THE SCENE:
41°F and mostly dry except some dew on the grass around the retaining wall near the coupon pile (more on that later)
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER (Administered): Fitness, Fellowship, & Faith.
Started with asking the PAX to think about their prayer requests they might have at the beginning of the workout rather than at the end. It was productive as we had 4 requests shared at the end and a good sense of community. Disclaimer was administered + cell phone check + COVID distancing (that included no sharing COUPONs, especially on Black Friday!)
WARM-O-RAMA:
9 x El Capitan OYO
9 x Werewolf OYO
10 x Tempo Squat IC
9 x Rotational Pushup… I mean Merkin
9 x Moroccan Night Club IC(in honor of Erector being back after recovering from COVID)
9 x Calf raises on the curb (nice and slow) OYO
9 x Derkins on the curb OYO
THA-THANG:
To the COUPON pile: Falling Indian Run + COVID. Every 5 seconds the front PAX “falls off” and lunges (whatever kind of lunges he wants)
TODAY’S SALE: Everything is $9.99!
| Pick your coupon(s)! But as with all deals, you can’t share them with others! | |||||
| Everything is $9.99 | |||||
| But it’s a different deal than last year. Each round is AMRAP 9 of 3 exercises PLUS… | |||||
| 2 yes count them TWO Mary (ab) exercises for FREE | |||||
| Rd | 9 | 9 | 9 | Mary 1 (10 ea) | Mary 2 (10 ea) |
| 1 | OHP | Goblet Squat | Thruster | Flutter Kick | Rosalita |
| 2 | Tricep Extension | Kettle Bell Swings | Hodor | Pickle Pounder | Pickle Pointer |
| 3 | Rows | Colt 3 | Blockee | Heavy Freddie | Heavy Big Boys |
| 4 | Choose your own deal! Which round of deals did you like the best and do it | ||||
After you complete a round you take a lap around the retaining wall near the coupon pile and repeat.
Rounds 1-3 were 6 minutes.
Round 4 was 4 minutes
I asked the PAX how many times they thought I’d used the word “coupon” today and the number they came up with was 99. So we started on 99 LBC’s… but about 15 or so I gave them a (we have to get back to the #shovel-flag) discount.
Mosey back to the AO. Stop at first stop sign to do burpees until the 6 arrived and did a few burpees themselves. Turn right and mosey to the next stop sign. Jail break to the #shovel-flag from there with one caveat – you cannot go in the grass. Two routes were possible and I think Spotter may have beat out Dart Gun by a hair but it was a great finish
MARY: ALL THE DEALS!
So many deals but we already got our extra MARY in!
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
9 PAX who got deals at 5:30am.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM (this is actually better defined as “The Word” or “Words of Wisdom” as stated in General Tips for Your First Q on the F3nation website – S/O to Erector for pointing this out to me yesterday at #the-project).
It’s Black Friday once again. This year, we reflect differently than any other. And yesterday was really no different in the sense that 2020. Thanksgiving is about giving thanks. This means we have to consider what are we giving. John 3:16 – For God so loved the world that He gave.
1 Thessalonians 5:18 – give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. It’s easy to want to pull back and want to “protect” what “is our” in 2020. After all, we have a “responsibility to provide” (1 Timothy 5:8, and this specifically applies more heavily to men though women are called to work hard and provide for their families as well).
But there’s more to it than that and we know it. Jesus calls us to a life of self-denial and self-sacrifice. We have such a problem with greed, envy, jealousy, etc. in our affluent society we don’t even notice it. But Jesus called us to be radical. How radical? Look at what He said in Matthew 6:19-24:
20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. 22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, 23 but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! 24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.[f]
This flips on its head how we think – we ask “is a tithe required?” rather than asking “God, how much can I give away?” A tithe is at best to be perceived as “the bare minimum” and we need to ask God to change our hearts if we think or feel this way – God loves a cheerful giver.
The coats we collected and gave away for KARM are an example of this. “How many coats can I give?” should be our refrain. I even have a coat that missed the deadline that I need to give to Spotter/Mailbox to take to over. This reminds me of a song I’ve come across this year which has lyrics I want to leave you with. It’s called “Simple Living“. The lyrics are about the rich young ruler who comes to Jesus. I’ve put the lyrics below with the bold part emphasized to what I shared during the COT this morning (each is linked separately / including the songs on the right side of the forward slash)
Spotify: Simple Living (Stuart Townend) / Simple Living (Keith & Kristyn Getty)
YouTube: Simple Living (Stuart Townend) / Simple Living (Keith & Kristyn Getty)
Apple Music: Simple Living (Stuart Townend) / Simple Living (Keith & Kristyn Getty)
A rich young man came to ask of Christ:
“Good teacher, will you tell me,
What must I do for eternal life?
I’ve kept your laws completely.”
“Sell all you have, give to the poor,
Then heaven’s treasure shall be yours.”
How hard for those who are rich on earth
To gain the wealth of heaven.
Now Jesus sat by the off’ring gate
As people brought their money:
The rich they filled the collection plate;
The widow gave a penny.
“Now she’s outgiven all the rest –
Her gift was all that she possessed.”
Not what you give but what you keep
Is what the King is counting.
O teach me Lord to walk this road,
The road of simple living;
To be content with what I own
And generous in giving.
And when I cling to what I have
Please wrest it quickly from my grasp;
I’d rather lose all the things of earth
To gain the things of heaven.
Consider what you are holding onto. That is your treasure. You may give lots, (and you need to have love while you do it – 1 Corinthians 13:1-3) but it’s what you keep that shows your heart. As Jim Elliot said:
“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.”
MOLESKIN:
Welcome back to the gloom Erector! Glad you’ve recovered from COVID!
Prayed for Kick-Flip’s & 5k’s physical recovery so they can join us in the gloom instead. Prayed also for Ribbed’s M’s upcoming surgery (and solo rucking… :scream: emoji). Prayed for Gump & his family who are isolating due to COVID.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Check out the #service-opportunities channel on F3 Knoxville Slack! Lots of ways to step up and GIVE of yourself and also to involve your M and/or 2.0’s.
Thinking of prayer from the start of the workout seemed to work well.
“Gump Day” (Friday’s at Dunkin’) wasn’t the same without you, brother!