F3 Knoxville

Tag: Bartman

B.O.M.B.S. OVER JUCO

THE SCENE: Low 40’s and gloomy – perfect weather to continually cut the wrong wire and set off a bunch of B.O.M.B.S. – No man was left the same this morning.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Cherry Pickers, Tennessee Rocking Chair, SSHs, Tempo Squats
THA-THANG:

  1. Mosey to Parking Lot – Route 66 style grinder: At each Pole (6 total) perform exercises.  First 3 poles – 15 Merkins, 15 Plank Jacks, 15 4ct Mountain Climbers.  Second 3 poles – 10 Merkins, 10 Plank Jacks, 15 Bobby Hurley’s.
  2. Mosey to the JUCO Gym (Coupon Pile behind creepy loading dock) and battle-buddy up.  Perform B.O.M.B.S. workout – each team performs 100 Burpees, 150 Overhead Tri-Extensions, 200 Merkins, 250 BBSs, 300 Squats.  While one partner is doing exercise, other performs weighted run up and around concrete border wall WITH a coupon.  Had to modify a tad because of time.  Most teams made it about halfway thru the BBSs before we trimmed the numbers down to 100 reps for each exercise.  No one made it to squats, so when everyone thought we were done – PAX did 50 squats in civilian cadence.
  3. Mosey back to AO, JAILBREAK for the last 150 yards of so.

MARY:
Cornucopia of Flutterkicks (IC led by Erector), Dead-Bugs (or something like that, IC, led by Bartman), Heals to Heaven (IC, led by the Q), and the 6inch Alphabet (led by the Q)
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 Strong
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
1) Be thankful to the Lord for what he has blessed you with.  2) Concentrate this week on turning from your own interests and paying attention to those people in your inner circle and their happiness, specifically, what you can do for them that might not only increase their joy, but might open doors to sharing the Gospel.  “The noblest art is that of making others happy.” – P.T. Barnum

MOLESKIN:
Bartman had a house full of young men over the weekend and 5 of them accepted Christ (after a full blown background investigation and polygraph by Bartman).  Now THAT is something to be joyful about!

Kudos to Waxjob for attending the Full Smokey Pre-Ruck.  We need more of you motherruckers to step out of your comfort zone and hike the tallest point in Florida every M-W-F,  wheels up from AO @0440hrs – contact Judge Judy with questions.

 

Lucky #7

THE SCENE: 20’s & cold, thankfully no wind.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Cherry pickers x 5
  • SSH x 20 (4ct)
  • Squats x 10 (4ct)

 

THA-THANG:

7 of Diamonds.   4 cones were set up in a diamond shape.  As a group, mosey around the diamond, stop at each cone and perform the following exercises.  All reps are a multiple of 7.

  • Lap 1 – 7 Burpees
  • Lap 2 – 14 Mountain Climber (4ct)
  • Lap 3 – 21 Iron Mikes (4ct)
  • Lap 4 – 28 American Hammers (4ct)
  • Lap 5 – 21 Merkins (4ct)
  • Lap 6 – 14 Monkey Humpers (4ct)
  • Lap 7 – 7 Burpees

MARY:

Dealers choice:

  • Tank – LBC x 41
  • Junk – Hello Dolly x 20
  • Mayberry – Reverse Cowgirl x 20ish – too much laughing to count

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 HIMs:  Tank, Junk, Mayberry, Frosty, I-Beam, BlueCross, ToeBox, Abacus, Tweet-E, Bartman

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

The Parable of the Sower — Luke 8:4-15

 4 While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, he told this parable: 5 “A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds ate it up. 6 Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the plants withered because they had no moisture. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the plants. 8 Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up and yielded a crop, a hundred times more than was sown.” When he said this, he called out, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.” 9 His disciples asked him what this parable meant. 10 He said, “The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, “ ‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’a 11 “This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God. 12 Those along the path are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. 13 Those on the rocky ground are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in the time of testing they fall away. 14 The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by life’s worries, riches and pleasures, and they do not mature. 15 But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop.

Jesus is clearly talking about man’s response to His call for salvation, which is an entire discussion unto itself.  This morning I focused on the current state of our hearts, particularly verse 14.  If I’m honest, a lot of times I feel like the seed from verse 14 – that which gets distracted and lulled by the American culture.   We have so much in our country that we are often fooled into thinking we are self-sufficient rather than dependent on Christ.  Protect your heart against this way of thinking.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Collecting gift cards for the Mend House.  Tank will be collecting them this week.

Cherry Popped (VQ)

THE SCENE: Great 50 degree weather. Dry

WARM-O-RAMA:
25 x SSH and 8 x Cherry Pickers
THA-THANG:
Six stations. When finished with one run to the next. Repeat until time is up. Ran close to 3 miles

  • 10 Burpees
  • 25 Tri-dips
  • Cone to cone bear crawl merkins
  • 15 Bobby Hurleys
  • 15 Carolina dry docks
  • 10 Box cutters

MARY:
Burpees. Run to to station 2 for tri-dips. Back to AO for more burpees and then BBS.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
14 HIMS out at The Dog Pound. Junk, Mayberry, Gibbler, Scooter, Bartman, Tweet-E, Bowflex, Tank, I-Beam, Pepper, Snitch, Abacus, Detention, Toe Box

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
You are either growing or dying. Stepping outside your comfort zone is key to discovering your passion, accomplishing your goals and finding happiness. Start with small steps to get out of your comfort zone to keep growing. “One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.” Abraham Maslow

MOLESKIN:
Thanks for the encouragement through my first Q. Felt good to get it out of the way.

Dog Pound VQ

THE SCENE:  38 degrees and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, Cherry Pickers, Stretch OYO, Merkins, Flutter Kicks, Burpees OYO
THA-THANG:

  • Mosey to the Pavilion with a “mosey break” at the top of the hill that included 2 rounds of merkins and American hammers
  • Pavilion workout was Jacob’s Ladder style and included: Jump Squats, Decline Merkins, Chin Ups, BBSU, Hanging Leg Raises, Lunges, Pull ups, Box jumps, dry docks, and a burpee followed by a run back up and down the hill to the parking lot
  • Slow mosey back to the AO. Cool down included: AMRAP Merkins, little baby crunches, mountain climbers, Peter Parker’s, BBQ squats

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAM

Tweet-E, Cavalier, Bowflex, Abacus, Kentucky, Wagon Wheel, Scooter, Toe Box, Bartman, Sparky,  Mayberry, I-Beam, Wall Ball, Blue Cross, Aladdin

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Jeremiah 17: 5-7

Reminder to all of us that self-reliance is a trap, we cannot trust in our own flesh and in our own ability to solve all our problems. Blessings come from above and not from our own ability to make things happen.
MOLESKIN:
Appreciate the men who came out to support my first Q and I’ll look forward to leading again

A JUCO Farewell

THE SCENE: 31 degrees but no precipitation! A beautiful morning!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH (IC) x 20, Tempo Merkins (IC) x 10, Moroccan Night Club (IC) x 10, Cherry Pickers (IC) x 8, Tempo Squats (IC) x 10

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Sophomore Hill Bataan Death March Style (Indian run with PAX in back doing 3 burpees before running to the front).  Dora Style Workout with 100 Body Builders, 200 Merkins, and 300 Squats.  PAX not performing exercise will Bernie up the hill and do 5 Big Boys.  When your group is finished do Body Builders until 6 is finished.

Mosey back towards AO

MARY:
Cash out with a game of 11’s starting with 10 Calf Raises and 1 Burpee

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

12 HIMs crushed it today!

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

1 John 4:18 – There is no fear in love.  But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment.  The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

Today will most likely be the final time I Q in F3 Knoxville.  This week, my wife and I will be moving to the Atlanta Metro area to start a new chapter in our lives.  As the verse says above, we do not fear this change and are looking forward to it because everything has worked out how it was meant to.  The process for us to get to this point our lives has been very frustrating and stressful at times.  However, if things hadn’t worked out the way they did, I would have never been exposed to F3 and had the opportunity to meet and get better with all of you over the last few months.  For that, I am extremely grateful and consider myself lucky to have had that opportunity.

MOLESKIN:

Bonus points to Judge Judy and Spotter for joining me on the preruck!  I encourage some new people to give the preruck a shot.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: