F3 Knoxville

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Out of Juice

THE SCENE: Clear and mid-40s. Just cool enough that you don’t drip too much sweat.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
20x SSH IC
5x Cherry Pickers IC
9x Failure to Launch IC
15x LBAC both ways, Overhead Claps, and Raise the Roof
15x Crabettes IC
THA-THANG:
My third Q this week… Creative juices are running low. Today is half of each of two previous beatdows, smashed together.

Mosey/Bernie to the CMUs, each pick one.
Battle Buddy up for the first section, a modified Dora.
One PAX does specified reps of stationary exercise while the other performs the specified moving exercise.
When reps are done, stationary PAX goes to relieve moving PAX, who switches to the stationary. All exercies (stationary and moving) done with CMU.
When this was last Tuesday’s CMUesday at the asylum, each PAX did each exercise twice. Today, each exercise just once.

10 Bus Drivers / Mosey
15 Blockees / Bear Crawl
20 V-Ups / Rifle Carry
25 Derkins / Weighted Duck Walk
30 Squats / Murder Bunnies
35 Curls / Twist Lunge

After putting up the blocks, time for a little Bump and Run.
Exercises in each of the parking lot’s 4 corners. Start with PAX at each corner, plus one “bump” group. Begin work, each corner does reps until bumped. “Bump” group moseys from one corner to the next, bumping the group there to the next station.

Merkins
Pickle Pounders
BBS
Embrace the Earth Burpees

MARY:
Just a little mosey back to the AO
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Perfect 10 today, ideal number for both beatdown fragments.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Utmost.org from yesterday (Nov 5):

Partakers of His Suffering

…but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ’s sufferings… —1 Peter 4:13

If you are going to be used by God, He will take you through a number of experiences that are not meant for you personally at all. They are designed to make you useful in His hands, and to enable you to understand what takes place in the lives of others. Because of this process, you will never be surprised by what comes your way. You say, “Oh, I can’t deal with that person.” Why can’t you? God gave you sufficient opportunities to learn from Him about that problem; but you turned away, not heeding the lesson, because it seemed foolish to spend your time that way.

The sufferings of Christ were not those of ordinary people. He suffered “according to the will of God” (1 Peter 4:19), having a different point of view of suffering from ours. It is only through our relationship with Jesus Christ that we can understand what God is after in His dealings with us. When it comes to suffering, it is part of our Christian culture to want to know God’s purpose beforehand. In the history of the Christian church, the tendency has been to avoid being identified with the sufferings of Jesus Christ. People have sought to carry out God’s orders through a shortcut of their own. God’s way is always the way of suffering— the way of the “long road home.”

Are we partakers of Christ’s sufferings? Are we prepared for God to stamp out our personal ambitions? Are we prepared for God to destroy our individual decisions by supernaturally transforming them? It will mean not knowing why God is taking us that way, because knowing would make us spiritually proud. We never realize at the time what God is putting us through— we go through it more or less without understanding. Then suddenly we come to a place of enlightenment, and realize— “God has strengthened me and I didn’t even know it!”
MOLESKIN:
Not sure what was going on in that white van that was idling in the parking lot with an empty driver’s seat. Kinda wanted to run close by it so maybe the doors open and I get snatched in and don’t have to do any more burpees.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Tomorrow! Tomorrow! Convergence! Tomorrow!

Shamrock – Prayer Run

THE SCENE: 34F at Shamrock
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Side Straddle hop (IC) 4 CT x 25

Monkey Humpers (IC) 4 CT x 10

On your back Side Straddle hop x25 OYO

Freddy Mercury – (IC) 4 CT x 10

THA-THANG:

Line up at one end of parking lot. 

Round 1: Bear Crawl to each line and do 2 Peter Parkers for 20 total

Round 2: Crab walk with 3-5lbs rock on stomach to each line do 20 American Hammers single count, utilizing rock as your hammer. 

