F3 Knoxville

Get Rid of It

THE SCENE: Beautiful day, temp in 50s.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

25 Side Straddle Hops, 30 Second Squat, 15 Iron Mikes, 30 Second Plank, 10 Rockettes, 7 Twistees, 5 Rocking Chairs, 10 Baby Arm Circles Forward and Backward.
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the parking lot on the other side of the playground.  We will Bear Crawl for 10 paces then lunge for 20 paces and alternate between that pattern to the end of the parking lot.

Mosey to the Lily Pad.  We will line up on the south curb.  We will then run to each large light post and do 10 Hello Dollies, the run to the next light post and do 10 more Hello Dollies, etc. until we reach the south curb of the parking lot.  We will Bernie Sanders back, stopping at each light to do 10 Big Boy Sit-ups.

Mosey to the perimeter trail just south of the Lily Pad Pavilion.  We will run south and then west for 10 lights. Whoever gets to the tenth light first will circle back to the six.  When reaching the six, then all men do 10 Merkins.  We will continue this pattern until we have reached the open area near the transformers.

Each man will pick a boulder from the boulder pile.  We will do the first exercise listed below with the boulders, then set them down to run to an area about fifty yards away, then run back to do the same exercise, then run to the picnic tables to do 15 bench dips.  Then run back to the boulders to do the next exercise and repeat the same running pattern.  Here are the exercises:

  • 15 Overhead Presses
  • 15 Curls
  • 15 Chest Thrusts
  • 15 Rows
  • 15 Squats with Boulder at Chest

We will mosey back to the Pavilion by running ten lights and circling back to six, then stopping to 10 Merkins.

We will return to the south curb of the Lily Pad.  There we will Sprint again to each light to do 10 Lunges then run to the next light until we get to the north curb.  On the way back we will Bernie to each light and do 10 Backwards Lunges until we reach the South Curb.

Mosey to the curb by the roadway that heads back to the AO.  We will do 20 Bench Dips.

Mosey to the Parking Lot that is south of the Playground. We will Hop for 10 paces and run for 20 paces to the end of the parking lot.

Mosey to the AO.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
13 men, no FNGs.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM

Get Rid of It

Have any of you ever known any hoarders?  A hoarder is someone that keeps all kinds of things that they could easily give away or throw away.  They will have piles of things that they haven’t used laying all over their house, taking up space.  I formerly had a client I saw in my therapy practice whose mother was a hoarder.  Her parent’s house had piles of junk that took up space all over the house.  The house was difficult to walk through.  My client was upset about it but became more upset when her father’s problematic lungs worsened.  The clutter in the house was only worsening his breathing issues.  My client, her husband, and siblings purchased a used trailer home.  They cleaned the entire house of the clutter and since her mother did not want anything to be thrown away, they put everything they cleaned into the trailer home that was located on the property so that their mother could “find her precious things” if she needed them.  Within a year my client’s mother was already cluttering her home with new junk.

I bring this up because we, as human beings, often clutter our minds with useless junk.  That junk can come in the form of a multitude of things such as sinful thoughts (e.g. envy, improper lust), of past regrets that we cannot let go of (e.g., some sin we committed long ago), of old harmful messages that we heard when we were younger (e.g., you are a poor student, you will never make it in life), of mental “shoulds” that leave us feeling worthless or at least below par (e.g, I should make more money, I should spend more time making my yard perfect even though I hardly have time for it), and of harmful comparisons we make between ourselves and others (e.g, I never stack up).  This garbage clutters are minds and leads to poor health, just like the physical clutter led to poor health for my client’s father AND mother.  Some of the clutter comes in the form of false myths we have about God such as “I can’t pray to God because he wouldn’t like me” or “God looks down on me.”  We have got to get rid of that trash.  Give all that clutter to God.  He is willing to be your trash man.  Do you think a loving God wants you to be weighed down by all that trash?  Do you think He wants you to be hurt by that crap?  Do you think he wants you to live in a miserable lie?  Give it up.  Ask God to take it from you.

My challenge to you this week is to think of one thing impacting you mentally that you need to throw away.  Write it down and throw it in the trash or burn in if you want to.  Ask God for help in keeping it off your mind.  God is willing to take it from you.

MOLESKIN:

Prayers for Matlock’s nephew, John, who has been having seizures.  Doctors will possibly doing surgery on brain.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Knoxwork, a community of people of different worship communities involved together to help the City of Knoxville are having an annual meeting at the Knoxville Coliseum this Tuesday at 7 pm.  All are invited.

