F3 Knoxville

Battle Buddy Extravaganza

AO: asylum-am
Q: Breaststroke (Will Duncan)
PAX: Sawdust, Matlock (Bill Maddox), Love’s, Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Cinco (Scott McGuire), Farley, P3, Code Brown, Hands, Doublewide (David Schwall), Cosmo 2, Bunny, Snitch (Cory Beilharz ), Shotgun (Will Warwick)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 15
WARMUP:
Stretch, SSH, Tempo Merkins and Squats, Tie fighters, Rocky Balboas and Super Mario’s

THE THANG:
At the AO:
Partner up. Each pair completes 100 reps of Merkins, LBC’s (4 count), Iron Mikes (2 count), and Shoulder Taps (4 count). One partner runs the perimeter of the parking lot while the other does as many reps as possible. When partner returns the position’s switch and the rep count picks up wherever it was left off, repeat until completion.

Mosey up to the top of Baby Everest:
Run down to the parking lot doing 1 manmaker per light, adding as we go (2 at the second light, 3 at the third, and so on). Go for 10 lights

Mosey over to the Rose Bowl
Choose a different Battle Buddy:
One partner runs the inner circle while the other does BB’s. Each partner runs the loop once before heading back to the AO.

MARY:
what’s that?

Announcements:
None

COT:
Remembering the story of Abraham and Issac in Genesis 22. Recognizing that God calls us into hard things to test our faith, but is with us intimately in those trials. God himself offered up his only son just as he asked Abraham to do, and Jesus willingly went and did actually die. The Lord knows us more intimately than any human ever could hope too, and therefore in hard times we can lean on Him and remember that he truly knows our suffering.

Hebrews 4:12-16
[14] Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. [15] For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. [16] Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

Layer cake

AO: asylum-am
Q: Hands
PAX: Hands, P3, Matlock (Bill Maddox)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
WARMUP: Stretches, Tie Fighters, parking space foot work

THE THANG: Run up Baby E do 5 of each exercise, point of the dragon’s tail, do 10, back to base of Baby E, do 15. Do exercise 1 first round, 1& 2 round 2 and so on.
1. Merkins
2. Squats
3. Big boi’s (started with Gas pumpers but made my back too cold)
4. SSH
5. Dry docks

MARY: Did a few cards from P3’s virtual deck

ANNOUNCEMENTS: None

COT: Put yourself in the presence of Jesus in prayer. He knows you and wants to spend time with you.

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

[genesis-ruck] Luck of the Draw

AO: genesis-ruck
Q: Single (Ryan Chambers)
PAX: Brick, Mermaid, Lizzy, Steam
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WARMUP: Cherry picker, Little Baby Arm Circles, Willy Mays Hayes and Rick up the hill to YMCA and back to flag

THE THANG:

Draw a card number card from the deck.

Number cards add 10 and face cards = 20 reps

Jokers = Man makers with ruck and sandbags

Clubs: SB Curls, SB OH Press, SB Rowes

Spades: Step Ups, Lunges, Squats

Hearts: SB plank pull thru, BBS, Ruck Get Up

Diamonds: 30 second stretch of your choice

MARY: Stretch what hurts

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Forge3 Signup and don’t miss out on the fun and fellowship.

COT: Thankfull for F3 and the many men and women in my life that go above and beyond to step up and help those that are in need.