F3 Knoxville

The Grinder

AO: brickyard
Q: Colonel (Alex Wallace)
PAX: Biohazard (Jay Shepherd), DUCKHUNT2005, Herbie, Gmail, Simmons, Natty, Chit Chat
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WARMUP:
SSH, Motivator from 6, Tie Fighters, Cherry pickers, this and that, 5 burpees OYO

THE THANG:
Round 1:
Alternate Crab walk/ bear crawl to 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10 yd lines and perform # of reps at said yard line.

Before you begin your reps at the yard line you must complete 5 burpees and then perform the exercise.
5 Burpees + 10 yd line exercise: Jump knee tucks
5 Burpees + 20 yd line exercise: Big Boy Sit-ups
30 yd line exercise: OH Claps
40 yd line exercise: Shoulder taps single count
50 yd line exercise: Merkins
40 yd line exercise: Shoulder taps single count
30 yd line exercise: OH Claps
20 yd line exercise: Big Boy Sit-ups
10 yd line exercise: Jump knee tucks

*Mosey back to starting end zone

Round 2:

Alternate Butt kicks / High Knees to 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10 yd lines and perform # of reps at said yard line.

Before you begin your reps at the yard line you must complete 5 merkins and then perform the exercise.

10- Freddie Mercurys 2 count
20- Leg raises
30- LBCs
40- Hello Dollys
50- Flutter kicks single count
40- Hello Dollys
30- LBCs
20- Leg raises
10- Freddie Mercurys 2 count

Indian Run around the track- 400m

2- 50 yard sprints

MARY:

X-factors, Crunchy frogs, LBCs

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Forge 1/24-1/26

COT:
Being with God vs Doing for God

Story of Mary and Martha Luke 10:38-42

– “While Marthas hospitality is to be commended, her being with Jesus is not sufficient to sustain her doing for Jesus. How are you balancing your being with God and Doing for God?
– “The active life in the world for God can only properly flow from a deep inner life with God.” When we integrate both being and doing it makes the spiritual life full and joyful.”

– As we draw near to God the more he will draw near to us. James 4:8
– “you make known to me the paths of righteousness and in your presence there is fullness of joy.” psalm 16:11
– “For we are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.” Ephesians 2:10

Pyramids all over

AO: the-project
Q: Mathlete
PAX: Tom Tom, Ocho, Munge, Flying Dutchman, Mathlete
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WARMUP:
SSH, tempo squats, LBACs, Grady corn, tempo merkins, mountain climbers,cherry pickers
THE THANG:
Run around and do pyramids of 5-10-15-10-5 of three exercises
Back porch: Merkins, Squats, LBCs
Bell: Derkins, Step-ups, Heels to heaven
Playground: 5 pull-ups then drydocks, lunges, Imperials walkers
Porch: diamond merkins, iron mikes, box cutters
Bell: Dips, Split squats, Dolly’s
Porch: LBCs, Freddie’s, flutter kicks
MARY:
Plank for 60 seconds
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:
As we proceed in the season of working on new habits, I have been reflecting on my natural tendency to avoid discomfort. It’s easy to let myself slowly slide into a place where relatively low grade unpleasantness is rather difficult for me to endure. I find it’s important for me to keep this muscle trained by intentionally doing things that are contrary to that tendency like walking in the cold without a jacket or eating food I don’t really like. This was emphasized to me when I read a serious story of martyrs in 2 Maccabees where seven brothers are each tortured to death rather than renounce their faith. If I am to be ready to endure the trials placed before me, I must be ready to endure pain, in it’s many forms.

45

AO: asylum-pm
Q: Brick
PAX: Pele (Jon Lindberg), Pusher, Steam, Curveball, Lilydipper, Duggar, Lizzy, Rooney(Carl Whipple), Swimmies (Nathan Chesney), Crash Dummy, Stitch, Glamper, Renaissance
FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
WARMUP:
SSH
Good mornings
Cherry Pickers
Imperial squat walkers
Arm circles

THE THANG:
Mosey to rock pile
Curls 15
Rows 15
Shoulder press 15
Run to end of sidewalk
Rinse and repeat 2 more times

Flutters, Dollys, and Big Boys in parking lot on the way

Mosey to Bros Bowl
-Merkins 9 at 9, 18 @ 12, 9 @ 3, 9 @ 6
Rabbits do LBCs
-Squat Jumps
Rabbits do Flutters

Musical chairs around the benches at top with music

Flutters, Dollys, and Big Boys in parking lot on the way back

Table rows under of Pavillon

Run to flag

Rocky Balboas
Sprints

MARY:
The Knoxville Cherry Picker
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Forge!
COT:
The Window of the Heart

Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. (Hebrews 12:3)

One of the most remarkable capacities of the human mind is the capacity to direct its own attention to something it chooses. We can pause and say to our minds, “Think about this, and not that.” We can focus our attention on an idea or a picture or a problem or a hope.

It is an amazing power. I doubt that animals have it. They are probably not self-reflective, but rather governed by impulse and instinct.

Have you been neglecting this great weapon in the arsenal of your war against sin? The Bible calls us again and again to use this remarkable gift. Let’s take this gift off the shelf, and dust it off, and put it to use.

For example, Paul says in Romans 8:5–6, “Those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, set their minds on the things of the Spirit. For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace” (my translation).

This is stunning. What you set your mind on determines whether the issue is life or death.

Many of us have become far too passive in our pursuit of change and wholeness and peace. I have the feeling that in our therapeutic age we have fallen into the passive mindset of simply “talking through our problems” or “dealing with our issues” or “discovering the roots of our brokenness in our family of origin.”

But I see a much more aggressive, non-passive approach to change in the New Testament. Namely, set your mind. “Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth” (Colossians 3:2).

Our emotions are governed in large measure by what we consider — what we dwell on with our minds. For example, Jesus told us to overcome the emotion of anxiety by what we consider: “Consider the ravens. . . . Consider the lilies” (Luke 12:24, 27).

The mind is the window of the heart. If we let our minds constantly dwell on the dark, the heart will feel dark. But if we open the window of our mind to the light, the heart will feel the light.

Above all, this great capacity of our minds to focus and consider is meant for considering Jesus (Hebrews 12:3). So, let’s do this: “Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.”

The cure for a weekend

AO: asylum-am
Q: Waffle House (Brady Greene)
PAX: Gibbler, Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Double Wide, Rainbow, Cinco (Scott McGuire), Cosmo 2, Farley, Hands, Matlock (Bill Maddox), P3, Patty Melt (Parker Greene), Tropicana
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
Look I fartsacked on Saturday and missed an epic sledding Q, and my weekend only got lazier from there. I didn’t even bother to check the mail. The goal of today’s Q was to get as much work in as we could without overdoing it.

Secondary goal was to give F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom) the gift of early completion for the day, and we would have succeeded wildly if not for the fact that F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom) was, for all we know, in bed, or doing burpees alone while listening to James Clear podcasts.

My intent was to lightly warm shoulders, not blast them this time, but when I start yapping I lose track of time, so you’re welcome. We warmed up, we guaranteed 10 years of life for all in attendance (you’re welcome again), we moseyed, we hit Cardiac pretty hard, we did 106 burpees.

There was some invented controversy, entirely predictable, as to the timing of the end of the Q. To that I will only say Gibbler that the Q may not always be right, but he’s never wrong.

I flubbed my BOM. Lack of oxygen to the brain.

[the-pulpit] Shakey Legs

AO: the-pulpit
Q: Butterknife
PAX: Betty, Voodoo, Ike, Leland Robbins (Geiger), Stitch, Kevin (Miss Piggie), Butterknife
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WARMUP:
SSH
WINDMILLS
8-CT MERKINS (aka BERKINS)
SQUATS
CHERRY :cherries: PICKERS
BEAR :bear: CRAWLS & CRAWL BEARS

THE THANG:
1 line w/ person in front falling off for 2 burpees to front parking lot

Fun with BOSU
Each person rotates through 10 Merkins, Squats, and 20 crunches while the rest of us do line drills.
Line drills: Jumping back and forth over a line. Jumping side to side, Walking Lunges, Side Shuffles, Karaoke, bear crawl, crab walk

1 line w/ person in back snaking there way to the front to side lot.

Stop for CORE exercises:
Flutter kicks
Side crunches
LBCs
Right heel on left knee left elbow to right knee
Crunchy frogs 🐸 x20
Superman/Swim

1 line person in back sprints to the front to the playground for Four Corners.

20 Merkins
Bernie to the next corner
Bear Crawl 5 spaces/crab walk back
20 Squats
10 Burpees

Rinse and Repeat x 3

Mosey back to the flag with a JAILBREAK at the end.

MARY:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
FORG3

COT:
At church we were encouraged to do a Personal Growth Plan and choose a word for the year. My church chose Power. It’s tied to Acts 1:8.

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”” Acts of the Apostles‬ ‭1‬:‭8‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Live in POWER in 2025
P – Prayer
O – Obedient
W – Worship
E – Evangelism
R – Rest

Our declaration is, “I declare I have received God’s power and it defines who I am.”

Let me know if you want me to send you the growth plan.

I chose Presence: the state or fact of existing, occurring, or being present in a place or thing.

I encourage you to choose a word. Pray over it, Google Bible verses tied to the word, etc. I’ve found several verses and I’m trying to nail down the one I want to go with.

Let us know what word you choose:
Possible words:
Warrior
Champion
Love
Perceiver
Empowered
Happy
Elevate
Breakthrough
Prepared
Presence