F3 Knoxville

4FALCON

AO: shamrock
Q: Eliza
PAX: Baby Boomer, Base Salary, Borg, Brick, Eliza, I-Beam, Jon Boat, LeBling, Mathlete, Mermaid, Oscar Meyer, slappy, Stitch, Waxjob, Voodoo, Skidmark, Crawlspace, Curveball, Pom Pom (Grayson Vaughn), Toretto, Dumpster Dive
FNGs: None
COUNT: 21
WARMUP: Cherry Pickers, Various Stretches, Twinkle Toes

THE THANG: Posted from the f3 nation slack

FALCON TRIBUTE BEATDOWN
BuyIn:  Together In-cadence 14 SSH

4 Rounds:
F Flying Squirrels ( 026 Reps)
A American Hammers ( 026 Reps HW)
L Lunges ( 026 Reps EW)
C Curls ( 026 Reps)
O One Lap (400m recommended)
N No Cheat Merkins ( 026 Reps)

Pick up six after 4th round

BuyOut:  Together In-cadence 14 SSH

Warm-up and Mary to be chosen by the Q.

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MARY: no time

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Thunderhead hike, Hardship Hill

COT: Prayers for Falcon and his family

Carry me to the Cure

AO: shamrock
Q: slappy
PAX: Tinker, Eliza, Baby Boomer, Base Salary, Mermaid, Curveball, DeVito, Honeydew, Commission, Skidmark, Pom Pom (Grayson Vaughn), Toretto, Gringo, Smoked Pickle, Command Strip, Double Dribble, John Boat, Fudd
FNGs: 1 Fudd
COUNT: 20
WARMUP:
– projectovators
– arm circles (forward and back)
– a few burpees
– circle warm up run
– Grady Corns
– cherry pickers
– stretch (calf, runner, and whatever else)

THE THANG:
– We collected all of the rucks and sandbags that we had and moved to the football field end zone
– In the end zone we all came down with FMS (flutter merkin syndrome). This is a medical condition that causes a person to perpetually rotate between 10 merkins and 10 flutter kicks. The only antidote is located in the center of the field at the 50 yrd line. The problem is that you cannot move there yourself. You must be carried. It is a good thing that Mermaid wasn’t in the end zone and didn’t get sick. Once he received the antidote himself, he was able to return without fear of illness and (man) carry one of us to the antidote. Once healed we were also able to carry the afflicted and all of the gear to the antidote. Then we all came down with FBS (Freddy-Burpee Syndrome) where again we rotated between 3 burpees and 10 freddys. Good think that Gringo didn’t get it and was able to begin the carry to the cure. After that we succumbed to MHSS (monkey humper squat syndrome) where we rotated between 10 monkey humpers and 10 squats until saved. This time it was Skidmark that began hauling our butts to the cure. Finally we had a bout of BBSSHS (big boy side saddle hop syndrome). Our bodies convulsed into alternating 10 of each until saved. This time by Toretto. It was a scary day, but we all survived.

MARY:
– Hello Dollys
– Plank Jacks
– LBC

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– “Falcon Memorial Q” will be lead by Eliza on Monday
– Dragon Boat Race 6/15/24 – No cost, donation if you got it, just need some bros to help us win! see Honeydew for deets
– Thunderhead Challenge 5/18/24 – Hike up and down Thunderhead Mtn with your F3 Bros. Hosted by f3 Smokies.
– Hardship Hill 5/26/24 – 2 mile obstacle course on Memorial Day. Open to anyone. I’m gonna do it with my Daughter. Will you join my team?
– Sign up for a Q if you haven’t lead in the past 6 weeks.

COT:
– We can learn from our exercise today that it is a powerful thing to work together as a group with a common goal rather than OYO. It would have been pretty discouraging if you were tasked to man carry 19 other guys. It was actually pretty fun and went fast when we were working as a unit. (this was my mini COT that came to me during the workout)
– “Send Me” is our F3 region motto as well as the theme for the GTE 46 event that some of us did this past weekend. I’ve not really thought about it much until this past weekend. I thought it was more about the Davy Crockett / Volunteer / Alamo thing. No doubt that this is a central part but it is actually from Isaiah 6:8 where Isaiah is getting his commission from God to speak to his people. “And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.” Was Isaiah perfect? No. But he was ready to to accept this assignment from God. No doubt that God has prepared him somewhat for the challenged before without Isaiah’s knowing though.
– What do you think God is preparing you for? Is there an assignment you need to take on? Are you willing to say “Send Me.” Be on the lookout for these things, because they are all around us. Some are big things like job, church, or family needs. Some maybe are not so big, but may be just as important…an encouraging word, a bit of charity, doing your tasks with integrity, asking forgiveness, being a peacemaker, being a pleasant coworker, etc.
– In all that you face know that you are being prepared for an assignment, be ready to say “Send Me”

BurPlease, may I have another?!

