F3 Knoxville

Paul Newman’s Sourdough Pepperoni Pizza

AO: asylum-am
Q: Waffle House (Brady Greene)
PAX: Abacus, Unibráu (Nick Robinson), Tropicana, Sawdust, Cinco (Scott McGuire), Farley, Bunny, Hands, Rainbow, Cat Gut (Mike Davis), P3, Double Wide, Love’s, Hot Tub (John Muller), Newton
FNGs: None
COUNT: 16
Matlock (Bill Maddox) was kind enough to share the Q this morning as he and Gene Steratore bought Dick Vitale’s breakfast at Denny’s this morning in preparation for next week’s Bracket Q. Don’t get caught not knowing what Lipscpmb’s mascot is!

Great having Unibráu (Nick Robinson)and the legendary Abacus back out with us.

7 Motivators, some stretching, and we moseyed. We’re all bulletproof until 2035, thank you junk science, and then halfway through getting our shoulders blasted, our buddy Bob led us in some paper/rock/scissors. Bob’s a real one.

My goal was to channel my inner Double Wide and do some sprinting but all too soon I realized it’s Cinco (Scott McGuire) who is uncatchable and P3 who you can’t even see, he runs so far ahead. We have some impressive sprinters among us.

We wandered over to the cloud and your Q’s personal policy is to do whatever Cat Gut (Mike Davis) says. So we went all the way to the Dark Webb. It’s a long journey. I actually thought the Dark Webb would make even Hot Tub (John Muller) be out of breath but I heard him talking about hot tubs, which makes me think we need to have a Q where we can only mumblechatter about what we’re named after.

Some Pavalon work and back to the AO for the Friday main event (cashing out of course) and we were all ready for the weekend.

Positive Reinforcement

AO: asylum-pm
Q: Pele (Jon Lindberg)
PAX: High Heels (Henry Ritchie), Brick, Mr Jinxy, Lilydipper, Glamper, Switchhitter (Tony), Crash Dummy, Tenderfoot, MD Hammer, Abacus, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Double Dribble, Boomer
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
WARMUP:- 15 Split Jacks L, 15 Split Jacks R (4ct, IC)
– 15 Moroccan Nightclub (4 ct, IC)
– 15 Grady Corns (4 ct, IC)
– 15 Water Wheels (4 ct, IC)
-15 Steve Earles (4-ct IC)

THE THANG:Mosey to bottom of Everest
Run 1/3 up the hill, do 5x the following exercises:
Prisoner Cell Merkin Burpees (PCMBs)
Imperial Walkers (2-ct)
Catalina Wine Mixers
Run 2/3 up the hill, do 10x the same exercises
Run up to the road and do 15x the same exercises.

MOSEY on mulch trail to round-about. 5/10/15s
PARTNER 1 RUNS to metal box past intersection does 5x two exercises, runs back while PARTNER 2 does a slow mosey back and forth in the “bull pen”. Switch. Rinse and repeat two more times, increasing the reps to 10x and 15x. (If in doubt, exercise is a 2-count)
– Round 1 Exercises: PLANK JACKS AND PETER PARKERS *
– Round 2 Exercises: SQUATS AND IRON MIKES*
– Round 3 Exercises: FLUTTER KICKS* AND BOX CUTTERS
(Did Round 1 and 3, then 5x/10x Round 2; PAX finishing early did Prisoner Get Ups until 6 arrived)
MOSEY to AO

MARY: No time for her today.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Haw Ridge and Hardship Hill. Be There!

COT: We talked about how we all make mistakes… even Albert Einstein!– but negative reinforcement can be a bit toxic, especially if the bulk of someone’s effort is excellent. Don’t let negative comments be the only feedback you give to people. Positive reinforcement can be much more motivating.
POINT #1 of the BOM: don’t keep the fear of making a mistake keep you from trying something, but…
POINT #2 of the BOM: don’t let negative feedback be the only feedback you give someone. Don’t take for granted all the good things they’ve done, whether it’s your spouse, co-worker, etc. Praise them for that. Don’t just correct them when they make mistakes.

Go Where Love Is

AO: asylum-pm
Q: Rooney(Carl Whipple)
PAX: Curveball, Crash Dummy, Pusher, Abacus, Drum Major, Glamper, Lilydipper, Rooney (Carl Whipple), Swimmies (Nathan Chesney), Tenderfoot, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Sugar Free, Double Dribble
FNGs: None
COUNT: V
WARMUP:
SSH, Windmills, stretching, Baby Arm Circles, Rockettes, Tempo Squats
THE THANG:
The W.A.S.H with partners (50 working, 100 Am Hammers, 150 Squats, 200 Hip Thrusters. Rinse and repeat.

Vicious cycle at the amphitheater with Bear Crawls/ BBS and Lunges/CDDs

Back to the AO

MARY:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT: Whoever lives in love, lives in God, and God in them. I John 4:16.

The Lord Will Provide

AO: asylum-daybreak
Q: Lilydipper
PAX: Pele (Jon Lindberg), High Heels (Henry Ritchie), Swimmies (Nathan Chesney), Honeydew, Choir Boy, Farley, Kentucky, Snitch (Cory Beilharz ), Matlock (Bill Maddox), Dung Beetle, Tropicana, Doubtfire (Nick Bond), Crash Dummy, CRISPR, Abacus, Pusher, Veggie (Rylen Huddy), Lulu (Greg Huddy)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 19
WARMUP: 20 Side Straddle Hops, 10 Mountain Climbers, 7 Twisties, 10 Tempo Merkins, 7 Tempo Squats, 10 Windmills, 7 Pterodactyls Forward and 7 Backward. From West end of parking lot to East End, Bear Crawl 3 parking spaces and lunge 3 spaces alternatively. When everyone has made it to curb we will sprint back to the West end. Next we will Bernie from the west to the east end of the parking lot, then sprint back.

THE THANG: Mosey up Mini Cardiac to the Crosswalk. We will do 20 American Hammers.
Mosey to Haslam’s Rock. We will do 20 Imperial Walkers.
Mosey to Coliseum Area. We will do 20 Diamond Merkins and 20 Hello Dollies.
Mosey south to the circle by the main park road. We will do 20 Rocky Balboas.
Mosey to the parking lot near the Northshore gate. We will go counterclockwise around parking lot, with High Knees and then Butt Kicks until we get to the pavilion.
Mosey to East end of the pavilion. We will split into groups of two to do Doras. While one man runs counterclockwise around the pavilion, the other will do exercises. Then partners switch. Here are the exercises each group will do as team:
100 Picnic Table Pull-ups.

100 Bench Dips

100 Decline Merkins

100 Incline Merkins

100 Step Ups.

Mosey to the end of the baseball field area. Then mosey south of the playground and go to the west end of the soccer fields parking lot. We will sprint north, stopping at the two crosswalks to do 10 Squat Jumps and then stopping at the stop sign to do 10 more Squat Jumps.
Mosey to the Bros Bowl. We will run clockwise to benches at top. Those getting their first do Bench Dips until the six arrives. We will then take a 30 second gander at the BSIA. Then we will mosey back to the bottom of the Bros Bowl. Those getting there first do Baby Crunches until the six arrives.
Mosey to the west end of the Caribbean Parking Lot. We will then sprint two islands forward, do 10 Merkins, sprint 10 more islands forward, do 10 more merkins, and continue that pattern until we have done 10 Merkins at the cone that is placed about 2/3s of the way up the other side of the parking lot.
Mosey to the Pavilion near the AO. The, mosey to the AO parking lot.

MARY: Nada this morning.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Haw Ridge on March 28.

COT:

Message

The Lord Will Provide

James 1:17 “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights.”

Genesis 22:14 “So Abraham called that place The Lord Will Provide. And to this day it is said, ‘On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.’”

Malachi 3:10 “Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse… Test me in this, says the Lord Almighty, and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven.”

As HIMs, we are charged to do good for others. Sometimes, in our everyday lives and amongst the battles we ourselves face, we forget that charge. Yet, I think all of us at times do try with great effort to help others. And, we see positive impacts such as the improvement in the conditions of Lakeshore Park when so many F3 brothers came out with chain saws and willing hands to cut up fallen trees and clear tree wreckage after the horrible winds and tornadoes of several summers ago. Such as the when many of us spend a Saturday working to paint and beautify the Cerebral Palsy Center and received such thanks from the staff there who were amazed at what we accomplished. And, such as the gratitude of our brother, Backflow, when we collected over $400 to help he and his wife with the recent birth of their baby or the gratitude of our brother, Jenner, when we gave him that copy of the trivia book that we purchased for him and signed.

But what happens when our efforts seen to fall short? The needs of this world are so great. We beautified the Cerebral Palsy Center but this one small region in our nation still has so many that suffer from that horrible disease. Poverty is abundant in Knoxville and in the United States, the richest nation in the world, no matter how much time or money we give to charities. How can we help so many in pain when there seems to be no answers and we fall short of giving those what they need? Because, God will provide. We must have faith in that. God is in control. He asks us to give generously, as that is part of his plan. And in that giving, we must trust in God to do the rest, whether here on earth or in heaven. Our giving is not in vain. So, let us do what we can and give with glad hearts, looking to the Mountain of God and knowing that He Will Provide.

Prayers

Prayers for Lizzy whose brother died in the past year, whose father-in-law has terminal cancer and whose stepbrother recently died. Prayers for Jenner in his continuing recovery from a stroke. Prayers of praise for Matlock’s teenage nephew, Jonathan, who has not had seizures in over 6 months. He, therefore, is able to drive a car now and work the high parts of the stage as stage crew team member at his high school.

Suffering Leads to Salvation

AO: asylum-pm
Q: Crash Dummy
PAX: CRISPR, Lilydipper, Abacus, High Heels, Mr Jinxy, Curveball, Brick, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Switchhitter (Tony), Doubtfire (Nick Bond), Tenderfoot, MD Hammer, Rooney (Carl Whipple), Pusher, Double-Dribble, Boomer
FNGs: 1 Boomer
COUNT: 17
WARMUP: SSH, Cherry Pickers, Good Mornings, Runner’s Stretch, Downward Dog, Stretching

THE THANG: Mosey down the stairs to bottom of Everest. Bataan Death March – Up Everest. 1st Point of Contact (POC) – Coliseum, hold plank until the 6 arrives. Head down Pickett’s Charge to 2nd POC – Bros Bowl. American Hammers until 6 arrives. Run up Bros Bowl doing Jump Squats at 12 o’clock (5 reps), 3 (10 reps), 6 (15 reps), 9 (20 reps) and back to 12 o’clock (25 reps), run to the backside of Bros Bowl to 3rd POC – District 13. LBC’s until 6 arrives. 20 reverse lungs. Turn around and head back to the start – hitting all POCs.

MARY: none

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Hardship Hill OCR, Escape from Haw Ridge, Marathon Ruck.

COT: “…I’ve had some challenges in the last couple years and ultimately, I believe that suffering leads to salvation. That we must accept, not deny, but feel our suffering and feel our losses. Then we make one of two decisions; we either decide to go through the gate of resentment – which leads to vengeance – which leads to self-harm – which leads to harm-to-others OR we go through the gate of forgiveness. Which leads to grace.” -Jim Carrey (actor/comedian)