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34 and On a Birthday Q

THE SCENE: Not as chilly as it could be. 

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Done and Done. Lots of chatter during this, mostly from the lawyer in the group.

WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH IC x34; LBAC IC x17 EWay; Tempo Squat x10; Tempo Merk x10; Butt Kicks; High Knees

THA-THANG:

Route 66 

  • Captain Thor 1:2 ratio every other light for 10 sets 

Mosey to Everest and go up it

Mosey with wet shoes to the Coliseum 

Ghostman Baseball 

  • First → 10 Merkins 
  • Second → 10 Squats 
  • Third → 10 Should taps 
  • Home → 4 Burpees 
    • 1 group goes to 1st and back while the other does ab work; switch
    • Repeat adding a base and an exercise returning back down the bases 
    • Q led one group through ab work
    • Choir Boy (the inventor of Ghostman Baseball) led the other group

Long Mosey to Circus Maximus 

Circus Maximus

  • Blindside’s Fellowship Biscuit  (PAX stays together, once 6 starts the ab work; Q starts the 10 count)
    • Lap → 34 Merkins → Hello Dolly 
    • Lap → 34 Squats → Flutter Kicks
    • Lap → 34 4 ct. SSH → Freddie Mercury

Return to AO 

MARY:

Stretching out the legs after (almost 3.4 miles) a lot of moseys 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

17 HIMs; 1 FNG; Welcome “Bag-Daddy,” a double respect HIM who also happens to be Blindside’s own dad! 

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Luke 13:8-9 … Parable of a fig tree not bearing fruit. 3 years without fruit? The owner of the vineyard wanted to cut it down, it was wasting space. The steward pleads by saying he will dig around it, fertilize it, and tend to it more. If we want the fruit of God’s presence in our lives, then we must continually choose to make our hearts a fruitful garden in which the virtues of God grow and are nourished in abundance. 

Today is my birthday. I signed up for this Q several months ago when I learned that Birthday-Qs were a thing. It took me a while to remember that by performing a Birthday-Q, I would be publicizing my birthday. For most of my adult life, I have hated celebrating my birthday. I had several poor birthday experiences in a row during college and felt like it was always a burden on others like I didn’t want to be let down. I have gone so far as to ask my M to cancel a surprise party she was planning for me a couple of years ago because I didn’t want to celebrate. 

What I have learned recently is that by acting this way, by acting like I don’t want to be celebrated, I am actually taking away others’ ability to celebrate me. I love celebrating others and I am taking that joy away from the people that mean the most to me in my life. I thought I was being humble and not a bother to those around me, but in actuality, I was being selfish and hurtful to my family, my friends, and all those in my life that care about me. 

Don’t be selfish, ya’ll. It’s a bad look. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • Coats for the Cold: Donate coats for KARM now through November 13th. 
  • Brovember Challenge: F3Knoxville’s November Challenge. Sign-up on Slack. Slack channel “brovember2021” 

 

Splish Splash

THE SCENE: Cool, comfortable.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Windmills | SSH IC | Grady Corns

THA-THANG:

35sec on each exercise. 10sec rest. Take a lap around track after each round. 3 rounds. Stations included:

 

  • Rows
  • Pull-ups
  • Dips
  • Flutter kicks
  • Mtn climbers
  • Step ups
  • Inch worms
  • Big boys
  • Shoulder Taps
  • SSH

 

MARY:

  • Hello Dolly IC 
  • LBCs IC 
  • Box Cutter 

STRETCHES:

  • Sit squat
  • Pigeon Pose
  • Butterfly

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM: Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Qs, Coats, Brovember

PRAYER

NOT Keeping up with the Joneses

THE SCENE: Foggy and 58ish degrees. 

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER This was done correctly and on time. However, the Q was questioned on it rather extensively during the warm-up. Sometimes MumbleChatter is a good thing, other times is causes you to miss the disclaimer. 

WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH IC x10; LBAC IC x10 EWay; Tempo Squat x10; Cheery Pickers IC x?

 THA-THANG:

Flagpole:

  • 10 Box Jumps
  • 10 Merkins
  • 10 Squat Walkers
  • 3 Body Builders + at the playground 

RINSE & REPEAT 3x 

Rock Pile:

  • 30 OHP 
  • 30 Curls
  • 30 Rows 
  • 3 Burpees at the Bathhouse 

RINSE & REPEAT 3x

Splash Pad

  • 30 Dips
  • 30 Derkins
  • 30 Iron Mikes
  • 3 Burpee Pull-ups at the Bathhouse

RINSE & REPEAT 3x 

AO 

  • 10 Squats 
  • 10 Plank Jacks 
  • 10 Wide Merkins
  • Sprint to the other end of the parking lot and repeat 3x 

MARY:

Swimmies informed the Q that there were 15 seconds left for Mary. The Q told him he could continue to run his mouth for 15 seconds if he feels like he needs some Mary today. 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

13 HIMs. 0 FNGs. 3 HIMs sprinted out for early meetings/Dad duties/work

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

I have heard over the years that the time you are 33 years old is often called your “Jesus Year.” The ‘Jesus Year’ is age 33, the year that scholars generally believe Jesus of Nazareth was probably arrested and crucified in Jerusalem after starting a spiritual, political, and intellectual revolution. I have often heard people talk about “What they are going to accomplish either before or during their Jesus Year. 

Once I hit 30, I started thinking about my Jesus Year. At 30 I was running regularly and losing weight consistently. I had several major goals for my Jesus Year, but one of them was to run a full marathon before or during the time I was 33. Seeing as I turn 34 tomorrow, I don’t know if I am going to make that goal. Once I realized that I wasn’t going to make that goal a few months ago, I got a little down. I was discouraged and upset with myself. I was looking at the negatives of my life, not the positives. 

During my Jesus Year, I have been promoted twice at work, ending with a dream job that I absolutely love. I started F3 and not only got back into focusing on my fitness but brought me a whole new passion and zeal for my faith and gave me a brotherhood of men I didn’t even know I needed in my life.  

Sometimes we focus too much on the negatives. We focus on what others are accomplishing. We focus on the goals we didn’t achieve. Don’t fall into the trap of “Keeping up with the Joneses.” Frankly, trying to do that breaks one of the 10 Commandments. When we compare ourselves to others, when we stack our failures against the successes of others, we are coveting our neighbor’s goods rather than focusing on the good in our own lives. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • Coats for the Cold: Donations for KARM. Bring to AOs through Nov. 13ish. Blindside is keeping a box in his van for donations. 
  • Bro-vember 2021 Challenge: Sign up to compete against other members of F3 Knoxville. Earn points by posting, Q-ing, VQ-ing, EHing an FNG/Kotter, etc. Check out the #brovember2021 Slack channel for more information and signup links. 

Let’s Count to 30, Then Let’s Do It Again!

THE SCENE: Actually quite pleasant. At least better than earlier in the week. 

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Did this. Just a few questions from the crowd. Moving on …

WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH IC x10; LBAC IC x10 EWay; Tempo Squat x10; 1 Burpee

THA-THANG:

Pavilion: Repeat 3x 

  • 10 Box jumps → Lap around the building
  • 10 Dips → Lap around the building
  • 10 Derkins → Lap around the building 

Playground:  Death by Counting 

  • 21s 
    • WWI Sit-ups / Diamond Merkins 
  • 9s
    • Imperial Squat Walkers / Smurf Jacks 

**Narrator: It was at this point (during the 21s) that the Q realized he had made a terrible mistake. WWI sit-ups became LBCs around the 15 mark. Q ended the 21s at the 11/10 mark**

Circus Maximus: Introducing the “Blindside Biscuit”. Like a Sea Biscuit, but better. 1 Lap, 30 reps of an exercise, ab work. As soon as the 6 gets to the ab work, the Q starts IC count x10, then onto the next lap. Keep the PAX together. 

  • 1 lap + 30 Iron Mikes + Flutter Kicks
  • 1 lap + 30 Squat Jumps + Freddie Mercury
  • 1 lap + 30 CDD + Hello Dolly

Back @ the AO: Peter Parker x2 each leg / Corner work

  • 30 Squats → Super Mario to next corner
    • (When the PAX commented on the Q’s performance of the Super Mario’s, he decided to change it for the next corner)
  • 30 Merkins → Carioca to next corner (see above) 

**Time Called** 

MARY: No time 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA Actually forgot to do this. Whoops 

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

This was my 30th Q and first of 3 days in a row, hence the 30s and 3s all throughout the beatdown. 

Luke 12:48 says… “With much power, comes much responsibility.” Wait… that was Uncle Ben Parker from Spider-Man. What it ACTUALLY says in Luke is, “When much has been given to a man, much will be required of him.” We are rightly held to a higher standard as members of the Body of Christ. Because God wants all to be saved, he insists on us spreading the Good News. WE have been given the Gospel, it is OUR duty to save the lost. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • Coats for the Cold. Donations of coats for KARM 
  • Bro-vember Challenge

Abe Vigoda with Pince Ali

THE SCENE: 64 and cool
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Abe Vigoda 10 count
  • Cherry picker 5 count
  • Squat 1 count

THA-THANG:
mosey over to the rock pile and pick up a rock. Partner up and get a rock together. We have 4 stations and each station has three exercises. One partner start by running up to the next station and back while you do as many as possible of the first exercise. Then the other partner does it while the first runs around and back. Finish the sheet and run up to the next station and run to the third station.

  • Station 1
    • Mountain climbers
    • OHP
    • Honkey Humpers
  • Station 2
    • Bear Crawls
    • Jump Squats
    • BBS
  • Station 3
    • Burpees
    • Iron mikes
    • Welsh Dragons
  • Station 4
    • Captain thor
    • Hand release merkins
    • Shoulder taps

MARY:
Ring of fire till Time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Philippians 19-22
MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Dog Pound AOQ Hand over tomorrow.