F3 Knoxville

Category: Asylum Daybreak

God Loves the 99

AO: asylum-daybreak
Q: Lilydipper
PAX: lebowski, Brick, Mr Jinxy, Drum Major, Waffle House (Brady Greene), Lizzy, Crash Dummy, Pusher, Kung Blue, Dain Bramage (Will Olson), Doubtfire (Nick Bond), Snitch (Cory Beilharz ), Lulu (Greg Huddy), Veggie (Rylen Huddy), Jumbo(Carter Dickens), Pele (Jon Lindberg)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 17
WARMUP: 20 Side Straddle Hops, 10 Mountain Climbers, 10 Windmills, 10 Twistees, 10 Bobby Hurleys, 10 Rockettes, 10 Gas Pumps, 10 Baby Arm Circles Forward and 10 Backward.

THE THANG: Mosey up Mini Cardiac. We will stop at the top for 10 Imperial Walkers.
Mosey to small parking lot located on north side of roadway as roadway goes west. We will bear crawl across parking lot.
Mosey to stop sign at northeast corner of Admin Bldg. We will stop to do 20 Hello Dollies.
Bernie Sanders on semi-circle roadway to guard rail on north side of roadway. We will stop to do 20 American Hammers.
Lunge to Big Tree on right side of roadway. We will stop to do 20 Merkins.
Sprint to where roadway is even with bat house. Take 20 second rest.
Sprint to beginning of gravel parking lot. Take 30 second rest.
Lunge to end of parking lot.
Sprint to where the road curves to the east. We will take 20 second rest.
Sprint to tree on right down the road. We will take 20 second rest.
Bernie Sanders to end of semi-circle road. We will do 20 American Hammers
Sprint south to the circle at the middle of the intersection with the main roadway. We will stop to do 20 Rocky Balboas.
Mosey to parking lot west of ball fields. We will stop to do 10 Hand Release Merkins.
Mosey to picnic tables in baseball fields’ pavilion. We will do the following exercises stopping after each one to run around the pavilion twice:
40 Baby Crunches (single count)
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40 Freddie Mercuries (two count)
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20 Picnic Table Pull-ups
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20 Bench Dips
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Mosey to Basketball Courts. We will play Knock Out and continue until we have a champion. All those knocked out run laps around the other half of the court three times before getting back in line. Rinse and repeat two more times.
Mosey east to the circle at the intersection of main roadway and roadway that heads to the admin bldg. We will do 20 more Rocky Balboas.
Mosey to driveway that leads to Outdoor Chapel Parking Lot. We will take 20 second rest.
Alternate between mosey and gentleman moseys until we get to last speed bump before AO and then sprint to the AO.

MARY: Nada, we were behind time!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Lizzy has bachelor’s party next Saturday, 6 pm at the Orange Hat. The Banjo AO will now be an OTB

COT: Message

The Ninety-Nine are Not Forgotten

Luke 15:1–7

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

[1] Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. [2] And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”

[3] So he told them this parable: [4] “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? [5] And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. [6] And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’ [7] Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance. (ESV)

I love Jesus’ parable of the lost sheep. I have certainly felt lost in sin and it is good to know that my God will come after me when I am lost and rejoice when he takes me home. At the same time, verse number 7 can trouble me at times, especially when I am trying to be righteous. So is God going to ignore me and only rejoice with the sinner? Sometimes I feel like the brother of the prodigal son.

I think all of us can relate to that desire to be noticed. That is why kids are thrilled to see their parents in the stands when involved in a sports game. That is why sibling rivalry occurs. Sometimes, kids will act up and do something bad, just to be noticed by their parents. I used to do some consulting work on the Oncology/Hematology Unit at Children’s Hospital. Every year, they would have a one week camp for the siblings of patients with cancer. At the hospital, they realize that the siblings of patients with cancer are not only suffering the grief of their brother or sister having cancer but also suffering because their parents are required to pay so much attention to their child who has the cancer.

In the parable of the lost sheep, Jesus is speaking in hyperbole as he often did in parables. Of course he isn’t ignoring us when we are righteous. God delights in our righteous acts. And, isn’t it good to know that God wants us to walk along side of him and reach out to help sinners? He wants us to be a disciple and work with him. In doing so, we don’t have to be the focus. Others become the focus. We give up childish things.

And, if we can do that, God still loves us. He isn’t forgetting us. He is pretty damned proud.

Pele knows that one of my favorite songs is No Hard Feelings by the Avett Brothers. It is not only a song about forgiveness but is about living for God. One of my favorite lines in the song is one that captures what the writer foresees after death: “Will I join with the ocean blue? Or run into a savior true? And shake hands laughing.”

