F3 Knoxville

Burn the Ships

AO: asylum-am
Q: Tropicana
PAX: Snitch (Cory Beilharz ), P3, Hands, Sawdust, Pac-man, Matlock (Bill Maddox), Grandslam, Farley, M&M
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
WARMUP:burps, hops, pickers, stretches

THE THANG:
10 swings
3 gob squats
10 mericans
Carry L/R
Walk recover

Rinse & Repeat

MARY: Stretches

ANNOUNCEMENTS: UnCOVEred Saturday

COT: In your actions, don’t procrastinate. In your conversations, don’t confuse. In your thoughts, don’t wander. In your soul, don’t be passive or aggressive. In your life, don’t’ be all about business.
Marcus Aurelius

Suicides

AO: thequacken
Q: Magic Mic (Jarrett Woodall)
PAX: Z-Pack, FixerUpper, Prairie Dog (Trey Barrett)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
WARMUP:
The usual

THE THANG:
Ran to hill in front of Gresham, did 5 burpees, 10 merkins, 15 BBS, and 20 squats

Ran back down to sloped lot next to AO for suicides. 4 marks for exercises of 5, 10, 15, and 20 reps, with 3 reps of another exercise at the start line and a different mode of transportation each round. Repeat reps at marks on the way back too

Round 1: walking lunges with merkins at marks and burpees at start line
Round 2: bear crawls/crawl bears with squats at marks and merkins at start line
Round 3: walking with BBS at marks and squats at start line

MARY:
None

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence this Saturday

COT:
Shared the story of Robert McCheyne who infamously was quoted on his death bed at the age of 29 saying “God gave me a message to deliver and a horse to ride on. Alas, I have killed the horse and can no longer deliver the message”. We, especially as men, don’t prioritize or value rest, even though Jesus Himself said that rest (the Sabbath) was made specifically for man. If that’s the case it is probably something we benefit from. Prioritize rest and encourage it in others as well.

You’ve Got to Know When to Roll Them . . .

AO: the-farm
Q: Choir Boy
PAX: Aladdin, Choir Boy
FNGs: None
COUNT: 2
WARMUP: Yes

THE THANG: Roll the workout die at each light pole around the Big Loop and do the exercise. We bear-crawled between some of the poles and lunged between some, but we mainly fellowship-moseyed between them. We made it through 25 poles before having to mosey back to the AO due to time. We did a lot of lunges, merkins, burpees, and mountain climbers.

MARY: An extra roll of the die led to some more mountain climbers, and we did 50 dips to make up for the fact that we never landed on dips during any of the rolls.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Uncovered

COT: We just prayed it out.

[the-pulpit] Rainier

AO: the-pulpit
Q: Trojan
PAX: Rougarou, Voodoo, Ike, Leland Robbins (Geiger), Kevin (Miss Piggie), Sawdust, Smoked Pickle, Trojan, 2.0 M&M
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP:
SSH
LBAC
Cherry Pickers

THE THANG:
6x Hill circuit up the big hill, mosey down the road to return to hill base.

Hill base core (10x rep/sec hold):
– Big Boy Sit-ups
– Bird Dogs
– Windshield Wiper
– Power Point
– American Hammer
– Freddy Mercury
Hill top strength (10x rep):
– Burpees
– Lunges
– Merkins
– SSH
– Calf Raises
– Squats

Finishing at picnic tables:
– Super Pushups (Dive Bombers) x10
– Picnic table step ups x10
– LBC x10
– Picnic table dips x10

Shoulder burners:
– Forward Clapper x20
– Overhand clapper x20
– 4 count shoulder touch x20
– Shoulder cherry pickers x20
– 2 additional shoulder burners led by Sawdust x20, each

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
UnCOVEred this Saturday

COT:

Theodore Roosevelt on Character:
“Bodily vigor is good, and vigor of intellect is even better, but far above both is character. It is true, of course, that a genius may, on certain lines, do more than a brave and manly fellow who is not a genius; and so, in sports, vast physical strength may overcome weakness, even though the puny body may have in it the heart of a lion. But, in the long run, in the great battle of life, no brilliancy of intellect, no perfection of bodily development, will count when weighed in the balance against that assemblage of virtues, active and passive, of moral qualities, which we group together under the name of character…”

TR, The Outlook
March 31, 1900

Being of good character is more important than how strong or smart you are. The Bible clearly spells this out for us. Hold yourself and HIMS accountable. Try to improve your character in areas where you may be deficient. Finally, teach values and good character to your 2.0s. It’s more important than anything any material possessions you can leave them with.

Easy Breezy Beautiful Cover HIMs

AO: the-equalizer
Q: Bookman
PAX: Ribbed, Smithers, Bookman, Brick, Steam, Blindside, Eliza, Stripped, Madoff, Lizzy, Oscar Meyer, Mermaid, Borg, Snitch (Cory Beilharz ), Snowbird
FNGs: None
COUNT: 15
Before I get started, the weather was freaking amazing considering how it’s been for the past few weeks. We always get that tease of fall, but it usually doesn’t happen until August. Gives you the energy. That and the sweet 80’s hair band playlist.

WARMUP: SSHs

THE THANG: Grab a CMU from the smokehouse, carry to splashpad

starfish dice game
– Center of star, roll die, do blockees to the count of what shows on the the die
– Outer dice (includes usage of CMU):
– Bent Over Rows
– Curls
– Split Squats
– OH Presses
– WW3 Sit Ups

MARY: Imperial Walkers for a few seconds

ANNOUNCEMENTS: UnCOVErd this Saturday, We have a Pavlov situation that forces Steam to remove clothing when the word unCOVErd is used. Marine Mud Run in August. See Lizzy for sign ups and detail. He’s manning the F3 tent there!

COT:
Making your way in the world today
Takes everything you’ve got
Taking a break from all your worries
Sure would help a lot
Wouldn’t you like to get away?

Sometimes you wanna go
Where everybody knows your name
And they’re always glad you came
You wanna be where you can see (ah-ah)
Our troubles are all the same (ah-ah)
You wanna be where everybody knows your name

It’s the theme to Cheers. However, it holds true for me. When I’m struggling or just off, it’s always great to know that there’s a place where dudes are there to work with you, check on you, and sometimes be in the same stank you’re going through. You’ll have a good time. You’ll learn from others, they’ll learn from you. And remember, it’s Nationwide. It might not be a great as F3 Knoxville, but I may be biased. Still, it’s good to know that there’s a place to go to, and there are many here in Knoxville, Tennessee, and the Nation. Check out F3nation.com/locations if you don’t believe me.

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