F3 Knoxville

[mountainbiking] I.C. King Wednesday Night Ride

AO: mountainbiking
Q: Imaginary
PAX: Billy Goat, Sambo, Abscess, Repeat (Todd Reynolds), Frosty, Tank (Chris DeFranco), Collarbone
FNGs: 1 Collarbone
COUNT: 8
Just over 8 miles around I.C. King in beautiful weather. Trails were in great condition except a little mud on Rock City. Group rode most of the trails including all 3 hills on the south side and got in a good workout. Flashback came for COT and fellowship to discuss AL trip.

Welcome FNG Collarbone (Clarke Wilson). I’ve been good friends with Collarbone for over 25 years and we really enjoy biking together.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Alabama trip is a go

COT:
Rejoicing in God’s Love
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life.
John 3:16
What a gift: God sent to us his own Son to share in our humanity and deliver us from the consequences of our sins and save us. This isn’t a gift granted to us as anonymous persons. God knows each of us individually, by name, and sent Jesus for us.
We should live as though that were true. I recently heard a podcast talking about how often we compare ourselves to someone doing better (looking up), but we should be grateful for what we have and look at the vast majority of mankind that doesn’t have it as well as we do in lovely East TN. Let’s live and lead as if that were true.

[mountainbiking] Haw Ridge OTB Ride

AO: mountainbiking
Q: Billy Goat , Sambo
PAX: Borg, Abscess, Frosty, Imaginary
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
Great 8 mile ride on some lessor used trails at Haw Ridge. The weather was cool and crisp with half the ride in daylight and half in the dark. Welcome to Chainbreakers weeknight biking Borg

ANNOUNCEMENTS: AO official launch is March 4th

Thurs 7-14-22 at Dog Pound – We have pull-up bars??

THE SCENE: Full moon, still air, damp
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

Done, including the 5 pillars

WARM-O-RAMA:
Feet together – touch toes and hold for 20s.  SSH IC x 15.  Moving Imperial Walkers up to the road.  10 Lateral Plank walks to the left, then 10 to the right.  Mosey to the Back Bone for today’s BD.
THA-THANG:
PAX use various forms of movement between 3 stations, each with it’s own prescribed movement:

1 – Pull-Up / Merkin 11’s – perform one Pull-Up / Merkin super-set (starting reps = 10/1)

  • Crawl Bear downhill to the cones

2 – 10 Reverse Crunches

  • Sprint up the hill to the next set of cones

3 – 10 lunges (5 each leg); 10 downhill facing Squats

  • Mosey back to Back Bone for next Pull-Up / Merkin set

Once a PAX completes his last Pull-Up / Merkin set (1/10), he proceeds to the 2nd station to join in with whoever he finds there, and completes the workout with them at their pace.

MARY:
Indian Run back to the AO
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
14, including 2 down-rangers – Boomer (Tuscaloosa) and Walter (London)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

We must be diligent in the spiritual warfare that wages on every day, especially as it relates to our children and online media.  This is not something to be trifled with.  Our children’s innocence is not something to be laid on the line in exchange for our own personal convenience.
MOLESKIN:
The Common Sense Census: Media Use by Kids Age Zero to Eight – https://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/research/report/2020_zero_to_eight_census_final_web.pdf

– Some Stats:

  • According to the census report, kids watch an average of 39 minutes a day of online videos, more than double the amount of time devoted to online videos in 2017, when the survey was last conducted.  34% of children 8 and under watch online videos every day.  46% of 2-to-4 year olds and 67% of 5-to-8 year olds have their own mobile device (tablet or smart phone)
  • When looking at the sample of online videos viewed on YouTube, 95% of early childhood videos included some for of advertising, and one in five videos viewed by children 8 and under contained ads that were not age-appropriate.  Inappropriate ads ranged from violent video games, lingerie, alcohol, and politics.  Even in age-appropriate videos, inappropriate ads appeared 9% – 22% of the time.
  • The study also found that young children are primarily watching entertainment, not education content.  Almost a quarter of videos were classified as educational, thought most only touched on basic educational concepts, or filled the videos with toys or vicarious experiences.  Only about 4% of videos had a high educational value, meaning they taught topics at a developmentally appropriate level and went beyond simple or surface concepts.  Roughly three-quarters of videos children watched have weak or no educational value.
  • The amount of content is almost unfathomable, and YouTube isn’t monitoring it because there’s no way that they could be.  500 hours of content is uploaded every minute of every day.
  • The risk/reward of giving a young child access to YouTube is way out of whack

1 Peter 5:8 – Be sober-minded; be watchful.  Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

Phillipians 4:8 – Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
August 6 service opportunity – work day at the Cerebral Palsy Center near downtown

Birthday Q

THE SCENE: Warm, yet cool morning.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Some stretching with SSH mixed in.
THA-THANG:

36 of Everythang with a lap around the island every time

Merkins, Wide Merkins, Close Merkins, Dry Docks, Lunges, Side Lunges, Squats, Superman, Skaters, Flamingos, Calf Raises and LBC’s

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Its been almost 5 months since I’ve been able to really join you men.  Something has been missing in my life and its been F3 this whole time. Glad to be back in the gloom with all of you.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Don’t forget the convergence on July 2nd. Please sign up if you are attending. Also, Earmuffs is going to be a grandpa. Blindside is working on the Dr. thing and pray for Sarah.