F3 Knoxville

Psalm 127

THE SCENE: It was perfect.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: All the stuff.
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Projectivators (of course) 5x
  • LBAC (fwd/bwd)/Overhead Clap/Seal Clap 5X each
  • Tempo Merkins/Mtn Climbers 5X each
  • Imperial Squawkers 5X
  • Reach for the Sky/Let It Hang/Cherry Pickers
  • Mosey to Parallel Bars for Dips 10X
  • Mosey to Pool Wall for Wall Ups 10X
  • Mosey to RC

THA-THANG:
More Murder Bunnies (1 CMU/PAX): Start at Parking Lot Island (PLI) with the following exercises, then proceed to Murder Bunny with CMU to opposite PLI:

  1. 50 CMU Squats
  2. 40 Curls
  3. 30 Lunges (15/side)
  4. 20 Kettle Swings
  5. 10 Blockees
  6. 20 Thrusters
  7. 30 Heavy Freddy
  8. 40 Rows
  9. 50 Calf Raises

After each exercise and Murder Bunny, PAX execute the following Descending Merkins, 10 each, with feet on CMU then proceed to carry CMU overhead while Tricep Extensions back to starting PLI and moving on to next exercise. (Modification: Rifle Carry CMU back)

  1. 10 Wide Derkins
  2. 10 Regular Derkins
  3. 10 Diamond Derkins
  4. 10 Stagger Derkins
  5. 10 Stagger Derkins (other side)
  6. 10 Diamond Derkins
  7. 10 Regular Derkins
  8. 10 Wide Derkins

MARY:
Don’t remember…

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
The 4 Horsemen of Heavy PT: Erector, Kickflip, Mathlete, and Snaggletooth

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Psalm 127
A song of ascents. Of Solomon.
1 Unless the Lord builds the house,
the builders labor in vain.
Unless the Lord watches over the city,
the guards stand watch in vain.
2 In vain you rise early
and stay up late,
toiling for food to eat—
for he grants sleep to those he loves.

3 Children are a heritage from the Lord,
offspring a reward from him.
4 Like arrows in the hands of a warrior
are children born in one’s youth.
5 Blessed is the man
whose quiver is full of them.
They will not be put to shame
when they contend with their opponents in court.

MOLESKIN:
2 Prayers/Meditations on Psalm 127. 1. Asking God to build our character, our marriages, and our homes. 2. Asking God to bless our children as we raise and disciple them.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 Convergence/3rd F – Sat, Oct 17 @ Bombshelter; AND Sat, Nov 7 @ Asylum

Slicing bread

THE SCENE: Cool and Clear. Grinning moon and a shooting star.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
Yes
WARM-O-RAMA:

High Knees, SSH, tempo squats, LBAC, tempo merkins, fence steppers, hip bridges, fire hydrants
Reach for the sky, let it hang, Michael Felps
THA-THANG:
Two circuits on a timer – 45 seconds to work, 15 seconds to move – at The Wall and The Bell. A couple sets at The Bar inbetween.

  • The Wall
    • Wall Walks
    • Muscle Ups
    • Squats
    • Planks
  • The Bar
    • Inverse Rows
    • Big boys
  • The Bell
    • Box jumps / Step ups
    • Decline Merkins
    • Flutter Kicks
    • Dips

MARY:
No Time.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
5 HIMs and 1 FNG (biohack)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Fresh, hot bread is a blessing. Slicing hot bread is a pain if you like straight, even slices. The best way I have found to cut straight is to stop trying to cut straight, but instead to focus on holding the knife straight. I have to surrender the outcome and focus on just doing the task well. I find that this extends to my life as well. When I think too much about the outcomes, I tend to fall either toward despair (if they’re bad) or pride (if they’re good). We considered the story of Moses in Numbers 20. He lost focus on doing his task well and giving credit to the Lord, so pride led him to take credit for bringing water from the rock. If it can happen to Moses, it can happen to me.
MOLESKIN:
Deeply appreciative to everyone who came out for my VQ and glad to welcome Biohack.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Might have missed this…

At the Track

THE SCENE:  50 and clear.  Perfect for a beatdown.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER:  Administered.
WARM-O-RAMA: 

LBAC F/B
Overhead claps
Seal jacks
Cherry pickers
Merkins
Mountain climbers
Tempo squats

THA THANG:

Mosey to track…

1:  45 seconds on, 15 seconds off.  Start at 7 reps each exercise.  If you finish, add a rep until you get to 10 of each or run out of time.  Round 1: Burpees + Bobby Hurleys (5 sets).  Round 2:  4-count flutter kicks + Clap Merkins (5 sets)

2:  At the track starting line, perform exercises, sprint 50 yards, bear crawl 30 steps, then mosey back to the starting point.  First man finished leads an ab exercise until six is up.

