F3 Knoxville

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Time keeps on ticking!

THE SCENE: We had a little fog with temps around 65
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Side Straddle Hop, Tempo Merkins, Willie Mayes Hayes, LBC’s, Moroccan Night Clubs, Knoxville Cherry Pickers and we were ready to go.
THA-THANG:
Workout area was set up like a clock with each hour of the clock identified with a placard identifying the hour and the exercise to go with it.

12 o’clock- Merkins, 1 o’clock- heavy squats, 2 o’clock- low planks, 3 o’clock – Hello Dollies

4 o’clock- curls, 5 o’clock lunges, 6 o’clock – high planks, 7 o’clock box cutters

8 o’clock- triceps extensions, 9 o’clock 8 count body builders, 10 0clock- mtn climbers, 11 o’clock Freddie Mercury’s

The Q kept the time of 1 minute increments continuously running.  Each HIM was on a different exercise and when the timer was started the first round, each person would do the exercise for 40 seconds and then move to the next exercise within 20 seconds.  This was done until the round was completed (12 minutes) and then time stood still as we ran appx 200 meters.

Once the group was back in position, the Q started the clock and the group repeated the trip around the clock with 50 seconds of exercise and 10 seconds to move to the next exercise.  This was done until the round was completed (12 minutes) and then time stood still and we ran appx 200 meters.

For the 3rd round, we took turns picking out an hour on the clock and doing the same exercise as a group until 6am.

MARY:
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Rampart had 6 HIMs beat the gloom and utilize our time that we were given to strengthen our F3″s
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
The word came from Luke 13:6-9.  The story of the gardener that took care of the owners fig tree.  The owner comes and sees that the tree once again has not produced fruit (after 3 years) and tells the gardener to cut it down “Why should it use up the soil”!  The gardener asks for another year to fertilize and care for the tree.  It in one years time it has not produced fruit, it will be cut down and replaced with a tree that will produce fruit.

As we emphasized the use of time and the importance of utilizing the limited amount that we are given, we must look at this parable and see that we are given a specific amount of time on this earth to produce fruit.  If we don’t produce the fruit, God will use another to fulfill his will and we will have missed out on the opportunity he has given us.  At the end of our life we will be judged.  We will not enter Heaven by our good works (our fruit) but by the mercy and grace given to us freely by God and the sacrifice of Christ.  It is because of this mercy, grace and sacrifice that we should strive to utilize every second that we have to produce good fruit.  This can be leading people to Christ or just showing the love that Christ showed to others.  Our clock is ticking, utilize every moment.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
AED and med kit familiarization on Saturday, July 1.

Ladder Drills & Attention to Details

THE SCENE: 48 degrees with a mysterious mist that made for the gloomiest of glooms.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Professionally professed in a manner most unprofessional.

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH x15
  • Knox Cherries Picked x5
  • Willy Mayes Hays x6
  • Tennessee Rocking Chair x10
  • Tempo Squats x10
  • Tempo Merks x10
  • LBAC x10
  • RLBAC x10
  • Seal Claps x10
  • OH Claps x10
  • Hallelujahs x10
  • Moroccan Night Clubs x10
  • Chatty Pickers x10
  • Hold Samson until QIC gets tired (which was not long)
  • Michael Phelps
  • Stretch ’em If Ya Got ’em (OYO)

THA-THANG:
PAX performed ladder exercises which went as follows: station 1 & 2, mosey back to 1; station 1, 2, & 3, mosey back to 1; station 1, 2, 3, & 4, mosey back to 1; station 1, 2, 3, 4, &5, mosey back to 1; station 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6, mosey back to 1. Exercises were as follows…

  • 10 Burpees
  • 20 BBS
  • 30 Merkins
  • 40 Squats
  • 50 Flutter Kicks (Double Count)
  • 60 Toe Merkins

PAX went back to pick up the 6.

RTB. 10 Count.

Mosey to the fort for Mary.

