F3 Knoxville

Shamrock-Crescendo

AO: shamrock
Q: Anchorman
PAX: Lizzy, Crawlspace, slappy, Waxjob, Mermaid, Anchorman, Dumpster Dive (Brad Burnette), Flower Pot, Honeydew, Stitch
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
WARMUP:
Tie fighters
Run in circle, butt kick, high knees
Cherry pickers
Neck roll
Cobra / Down Dog
Pickle pointers

THE THANG:
Abs / Arms / Legs

25 – LBC single
25 – chest press
25 – CMU squats

50- LBC single
50 – chest press
50 – CMU squats

25 – windshield wipers
25 – tricep dips
25 – CMU Toe Merkins

50 – windshield wipers
50 – tricep dips
50 – CMU Toe Merkins

25 – Slow Freddie’s
25 – Curl presses
25 – Speed Skaters single ct

50 – Flutter Kicks
25 – Curl presses
50 – Speed Skaters single ct

Mosey to practice field and run suicides with a buddy to help push each other. Must stay together. We did every 10 yard line.

MARY:
Dealer’s choice

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Pray for Lizzy’s stepdad Ralph who is battling stage 4 cancer.

COT:

Psalm 107

Thus is a great chapter to study. It shows the progression of the human race and how followers of God will fall into sin or go through a hard season in life, cry out to God, he listens and reacts. Then we should follow up with praise and worship even when the outcome is not according to our will.

I challenge you to read the whole chapter and spend time asking God to reveal moments in your past or present that he wants you to reflect on. Write it out. Tell him how dark and hard it was. Document where you heard or felt God’s presence in that even if it was 20 years later when you felt redeemed by God.

Hearts and Farts

AO: shamrock
Q: Stitch
PAX: Mermaid, slappy, Dumpster Dive (Brad Burnette), Crawlspace, Swimmies (Nathan Chesney), Squatter, Voodoo
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WARMUP:
Grady Corns
Hairy Rockettes
Hallelujahs
SSH
Mountain Climbers
20 Merkins

THE THANG:
Mosey to Coupon pile. Grab a CMU.

25 Curls
25 OHP
25 Dips
50 Bench press
REPEAT

Mosey to the football field.

25 Mountain Climbers
25 Shoulder Taps
25 2 Ct Freddy Mercury’s
50 LBCs
REPEAT

Last 15 mins – 50 yd line Ultimate LED Frisbee. Team 1 (Stitch, Slappy, Swimmies, Crawlspace) takes the victory 6-4.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: March 7th – New AO launch in Clinton.
March 28 – Escape from Haw Ridge

COT:
I recently discovered this devotional book called The New City Catechism which is introduced by Tim Keller. If you know me, you know that I have a thirst for truth and knowledge, especially when it comes to the things of God and reality. Also, you know that I’m 50 and in order to pay respect to this old brain of mine, I have to keep it in working condition. That brings me to…

Catechisms. What are they?

Catechisms are statements of faith written in the form of questions and answers. Derived from the greek word katechein which means ‘to teach orally or to instruct by word of mouth”.

This book has 52 questions and answers, for 52 weeks of the year. It’s based on and adapted from some old reformation-era catechisms, which used to be very common to practice for Christian growth and training. They are divided into 3 parts: 1) God, creation and fall, law, 2) Christ, redemption, grace and 3) Spirit, restoration, growing in grace.

For example:

Q: What is our only hope in life and death?
A: That we are not our own but belong, body and soul, both in life and death, to God and to our Savior Jesus Christ.

Q: How can we be saved?
A: Only by faith in Jesus Christ and in his substitutionary atoning death on the cross; so even though we are guilty of having disobeyed God and are still inclined to all evil, nevertheless, God, without any merit of our own but only by pure grace, imputes to us the perfect righteousness of Christ when we repent and believe in him.

So, if you are a believer why not memorize some truths and solidify the foundations of your beliefs today? Memorize the new catechisms!

No PT

AO: shamruck
Q: Steam
PAX: Mermaid, Snaggletooth (Elijah Tafao), Eliza, Dumpster Dive (Brad Burnette), Crawlspace, Tonka, Fabio (Joe Hamilton), Flower Pot
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9 + 2 dogs
WARMUP
Stretching OYO

THE THANG
Ruck Route: footpathapp.com/routes/3482D7F5-1E52-4E59-AD0D-DED96870D77D

MARY
Curb to curb stretching + COT stretching

ANNOUNCEMENTS
– Check out the announcements channel (or your email inbox) for the latest edition of the Send Me newsletter, in which all of the upcoming events Mermaid mentioned will be located.
– Rucksgiving Challenge + Service Opportunity: Saturday, November 30th, 2024
– Check out the asylum-daybreak channel for more info in the pre-blast
– 6am – 8am

COT
“It is dangerous to live without your heart being captured by awe of God, because awe of God is quickly replaced by awe of you. “”