  • 10 Burpees + 10 BBS
  • 20 CDD + 20 Heals to heaven
  • 30 Merkins + 30
  • 40 Monkey humpers + 40 Hello Dolly (2-count)
  • 50 Squats + 50 LBCs

MARY:

No time

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

Me and 4 of the best men I know

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Shared part of the Word from at our church service this past Sunday.  Colossians 3 instructs us to put to death sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed – and put away anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language.  But the abundant life you are called to live is not just a bunch of don’ts.  Getting rid of this crap just cleans the slate.  Vitality comes when you put on compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, forgiveness, love, and gratitude.  We are to let the peace of Christ rule our hearts. We are to admonish one another and sing to God with gratitude in our hearts.  All in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God.

MOLESKIN:

Prayers for Rocket’s family.

Prayers for all the M’s.

Today’s Q was a riff on one of my favorites that Rocket does from time-to-time.  We miss you today, brother – and are wishing you and your family well!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Convergence at the Bomb Shelter, October 17th

Men of Action

THE SCENE: Mid 50s and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

15 SSH, 15 Moroccan night club, 10 tempo Merkins, 10 tempo squats, 5 cherry pickers
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the Recruitment Center and grab a CMU. This morning we climbed a ladder of exercises. Perform 1st exercise and then CMU bear crawl to the opposite end of the parking lot. Now perform the 1st and 2nd exercises. CMU bear crawl back to start. Now do exercises 1 through 3…you get the point. Repeat until all exercises are performed.

Each exercise is 25 reps.

  • Merkins
  • Squats
  • Heavy LBCs
  • Curls
  • Tri-extensions
  • Heavy flutters kicks (2-ct)
  • Thrusters

MARY:
No time. We actually ran a little long.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
5 at The Project this morning.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror; for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was. But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man will be blessed in what he does.”
James 1:22‭-‬25 NASB
This passage teaches to be a doer and not just a hearer. You may study the Bible on Sundays and understand what is to be done in your life. However, one may walk away from the service and forget what he has heard (most likely by choice) and live an entirely different way. The same can be said really about any aspect of our lives: family, friends, work, etc. Don’t just say “I need to spend more time with my family” and then not make them a priority. We are called to be men of action. Hearing and doing are both necessary.

MOLESKIN:
It was good to be pack with the PAX in Oak Ridge today.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill is Saturday!

Getting Intentional Rest

THE SCENE: 58F post overnight rain. Much better than 58F and raining
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Administered + Cell phone + obvious COVID distancing
WARM-O-RAMA:

Today we’re going to be focusing on resting so we’ll be doing some intentional resting. All exe

Exercise Rest Note
Windmill x 5 IC Abe Vigoda
Moroccan Night Club x 10 IC Michael Phelps
Water Wheel x 5 IC Shakey Legs
Spider Man w/reach x 6 IC Shoulder Shrugs (skipped Shoulder Shrugs)
Seal Clap Squat x 5 IC Walrus (skipped Walrus)
Tempo Hand-release Merkin x 5 IC Sphinx Count = down-2-3-#-up-2-3-#
Pickle Pounder Glute Bridge Hold (Pickle Pointer)
Burpee Stargazer (skipped the stargazer)

THA-THANG:
Don’t mosey anywhere. We stayed right in the parking lot and I finally got to introduce the Pool Boy version of the Individual Medley: 4 exercises starting with 5 reps each and exercise for 1 minute 30 s with 30 s rest between each round to catch your breath and calculate. The first round we finished really early so we added 2 reps and only took 30 seconds rest.

Exercise Finish by +/- reps
Burpees 1 min 2
Merkins 1 min 10 s 1
4-ct Flutter Kicks 1 min 20 s 0
5 Seal Clap Squats 1 min 30 s / don’t finish -1

After completing 5 rounds I asked Rocket to give us a 20-count. The we went to what I’ve dubbed “The Berlin Wall”. We repeated the IM but with different exercises this time and a “rest” of “The People’s Chair” (yes, squatting on a wall with legs at 90° has a name):

Exercise Finish by +/- reps After rd exercise
Muscle-up x 5 1 min 2 1 – People’s chair
Dwight Howard x 10 1 min 10 s 1 2 – BTTW
Rotational Merkin x 5 ea 1 min 20 s 0 3 – Wall Conveyor x 2
Shoulder taps x 10 1 min 30 s / don’t finish -1

Only 3 3 rounds here including at the end a wall conveyor x2 (people’s chair + COVID distancing PAX run to next spot on the wall) with a 10-count corner hold each time. Mathlete gave us a 15-count before we moseyed to the Amphitheater. We started at the front but moved to the back as it was a more suitable height for step-ups. Same game – intentional rest of 30 seconds, first time you get to go as fast as you can and are rewarded with more rest (and more reps the next time!):

Exercise Finish by +/- reps After rd ex:
Step ups x 5 ea 1 min 10 s 1
Loop Amphitheater
Dips x 10 1 min 20 s 0
Loop Amphitheater
1 min 30 s -1
Loop Amphitheater

We got 3 rounds in just in time to take the scenic route through the Oak Ridge Civic Center courtyard after Kick-flip gave us a 10-count (maybe it was 15?).

MARY:
We got back to the AO just in time for some Dealer’s Choice Mary. Limited to 10 of an exercise, I believe the PAX chose as follows:
Rocket – Spider Man’s aka Merkin Parkers (I think that’s what Trolley calls these)
Mathlete – Heels to Heaven
Kick-flip – Mountain Climbers (creative getting around the “10” rule btw with the 4-count exercise!)
Pool Boy – LBC’s (interrupted by a car pulling into the parking lot but all good it just changed the order)
I forgot the exercises for the last 3 but we did get all the way back to Rocket as time expired (and will update once I get some input from these men!)
Kick-flip – x 10
Mathlete – x 10
Rocket – x 10

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
4 PAX. 1 workout at a time we’re growing F3 in Knoxville, Oak Ridge, and beyond!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
So today we focused on rest. Question: What is involved in rest?
Biblical rest is at least 3 things (and probably more)
1. Trusting the Lord
“and on the seventh day the Lord rested” (Genesis 2:2)
2. Asking for faith when we don’t believe
“I believe; help my unbelief!” (Mark 9:24)
3. Persevering even when we can’t see (continuing to trust and rest in God’s provision no matter the circumstances)
We walk by faith and not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7)

So it’s time for some self eval: How are you resting? What does it look like for you to rest? To take a sabbath?
1. Trusting the Lord. Are you:
Working less, sleeping more, praying more, spending less money (at least on yourself), doing less, and/or resting more?
2. Asking for faith. Are you:
Fasting (both rest & ask)
Petitioning God
Reading the Word
ISI (Getting together with other believers for the purpose of pressing into and having Christian fellowship to become more like Christ, encourage one another in Christ, and to display Christ to them?)
3. Persevering even when we can’t see (this is hard to see but clear when you’re doing it). Are you:
Not DIY (Doing It Yourself) but relying on God to change things you (cannot really) control
Keep turning from sin (repentance is continually turning from sin and even from temptation)
Keep on keeping on
Submitting to God and what He ordains

Take time this week to intentionally rest and reflect. Trust that as Jared Raby told me 10+ years ago
“God can do more in 5 minutes than we can do in 5 years.”

MOLESKIN:
Snaggletooth was sick. Prayed for him and for all of us who need to wisely REST! Missed you today though my dude! We also had the choice of “Yoga by Chaco” instead of Dealer’s Choice for Mary if he’d showed up but that was a surprise. I like having these little things in Q’s if certain guys show up (another example is if I’m Q’ing and Waxjob shows up I will always do “row, row, row your boat” with boat/canoe because he’s so enthusiastic and I’m still working on getting my core to where I can do the whole thing (4 or 6 times through the song I forget and ending with “life is but a dream, Life Is But A Dream, LIFE IS BUT A DREAM!!)

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill this weekend!