F3 Knoxville

Fireworks

  1. THE SCENE: Humidity was back. Q got there earlier than normal, the park is so peaceful in the early morning. We are so blessed to experience nature in this way.
    F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
    WARM-O-RAMA:
    Motivators from 5 ( Baby Weight and Butterfingers confirmed that was not a sufficient warm up but not till in the beatdown)
    THA-THANG:

    Start at pavilion – every cone starts with these exercises

    11 bench jumps or 20 step ups

    11  derkins

    11 bench walk ups

    4 cones around park out from pavilion go in order-

    Go back to pavilion each time and do the three exercises before moving to next cone.

    Cone 1 – Bear crawl to parking lot off park road- 11 burpees run back

    Cone 2- run to playground 11 pull ups on play ground run back

    Cone 3- 3rd light pole on trail across main road- run down and back

    Cone 4- lunge to top ofblind man hill run back

    The pax all lunged up blind man’s hill together to finish the beatdown.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.

Marcus Aurelius

Thank you Butterfingers for finding the full quote!
MOLESKIN:
First time I legit almost split Merlot.
ANNOUNCEMENTS

Convergence July 2
Breakfast @ drifters July 9
Breakfast @ Rep Sleepys  July 16

Beer Mile July 16 @ Moses

Lean In

THE SCENE: A surprisingly cool morning with some surprisingly cool dudes 😎
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH (25) in confusing cadence
  • Imperial Walkers (20ish) start in confusing cadence, then transition to OYO, end abruptly after losing count completely.
  • Freedom Twists (20) in cadence with help from the PAX
  • Merkins (15) in cadence – finally!

THA-THANG:

  • Mosey to side field for 50 yard Murder Hornet (standard is 30 yrds, but that’s how we do).
  • Rock-a-bye Baby Relay with High-Five Flag Run
  • Divide into two teams. Each team starts with one team member per exercise station. Each station is 10 yards apart. Number of stations depends on number in PAX. 1st station is Rock-a-bye Baby, 2nd is curls, 3rd is skull crushers, 4th is BBS, and 5th is squats. All stations involve a baby (CMU) and each person must hold their baby (CMU) the entire time without dropping. If you set the baby down you must do 73 Murder Merkins – (23 murder bunny + 50 merkins). Last workout station is the exception. You must give your baby to the HIM behind you doing squats with baby (CMU). He will squat with 2 CMUs while you run to top of hill and grab your team’s flag🇺🇸. Then you must run with the flag and get a high-five from an NFP (non-F3 person) as fast as you can. PAX continues to do the exercise at their station until you complete your mission and plant the flag back at the top of the hill. Then grab your baby (CMU) and go back to 1st station. Everyone rotates to next station by lunging with baby (CMU) overhead. Compete against other team until circuit is complete or until you get pepper-sprayed by an NFP.

MARY:
Please no more counting.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

I recently sharpened my lawnmower blades. I didn’t realize how dull they had become until I had sharpened them. As men we were made to be sharp and to offer our strength to others.💪  But sometimes we don’t realize how dull we have become until we see what sharp looks like. Being around sharp men can help you see the areas where you have become complacent, dull, ineffective or broken. Being around Jesus was like that for the disciples. They were constantly challenged in the way they thought, acted, spoke and lived. They called him the light of the world. Because he exposed the darkness each of them and in world. He exposed the darkness in the Pharisees, but they rejected the light because they were focused on what they stood to lose (pride, position, power), the disciples accepted the light because they realized what they had to gain (love, acceptance, forgiveness, eternal life). The act of sharpening my mower blades required energy and friction. It required energy transfer from one blade to the other. It also required friction…a necessary rubbing away of rough spots and impurities. Neither of these things can happen without closeness. The two blades have to be so close that they touch…they connect …and not just lightly touch …you have to lean in to the friction. We are conditioned to avoid friction and the past two years we have become more disconnected than ever. I challenge you men to lean in. Lean in to what makes you sharper. F3 is a great place to start. But don’t stop here. Lean in. Lean in to those men that make you sharper. But don’t stop there. Lean in. Go to church and take your family to hear the word of God preached. But don’t stop there. Lean in.

Hebrews 4:12 says “For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.”

If you want to be sharp in mind, body and spirit, lean in to the Word of God, for that is where you will find God himself. His word has its own energy…it is alive and active and no one can sharpen you better than God Himself. LEAN IN!

MOLESKIN:
Overall a great turnout and effort by the PAX in spite of the shortcomings of the Q. We made some friends (high-fives) and we made some enemies (trying to follow the Q’s cadence).

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

This weeks news and announcements:

Convergence is this Saturday, make sure you sign up: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MvKVUXClWHsLknEsCKYuuvkQHliEpycTdB3nMqTGFU8/edit
2nd F Fellowship at @Moses (Cody Self)’s house: https://f3blountcounty.slack.com/archives/C019JSAG3SB/p1655309928974779
Make sure to get your shirt order done. Once the preorder closes on the 29th they will not be available anymore: https://f3.mudgear.com/collections/active-preorders/products/f3-knoxville-speedway-pre-order-june-2022
@Cow Patty (Rob Wu) VQs Thursday. Let’s get out and support him! Q calendar for July will be posted soon so start planning your first or next Q.

