F3 Knoxville

Category: Shamrock

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?

Gridiron Grind

AO: shamrock
Q: Stitch
PAX: Anchorman, LeBling, Waxjob, Mermaid, Free Fall (Justin Whitaker), Snaggletooth (Elijah Tafao), Tailhook
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WARMUP:
Neck Stretches
SSH
Tempo Squats
Moroccan Nightclubs
Imperial Walkers
Runners stretch

THE THANG:
Mosey to the football field and line up at the Goalline

Start a group of exercises with 25 Reps each and in between take one lap to the 50 and back…

1. Merkins x 25
2. Squats
3. SSH (4 ct)
4. Flutter Kicks (4 ct)
5. Tricep Dips
6. Freddy Mercuries
7. Carolina Drydocks

REPEAT

PAX called out some Mary: Scissor Kicks, Jane Fondas, Side Crunches, Pickle Pounders

Mosey back to COT where we played 2 team Ultimate Football. Team 1 (Waxjob, Mermaid, Snaggletooth, Free Fall) won 9-4

COT:
About 8 years ago, I was working in retail. I was a store manager, working lots of hours, nights, and weekends. It was exhausting!

I was also in the middle of a bad marriage. What little was there in the beginning, was long gone now. We tried counseling. We tried meeting with other couples. We were going to church, had community. My relationship with God was getting stronger. I thought I was doing everything I could to show my wife love and selflessness, but it wasn’t working. We had two young children to care for, on top of that. I was tired, frustrated, alone, and felt defeated. I was at my end.

Sometime in October, my wife told me she wanted a divorce. I told my boss at work about the struggles I was having at home, and the physical stress and exhaustion I was under. I was told “I’m sorry to hear that, but you have a job to do here. It got harder. With the holidays approaching, the hours got longer. The tasks became more frequent. The expectations had risen, not decreased. A week and a half later, I was terminated from my job for an unwritten company violation.

THOSE were hard days. But, I made it through. I didn’t make it because I was strong, or had a plan, or had success at managing the stress. I made it because in that struggle, God became greater than me. I made it because I came to the end of myself. All of the effort, strength, and courage I could muster was not going to change my circumstances. Looking back, today, I am thankful for that time.

God word tells us in Romans that He will work all things together for our good, those who love him. He calls us to be conformed to the image of his son, Jesus. And, if we are conformed to his death now, in our time of grief, then we will also be conformed to His resurrected life in the end (see Phil ch 3).

My challenge today, for those walking in difficulty, is to first admit that you aren’t God. Understand that your efforts will often fail and you don’t have control over everything in your life. Second is to seek God with all your heart. Let Him know that. He’s the only one that knows what’s happening in your life and has your best interest in mind. Three: Seek out other men you can trust and be vulnerable with. There are a lot of wise men in this group. Reach out. Don’t go it alone. God calls us to fellowship with one another.

Core Shredder and mini laps

AO: shamrock
Q: slappy
PAX: Mermaid, Anchorman, slappy, Honeydew, Skidmark, Stitch, Commission, Betty, VooDoo
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP:
SSH
Baby arm circles
Tempo merks
Cherry pickers
Twisties
Tempo squats
Calf stretch
Butt kickers
High knees

THE THANG:
1. Coreshredder
We did 10 core exercises in 3 rounds. Do 3 merkins between each exercise. Round 1 – 15 of each, round 2 – 10 of each, round 3 – 5 of each. We got to hear some of my Friday fun track until my speaker died. (Lame)

2. Mini loops
We had 2 cards with 6 different exercises each. Do 10 of an exercise and take a quick mosey lap move on to the next exercise on list followed by a lap each time. We were able to finish both cards and have a friendship mosey back to the flag ending exactly at 6:15 thanks to my superior planning skills.

MARY:
Nope

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
-Convergence was moved
-sign up for GTE
-next week Stitch, Crawlspace, and Mermaid

COT:
Read John 1:1-3
These words are pretty crazy when you think about it. Jesus is God. Jesus was there at the beginning. Jesus actually was the one who made everything. There’s no getting around it this is a crazy truth that Christians must believe. We are not given an option in scripture to accept Jesus as only a great moral teacher in a pluralistic group of other religions. Jesus believed that he was God and savior of the world and so did his first followers. What do you think about this? Have you ever considered it from this angle? He was either crazy or who he said he was. If we believe Jesus is who he said that he was, we believe in something pretty wild and crazy. But just because something is crazy doesn’t mean it isn’t true.

A walk in the park

AO: shamrock
Q: Mermaid , slappy, Mermaid
PAX: slappy, Mermaid, The Situation, KickFlip
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
It was more of an OTB, but we walked to Catholic from our homes (Kickflip drove), and then we rucked together to Waffle House for breakfast, then saying goodbye and rucking home.

Snow Day Shenanigans

AO: shamrock
Q: slappy
PAX: Mermaid, Anchorman, Base Salary, Eliza, KickFlip, Skidmark, slappy, Stitch, Swifty, Voodoo, Waxjob, Oscar Meyer
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WARMUP:
SSH
Grady Corns
Moroccan night club
Tempo merkins
Shoulder taps
Cherry pickers

THE THANG:
On football field
-50 snow angels
Separated into 2 teams. Snowball fight. You get hit you do 5 burpees.
Round 1- you get 3 lives
Round 2- civil war – each team stands shoulder to shoulder 10 yards opposite the other team. You get 1 shot per round. If you get hit you’re out. Play until last man standing.
Round 3 – single elimination

Moved to the half pipe hill
Teams did a sled relay. Go down hill on sled stop and do 1 burpee. Run up the hill and handoff to teammate.

MARY:
Pickle pounders
Hold plank until 6:15

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence this weekend. See you all there.

COT:
I read the letter I wrote to Shamrock last year followed by the letter Mrs. Cardinal wrote to us this year.

When asked about why God chose the timing that he did, “She said, “It was because he hadn’t met F3 yet. God waited to take him until they were in your life to take care of you.” She was right. God waited…so that I would have you to walk with me through the darkest valley of my life.”

Do you believe that F3 can make a difference in the lives of men and their families? Who do you see around you that needs support? Who do you go to for support. While sad, Cardinal’s passing is a good story that all men of F3 are part of. The challenge is to make it count for yourself and others while you still can.