, which was a plank, crawl, pushup sorta deal.

Because he saw it on Slack, YHC took the opportunity to lead in some “Bunny Humpers.” This consists of our old friend the Murder Bunny, with a Monkey Humper added after every block movement.

Because the You v. You workout is coming up on 2/22, the PAX practiced max pullups and a .66 mile run for time.

MARY:
Ran out of time (literally running as fast as possible during this time)
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
FixerUpper, Lizzy, Wilson
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I was reminded at Q101 on Saturday that the workout is the means, not the end.

“The Mission of F3 is to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership.”

The goal of the workout is that our leadership is invigorated. How?

By practicing leadership both in the gloom and during the day.

By not fartsacking physically, spiritually, emotionally, or professionally.

By having authentic relationships with our families and each other.

MOLESKIN:
Prayer for Z-Pack and his family.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

You v. You Challenge on 2/22

VQ week, next week

Up the Hill!

THE SCENE:  48 and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER:  Administered
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Overhead claps
  • Seal claps
  • Moroccan nightclub
  • Cherry pickers
  • Merkins
  • Mountain climbers

THA THANG:

Split into two teams.  Starting at a cone, each man sprints up the hill, stopping to perform exercises at each street (3 stops).  Run back to the starting point and move his team’s cone one sidewalk space.  Exercises were;

Round 1

30 merkins

30 LBCs

 

Round 2

20 diamond merkins

20 freddy mercury

 

Round 3

10 hand release merkins

10 BBS

 

Round 4

jog to our starting point (stop light)

Bear crawl to cone

 

Set of 11s – burpees, up and over the wall, bobby hurleys

 

10 heals to heaven – frogger – 10 heals to heaven

 

MARY:

Guantanemo at Weigles

2 minutes of sleeping hillbillies

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

Me and 17 of the best men I know

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Today is National Proposal Day… and that got me thinking about the question “how is my understanding of marriage and my role as a husband – different today from what it was when I proposed to my wife in December 2005?”

I reflected on that question a lot.  In summary – I had a profoundly immature understanding of marriage – and of what my role as husband would be.  I shared a few contrasts that I’ve learned through heartache and hard times.  Maybe one will ring in your ears and you’ll say, “yep – I’ve learned that too”.  Maybe one will settle on your spirit and convict you of a change that is needed.   

Again – these are all from my own personal experience.  Each time you read, “an immature husband” below, you could substitute, “A younger, foolish, immature KickFlip…”

  • An immature husband is self-centered.  He takes a lot and gives a little.  A mature husband looks for ways to serve and love his wife.  He deliberately gives far more than he expects in return.
  • An immature husband expects perfection.  A mature husband accepts flaws freely.
  • An immature husband gets defensive. A mature husband presumes good intent and accepts feedback easily.
  • An immature husband sulks for days or weeks after a fight. A mature husband eagerly seeks restoration.
  • An immature husband allows jealousy to devastate the relationship. A mature husband recognizes that jealousy is poison and almost entirely in his own head.
  • An immature husband avoids or downplays conversations which will be uncomfortable.  A mature husband leans into and leads his wife through uncomfortable conversations.
  • An immature husband is emotionally detached. A mature husband is open with his emotions, dreams, desires, fears, and insecurities.
  • An immature husband can offer only an unstable love. A mature husband provides a steady, unshakable, love – his wife feels secure in their relationship.

“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her” – Ephesians 5:25

MOLESKIN:

Welcome FNG “La Bling”!

PRAYERS / ANNOUNCEMENTS: 

Prayers for Tailhook, for Curveball’s M, and for victims of the earthquake in Turkey/Syria.

Keep Your S–t Together

THE SCENE: It was an inferno! Perfect day
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Done did it.
WARM-O-RAMA:
The standard SSHs, Rockettes, Cherry Pickers, little baby arm circles front and back
THA-THANG:
Whoa, man. Like that’s some heavy stuff.

Swing (4 minutes)

40 seconds on, 20 seconds off

Swing the CMU back and forth, focusing on proper form and posture.

Squats (4 minutes)

40 seconds on, 20 seconds off

Squat with the CMU, focusing on proper form and posture.

