F3 Knoxville

Tag: Blindside

Time is a Flat Circle at The Equalizer

THE SCENE: Good weather, looks like we got a break from the humidity (@ least that’s what Mike Witcher was saying on WBIR…)
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Done, but over some chatter from the PAX, disclaimer still counts… I think
WARM-O-RAMA:
Typical Blindside-y warmup –> SSH IC x25 | LBAC IC x10EW | Tempo Squats IC x10
THA-THANG:
All “Timing-Type” routines this morning.

Tabata (30 seconds of work, 15 seconds of rest) x8 for 3 rounds with a lap down and around Stonehenge after each round at the SplashPad

  • Freddie Mercury
  • Imperial Squat Walkers
  • LBCs

AMRAP (As Many Rounds As Possible) 7 mins at the Bathhouse

  • 5 Pull-ups
  • 10 Merkins
  • 15 BBS

EMOM (Every Minute On the Minute) 5 rounds at the FlagPole

  • 5 Box Jumps
  • 10 Squats
  • 15 SSH

MARY:
Fellowship Mosey (TM) from Flagpole to AO turned into a JailBreak run because the AOQ (not the QIC of the workout) needed to leave early … hmm not protocol I don’t think…
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
12 HIMs; 0 FNGs; 3 Pre-Ruckers
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I have a Daily Men’s Devotional on the middle console of my van. My thought of having it there was that I will see it every day and read the paragraph and prayer for each day one of the times I am getting in and out of the van. Because I am not the *best* at follow-through, I usually only actually read it once or twice a week. It’s there every day and I see it, but I have stopped seeing it. It has become like a pebble in your shoe. At first, it is annoying and you notice it constantly. However, after a while, you get used to it and stopped noticing it.

All this to say, I need to be better with my prayer life. I have gone in spurts of praying every day, but it almost never lasts. Speak it into existence, right?!

Count to 100

THE SCENE: 70ish
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Imperial walkers, SSH, Windmills, cherry pickers, Moroccan night clubs
THA-THANG:

Mosie to large parking lot by the lake, with a quick pit stop for dips and box jumps.  Shuttle run to increasing distance parking lines, bernie back and exercises at starting line:

10 Burpees

20 BBS

30 Lunges

40 Merkins

50 SSH

60 Squats

70 Overhead claps

80 Flutter kicks

90 Calf raises

100 LBCs

MARY:
Ran out of time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Check in on your friends, and if you need help reach out to someone.  Revelation 21:4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes.  There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Sign up for Iron Pax, we will start week 0 this Friday.

Under a school bus

THE SCENE: humid …. what else did you expect
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
none, run to get a CMU

The Thang

Coe – 5 rounds:

  1. 20 thrusters
  2. 20 merkins

Brenton – 3 rounds:

  1. 100 foot bearcrawl out
  2. 100 foot burpee broad jump back
    • Perform 3 burpees and then 5 broad jumps

Coe – 5 rounds:

  1. 20 thrusters
  2. 20 merkins

MODIFIED VERSION OF FAT COE SANDWICH

and Other Modifications by Dr. Marc (F3 ScarU)

The Thang

Coe – 5 rounds:

  1. 20 goblet squats/air squats
  2. 20 merkins on knees/table merkins/wall merkins

Brenton – 3 rounds:

  1. 100 foot mosey/lunge walk/back pedal
  2. 100 foot mosey/lunge walk/back pedal
    • Perform 3 merkins halfway through

Coe – 5 rounds:

  1. 20 goblet squats/air squats
  2. 20 merkins on knees/table merkins/wall merkins

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Be here every Monday to get stronger.

MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

Shovelflag Handoff at The Project

THE SCENE:  68 and clear – perfect.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER:  Administered
WARM-O-RAMA:

RFTS/LIH
Willy Mays Hays
Seal squats
Down/up dog
Mountain climbers
Merkins

Mosey to the Friendship Bell
10 lateral box jumps
20 dips
30 derkins

THA THANG:

Dirty MacDeuce
1. 12 Flutter kicks (4 count)
2. 12 Shoulder taps (4 count)
3. 12 Hello dollys
Run a lap.
Repeat x 4

Mosey to K-25 Hill
11s – Burpees and Freddy Mercury (4 count)

Long Bernie up the road

MARY:

Mosey back to the Friendship Bell

Mucho Chesto

Freddy Mercury IC

Another Mucho Chesto

Another Freddy Mercury IC

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

Me and 22 of the best men I know

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

We showed honor to Erector and acknowledged that The Project exists today because he and others (Rocket, Chaco, Snaggletooth, Samaritan) launched it in February 2019.  What a positive difference it has made in my life – and in the lives of many other men in the Oak Ridge area.  T-Claps, brothers!  Erector led for a while, then Snaggletooth, and it was my joy and honor to lead for a season, and today it was a privilege to pass the flag to a man whom I esteem so highly.

The mission of F3 is to plant, grow, and serve small workout groups of men for the invigoration of male community leadership.  Fitness is not the endgame or the goal.  Your virtuous leadership – in your family, in your work, at your church, in this community – that is the goal of F3.

What makes a man a Leader?  What enables a man to do what a Leader does?

What F3 says it takes to be an effective leader are these four capabilities;

  • Vision – the ability to recognize Advantage and the Movement required to achieve it
  • Articulation – the act of describing his Vision to others
  • Persuasion – the initiation of first Movement
  • Exhortation – A leader is ready to use Exhortation to incentivize his followers

But an Effective Leader is not necessarily a Virtuous Leader. For that, F3 says he must also possess the Leadership Virtues.

  • Candor: graciously telling the hard truth and demanding to hear it from others
  • Commitment: unwavering loyalty to the Group and unflinching determination to accomplish its Mission
  • Consistency: to be unchanging in nature, standard, or effect over time
  • Contentment: stability of emotion engendered by the Consistent pursuit of Joy rather than Happiness
  • Courage: setting aside fear to turn hardship into grace

To Lead Right a person must be both an Effective and Virtuous Leader

We could have a BOM on each one of those capabilities and virtues separately – but I wanted to cover the whole F3 leadership model this morning as an introduction for the man who is accepting the shovelflag.  That dude is the whole package.  He possesses every one of these capabilities and I’ve seen each of the virtues reflected in his life.  Mathlete is going to be an outstanding leader of this group – and I look forward to following his lead and am excited to see where we go!

MOLESKIN:

If he had been there, Baby Chest would have loved the double Mucho Chesto.

Mucho gracias to our visitors from JUCO, Shamrock, and Equalizer – awesome to see you guys!

PRAYERS / ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Prayers for Ribbed’s wife’s healing, for Boy George’s wife’s interview today, for an unnamed F3 brother.

Hands-Free Wednesday

THE SCENE: Should’ve worn bell bottoms, ‘cause we were in the 60s

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

Gently encouraged men to consider a yearly physical.

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Cherry Pickers IC | Grady Corns IC
  • Windmills IC l
  • SSH IC

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Splash Pad. Descending Ladder.  Do 12 exercises, take lap, drop the top. Do 11 exercises, take lap, and drop the top one.  Etc…

  • 12 — Iron Mikes
  • 11 — 4-Count Hello Dolly
  • 10 — Lunges (each leg)
  • 9 — Flutter Kicks 4Ct
  • 8 — Squats
  • 7— 4-Count Imperial Walkers
  • 6 — 4-Count Pickle Pointers
  • 5 — Box Cutters
  • 4 — Step-Ups (each leg)
  • 3 — American Hammers 4Ct
  • 2 — Squat Jumps
  • 1 — BBS

STRETCHES (Or “confessions of an uncaged starfish”—performed at the request of an anonymous PAX named after a prophylactic):

  • Bend down & grab toes
  • Sit squat

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM: Jesus