F3 Knoxville

Thief in the night

THE SCENE: Pleasant
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
5 minutes worth of an work. Little did we know trouble was lurking around the corner. Literally. Drifter noticed the dude sleeping around the corner prior to the beat down.
THA Thang

Ran to ButterBilly hill where we did 7’s with burpees at the bottom and burpees at the top. Had we done 11s, nobody’s keys would have been there when we got back.

MARY:
Mary involved a slow walk after dude who grabbed Yosemite’s key. Heart rates were elevated but nobody really moved anywhere quickly. Except Avocado, he ran once dude got loud.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Nailed it, drifter, toad, Yosemite, 4 Alcoa PD officers, hydrant, avocado, third base, espy, the dude
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I talked about the value of consistency but I think everyone (myself included) was more focused on the situation at hand.
MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
No more stashing keys at the pavilion, lock your cars. We will have a bag to carry keys in next week

The StairMaster*

THE SCENE: Foggy but nice.  A hint of super moon left for us
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
20 SSH on 4ct, 10 tie fighters R and L, some Wayne Dunn’s, a joggle to the curb for some windmills, butt kickers to the other end of the parking lot.  10 4ct plank jacks on the far end and butt kickers back down.  Short stroll to the bottom of baby Everest for a lunge up half way, 10 squats, mosey up the rest and 10 squats at the cross walk.
THA-THANG:
Mosey to front part of the Asylum.  Found the first set of double stairs.  Idea was to do sets of 20,15,10, and 5 reps at the bottom and running up and back down steps after every set.  We did sets of Merkins here

 

Mosey’d up to Asylum building for reps of 20,15,10, and 5 of dips while running to the top of space needle after each set

Mosey’d to Overlook. Reps of 20,15,10 and 5 as we ran the outside of the eye up stairs to touch the front doors of the Asylum.  Did 4 count flutters here.

Lastly, we mosey’d to steps on far side of Overlook for 20,15,10 and 5 reps of squat jumps with trips up those stairs.

 

Mosey’d back

MARY:

Nope
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Talked about the grace of God and how he loves us just like he loves his son.  Stop worrying about messing up and holding ourselves to the standards of the world.

Thurs 7-14-22 at Dog Pound – We have pull-up bars??

THE SCENE: Full moon, still air, damp
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

Done, including the 5 pillars

WARM-O-RAMA:
Feet together – touch toes and hold for 20s.  SSH IC x 15.  Moving Imperial Walkers up to the road.  10 Lateral Plank walks to the left, then 10 to the right.  Mosey to the Back Bone for today’s BD.
THA-THANG:
PAX use various forms of movement between 3 stations, each with it’s own prescribed movement:

1 – Pull-Up / Merkin 11’s – perform one Pull-Up / Merkin super-set (starting reps = 10/1)

  • Crawl Bear downhill to the cones

2 – 10 Reverse Crunches

  • Sprint up the hill to the next set of cones

3 – 10 lunges (5 each leg); 10 downhill facing Squats

  • Mosey back to Back Bone for next Pull-Up / Merkin set

Once a PAX completes his last Pull-Up / Merkin set (1/10), he proceeds to the 2nd station to join in with whoever he finds there, and completes the workout with them at their pace.

MARY:
Indian Run back to the AO
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
14, including 2 down-rangers – Boomer (Tuscaloosa) and Walter (London)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

We must be diligent in the spiritual warfare that wages on every day, especially as it relates to our children and online media.  This is not something to be trifled with.  Our children’s innocence is not something to be laid on the line in exchange for our own personal convenience.
MOLESKIN:
The Common Sense Census: Media Use by Kids Age Zero to Eight – https://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/research/report/2020_zero_to_eight_census_final_web.pdf

– Some Stats:

  • According to the census report, kids watch an average of 39 minutes a day of online videos, more than double the amount of time devoted to online videos in 2017, when the survey was last conducted.  34% of children 8 and under watch online videos every day.  46% of 2-to-4 year olds and 67% of 5-to-8 year olds have their own mobile device (tablet or smart phone)
  • When looking at the sample of online videos viewed on YouTube, 95% of early childhood videos included some for of advertising, and one in five videos viewed by children 8 and under contained ads that were not age-appropriate.  Inappropriate ads ranged from violent video games, lingerie, alcohol, and politics.  Even in age-appropriate videos, inappropriate ads appeared 9% – 22% of the time.
  • The study also found that young children are primarily watching entertainment, not education content.  Almost a quarter of videos were classified as educational, thought most only touched on basic educational concepts, or filled the videos with toys or vicarious experiences.  Only about 4% of videos had a high educational value, meaning they taught topics at a developmentally appropriate level and went beyond simple or surface concepts.  Roughly three-quarters of videos children watched have weak or no educational value.
  • The amount of content is almost unfathomable, and YouTube isn’t monitoring it because there’s no way that they could be.  500 hours of content is uploaded every minute of every day.
  • The risk/reward of giving a young child access to YouTube is way out of whack

1 Peter 5:8 – Be sober-minded; be watchful.  Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

Phillipians 4:8 – Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
August 6 service opportunity – work day at the Cerebral Palsy Center near downtown

The “No Running” Workout

THE SCENE: ~68 degrees; humid, but certainly bearable.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

  • Explicitly notated.

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Motivators from 5 – IC
  • Monkey humpers – IC (10x)
  • Tempo Squat Jumps – IC (5x)
  • A little bit of this & a little bit of that

THA-THANG:

DORA style workout – Partner up:

  • Pax 1: works through the following exercises 1) 300 CMU curls 2) 250 CMU OH press 3) 200 CMU rows while Pax 2 is completing the following station:
  • Pax 2: CMU OH carry to the cone: 5 burpees, 10 jump squats, 15 SSH; CMU OH carry back to the starting line. Once complete, PAX 1 & 2 alternate and Pax 2 begins with current rep count. Rinse and repeat.

MARY:

  • Al Gores – 30 second hold + 5 SSH + 30 second hold
  • Flutter Kicks – IC (4 CT – 20x)
  • 10 Big Boys (OYO)
  • Little baby arm circles (for time)

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“Learn to take care of your things, and they will always take care of you”. A simple lesson my meticulous father taught me as a young boy. As most teenagers are, I was careless with anything I owned or used. For example, I would use my father’s tools and always failed to put them back where they belong. Then, they would get left outside, rust, and no longer function as desired, OR I could never find them whenever I needed them again.

Although it is a general adage, it is extremely relevant and a great reminder as men and leaders. Whether it is your mental or physical health, your family, your career, your employees, or anything else in life you are responsible for, it is important to take time to give them TLC and be intentional with everything you do. Take time to care for your things in life, and they will always care for you.

MOLESKIN:
– Potential opportunity to serve and work with True Purpose Ministries, an addiction treatment center in Blount County. This is an all-male facility that provides housing, job training, food, clothing, transportation, and bible discipleship training to men recovering from drug and alcohol addiction. This could be a great opportunity to support this organization and our local community.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Beer Mile @ Moses – September 10th

Heavy Metric Workout #2

THE SCENE:  64 and clear.  Perfect for a beatdown
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER:  Administered 
WARM-O-RAMA: 

  • SSH
  • Hairy Rockettes
  • Finkle Swings
  • Willy Mays Hays
  • Cherry Pickers
  • Cobra, Down dog
  • Merkins

THA THANG:

30 minutes to get as many cumulative reps as you can. The following list of exercises are performed in sets of 25 reps. After completing each set of 25 reps, run 25 yards (6 parking spaces), do 2 burpees, and return for the next set. Here are the exercises:

  • 150 curls
  • 125 heavy squats
  • 100 OHP
  • 75 CMU swings
  • 50 Thrusters
  • 25 Blockees

When you finish the blockees, start over and push until the timer is up.

Once through the circuit is 525 reps.  How many cumulative reps?

MARY:

Flutter kicks
Prone row
LBCs
Merkins
Rosalita

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

Me and 9 of the best men I know.  Welcome FNG “Ocho”!

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

The reflection this morning was simple.  We set aside a few minutes to review progress made toward our goals.  First, as a group…  In January, we talked as a group about some of the ways that we’d like to see The Project move forward in 2022.  Some ideas were;

  • Fitness. We now have a few metric workouts to measure performance (military fitness PT, and today’s heavy PT baseline).  Let’s re-do those occasionally to see how our performance is trending.  Weekly Push/Pull/Plank challenge on Slack.
  • Fellowship. Consistency in the gloom and chatter on Slack.  Outside of the gloom – Hiking daytrips…  ..  Bonfires…  Spring camping trip…
  • Faith. More deliberate discipleship.  Developing smaller shield lock groups within the larger Project group.  Meditating on and committing scripture to memory.  Leading our families in study, prayer, and faith.
  • More men in attendance. More Sad Clowns who need something like F3.  Specifically, more newly married men and new fathers – those are critical points in a man’s life and full of anxiety.  We have a wealth of experiences to share with those men – let’s find ‘em!
  • Family Workout! It’ll be great to get the families together monthly. It’s also a service to the community to we are uniquely gifted to provide.  I think this will largely define The Project’s evolution in 2022.

 

Then, we turned our thoughts inward to reflect on personal goals.  Six months ago (or 3 years ago), what did you want to change in your life?  What goal or goals did you have?  Did you make a plan?  Did you tell a trusted friend?  How are you progressing?  If you’re on track – awesome!  If you’ve tapered off, today is a great day to get back started.  If you haven’t already, write it down.  Break it down into simple steps.  Seek accountability.

Proverbs 4:25, “Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you.”

Hebrews 12:1-2, “…let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.”

Philippians 3:14, “But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”

 “The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.” – Bruce Lee

“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” – Socrates

“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney

MOLESKIN:

We first did this workout in January.  Every man who repeated today increased his score!  Every. Single. One.  We ARE getting stronger, men!

Here are the scores;

  January July Delta
Rocket 515 550 35!
Snaggletooth 525    
Erector 550    
Mathlete 525 599! 74!
Tuba 510 516 6!
Bobbitt 516 565 49!
Kickflip 510 565 55!
Wingman   525  
3-Peat   500  
Ocho   325  
Boy George   535  
Skewer   450  

 

For more evidence of our fitness acceleration, see this BB from March

USAF Fitness Measurement – Round 2

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS: