F3 Knoxville

SHAMROCK Acronym

Shamrock

THE SCENE: 60F – Perfect Weather for a beatdown

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

Fitness, Fellowship, Faith, Free, Here on Own Volition, Not a Professional, Modify as Needed, Have Cell Phone, Keep Social Distance and Respect Others Space

WARM-O-RAMA:

Lots of ideas on what to name AO – ultimately choosing Shamrock.   While Mermaid gave some history on the shamrock during the inaugural workout wanted to share an alternative meaning today.   SHAMROCK is also an acronym for today’s workout.   Shoulder, Hamstrings, Abs, Merkins, Running on Catholic Knoxville

Cherry Pickers IC, Windmills IC, Grady Corns IC, Failure to Launch IC, Hello Dolly IC, Tempo Merkins IC, High Knees / Burpee

THA-THANG:

Mosey around campus stopping along the way to try out some evil spawn children of the Motivators.   The Shouldivator, The Hamstringivator, The Abivator and Merkivator.

Shouldivator – Baby Arm Circles, Overhead Claps, Seal Claps (From 8 IC)

Hamstringivator – Squats, Twinkle Toes, Monkey Humpers (From 8 IC)

Abivator – Big Boys, Little Baby Crunches, Gas Pumps (From 7 IC)

Merkivator – Wide, Normal, Diamond Merkins (From 5 IC)

Mosey to the CMU pile and picked out a CMU friend for the morning.   Brought them to the parking lot.
10 Reps of Each – Overhead Press (Shoulders); Goblet Squats (Hamstrings); Heavy Freddy (Abs); Walkover Merkins (Merkins).  Leave the rock and run to end of parking lot row and back.   Take CMU to next parking lot row and rinse and repeat adding 5 reps at each row.   Continued until we ran out of time.

MARY: N/A

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 HIMs were Mondivated

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

My brother wrote a very thought provoking post on Facebook the other day that I thought was worth sharing pieces of this morning.   The topic was “What if We’re Wrong.”

What if what we hold dear is wrong, what if the point of view we militantly protect, is actually wrong.   Now, I can understand how you can be wrong but me?   But me, I’ve done my research.    I’m smart.   I went to college, wrote papers, traveled the world,  have friends that don’t look like me.   Therefore, I must be the right one.    Obviously, that all is idiotic and sounds as stupid in writing as it does speaking it to you this morning.    But seriously, how often do we consider if we are wrong?

How often when discussing something with someone do we come to the conclusion we see things with different lenses and ultimately agree to disagree.    Both probably leave the conversation still convinced their lens is a little clearer and the other one still doesn’t see quite right.     So what does it feel like to be wrong?     Sucks, hate it, embarrassing, wind kicked out from under your feed, eat crow, are all typically answers.   But what if I told you that is what it feels like to finally DISCOVER that you are wrong.     When you ARE wrong, but don’t know it yet, it feels exactly like when you are right.    Stop and think about that…how often do we every consider that we might actually be wrong, that we might not fully understand the complexities of the topic.    Even when the evidence is overwhelming, our pride normally wins and doesn’t let us concede.

Remember From Matthew 7.   1 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.  3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

I just encourage you to reflect on this as you engage in conversations with your friends with challenging topics in the coming days and weeks ahead.

 

MOLESKIN:
Prayers for the world and families this week.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
No Announcements