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The Hope Within You

THE SCENE: dry, cool, and perfect for a beat down.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
20 SSH, 15 Mountain climbers, 10 tempo merkins, 15 Moroccan night club, 15 Imperial walkers, 10 tempo squats, 5 cherry pickers
THA-THANG:
Mosey to our beloved JUCOmanjaro. Do the following exercises sequentially, one at every other line.

  • 10 burpees
  • 25 merkins
  • 25 squats
  • 25, 2-ct flutter kicks

AMRAP all the way to the top.

Mosey back down to the strip mall. Each corner will be an exercise location. Run down the long ends and bear crawl the short ones.

  • 10 burpees
  • 25 diamond merkins
  • 26 lunges
  • 25 heels to Heaven

Repeat until time is called.

MARY:
Merkin ring of fire. LBCs, gas pumpers, 6″ LBCs.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 with a late Rucker arrival.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
If you are anything like YHC, you may find yourself with a bad attitude. There may be a good excuse for that bad attitude: “it’s been a tough day”, “that guy just cut me off”, “there are too many things on my plate at work”, etc. The list could go on and on. However, if one is in Christ, they truly don’t an acceptable excuse for a bad attitude because we have hope. We have hope in eternity when this life is over.

“Who is there to harm you if you prove zealous for what is good? But even if you should suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed. And do not fear their intimidation, and do not be troubled, but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence;” 1 Peter 3:13‭-‬15 NASB1995

Let’s do our best to let that hope we have within bubble over into our everyday lives so that others may want to know about Jesus.

MOLESKIN:
JUCOmanjaro…always a pleasure. We should visit more often.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Q101 at the Project on Saturday, VQ week of Valentine’s day, Escape from Haw Ridge coming up in April.

Simple…. beatdown

THE SCENE: 49 degrees and foggy
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: was given  to the 13 Hims and four 2.0s that showed up.
WARM-O-RAMA:
10.SSH 10. BBSU. 10 floor wipers 10 tempo merkins

THA-THANG:   The PAX each picked a station.. complete the workout,  then run a lap around senior center then move to next station

  • Rainmaker: 20 little baby arm circle, 10 second hold, 20 side fist clinches, 20 forward arm circle,  10 second could hold, 20 forward fist clinches, 20 overhead arm circle, 10 second count hold, 20 overhead fist clinches,
  • Gladiator: 10 Lunges, 4 jumping Lunges, 10 squats, 10 shoulder taps, 10 slow mountain climbers,  4 merkins, 4 commando
  • Ninja warrior: 20 jumping Lunges, 20 mountain climbers, 20 jumping Lunges,  max pull-ups, max leg raises, 40 burpees with jump knees tuck.
  • Ironman: 30 SSH, 20 Squats, 10 cross punch merkins, 10 planks with rotation, 10 elbow plank arm lift, 6 merkins, 12 wall mountain climbers, 12 doorframe rows.
  • Super Saiyan: 4 wide grip merkin, 6 merkin, 4 raised leg merkin, 60 punches, 40 turning kicks, 30 high knees, 10 set ups, 10 leg raises, 10 sitting twist.
  • Bruce lee abs : 20 reps of American twist, leg raises, crunches, heel touches,  modified V-ups, hundreds.

MARY:

Move to the beat. Stop drop roll.  Did SSH until you heard stop=plank hold,  drop=merkin, roll= roll

Box cutters, Awkward turtles, Flutter kicks.

 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Jeremiah 29:11 NKJV
This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil,
Hebrews 6:19 NKJV
Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
Romans 5:5 NKJV

Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart, All you who hope in the Lord.
Psalms 31:24 NKJV

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.
Proverbs 13:12

MOLESKIN:
While living on this earth we will always hope for things… sometimes those things are temporary and others eternal.

