F3 Knoxville

RAW 2/26

THE SCENE: upper 40’s and clear

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:

Slowsy to the tennis court and back

THA-THANG:

Lots of kettlebells and 2 gas cans to choose from.   Pick the heaviest weight you can manage and do 5 rounds of the following exercises.  Rep count as follows:  Rd1-25, Rd2-20, Rd3-15, Rd4-10, Rd5-5.   Follow each round with 100 Jump Ropes.

  • Goblet Squat
  • Rack & Press
  • Calf Raise
  • Curls
  • Flamingo

MARY:

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COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
3 brothers:  Junk, Tweet-E, Bartman

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

A zealous person in Christianity is preeminently a person of one thing. It is not enough to say that they are earnest, strong, uncompromising, meticulous, wholehearted, and fervent in spirit. They only see one thing, they care for one thing, they live for one thing, they are swallowed up in one thing; and that one thing is to please God. Whether they live, or whether they die-whether they are healthy, or whether they are sick-whether they are rich, or whether they are poor-whether they please man, or whether they give offense-whether the are thought wise, or whether they are thought foolish-whether they are accused, or whether they are praised-whether they get honor, or whether they get shame-for all this the zealous person cares nothing at all. They have a passion for one thing, and that one thing is to please God and to advance God’s glory. If they are consumed in the very burning of their passion for God, they don’t care-they are content. They feel that, like a candle, they were made to burn; and if they are consumed in the burning, then they have only done the work for which God has appointed them.

–J.C. Ryle

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

 

Death by Squat Thrusters

THE SCENE: A mild, dry, low 50 degree morning.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

20 in cadence Bat Wings: Arm circles forward/arm circles backward/seal claps/overhead claps
10 wind mill
10 burpees
10 tempo squats
.25-.5 mile mosey to warm up

THA-THANG:

150 Squat Thrusters for time
Complete the F3 Knoxville February Challenge
Record times, Mermaid will update all times on the website
Exercises in 4 corners, perform exercise, and rotate until time is called
Corner 1 Around the world Merkins, BBS, Squats
Corner 2 Werkins, LBC’s, Lunges
Corner 3 Diamond Merkins, American Hammers, Calf Raises (40)
Corner 4 Curls, tri ext, OH Press with coupon.
20 of each exercise

MARY:
No mary, ab exercises were included in the workout.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Paraphrase the Prodigal son
Luke 15:  11-32
God will run to and and take you back even when you squander your opportunity.
He wants a relationship with you, and he will take you with your warts, and transgressions.

MOLESKIN:
Prayer Requests:
Pool Boy-His friend Linda has Lymphoma
Rosetta’s coworker Zachary committed suicide
Spotter & Gump’s mom is having surgery today related to the return of her breast cancer.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Bring food on Friday for the Wesley House.
OTB workout at Catholic High School on Thursday 2/27 5:30 AM
Q 101 workout at the Asylum on Saturday 2/29 7:00AM
Convergence at JUCO 3/28

 

Coming Down the Ladder

THE SCENE: Not raining…nothing else mattered.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x20; Cherry-picker x5; Tempo merkins x10; cobra kai x5; butt-kickers, high knees.

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Splash Pad

Descending Ladder.  Do all ten exercises, take a lap around the parking lot and drop the top one.  Do all 9 exercises, take a lap, and drop the top one.  Etc… etc… etc…

  • 10 — Burpees
  • 9 — Jump squats
  • 8 — Diamond merkins
  • 7 — Lunges (each leg)
  • 6 — CDD
  • 5 — BBS
  • 4 — Iron Mikes (each leg)
  • 3 — Ultimate merkins (4-ct)
  • 2 — Man-makers
  • 1 — Pull-up

About halfway thru the ladder, we did a lap around the track and back for a “break”.

Mosey back to AO.

MARY:
LBC x21 (4-ct); Side crunches x 10 (4-ct) both sides.

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

God doesn’t need our good works, but our neighbors do.

From Matt Perman’s book — “What’s Best Next”.

“That’s the biblical ethic.  We are not to be scant and scarce in our good works, or even nominal and mediocre, but abundant and liberal in doing good.  We are not simply to do good for some people here and there; we are to do good for all people as often as we can and as much as we can.  While we cannot do all the good that is conceivable, the Scriptures do expect us to do a lot of good — that is, to abound in it.”

Proverbs 3:27 — “Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it.”

Galatians 6:10 — So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone.”

Crumpet Clockwork

THE SCENE: Cool, Damp
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • LBAC
  • SSH x20
  • Imperial Squat Walkers x 15
  • Merkins/Calf-jumps 5/10, 10/20, 15/30

THA-THANG:

