F3 Knoxville

Another Memento Mori

THE SCENE: Crisp and clear, 45, perfect day for heavy lifting
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Projectivators
  • Tempo squats
  • Tempo Merkins
  • Mountain climbers
  • Cherry Pickers
  • Grady Corns

THA-THANG:

Two of our number were executing IPC 2022 Week 5. The rest did as follows.

  • Grab a CMU and head to the field
  • Line up on 0 yd line
  • Rolling Reverse Doras using IPC EMOM
    • Start with Thrusters, trying to accumulate AMRAP between EMOM horns.
    • On the EMOM horn, return to the top
    • Pair with the most reps gets to pick the next exercise from the category (what we actually did)
    • Sequence and Motion
      • Whole body – Dash/Bernie 30 yds (Thrusters, Blockees)
      • Legs – Cusack 30 yds (Lunges, CMU Swings)
      • Arms – Farmer Carry 30 yds (Rows, Plyomerkins)
      • Core – Karioke 30 yds (Heavy BBS, Heavy LBCs)

MARY:
No Time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

October marks the beginning of the fiscal year, which for me means that this week a one-year timer started for me to complete a task that is a “notable outcome” on the lab’s Performance Evaluation of Measurement Plan. In simple terms, if I fail to deliver, the Lab Director’s end of year bonus will be impacted. As such, I have broken the task down into parts, identified the parts that are necessary and optional, and laid them on a timeline to ensure that I can accomplish the task inside the time allotted. Because when I know I have a deadline, it makes sense to make a plan to use the time wisely.

Deadlines motivate action because they force us to clearly see what little time we have. And we are all under a literal deadline. Everyone here today, regardless of all factors, is one day going to die. Birth is a death sentence, and none of us knows when that sentence will be executed.

As our brother Rocket has spoken on before, the ancients coined the phrase “Memento Mori”, Remember Death. This idea permeates many cultures: Stoics, Samurai, Buddhists, Islam, Norse mythology, and Judaism. They say when a victorious Roman general processed through the city, a slave stood behind him saying “Look after you [to the time after your death] and remember you’re [only] a man.”

Then the question becomes, what does my plan look like for my ultimate deadline? What parts are necessary and what parts are optional? What can I do in parallel, and what must be done in series? Fittingly, in my daily reading, I just got to this part in Luke Chapter 12:

13Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

14Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?”15Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”

16And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest.17He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’

18 “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain.19And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.” ’

20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

21 “This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”

Do Not Worry

22Then Jesus said to his disciples: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear.23For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.24Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds!25Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life?26Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?

MOLESKIN:
Excellent work by our two IPC challengers.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
2.0 workout on Saturday. Brolympics signup coming soon – Event on Nov. 5. Halloween Event for City of Oak Ridge Oct. 27th.

CelticThunder

THE SCENE: cool 50 degrees and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
The PAX in cadence of Windmills, the 🐉 wings, Chattanooga Cherry pickers, Knoxville Cherry pickers.
THA-THANG:  Welsh Dargon

  • 4 bear Crawls forward
  • 1 Merkin, 1 Plank Jump, 1 shoulder tap. Then 4 bear crawl backwards.
  • Run 400 meters
  •  Rince, Repeat, and add 4 Crawls to the bear crawl. Add 1 rep to other exercise.
  • X8

MARY: Thunderstruck 
Check the Exicon in Q resource
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.
1 Corinthians 16:13‭-‬14 ESV

MOLESKIN:
Growing up in the late 80s and 90s we all had some cool toys , such as G.I.Joe, Stretch Armstrong, He-Man, Hulk Hogan. And as kids we thought it was cool how Stretch could be stretched and then return to normal size. However as men when we Stretch our souls to the world and flesh we lose our soul and continue to Mar God’s image.

The G.I.jo landmine is one of the most important men because they go ahead of their family to mark the bombs and traps that would injure them. As men we need to be on guard an out of love in a meek an humble way direct our community,  family to God by living a gospel saturated life.

We should not confront thing like hulk hogan being loud and tearing clothes.. the world says thar is a real man.. a real Biblical man is one that is meek and humble

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Unofficial CPR Training. I’m Still Not A Professional.

THE SCENE: Clear, brisk morning. Temperatures around mid to upper 40’s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Windmills in on a 4-count x 15

Baby Arm Circles forward 4-count x 10

Baby Arm Circles Backward 4-count x 10

Rockettes 4-count x 20

Merkins 4-count x 10

Cherry Pickers x 5

Some upper body stretching

Mosey to the CMU pile. we did 2 sets of 21’s arm curls, then 10 Over head presses

THA-THANG:

Upon leaving the CMU pile we encountered an FNG with no arms and legs unresponsive on the ground. This workout is centered on know some basic CPR skills and first responder actions to take in a case of an emergency. With thanks to the Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center for allowing me to use a CPR mannequin to demonstrate and show how to perform proper and effective chest compressions.

Everyone was split into partners as one partner was performing chest compressions with me observing and guiding the other was doing squats. The rest of the group one partner was dragginh CMU to the end of the parking lot to perform 5 star jacks to symbolize flagging down the ambulance. The other partner was performing the following exercising while waiting for that partner to return.

  • LBC’S
  • Jungle Boi Squat jumps
  • Rockettes

Each person got to practice 1 minute of doing 30 compression and imitating 2 breaths, or mouth to mouth. Once everyone had a chance to complete at least one minute of compressions we went on a mosey to the entrance of the AO and performed money humpers to help alert the ambulance as to where to pull in.

We returned to the CMU’S and performed 20 windshield wipers. Returned the CMU’s and headed back to the AO.

MARY:
Flutter Kicks x 20

Mermaids (side crunches) 10 on each side

Pickle Pounders x 20

Held Plank for 30 seconds
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

  •  Mermaid
  •  Pom-Pom
  •  Betty
  •  Dumpster Dive
  •  Jenner
  •  Smelly Cat
  •  Base Salary
  •  Baby Boomer
  •  Honeydew

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
The term “Good Samaritan” comes from “The Parable of the Good Samaritan.” Luke 10:25-37. Jesus speaks of a traveler from Jerusalem on his way to Jericho, who was attacked by thieves. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him severely and left him to die right there by the road. Several people saw the man and walked past him because of how dangerous of an area this part of the road was. Some of the people that walked past the man in need were a priest and a Levite. The only person to stop and help the person was a Samaritan who took pity on the man, cared for the man and even escorted him to an inn where he helped the man recover from his injuries.

Jesus used this man a test to find a good man. The reasons the Levite and the priest did not stop to lend was because of how dangerous the road was, and they thought “If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?’ But… the good Samaritan reversed the question and asked, “If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?”- Martin Luther King, Jr.
MOLESKIN:
Remember to be an effective HIM it requires us to help our fellow man. By dragging our CMU’s it symbolized dragging a person from a dangerous situation to help render aid. The “Good Samaritan” Law is in place to protect you if you are to render CPR to someone and keeps you from being sued in case ribs are fractured while rendering CPR. We should never be afraid to help based on what could happen to us but think what would happen to them if I don’t act.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Brolympics will be returning at Asylum on November 5th.

Mission Accomplished

THE SCENE: A brisk 40 degrees but clear skies, gentle breeze and good visibility
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Some side straddle hops, tempo merkins and squats, local cherry pickers, Projectivators, and climbing the mountain.
THA-THANG:
Rugby shuttle run to the CMU pile

The mission: Gather the required hash (tally) marks for each exercise group.  Most hash marks required multiple reps to count, and approved modifications to earn a tally were included:

  • Bodybuilders
    2 burpees (w/ merk) : 1 BB
    3 burpees (no merk): 3 BB
    1 hash = 5 BB, 10 with, 15 w/o
    20 hash marks required
  • Pull-ups
    10 Bent Over Rows : 1 PU
    1 hash = 5 PU, 50 BOR
    20 hash marks required
  • Running Laps
    1 hash = 1 lap
    20 hash marks required
  • Clean & Press (with CMU)
    2 squats : 1 C&P
    4 OHP : 1 C&P
    1 hash = 10 C&P, 20 squats, 40 OHP’s
    40 hash marks required
  • Freddy Mercuries
    2 Big Boys : 1 FM
    5 LBC : 1 FM
    1 hash = 10 FM, 20 BB, 50 LBC
    40 hash marks required
  • Clock Merkins
    20 merkins : 1 CM
    30 knee merkins : 1 CM
    1 hash = 1 CM, 20 m, 30 km
    40 hash marks required

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!  Victory Rugby Shuttle Run back to the flag

MARY:
With 3 minutes to spare, did some LBC’s, pull backs, and hello dolly’s to close off the beat down
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Bible Verse:

“You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God you will receive what he has promised.” (Hebrews 10:36, NIV)

Keep Doing the Right Thing.  In Genesis, Joseph was betrayed by his brothers, sold into slavery, falsely accused of a crime, and put in prison.  It was thirteen years of injustice and disappointments.  But he kept doing the right thing until one day he was suddenly called out of the prison to interpret Pharaoh’s dream and subsequently made the prime minister of Egypt.

God wasn’t asking Joseph to defeat his brothers, to escape his captors, to prove his innocence, or to break out of prison.  God was simply asking him to outlast the opposition.  God may not be asking you to overcome some of the challenges you face that are unfair and situations that feel like they are lasting forever.  He may just be asking you to keep doing the right thing in bad situations, and to outlast them.  He is asking you to be faithful.  Then you will be able to say along with the Apostle Paul, “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.  Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day…” (2 Timothy 4:7-8).

-Credit to Larry Blakeburn of First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Oak Ridge, TN
MOLESKIN:
Thanks everyone for making my VQ as memorable as I had hoped!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
2.0 Workout this Saturday at the Project; and otherwise I’ll leave this up to the AOQ if there’s anything new.

#The Project: coming to you next Tuesday – can you beat their time?

Ring of Fire (Outside the Camp)

  1. THE SCENE: Chilly with plenty of dew
    F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
    WARM-O-RAMA:
  • Little of This, Little of That
  • Cherry Pickers x5 IC
  • SSH × 20 IC!!!!
  • 4x4s x10 OYO
  • Freddy Mercury’s x20 OYO

THA-THANG:
Ring of Fire +++

AMRAP – 10 stations arranged in a ring. The 11th station is pullup bar approx 0.2 miles away. PAX must run to it and then dead hang for 100 seconds. When PAX returns to the ring, everyone rotates to the next station.

Stations:

  1. Lashes (jump rope)
  2. We are not worthy (CMU)
  3. Heels to heaven 
  4. Crucible merkins
  5. Prayer squats
  6. Mountain goats 4 ct.
  7. Buried face (bench +2 CMUs)
  8. Outlaws x 10 then change direction
  9. Grave diggers (CMU) 2 ct
  10. Hallelujah lunges (holding bricks)2ct
  11. 0.2 mile run + 100 sec dead hang + 0.2 mile run.

MARY: 

PAX circle up and hold plank while each takes turns doing 5 pushups.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Today is Yom Kippur- The Day of Atonement.

Recap of the significance of this day and the ritual animal sacrifices that went with it.  Yet Christ’s blood offers cleansing far greater than the blood of any animal ever could.

“Under the old system, the high priest brought the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, and the bodies of the animals were burned outside the camp. So also Jesus suffered and died outside the city gates to make his people holy by means of his own blood. So let us go out to him, outside the camp, and bear the disgrace he bore. For this world is not our permanent home; we are looking forward to a home yet to come.”

Hebrews 13:11‭-‬14

MOLESKIN:

To be a leader like Jesus, we must let love motivate all we do. We must move toward need, not comfort. We must be willing to go “outside the camp” with Him even if it means suffering and disgrace. We must make things right with others and with God while we still have the chance.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F4 Wed. mornings at 6:15 @ Food City in Seymour.

BroOlympics coming up.

Men, Meat, Mayhem – this Sunday at FBC Seymour. 5-7PM