F3 Knoxville

Category: JUCO

15 Days Away…

AO: juco
Q: Windex
PAX: Guardrail, Mailbox, Love Shaq, Wheelchair (Jonathan Perelman)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WARMUP:
15x SSH, LBAC Forwards and Backwards, Tempo Squats, Tennessee Rocking Chair

THE THANG:
Mosey to the big lot – stop, drop and do 1 Merkin w/ 4 Plank Jacks and progress through 2,8 – 3,12 – 4,16 – 5,20.
Mosey around a few islands and find a tree with some grass – stop, drop and do 1 BBS w/ 4 (2 count) American Hammers and progress through 2,8 – 3,12 – 4,16 – 5,20.
Mosey to the quad and find the brick wall(s) and get down on some 15’s. As follows:
1 Dip (one side of wall), 1 Merkin (on top of wall), 1 Dip (other side of wall). That’s :point_up:. Run to the covered area down the stairs and do 14 Squats. Repeat until finished with 15’s.
Mosey back the way we came and stop at the last stop sign before the flag – do 15 Burpees collectively (3 each). Mosey to the flag.

MARY:
Flutter Kicks, Freddy Mercurys, Hello Dollys, and LBC.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
UnCOVEred this Saturday. Dad camp in August.

COT:
Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord. Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
– The plans He has for us always exceeds our wildest expectations because it aligns with what we are meant to be doing, not what we expect we should be doing.

Proverbs 27:1
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
– This does not forbid preparing for tomorrow, but presuming upon tomorrow

God’s Perfect Timing

On June 25th my daughter went about her normal Tuesday stuff, and Beki and I took my mom up to Cades Cove. The entire time we were up there, Beki felt stressed about not having cell service. The second that we got out of the park, and her phone got service, she got a phone call from a stranger who was with Maddie and stopped to help. She didn’t miss a call, there weren’t a bunch of voicemails…it was literally that the service bars came back, and the phone rang. Perfect timing. We rushed to UT and were there when the ambulance showed up. Perfect timing. Work was at a point that I could step away and be there the entire time. Perfect timing.

But in all of this, I’m looking for, and becoming more aware of God’s timing. My daughter has been struggling with anxiety and depression, and then, boom, throw this on top of all of that. I just have to keep remembering that there is a plan in all of this, because God’s timing for everything, no matter what, is never off.

When I think about Maddie’s accident, I can’t help but wonder “how does this align with what she is meant to be doing?” I don’t know the answer to that question, but I pray that Jesus would reveal the answer to her, because I know that she is wondering as well.

Thank you guys for all the prayers and support. I’m extremely happy to say that she’s coming home tomorrow!! 😃

The Pentecost of Pentecost

AO: juco
Q: Commission
PAX: Wheelchair (Jonathan Perelman), Love Shaq, Ike, Data, Guardrail, Windex, Fetch, Mailbox, Lt. Dan
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
WARMUP:
Side straddle hop x 25 (4 count)
Cherry pickers x 5 (4 count)
Tempo merkins x 10 (4 count)
Tempo squats x 10 (4 count)
Flutter kicks x 10 (4 count)

THE THANG:
Mosey to Sophomore Hill

50 merkins, 50 bear crawls and jog the remainder to top of hill
50 raised leg crunches (alternate at 25), 50 shuffle steps to the right and jog the remainder to the corner
50 monkey humpers, 50 lunges and jog the remainder down the hill
50 flutter kicks, 50 shuffle steps to the left and jog the remainder to the corner

50 sets of stairs (up counts as two, down counts as two)
50 mountain climbers (4 count)
50 American Hammers (4 count)
50 Heels to Heaven (4 count)
50 LBCs

This is the 50ish day follow up bootcamp from Pentecost workout that followed 50 days after Easter and the resurrection of Jesus. A life changing, world changing and eternity changing thing happened over those 50 days after the resurrection and the men of JUCO were invited to do some powerful in their lives with 50 days.

Updates as follows:

Love Shaq has been hitting up camps with his students to develop better relationships and has some professional development coming up later this summer that should equip him with some better tools for the classroom.

