F3 Knoxville

The kraken gave a lesson in time management

THE SCENE: Brisk East Tennessee morning
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

10 penalty burpee’s due to me being late

THA-THANG:

Kraken with stairs

each station starts with 10 and increased by 5 reps once you made the circuit

  • Guard rail rows
  • Calf raises
  • Merkins
  • Big Boys
  • Squats
  • Iron rockets

MARY

played a little game of 21’s – w/5 penalty burpees due to someone not knowing how to count

leg lifts

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Burnout, Shoelace’s, Rep Sleepy, Grouch, Pennies, Half Day, Streaker, Doppelgänger
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭12‬:‭12‬ ‭ESV
MOLESKIN:
Quite a lesson in time management
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
We are collecting pre-lit Christmas trees for Emerald Youth Foundation. Donations are accepted as well. See Pennies for details. Continue reading

Baby Giraffe

THE SCENE:  Crisp, windy, mid-40s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Mosey around church
Tempo Squats x10
Modified Twists In-Cadence x10
Little Baby Arm Circles In-Cadence x10
Reverse Little Baby Arm Circles In-Cadence x10

THA-THANG:
15-1 breakdancers/v-ups, sprints, bear crawls, and some holds
Mosey to lower parking lot
Start at first cone:
15 Breakdancers (1 each leg)
Walking Lung to second cone
Sprint to third cone
Bear Crawl to second cone
15 V-Ups
Reverse Lunge to first cone
Repeat to 1

Mosey around church to flag
45 seconds on, 15 seconds off:
Hostages
Mountain Climbers
High Plank

MARY:
None
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Romans 8:1-11: what is your mind-set?
MOLESKIN:
None
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Brolympics 11/05

Rolling The Bones at the Speedway

THE SCENE: Warmer than it’s been – perfect weather for a tough beatdown.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

F3= Fitness. Fellowship. Faith
F3 Workouts:

  • Are free of charge
  • Are open to all men
  • Are held outdoors, rain or shine, heat or cold
  • Are led by men who participate in the workout in a rotating fashion
  • End with a Circle of Trust


WARM-O-RAMA:

All in cadence:
Side straddle hops
Tempo Squats
Seal Claps

Overhead Claps

THA-THANG:

Mosey to lower lot with CMUs.  Pax line up at start line with CMUs. Each pax rolls a pair of dice, riffle carries CMU to 1st station and do double  # of reps of that exercise. Pax farmer carries CMU back to start line. 

Roll again.  If not doubles, pax does the same thing as above.

When pax rolls doubles, they do that # in blockies at start line, then riffle carries CMU to next station and does double # rolled of that exercise.

If pax are at the same station for 5 rounds, on the next roll they must do that # in blockies, then move to next station and do double the # at the new station.

Stations (exercises are all with CMUs):

  1. Pull through merkin
  2. Bent row
  3. Goblet squat
  4. Arm curls
  5. American hammer
  6. Skull crusher
  7. Overhead press

MARY:
Mosey back to the flag.  Jailbreak was called by someone who shall remain nameless. 

  • Flutter kicks – in cadence
  • Cherry Pickers – in cadence. 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at length you have revived your concern for me. You were indeed concerned for me, but you had no opportunity. Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do all things through him who strengthens me.”  Philippians 4:1013 ESV

con·tent·ment
noun – a state of happiness and satisfaction.

 When think of being satisfied, what comes to your mind?  For me, it’s when I’m full from a meal. I can’t eat another bite – I’m satisfied. 

So many people don’t know what it means to be satisfied. What it means to say, I’m full.  What it means to say, I’m content.
So many men sacrifice their marriages, their children, their friendships because they don’t know how to say, I’m satisfied. 

The opposite of contentment is gluttony. But gluttony is more than just over eating. It is the greedy pursuit of more stuff: money, power, praise, acceptance, food, alcohol, etc. 

Paul’s secret to contentment was this: I can do all things through Christ.  Christ was enough for him. His pursuit wasn’t material things – his pursuit was Christ. 

