F3 Knoxville

THE SCENE: Lower 70s and humid, so typical August weather.  There was a shooting star before we began.  I tried, but I can’t take credit for that.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA

SSH x 21 (4 ct)

Little Baby Arm Circles Forward x 10 (4 ct)

Little Baby Arm Circles Backward x 10 (4 ct)

Overhead clap x 1 (single ct)

Tempo merkins x 10

Tempo squats x 10

Burpee x 1

THA-THANG:

Mosey to the splash pad

Deck of Pain – Blackjack style

Draw a card from the deck

The number on the card tells you the number of reps (2-10 with jacks, queens, and kings equaling 10 and aces equaling 15)

The suit tells you the exercise

Diamonds – diamond merkins

Hearts – box jumps (we seemed to do a lot of these)

Spades – table rows

Clubs – LBCs (4 ct)

And all aces are burpee pull-ups (we seemed to do a lot of these, too)

If we hit 21 at any point, then we get a 21-second rest (we only got one rest)

If we bust, then we do the exercise and run to the dock, do 21 CDDs and return (we did a lot of these, but I lost count)

Mosey back to AO

MARY:
We owed the house 21 CDDs for a bust that we hit before we left for the AO, so we did those and then held a plank until time (about a minute or so).

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Started with 8 and ended with 7.  Ribbed left early, which was supposedly pre-planned and unrelated to the workout.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Anyone heard of Jonathan Isaac?

He plays basketball for the Orlando Magic.

He stood for the National Anthem in the NBA bubble.  He was the first person who did.

He was asked why and if he thought that black lives matter.  Here is his response:

“Absolutely I believe that Black lives matter.  A lot went into my decision and part of it is my thought that kneeling or wearing a black lives matter t-shirt don’t go hand in hand with supporting black lives. . . .  My life has been supported through the gospel of Jesus Christ.  Everyone is made in the image of God and that we all fall short of God’s glory.  Each and every one of us each and every day do things that we shouldn’t do.  We say things that we shouldn’t say.  We hate and dislike people that we shouldn’t hate and dislike.  And sometimes it gets to the point where we point fingers about whose evil is worse, and sometimes it comes down to simply whose evil is most visible.  I felt like I wanted just take a stand on — I felt like we all make mistakes but I think the gospel of Jesus Christ is that there’s grace for us.  And that Jesus came and died for our sins.  And that if we all will come to an understanding of that and understand that God wants to have a relationship with us, then we can get past skin color, we can get past all the things in our world that are messed up, jacked up.  I think that when you look around that racism is not the only thing that plagues our society that plagues our nation that plagues our world.  I feel like coming together on that message that we want to get past not only racism but everything that plagues us as a society, I feel like the answer to it is the Gospel.”

That’s a HIM

It turns out that Isaac is also an ordained minister.

It also turns out that Isaac injured his knee (torn ACL) during his first action and is out for the rest of this season and maybe part of next season.

A radio show on ESPN put up a poll asking if it was funny that the person who stood for the anthem was injured during his first action.  That poll received backlash and was taken down.

Being a HIM is not easy

On his injury, Isaac tweeted this:

“IT IS WELL!!! 2 Kings 4! Thank you for all of your prayers and concerns I’m encouraged. Remember our God is not just a God of the hills but a God of the valleys! (2 Corinthians ch 4 vs 9!) MY COMEBACK WILL BE GREATER THAN MY SETBACK!!!! I STILL STAND IN JESUS NAME!!!!”

Be a HIM

Regardless of whether you stand for the anthem or not, stand for Jesus, especially when it’s not easy to do so.

MOLESKIN:
Thanks for the prayers for Mrs. Choir Boy.  Progress has been made and no bad news.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Dad’s camp this weekend