MARY:

  • LBCs x15 IC
  • Tempo Merkins x10 IC
  • Tempo Squats x10 IC
  • Freddie Mercury x15 IC
  • 30 Second Plank
  • High Knees x10 IC …sort of. 🙂

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

YHC has been sensing the Lord pressing on something lately. YHC can be more of a big picture thinker than  details guy. YHC tended to be more of a project starter…not really a huge finisher when younger. ADD can cause YHC to easily move on to other things, especially if there is more energy behind it. To get around this, YHC will often keep details people around to help with this shortfall.

“Attention to Details” can be a challenge.

Admiral William McRaven, former US Navy SEAL, gave a graduation speech at University of Texas. Point one: Make Your Bed. He eventually wrote a book outlining the 10 principles he gave in his speech (see a video of it here). He says in his book, “Sometimes the simple act of making your bed can give you the lift you need to start your day and provide you with the satisfaction to end it right. If you want to change your life and maybe the world—start off by making your bed!”

John Wooden, the legendary UCLA basketball coach, wouldn’t let his players hit the court until they put their socks on right. These were the best recruited players in the country and he was teaching them to put their SOCKS on! “Championships are built on a solid foundation. And there’s nothing more fundamental for a basketball player than putting on your socks right. If you can’t slow down long enough to do that right, you’re in trouble.” Coach Wooden won 9 Championships over the span of 10 years. Seven of them were consecutive. Three of those seasons were completely undefeated. Ok! Socks it is!

Kobe Bryant was often caught putting in extra practice. What was he practicing? Elementary ball-handling skills. The kind you teach kids! He did this for hours! Why would a pro spend time on such fundamentals?
That’s where Championships are won.

Men, we need to take care of the fundamentals; in marriage, in fatherhood, at work, out in the gloom. That’s where real growth happens.

Luke 16:10 Jesus says,

“Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.”

We have a tendency to say it doesn’t matter. The saying, “Don’t sweat the small stuff…and it’s all small stuff” may not be helpful. Sweat the small stuff and I bet you can handle the big stuff much better. It might be he difference between getting better and being stagnant.

MOLESKIN:

Prayers for Olive Oil, Foghorn, Sickness, Pax Traveling, and surgery for Spielberg’s M coming up.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Parade is happening tonight! Meet at Rampart at 5:30!
Christmas Party on Dec 3. See slack for details!
Go30 starts another round! See Wingman for details!

Gobbler Challenge

THE SCENE:

A beautiful, brisk, clear morning. Great day in the gloom

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

Yeppers!

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH
  • Tempo squats
  • Tempo merks
  • Knox Cherry Pickers
  • Willy Mays Hayes
  • LBAC -F
  • LBAC – B
  • Moroccan Night Clubs
  • Hallelujahs
  • Chattanooga cherry picker

THA-THANG:

Gobbler challenge modified to 45 minutes to fit into normal timeframe

45 minute AMRAP 

EXERCISES:

10 T-Merkins

20 Body weight squats

30 Rowers

40 Over Head Press

50 CMU Swings

60 Flutter kicks CMU overhead

70 CMU Rows

80 Lunges

90 Crunches

1 Mosey to sign and back

Scoring: Each completed exercise = 50 points

Example, PAX completes 2 full rounds, and gets through 50 CMU swings, score = 1250

Record your own score on your sheet, turn in to Skeletor.

MARY:
CMU carry to flag
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Airborne, Angel Soft, Binks, Bobbitt, Feeny, Piston, Skeletor, Spielberg, Stetson, Super Soaker, Wingman
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

“in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”

‭‭I Thessalonians‬ ‭5‬:‭18‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Thankfulness is abnormal for the unbeliever, but normal for the believer. A heart void of God’s grace is incapable of consistently initiating gratitude, but a heart governed by grace can’t hold back a thankful expression. It erupts in public worship and praise to God. It naturally flows from joyful lips in private prayers. Like a small child ecstatic over the gift of a new doll or toy truck, so those who have received the gift of salvation are exuberant over their abundant life in Christ.

Indeed, grace is the gift of God that keeps on giving. Not only are we its recipient at conversion, but His grace continues to infuse our faith day by day, until that day we appear with Him. Yes, gratitude keeps our attitude focused on the Lord’s goodness. He is still good when others are bad. He is still good when we are sad. He is still good when we are mad. He is still good when we doubt. He is still good when we struggle. So, we remain thankful regardless of our situation.