  • Take a CMU and mosey over to Mt. Crumper
  • Rounds of 15 reps, 30 sec, 45 sec, 60 sec. (exercise at the bottom of Crumpet, run halfway up, set of clockwork merkins, run to top and do another set of exercise, mosey back down and move to the next exercise
    • Round 1:
    • 15 Burpies
    • 30 sec.: Tuck Jumps
    • 45 sec. CMU Curls
    • 60 sec. Mt Climbers
    • Round 2
    • 15 Iron Mikes
    • 30 sec. Over the Block
    • 45 sec. CMU-On the Shelf
    • 60 (ran out of time), Mosey back to Grinder
  • MARY:
    • Flutter Kicks
    • Roaster Planks with leg lifts
    • Supermans
    • Pickle Pounders
    • Step-Through Planks
  •  CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
    Eph. 5:15, 16: Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.
  • Walk wisely with the time that God has gifted us. BE PRESENT because that is the time we are promised.
  • I mentioned this book: Living Life Backward: How Ecclesiastes Teaches Us to Live in Light of the End. Not a long book, but an awesome study of that book of the Bible and really transformed my perspective about the time we’ve been given to live.
    MOLESKIN:
  • Welcome FNG Attention!.
    ANNOUNCEMENTS:
    Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

2 For Tuesday feat. Tour de Pavilion

THE SCENE: 55 – 60ish degrees #Amazing

PAX gathering early brought back an old Asylum PM tradition – the ceremonial tossing of a frisbee (or football). There’s something really special about this, it made my heart happy. Grown men, who just got off work, or left their family to come do F3 perhaps, tossing around a frisbee lightheartedly, enjoying The Creator’s magnificent-feeling creation.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

Themes: #2ForTuesday, Tour de Pavilion, Quarter Pounder (25th)

[Welcome/Safety/Brief]

  • Welcome to F3: Fitness/Fellowship/Faith
  • My name is Steam and I’m honored to be your Q this evening
  • FNG: Kevin Canfield
  • Couple things before we get started:
    • Contrary to popular belief, I’m not a professional
    • You’re here on your own volition
    • And if you know your body better than anyone so if you need to modify anything we do this evening feel free to do it! But I encourage you to push yourself and the men around you
  • Let’s lock shields and rock these next 45 minutes


WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH: 25 (1-count)

(#2FT)

  • SSH: 25 (1-count)
  • Frankenstein: 10 (1-count)

(#2FT)

  • Frankenstein: 10 (1-count)
  • Squat-Bender: 10 (1-count)

(#2FT)

  • Squat-Bender: 10 (1-count)
  • Merkin: 10 (1-count)

(#2FT)

  • Merkin: 10 (1-count)


THA-THANG:

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Tour de Pavilion commences!

Lay out the roadmap: Tour around the pavilions – each pavilion will encompass a Quarter Pounder (since today is the 25th) and keep in mind, it is in fact 2FT – so let’s celebrate accordingly! Think of it like leveling up in a game – once we pass level 1 – we go to level 2 (Pavilion 2)

(Mosey to Pav1 – baseball fields)

[Quarter Pounder 1]

  • 5 battle buddy sit-ups each
  • 5 lunges Right leg (1 count)
  • 5 lunges Left leg (1 count)
  • 5 squats (1 count)
  • 5 iron mikes (1 count)

(Mosey to Pav2 – Small overhang behind baseball fields facing the river)

[Quarter Pounder 2]

  • 5 incline merkins (1 count)
  • 5 decline merkins (1 count)
  • 5 box jumps (1 count)
  • 5  R leg squats (1 count)
  • 5 L leg squats (1 count)

(Mosey to Pav3 – small chapel)

[Quarter Pounder 3]

  • 5 half burpees
  • 5 mountain climbers (1 count)
  • 5 real burpees
  • 5 plank press-ups (4 count)
  • 5 boat drivers (4 count)
    • Wall-sit and drive the boat

(Mosey to Pav4 – small Pav to the left)

[Quarter Pounder 4]

(this one sucked the most/was the hardest/most character building)

  • 25×4 Side/skater lunges (quick)
  • 25×4 incline merkins
  • 25×4 line hops (quick)
  • 25×4 dips

(Mosey to Pav5 – Pav by fields)

[Quarter Pounder 5]

  • 25 SSHs (1 count)
  • 25 merkins (1 count)
  • 25 Imperial Walkers (1 count)
  • 25 cockroaches (1 count)

(Mosey to Pav6 – Chapel) **Chapel was occupied, stayed in small Pav next to it**

[Quarter Pounder 6]

  • 25 x 4 SSHs (all together)
  • Take a lap around
  • 25×4 Squats (all together)
  • Take a lap around
  • 25×4 Army Merkins (all together)
  • Take a lap around
  • 25×4 SSHs (all together)

(Mosey back to AO)

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

(Watch the video until the end – worth it)

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CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

“Nothing Worth Having Comes Without a Fight”

The past couple of weeks have felt like a fight. A fight with God, a fight with myself, a fight with reality, a fight with my decisions. Different kind of fight maybe, but still a fight. When you show up for F3 whether it’s in the morning or evening, you know you’re going to fight to the finish. But you (hopefully) know that there’s going to be a brother on your left and a brother on your right that are ready to go toe to toe with you for the next 45 minutes.

Take this outside of F3. What have you had to fight for in your life // what are you currently fighting for? Your marriage, relationship, your kids, your job, your family, your friends, to not go back to a dark place, for the heart of men and women to know Jesus?

Our fights as men come in many different shapes and sizes, whether as a young man or a man with some more notches on his belt. What makes keeping the faith and fighting the good fight worth it during those times? Just like in F3 – you don’t do it alone. F3 is just the huddle – the game is outside the COT. Call a brother out – pull a brother in.

Keep the Faith & Fight the Good Fight brothers – it’s worth it.