F3 Knoxville

Is this Moses’s Birthday?

THE SCENE: It’s getting hot…
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Side Straddle Hop (15), LBAC (10 F/B), Cherry Pickers (10)…………Run to the sandbag bridge

THA-THANG:
It’s back….inspired by what I could only imagine might have been the rest of the Moses birthday Q

3 reps at every light pole……. starting at sand bag bridge, over the wooden bridge, past the troll bridge, and back up the grinder for bear crawl and crawl bear. Oh…and there is about 30 light poles…sorry.

  • Merkins
  • Squats
  • Burpees
  • and for Snorkel and some others…….Big Boys

MARY:
Iron Boys…30 ish
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Butterfingers, Deep Dish, Fins, Flash, Henhouse, Hammy, Ma’am, Mr Rogers, Neighbor, Snorkel, Tin Man
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
We each build a prison of our own personal preference.  Our preference dictates what we eat, where we go, and the people we meet.  As a consequence we get closer and closer to the people inside our bubble and further away from people outside of this preference bubble.  This limit our potential and we become stagnant.  I believe we should break out of this bubble and actively search out people who can make us better.  F3 has definitely been a bubble hopping experience for me, and your strength and passion has made me a better person.

Proverbs 27:17

As iron sharpens iron,so one person sharpens another.

Game of Cards

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

  • Side Straddle Hop (20)
  • Little Baby Arm Circles (15 F/B)
  • TN Rocking Chair (10)
  • Cherry Picker (10)

THA-THANG:
Two teams played a game of cards….card number for rep and exercise by suit.

  • Clubs=Merkins, Spades=Over Press, Hearts=CMU Rows, Diamonds=CMU Curls
  • Bonus:  Kings=1/4 lap, Aces=10 Burpess

MARY:
30 LBC, 30 Hello Dollies, 30 Leg Lifts…………and then some. random stuff thanks to Snorkel and Hammy.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
——-15 Men———Butterfingers, Cable Guy, Deep Dish, Drifter, Fins, Hammy, Ma’am, Neighbor, Pinocchio, Rain Check, Slugger, Snorkel, Tinman, and FNG (Cat5)

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Thomas Carlyle (Essay on Labor)

“For there is a perennial nobleness, and even sacredness, in Work . . . in Idleness alone is there perpetual despair.” In work, we communicate with nature and with truth.  Labor is a “purifying fire.” Destiny “cultivates” us through our labor, and Destiny cannot help the lazy man. “Labor is Life,” and our only knowledge comes from our work. God lets us find a “sacred celestial Life-essence” through our labor:

Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness. He has a work, a life-purpose; he has found it, and will follow it! How, as a free-flowing channel, dug and torn by noble force through the sour mud-swamp of one’s existence, like an ever-deepening river there, it runs and flows;–draining-off the sour festering water, gradually from the root of the remotest grass-blade; making, instead of pestilential swamp, a green fruitful meadow with its clear-flowing stream. How blessed for the meadow itself, let the stream and its value be great or small!

 

40 Years in the Wilderness

THE SCENE: Pleasant. Mid 50s. Not too dry or wet
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Side Straddle Hops IC x40
THA-THANG:
A leisurely stroll around the park stopping to admire different bodily movements.

  • Star Jacks x40
  • Ranger Merkins x40
  • Wide Merkins x40
  • Right leg Side Lunge x40
  • Crab Walk forward, backwards, to the right, to the left
  • Left leg Side Lunge x40
  • Dips x40
  • Redwood Group Squat x80count
  • Dry Docks x40
  • Mtn Climbers IC x40
  • BONUS HILL!!! Reverse Bear Crawl Up x10
  • Lunge from one sign to the next (about 40-50)
  • Pull-ups or modify x40
  • Step ups x20 for each leg

 

MARY:

  • Superman / Banana
  • Flutter Kicks IC x40
  • Plank with elbows slightly bent, run around and push on everyone’s back
  • ATM cash out

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
15 Total
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
1 Peter 3:15 be prepared to give a defense for the hope within you, but do so in gentleness and respect.
Our first tendency is to repay evil for evil, but we have to take time to prepare ourselves to not react that way. Seek wisdom in the Word, in works of wisdom, and in people who are wise, and train yourself to act and react differently.

MOLESKIN:
N/A
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Bomb Shelter Team need one more guy for the Hardship Hill event

Suicides by light posts

THE SCENE: 47 I think
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Ratchet effect

squatsx 20 ic

merkind x 10 ic

SSH x 20 ic

jog across PL x 2

millennial run x2

millennial sprint x 2
THA-THANG:
Super 11s

  • At the light post, start w one rep each of merkins, squats and big boys
  • Run 2 light posts then run back one light posts, increases rep by one .
  • Always run 2 light posts and back one between PT
  • Super 11 is where you start at one and go to 11, with each exercise
  • Once we reached 11, go back down to one
  • again, between exercises, running 2 Light posts and back one
  • mosey to the pull up bars
  • 4 sets of 5 pull ups
  • run a lap
  • mosey to the parking lot
  • suicides x1
  • millinnial sprint suicide x1
  • time was up!

MARY:
Insert information about any additional post-THANG work (if applicable).
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
14 pax
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Just one of those days where you don’t want to be or do. I was on Q of course but yesterday and today was just one of those days that I struggled to wake up and post at F3. But, the big BUTT! I could have stayed in my bed aka comfort zone but told myself that these are the times you need to suck it up and BE and DO!
MOLESKIN

i Figured we might have 6-8 guys….maybe that was me not feeling it and thought the rest of the guys would not be feeling it and not show up. I was DEAD WRONG! So glad I sucked it up and was there this morning! Not only did we have 6 guys Rucking but we had 14 men total for the F3 workout . So greatful for you guys and to know that you guys were there to embrace the suck with me!

Sometimes, it’s ok to not want to do or be but those are the times to really challenge yourself . AYE!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

Ring Around The Mosey

THE SCENE: Nice and Warm in the Upper 40s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x 15 IC

Cherry Pickers x 10 IC

Frankenstein Walk through parking lot

Walking Quad Stretch through parking lot

Walking side to side groin stretch through parking lot

THA-THANG:
We began with a mosey through the park.  We made sure to stay at a pace where everyone could stay relatively close together.

Stop 1 was at the Fountain and we did 10 Burpees OYO and held Al Gore until 6 up.

Continue the Mosey up the hill.

Stop 2 was at the top of the big hill at the back of the park and we did 20 merkins and 20 squats OYO.  Held Al Gore until 6 up.

Continue Mosey back down to Mt. Crumpet, which just so happened to be our 3rd stop.

At Mt. Crumpet, we did 5 ascents up the hill.

  • Ascent 1 was a bear crawl
  • Ascent 2 was a sprint
  • Ascent 3 was a bear crawl
  • Ascent 4 was a sprint
  • Ascent 5 was a bear crawl

Burpees OYO until 6 up.  Continued our ring around the mosey all the way around the park to the base of the hill that climbs to the grinder.  This was Stop #4.

We circled up and did a burpee circle of pain.  The circle held an Al Gore and we took turns doing a burpee until we reach 52 burpees, which was 4 rounds.  We sprinted the hill to the grinder and back.

Circle of pain merkins for same number as the burpees followed by a sprint to the burpees.

At this point, we had 7 minutes before I wanted to start Mary, so we just cashed out the beat down portion by doing an AMRAP of 5 Pull-Ups, 10 Merkins, 15 Squats.

MARY:
Flutter Kicks x 30 IC

Slutter Kicks x 20 IC

Hello Dollys x 15 IC

Cash Out last minute with LBCs.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
13 HIMs showed up to do some serious work.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
In Romans 12, the Bible tells us to strip off every weight that so easily entangles us and run with endurance.  That really gets me thinking about Jesus telling his disciples that they and we would face trials and tribulations, but to take heart because he overcame the world.

A lot of times, we get caught wanting life to be a nice, easy mosey through to the end, but that will NEVER be the case.  We serve a very real God, but we also fight a very real enemy who seeks to destroy us and our families.  Life is going to be hard and it will throw curve balls at you.  How you respond to the difficult times and the mentality with which you attack those difficult times can and will make or break you.

Jesus telling his disciples to take heart in today’s terms is him telling his disciples to keep a positive mindset.  Don’t ever let negativity creep in or come out of your mouth because it is like a cancer that will infect those around you as well.  I apologized to the group for any times that I let negativity come out of my mouth during beat downs and vowed to try not to do that anymore.  It may suck, but we are fighting and winning the battle to be our best self.

Run the race of life with endurance and always keep a positive mindset.
MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.