F3 Knoxville

Speedway Kraken in the Storm

THE SCENE:  “It was a dark and stormy (morning)!”  We were soaked to the bone but it kept us cool!

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:

Gathered at the flag.
SSH x20; Tie Fighters x10 each leg; Cherry Pickers x10.
All done IC.

THA-THANG:
Moseyed down the parking lot to other side of church in the pouring rain where the 8 stations of the KRAKEN were set up in a large circle around the parking lot.  Pax spread out at different stations and as they completed the exercise, they would run the whole circuit before going to the next station in a clockwise rotation.  Rinse and repeat.

Kraken stations were as follows:

  • 10 hand release Merkins
  • 20 mountain climbers (2 count)
  • 10 Iron rockets (2 count)
  • 20 leg lifts
  • 10 Carolina dry docks
  • 20 Imperial storm kickers (2 count)
  • 10 Burpees
  • 20 crunchy frogs

MARY:
Moseyed back to the flag.  We didn’t have a whole lot of time left so we just held squat for time.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Proverbs 11:10-11
“When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices; when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.  Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed.”

We all have “cities” that God has placed us in charge of: our employees, our families, our circles of influence.  Through our actions and our words, we can build up and bless our “cities” or we can destroy them.  We can tear down people and destroy them with our words and inflict generational curses on our children, or we can be a blessing to them and build them up and help them to prosper.

Let’s choose to lead our “cities” well today and build them up through our words and actions, so that they will see Christ in us.

MOLESKIN:
Rep Sleepy’s mom – in hospital.
Pennies – traveling to Florida this coming weekend.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • Bible study at Food City – Wednesday at 6am led by Doppelganger and Cow Patty.
  • Breakfast at Rep Sleepy’s after Saturday’s beatdown.  Sign up on Slack.
  • Work day at Cerebral Palsy Center – August 6 starting at 7am.
  • Run with HOPE on 8/20.  Shenanigans is putting together a team.  Sign up to support Hope Resource Center.

Sheep and Voices

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

SSH x 20, Cherry Pickers x 10, Stretching

THA-THANG:
My version of Cut-A-Flip – 4 groups of 2 exercises. Partnered up. One partner does one exercise in the group while other partner does other exercise then swap. After each round is complete, take a mosey around the playground area and do next set.

  • Dive Bombers / WWII or BBSU (10 each)
  • Overhead Press / Goblet Squats (20 each)
  • Dips / Leg Raises (20 each)
  • Curls / Calf Raises (20 each)

MARY:
LBC’s x 25 OYO, Flutter Kicks x 20

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Doctor, Cow Patty, Pennies, Halfday, Shenanigans, Burnout, Rep Sleepy, Master, Trousers
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Read John 10:1-18
MOLESKIN:
We are compared very often in the Bible to sheep. Sheep are dumb! They wander off from their herd alone and get themselves into all kinds of trouble. A lone sheep has no protection and is easily picked off by a predator. We as men can easily become that lone sheep, coming to think of ourselves as a lone wolf in this world and having unrealistic expectations of ourselves to be strong, not letting anyone hold us accountable or see us vulnerable, and not depending on a group to build each other up. That is dumb thinking! God did not design His bride to operate that way.

Be careful men who you are listening to and whose voice you allow to speak into your life. There is one voice that should drown all others, and that voice is God’s alone. When we allow other voices to take precedent, we can get ourselves in a mess very quickly. Does God use other people to speak into our lives? Absolutely, and thanks be to Him for those people! Does our enemy also use people to accomplish his ends and lead us astray? Absolutely. God has used many people to speak into my life and share wisdom, but ultimately that wisdom came from God. I was laying floor down in my house and God taught me a lesson about listening to my wife, and there’s nothing quite like getting called out by your kids for your own bad behavior or hypocrisy. Faithful are the wounds of a friend. I have been convicted many times when scolding my children, and as the words came out of my mouth, I realized how I have done that exact same thing. I have had other voices I have listened to, namely my own, that have resulted in hurting myself and others, missed opportunities, and outright sin. This includes my struggle with suicidal thoughts, which I have dealt with since I was 12. I understand it’s not from God, and the enemy wants to take me out. I realize life isn’t easy, and we are in a fight. Fight the good fight of faith, my brothers, and listen to God’s voice, which will never lead us astray.

