F3 Knoxville

Change Up

AO: shamrock
Q: Voodoo
PAX: Commission, Stitch, Tinker, slappy, Mermaid, Glamper, Honeydew, Brick, KickFlip
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
WARMUP:
Check
THE THANG:
CMU, Dora-style

2 partners alternate exercises but both CMUs must be used at all times. Completed 3.5 rounds with a set of Mary after each.

-Rows
-Wall squats
-OH press
-Toe merkins
-Curls

COT:
>From CS Lewis’ Screwtape Letters
I once had a patient, a sound atheist, who used to read in the British Museum. One day, as he sat reading, I saw a train of thought in his mind beginning to go the wrong way. The Enemy, of course, was at his elbow in a moment. Before I knew where I was I saw my twenty years’ work beginning to totter. If I had lost my head and begun to attempt a defence by argument I should have been undone. But I was not such a fool. I struck instantly at the part of the man which I had best under my control and suggested that it was just about time he had some lunch. The Enemy presumably made the counter-suggestion (you know how one can never quite overhear What He says to them?) that this was more important than lunch. At least I think that must have been His line for when I said “Quite. In fact much too important to tackle it the end of a morning”, the patient brightened up considerably; and by the time I had added “Much better come back after lunch and go into it with a fresh mind”, he was already half way to the door. Once he was in the street the battle was won. I showed him a newsboy shouting the midday paper, and a No. 73 bus going past, and before he reached the bottom of the steps I had got into him an unalterable conviction that, whatever odd ideas might come into a man’s head when he was shut up alone with his books, a healthy dose of “real life” (by which he meant the bus and the newsboy) was enough to show him that all “that sort of thing” just couldn’t be true.

How can you be on the lookout for these ordinary distractions?

Core Shredder and mini laps

AO: shamrock
Q: slappy
PAX: Mermaid, Anchorman, slappy, Honeydew, Skidmark, Stitch, Commission, Betty, VooDoo
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP:
SSH
Baby arm circles
Tempo merks
Cherry pickers
Twisties
Tempo squats
Calf stretch
Butt kickers
High knees

THE THANG:
1. Coreshredder
We did 10 core exercises in 3 rounds. Do 3 merkins between each exercise. Round 1 – 15 of each, round 2 – 10 of each, round 3 – 5 of each. We got to hear some of my Friday fun track until my speaker died. (Lame)

2. Mini loops
We had 2 cards with 6 different exercises each. Do 10 of an exercise and take a quick mosey lap move on to the next exercise on list followed by a lap each time. We were able to finish both cards and have a friendship mosey back to the flag ending exactly at 6:15 thanks to my superior planning skills.

MARY:
Nope

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
-Convergence was moved
-sign up for GTE
-next week Stitch, Crawlspace, and Mermaid

COT:
Read John 1:1-3
These words are pretty crazy when you think about it. Jesus is God. Jesus was there at the beginning. Jesus actually was the one who made everything. There’s no getting around it this is a crazy truth that Christians must believe. We are not given an option in scripture to accept Jesus as only a great moral teacher in a pluralistic group of other religions. Jesus believed that he was God and savior of the world and so did his first followers. What do you think about this? Have you ever considered it from this angle? He was either crazy or who he said he was. If we believe Jesus is who he said that he was, we believe in something pretty wild and crazy. But just because something is crazy doesn’t mean it isn’t true.

Honoring Cardinal

AO: shamrock
Q: Mermaid , slappy
PAX: Eliza, slappy, Bed Wetter, Mermaid, Stitch, Anchorman, Steam, Crawlspace, KickFlip, Skidmark, Commission, Honeydew, Ghost Flag (F3Knoxville)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
We honored Cardinal today by performing his VQ.

The Thang:
Choose two points about 100 yards from each other. At “Point A” perform Set 1 exercises, then run to “Point B” and repeat those same exercises. Run back to “Point A”.
Repeat that sequence for exercise Sets 2, 3, and 4.
Set 1
5 Burpees
5 Big Boys
5 Heels to Heaven
Set 2
10 Burpees
10 Little Baby Crunches
10 Mt. Climbers Double Count
Set 3
15 Burpees
15 Air Squats
15 Freddy Mercury’s
Set 4
20 Burpees

We retold his story and shared the impact on the F3 Nation, and challenged these men to stay on top of their health.

Not Meant To Arrive!!

AO: juco
Q: Butterknife
PAX: Wanderer, Windex, Data, Commission, Mailbox, Butterknife, Dart Gun, Lil’ Spice, 5K, Trash Panda (JUCO), Fetch, Booster, Miss Fire, Love Shaq
FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
WARMUP:
Side straddle hop in cadence  20
6 Windmills in cadence
10 squats
5 sparring merkins
Line up in the curb. Run 2 lines do a burpee.
Run back to the start do a burpee. 3 x’s
10 Slow Freddy Mercury’s (opposite shoulder to opposite knee)

THE THANG:

Run two lines and do 5 sparring merkins (opposite knee to opposite elbow). Repeat across the lot.

Run two lines and do 10 single count slow Freddy Mercury’s (opposite shoulder to opposite knee). Repeat across the lot.

Run two lines and do 5 Peter Parker merkins. Repeat across the lot.

Run two lines and do 20 single count flutter kicks. Repeat across the lot.

Walking lunges to first line. Leap frog to the next. Bear crawl to the next.
Repeat across the lot.

Mosey to the top of JUCOManjaro with the person in the back sprinting to the front.

20 flutter kicks
20 BBS
10 ct stargazers 💫

Mosey back to the flag. Jailbreak in the parking lot.

MARY:
Crunchy Frogs 🐸
Sidestep lunging side to side and reaching for your toes.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
NMTA Not Meant To Arrive
There are 4 Pillars of arrival:
Can’t arrive. This is a negative mindset. You don’t believe in yourself and we need to fix that immediately.

Has arrived. You’ve made it, now what?
You’re not trying anymore. Afraid to take chances, because you might lose the title. Do not stop. Continue to set goals!

Will arrive. Once XYZ happens, then I’ll be happy. There are people sitting in nursing homes right now, still waiting on XYZ.

Not meant to arrive. This is where we should all strive to be! Become the next best version of yourself. Enjoy the journey just as much if not more than destination.
My development has no end. There is always more to learn, always more to do, and you can learn from every situation and everyone.

Be “Blissfully Unsatisfied!” Brothers!

”Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart’s desires.“
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭37‬:‭4‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Frozen fingers

AO: shamrock
Q: KickFlip
PAX: Crawlspace, Oscar Meyer, Tailhook, Voodoo, Mermaid, Waxjob, slappy, Stitch, Colonel (Alex Wallace), Commission, Snaggletooth (Elijah Tafao), KickFlip
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WARMUP:
-Phelps
-KCP
-Ankle Taps?
-Lunge Switch?
-Projectivator
-Predator Jacks
-Merkin Jacks?
-Mosey to the blocks

THE THANG:
Carry a block to the first speed bump. Do 5 exercises, rifle carry to the next speed bump, run to the end of the road and back, then do exercises again. Repeat until the end. First bump is 10 reps each. Each successive speed bump the rep count goes up by 10.

Form 2 teams. Shuttle run to steal a tennis ball from the other team’s box and drop it in your team’s box. Repeat until Snaggletooth had enough and just blew the whole thing up.

Return the blocks. RTF.

MARY:
Plank. Each man tries to guess if the next card in a deck will be red or black. If he is right, we stay in high plank. If he is wrong, we switch to low plank (or one arm up, etc.) until a man guesses correctly – then back to high plank.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CONVERGENCE Jan 20th.
Upcoming Shamrock 2nd F opportunities.

COT:
Change is inevitable. Growth is intentional. Any growth that you want to experience this year – in your fitness, fellowship, faith, leadership, etc. – will NOT happen by accident. Let’s be intentional. The difference between a dream and a goal is a plan. James Clear says, goals don’t determine success. Systems determine success. Goals are good for planning your progress and systems are good for actually making progress.
Here’s a template for building a system.
1. Have a super clear description of what success will look like.
2. Develop your plan: What and when, and how. Pro tip: make changes small, obvious, and automatic.
3. Eliminate distractions (that includes good things that keep you from great things).
4. Obsess about the process, not about the results. Committing to the process is what makes the difference.

“The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.”
Proverbs 21:5