Borg – Page 8 – F3 Knoxville

30/15 test

April 9, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: thequacken
Q: FixerUpper
PAX: Borg, DoorKicker (Jud), Z-Pack, Shotgun, Spellcheck
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WARMUP:
Warmup stuff while disclaiming

THE THANG:

10 pullups or burpees
20 merkins
30 squats
Run a lap (or bernie your preferred distance)
Repeato AMRAP – 30 mins

3rd F

MARY:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:
Doorkicker’s question
Why is building real community in the church so hard?
Discuss 15 minutes

This was a trial of the 30/30 workout. This is a 30 minute workout followed by a 30 minute discussion of one question that is sent out in advance. This was modified to be a 15 minute discussion to stay within the usual 45 minute workout.

Something that worked well (IMHO) was to have a simple workout plan that allowed me to give instructions once and let ‘er rip. Also PAX could make the workout as intense as they needed since it was an AMRAP.

After 30 mins, time was called and we assembled in the pavilion. Both Z-Pack and Borg brought coffee, so that was enjoyed by all (even Shotgun :wink:). Thank you, men, for doing that.

We had all had time to think through DK’s question. A few thoughts included we don’t value deep relationships enough, judgementalism, laziness, lack of boldness, fear and insecurity, lack of common mission.

One word that came to my mind was “OPTIONAL.” I live like a lot of things are optional, including deep relationships.

DK said we should get our families together. Let’s do that, bros.

Also, somebody else run a 30/15! You are freed to lead.

Prayer by Borg, SYITG next time :muscle:

Elevensies

April 8, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: the-project
Q: Erector
PAX: Baby Face, Borg, Mathlete, Nosedive, Ocho, Tom Tom, Erector
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WARMUP:
15 SSH, 10 mountain climbers, 10 tempo merkins, 15 Moroccan night club, 10 tempo squats, 10 harry Rockettes, 5 cherry pickers
THE THANG:
A workout of 11s.
Mosey to the steps beside the amphitheatre: merkins at the bottom and jump squats at the top.
Mosey to the playground: pull-ups at the playground and step ups at the amphitheatre.
Mosey to the East lot: burpees on one side and dive bombers on the other.
We did not complete them all.
MARY:
Plank
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Sign up for Hardship Hill
COT:
The Barkley Marathons just finished up a couple of weeks ago with no finishers. Any long distance race requires a lot of training to be able to reach the finish line. These are endurance races, not sprints. Our lives are also not a sprint. The author of Hebrews has some words in spiritual endurance.
Hebrews 12:1-3 NASB1995
[1] Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, [2] fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. [3] For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
Sin is one of those things that can slow us down and prevent us from reaching our spiritual goals. I encourage you to keep training! Build your endurance so that you may finish the race.
2 Timothy 4:7-8 NASB1995
[7] I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith; [8] in the future there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing.

[virtuous-leadership-school] Whetstone – Vertical relationship between men

April 6, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: virtuous-leadership-school
Q: Borg
PAX: Mermaid, Otis, Spellcheck, Borg
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
WARMUP: Coffee and stories of the week before.

THE THANG: Prayer, Everyone arrived prepared.
– Hard looks and straight talk get results.
– Passing on knowledge in love and service.
– Practice and humility are required for results.
– WAR – must be Willing, Ready and Able
– Shieldlock vs Whetstone purposes and setups
– Whetstone sharpens and Sharpening removes something – Stuff “gets on you”
– Helps you think outside of yourself, more and more.
– Taking advice and correction from another man takes practice.
– Some men are “way to ready to lead” – but they are not prepared.
– Mentor must understand the Mentee’s personality.
– Giving advice requires a history of exhorting properly and positively.
– Can your M be your whetstone? NO!
– From the F3Nation Qsource mtg: Don’t get OBE! (Overcome by events.)

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill
Forg3 Ascents Leadership School and CSAUP

COT: Prayer

[virtuous-leadership-school] Q1.7 Shieldlock – The Horizontal Relationship between Men

March 30, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: virtuous-leadership-school
Q: Borg
PAX: Otis, Spinner, Spellcheck, Borg
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
WARMUP: Coffee, Prayer and Stories

THE THANG:
Men hunt best in a pack.
– But some things you need to do on your own.
– Watching others fail can provide optional approaches.
– Some can hear, some can watch, some must do to fail – Example of peeing on an electric fence – some people just have to do it to know not to. Lol.
– Persistence hunting is done as a team, the result is shared.
– Wolves hunt in a pack, but don’t share – pecking order.
Can you fight Adversity beforehand? You had better!
– Mechanic training technique – push apprentice more and more every day to their breaking point and learn from the reaction – rage or reason?
– Every man’s response is his responsibility.

Ties directly into the Whetstone discussion for next week. Sometimes you are a mentor without realizing it.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill at end of May
Forg3 Ascents CSAUP at end of April

COT: Prayer

[lostpearls] St. Patrick’s Foul Poles

March 17, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: lostpearls
Q: flyball
PAX: Bail Bonds, Mathlete, Biohack, Matt Slone, Gmail, Natty, Colonel (Alex Wallace), Borg, flyball, 30 second warning, Double-Dip
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WARMUP:
SSH x 21
Ti fighters forward/reverse x 15
Cherry pickers x 10
Tempo squats x 10

THE THANG:
17’s in honor of St. Patrick (3/17) on the big softball field foul pole to foul pole. Burpees on one side and curb tricep dips on the other

MARY:
No time

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Escape from Haw Ridge

COT:
St. Patrick was a British saint who was enslaved by the Irish at a young age. God gave him a vision one day of how and when to escape so he did fleeing back to Britain and devoting his life to the Lord.

You might ask why St. Patrick is revered in Irish folklore, well he got another vision to go back to Ireland and evangelize the Pagans that lived there. He is considered the reason Christianity was brought to Ireland in the first place.

What stands out to me about St. Patrick was his willingness to obey the calling God placed on his life.

While we’re not all called to convert thousands by preaching the gospel, God has a calling for each one of us. Maybe our calling is to be a good dad, husband, brother, son, etc. or maybe God is calling you to get outside of your comfort zone. Maybe you’re living your calling or maybe we need to make some sort of adjustment to be in better alignment with His calling. One thing is clear, we’ve each been given today as a gift.

Let’s all take one step further down the path of obedience today, just like St. Patrick did with his captors. He loved others and loved God so much that he was willing to go back to those who imprisoned him to save them. Let’s choose obedience this day.