Also, be careful about the voice you are being. If you are in Christ, you are His ambassador. Be an encouraging and faithful voice to those around you.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Post-workout breakfast at Rep Sleepy’s house on Saturday, July 16th. Scheduled Work Day at The Cerebral Palsy Center on Saturday, August 6th.

Two Faced

THE SCENE: ⚡Wet and stormy ⚡

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:
Danger Zone- Roughly 1 minute each of SSH, high knees and butt kicks to the Danger Zone by Kenny Loggins. Each time the words “Danger Zone” are uttered you do a burpee.

THA-THANG: Performed in teams. In this case with three teams of 3 and one team of 2. Parking lot setup with cones in a roughly 400m loop with 4 stations setup along the loop. Three CMU’s, a coin and workout list placed at the 4 stations. Each team starts at a station. One team member flips a coin and everyone does the workout listed on the paper based on if the coin lands on heads or tails. If you get to a station and another team is there bypass the station and proceed to the next open station. Station workouts as follows:

  • Station 1: Heads- Merkins x20 / Tails- Manmaker Merkins x20
  • Station 2: Heads- BBS x20 / Tails- BBW w/CMU x20
  • Station 3: Heads- Burpees x20 / Tails- Blockees x20
  • Station 4: Heads- Carolina Dry Docks x20 / Tails- CMU overhead press x20

MARY: Burpees x25 and light stretching

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA: 11 HIMs- Streaker, Cow Patty, Doppleganger, Doctor, Rep Sleepy, Pennies, Shenanigans, Banjo, Trousers, Halfday and Shocker

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM: Do what you don’t like (Romans 7:15)

MOLESKIN: Prayer Requests- Gibson family, Doppleganger’s grandfather and Streaker traveling

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Breakfast at Rep Sleepy’s on 7/16 and workday at the Cerebral Palsy Center on 8/6

Roll your adventure

THE SCENE: Warm, muggy… normal east TN morning.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

1. I am not a professional

2. You are participating at your own risk

3. You are responsible for your own wellbeing

4. You are here voluntarily, and you are not paying to be her

5. Know your limits and do the best you can


WARM-O-RAMA

  • cherry pickers IC x 5
  • side straddle hops IC x 20
  • Tie fighter  F/B IC x 20

THA-THANG:

7 stations. 6 stations with a different exercise at each one.  At #7 roll dice to determine how far back you go and how you travel back. Travel back via alligator merkin, bear crawl, crab walk or lunge. Work your way back through each station and roll again. Continue to repeat until time.  Roll a double mosey to the pull up bars for 10x then return to start. 

stations

1. CPR’s 20x

2. Australian snow angel 20x

3. War Hammer 20x

4. 4×4’s 10x 

5. Air Drama 20x 

6. High plank 60x

 

MARY:
Penguin taps IC x 10

Flutter kicks IC x 20

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
13 HIMs with 1 FNG a.k.a. Locker Room

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Don’t put God in a box

“Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,”

‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭3:20‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Beer mile moved to Sept 10

A spin on Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes

THE SCENE: 65 degrees and pleasant.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH X 10, tempo Carolina Dry Docks X 5, Cherry Pickers X 5
THA-THANG:

With cones set in a line marking starting locations, do exercises with 5 reps at each location. When finished with the 5th location, mosey back to the start and repeat. Increase reps by 5 for each round. Go at own pace until time.

With CMU:

  • Thrusters
  • Curls
  • Goblet Squats
  • Jumping Calf Raises
  • Burpees

Without CMU:

  • Carolina Dry Docks
  • 4 tap Merkins
  • Big Boy Sit-ups
  • Plank Jacks
  • Burpees

MARY:
Stretching, LBCs for time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Something is leading you and your family. It may be media, culture, etc. For many of us, leadership is a passive thing we put on other people. That is not what we are called to do as men. We are to be leaders in our community and especially our families. It needs to be intentional with a mission and vision for what leadership looks like. For me, leading means following Jesus.
MOLESKIN:
“Leading Your Family Like Jesus” Ken Blanchard, et.al (2013).
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • Convergence at JUCO on 7-2
  • F3 Speedway shirts are available. Please order by 6-29 if interested.
  • 2.0 workout at Bombshelter at 8:15 this Saturday. All children are welcome. Workout will be modified for them.