F3 Knoxville

Category: JUCO

The life of a Christian

AO: juco
Q: Erector
PAX: Butterknife, Dart Gun, Guardrail, Fetch, Love Shaq, Ike, Wanderer, Erector
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WARMUP:
15 SSH, 15 Mountain climbers, 10 tempo merkins, 15 Moroccan Night Club, 10 tempo squats, 5 cherry pickers, 10 Harry Rockettes
THE THANG:
Mosey to the coupon pile. Grab a block. After performing each of the following, run up the steps and alternate between 5 pullups and 5 toes to bar.
-25 OHPs, goblet squats, curls, lunges, merkins, squat jumps
Mosey to the courtyard and stop at the brick benches. Do 20 step ups and run a lap, stopping to bear crawl each of the short legs of the loop. Repeat with pickle pointers and Freddie Mercury.
MARY:
PAX choice Mary exercises: flutter kicks, LBCs, planks, tempo squats, SSH
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Dad camp
COT:
The life of a Christian…
Some would say that this is a life of restriction, rules, and lack of fun. I would disagree. It is true that the Bible teaches a standard to live by. Yes, there are commandments to follow, and that means avoiding what much of the world would consider “fun” in some cases. However, what is missed by this viewpoint is the intent behind those commands. Take for example the law against drunkenness. There may be some temporary pleasure in this, but there are many possible negative consequences: damaged families, health concerns, risk of injury, etc. God’s way is better because it shields us from those negative consequences. God always has our best interests in mind. He demonstrates this ultimately by sending His son, Jesus Christ, to live as a human, experience all the temptations that we do without sin, and then sacrifice Himself for our sins. He did not deserve death; we do.
Romans 5:6-9 NASB1995
[6] For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. [7] For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die. [8] But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. [9] Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him.
The Christian life is the best kind of life. If anyone ever wants to talk more about this, I am always happy to discuss.

Sorry Circle

AO: juco
Q: Guardrail
PAX: Wheelchair (Jonathan Perelman), Lt. Dan, Love Shaq, Wanderer, Booster
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WARMUP: Usual suspect. Windmill, SSH, Thai Chi Warrior, cherry pickers, tempo merkins and tempo squats.

THE THANG: Stop at the guardrail for some dips, then head to the circle of 5 cones set up. 1 team clockwise, 1 team counterclockwise. at Each cone do 20 of the written ab exercise. When opposite teams intersect, “Rock”(squat), “Paper” (Burpee), “Scissor” (Star jump) to see who has to go back to the previous cone to do 10 before moving on. Move the marker with each lap. The other team will be moving it back. Game on. Repeat with Arm and then leg exercises. Might have worked better with more guys

MARY: Small campus tour, Core work, Calf raises, etc.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Dad camp mid aug

COT:
A look at Hebrews 4:13: We do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize, but who was tempted in every way like us but was without sin.

When we suffer, find someone to encourage, learn from it and don’t waste your suffering. Also, know that Jesus knows your pain and you are not alone. If that’s covid or physical pain or an injury, or disappointing progress or an emotional hurt, Jesus has been there and wants you to lean in to knowing Him more.

Burpin Bernie Throwback

AO: juco
Q: Mailbox
PAX: Booster, Erector, Mailbox, Waffles, Stye, Breadsticks, Ike, Love Shaq, Lt. Dan
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP:

THE THANG:

Burpin Bernie

Run to first line do 1 burpee and Bernie back and do the first exercise. Run to second line do 2 burpees and Bernie back and do the second exercise continue through 10 lines, burpees and exercises.

10 – Getups
20 – Lunges
30 – Heels to Heaven
40 – BBS
50 – Monkey Humpers
60 – Side Crunches
70 – Squats
80 – Shoulder Taps
90 – Imperial Walkers
100 – SSH

Thoughts on events of the weekend and divide of our country. Pray for our country – nothing is too big or too broken for our God.

“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭38‬-‭39‬ ‭NIV‬‬

MARY:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

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.