F3 Knoxville

Never Gonna Give You Up

THE SCENE: Upper 50’s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • 25 SSH
  • 5 Cherry pickers
  • 10 Tempo Merkins
  • 10 Tempo Squats

THA-THANG:

  • Mosey to the Coupon Pile
  • Dora – Bear crawl to the concrete while your partners uses a coupon to do:
    • 100 Skull Crushers
    • 200 Rows
    • 300 Bench Presses
  • More Dora – Run up to Rec Center with a coupon while your partner does:
    • 100 Hillbillies 
    • 100 Swimmers
    • 100 Mountain climbers
    • 100 Supermans
  • 30 seconds of squats into 30 seconds of wall sit (2 rounds)
  • While on the mosey back to the flag
    • 1st Stop Sign – Approximately two minutes of Arm circles forward, backward, wax on, wax off and hold (no rest)
    • 2nd Stop Sign – Seal Clap, Overhead clap, big bird arm flaps, little bird arm flaps, big circles forward, gorillas chest beats (no rest)

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Never gonna give you up

Never gonna let you down

Never gonna run around and desert you

Never gonna make you cry

Never gonna say goodbye

Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

Raise your hand if you have ever been Rick Rolled?  That’s when you hear Rick Astley singing his 1980’s hit – Never Gonna Give You Up after trustingly clicking a link from a friend or perhaps enemy. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KcsJwPzPxE) Jokes aside, I heard this song playing on the radio and it reminded of God’s promise.

Romans 8:35 Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 Just as it is written,

“For Your sake we are being put to death all day long;

We were considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”

37 But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

People, friends, partners, spouses let us down but our Savior does not, has not and will not. I hope the next time you get Rick Rolled, you will think of the one who will truly never let you down or hurt you.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Survivor’s band is playing at the Shed from 7-11PM on Saturday to support the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

Brolympics 5 Nov

10 Original Gloomstaz

THE SCENE: Full Moon and a perfect fall morning. 40ish degrees and dry…
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Side straddle hop in cadence 20
Cherry Pickers
10 tempo merkins
Tempo squats
10 Windmills in cadence
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the coupon pile with the person up front falling off for two burpees.

  • Grab a coupon and rifle carry to the parking lot.
  • Run the lot and do drills (SSH, karaoke, high knees, butt kickers, bear crawls) roughly 5 mins
  • Sprints from one side of the lot to the other
    Curls x 20
  • Sprints from one side of the lot to the other
    Thrusters x 20
  • Sprints from one side of the lot to the other
    Burpees x 5

    Rinse and repeat x3 let the PAX call out the exercises (Tris, Heavy Flutters, Projectivators, Goblet Squats, American Hammers, Overhead Lats, Offset Merkins)

  • Run the lot and do drills (karaoke, high knees, butt kickers, bear crawls) roughly 5 mins
  • Rifle carry back to the coupon pile.
  • Wall Sit for the 6

    Mosey back to the flag with the person in snaking their way through the line.

  • Stop for some Core work (Flutter Kicks, JUCO chops)

MARY:
Insert information about any additional post-THANG work (if applicable).
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Use the TAGS on right-side to record PAX (BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOURSELF) in attendance. Be sure to select the AO in CATEGORY above TAGS and then delete these notes!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
The Warrior Ethos (AKA Jedi Training) consist of 13 pillars: Commitment, Honor, Respect, Prepared, Faithful, Fighter, Hungry, Humble, Lover, Teachable, Firestarter, Truthful, and Generous.
Each one is tied to a Bible verse.

The master has failed more times than the inexperienced have ever tried. Let’s learn from our mistakes.

Commitment:
The verse for this pillar is Galatians 6:9

“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”

Love this!! Do good and don’t give up!! If you can do more, do it!! You will be rewarded. You are a child of the most high. God! Let’s go!!

There’s power in our words. Your belief in your heart creates your reality.
I am… You are what you say you are, so make sure it’s positive! I challenge you guys to try it this week. Remember God‘s on your side and don’t limit Him!

MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill Coming up 11/5 Volunteers needed

Potential workday at the Cerebral Palsy Center coming up in November. Look for Judges announcement in Slack.

JUCO Farmer Carry Race

THE SCENE: Nice and cool at 54
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER:  administered
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH IC x 20
Cherry Pickers IC x5
Arm Circles Forward and Back IC x 10 each
Merkins IC x10
Squats IC x10
Mountain Climbers IC x15
30 Seconds OYO

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the coupon pile with a reverse Indian run. Front man drops off for 2 burpees then joins back in line.

Farmer Carry Race

  • Split into two groups and each group will need two CMUs
  • Groups will race around the outside circle, in opposite directions, using the following format
    • Front man will farmer carry the two CMUs while the rest of the group perform an exercise. When group is done with the exercises, run and catch up to front man and switch to next in line. Perform next exercise while front man farmer carries CMUs, and so on. Exercises are as follows and repeat list after last exercise is completed:
      • 20 flutter kicks
      • 20 SSHs
      • 20 Merkins
      • 20 squats
    • After each complete lap, decrease reps by 5. So lap 2 is 15 each, lap 3 is 10 each, etc.
    • Whenever you meet the other group, one man from each group leads a Mary of the number of exercises you are currently on for that lap, so two sets of Mary exercises and both groups participate.
    •  We got nearly 2 laps in, but had to stop short for time.

MARY:
No time, but got plenty during THA-THANG

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 PAX and 2.0 Kitty Cat

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Do you every worry? About the future, your family, your job, yourself? For me, the times when I worry take me out of the present moment. I hope you had a chance to enjoy the present moment with your F3 brothers this morning. Let’s read what Jesus says about worry in The Sermon on the Mount:
Matthew 6:25-34
““Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life? And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’ For it is the Gentiles who strive for all these things; and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. “So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today’s trouble is enough for today.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6:25-34‬ ‭NRSV‬‬

MOLESKIN:
N/A

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
IPC on Friday (9/30) will be at HVA track.

One Generation Away

THE SCENE: Low 60’s and beautiful
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

25 SSH (4-count)

5 Cherry pickers

10 Tempo Merkins

10 Tempo Squats

10 Flutter Kicks (4-count)

THA-THANG:

Mosey to the coupon pile with a stop for 3 rounds of the Loading Dock up and overs 

Draw a card; do number in reps of:

  • Clubs – Curls
  • Spades – American Hammers
  • Diamonds – Overhead Press
  • Hearts – Raisers
  • After each round, up the stairs to touch the rec center

Mosey to the stadium

11’s – 10 Twinkle toes, 1 squat

Mosey towards the quad 

Burpee Freeze Tag

Mosey to the flag with stop for hello dollies (10 – 4 count) and a lap around the parking lot to help two HIMs finish their IPC.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

We are considering the concept of Family Discipleship this week. Kickflip talked about the power of moments and discipling around milestones in your children’s lives. I was given the less sexy topic of consistent intentionality which goes something like

Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it. – Proverbs 22:6

What is the opposite? If you don’t train your child, you do not know the path he will take. 

How many generations is any family, my family, your family from faithlessness? One

Judges 2:7-12 (abbreviated by Commission) The people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who survived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of the Lord which He had done for Israel. 8 Then Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died. 10 All that generation also were gathered to their fathers; and there arose another generation after them who did not know the Lord, nor yet the work which He had done for Israel.

11 Then the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord and served other gods, 12 and they forsook the Lord, the God of their fathers.

This is near and dear to my heart. My parents are first generation Christians. I grew up in a moral household but not a spiritual household. My parents talked about right and wrong but never studied the Bible with me, never quoted the Bible to me. When I went to college, I had my conscience as a guide and it didn’t turn out well for me – Bad company corrupted good morals. They weren’t intentional with my faith so I wasn’t intentional with my faith. 

If you want your son to be a baseball player, you throw the ball with him. If you want your daughter to be a soccer player, you kick the ball with her. If you want your kid to get good grades, you do homework with them. Intentional actions with intentional outcomes. 

Take them to church, but know that that is not enough. Take them to youth group but don’t rely on the youth minister to make them a believer. If you want your child to be a Christian, you open the Bible with them. If you aren’t a strong teacher yet, share thoughts from a devotional. As you mature, begin to give specific lessons or work your way through a book of the Bible explaining to your kids who God is and what he expects from us. 

Intentional actions have intentional outcomes.

Milestones

THE SCENE:  High 50s and clear.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER:  Administered
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • RFTS / LIH
  • Cherry Pickers
  • Willy Mays Hays
  • Down/Up Dog
  • Merkins
  • Mountain climbers
  • Projectivator

THA THANG:

Mosey to the big lot.  Flutter kicks for the six.

Run the length of the lot.  At each line, rotate 90 degrees – so you sprint, side shuffle, bernie, side shuffle, sprint, etc until the end.  LBC for the six.

Mosey to Sophomore Hill and partner up. (Hat tip, Archie!)  Pairs spread out across 6 stations.  At each station there is a “stationary” exercise and a “move” exercise.  First partner does the “stationary” exercise until the second partner does the “move” exercise to the cone and back.  Two minutes each station.  20-second recovery and rotate.  Performed 10 sets.

Exercises were;

  • Station 1:  Bear crawl / Flutter kick
  • Station 2:  Sprint / Carolina Dry Dock
  • Station 3:  Broad Jump / Heels 2 Heaven
  • Station 4:  Sprint / Burpee
  • Station 5:  Lunge / Merkin
  • Station 6:  Sprint / Mountain Climber

Mosey back to the big lot.  Dolly for the six.  Run and rotate again – same as before.

MARY:

Imperial walkers

Jailbreak!

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

Me and 13 of the best men I know

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Joel 1:3, “Tell it to your children, and let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation.”

Ps 78:1-4, “Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth!  …We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and His might, and the wonders that He has done.”

Ephesians 6:4, “Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.”

We will have a theme for you during the BOM this week – and the theme is Family Discipleship.

Family discipleship is telling the coming generation about the character of God – and teaching them His instructions – or, to use F3 language, teaching them to live and lead virtuously.

Each of the Qs this week is going to present one way that can be done.  These are not exclusive of each other – rather, they really complement each other…

This morning, I talked about milestone occasions.  It’s not very often that we get these opportunities…  BIG moments – special times when your words and actions as a father – which are already so powerful – are magnified tenfold again!  Things like;

  • Birthdays
  • First / last day of school year
  • Move homes
  • Buying their first car
  • Profession of faith
  • First breakup with boyfriend / girlfriend
  • Death of a loved one
  • Formative talks (e.g., the sex talk)

These days could come and go like any other – or, with some planning and deliberateness on your part, these could be memorable or even life changing moments in your child’s lifeYou have an awesome opportunity to mark your children and make those occasions like a pillar on the timeline of their lives.

What can you do to make these times deeply meaningful?  Maybe…

  • A well-thought out talk, speaking blessings into their lives.
  • A special gift that reflects the occasion.
  • A trip with just that child.
  • A hand-written letter.
  • Others!

I talked about one way that I’m doing that in my children’s lives.  Every fourth birthday, my sons have received a special gift and a blessing from me.  Each of those birthday blessings is about two paragraphs that I’ve scripted to say exactly what I want to say to them – and it is themed around 2 characteristics that I want my sons to grow to be as men.

We are striving to be men of high-impact.  Where that begins – where we have the MOST IMPACT – and where it is MOST IMPORTANT – is at HOME.

MOLESKIN:

This morning was about discipling your kids by planning for and facilitating meaningful milestones in their lives.  Come back for Part 2 on Wed and Part 3 on Fri!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: