F3 Knoxville

Tag: Espy

Sorta like hot yoga

THE SCENE: Felt kinda warm. Sauna-ish. Lot of moisture.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
All 4ct in Cadence: 20 SSH, 15 Knee Taps, 10 Imp Walkers, 5 cherry pickers. 

THA-THANG:
Slingshot to Mount Suckmore: Partner 1 carries 2 CMUs toward mount suckmore. Partner 2 does 10 burpees and then runs to catch partner 1. Switch jobs then rinse and repeat.

At Suckmore: reps are 5, 10, 15, 20, 15, 10, 5 (if you can make it that far). Curls and CMU swings at the bottom. Big Boy Sit-ups and 2ct Knee taps at the top.

MARY:
Run back to AO. At AO Block overhead for 20 4ct Flutter kicks, 20 4ct hello dolly, 20 4ct superman, 20 4ct squats. 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 PAX

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
3 seemingly unrelated things: My Dad, My Mailbox, and Aristotle.

My Dad. My Dad is a really hard worker, and there were many a day where he was working long hours at a labor intensive job and would come home and put in even more hours of back breaking work on various things around the house to make it so we could live a good life. I’m super grateful and learned more from him and internalized those lessons probably even more than he realizes. For example, I worked all day on a dang mailbox this weekend.

My Mailbox. It seemed like every single step of putting this mailbox together was thwarted in one way or another. Even stuff that used to work kept breaking down and I don’t know why. So I had to problem solve almost every step. And even though I didn’t do it exactly the way my dad would do it, upon reflection, I see a lot of his lessons helping me get the job done and sticking with it until it was finally done.

Aristotle. For all the virtue of my Dad’s work ethic, there were some points where he takes it too far. He still has a hard time turning it off. He often has literal beaver instincts and cannot rest until he’s fix this thing or other and often over fixes it to the Nth degree. That’s why Aristotle comes to mind. He said that ever virtue lies between two vices. There is the vice of slothfulness and then the vice of overworking yourself. There were many times that my Dad lost out on really good family opportunities because he simply couldn’t set aside his work. I find myself slipping into that too. Letting projects so consume me and frustrate me that everyone in the family feels my frustration and can’t have a good time.

I think we all need to take a lesson from these 3 things. 1) perseverance is needed and best learned from those willing to endure suffering with us and for us. 2) use the lessons our parents gave us and pass them down to the benefit of the next generation, even if that means they are simply able to put a mailbox together. 3) find the amount of work and the amount of rest that is appropriate for you, your situation, and your family. Work is important, but it isn’t everything.

MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Don’t forget about the July 2 convergence and the 2.0 workout on June 25 at 8:15am at the Bombshelter.

Didn’t feel like running

THE SCENE: Extra moisty
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Cherry pickers, tempo squats, side by side merkins
THA-THANG:
6 total movements laid out down the grinder. Complete the circuit and run the short loop.

10 single leg lawnmower pulls w CMU

20 WW2s

30 side by side merkins

40 LBCs

50 Squats

60 each curls and skull crushers

We got two rounds in then played PAX roulette with CMUs

MARY:
Ain’t nobody got time for Mary this morning
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Espy, hydrant, drifter, Yosemite, nailed it
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
God gave us loneliness so that we would pursue Him. Don’t satisfy your loneliness with cheap fixes, spend time with the Lord instead. (Got this from a book we are studying called The Voice of the Heart by Chip Dodd)
MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence on 7/2. Be there!

Carry the Fire

THE SCENE: Humid, No Breeze, Beautiful Sunrise
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Side-Straddle Hops – 15 in cadence
  • Temp Squats – 10 in cadence
  • Arm circles – 10 in cadence

THA-THANG:
“Carry the fire”

AMRAP MINI MURPH

  • 10 pull-ups
  • 15 merkins
  • 20 squats
  • Run Apex Loop
  • 1 CMU was “the fire” – CMU could not touch the ground and had to keep moving. Once it made a loop, another man had to carry it

MARY:

  • Timed planks
  • LBCs

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

  • Carry the fire – reference to the book, “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy
  • Read John 1:4,5
  • Read Matthew 5:14-16
  • Through discouragement, doubt, anger and fear in this world, we have the opportunity to continue to carry the fire. We hold the fire in the darkest places. We carry it for out family. We carry it for our brothers. The darkness cannot overcome it.

MOLESKIN:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

12 Sides of Mayhem

THE SCENE: Warm, 60’s almost perfect gloom.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH X 10

LBAC forward and backwards x 10.

Little of This.

Little of that.
THA-THANG:
We partnered up, and each group received a 12 sided di. While one partner did the workout from the dice, the other alternated between goblet squats and curls. The exercises and destination were determined by fate.

  • Take your block with you, and carry it up the stairs 5 times – 1
  • 10 CMU pull-through merkins at the apex – 2
  • 15 curls for the girls at the troll end of the troll bridge -3
  • 20 Grave diggers at the tennis courts – 4
  • 25 CMU Big Boys at the Playground – 5
  • 30 Overhead press on the Grinder – 6
  • 25 Skullcrushers at the swings – 7
  • 20 American Hammers at the Flags – 8.
  • 15 CMU Step ups (single count) Bench of your choice – 9
  • 10 Blockees at the Apex – 10.
  • 5 Derkins on the CMU, your location of choice – 11
  • Open the box, complete the directions, don’t tell the others – 12.
  • In the box were directions to overhead press x 10 for each stair working up the stairs at the end of the grinder.

MARY:
Tempo Overhead Press x 10.

CMU up flutter kicks x 9.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Use the TAGS on right-side to record PAX (BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOURSELF) in attendance. Be sure to select the AO in CATEGORY above TAGS and then delete these notes!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Reflected on this this quote: “You cannot passively train your children in the way they should go. They will not pick up on the doctrine of God by instinct. Be more than their caretaker. Be their teacher.” ~ Matt Chandler and Adam Griffin in “Family Discipleship.”
MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

Thunderstruck and 7’s on Butterbilly Hill

THE SCENE: Pleasant but humidity started creeping in this week
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, Cherrypickers, Thunderstruck Burpees
THA-THANG:
Grab the CMUs and head for Butterbillly Hill. 7’s once we got there,Big boys at the bottom and blockies at the top

MARY:
We ran out of time for another round of thunderstruck so it was ab work via pax roulette
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

shared this Tim Keller quote: To the degree you truly behold
gaze at, grasp, relish, internalize, rejoice in – the Gospel, to that degree the fears of your life will be undermined.

MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.