There are obstacles to exercising God’s will of thanksgiving in all circumstances. A wounded heart can’t see beyond its own hurt and anger. There is no gratitude, only disappointment with God and people. Why would my Savior allow me to be hurt? The heart of Jesus hurts when we hurt. His Spirit enters into our pain with comfort and compassion. Our pain is not an excuse to pout, but to pour out our emotions to the Healer of our heart. Gratefulness is God’s antibiotic.

What can you turn over to Jesus for Him to handle? A relationship? A health issue? Pain in your past? Lay it down at the foot of the cross and allow God to do His work of grace. Maybe begin to journal the blessings of God. Thank Him for your joy in Jesus Christ. Thank Him for the air you breathe, the water you drink, and the food you eat. Thank Him for physical shelter from the elements and spiritual shelter from the enemy. God’s will for you is to be grateful. Your thanksgiving inspires others to be thankful!

“in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”

‭‭I Thessalonians‬ ‭5‬:‭18‬ ‭NKJV‬

Daily devotion from Boyd Baileys “Week of Thanksgiving”

MOLESKIN:
Welcome FNG Supersoaker, Skeletor’s 2.0.
Super proud of these PAX. Thanksgiving is our way of life. I am thankful for the men that F3 has brought into my life.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Upcoming Christmas parade, meet at Rampart at 5:30-6:00 on 11/28 to prepare the float.

F3 Christmas party at butterknifes home

Go30 reboot coming up on 12/1

There was more, can’t remember.

Ladder B.L.I.M.P.S.

THE SCENE: Easy breezy and 45 degreezy with the delicate aroma of Pepé Le Pew in the air. Ample et gras, d’arômes secondaires, bonne persistance en finale.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: CHECK!

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSHx15
  • Knox Pickers x10
  • Willie Mays Hayes x10
  • Tempo Squats x10
  • Tempo Merks x5 (uh oh)
  • LBAC x10
  • RLBAC x10
  • Seal Claps x10
  • OH Claps x10
  • Hallelujahs x10
  • Moroccan Night Clubs x10
  • Chatty Pickers x10
  • SSH x10

Mosey to the platform above the stadium.

THA-THANG:
PAX performed merkins to Moby’s “Flower”. Hold low plank at the bottom of a merkin. On “Bring Sally up”, pax move to top of merkin. On “Bring Sallly down”, pax move back to bottom of merkin. When out of merkins, change to squats with same concept. When “Ole miss booth is dead and gone” pax move back to merkins from wherever they were. All pax were ready to “put sally down” by the end. (Tip of the cap to Borg for the idea. Airborne was impressed the song’s broad lyrical array.)

Mosey to track.

6 cones set approx 15 yards apart down the straightaway of the track. YHC forgot the sixth cone so we used the light pole.

  • B – burpees 10x
  • L – lunges 20x (2 count)
  • I – imperial walkers 30x (2 count)
  • M – merkins 40x (2 count) …just kidding
  • P – plank jacks 50x 
  • S – squats 60x

Round 1 – straight through
Mosey a victory lap
Round 2 – ladder (BL…BLI…BLIM…BLIMP…BLIMPS)

RTB

MARY:
No time for Mary.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Colossians 3:1-10

Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. Because of these, the wrath of God is coming. You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.

We’re called to live into our new identity in Christ. The problem? How? Yes, with the Spirit’s help. Also by developing discipline. Self-control if a fruit of the Spirit

James Clear, in his book Atomic Habits says, “You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.” If you’re having a hard time changing a habit, it’s might not be just you. It might be that your environment and life aren’t set up for this change.

Behavior = M+A+P

Motivation is your desire to do the behavior. Ability is your capacity to do the behavior. Prompt is your cue to do the behavior. To add a habit – make sure you get motivation, ability, and a prompt to line it up. To take a habit out – remove one or several.

How do you get Motivation, Ability, and Prompt?

