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Remembering Bill

THE SCENE: Dark, mostly cloudy, 71 degrees F, 93% humidity
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, Imperial squat walkers, Peter Parkers, Little baby arm circles. Mosey to the bottom of Waxjob Hill.

THA-THANG:

Waxjob Hill 7’s

Burpees at the bottom

Bear crawl up hill

4 count flutter kicks at the top

Run down to the bottom

CMU SET at the Grinder

x12 each (or as noted) competed sequentially.

Bent Rows, Swings, Triceps Extensions, Upright Rows, Squat Press, Curls, On The Shelf (6 per side), Lawn Mower Pulls (12 per arm)

Run down path to junction with Alcoa Road

Calisthenics at Alcoa Road

x12 each completed sequentially.

Merkins, WWII Sit-ups, Shoulder Taps (4 count), Iron Mikes, Dry Docks, SSH (4 count), Get Ups, Body Builders (8 count)

Run back to Grinder and continue AMRAP.  Most completed two rounds.

Push Pull

Completed two rounds of 10 Pull Ups and 10 Box Jumps.

MARY:
Protractors, Box cutters, LBCs.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Total of 21 HIMs including 1 FNG (Mitten – Mike Hanlon).  Good to have a couple back at the Bomb Shelter after a break.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

April 1974, after touring Alcoa’s TN Operations, I was sitting across from Bill Mueller. He offered me a job prior to my flight back to Beaumont and the last few months of college. He is the reason I moved my wife to East TN two weeks after our marriage. Bill was a good manager. He wasn’t flashy. He was kind. He was giving. He had high expectations. He was a teacher. He had my back. He went before me. He protected me when engineering layoffs came in 1975. I wasn’t one of 7 mechanical engineers let go.
Bill’s personal life was tough. His wife Donna fought brain cancer for several years and the surgeries and radiation left her with significant mental and physical limitations. Bill pulled extra duty raising their three children.  He never complained. He only provided his love, patience, and care. He was devoted to Donna, Jeff, Julie, and Jayne.
Bill gave himself to Habitat in his retirement and has over 100 builds under his belt. His final one was called the Bill Mueller Build. Bill died last Saturday at the age of 91 and was buried yesterday.
I use Bill as an example of someone who has gone before me. Someone who has made my path straighter and less difficult. We all have these kind of people in our lives. Sometimes we realize it. Many times we don’t.  As Cap’n Crunch said after our F3 Convergence, “we all need Paul’s in our life.”  Bill Mueller was one for me.
Today I encourage us all to reflect on the Bill Muellers in our lives and to give thanks. Better yet, if your Bill Mueller is still alive, call him up and let him know just how much he means to you.
MOLESKIN:
Prayers for Daniel, a friend of Flash, as he give the eulogy at a funeral tomorrow.  Prayer for guidance, reconciliation in next steps as one of our HIMs faces the prospect of divorce.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

Round and round they go…

THE SCENE: Warm and humid
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • LBAC, forward/back x10 IC
  • 20 SSH IC
  • 8 ct. body builder x10 IC

THA-THANG: 3 Round Dora (Run small lap between each round)

  • 250 Calf jumps     Partner: Bernie to Scrap Yard, 5 pull-ups
  • 150 Merkins
  • 100 Squats with CMU
  • 200 CMU Bent Row,       Skip for height to Scrap Yard, 10 Iron mikes (1ct)
  • 100 Peter Parker (2ct.)
  • 100 BBS
  • 100 Dry Dock           Skip for distance, 15 dips
  • 100 Squat Jumps
  • 50 Shoulder Taps (4ct)

 

  • Salsa for the winners:
  • 30 LBCs 
  • 30 Plank Jacks (2ct) 
  • 15 WW2 sit-up 
  • 30 OH Press with CMU  
  • 10 burpees 

MARY: Around Circle CMU Hammers. Around the Circle Plank

 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
We can all come out here to work on our physical weakness, but we also have weaknesses that we cannot personally overcome. Paul suffered from a “thorn in the flesh” and Christ’s words to him are something we must also apply: 2Cor. 12:9 My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Paul’s response should be our response: I will boast in my weakness so Christ’s power rests on me.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Fun, Until it Wasn’t

THE SCENE:
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Duck Jousting
    • Friendly combat between Pax in the duck walk position. Arms must remain crossing your chest. Bumping, nudging, rubbing and checking are highly encouraged. There is no biting, scratching, standing up or falling over or you are out! Kicking is allowed if you are possibly able to remain in the duck walk position on one leg. Last man to remain on his feet in the duck position is declared the winner.
    • Once your out – Jog in place for the duration of the game.
  • When Animals Attack
    • A game of “tag”. One Pax (“the attacker” or “it”) starts in bear crawl position. All other Pax will be required to crab walk to evade the bear! Using the basketball courts as the boundary. If the crab walk is tagged by the bear, they complete 5 burpees and become a Bear. Game ends when all Pax are bear crawling.

