F3 Knoxville

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Live in God

THE SCENE:  Partly cloudy and cold, temp about 20 degrees.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
20 Side-Straddle-Hops, 10 Mountain Climbers, 10 Imperial Walkers, 10 Mountain Climbers, 10 Twisties, 10 Tempo Merkins, 10 Windmills, Michael Phelps, Little of This and That
THA-THANG:
Mosey to stop sign by intersection of main roadway and road that goes to the Admin Bldg.  We will do 20 American Hammers.

Mosey on perimeter trail until it intersects with trail coming from Lyons Bend Gate.  We will do 20 Hello Dollies.

Next, we will head west and then east on the perimeter trail.  We will do nickel, dime, quarters with the following exercises:

  • Jump Squats
  • Iron Mikes (both legs = 1)
  • Dive Bombers

We will stop when we get to the Northshore Gate.

Mosey to Area 51 and go to the curb.  Find a partner for teams of two.  One one partner runs to the entrance of Area 51, does 5 merkins, and runs back, the other partner works on the listed exercises below.  Then partners trade places.  Each team will do:

  • 200 Baby Crunches (4 ct)
  • 150 Flutter Kicks (4 ct)
  • 150 Bicycle Kicks (4 ct)

Next, we will run up hill above area 51.  At the top, we will alternate between 10 Merkins and 10 Big-Boy Sit-ups until the six is there.

Mosey to the stop sign by the roadway that goes to the soccer fields.  We will stop to do 20 Box Cutters.  Mosey to the soccer fields.  We will do suicides, with Bernie Sanders to each cone, a mosey to the left of cone parallel with that cone, and then sprint back.  We will do 20 Baby Crunches each time we get back until we finish the suicides.

Mosey to the open outdoor structure that is close to the outdoor chapel.  We will do 20 four count bench dips and 20 decline merkins.

Mosey to parking lot by the playground.  We will do 20 Georgia Cheerleaders (inverted Pickle Pounders).

Mosey to the bottom of mini-cardiac.  We will Bernie Sanders to park sign, then sprint to top.  We will then run back down to AO.

MARY:
We will cash out with ATMs.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
19 men, no FNGs.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

LIVE IN GOD

Psalm 19: 7-10:

7 The law of the Lord is perfect,[c]
reviving the soul;
the testimony of the Lord is sure,
making wise the simple;
8 the precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart;
the commandment of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes;
9 the fear of the Lord is clean,
enduring forever;
the rules[d] of the Lord are true,
and righteous altogether.
10 More to be desired are they than gold,
even much fine gold;
sweeter also than honey
and drippings of the honeycomb.

I need to remember that the law and ways of the Lord are perfect.  They are more to be desired than gold.  As Van Morrison asks in his song by the same name, “When will I ever learn to live in God.”  He goes on to say, “He gives me everything I need, and more – when will I ever learn?”  I don’t know about you, but I find myself getting caught up in the ways of the world time and time again.  Am I successful enough in my job?  How does my house look compared to my neighbors?  In an effort to “get ahead”, to be liked, to be popular, to be “a winner”, I focus on things that may be out of sorts with how I truly should be.  I may go along with a business idea that is not truly honorable.  I may cut corners to get something I want, not considering how that will impact others around me.  I might participate in conversation or laugh at jokes that, if I look closely, are belittling to certain segments of our population.  Our brother, Rooney, gave a message at a recent BOM that I need to consider more carefully for myself.  He said that when we consider what we are willing to do in our life, it should align with our moral compass.

When I consider what I am to do this day, does it align with God’s laws and way?  They are perfect and I need to remember that.  I don’t have to worry so much about getting ahead, pleasing other people, or being successful.  If I act as God asks me to do, that is success.  That is what I should live for, not what Gentleman’s Quarterly, Money Magazine, Newsweek, or the latest get rich book tells me to do.  God’s ways are finer than gold and sweeter than the drippings of a honeycomb.

MOLESKIN:
Prayers for the disenfranchised, for those who have lost loved ones, for Operation and his wife who are hoping she gets pregnant, and that F3 brothers will find activities that continue to help our community.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CSAUP!!!

Smooth as Butter

THE SCENE: Just below freezing. Didn’t feel cold for long though.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
7xCherry Pickers, 15xMoroccan Night Clubs, 10xTempo Squats, 10xHairy Rockettes
THA-THANG:

Decided to take Butterknife on a trip down memory lane with the first two Q’s he came out to.

Mosey to the large north side parking lot for a little throwback to 2019 IPC Week 1.

Perform the “Killer B’s” (modified to be much easier):

  • Broad Jump to the next parking line.
  • 5 Burpies
  • 10 Bonnie Blairs
  • 15 BBS
  • Repeat x 3
  • Bernie back to the start

Performed three rounds of the above.

Mosey back to the CMU pile for a throwback to IPC week 2. “Meatloaf’s Massacre”

Grab a CMU and perform the following:

  • 5 CMU Man Makers
  • 10 CMU OHP
  • 15 CMU Swings
  • 20 CMU Squats
  • 25 CMU Derkins
  • Run up the stairs and slap the sports center

Repeat x3

Mosey back towards the flag

MARY:
15x Imperial Walkers

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
16 men (some from Equalizer, Shamrock, and the Project) descended upon JUCO to support Butterknife’s appointing as AOQ
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Live third.

As men of F3 we are called to live third. Our creator comes first, followed by our community. We need to strive to put the interests of others above our own. Butterknife is a HIM that I have seen grow a ton over the last 2.5 years that he’s been out at F3. He has shared aspects of his life with us and expressed how much F3 has done for him, as it has for me as well. One aspect that I really appreciate is his desire to put others first. He is quick to pick up the six or make an FNG feel welcome. He’s been a leader at JUCO and has helped us all to grow. Today I’m excited to pass the torch of JUCO AOQ to Butterknife. I know he’ll lift up the men of JUCO and help push the mission of F3 as a whole.

Philippians 2: 1-11

2 So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, 2 complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. 3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. 5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,[a] 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,[b] 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant,[c] being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

MOLESKIN:
I’m still convinced that Butterknife grows stronger every time he gets COVID.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

Warriors working upper body

THE SCENE:

Partly Cloudy Temperature Humidity Feels like Wind Speed Wind Direction
26 ℉ 74% 18 ℉ 7.3 mi/h NNE

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER.
Delivered as desired. I am not a professional.

WARM-O-RAMA:

25 SSHs, Cherry Pickers OYO, 10 Windmills, 5 Ranger Merkins, and 5 Spiderman Merkins.

THA-THANG:

Mosey to berm along football field. 10 Incline Merkins. 10 Decline Merkins.

Mosey to big parking lot. 10 stations in basically a loop. On your own move from one station to next do exercises. 5 total laps.
#1 5 Ranger Merkins
#2 5 Diamond Merkins
#3 5 Wide Merkins
#4 5 Carolina Dry Docks
#5 5 Spiderman Merkins
#6 5 Regular Merkins
#7 10 BBS
#8 10 Squats
#9 10 LBCs
#10 10 Monkey Humpers

On fifth lap, 10 each of all Merkins.

Mosey to short wall by church. 15 Incline Merkins. 15 Decline Merkins.

Mosey to CMU pile. Grab a CMU
20 Curls, 20 Overhead Triceps, 20 Overhead Press
15 Curls, 15 Overhead Triceps, 15 Overhead Press
10 Curls, 10 Overhead Triceps, 10 Overhead Press
5 Curls, 5 Overhead Triceps, 5 Overhead Press
Quick break mosey to end of parking lot and back
20 CMU Merkin, 10 count break
15 CMU Merkin, 10 count break
10 CMU Merkin, 1 or 2 count (No real break and do 5 more)
5 CMU Merkin

Mosey back to AO
MARY:
30 Flutter kicks
20 Merkins
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
6 Brothers.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Based on a motivational saying I found. Don’t succumb to the force(s) that are going against you. Be strong with a mindset that you are actually the dominant force that is going to do away with whatever is against you.

The Devil Whispers “You can’t withstand the storm.”
The Warrior Replied “I am the storm.”

 

MOLESKIN:
For Dumpster Dive’s mother and her recovery from surgery. For elderly friend of Cheetsheet and her well being. For Cheetsheet’s daughter and all kids that they become stronger and grow because of the love of their parents. For those suffering from covid and other illnesses. For the unsaid prayers in our hearts.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Grit up the hill

THE SCENE: 32 Degree, Dry and Nice
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Windmills, Cherry Pickers, Bonnie Blairs, Butt Kicks, Newton’s cradle Merkins
THA-THANG:
Brief stop for some rocks (overhead claps, seal claps) at the guardrail (dips) before we headed to Jucomajaro and at each line did 10 or more of the exercises till we made it to the top (where there was a Jeep parked with someone in it).  Between the lines on the way up we alternated between bear crawl, bernie and mosey.

  • Newton’s cradle merkins
  • Burpee
  • Mtn Climbers
  • BBS
  • LBC
  • Side crunches
  • Downhill Merkins
  • Superman
  • Kick throughs
  • Imperial walkers
  • Squats
  • and a bunch of other things we called out on the way up and then did the same of on the way down.

MARY:
Enough time for some toy soldiers, flutter kicks and protractor
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 HIMS

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Philippians 2 says: work out your salvation with fear and trembling.
Out here, God gives us the breath and the chance to be here.
We bring some good old fashion grit and make a trip up Jucomajaro
Or we are motivated to do more pushups than we would do on our own.
So thank you.
But The Christian walk isn’t like that. But we do bring something.

The difference is explained in the next verse:

for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

I don’t have it figured out, we work at it. He does the work.  Pray that God will empower your spiritual life to be greater than just trying hard, but that God would move through you.

Pocket Co-Q

THE SCENE: Beautiful,Brisk Mid-Winter Morning
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Motivators, Merkins and a lil this-n-that.
THA-THANG:
We did a little Mosey. Took on pockets charge. Did some laps around the coliseum then Mosey over to high heels parking lot. Mosey and sprints mixed in with some lunges, dips, merkins and squats. Mosey over to the pavilion for some CMU work with Matlock.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Chris Norton and 7 Yards

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Keep Junk and Ribbed in your prayers.