Lunges (4 minutes)

40 seconds on, 20 seconds off

Lunge forward with the CMU, focusing on proper form and posture.

Merkins (4 minutes)

40 seconds on, 20 seconds off

Place the CMU on the ground and do merkins with your hands on the block, focusing on proper form and posture.

Bicep Curls (4 minutes)

40 seconds on, 20 seconds off

Use the CMU to do bicep curls, focusing on proper form and posture.

Tricep Dips (4 minutes)

40 seconds on, 20 seconds off

Use the CMU to do tricep dips, focusing on proper form and posture.

Plank Hold (4 minutes)

40 seconds on, 20 seconds off

Hold a plank with your hands on the CMU, focusing on proper form and posture.

One round of PAX Choice:  Blockees or Murder Bunnies

Suitcase carry back to Smokehouse

MARY:
No time for love, Dr. Jones
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 PAX
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“Keep your $h!t together” – Hold the middle; Live the Golden Rule
MOLESKIN:
Madoff from the top rope. I’ll prep the music better next time, fellas. It’ll be all thrash.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Be a Kingdom Man!

THE SCENE: 48 and probably too nice for the gloom
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Side Straddle Hops (IC) X 10
  • Cherry Pickers (IC) 4 CT X 10
  • Baby Arm Circles Forward X 10 (IC)
  • Baby Arm Circles Backwards X 10 (IC)
  • Tempo Squats (IC) 4 CT
  • Temp Merkins (IC) X 10
  • 1 minute any stretch you need
  • Mosey to Sophomore Hill

THA-THANG:

Doras at Sophomore Hill

  • 25 Burpees
  • 50 Big Boy Situps
  • 75 Diamond Merkins
  • 100 Lunges
  • 150 Merkins
  • 200 Squats
  • 250 Flutter Kicks

Coupon Work –

  • 20 CMU Curls
  • 20 CMU Tricep Extension
  • 20 CMU Bentover Rows
  • 20 CMU Overhead Press
  • Run to the parking lot
  • Rinse, Repeat

MARY:  LBCs X 25
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA   16 men trying to get better

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

I saw Dr. Tony Evans at the 865 Mens Conference last weekend.  Dr. Evans was amazing.  He preached 2 separate 45-minute sermons without looking at his notes.

He brought the heat, challenged each of the 1,900 men there, and prayed for us to be the men we need to be and God called us to be.  He shared that NFL officials have a book of rules to follow…sometimes they do, sometimes they don’t.  Men of God do too…the Bible…sometimes we follow it and sometimes we don’t.

Tony encouraged us to be Kingdom Men, Kingdom Husbands and Kingdom Fathers.

Dr. Evans shared about his rough childhood in a non-Christian home.  His parents weren’t believers.  Two strangers poured into Tony’s Dad and led him to Jesus.  Things were still bad at home but his Dad had changed and loved and supported his wife, Tony’s mother even more than ever.  Why?  Because he was a changed man.

One night, Tony’s Mom came downstairs crying and told her husband that the more she hates him and fights with him, the more he loves and supports her.  She wasn’t sure what being a Christian was but she wanted to learn about it.  From that point on, his family worshipped and studied and loved the Lord.  This included all of his siblings who were baptized.

After college, Tony started a church with 10 people in the living room of his house.  He was the first African-American to earn a doctorate at the Dallas Seminary.  His church in South Dallas now has 10,000+ thousand members.  Tony’s preaching now spans the world, with his broadcasts airing on over 1,400 radio outlets and in over 130 countries, reaching millions each week.  All of his 4 children are in the ministry.

He has been the chaplain for both the Dallas Cowboys and the Dallas Mavericks.  Tony has written more than 100+ books, is on YouTube, has his own websites, etc.

Tony and his family are everywhere sharing about God’s love.  Why did he share all of these accomplishments?  It wasn’t to brag, it was to challenge those of us there to be like the 2 strangers who poured into Tony’s Dad and brought him to the cross.  Their work led to a transformation of his family which led to the transformation of thousands if not hundreds of thousands who deepened their relationship with Christ because of those 2 men who made a family go from non-believers to disciples.

MOLESKIN:

They plan to make this 865 Men’s Conference at least an annual event; F3 should be involved

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
VQ week next week