THA-THANG:
“The Greenway 100”. ½ Mile Greenway Loop. Pax will perform 10 reps at each sign for a total of 100 reps:

  • Round 1 – Burpees
    • PAX will A-L-A-R-M for the 6:
      • (20) CMU Shoulder Press
      • (20) Lunge
      • (20) Peter Parkers
      • (20) Rockette Hillbillies
      • (20) Merkins
    • Round 2 – Jumping Squats

Circuit – Pax will then complete as many rounds as possible of:

  • 5 Pull-Ups
  • 10 Bench Jump Overs
  • 15 X’s & O’s
  • 20 Knees to Chest (Ab work on playground bars)

MARY:
Nope!

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:

16 Pax

BOM:

I encourage the men to step up and let me know if they were interested in taking their leadership skills to the next level. I challenged the PAX to let me know if they are interested or wanting to grow our AO and our outreach by expanding into a shared leadership team within the AO.  Please let me know if you would like to be a part of this as i’m compiling a list of HIMs to meet with in the near future to talk through my ideas and envisions.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shared-leadership-q3-1-episode-55-43feet-leadership/id1218921251?i=1000444531019

Q Source – Q3.1 – LEAD RIGHT – SHARED LEADERSHIP
Shared Leadership is a conspiracy to Influence Movement to Advantage 
A conspiracy is an agreement between two or more people to act in harmony toward a common end.

If that common end is an illegal activity (bank robbery for example), then the very act of conspiring to commit the crime is a crime itself—separate and apart from actually committing it. To establish a conspiracy to commit bank robbery, the state need only prove the existence of an agreement between the coconspirators and a single action in furtherance of their plot, like the purchase of a gun. The fact that they never manage to rob the bank, or even walk through its doors, does not diminish their guilt for simply conspiring to do so. The criminal penalty for conspiracy is very severe, typically only a single level lower than the act itself. Thus, if bank robbery is a class A felony, than conspiracy to commit bank robber is a class B felony.

This may seem draconian given that the intended victim is never actually harmed in the manner intended, but it is considered a just and necessary deterrent to the destructive power of men who combine to act in concerted evil. A four-man crew working together is far more likely to possess the range of skills necessary to rob a bank than four men acting individually. By pooling their efforts, they greatly increase their likelihood of success because each man can focus on the proper performance of his particular role rather than trying to do everything at once. Concerted action toward evil ends is a powerfully Disruptive.

But so is concerted action towards Advantage. Men who combine in furtherance of positive Outcomes are far more likely to achieve their common objective than they would be if they acted alone, because the sum of their individual efforts is greatly exceeded by the product of their concerted action. As with a criminal conspiracy, each man is free to focus on the proper performance of his individual role which (if the conspiracy is well formed) will be within his own D2X. A conspiracy of men working together within their individual High Impact Zones to achieve a specific Advantage will have a Dynamic IMPACT on their Community or Organization. Groups seeking Prosperity should encourage men to conspire to Advantage.

MOLESKIN:
There is an energy and fitness level surrounding this PAX that I have not seen in a LONG time…Really looking forward to the future and how these HIMs continue to advance their leadership abilities throughout Blount County and the surrounding areas!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence at the Big Ball this Saturday! Don’t miss it if at all possible!!

Entropy

THE SCENE: Mostly dark, 68 degrees F, 93% humidity
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH, Glute Marches, Windmills, Baby Arm Circles

THA-THANG:

Route 66 Burpees

Upper Springbrook Loop to Mt Crumpit, stop every 4th light pole with short mosey after final stop of 11 burpees.

Mt Crumpit Partner Dora

Pax 1 starts Base Camp exercise, Pax 2 ascends Mt Crumpit and does summit exercise. Pax switch until Base Camp exercises are complete.  (Had to recover before Mountain Climbers completed.)

Base Camp                                         Summit

100 Merkins             Run                     10 WWII Situps

200 Bobby Hurley’s    Bear Crawl/Run     10 Dry Docks

300 Plank Jacks        Bernie/Run           10 Heels/Heaven

200 Mtn. Climbers     Bear Crawl/Run     10 Flutters, 4 CT

100 Get ups             Run                     10 Squats

Mosey to the Scrap Yard

Push/Pull

Half do 20 dips while other half do 10 pull ups or inverted pull ups.

Switch exercise

(Total of 3 Rounds)

MARY:

Box cutters, Scissor legs, WWII Situps

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
18 HIMs and 2 FNGs:  Grasshopper (Whit Taylor) and Binary (Shawn Barnes).  Welcome you two.  Look forward to many upcoming workouts together.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Entropy

It takes effort, energy, to keep things orderly. Without it things tend toward it greatest level of entropy or disorder. In simple terms it take effort, your energy, to keep your house from getting disorderly. Water wants to seek its lowest level of existence, highest disorder. In our world that is the ocean. Dust and dirt falls to the lowest surface which may temporarily be your living room floor. Mountains get weathered into boulders, rocks, stones, and finally sand before it is carried to the ocean depths. Only the force, the energy, from wind drives the waves that deposit sand on our beaches.  This same wind prevents water from reaching its greatest disorder or calm. 

In thermodynamics, entropy is commonly associated with the amount of order, disorder, or chaos in a thermodynamic system. Technically, entropy, from this perspective, is defined as a thermodynamic property which serves as a measure of how close a system is to perfect internal disorder.

Rudolf Clausius in 1865, stated that:

“The entropy of the universe tends to a maximum.”  Thus, if entropy is associated with disorder and if the entropy of the universe is headed towards maximal entropy, then many are often puzzled as to the nature of the “ordering” process in light of the second law of thermodynamics, which states that the universe is headed towards maximal “disorder”.   As was stated in the 2003 book, SYNC – the Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order by Steven Strogatz, “Scientists have often been baffled by the existence of spontaneous order in the universe. The laws of thermodynamics seem to dictate the opposite, that nature should inexorably degenerate toward a state of greater disorder, greater entropy. Yet all around us we see magnificent structures—galaxies, cells, ecosystems, human beings—that have all somehow managed to assemble themselves.” 

So the debate continues as to why there is such order when disorder is to reign. For me the answer is simple. It is found in a few simple verses in Colossians Chapter 1:

15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. 17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.”

He is the power that keeps entropy from having its way. He can have the same impact on us and the forces that push us in the wrong direction, into disorder.  We need to trust and follow. 

MOLESKIN:
First day of school for Maryville City; Flash will be mentoring a high school student; Betsy, Fins aunt, recently diagnosed with lymphoma; Hammy’s M as she undergoes a CAT scan to determine health issue.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence at the Big Ball Saturday at 7:00 am followed by a 3rd F at Redeemer Church, 1642 Highland Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37916.  $10 donation requested for breakfast.

Rinse, Repeat, Repeat Again

THE SCENE: Nice warm morning
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSHs x20
LB Arm Circles x12 each side IC
Michael Phelps for a bit
Squats x15
Cherry Pickers x10
THA-THANG:
Do each round 3 times with a 15 second rest between, then move on to the next round.

Round #1
20 Jump Squats
15 Lunge Punches (each leg)
10 Plank Jacks (4 count)

Round #2
12 T-Merkins
20 Plank Twists (knee to opposite elbow)
20 Crunches

Round #3
12 Low/High Plank to Merkins
20 Dips
12 Pull-ups (or chest-ups)

Final Round
Tabata Burpees – 4 sets of 25 seconds on, 15 seconds rest

Lt. Dan a little less than halfway across the grinder and then do 20 butt kicks. Lt. Dan back and do 20 high knees.

Bear crawl across grinder and do 15 dry docks, then bear crawl back and do 10 merkins.

We then repeated Rounds #1 and #2 twice and cashed out with the tabata burpees.

MARY:
25 Boxcutters
10 side tri rise (each side)
20 WWII Situps
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
12 Pax this morning, no FNGs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I wasn’t very prepared for my Q today. I fell short with everything from drinking enough water so I could operate at my best to having enough planned to fill the whole hour. Lately I have either not shown up for a Q or I have been late. Luckily, F3 gives us something more than great workouts. We also get an amazing group of guys to keep us accountable and bring us back in when life starts pulling us away. By leaning on our brothers we can make it back in the gloom and be better men for it.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: