F3 Knoxville

Category: Shamrock

Battleship at the Shammy

AO: shamrock
Q: KickFlip
PAX: Commission, slappy, LeBling, Oscar Meyer, Stitch, Gringo, Honeydew, Mermaid, Jardet, Anchorman, Eliza, Base Salary, Curveball, Crawlspace, Toretto, KickFlip, Snaggletooth (Elijah Tafao), Nutcracker (2.0)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 17
WARMUP: RFTS/LIH, Cherry pickers, TIE fighters, down dog, $tretch, merkins, mountain climbers, predator jacks, walking stretch kicks, walking fence steppers. Mosey to the big parking lot.

THE THANG:
Divide into two teams for Battleship. 5 sets of cones set out facing each other. Run and grab a tennis ball, sprint to your far side, sprint to a battle station and perform the exercise on the cardboard, fire your tennis ball at the other team’s ships. Repeat until one team sinks all of the other team’s ship.

Team 1 wins Round 1. Team 2 wins Round 2.

Teams hold plank while 1 man sprints to collect a tennis ball and comes back. First team to 17 balls is our winner.

MARY:
“Turn it Up” by Oh the Larceny. Burpee each time the song says “Turn it Up” – SSH the rest of the time. Crawlspace and Toretto finished and hereby join Erector in the PAX Hall of Fame as men who have completed this challenge!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Mermaid’s home tonight, Rainbow Falls hike tomorrow, Mountain Biking AO launches Monday, Escape From Haw Ridge April 5th – details for all these are on Slack.

COT:
Tagged on to Crawlspace’s COT from Wednesday – specifically about having discipline over your thoughts.

Take every thought captive…and make it obedient to Christ… 2 Corinthians 10:5

Philippians 4:8
“…whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.”

Let’s work to get really good at realizing when our thoughts are negative and we are daydreaming about guilt, mistakes, slights (real or imagined), and other unhelpful darkness where (whiny voice) “I’m the victim…” Let’s get good at shifting out of that mindset and into virtuous thinking. One of the best ways to shift from negative thinking to positive thinking is by expressing gratitude.

Toby Keith Tribute

AO: shamrock
Q: slappy
PAX: Mermaid, Curveball, LeBling, Snaggletooth (Elijah Tafao)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WARMUP:
10 project-o-vators
10 Grady corns
Twistys
Cherry pickers
10 Tempo squats
10 Tempo merkins

THE THANG:
Ran around the building and came back to the school entrance cover. About 25 cards w various exercises were space out in a big circle. We started on a different card and went around the circle doing 10 of each. After round 1 we ran around the building and started round 2. We flipped the cards to find new exercises to do. Same thing again. 10 of each then ran around the building. Final round was 5 each of whichever side you preferred then pick up the card for clean up. Then mosey back to flag. We listened to Toby Keith’s greatest hits the whole time. I forgot to bring Red Solo cups for a prop. Next time I’m gonna do this.

MARY:
1 min plank hold till 615

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
-Big ball converg this weekend
-Escape from Haw Ridge 4-5-24

COT:
Toby Keith died last week of stomach cancer. He had become one of my favorites over the past 20 years or so. He was big, fun, and talented. He loved America and Soldiers. Go listen to the greatest hits, he was fun. He will be missed.

I was moved by the way his daughter responded to his death. She of course recognized his talent and that they would miss him badly. More importantly she was thankful to have a dad that was always there and present for her and she took comfort in knowing that because of his faith he is now with Jesus.

So with this in mind I asked what will your legacy be? Will your legacy of a father, husband, son, or friend be appreciated or regrettable? Do you leave a legacy of faith in Jesus for others to follow? Death appears to be all around us and it’s coming for us all. What will people say about you? What are the most important things?

You vs You

AO: shamrock
Q: KickFlip
PAX: Mermaid, Anchorman, Voodoo, Curveball, Snaggletooth (Elijah Tafao), Commission, Stitch, KickFlip
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WARMUP: RFTS/LIH, Up/Down Dogg, shoulder taps, run on the football field.

THE THANG: Partner up. max merkins in 1 min. max BBS in 1 min. Record scores. 2-mile run. Record times.

MARY: Mountain climbers, big booties (or something like that – it was Anchorman’s call).

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: To be a HIM, F3 promotes the idea of “Living Third”. Live for God first, family second, and self third. It seems a paradox, but one of the best ways you can love your family is to serve them second – and put God and your faith first. A selfless and sacrificial love for your family comes from a 1) pure heart, 2) good conscience, and 3) sincere faith (1 Tim 1:5). Seek those things first – and then you will be able to serve and love your family out of abundance. Putting your family second to God – prioritizing your faith and heart and virtue – is loving your family BETTER than putting them first.

