F3 Knoxville

Be Doers

THE SCENE: Warm spring morning and dry at the Project
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

10 Projectivator, 15 Mountain Climbers, 10 tempo merkins, 15 Moroccan Night Club, 10 tempo squats, 15 Imperial Walkers, 5 cherry pickers
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the recruitment center and grab a block. The workout is an EMOM (Every Minute on the Minute). At every 1 minute interval, stop what you are doing and perform 3 burpee block jump overs. Below is the list of exercises to work through.

  • 15 staggered block merkins each side
  • 30 curls
  • 30 squats
  • 30 heavy Freddie Mercury, 2-ct
  • 10 blockees
  • 30 OHPs
  • 30 rows
  • 30 lunges (total)
  • 20 BBS
  • 20 thrusters

Rinse and repeat until time is called.
MARY:
PAX choice core exercises.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 put in the work this morning!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
James 1:22-25 says “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.”
This passage came to mind last night when one of the new preaching students at the school our church family supports led the Bible study hour. This particular student is a relatively new Christian and is very much on fire for the Lord. He is actively pursuing knowledge of the scriptures so that he is equipped to teach others the good news. This student is a doer. Can we say the same thing about ourselves? This passage points to an example of someone who looks at themselves in a mirror and notes how they look. “Hey there Christian”, they may say. If that person walks away and is able to forget the kind of person they are, then they are not doing what is required by God. They are not intently seeking to do the will of the Father and abiding in His word, the perfect law of liberty. Be a doer and not a forgetful hearer only. Aye!
MOLESKIN:
This was an intense workout! YHC started requiring 5 burpee block jump overs but quickly called an audible, realizing the time it was taking to perform them. All the groans were music to my ears because that was the “music” availble. For a grinder like this, some good toons would have been nice.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Escape from Haw Ridge is in 1 week! Sign up if you haven’t already. Then get ready for Hardship Hill coming up.

Sweet Sweet Candy Pyramid

THE SCENE: Very warm compared to recent weather

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Tempo Squats
  • Tempo Merkins
  • Wind Mills
  • Cherry Pickers

THA-THANG:

Easter Candy Pyramid

The PAX voted on their favorite Easter candy. Each candy was an exercise and the candy order determined the exercise order of the pyramid.

Exercise Order

  1. Merkin x 10 = 10 [Reece’s Eggs]
  2. American Hammers x 10 = 20 [Starburst Jelly Beans]
  3. Dips x 10 = 30 (reduced to 15 after first few rounds) [M & M’s]
  4. Burpees = 4 [Cadbury Mini Eggs]
  5. Lap around the building [Chocolate Bunny]
  6. BBS x 5 = 30 [Peeps]
  7. Squats x 5 = 35 [Cadbury Eggs]
  8. Step ups x 5 = 40 [Whopper Robin Eggs]

You start at 1. Once completed each level you start over and complete the next level. (1,2) Next start over and do 3 levels (1,2,3). After completing level 8, start over and complete 1-7 dropping a level each time till you’re completed a single level 1.

Most made it through level 8 and several made it several levels further.

MARY:

Crunches for the last minute.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Little Known Facts About Laziness #6

Let’s review the facts…

Fact #6 – The lazy way is the hardest way

Prov 15:19 – The way of the lazy man is like a hedge of thorns: Those who are lazy may not see it in themselves.

We often choose the lazy way because it seems easier. But it’s not! It’s like a hedge of thorns. I was recently reading about the Barkley Marathon. It’s a super hard marathon and it’s hard for many reasons. But one of those reasons is it takes place through the smoky mountains which are full of briars. You’re fighting through thick brambles and thorns that are tearing at you. It’s incredibly tough and miserable. This is what the lazy way is like.

Prov 18:9 – He who is slothful in his work Is a brother to him who is a great destroyer.

This is not a gentle rebuke. This is a serious issue. Being a little slack is the same as walking in with a sledge hammer and taking everything down.

Prov 12:24 – The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; But the slothful shall be put under taskwork.

Prov 10:4 – He who has a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich

It’s amazing how many verses deal with laziness. It doesn’t seem to be a really big issue in the world but apparently Proverbs thinks overwise. Consider yourself and where you are lazy.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Sign up for Escape from Haw Ridge. Still room on teams.

Y-12 LA-LA

THE SCENE: Beautiful, high 50’s.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Done!
WARM-O-RAMA:

15 SSH
12 Seal Claps
12 SSH
12 Imperial Walkers
5 K-Town Cherry pickers
12 Morrocan Night Clubs
Taylor Phelps it out
Mosey to the new course, “Y-12”.

THA-THANG:
Start at the bottom of Y-12, run to the next light pole and do the exercise on the card, rinse repeat:
There are 12 light poles to the top.

  • L – Lunge Walk to first light pole
  • A – 20 Merkins
  • L – 20 Ballerina Squats (Squat up to tiptoes)
  • A – 20 Freddie Mercuries (2-count)
  • L – 20 Monkey Humpers
  • A – 5 4X4’s (Burpee with 4 Merkins and 4 Mountain Climbers)
  • L – Karaoke to the next pole
  • A – 20 LBCs
  • L – 20 Calf Raises
  • A – Side planks (20 seconds each side)
  • L – 20 Jumping Lunges
  • A – 20 High, Slow Flutter kicks (2-count)
  • LALA at the Top – 20 Smurf Jacks, 20 Hand Release “Chuck Norris” Merkins, 20 High Knees, 20 Oblique crunches (10 each side)
  • Run back to the bottom and repeat until time is up.

MARY:
Four minutes o’ Mary in doses of 12 reps.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Done!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Matthew 7:16. “You will know them by their fruits.” Fruit takes time to develop and show. Watch your fruit.  Watch the fruit of those you let into your inner circle or are getting close to. Watch the fruit of those who are motivating you to do something – is the motivation using your desires out of line or building on God’s desires for you?
MOLESKIN:
Praise report and request for prayer from Bobbitt about progress on a liver transplant for J***e.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Lots of good chatter about Escape from Haw Ridge – everyone at The Project has an assignment, see Slappy.

RunNGun

THE SCENE: 48 degrees and dry… And a little salty no one picked up the Q.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Side straddle hop in cadence 20
10 tempo merkins
Arm rotations thumbs up in cadence
Reverse thumbs down in cadence
Tempo squats
Cherry Pickers
10 Windmills in cadence
THA-THANG:
Mosey around the lot where we meet.

  • Grab a CMU
  • 20 Curls
  • 10 single arm rows each side
  • 20 tris

Mosey to the large lot and line up

  • Bear crawl to the next line
  • Lunge to the next line
  • Flutter kicks
  • Rinse and repeat across the lot

Mosey to Sophomore Hill

  • Bernie up the hill

Mosey to the Pull up bars

  • 5 pull ups / 20 LBCs x2

Mosey to the coupon pile

  • Grab a CMU
  • 20 Curls
  • 10 single arm rows each side
  • 20 tris

Mosey back to the flag stopping for core exercises along the way.

MARY:
Rifle carry and Murder Bunnies to wrap it up.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Use the TAGS on right-side to record PAX (BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOURSELF) in attendance. Be sure to select the AO in CATEGORY above TAGS and then delete these notes!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
The warrior ethos (AKA Jedi Training) consist of 13 pillars: commitment, honor, respect, prepared, faithful, fighter, hungry, humble, lover, teachable, firestarter, truthful, and generous.
Each one is tied to a Bible verse.

Today I’m discussing the 12th pillar:
Truthful
The verse for this pillar is 1 John 3:18

“Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions.”
1 John 3:18 NLT

Love this! Actions speak louder than words. Be that example for others. Don’t sit around and wait for someone to ask for your help, Just Do! This is how you truly lead.
MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Betty will be out to discuss Shield Locks with the crew this Friday!
Sign up for Escape Haw Ridge 4/14

Worry

THE SCENE: upper 40s and dry at JUCO. Nice!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

15 SSH, 15 Mountain climbers, 10 tempo merkins, 15 Moroccan night club, 15 Imperial walkers, 10 tempo squats
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the CMU pile for the starting point of our AMRAP style workout. At each point along the defined loop, perform the designated exercise as summarized below.

  • 10 blockees
  • 5 pull-ups
  • 25 merkins
  • 25 squats
  • 25, 2-ct Freddie Mercury

AMRAP!

MARY:
LBCs, gas pumpers, 6″ LBCs, Merkin ring of fire
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 worked hard this morning!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
The recent events in the Nashville school are on everyone’s minds. It makes us worry about the possibility of it happening to our families. Worry can overtake our lives and it is another tactic of Satan to draw our focus away from God. Jesus provided some of the most comforting words regarding anxiety. “For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life? And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith! Do not worry then, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear for clothing?’ For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. “So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” – Matthew 6:25‭-‬34 NASB1995

This doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t be cautious, of course. However, we can do our best to not dwell them either.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Escape from Haw Ridge is coming up soon!