F3 Knoxville

Ode To 5K

AO: juco
Q: Butterknife
PAX: Guardrail, Zerolingo, Ike, Windex, Wanderer, Pelican, Butterknife, Love Shaq, Booster, Lt. Dan, Chuck Munsey, Zerolingo
FNGs: 1 Zerolingo
COUNT: 11
WARMUP:
SSH
Windmills
Tempo Merkins
Tempo Squats
Bear :bear: Crawls
Crawl Bears :bear:

THE THANG:
Run the greenway up to Valley Vista and back to campus.

Stopping for a rotation of the below exercises:
Flutter kicks
8 count Merkins
BBC
Squats
Flutter kicks
Monkey Humpers
BBC
Burpees

MARY:
Bear :bear: Crawls
Crab :crab: Walk
Walking lunges

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Brolympics/ 9 year anniversary

COT:
Man this has been a crazy week at the Bailey household. I imagine it was a little crazy for all of us. I was originally going to talk about the Presidential election 🗳️ but decided to talk about something different. Although the two things I want to focus on could probably be tied to that as well.

My wife signed up for the Indy race back in February and we were supposed to be leaving later this morning and head to Indiana. We were going out for dinner and then taking it back to the hotel. The plan was for her to wake up and run her marathon.

Plans have changed. My daughter broke her arm Wednesday and has surgery scheduled at 11 AM this morning.

So what I would like to talk about is sacrifice and compassion.

My wife has been training her butt off for months. Waking up early on Saturdays or Sundays to get in long runs to prepare for this race. We thought we were taking my daughter to get a cast yesterday and that’s when we found out she would require surgery. I was trying to make a way for it to work so that my wife could go ahead and run her race, like staying back with Rebecca while she went to Indiana. She couldn’t bring herself to do it because she knew she wouldn’t be focused she knew she would be worried about my daughter. that’s both sacrifice and compassion.

Doc McStuffins AKA Dr Keith Gray spoke at my church a couple of weeks back and he defined compassion.

Compassion is made up of these 3 things:
Seeing others with empathy
Listening without distraction
Bold & Sacrificial action

“I love the Lord because he hears my voice and my prayer for mercy.”
“Because he bends down to listen, I will pray as long as I have breath!”
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭116‬:‭1-2

Halloween Pictures in costume

AO: shamruck
Q: Mermaid
PAX: Booster, Flower Pot, Mermaid, Eliza, The Situation
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
Pretty simple: we walked about 3.5 miles and took a great pic along the way on a wagon decorated for pictures. The COT was a snippet from my Virtuous Leadership Q earlier in the week. The personal growth happening as I sharpen Iron with other men as it pertains to leadership is more than I can put into words in this space.

Live Or Die. Make Your Choice.

AO: juco
Q: Windex
PAX: Booster, Mailbox, Love Shaq, Wanderer, Guardrail, Windex, 0
FNGs: 1 0
COUNT: 6
WARMUP:
Cue the spooky music.
Side Straddle Chops
Witches Pot (stir the brew right and left)
Tennessee Electric Chair (add jump at the top)
6 Burpees
1 Pumpkin Carver (merkin, shoulder taps, merkin, knee taps, merkin, toe taps, merkin)

THE THANG:
Mosey to the CMU pile. One stays for Ghostbusters (blockie), others run up and do 2 burpee pull ups. Rotate until all have played.

When Thriller came on – 1st time – zombie bear crawl until the chorus, second time – zombie bear crawl through the chorus.

Mosey up sophomore hill. One stays for Freddy Kruegers (freddy mercury), other run across lot and do 1 pumpkin carver. Rotate until all have played.
Mosey to the lot below. Hit the light poles and make progress at each…1 burpee, 2 burpees, 3 burpees. 5 hello johnny’s (hello dolly), 10 hello johnny’s, 15 hello johnny’s. 5 imperial stalkers (imperial walkers), 10 imperial stalkers, 15 imperial stalkers.
10 squats.
Mosey towards flag.
10 monkey humpers.
To the flag.

MARY:
The Ring – circle up, hold a plank, roll an 8lb medicine ball across. Bear crawl to get it if doesn’t make it. Hold a squat, toss the 8lb medicine ball across. If it drops, 1 burpee for all. Russian twists with medicine ball, pass around. Done.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Brolympics on 11/16. Try to sign up by 11/9.

COT:
In the Bible, “dying to self” is a concept that refers to the act of setting aside one’s own wants and desires to follow Jesus and live a life that is centered on God.

The world has a very different concept of living. Just look over here at this, go ahead and get this, or do that. No one is going to know, no one is going to care. The world screams at us to (fill in the blank) and you’ll be happy. Just a little more…
If it makes you feel happy, do it.

It ultimately comes down to the fact that the enemy is working triple over
time to try and make us stumble. So stand fast and choose to wake up each day, take up your cross, and follow Jesus.

“For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it. What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit their very self?”
‭‭Luke‬ ‭9‬:‭24‬-‭25‬

“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭2‬:‭20‬

Back To Life
Bethel Music

Remember these lyrics:
“The enemy thought he had me, but Jesus said you are mine”

https://youtu.be/uQOa5g9nPaw?si=XAHRkZgHeXYL_ms-

IPC week 4: the most bestest

AO: juco
Q: Haggis
PAX: Butterknife, Fetch, Booster, Data, Wanderer, Lt. Dan, Guardrail, Mailbox
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
Warmup

SSH x 20
IW x 15
Merkins x 10
Don Quixote x 10
Moroccan Night Club x 10

Thang:
Week 4 IPC
Buy in 200 m run
Round 1-8 work 30 reps
200 m run
Remaining time burpees

Each rd is 5 min
Rd 1: Freddy Mercury
2: Pickle Pounder
3: Flutters
4:Plank Jacks
5: Monkey Humpers
6: Squats
7:LBC
8: SSH

Great work by all and awesome encouragement on the run

COT: Last week Lil’ Spice mentioned a Christian artist named Andrew Peterson. I recognized the name, not by music but by his writing. He wrote a 4 book miniseries entitled The Wingfeather Saga that tells the tale of a family of kids who must learn about life in the midst of strife.
In one chapter an idea struck as very poignant. The idea is to be the Moon in the darkness. To be a light for those who are struggling. I talked about how the moon has many phases that shows different brightness. We also reflect that same brightness, sometimes Full, sometimes waxing or waning and sometimes new and just showing a sliver. Sometimes it’s obvious that we are good men, husbands, fathers, leaders and other times when we struggle to see a way for ourselves. So when you’re bright, shine for those who struggle and when you struggle find that bright light and ask for help.
Guardrail also mentioned that the moon doesn’t provide light but gives off the reflection of the sun, so, in this metaphor, be a reflection of the Son.

Prayers for those struggling through what life has going on including cancer, health, storm recovery and so much more

Prayer
Pledge
picture

:flag-scotland:

Spicy Dragons and Planting Trees

AO: juco
Q: Lil’ Spice
PAX: Love Shaq, Lt. Dan, Windex, Guardrail, Butterknife, Wanderer, Mailbox, Haggis, Fetch, Commission, Booster, Nutcracker
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
WARMUP:
SSHs
Dive Bombers
Cherry Pickers
Baby Arm Circles Forward and Back
Windmills
Hairy Rockettes
Squats

THE THANG:
Mosey to the Duck Pond and perform Spicy Dragons up the hill…1 Merkin, 1 Catalina Wine Mixer, 1 Plank Jack, Bear Crawl 4 paces, 2 Merkin, 2 CWM, 2 Plank Jack, Bear Crawl 4 paces…continue up to 10 or until your arms fall off.

Mosey to coupon pile with a couple of Mary stops along the way, Imperial Walkers and Freddy Mercury

Partner for DORA at the coupon pile.
One partner moseys for a lap around the building, other performs AMRAP of the following exercises with coupon:
– Curls
– Squats
– Tricep Extensions
– Rows
– OHP

Mosey to flag with stop for LBCs along the way.

MARY: No time.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: None

COT: What trees are you planting? Song by Andrew Peterson: https://open.spotify.com/track/39ILtaDgPIoTqk0u195QQA?si=8da3d823c2bd4e41