It is a daily battle,
one that is free of
physical weapons,
political parties,
and national boundaries.
It is a battle that has ben raging
since the garden
and will not stop until the war
is finally won.
This battle is not fought
between people,
it is fought
within people.
It is a much greater danger
to each of us
than war between nations
will ever be.
It is a battle of awe.
We were created to live in
a real,
heart-gripping,
agenda-setting,
behavior-forming
awe of God.
But other awes kidnap our hearts.
Awe of creation,
awe of other people,
and awe of ourselves
shove the awe of God
out of our hearts.
So we need grace to see again,
to tremble again,
and to bow down again
at the feet of the One who deserves
our awe.”-Paul David Tripp (New Morning Mercies)
– For further study and encouragement check out Exodus 19

You Olympics

AO: shamrock
Q: Stitch
PAX: slappy, Swifty, Dumpster Dive (Brad Burnette), LeBling, Crawlspace, Cobbler, Anchorman, Nadia (Aaron Jacques), Oscar Meyer, Skidmark, Stiff Arm
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WARMUP:
SSH
Grady Corns
Fat Guy/Little Coat
Imperial Walkers

THE THANG:
Mosey to the track

25 Merkins
25 Squats
25 Hello Dolly’s
25 SSH
5 Burpees
1 Lap around track
X4

Mosey back to COT

Wiffle Ball at the COT for 15 mins. 2 Teams. 3 pitches for each hitter. Tag, force or hit the runner with the ball = OUT. Batting team does the number of Burpees for each out they have. Defense does a Burpee for every run scored. HR = Hit ball over the parking lot.

COT:
It’s Back to School week! Summer is coming to a close for many and that means schedules and busyness are ramping up. Shopping, supplies, new classes, new activities, new routines, running from here to there. It can be overwhelming not only for our kids but for us.

Often, at times like this, we knuckle down and become uber self reliant. We plot and we plan and grind it out. We fill up our schedules, allowing them to dictate our rhythms or lack thereof. We almost create this sense of pride in our busyness.

“In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.” Isaiah the prophet wrote about Judah wanting to flee from the Assyrians and trust in Egypt for their protection. Egypt! The original oppressor. Instead of trusting in God’s sovereignty and plan, they created their own. “Stubborn children”, “adding sin to sin”, and “suffering shame and humiliation”.

They were unwilling. Isn’t that the human condition? I know I’m guilty of this. But “therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.”

So, a different time, place, people, and set of circumstances for sure! But, the same God still exists, 2700 years later. Do we stop? Do we listen and learn? When life comes at us faster than we are ready for it, do we rush to avoid or control it?

I challenge you today to be quiet. Wait. Breathe! Don’t max out your schedules. Make time for what’s important. For me, that’s time with God. It’s not my strength, but he’s so patient and gracious to me, it doesn’t have to be. What has he already revealed to me and how is that calling me to use wisdom and discernment? Be intentional to spend time with your spouse, kids, and friends. And, like Mermaid said last week, take care of yourself, seek help and reach out when you need it.

1st Q In My 30s – Track WOD

AO: shamrock
Q: Steam
PAX: Pom Pom, Base Salary, Curveball, Commission, Caveman, Dumpster Dive (Brad Burnette), Mermaid, Crawlspace, Skidmark, Lizzy, Smoked Pickle, Lil’ Spice, DeVito, Flower Pot, Stitch, Gringo, Twitch
FNGs: None
COUNT: 18
WARMUP
– Mountain Climber: 15×4
– Merkin: 15×4
– Imperial Walker: 15×4
– Rockette: 15×4
– 3 burpees

THE THANG
(Mosey to the track – via side entrance by the baseball field)
– Whiteboard on track

(1) Cash In Lap
– 15 iron mikes
– Run to the opposite side
– 15 dry docks
– End up back here

(2) 6 Laps
– 6 total laps
– Reps at each end of the track
– 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 = 6x
– Each round will have 1 X for both ends of the track. So in 1 full lap, you’ll hit two rep stations
– 1 — Burpees (5)
– 2 — Squats (10)
– 3 — Merkins (15)
– 4 — LBCs (20)
– 5 — Imperial Walkers (25)
– 6 — American Hammers (30)

(3) Cash Out Lap
– 15 Apollo Onos
– Run to the opposite site
– 15 Apollo Onos
– End up back here

Last lap — mosey the curves, sprint the straightaways

(Mosey back to the flag for Mary)

MARY
Core 4
– Flutter Kicks: 15×4
– Hello Dolly: 15×4
– LBC: 15×4
– Box Cutters: 15×4

ANNOUNCEMENTS
– Summer Convergence: UnCOVEred on 7.13.24
– uncovered-summer-convergence for more info
– Summer SWOLEstice — see Mermaid’s post in the f3knoxvillemain channel from yesterday
– Marine Corps Mud Run — August 31 in Maryville
– See Lizzy for more info

COT
“I wish the ring had never come to me,” said Frodo.
“So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

– Time is the only non-renewable resource — invest it well
– The investment of time we make in F3 furthers the mission, and we see the ripple effects in and outside of F3
– F3 has been a part of my life for close to a decade – and has changed, shaped, and molded me drastically. It’s a gift and privilege to be out here with you men.