The Walls of Jericho

THE SCENE: high 50s, dry, perfect for a JUCO beat down
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

15 SSH, 10 mountain climbers, 10 tempo merkins, 15 Moroccan night club, 10 harry Rockettes, 10 tempo squats
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the coupon pile. Do 25 Curls at the bottom and 5 pull-ups at the top. Repeat.

Mosey to the grass hill in the back of the AO (aka the Wall). Do 11s with burpees at the bottom and heels to Heaven at the top.

Mosey to the large parking lot east of campus. Beginning from the first light on the right, do 25 merkins and run to the next light pole. Then, return and do 25 squats and run to the next light pole. The original plan was to rinse and repeat until you reach the last light, but we ran short on time.

MARY:
Planks, flutter kicks
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 got it done!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“The Lord said to Joshua, “See, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and the valiant warriors. You shall march around the city, all the men of war circling the city once. You shall do so for six days. Also seven priests shall carry seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark; then on the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. It shall be that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city will fall down flat, and the people will go up every man straight ahead.”

Joshua 6:2‭-‬5 NASB1995

There are many commands of God that have a functional purpose. For example, it makes sense that the Israelites abided by all the rules concerning leprosy so that it wouldn’t spread to others. There are other commands, like those given to Joshua concerning the conquest of Jericho, that don’t really make logical sense. God told him that He has given the city to them, but God still required something to receive the gift. He required them to march, shout, and blow rams horns. Why? I don’t know nor does anyone. All we can say is that it was a command of God to receive the otherwise free gift that was being given to them. Would they have received the city if they only marched 6 times around the city on the 7th day? Certainly not because they didn’t do all that God commanded. I encourage you to keep these thoughts in mind when studying instructions from God in His word. It may be that we sometimes question God’s commands if they are really necessary. The fact is that if we love Him we will keep His commands. John 14:15

Gleaming The Cube

THE SCENE: 60 degrees and dry
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Side straddle hop in cadence 20
10 Windmills in cadence
Tempo Squats
Hairy Rockettes
Cherry Pickers
5 burpees on your own
Bear Crawl in to Hi Five, Crawl Bear back x2
THA-THANG:

Bernie to the CMU.

  • First person there moves the CMU towards Admiral Park while the group does the 1st exercise, the group will sprint to the CMU, another person will begin moving the CMU while the group does the next exercise.
  • Excercises: 8-ct Merkins, Flutter Kicks, SSH, Squats
  • Rinse and repeat 🔁
  • We sprinkled some Soul Claps, Pull Ups, and Rifle Carries

MARY:
20 CMU Curls while group did random core work.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
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CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
The warrior ethos (AKA Jedi Training) consist of 13 pillars: commitment, honor, respect, prepared, faithful, fighter, hungry, humble, lover, teachable, firestarter, truthful, and generous.
Each one is tied to a Bible verse.

Today I’m discussing the 13th pillar which is the final pillar:
Generous
The verse for this pillar is Proverbs 11:25

“The generous will prosper; those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.”
– Proverbs 11:25 NLT

You can’t out give God! I encourage you to be more generous… This is not just with money, but with time as well. We were put here to serve. Give blood, volunteer for something you’re passionate about, help someone without expecting or wanting anything in return. These acts not only help others, but they are so rewarding. You will feel good as well !!

Jesus shows us how it’s done in 2 Corinthians 8:9 it says:
“You know the generous grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty he could make you rich.” – 2 Corinthians 8:9

Keep giving and you will never be without!!
MOLESKIN:
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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Accepted As We Are

THE SCENE: Sunny, temperature about 80 degrees.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

20 Plank Jacks, 10 Burpees, 10 Twisties, 7 Cherry Pickers, 7 Windmills, 6 Pterodactyls forward, 6 Pterodactyls backward, Michael Phelps.
THA-THANG:
Mosey to Stop Sign at Northeastern Corner of the Admin Bldg.  We will stop to do 20 Rocky Balboas.

Mosey on perimeter trail toward the entrance gate at Lyons Bend then on the trail heading east.  There will be a cone out in the field nearby. We will split into teams of two for Doras.  While one partner runs up to the tree stump at the top of the hill and back, the other partner does exercises.  Then partners switch off. Here is the exercises that each team of two partners will do:

  • 100 Squat Jumps
  • 100 Carolina Dry Docks
  • 100 Hello Dollies
  • 100 Iron Mikes (both legs = 1)
  • 100 Diamond Merkins
  • 200 Baby Crunches

Mosey back up the hill and past the stump to the roadway. Then mosey to the Stop Sign at the Northeastern Corner of the Admin Bldg.  We will run on the shaded trail to sidewalk that loops in front of the Admin Bldg.  Then head east to the parking lot area.  Then run on roadway back to the Stop Sign at the Northeastern Corner of the Admin Bldg.  There will be five cones set up along the way.  Each time we run the route we will do different exercises at the cones:

  • First run:  10 squats at each cone.
  • Second Run: 10 Flutter kicks (4 ct) at each cone.
  • Third run:  10 Lunges, 5 each leg, at each cone.
  • Fourth run:  10 Bobby Hurleys at each cone.

From the Stop Sign at the Northeastern Corner of the Admin Bldg. will will race back to AO.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 Men, no FNGs.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

I hope that F3 will always be an organization where brothers feel welcomed by all brothers . . . where a man is not judged by the job he has, by the car he drives, by how fast he runs, or how fancy the shoes on his feet look.  I think the message of F3 should be, “my man, we accept you as you are.  That doesn’t mean that we won’t mold you into a better man . . . but it means that you can be you.”

One of my F3 brothers was recently talking about coworkers at his job. These guys make good money.  But the narcissistic, self-centered attitude of some of these coworkers, the selfish boasting, and the failure to help one’s fellow man sometimes make my friend feel sick.  My friend strives on at his job but he certainly doesn’t appreciate the attitude of some of his coworkers.

I formerly worked as a jury and trial consultant for a consulting firm that was hired by law firms on pretty major cases.  I highly respected many of the attorneys I worked for.  But, there were some attorneys I definitely did not respect.  I remember a mock trial that my consulting firm conducted in Jackson, Mississippi.  Some of the attorneys on the case and I arrived at the same time at the airport in Jackson and hailed a taxi together to ride to the hotel we were staying at.  I recall the smirks, comments and laughter about the taxi driver after we were dropped off.  The attorneys made fun of his accent and his seemingly backward ways while they also made negative inferences regarding the common state of the city.  I remember thinking during that stay in Jackson that I would be much more likely to enjoy eating dinner with that taxi driver than with those conceited attorneys.  I wondered what dreams that taxi driver had, what friendships, what his family was like, how hard he might be working to make sure dinner was on the table.  He certainly seemed friendlier than the attorneys and was probably much more real.  My bet was that his “seemingly backward ways” had much more depth and poignancy than the shallow sightedness of the out-of-town observers.

God, let me be surrounded by people who can be real with one another, who will appreciate one another for who they are and bring out the best in their fellow humans.  God, help F3 Knoxville to continue to be that type of band of men.

MOLESKIN:
Prayers for daughter of Glamper as she is currently ill.  Prayers for Abacus’ son who is struggling with some issues and for his daughter as she prepares to graduate from high school.  Prayer for the wonderful way our F3 brothers pull together to help each other across the finish line.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
On Tuesday of next week, Justice Knox has their annual Nehemiah Action event at the Civic Auditorium.  A coalition of faith communities will meet and work to make Knoxville a better place to live for everyone.  All are invited.  We will be preparing the Asylum PM made obstacles for Hardship Hill on May 20. This will be the weekend before Hardship Hill.  Sparkler will be in charge and we can use everyone’s help.

Importancia de ser agradecidos

THE SCENE: 44 and a little windy.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Side straddle hops x10
  • Seal claps x10
  • Overhead claps x10.
  • Cherry pickers x5.
  • Head, shoulders, knees and toes x10.

THA-THANG:
Tour around the campus, we performed the following exercises (20 resps):

On our way to the CMU pile.

  • Squats.

At the CMU pile.

  • Curls.
  • Triceps.
  • Overhead press.

At the pull-up bars.

  • Pull-ups x10 only.
  • Push-ups.
  • Inclined pull-ups.

At the Recreation Center.

  • Squats.
  • Heels to heaven.
  • BBS.

At the Courtyard.

  • Derkins.
  • Box jumps.
  • Mountain climbers.
  • Flutter Kicks.
  • Freddy Mercuries.

At the new building (repeated 2 times).

  • Lunges.
  • Hello dollies.
  • Box jumps.
  • Dips.
  • LBCs.

At the small pound.

  • Mountain climbers.
  • Squats.
  • Flutter kicks.
  • Burpees.

MARY:
Hello Dollies.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 Hombres agradecidos.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
We spoke about the importance of being grateful.

Thessalonians 5:16-18

Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
MOLESKIN:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: