F3 Knoxville

Ai-CAN Legs and Bro-CAN-back Mountain

THE SCENE: 60ish and cloudy.  No rain yet!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x20; Now grab 2 cans each from Charmin’s food drive box; Imperial Squat Walkers x 20; Tie fighters x 11 each way; line up on the baseline curb for some Rocky Balboas. All in cadence.
THA-THANG:

  • Mosey to the Cloud for some Aiken (or Ai-CAN) Legs:  20 squats, 20 box jumps, 20 Mary Katherines, 20 Rev. Lunges, rinse and repeat.  Stop midway for 10 burpees (10 burpees every time someone drops a can!)
  • Rest with Flutter kicks IC x 20.
  • Mosey to the Pavalon and partner up.  20 step ups on the tables while the partner wall sits with cans held out. Rotate out. Rinse and repeat.
  • Mosey to bottom of Baby Everest (or is it Little Cardiac??).  Vote to hold on to the cans for the remainder of the workout.
  • Bro-CAN Back Mountain:  Doras with your partner.  One partner Bernies up the hill (back pedal) and then runs down while the other is doing SSH or Moroccan Night Clubs (250 total for each exercise).
  • Back to the Cloud for Can Ups:  Grab a bench, plank position with cans in front of you.  Place one can up on bench from plank, then merkin, then other can up on bench, then merkin, then one can back down on ground, merkin, and other can back down on ground and merkin.  That’s 1.  Do 10 of those.
  • Mosey back to AO

MARY:
Code Brown led in some Canned Thors, then some Canned Dollies
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Food drive message: “Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up, ‘Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”  John 6:8-10.  We never know what small thing will lead to big miracles.  Have faith and great things can happen from even the smallest gesture.

MOLESKIN:
Prayers for Pacman and his wife as she goes to Vanderbilt for evaluation of eyesight issues.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  1. Last week for the food drive!  2) Brolympics on Nov. 9.  Sign up now!!

Let the Word of Christ Dwell in JUCO Richly

THE SCENE: 42°F or so and clear. Some microflexing was probably going on before we got moving but at the end nobody was cold in the least.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: I’m not a professional anything, personal trainer, or even a pool boy (however my name my suggest the latter).

WARM-O-RAMA:
All of these are OYO but started by the Q:

3 x Inchworms forward (moving arms only)
3 x Inchworms backward (moving legs)
3 x Toe Touch Squat and Reach (3 each arm)
3 x Werewolf (downward dog to upward dog back to downward dog = 1 rep)
3 x Stationary lunges forward (3 each leg)
3 x Stationary lunges left
3 x Stationary lunges right
3 x Stationary lunges backward (3 each leg)

THA-THANG:
From the AO to Freshman hill, Double Applesauce (aka 2-column) Falling Indian Run (like Do-ah-diddy but the front only wait 3 seconds between the next man falling off & exercising) with the front of the line falling off aka stepping to the outside of the two lines and doing 1 Burpee & 1 Star jack off the front from the AO to the parking lot next to Freshman Hill. We added 2 Burpees & 2 Star Jacks about 2/3 of the way there.

Individual Competition: Exercise then Mary
33 of each of the following and once done do the corresponding Mary exercise until the Q calls recover:

Exercise F3 Name Mary until Q calls done
Lunges touch ground w/hands El Capitan Pickle Pounders
Down dog to up dog Werewolf Freddie Mercuries
Burpees Burpees BBS
Starters (like Monkey Humper but the toe of one foot is directly behind the heel of the other). Do 33 each N/A LBC

Team DORA Competition: (teams of 3 -S/O to Guardrail for the name)
1 person running or at Station 1 / 2. Rotation is as follows:
Station 1, run up the stairs and back down to Station 2, Station 2, run to Station 1

Variations
Station # Base Exercise 1st Rd 2nd 3rd 4th
1 Squats Parallel Below Parallel Pistol Quarter
1 Stationary Lunge Forward Left Right Backward
2 Merkins Normal Diamond Tempo Wide
2 CMU’s Colt ’33’s OHP Tricep Extensions (Bent Over) Rows

Next time we do Team DORA I’ll probably still have 2 stations but more reps per exercise and maybe fewer exercises at the station and/or variations, writing it out linearly what each team should do. All feedback is welcome!

Repeat Double Applesauce Falling 1 Burpee + 1 Star Jack on the way back to the AO. Wagon Wheel as necessary then Jailbreak at the stop sign.

MARY:
Ain’t nobody got time for that. (Also we did Mary during the individual competition)

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

27 HIMs (7 from JUCO Rush – Track Day joining for the COT), 1 FNG -Welcome Rusty Noodle!

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I thought I was saved when I prayed a prayer at 10 years old thinking I was a Christian. My life for 23 years reflected otherwise and this year my grievous sexual sin caused my wife and I to not only separate but are likely divorcing. On June 24th, the night after my wife kicked me out of the house, God woke me up at 3am and convicted me of my sin, confessing and repenting (turning) from my sin and truly surrendering my life to Him as a true follower of Christ.

Along the way this summer I have had many trials, but the thing that I’ve been impressed upon most is how God’s Word has changed me. When I have put it in, it has NEVER returned void. So, to emphasize the importance of putting the Word in our hearts and our minds and letting it fill us, I recited from memory Colossians 3:1-17 (this is why we did 3 and 33 of everything today ICYMI):

If, then, you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, you also will appear with Him in glory.

Put to death, therefore, what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, & covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming. In these you too once walked when you were living in them, but now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its desires, and have put on the new self which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its Creator. Here there is not Greek & Jew, circumcised & uncircumcised, Barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all and in all.

Put on then as God’s chosen ones, holy & beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing songs and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the Name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

God’s Word is so important to us we should prioritize it over everything. We should take it in slowly, daily, and consistently. It should be more precious to use than anything and we should fight to put it before us so we are changed by it and have it ready at all times when we are under spiritual attack or temptation from anywhere. It does so much for us (2 Timothy 3:16, Hebrews 4:12, Psalm 119:9-11, and many more),

3 questions to consider about God’s Word:

1. Are you prioritizing time in the Word and with Christ above all else?
This means over breakfast, lunch, sleep, Netflix, even F3 and working out. Nothing is more important than Christ’s Word.

2. Are you memorizing Christ’s Word so it is always with you, dwelling in you richly?
-Pick Scriptures and passages that speak to where you are- for me it was Psalm 51 and of course you can start in Colossians 3 if you’re unsure. But start somewhere – and soon!
-Use index cards to review multiple times/day, recite it in the bathroom instead of being on your phone.
-Fast from other things and devote time to the Bible.

3. Are you talking about God’s Word with people in your life?
With your wife, your kids, your usmall group, other F3 HIMs, friends, & coworkers.

MOLESKIN:
Prayed for Messi, his wife, and the doctors doing surgery on her as well as Dillard (Commission’s mentor).
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 Brolympics coming up soon November 9th! JUCO vs. Woodshack!

Billy Matterhorn VQ

THE SCENE:  Dark and Rainy
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Not a professional. First timer.
WARM-O-RAMA:
Learned how to count with SSHs IC and did some Cherry Pickers IC for good measure.
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the base of the Matterhorn.  10 burpees. Pointed out stop line for the run.  Mosey to Pavillion for Billy Madison Self-Study. Run from Pavillion to the base of Matterhorn and back.  On return to the Pavillion, perform first exercise, then keep adding exercises with each subsequent lap.

  1. Burpees x 10
  2. American Hammer x 10
  3. Merkins x 10
  4. Box Cutter x 10
  5. Flutter Kicks x 10
  6. Star jacks x 10
  7. Plank jacks x 10
  8. Carolina Dry Docks x 10
  9. Big Boy Crunches x 10
  10. Diamond Merkins x 10

Mosey back to Dog Pound.

MARY:
More Merkins and some planks

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
14 HIMs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Carry one another’s burdens.
MOLESKIN:
Prayers for those struggling with addiction.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Brolympics coming up

Matterhorn BurpeeFest

THE SCENE: PAX consensus said 43 degrees and chilly
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x 20 IC
Baby arm circles x 10 IC (each way)
Imperial Walkers x 20 IC
Cherry Pickers x 5 IC

THA-THANG:
Mosey to Matterhorn and Partner Up for Matterhorn Dora Ladder

  • Partner 1 – run to first light; Partner 2 – 100 merkins, switch
  • Partner 1 – run to second light; Partner 2 – 200 burpees, switch
  • Partner 1 – run to first light; Partner 2 – 300 V-Ups, switch

Mosey around boats
(5) 8 Count Body Builders on command

Mosey to AO (Waxjob called for Jail Break)

MARY:
Ab Cycle: Flutter kicks x 20 IC; Hello Dolly x 20 IC; Reverse Crunches x 15 IC
Box Cutters x 20 IC

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:
“A key to success is playing the hand you were dealt like it was the hand you wanted.” -Inky Johnson.

MOLESKIN:
Mumble chatter was high today even throughout the burpees. PAX pushed hard and kept YHC motivated to push to the end.  Success was had throughout the workout with the only audible being the 300 V-Ups.  I believe we hit about 1/3 of those.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Goliath at the Gorge this weekend.  See @Tank for details
Pray for Lady Junk – continued chemo treatment but prognosis is looking good.
Pray for Excite Bike’s family.  BIL passed away last year and family is still struggling.

Glad it’s not raining bad…

THE SCENE: Started our misty but then just flat out rained
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH, because you always start there, then Mosey some and realized we were still to tight even to mosey so we stopped and stretched some more. Ten moseyed to admiral park thru the woods on the root trail.
THA-THANG:
At lake, BLIMPS. Start with 25 of each then mosey up the hill stopping at the crest to do 20 reps, then mosey to Northshore and do 15 reps, back up to crest and do 10, finish at lake with 5 reps.

Mosey back to splash pad awning stopping for some squat jumps and incline Merkins x20. . (It started raining hard right after we arrived at awning.

MARY:

40 4-ct LBCs, 20 table rows, 1 minute Al Gore.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
6 pax
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Forgiveness when we make mistakes

I shared with the PAX about a mistake one of my kids made and how they dwelled on it too long. God forgives us we just need to ask him. Once that happens we need to move on and find ways to learn from it.
MOLESKIN:
Great work this morning, the rain did not slow us down a bit. Great to see Headgear back out for his second Appearance
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Forgot about them