Fetch – Some journaling has happened but he wants to be more consistent with it.

Guardrail – Solid on pullups but injured his wrist doing hand walking. Wants to do better with encouragement and prayer.

Commission – This push has been just what I needed to kickstart the development I hope to build and everything is on track with the timeline I set.

CMU rescue and Circle of rando

AO: juco
Q: Guardrail
PAX: Windex, Lt. Dan, Booster, Wanderer, Waffles, Erector
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WARMUP: Usual suspects, SSH, Windmill, Tempo Merkins, Tempo Squats

THE THANG: Found some “lost” grass covered CMU’s and carried them back to the pile. At regular intervals stopped for ABC, 123 – that’s Arms, Base and Core in 10, 20 and 30. Things like curls, dips, merkins for A. Squats, monkey humpers and hopping up loading docs for B. Flutter kicks, Heavy lbc, and similar for C. Threw in some burpees, Irkins, box jumps, derkins, and one legged burpee (to look like Lt. Dan) and then played some frisbee with penalty for dropping, till mary.

MARY: Freddy Mercury, Cherry Pickers, Imperial walkers.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Service Project tomorrow, Cove Next Saturday, Meal train for Maddie and Windex. Details in the next post.

COT: 2 Kings show that we as dads have a great deal of influence on the trajectory of our kids lives. Will our legacy to our kids be a good rut or one they have to get out of? Communicate with your kids, apologize often and speak of the hard things. And thank God for Jesus making a way for God to be our heavenly father that frees us, and them from the generational sin we see so much of (now and in the OT)

Hill AMRAP

AO: juco
Q: Erector
PAX: Breadstixx, Fetch, Booster, Guardrail, Dart Gun, Wanderer, Windex, Love Shaq, Erector
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP:
15 SSHs, 15 Mountain climbers, 10 tempo merkins, 15 Moroccan Night Club, 10 tempo squats, 5 cherry pickers
THE THANG:
Mosey to JuConte. 8 cones were placed along the way up the hill and around the corner at the top. Perform the prescribed exercise and move on to the next. Complete all exercises and return to start for AMRAP.
-15 Burpees, 30 lunges total, 25 merkins, 50 SC mountain climbers, 30 squats, 20 staggered merkins total, 50 calf raises, 20 Carolina Drydocks.
MARY:
PAX led: flutter kicks, pickle pounders, Freddie Mercury, merkins, LBCs
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
UnCOVEred coming up
COT:
My wife and I had a “staycation” this week. We took the kids to visit with grandparents, and I took a couple of days off from work. We get so busy in our day to day that we tend to forget how much of a blessing a wife is to us and our families. Proverbs 31 contains a description of a wife’s worthiness. In particular, verse 10 tells of her worth. “Her worth is far above jewels.” Our wives are a treasure that is far above value. If you are anything like me, you probably don’t tell her this often enough. There are far too many marriages that end for many reasons. Don’t let lack of appreciation for all she does be a reason for strife in your marriages. Remember to thank her for her contributions to the family. Show her that you love her. Make time to spend with her. She needs to feel appreciated.

Bear with it

AO: juco
Q: Guardrail
PAX: 5K, Waffles, Lt. Dan
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
WARMUP: Usual suspects, SSH, Cherry Pickers, windmill, baby arm circles

THE THANG: After a short stop at the guardrail for some dips, dirkins, irkins and overhead claps with stones ,headed up valley vista with one guy bear crawling 15 steps, then shouting out for the guys to begin the exercise, they continued till the bear got there and then a different guy took over for a new exercise. Newton’s cradle, burpee, BBS, Bonnie Blair, V ups, Monkey humpers, etc.
Continued to the top for some SSH, imperial walkers and burpees with a view

MARY: V ups and imperial walkers

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 5k Passing away party at my house Sunday June 2
Sign up for dragon boat race.

COT:
Psalm 96 – read it or listen to it and don’t be afraid to sing, express and have joy in the Lord.
https://youtu.be/KCQ3ehcC15U?si=BPcHYRUGvjK5ohZ0