Mosey – stop for Irkins, Dips and squats on sidewalk

Mosey to the CMU pile and circle up: 

If you finish early you choose an Ab exercise that everyone does while we wait for the six. 

#1: 25 Bench Press, 25, Curls, 25 rows

Pray for our leaders ( in office, pastors, bosses ) while we run a lap

#2: 50 Bench Press, 50, Curls, 50 rows

Pray for someone who is on your heart ( wife, girlfriend, family member or friend ) while we run a lap

#3: 75 Bench Press, 75, Curls, 75 rows

Pray for you ( have an honest time of reflection with God about yourselves ) while we Mosey back to the AO

Lunge to each line and do 5 squats for 50 total

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
13 HIMS including 1 FNG “Nanner”

Anchorman, Baby Boomer, Betty, Curveball, Finger Food, Flower Pot, Hurl, Jenner, Mermaid, Nadia, Pringle, Waxjob, Nanner

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Prayer. I felt called to exercise my communication with God today. I’m great at praying with my family at the dinner table and with my kids at night before bed. During the day I tend to put God on mute and I always kick myself for not praying more. 

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18NET

16 Always rejoice, 17 constantly pray, 18 in everything give thanks. For this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

MOLESKIN:
Betty’s wife – newborn recovery.  Baby Boomer’s kid with broken leg.

 

Pre Halloween Mullets and Treats

THE SCENE: Crisp and Clear Fall Morning
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Motivators from 7, Tempo Squats, baby arm circles forward & Backward, shoulder stretches
THA-THANG:

Mosey to CMU pile
Grab 2 cmu’s, one for each hand
four corners have exercises, rinse and repeat at each corner
farmer carry between each station
corner 1 arms
25 curls
20 Alpos
15 Tri extensions
Corner 2 legs
25 Squats
20 Lunges
25 calf raises
Corner 3
25 shrugs
25 vertical bench press
10 each single arm rows from plank
Corner 4
20 dips
20 deep merkins
20 straight leg dead lift

Sparrow (11 years old) called out Cheatsheet (51 years old) for not doing a leg exercise.  Cheatsheet became animated and talked a bunch of trash.  Sparrow challenged Cheatsheet to a race, so after the workout was over, we did about a 100M sprint where Cheatsheet narrowly edged out Sparrow.  Cheatsheet was going crazy, and we reminded him that he beat an 11 year old in a race.  Good times were had by all!!!


MARY:
No time for poor Mary
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

We are living in a world where God is not put first, and the world suffers from the works of the flesh.  We need to make God a priority, and exemplify the Fruit of the Spirit.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

A Year In The Making

THE SCENE: A comfortable mid-50’s fall morning

WARM-O-RAMA:
4ct SSH (IC) x 25; 4ct Tai Fighters (IC) x 10 – forwards and reverse; 4ct Starfish Crunches (IC) x 10; 4ct Plank Jacks (IC) x 10; Mosey to the CMU pile in the alley

THA-THANG:
A killer few rounds of fun to be had:

Before beginning the first round of pain, murder bunnies for 25 yards and then rifle carry CMU back to starting line.  Repeat murder bunnies and rifle carry between each round and to finish off the killer workout.

Round 1: Alternate between exercise 1 (CMU dead lifts) and exercise 2 (SSH’s) running 25 yards between each set of reps.  Perform 5 reps of exercise 1, run 25 yards and perform 20 reps of exercise 2, then run back to starting line.  Now perform 10 reps of exercise 1, run 25 yards and perform 15 reps of exercise 2, then run back to starting line.  Perform 15 reps of exercise 1, run 25 yards and perform 10 reps of exercise 2, then run back to starting line.  Last set perform 20 reps of exercise 1, run 25 yards and perform 5 reps of exercise 2, then run back to starting line.

Round 2: Similar 4 sets of 25 total reps.  Exercise 1 is CMU bentover rows and exercise 2 is merkins.