Prayers for Eliza’s wife, Megan – for Anchorman’s travel – for Mermaid’s friend, Adam.

Bro Love

AO: shamrock
Q: Anchorman
PAX: Stitch, Snaggletooth (Elijah Tafao), Honeydew, Oscar Meyer, Swifty, The Situation, Dumpster Dive (Brad Burnette), Curveball, KickFlip, Mermaid, Anchorman, Dos Años
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WARMUP:
Run in circles

Side shuffle then reverse

High knees

Butt kicks

Tie Fighters X10

Cherry Pickers x5

Smurf Jacks (IC) 4 CT x 10

Stretch quads, runners, downward dog, cobra
THE THANG:
Mosey to rock pile

Grab 2 rocks

Butterflies – 60 seconds

Twinkletoes with rocks held out – 60 seconds

Butterflies – 60 seconds

Curb squats – rocks out in front – 60 seconds

Butterflies – 60 seconds

Drop the rocks and mosey to the CMU pile
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Stop halfway for 25 curb dips and 25 Merkins
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CMU push pull or drag sale

AMRAP: CMU bench press, curls, rows, triceps: while 1 man drags 2 CMUs around the circle to hand off to the next guy. Modify to farmer carry if you want.

Pull-up bars and swing set pulls

One more round of 25 curb dips and 25 Merkins

MARY:
Dealers choice
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
Slappy asked us if we really believe that God loves us. He asked us to dwell on that and what it means.
What came to my mind was my experience the day before on Sunday at church. We had communion and I walked down like we do once a month. For some reason I was flooded with a wow moment. I was just shocked and honored that Jesus wanted me to come have this special fellowship with him. I was invited to this? It wasn’t so much an “I’m not worthy shameful” feeling, but I just felt honored to be invited to his table.

So that was Slappy’s word and I really appreciated his thought provoking words.

I want to talk real quick about another love. Brotherly love. Loving your neighbor.
This group of men and what you guys display. I feel honored to be invited and welcomed into this circle of awesome dudes.

I’m naturally prone to hang back in the shadows and could easily slip away from a group. When I started to consistently show up for F3 years ago I already played it out in my head that I would probably just do this for a while and then casually slip away.

Then Judge Judy said “Hey Anchorman, when you are going to sign up to Q” I was like, oh crap, I stayed too long. Then I lead my 1st and I freaking loved it.

To further keep me from leaving I could rattle off countless men at Shamrock that consistently reached out to me and made me feel like I belonged here. I have witnessed so many examples of love thy neighbor at this location. So, thank you guys for living that out! Let’s keep it up.

Change Up

AO: shamrock
Q: Voodoo
PAX: Commission, Stitch, Tinker, slappy, Mermaid, Glamper, Honeydew, Brick, KickFlip
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
WARMUP:
Check
THE THANG:
CMU, Dora-style

2 partners alternate exercises but both CMUs must be used at all times. Completed 3.5 rounds with a set of Mary after each.

-Rows
-Wall squats
-OH press
-Toe merkins
-Curls

COT:
>From CS Lewis’ Screwtape Letters
I once had a patient, a sound atheist, who used to read in the British Museum. One day, as he sat reading, I saw a train of thought in his mind beginning to go the wrong way. The Enemy, of course, was at his elbow in a moment. Before I knew where I was I saw my twenty years’ work beginning to totter. If I had lost my head and begun to attempt a defence by argument I should have been undone. But I was not such a fool. I struck instantly at the part of the man which I had best under my control and suggested that it was just about time he had some lunch. The Enemy presumably made the counter-suggestion (you know how one can never quite overhear What He says to them?) that this was more important than lunch. At least I think that must have been His line for when I said “Quite. In fact much too important to tackle it the end of a morning”, the patient brightened up considerably; and by the time I had added “Much better come back after lunch and go into it with a fresh mind”, he was already half way to the door. Once he was in the street the battle was won. I showed him a newsboy shouting the midday paper, and a No. 73 bus going past, and before he reached the bottom of the steps I had got into him an unalterable conviction that, whatever odd ideas might come into a man’s head when he was shut up alone with his books, a healthy dose of “real life” (by which he meant the bus and the newsboy) was enough to show him that all “that sort of thing” just couldn’t be true.

How can you be on the lookout for these ordinary distractions?