  1. Celebrate or reward – flex in the mirror, air punch, “you da man”
  2. Set the bar low – 2 push-ups…might as well do more while you’re hear
  3. Have a Cue – set alarm, link to something (coffee, peeing)

YHC has had a struggle with food lately. If YHC does not get it under control, YHC will get sick. Go30 is an opportunity for our AO to help each other check in on habits we want to start or stop. This is a daily check in by 10am the next morning on how you did. The logic is that if we can see how other PAX are doing, we will be motivated to keep it going. As Skeletor said, “You can modify but… we’ll be watching.” 🙂 YHC would like to challenge any PAX interested in joining, not only to help yourselves but to help YHC.

MOLESKIN:
Welcome FNG-Spielberg! RESPECT!
Airborne, thanks for generously sharing your bean burritos with us this morning! Muey sabrosa, mi amigo!
Wisdom from Airborne, “The best way to get rid of a skunk is to pet it.” Then that HIM then ran out in front.
TAPS for Olive Oyl and Foghorn!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Brolympics! Nov 5 @0645! Git. Signed. Up. (Bobbitt, Wingman, and Skeletor are going!)
Christmas Parade is on. Details forthcoming!
Wingman will be posting info for Go30. Give us an HC if you’re in!

Gratitude BOMBS

THE SCENE: 67 and delightfully gloomy.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Expertly Executed
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH x15
  • Knox Cherry pickers x5
  • Willy Mays Hayes x8
  • Tempo Squats x10
  • Tempo Merkins x10
  • FLBAC x10
  • RLBAC x10
  • Seal Claps x10
  • OH Claps x10
  • Moroccan Night Clubs x10 (commence agony!)
  • Chattanooga Cherry Pickers x11
  • SSH x15

Mosey to the track!

THA-THANG:

PAX partnered up for Dora Bombs. Pax 1 moseyed sideline to sideline, Pax 2 did the following until they return then flapjack. Numbers are cumulative.

  • Burpees x50
  • OH Claps x100
  • Merkins x150
  • Big Boys x200
  • Squats x250

All groups finished and took a lap around the track, hold plank for 6.

RTB.

MARY:

  • Flutter Kicks 4c IC x15
  • Hello Dollies 4c IC x15

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

YHC got a fancy new watch that measures stress using heart rate variability (HRV). It’s been a challenge trying to figure out how to lower stress throughout the day. Breathing exercises, meditation and prayer, naps have all been moderately effective.

YHC discovered something that brought it down 30 points or more several times; gratitude.

 

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 says…

“Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”

In his book “Gratitude Works,” Robert Emmons says the following.

“…groundbreaking research has shown that when people regularly cultivate gratitude, they experience a multitude of psychological, physical, interpersonal, and spiritual benefits. Gratitude has one of the strongest links to mental health and satisfaction with life of any personality trait—more so than even optimism, hope, or compassion. Grateful people experience higher levels of positive emotions such as joy, enthusiasm, love, happiness, and optimism, and gratitude as a discipline protects us from the destructive impulses of envy, resentment, greed, and bitterness. People who experience gratitude can cope more effectively with everyday stress, show increased resilience in the face of trauma-induced stress, recover more quickly from illness, and enjoy more robust physical health. Many of these effects are quantifiable.”

YHC finds it interesting and hilarious that science is just now catching up with what the Bible said 2,000 years ago! These effects ARE quantifiable in YHC’s own experience!

YHC has started a Gratitude Journal to record 5 things to be grateful for that have regularly lowered stress. This is a good practice for everyone to realize how bless we really are.

On that note: YHC is incredibly grateful for all of you F3 brothers. A tooth ache and little sleep is a great reason to fartsack. Some might even call it a smartsack. YHC would rather suffer with you dudes (and actually felt better!). We have something unique in F3 and are very blessed.

MOLESKIN:

  • Welcome FNG-Gizmo!
  • Still heard lingering aches and pains from Monday’s #thatsucked. Great Q Piston!
  • Prayers for our MIAs, DLs, Wingman’s family, Angel Softs M and 2.0, and Feeny’s track team in the heat.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Kickflip has gifted some fancy printed publicity materials to Rampart to share around and EH some sad clowns. See Bobbitt for more if you need them. Let’s get some more Kingston, Rockwood, Harriman guys out with us!