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Crazy Eights and Synchronized Squats

THE SCENE: Misty and temperature in 40’s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
20 Lateral Leaps, 10 Burpees, 10 Synchronized Squats (for Crawdad), 10 Tempo Merkins , 10 Cherry Pickers, 10 Twisters
THA-THANG:

Mosey to Dragon Tail.  We will do a Route 66 up the Dragon Tail with the following exercises:

  • Mountain Climbers (Four Count)
  • Ice Skaters (Four Count)
  • Star Jumps (Four Count)

The first person to reach the eleventh light (where a cone will be placed) should turn and sweep all men back to the starting point before we begin the next exercise in the sequence.

Mosey to Stop Sign at Northeast Corner of Administration Bldg.  Gander at the view of the river below.

Mosey to Boulder Pile by Admin Bldg Parking Lot.  We will be running clockwise on the road that goes around the Admin Bldg., stopping to perform the exercise(s) written by each cone that will be placed along the road.  We will rinse and repeat after going around the first time. The exercises to be performed at each cone are as follows:

Cone 1 (at boulder pile):  Each man picks up a cinder block weight boulder and does the following:  20 Rows, 20 Overhead Presses, 20 Curls, 20 Squats

Cone 2 (at north end of Admin Bldg parking lot):  Run up and down fire escape at Admin Bldg.

Cone 3 (a few feet from Cone 2):  Bear Crawl to Cone 4.

Cone 4 (located about 20 yards from Cone 3):  Hop to Cone 5.

Cone 5 (located about 20 yards from Cone 4):  20 Merkins

Cone 6 (Located about 20 yards from northeast corner stop sign.):  20 Squats

Cone 7 (Located on east side of admin bldg., 20 yards from northeast corner):  20 Squat Jumps

Cone 8 (Located close to sidewalk leading to front of admin bldg):  Run up steps at front of admin bldg.  Do 20 Box Cutters.  Return back to cone and do 20 lunges (each leg).

Cone 9 (Located about 20 yards west of southeast corner stop sign):  20 Diamond Merkins

The first two men to finish should split up with one man going clockwise and one man going counter clockwise to sweep all men back to the sidewalk that leads to the front of the Admin Bldg.

Mosey to Pavillion.  We will run counter-clockwise to the following locations and do the following exercises:

  • 20 American Hammers, 20 Hello Dollies, 20 Big Boy Sit-ups, 20 Bicycle Kicks

Mosey to AO.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Let’s face it men, we are sinners.  We screw up.  We make mistakes, saying I will never do that again, yet do it again the very next day.  Thankfully, we have a God who truly loves us.  That is so difficult to grasp.  It is easy to think of God as angry and judgmental, ready to jump all over us for our sins.  There are times in our life when we truly hurt, when we truly have messed up and we think, How could God really love me?

Yet, the Bible tells us of God’s overwhelming love for us.  God made and truly loves every inch of you.  Ponder on that today.  God cherishes you.  Thinks about that one.  God is always with you.  Huh, really?  Yes, he is always there, always walking with you.  And this God is a God of grace, all powerful, yet willing to die on the cross for you.  So walk on with that knowledge, that God is fond of you, has your back, and is always there.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Upcoming 3rd F Event will be at Outlook, 8:30 am on March 24.  Praise that Crawdad’s MRI was negative for any tumors!!!!

Building the six-pack

THE SCENE: Beautiful sunny day, cool outside
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
20 Side Straddle Hops, 15 American Hammers, 10 Slow-Timed Merkins, Planks with arm and leg raises, 10 Body Twists
THA-THANG:

Mosey to grassy area to the north of the stop sign at the northeast corner of the administration building.  20 Bicycle Kicks (4 count).

Mosey toward the Lyons Bend Gate Entrance to Lake Shore Park.  Go on trail that hits the road on the eastern side of the road.  We will be sprinting to every fourth light along the trail and then bear crawl to every fifth light along the trail until the trail end at the top of Cardiac Hill.  Then we will do the same routine going back to the road we started from.

Mosey on the park perimeter trail until we reach the bottom of Mt. Everest.  20 Box Cutters.

Sprint up Mt. Everest but stop at the shaded area above the grove of trees that is below the summit.  We will be sprinting in a counterclockwise direction to various locations in this area and performing exercises at each location.  The following are the locations and the exercises to be performed there:

  • Location 1 is at grove of trees below the summit:  Ten Burpees
  • Location 2 is in the flat area at the summit:  20 Bicycle Kicks (four count)
  • Location 3 is at the top of the stairway on Roadshow Run:  20 Star Jumps
  • Location 4 is in the grassy area below the first stairway leading down Roadshow Run:  20 Merkins
  • Repeat above two more times

Mosey to Boulder Pile.  Each man gets a partner.  Each partner team gets one boulder.  The team will do the following exercises, having one partner run to Cone 5 (about 25 yards away), do 10 Squat Jumps there, while the other partner works with the boulder.  When Partner One gets back, Partner Two runs to Cone 5 and does the squat jumps.  This is repeated until the following exercises are completed:

  • Overhead Lifts
  • Curls
  • Lifts from stomach to neck

Mosey to AO

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Isaiah 46:9 ESV

Remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me

Colossians 3:16 ESV

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

Henri Nouwen claims that it is not so much events that shape our lives but the memories we have of those events.  As a psychologist, I believe that is true.  Two people can see the same event, yet perceive and remember it quite differently.  If we can learn to perceive events through God’s eyes (asking what God might be seeing or wanting us to see), then those events, whether happy or sad, will impact us in a different and more powerful way.  We will become better men because we are experiencing those events from a perspective where God is involved with us.  This will impact or memories in a fruitful way and help sew the very fabric of our lives.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Our next 3rd F event will be on Saturday, March 24, 8:30 am at the Outlook (directly behind and above Stephanos on the University of Tennessee strip.