Wrong Turn

THE SCENE:  65 and clear.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER:  Administered
WARM-O-RAMA: 

Motivators
Seal squats
Cherry Pickers
LIH
Cobra
Merkins
Squat 180
Double-tap squat

THA THANG:

Mosey to the TOMO parking lot – split into 2 teams.  One die with numbers 1,2,3.

Team 1 rolls the die, then runs that number of laps up the stairs and back around.

While Team 1 runs, Team 2 works through the exercises until laps are completed.

When last man from Team 1 returns from laps, other team rolls.

When list is complete, knock down a cone and start again.

* Timer set for 2 minutes.  Every 2 minutes stop and do 15 merkins *

Repeato for 25 minutes.

See how many times each team can work through the list.

Exercises:

  • 10 Monkey Humpers (4-count)
  • 15 Mountain climbers (4-count)
  • 10 Iron Mikes (10 each leg)
  • 15 Side crunches (15 each side)
  • 15 Squat jump 180s
  • 15 BBS
  • 15 Double-tap squats
  • 20 Dollys (4-count)
  • 10 Pendulum lunges (10 each side)
  • 20 LBCs

 

Mosey to Maple Street parking.

  • Bear crawl one parking line, 15 merkins, mosey to the end.
  • Plank…Sprint!
  • Bear crawl two parking lines, 10 merkins, mosey to the end.
  • Plank…Sprint!

MARY:

Mosey back home for some quick Mary.

  • Guantanamo
  • H2H

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

Me and 18 of the best men I know

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

June 29th, 1914 – 108 years ago – the world was just starting to come apart at the seams.

It started the day before…Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was visiting Sarajevo.  Six terrorists, who were furious about the annexation of Bosnia and hellbent on doing something about it, had spread themselves out along his motorcade route.  As the archduke’s vehicle approached, a terrorist threw a hand grenade at the open car, but the grenade only wounded members of the entourage.  Nobody was killed, the archduke wasn’t even injured, and the terrorists all got away.  After settling down and complaining to the Austrian administration about the poor security, later in the day Ferdinand decided to go back out into the city to visit his staff who were wounded and in the hospital.

En route to the hospital, the archduke’s driver took a wrong turn, backed down the street, and momentarily came to a stop in front of a café.  It was at that very café that the frustrated would-be assassins who had escaped earlier in the day, were getting drunk.  When they saw the car sitting there, I imagine they were astonished at a second chance to commit their planned murder. 19-year-old Gavrilo Princip stepped out of the crowd and fired two shots, killing the Archduke and his wife, Sophia.

And thus began a sequence of events that is a tragedy without parallel in all human history.  That driver’s one wrong turn, a simple stupid mistake – inadvertently aided an assassination that was the spark that lit off World War I.  That event led to the deaths of 10 million soldiers and civilians…destroyed most of the empires and dynasties of Europe…created the conditions for the rise of communism… One wrong turn can be ruinous… 

One wrong turn in your life can be ruinous…  One extra stupid decision (to drive after too many drinks…to see that ex-girlfriend who is in town for the weekend…) can RUIN you.  Even small bad decisions can damage your reputation…impact your health…cost you respect from loved ones…cost you a lot of money…or a job…or a friend.  There are very real consequences to poor decisions. 

HOW do we prepare against and protect ourselves from making a wrong turn – from acting in foolishness?  According to the F3 Q-Source, we do 2 things; BUILD GUARDRAILS and SEEK ACCOUNTABILITY. 

Build Guardrails
Proverbs 5:23, He will die for lack of self-control.
Proverbs 1:7, Only fools despise wisdom and discipline.
The HIM builds Guardrails in his life.  Guardrails are routines, habits, disciplines that you establish in your life to keep you focused on being a HIM and keep you resisting those things which would drag you down.  Guardrails. Habits. Routines that keep you out of the ditch and on the road.
Here’s a question for you, BB reader:  You know your tendencies, you know your urges, your vices – now think about this – what Guardrails do you need to build and strengthen to keep you away from those ditches?  What habits, what routines do you need in your life?

Seek Accountability
Proverbs 12:15, Fools think they need no advice, but the wise listen to others.
Proverbs 13:20, Whoever walks with the wise will become wise; whoever walks with fools will suffer harm.
If you aren’t already doing so, you need to be locking shields with other men who are striving to live virtuously.  You need trusted men in your life whom you can be vulnerable with, who’s counsel you value.  You need men who are watching your six as you watch theirs – and who’s duty it is to speak candidly to you if they see you acting foolishly or walking toward danger.
Last question for you, BB reader: Do you have those men in your life?  If not, who?

Here’s the takeaway:  To prepare against making poor decisions in life – big and small – you need guardrails and you need accountability.  The HIM works to develop both. 

MOLESKIN:

Nice to see Limo back out with us!  Nice to see Boy George come out for Rush!

Hat tip to Wax Job – he led a workout very similar to this about 3 years ago…  It’s a classic!

Prayers for our brothers who are injured, ill, awaiting surgery, and/or going through hard times.  Prayers for those traveling.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Convergence at JUCO, Saturday

Family Workout at the Project, July 9th, 9:00 AM

Are We Our Brother’s Keeper?

THE SCENE: Insert info about the weather, etc.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Side Straddle Hops (IC) X 15
  • Cherry Pickers (IC) 4 CT X 10
  • Baby Arm Circles Forward X 10 (IC) Plus Michael Phelps
  • Baby Arm Circles Backwards X 10 (IC) Plus Michael Phelps
  • Windmills X 10 (IC)
  • Tempo Squats (IC) 4 CT
  • Temp Merkins X 10
  • 30 second stretch – anything you still need to stretch
  • Mosey to get CMUs – Farmer Carry to next parking lot

THA-THANG:

Coupon Work –

Round 1 – 15 CMU Thrusters, 15 CMU Squats, 20 CMU Overhead Press, Run the parking lot

Round 2 – 15 CMU Single Arm Rows – Left, 15 CMU Single Arm Rows – Right, 20 Merkins, Run the parking lot

Round 3 – 15 CMU Swings, 15 Tricep Extension, 20 Curls, Run the parking lot

Rinse & Repeat

  • Mosey to CMU Pile – Rifle Carry

MARY:

Imperial Walkers X 10 (IC)

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

11 men including Shuttlecock – not tagged in system

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Love people where they are. Don’t judge them. Love them regardless because they’re Gods child just like you and I are.  It’s easy to say but difficult to do.

It ticks me off when people complain about how horrible America is. While we’re not perfect, we’ve got lots of freedoms that others around the world don’t have.

Lots of people are acting horrible after the Row V. Wade decision…that includes Pro-Life and Pro-Aborion (choice) advocates. I’m 100% Pro-Life. Again, very easy for me to say. What happens if my teenage daughter or yours gets raped and pregnant? What if it the decision is to have the baby and the Mom dies? These cases happen…yes, they are not large numbers but they happen.

We, as Christians, are going to have to step up and help support teenagers and adult women who aren’t mentally or financially prepared to raise a child. Our churches will have to step up and do the same. I’d love to adopt but my wife keeps telling me how old we are…she’s right but what am I doing to help the hundreds of thousands of kids in the foster system? What will I do for the potential millions who will be in there after unfit mothers have their kids taken from them?

We have to pray about it and make a difference in the lives of the mothers, babies/children and the fathers that are trying to raise their kids. Let’s love them and pray for them because like you and me, they’re Gods child.

Romans 3:23 ESV For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Matthew 6:14-15 ESV For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

1 John 1:8 ESV If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Matthew 7:1-29 ESV “Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye. …

Psalm 7:11 ESV God is a righteous judge.

Mark 12:31 ESV “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. ‘ This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Convergence on Saturday at JUCO at 6:00 a.m. followed by breakfast and devotional at Hardin Valley Academy

No Glove Love, Equalizer Style

THE SCENE: low 70’s & humid
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Jog around the parking lot, bernie around the parking lot, cherry pickers, windmills, & quad stretching
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the bathrooms!!!

20 lunges & a 30 second wall squat
19 lunges & a 30 second wall squat
repeat to 1/30

Bernie to the parking lot between the pavilion and the splash pad
Rinse and repeat the following 3-5X:
20 elevated heel squats on the curb stops at the splash pad
20 monkey humpers at the island with rocks
20 (10 each leg) Bulgarian Split Squats

Mosey back to the Flag for the Mary in whatever time remains.
LBC’s
Hello Dolly’s
Big Boys
Glute and Quad Stretching

MARY:
See above
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

I talked about my struggle to pray when times are good, and my desire to pray when times are tough.  I recently dropped my daughter off at a camp in Palo Alto CA.  She is 15, and we were both struggling at the prospect of her being on her own.  I finally left her, and I was a wreck emotionally.  I took a long walk around the Stanford Campus to clear my head and spent a lot of time in prayer.

My daughter met some people and did great, and I hailed an UBER back to San Francisco.  I encountered the best driver I have ever had.  He had over 28,000 trips and maintained a 4.99 star rating out of 5.  Nasim was a Jordanian immigrant.  He retired from the grocery business, and drives UBER for fun.  He loves people, and was raised as a Christian in Jordan, before immigrating to the US.  We had a delightful conversation, and he was an answer to prayers, and maybe even an angel.  Nasim and I swapped numbers and he texted me the next day (Father’s Day) to see how I was doing.

We need God all of the time, not just when things are rough, the challenge this week is to remember that and spend some time in prayer.  God is real, He is there just waiting for you to have a relationship with Him.

 

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence 7/2