  1. Just remember that God is our living hope.. and is building a place for us to have eternal bliss..  so while we are waiting,  remember he gave us his spirit to give us some kind of comfort and keep hope burning.
    ANNOUNCEMENTS:
    . Q101 On Saturday at the project DM Mathlete

. Hike on Friday  DM Slappy

. VQ week Feb 11th

The Perfect Gift: Time

THE SCENE: Clear and a crisp 28 degrees
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER 
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH-cadence x 20
Arm circles-cadence each direction x 16
Cherry pickers x 10
30 sec on own

THA-THANG:

Mosey to open square with short wall

  • Dips x 20
  • step ups x 20
  • Heels to heaven x 20

Mosey to back hill/circle drive, 3 corners Pyramid over and back

1st and 3rd corner

  • 5 burpees
  • 10 Merkins
  • 15 BBS
  • 20 squats

Top of Pyramid

  • 20 squats
  • 15 BBS
  • 10 Merkins
  • 5 burpees

Mosey to Coupon pile

  • Overhead press with CMU/coupon x 20
  • Stairs up, core exercise of choice, stairs down
  • Swings with CMU/coupon x 20
  • Stairs up, core exercise of choice, stairs down
  • Heavy Squats x 20

Mosey to parking lot

  • 10 calf raises on curb
  • Run to first line, 5 burpees, back to curb, 10 calf raises
  • Run to 2nd line, 10 merkins, back to curb, 10 calf raises
  • Run to 3rd line, 15 BBS, back to curb, 10 calf raises
  • Run to 4th line, 20 squats, back to curb, 10 calf raises

Mosey to flag

  • Flutter kicks x 20
  • Hello dolly x 20
  • Pickle poppers until time

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Went through story of book by CFA

The reason I tell that story is to help illustrate how our time can be the perfect gift. There are only 24 hours in a day so how we spend our time is important. It doesn’t matter how much we make or how much stuff we have, our time is limited.

So I have 3 challenges to put out there:

  • Be more intentional/present in current situations. Easiest and doesn’t require sacrificing time
  • Find someone (friend/family) to spend more time with
  • More time in the word-study the Bible, not just read

James 4: 13-14

Come now, you who says, “Today or tomorrow we will travel to such and such a city and spend a year there and do business and make a profit.” Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring – what your life will be! For you are like a vapor that appears for a little while, then vanishes

Leave you with this quote from C.T. Studd, England’s most famous Cricketer. Most famous cricket player at the time and quit to become a missionary

“Only one life, ‘twill soon be past; only what’s done for Christ will last” –

MOLESKIN:
My first VQ. Thanks to all who came out and enjoyed the gloom with me.

Captivating

THE SCENE: Some sweet gloom, 30s and drizzle with a little sleet to finish!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH
  • LBACs
  • Moroccan nightclubs
  • Grady corn
  • Tempo Squats
  • Hairy Rockettes
  • Projectivators

THA-THANG:

  • Mosey to the recruiting center
  • Stations – Work for 50s / Rest and move 20s
    • Big Bertha – swings/OHP
    • Tire Flip/ Sledge hammer
    • Black Betty – Dead lift/Rows
    • Golden Arches/Lunges
    • Curls/Tri-extensions
    • Heavy Step ups/Derkins
    • Heavy BBS/Flutters
    • Flappers/Clappers
    • Slam Ball – Slam and Hi-throw
    • Jump Rope – speed / doubles
    • Core station – Flutter kicks / Plank
    • Kettlebell – Halos/Halos
  • RTF

 

MARY:
Dealer’s choice in the sleet: LBCs, Heel touches, Prone Rows, (whatever Ocho called), Basilisk, Shoulder Taps, and Burpees to finish from Noisy Cricket!
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
2.0 – Traxis
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

My son recently started reading a new book series called Redwall. It comes highly recommended from a few different folks, so I am sure it is good. One of the books was laying on the floor, and a word on the back cover caught my eye. “Welcome to the captivating world of Redwall”. Captivating. Somehow in that moment, the root of that word was really clear to me – captive. It’s funny sometimes how two closely related words can have totally opposite meanings. Awe and Awful and Awesome. Terror and Terrific. Captive and Captivating.