David said something similar in Psalm 23 – “the Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want.” Another way to translate that is to say, “ The Lord is my Shepherd, He’s all I need.”  

He’s all we need. That’s the secret to being content. Let’s stop trying to find fulfillment and happiness in things or people. Let’s commit to pursuing Christ and being satisfied in Him.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Brolympics – Nov 5th.
Christmas Trees – We are looking for people to donate Christmas Trees for families at Montgomery Village.  This will be done through Emerald Youth’s JustLead afterschool ministry at Woodlawn Christian Church.  Information will be put on Slack this week.

7elevens

THE SCENE: Cold, clear morning with frost abound

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:
Cherry pickers, SSH and morning call

THA-THANG:

  • Part 1: 7 Overhead CMU Presses, 7 CMU Thrusters, 7 Blockees, 11 Yard Murder Bunny, 11 We’re Not Worthies, 11 Yard Reverse Murder Bunny
  • Part 2: Roll a workout dice and perform rolled exercise

MARY: Upper and Lower Body Stretches

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

MOLESKIN: Inspired by Inky Johnson

  • How do we face adversity?
  • What is your motivation?
  • Commitment is staying true to what you said you will do even when the mood that you said it in has left
  • One bad chapter does not define the book
  • Turn “you will never do X because of Y” into “I will use Y everyday of my life to make a difference

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • Miles for Maryville 10/22 – Contact Butterfingers to work tent
  • Brolympics 11/5
  • Painting work day at Cerebral Palsy Center in November

Speedway Doracides

THE SCENE: Clear early Fall morning.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

F3 (Fitness. Fellowship. Faith) workouts: 

  • Are free of charge
  • Are open to all men
  • Are held outdoors, rain or shine, heat or cold
  • Are led by men who participate in the workout in a rotating fashion
  • End with a Circle of Trust
  • “The Mission of F3 is to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership”
  • F3 Credo: Leave no man behind, and leave no man where you find him. 
  • NOT A PROFESSIONAL
  • Don’t know your injuries – take care/modify as needed.

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Side straddle hops – 20 IC
  • Tempo Squats – 10 IC
  • Cherry Pickers – 5 IC
  • LABCs – 10 IC (foward and backwards)

THA-THANG:

Doracides 

Partner up. 

1 person does exercises, the other runs suicides:

  • 1 burpee at first cone, back,
  • 2 burpees at second cone, back, 
  • 3 burpees at third cone, back. 

Switch. Pick up where partner left off

  1. 100 merkins
  2. 200 lbcs (little baby crunch)
  3. 300 squats

Rinse and repeat. 

MARY:
Didn’t manage time well so we had no time for Mary.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

“Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives’ tales; rather, train yourself to be godly.”

“For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.”

1 Timothy 4:7-8 NIV

MOLESKIN:

Excerpt from Disciplines of a Godly Man – R. Kent Hughes

PAUL ON DISCIPLINE

The word “train” comes from the word gumnos, which means “naked” and is the word from which we derive our English word gymnasium. In traditional Greek athletic contests, the participants competed without clothing, so as not to be encumbered. Therefore, the word”train” originally carried the literal meaning, “to exercise naked.”  By New Testament times it referred to exercise and training in general. But even then it was, and is, a word with the smell of the gym in it – the sweat of a good workout. “Gymnasticize (exercise, work out, train) yourself for the purpose of godliness” conveys the feel of what Paul is saying.

SPIRITUAL SWEAT

In a word, he is calling for some spiritual sweat! Just as the athletes discarded everything and competed gumnos – free from everything that could possibly burden them – so we must get rid of every encumbrance, every association, habit, and tendency which impedes godliness. If we are to excel, we must strip ourselves to a lean, spiritual nakedness. The writer of Hebrews explains it like this: “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us” (Hebrews 12:1). Men, we will never get anywhere spiritually without a conscious divestment of the things that are holding us back. What things are weighing you down? The call to discipline demands that you throw it off. Are you man enough?

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Parkinson’s Run coming soon.