WAR at the Asylum

THE SCENE: Gloomy and War like! Nah, pretty good weather.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:
Jog across PL, High Knee skip PL, karaoke PL, ALL x2
THA-THANG:

With 43 Pax, we must divide and conquer so we played a game of WAR!

  • Split into 2 groups
  • Taking turns, a man from group 1 and a man from group 2 sit down and play the game war with the provided deck of cards.
  • You loose, Your Whole group does 10 burpees
  • You win, man that turns the winning card leads his group IC in 10 SSH 4 ct
  • When 2 cards end the same, 3 cards are pulled from each side and laid down, the 4th card is turned up to reveal the winner. LOOSING group does 20 burps, the winning group takes a victory lap. Each group actually lost to war once, but one group definitely did more burps!
  • repeat until all cards are played.
  • Mosey back to the AO for DORACIDES, Partner up for 100 merkins, 200 BBS, and 300 squats

MARY:
Plank holds, then 5 merkins IC

Hello dolly x10 IC

Iron cross for 10 seconds

Never cross dolly x 10 IC

FLutter kicks x20 IC by the FNG “Dog Bite” Great job FNG!!
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
43 Pax inc 1 FNG Not tagged but there…. Sleep over, Ponder, and Dog Bite. Dog bite is registered but its not tagging, the other 2 are not registered….FYI
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
DISPOSITION=A persons inherent qualities of mind and character. F3 has a great disposition and the men of F3 have rubbed off on me and made me a better man. Still a LONG WAY to go for me but I am greatful and hopefully F3’s Disposition will affect other men in our community and make us better. Lets GOOOOOO! AYE!
MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:CSAUP COMING THIS SATURDAY AT ALCOA!

Sweet Sixteen and Heading to the Finals

THE SCENE: Cloudy, cool, had rained earlier in the morning
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Side Straddle Hops, Cherry Pickers, Windmills, Body Twists
THA-THANG:
Mosey to top of trail at northern end of park.

Starting at cone we will do Route 66 downhill.  The first to get to the cone at the 11th light should turn around and sweep all men back to the first cone.  The following will be the exercises:

  • Mountain climbers (four count)
  • Squat Jumps
  • Carolina Drydocks

Mosey back down trail until we reach area by Big Tree.  20 Merkins

Mosey to perimeter trail on other side of northern park entrance.  20 Merkins

Mosey on perimeter trail to area below Mount Everest.  20 Diamond Merkins

Mosey up Mount Everest to boulder pile near Administrative Bldg Parking Lot.  Each man takes cinder block weight boulder.  We will do the following exercises with boulders:

  • 20 Overhead Presses
  • 20 Curls
  • 20 Triceps
  • 20 Lifts
  • Rinse and Repeat

Mosey to stop sign on Northeast side of admin bldg.  20 Carolina Dry Docks

Mosey to Pavilion by AO

We will do Totem Pole with following exercises. Exercises to be performed for 30 seconds, adding on another exercise each time until we have done all five.  Then we drop bottom exercise, etc. until we finish with last exercise.  Thus, all exercises will have been performed five times by the time we are done.  The exercises are:

  • Burpees
  • Big Boy Sit-ups
  • American Hammers
  • Picnic Table Pull-ups
  • Bicycle Kicks

Mosey to AO

MARY:

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Sixteen men.  One was FNG whom we dubbed “Notorious.” Another man, “Shakespeare”, is transplant from F3 at Columbia, SC.  He now lives in Knoxville and we welcome him!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
The scripture of the day is from Matthew 6: 5-9.

5 “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love xto stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. yTruly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 6 But when you pray, zgo into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. aAnd your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

7 “And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as bthe Gentiles do, for cthey think that they will be heard dfor their many words. 8 Do not be like them, efor your Father knows what you need before you ask him. 9 fPray then like this:  (then the Lord’s Prayer is recited).

When we pray, we do not have to worry about praying with beautiful sentences or big words.  God wants you to be yourself.  God also wants time with you alone.  He made you and desires relationship with you, conversation with you.  Because He wants conversation with you, both talk to Him and listen to Him.  Take time to listen in prayer.  If things happen in your day, ask God what He is wanting you to learn from those things.  What is God trying to tell you?  And remember, when talking to God, that He is Love.  Do not shy away from your father, who created you, who knows you, who loves you.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Coffeeteria Baby!!!

Remember Mama Jo

THE SCENE: At the Dog Pound 33 degrees and cloudy w an occasional sprinkle
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER 

WARM-O-RAMA

50x SSH, Imperial Squat x 15, Jerkin x 15

  • THA-THANG
  • Choose your 👶🏽 (25lb weight) from the truck and Mosey to the top parking lot
  • Four corners: 20 squat jumps and bear crawl to next corner, 20 Box Cutters then lunge, LBCs then sideways bear crawl, mountain climbers then duck walk, rinse and repeat
  • Doras: 100 Curls, Presses, and Triceps w 👶🏽, while B.B. runs to end and does 20 Dry docks…mosey back to AO
  • Dora’s: Prisoners x 50, 15 Diamond 💎 merkins
  • Tunnel of Love
  • Suicide Burpees

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Shared the impact my Grandmother had on me and others and she worried too much. Ended up dying on Valentines Day. Message is to simplify your life and decrease stress.