Round 3: Similar 4 sets of 25 total reps.  Exercise 1 is CMU squat thrusters and exercise 2 is mother earth burpees.

Return the CMU’s to the pile.

MARY:
Indian run formation to head back toward AO but start with planks instead of running.  6-man sprints to the front and resumes plank then next HIM in the rear sprints to the front – rinse a repeat as the formation inches toward the AO.  After much growing and clamoring, switch to Al Gores.  After a little more ground is gained, switch to Rocky Balboas.  Once the AO is close enough to smell it, switch to SSH’s.  Finally a jailbreak leads the PAX back to the AO just in time for a speed round of 10 SSH’s then 10 merkins back and forth in AMRAP/OYO fashion until the Q draws to an end.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Psalm 20:7 “Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.”  Election next week has many divided and pitted against each other and causing undue stress and worry.  Trust in the Sovereign Almighty and know that He is in control – no matter the results of the election.  Do your civic duty and vote, but trust God for the result.  Join me in prayer on Tuesday while others watch the polls.  2 Chronicles 7:14 “If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”

 

Be Worth Imitating

THE SCENE: Nearly perfect with a nice gloomy fog rolling in at the end
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER – Complete
WARM-O-RAMA:
Somewhere between 5 – 12 of the following….Cherry Pickers / Baby Arm Circles (Fwd/Bwd) / Harry Rockettes / Hillbilly Walkers Tempo Squats

THA-THANG:

Mosey to the back parking lot slowing down at the speed bumps as desgined with 5 Burpees at each bump.

Spread out across parking lot

Bear Crawl 1 space then did 1 merkin, Bear crawl 2 spaces then 2 merkins, working up to 5 spaces and 5 merkins then back down to 1 – BBS waiting for the six

Lunge 1 space / 1 Bobby Hurley / Lunge 2 space / 2 Bobby Hurley – work up to 5 then back down to 1 – scissor kicks waiting for the six

Lazy Dora – Battle Buddy Up

100s – Partner 1 does Shoulder taps while Partner 2 holds plank – alternate at 25 reps; run a lap around parking lot (approx .25 miles) at 100 reps

200s – Partner 1 does LBCs while Partner 2 does a 6in leg hold – alternate at 25 reps – lap at 100 and 200 reps

300s – Partner 1 does Squats while Partner 2 holds Al Gore – alternate at 25 – lap at 100 and 200 and 300 reps

Mosey over to Circle with St Patrick

10 dips / 10 inclines / 10 declines / 10 box jumps – run to end of parking lot and repeat, PAX got around 3 cycles before Recover was called and Mosey back to the flag.

MARY:
Finished up with some Hello Dollys

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
12 HIMs

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

It was a year ago this week that I attended my first F3 workout at JUCO on Guardrail’s VQ.   I came to show support to a friend fully knowing that 5:30a workouts and me weren’t going to happen.  In fact, I am pretty sure I showed up 5 minutes late and missed the only part of the workout I could do.   Well fast forward a year and now I can’t sleep past 4:45a on a Saturday.   So annoying, but such a blessing.    Nonetheless, as had been said many times the workout is what gets a guy here but it’s the fellowship and faith component that keeps them coming.   That is true for me and hopefully many of you two.   Reading Phillipians 3 – full of great wisdom but it was versus 17 that really reminded me of how important F3 is to me.   Paul speaking…”Brothers, join in imitating me and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us.”   Through this time, my appreciation for community and being surrounded by other godly men has grown deeper and deeper.   I need it just like I need water and sunshine.   Just like we need each other to push and motivate us through a workout, even more I need that daily inspiration and Christ-like examples in my life that each of you represent.   I love seeing all the 2.0s in the pictures from Shamrock as the example you all set for these young men is making a difference.   There are so many men out there that need a community like F3.   Men living in isolation and despair, with hope so far in the distance.   It has been great to see Shamrock grow so quickly.   I encourage each of you to keep reaching out to those in need and being someone worth imitating.