Imagine that. You are in heaven. You meet God, who knows you, who has seen you through it all, although He has seemed so far away. And, you shake hands with him laughing! God is saying yes, Brick, I saw your struggles but I also saw how much you loved and gave to others. Yes, Pele, I knew you were frustrated so many times with the conflict between others, but you hung in there with them and loved on them. Yes, Waffle House, I saw all the work you did on missions. Yes, Lizzy, I saw how you suffered through the deaths and sicknesses of family members but continued to serve others. Welcome home, welcome home! I have loved you through your sins but I have always seen and been proud of your righteousness. That message goes out to you, my brothers, for God sees the many righteous acts among you.

Prayers
Prayers for Crash Dummy’s 91 year-old grandmother, Sue, as she most likely will not be on this good earth for much longer but will join God in heaven. Prayers for Sue’s and Crash Dummy’s family. Prayers for Lebowski who strained his ankle during the Knock Out portion of our workout today. Prayers for Pusher as he travels to the Phillipines soon to see family, including his father.

A Leap of Faith

AO: asylum-daybreak
Q: Crash Dummy
PAX: Lilydipper, Crash Dummy, Crawdad (Robbi Dickens), Doubtfire (Nick Bond), Kung Blue, Mr Jinxy, Tropicana, Dain Bramage (Will Olson), High Heels, Snitch (Cory Beilharz ), Honeydew, Veggie (Rylen Huddy), Jumbo(Carter Dickens), Pac-man, Labowski
FNGs: None
COUNT: 16
WARMUP: Side Straddle Hops – 20, Cherry Pickers – 5, Good Mornings – 5, Tempo Squats – 5. Runner’s Stretch, Fire Hydrants, Donkey Kicks, Cat-Cows, Run the perimeter (facing the same direction)

THE THANG: 1st POC – Mini Cardiac: Battle Buddy Up! Partner 1, Bernie up the hill & back. Partner 2, reverse lunge. x5.

2nd POC – Cardiac: Suicides – Start w/10 Squat Jumps at bottom. Run to the 1st bend. 10 Merkins. Run back Down. 10 Squat Jumps. Run up to the 2nd Bend. 10 Merkins. Run back down to the bottom. 10 Squat Jumps. Run to the bench at the top. 10 Merkins. Run back down to the bottom. 10 Squat Jumps.

3rd POC – BSIA: Battle Buddy – Partner 1 – Burpees. Partner 2 – sprints around. 2nd lap. SSH. 3rd lap. Imperial Walkers. 4th lap. American Hammers.

4th POC – Toilet Bowl/Bidet: PAX Choice. Either Sprint up & around or head back to AO.

MARY: None

ANNOUNCEMENTS: None

COT: Growing up, my friends & I loved to drive up to Townsend, to the Wye, & jump off the cliffs into the water. The toughest part was not the jump itself but thinking about the jump. For the guys who are out here, that want to Q but might be overthinking it, I say, take that leap of faith and JUST DO IT!. It gets a little easier each time.

Murph

AO: asylum-daybreak
Q: Lizzy
PAX: Stitch, lebowski, Dain Bramage (Will Olson), Pele (Jon Lindberg), Lilydipper, Mr Jinxy, Kung Blue
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WARMUP:

THE THANG:
We did two groups and knocked out the murph.

MARY:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT: while reading about Lieutenant Michael Murphy found some things I found interesting. While he’s known as an ultimate warrior and his military record is legendary, there were two times he was noted for sticking up for others. First, while he was in school, he stuck up for a kid being bullied. Second, there was a time when a homeless man was being bullied as well. It’s interesting to think he’s always had an innate sense of taking care of people.

Submitting

AO: asylum-daybreak
Q: Pele (Jon Lindberg)
PAX: Brick, Mia (Max), Lilydipper, Tropicana, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Mr Jinxy, Kentucky, Drum Major, Veggie (Rylen Huddy), Lulu (Greg Huddy), Crash Dummy
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WARMUP: 20 SSH (4-ct), in Cadence, 10 Horizontal SSH (aka Plank Jacks) (4-ct), in Cadence, Downward Dog stretch and reach/twists, 10 Tennessee Rocking chairs, 10 Cherry Pickers (4-ct), in cadence, 10 Tempo Seal Claps (4-ct), in Cadence, 5 Tempo Overhead Claps (4-ct), in Cadence

THE THANG:
MOSEY to RUSTIC PAVALON. Goal is to do each group of exercises, going up TO CONES after each group is completed. Can be done in any order. Exercise groups are:
AB BLASTER:
20x: Dead Bugs (2-ct), BBSs, American Hammers (2-ct), Bicycle Kicks (2-ct)
ARM BLASTER:
20x: Merkins, Spider mans, CDDs, Plank Jacks
LEG BLASTER:
20x: Bobby Hurleys, Iron Mikes (2-ct), Froggie Jumps, Squats.
CARDIO BLASTER:
20x: SSH (2-ct), High Knees (2-ct), Butt Kickers (2-ct), Mountain Climbers (2-ct), Smurf Jacks
STRETCH BLASTER:
10 x: Cherry Pickers (4-ct), Windmills (4-ct), Grady Corns (4-ct)

MOSEY to Nice Bathrooms. Choice of routes, PAX chose to HIT PICKETTS CHARGE! Each Flat area do 10x Grady Corns/10x Squats/10x Imperial Walkers
MOSEY to Parking lot below Colosseum
Pyramid laps! Partner up with like speed. Run opposite directions, every time you meet, do the following exercises in Reps of 10
LAP 1 Merkins
LAP 2 Merkins, LBCs
LAP 3 Merkins, LBCs, Mtn Climbers (2-ct)
LAP 4 Merkins, LBCs, Mtn Climbers (2-ct), Bobby Hurleys
MANDATORY 60 SECOND STARGAZER!
LAP 5 LBCs, Mtn Climbers (2-ct), Bobby Hurleys
LAP 6 Mtn Climbers (2-ct), Bobby Hurley s
LAP 7 Bobby Hurleys

Return to AO

MARY: Light stretching

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Hardship Hill!

COT:
The naming of a new pope has been in the news a lot recently. A few months ago I watched the movie Conclave, and there’s a quote from RALPH FIENNES as the Cardinal Lawrence in the movie that stuck with me. When he was addressing the other Cardinals before the voting for the new pope began, he said:
“Let me speak from the heart for a moment. St. Paul said be subject (or SUBMIT) to one another out of reverence to Christ. To work together, to grow together we must be tolerant, no one person or faction seeking to dominate another.”
Where do Paul’s words that he’s referring to come from? EPHESIANS 5: VERSE 21 is where Paul says to be subject or SUBMIT to one another.
“Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.”
The Greek word for “submit” indicates a voluntary yielding in love and respect, reflecting Christ’s humility.
How hard is that to do? How often do you do it? I know I struggle with that, because I can have pretty strong opinions, but I usually feel sort of righteous in them because I feel I’ve:
1. Put in the effort to evaluate alternative viewpoints
2. Weighed their strengths and weaknesses (hey, I’m a Libra… the scales of balance and justice!), and
3. Put them through my internal moral filter (which is NEVER wrong!) and come to my conclusion.
But a lot of this is based on PRIDE… pride in my ability to dissect an issue, pride in my self-described open mindedness, pride in my moral values. This can blind me, and it has. Recently I was in an “animated” discussion with a friend, and things were getting a little bit heated. In my need to prove that I was right, I was forgetting to “reflect Christ’s humility”. I think that I myself personally, and all of us as a society would be much better off if we didn’t rise in anger against those who disagree with us, but channeled the humility of Christ, and yielded to them in love and respect.

HH BFW Workout

AO: asylum-daybreak
Q: High Heels (Henry Ritchie)
PAX: Jumbo(Carter Dickens), Veggie (Rylen Huddy), Crawdad (Robbi Dickens), Lulu (Greg Huddy), Lilydipper
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WARMUP: SSH, Tempo Squats, Merkins, Wind Mills, BACs,

THE THANG: Head to the Island parking lot for candy canes. Round 1, SSH 20 at each POC, Round 2 Merkins 7 at each POC, Round 3 Squats, 10 at each POC, Round 4 CDD, 10 at each POC. Then we headed to the Yoga Studio for LBCs, Box Cutters, BBS, Flutter Kicks. The we headed to the Lilly Pad for The Serpentine: running the parking lot while doing SSH, CDD, Incline Merkins, Squats. Then we ran to the large to the TLP for step ups with stops at the ball fields for table pull ups and dips. Then up the hill to the colosseum for one round of 0900 with CDD. Back to the AO which 3.6 miles in the bank.

MARY: No time

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Heart Break Ridge – May 17th.

COT: Fulfilment can’t be found in the human things we chase good or bad: Money, Power, Love, ect. Only through Christ is fulfilment discovered.