AO: shamrock
Q: Stitch
PAX: Anchorman, slappy, Curveball, Mermaid, Eliza, Honeydew, Commission, Toretto, Crawlspace, Gringo
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WARMUP:
Cherry Pickers
Moroccan Nightclub’s
SSH
Imperial Walkers

THE THANG:
Mosey to the Football field

10 Burpees on the field at every field corner and when back to the start, 5 Burpees for each lap (Total = 100).

One lap through the Bleachers

Pull off for 50 Tricep Dips on the wall next to the bleachers.

Mosey to The Statue for Flutter Kicks, Derkins, Urkins, and Freddy Mercuries

Mosey to CMUs. Every PAX to do 25 OHP, 25 Curls, 25 Bench, 25 Curls

Mosey to COT for Hello Dolly, Heels to Heaven and 1 minute Plank.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
GTE Convergence tomorrow at 6:30 (Asylum). Nant’an Flag handoff.

COT:
I have a framed print in my living room. A few years ago, an acquaintance of mine who owned a print shop had created a bunch of these for the church to distribute as gifts to the congregation. I thought it was cool and catchy at the time, and so I had it framed. Just the other day, I passed by it and read the words again. This time, it just struck me in a different way. In a very enlightening and hopeful way. I don’t exactly know who the author is but here’s what it says:

“Who you are & WHO YOU ARE NOT
IS UNIQUELY DESIGNED to offer
Christ’s Life to THE WORLD.

How YOU ARE GIFTED &
HOW YOU ARE not GIFTED-
THIS IS DESIGNED FOR HOW YOU’RE TO MAKE CHRIST KNOWN TO THE WORLD.

What YOU POSSESS &
WHAT YOU DO NOT POSSESS
IS UNIQUELY DESIGNED TO MAKE HIM KNOWN.

What you CAN DO & what
YOU CANNOT DO IS HIS
DESIGN TO MAKE HIMSELF KNOWN THROUGH YOU.

You are UNIQUELY DESIGNED to offer Christ
AND IT IS YOUR LACK (who you are not, what you don’t possess, what you can’t do) THAT IS THE MOST POWERFUL PART OF THE STORY.

THAT’S the GOSPEL!”

It’s hard to add to that. Embrace the man you were created to be, with all of your gifts and brokenness. It’s not about your resume and as we learn, it’s really not about us. It’s all His!

Isaiah 40:8 – The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.

I hope that is encouraging as you leave here today.

Easy Pea-sy

AO: shamrock
Q: Tinker
PAX: Honeydew, Curveball, Toretto, Mermaid, Anchorman, Band Camp, Stitch, LeBling, slappy, Caveman, Pom Pom (Grayson Vaughn), Twitch, Candy Striper
FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
Warm up:
10 side straddle hop
Mosey circle
High knees
But kickers
Side shuffle facing in
Side shuffle facing out
Run in place
5 sit-up 5 push 5 squat / fast / slow
Cherry
Down devil dog
Cobra
Michael Phelps
Stretch on your own

The Thang
Mosey to parking lot
Out and backs
Squat jump- 10, 20, 30, 40
Ballz to the walls
Push up- 10, 20, 30, 40
Lt Dans
Burpee- 5, 10, 15, 20
Monkey humper 10, 20, 30

Homage to Chesty Puller (max set pull ups)

Mary:
Plank

Announcements:
GTE
Convergence
Flag hand off
Canned goods

CoT :
Jesus said come to me all you who are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest…I trust the man who died for me and then brought himself back to life

What weighs on us in life? any number of problems in life: family, work, health, relationships, addictions, debt, inadequacy, pressure to lead a family. Your burden is different from mine, but we all have burdens.

How do we bring these to Jesus?

Psalm 13
“How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me?

Look on me and answer, Lord my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death, and my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes will rejoice when I fall.

But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation. I will sing the Lord’s praise, for he has been good to me.”
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭13‬:‭1‬-‭6‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Cheese Grater

AO: shamrock
Q: slappy
PAX: Commission, Gringo, Smoked Pickle, Trojan, Skidmark, Stitch, Eliza, Oscar Meyer, Anchorman, Mermaid, Crawlspace
FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
(better late than never)
WARMUP:
– SSH
– Cherries
– Fat Guys
– Tempo Merkins

THE THANG:
– We ran a sneaky mile around the campus past the flag and ended up next to the Jesus statue.
– Starting at the statue we worked up the ladder. Each parking space (about 20) had an exercise written on a card. Run to the card do 10x of what the card says and run back to Jesus. At Jesus do 3 burpees. We did that for a round and flipped the cards over for the second round and did it again.
MARY:
– No Mary today. We ended perfectly.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– GTE
– Convergence
– Flag Handoff
– Hardship Hill
COT:
The Master’s was this weekend. I had a couple quotes to share.

“It’s difficult to excel at something you don’t truly enjoy.” – Jack Nicklaus

“Pursue what you love, what you are passionate about. Don’t let somebody else dictate your life’s path.” – Jack Nicklaus

After winning the 2022 Master’s Scottie Scheffler said,” It all goes back to my faith. The reason why I play golf it to glorify God and all that he’s done in my life and so for me my identity isn’t a golf score. All I am trying to do is glorify God and that’s why I’m in this position, so for me, it’s not about a golf score.”