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Our Blessing

AO: juco
Q: Erector
PAX: Butterknife, Lil’ Spice, Guardrail, Dart Gun, 5K, Trash Panda (JUCO), Pinky, Survivor, Erector
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP: 15 SSH, 15 Mountain climbers, 15 Moroccan Night Club, 10 tempo squats, 5 cherry pickers.
THE THANG: Mosey to the coupon pile. After each exercise, run to the top of the stairs and alternate between 5 pull-ups and 5 toes-to-bar.
-25 curls
-25 OHPs
-25 goblet squats
-15 thrusters
-15 blockees
Mosey to the Sophomore. Do 25 2-ct flutter kicks at the first corner. Bernie up the hill and run the loop. Do 25 more 2-ct flutter kicks at the first corner and Bernie back up the hill. Do 25 merkins and run the rest of the loop. Continue this trend picking up an additional exercise for the next two laps: 25 LBCs and 15 burpees. We ran out of time to do the burpees. Mosey back to the flag.
MARY: 20 big boys OYO.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Escape from Haw Ridge on April 5th.
COT: We are, in general, a very blessed nation. Oftentimes, we do not count our blessings from God, and we take them for granted. At church, we sing a song “Count your blessings, name them one by one.” We need to remember to be grateful for all of our blessings, but this morning, I want to mention one blessing in particular that we especially shouldn’t take for granted: our wives. Proverbs 31 contains a description of a wife’s worthiness. In particular, verse 10 tells of her worth. “Her worth is far above jewels.” Our wives are a treasure that is far above value. If you are anything like me, you probably don’t tell her this often enough. She needs to know! There are far too many marriages that end for many reasons. Don’t let lack of appreciation for all she does be a reason for strife in your marriages.

Jumpin’ Juc 93

AO: juco
Q: Noodles
PAX: Booster, Mailbox, 5K, Butterknife, Wanderer, Guardrail, Data, Love Shaq, Commission, Trash Panda, None
FNGs: 1 None
COUNT: 11
WARMUP: SSH, Bend & Reach, Windmill, 8 Ct. Merkin, Shoulder Circles, etc.
THE THANG: Partner Workout

Bottom of Juco: 50 total jumping lunges, partner holds brick overhead (switch back and forth until 50 complete)

Half Way Up: 3 Rounds – 8 Blockees, 10 Burpees

Top of Juco: 3 Rounds – 14 Thrusters, 11 Burpees

Half Way Down: 3 Rounds – 8 Blockees, 10 Burpees (DNF)

Bottom: 43 jump lunges, hold brick overhead (DNF)

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: Honoring Data’s Dad, who lived to be 93 years old. We reflected on what our legacy as Dad’s can be. The 4 Ps:

– Pursuing Dads: we pursue our children’s hearts. Like Jesus pursued us in our sin, we have an example of the lengths God the Father went to pursue us.
– Present Dads: We are present emotionally, spiritually, mentally, and physically. We connect with our kids.
– Providing Dads: We provide space for our kids to be known and loved; we also provide financially.
– Protecting Dads: We protect our kids from the lies of this world as we point them to Jesus, we also protect them from unsafe people.

May we endeavor to prioritize our children and families as Data’s Dad did – retiring from his sales position to be spend more time with his kids!

A balmy stroll around JUCO

AO: juco
Q: Data
PAX: Booster, Fetch, Mailbox, Lil’ Spice, Dart Gun, Wanderer, Guardrail, 5K, Noodles, Erector, Stye (Hal Phillips), Love Shaq, Butterknife
FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
ONE-MINUTE WARNING
WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Reach for the sky & let it hang
Abe Vigodas
Moroccan Nightclubs
Motivators
TN Rocking Horses
ONE THANG:
Play a game of infection in a section of the parking lot blocked-off by cones. One person is infected and moves by bear crawl. Everyone else is a crab walker. Once you are tagged, do 10 Pickle Pounders and then you are an infected bear crawler. We played 3 times.
ANOTHER THANG:
Mosey to the really large parking lot with 10 rows of parking lines.
Building blocks, courtesy of a @Tank backblast I found.
Run to first line of parking and do 1 of 1st exercise. Move to next line, do 2, etc. Total of 10 lines across the lot. Mosey back to the beginning before doing next set.
1. Merkins with runs
2. Squat jumps with bear crawls (every other)
3. Dry docks with Bernie Sanders
4. Lunges with side shuffles
JUST ONE MORE THANG:
Mosey to the loading docks. Split into 2 groups and perform a Newton’s Cradle for 2 full rotations.
Everyone holds a plank
Person in front runs and jumps up on the loading dock, runs back down the ramp, performs 5 Merkins, and goes to back of the line.
MARY:
Imperial Walkers
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence on 1/20
COT:
Don’t Waste Your Life by John Piper
“Making Much of Christ from 8 to 5”
1. We can make much of God in our secular job through the fellowship that we enjoy with him throughout the day in all our work.
2. We make much of Christ in our secular work by the joyful, trusting, God-exalting design of our creativity and industry.
3. We make much of Christ in our secular work when it confirms and enhances the portrait of Christ’s glory that people hear in the spoken Gospel.
4. We make much of Christ in our secular work by earning enough money to keep us from depending on others, while focusing on the helpfulness of our work rather than financial rewards.
5. We make much of Christ in our secular work by earning money with the desire to use our money to make others glad in God.

JUCO Cardinal memorial workout

AO: juco
Q: Wanderer
PAX: Love Shaq, Guardrail, 5K, Lil’ Spice
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WARMUP:
15 Side Straddle Hops
10 Tempo Merkins
10 Flutter Kicks
10 Little Baby Arm Circles Forward
10 Little Baby Arm Circles Backward
10 Hallelujahs
10 Knoxville Cherry Pickers
20 Sec. Samson Hold
10 Willie Mayes Hayes

THE THANG:
Choose two points about 100 yards from each other – these will be Point A and Point B. Starting at “Point A” perform Set 1 exercises, then run to “Point B” and repeat those same exercises. Run back to “Point A”.
Repeat this sequence for exercise Sets 2, 3, and 4.

Set 1
5 Burpees
5 Big Boys
5 Heels to Heaven

Set 2
10 Burpees
10 Little Baby Crunches
10 Mt. Climbers Double Count

Set 3
15 Burpees
15 Air Squats
15 Freddy Mercury’s

Set 4
20 Burpees

~~ end of cardinal workout ~~
Continued on to courtyard where we did 2 loops alternating 10 Irkins/dips and 10 dirkins/step ups on the part benches.

Ran to coupons by flag and completed some rounds of kettle bell swings, thrusters, curls and other heavy exercises.

MARY:
hello dolly until RUSH made it back to the flag.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
The story of cardinal is best told by others:
By our own Mathlete in the f3knoxville newsletter and other articles.
mattcrossman.substack.com/p/f3-cardinal-and-the-victory-of-broken
mattcrossman.substack.com/p/a-tribute-to-f3-cardinal-kind-down

I personally was not directly involved but got to watch (and participate) with F3 as they responded to this tragedy.
The men who were on the scene and started CPR and called for help.
The gofundme campaign that surpassed it’s goal 100x to raise over $100,000 for the family.
The more then 100 men who showed up to finish Cardinals workout and support the PAX and family.
The men who helped Cardinals family paint and move houses.
These actions demonstrated what F3 is about and why F3 not only survived this tragedy but thrived and grown through it.
I hope this story encourages you the same way it has me.

Not Meant To Arrive!!

AO: juco
Q: Butterknife
PAX: Wanderer, Windex, Data, Commission, Mailbox, Butterknife, Dart Gun, Lil’ Spice, 5K, Trash Panda (JUCO), Fetch, Booster, Miss Fire, Love Shaq
FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
WARMUP:
Side straddle hop in cadence  20
6 Windmills in cadence
10 squats
5 sparring merkins
Line up in the curb. Run 2 lines do a burpee.
Run back to the start do a burpee. 3 x’s
10 Slow Freddy Mercury’s (opposite shoulder to opposite knee)

THE THANG:

Run two lines and do 5 sparring merkins (opposite knee to opposite elbow). Repeat across the lot.

Run two lines and do 10 single count slow Freddy Mercury’s (opposite shoulder to opposite knee). Repeat across the lot.

Run two lines and do 5 Peter Parker merkins. Repeat across the lot.

Run two lines and do 20 single count flutter kicks. Repeat across the lot.

Walking lunges to first line. Leap frog to the next. Bear crawl to the next.
Repeat across the lot.

Mosey to the top of JUCOManjaro with the person in the back sprinting to the front.

20 flutter kicks
20 BBS
10 ct stargazers 💫

Mosey back to the flag. Jailbreak in the parking lot.

MARY:
Crunchy Frogs 🐸
Sidestep lunging side to side and reaching for your toes.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
NMTA Not Meant To Arrive
There are 4 Pillars of arrival:
Can’t arrive. This is a negative mindset. You don’t believe in yourself and we need to fix that immediately.

Has arrived. You’ve made it, now what?
You’re not trying anymore. Afraid to take chances, because you might lose the title. Do not stop. Continue to set goals!

Will arrive. Once XYZ happens, then I’ll be happy. There are people sitting in nursing homes right now, still waiting on XYZ.

Not meant to arrive. This is where we should all strive to be! Become the next best version of yourself. Enjoy the journey just as much if not more than destination.
My development has no end. There is always more to learn, always more to do, and you can learn from every situation and everyone.

Be “Blissfully Unsatisfied!” Brothers!

”Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart’s desires.“
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭37‬:‭4‬ ‭NLT‬‬