And I know that is likely to be a good description for my son. When he finds a book he wants to read, he is truly a captive. It often requires a bit of forcefulness to get him free of it, even for the simplest things. But that’s not unique to him, I have the same experience, just with different things. But it’s not my instinct to think of positive things when I hear the word captive. My mind goes to ropes, chains, and bars. But I think it is much more common to be held captive by a pleasure than by force. Pointing at addictive substances is an obvious move here. But our colorful light boxes capture our attention much more often and effectively. Heck it’s pretty much impossible to consume alcohol in the quantity that I have consumed a tv series. Two packs a day hardly compares to the frequency that my phone captures my eyes.

The apostle Paul knew well that our fate is captivity, whether we like it or not. We will be captive, the only question is to What? Romans 6 ends with a classic memory verse, but hear the lead up:

16Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching that has now claimed your allegiance. 18You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.

19I am using an example from everyday life because of your human limitations. Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness leading to holiness. 20When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness. 21What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death! 22But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. 23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

I said the question is What will you be a slave to, but perhaps a better question is To Whom?
MOLESKIN:
Had to add a couple stations because we had such a showing! Developed some mental toughness doing Mary in the sleet.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Q101 on Feb 4, VQ week Feb 13-18, Cardinal Shirt Order on Slack, CPR Training, Escape from Haw Ridge and Hardship Hill planning is going strong – get involved!

In Tents Rain

THE SCENE: pouring rain, 40°
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Delivered
WARM-O-RAMA:
Grasshopper, Baby Arm Circles, Harry Rockets, 8 Count merkins (not as good as Butterknives counting Monday)
THA-THANG:
Quickly ran for cover in the ‘circus’ tent behind the building that makes an appearance in nearly every picture.

While one HIM did a farmer carry around the building (lap 1), around the tent (lap 2) and rifle carry down the stairs and back) the remaining HIM’s did rounds of the following

Since last week there was so much moaning about abs, we did more:

Cross Knee Planks, Heavy American Hammer, Torture Tucks, Heavy Big boys. CMU paddleboats, 1 Up 2 Down (Really slow, really big flutter)

Then Legs: Heavy Squats, Wall Kicks (minus the wall), Bonnie Blair, 4 Way lunge

Then we switched to Arms: Curls, Merkins, Dry Docks, Donkey Kicks

Finally we rolled some 8 sided dice for more core, arms and legs.

MARY:
No time for it and it was really dang wet.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

I am not a professional …. and that applies to this topic as well.  I am NOT a therapist.
I’m not good at Loss, Lament or Listening.  But we are out here to get better where we are weak.  No man left where he is, right?

We are good at some aspects of grief – I’m so proud of how F3 Knoxville has collectively mourned the loss of Cardinal.  We are good a doing grief. 170 show up for a memorial workout. GoFundMe climbs to 100k in a week.  We buy t shirts. Make videos.
But we are not good at verbalizing grief.  First to God. out loud. Nor are we good at sharing it with brothers.
“Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.”
Psalm 55:22 ESV

Next Level: be more like David.  Have the courage to ask questions we can’t answer and ask them with someone hurting.
“Why, O Lord, do you stand far away? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
Psalm 10:1 ESV
Can it get awkward?  Yes.  Lean into that.
What if I say the wrong things? What if I forget? that information is a burden. What if I can’t carry it?
What if I don’t have the right response – (they are not looking for a response – they are looking for connection.)
What if I make them cry? What if I cry? How do you hold it together? YOU DON’T!
We have that point of connection in Christ. Sin keeps us from being able to connect… but as we journey closer to Christ, less obstruction, more connection, more healing.
I don’t know what “science” says about growing your EQ… but in Christ, your ability to Empathize will grow. We have the Holy Spirit.
It’s what I want to work on. By God’s grace we all can become better listeners. Better at Loss and better at Lament with one another.

MOLESKIN:
Continued prayers for Andrea, Cardinal Jr and Evie.  Prayers for Jen and Rob as they have 9yr old John’s funeral Thursday

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
VQ from Trash Panda on Friday!