F3 Knoxville

Walls of Jericho

THE SCENE: High 50s and perfect

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH – 25, BAC – 10 , church lap

THA-THANG:
Walls of Jericho

  • Peoples Chair
  • Blockees
  • Diamond Merkins
  • Dips
  • Military style Merkins
  • Imperial Walkers
  • Lawn Mowers

MARY:
LBC

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Halfday, Cow Patty, Shoelaces, Grouch, Rep Sleepy, Streaker, Doppelgänger, Shenanigans, Doctor, and Trousers
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Read Joshua 6:1-5

God may ask us to do something that makes absolutely no sense to us, but it doesn’t matter. We trust His commands and the outcome is up to Him. He has called us simply to be obedient.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Takin a Left Turn

THE SCENE: 59 Degrees with a view of the mountains
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH – ICx15
Tempo Squat – ICx13
Merkins – ICx10

THA-THANG:

Pax start with a 20yd bear crawl and then enter the beatdown zone where they complete the exercise prior to running a 400m around the church; returning to the 20yd bear crawl. Rinse and Repeat.
Example – 1st Round
Bear crawl, 25 Merkins, Run 400m
Bear crawl, 30 Merkins, Run 400m
Round 2
Bear crawl, 25 BBS, Run 400m
Bear crawl, 30 BBS, Run 400m

  • Bear Crawl x10 (4ct)
  • Merkins x25
  • Run 400m
  • Bear Crawl x10 (4ct)
  • Merkins x30
  • Run 400m
  • Bear Crawl x10 (4ct)
  • BBS x25
  • Run 400m
  • Bear Crawl x10 (4ct)
  • BBS x30
  • Run 400m
  • Bear Crawl x10 (4ct)
  • Burpees x10
  • Run 400m
  • Bear Crawl x10 (4ct)
  • Burpees x20
  • Run 400m
  • Bear Crawl x10 (4ct)
  • Squat x25
  • Run 400m
  • Bear Crawl x10 (4ct)
  • Squat x30
  • Run 400m
  • Bear Crawl x10 (4ct)
  • V-up x15
  • Run 400m
  • Bear Crawl x25 (4ct)
  • V-Up x20
  • Run 400m

MARY:
Pax jumped in with the 6 to help out in time remaining
Held planks for 6 to return
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
12 Pax
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Shared a bit about the impact F3 has had on my life in regards to the bonds that are created between men when they are tested. When you put in the work, get the job done and go at it with a battle buddy. The relationship is stronger than a typical relationship. Trust your fellow HIMs, put in the daily work and be there for them. The bond is everything.

MOLESKIN:
Great spot for an AO. Mountain view at the end of the beatdown was pretty epic. Great group of guys. They even know how to mumble chatter already! Moses approved…All 12 put in the work and all 12 left with their first victory of the day.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Grouch is 40 today, Happy Birthday!  Support him as he leads the Bomb Shelter crew this Saturday.

Speedway Square Dance and Box Dodge

THE SCENE: Very nice!  Mid 50s and clear skies
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x25, Windmills x10, Cherry Pickers x5
THA-THANG:
Square Dance (put CMU at second cone) – this was done as a group and if you finished early, you held a plank until all were done

  • First cone – Iron Mikes x10 per leg, Burpees x10, American Hammers x10 per side
  • Bear Crawl to second cone (~ 30 feet)
  • Second cone – CMU Big Boy Situps x20, Bent over Rows x20, CMU Squat Thursters x20
  • Murder Bunny w/CMU to third cone (~ 30 feet)
  • Third cone – CMU Curls x30, CMU Skull Crushers (tricep extensions) x30, CMU LBCs x30
  • Lunges w/ CMU to fourth cone (~ 30 feet)
  • Fourth cone – Goblet squats w/ CMU x20, Toe Merkins x20, Flutter Kicks (x20 per leg)
  • Inchworm (no CMU) back to first cone

11s

  • Box Jumps
  • Dips

Box Dodge

Every HIM has a puzzle box approximately 1 ft x 1 ft size.  You have to hold the box above your head like a waiter at a restaurant when they carry their trays.  You can switch hands when shoulder starts to get tired.  You try to knock each others box out of each others hand.  Grid with 9 guys was about 366 ft x 36ft (playing space).  If you lose your box, you have to step out of the grid and do 5 burpees.  You cannot grab the box if someone knocks it but if you can stabilize it with your finger tips then you are good.  If it falls or you grab it, get on those burpees.

I have seen this done with pizza boxes and it is far more interesting because they are bigger but can be more easily stabilized.

MARY:
Modified Circle of Pain – every PAX on his 6, legs straight in the air, 1 PAX runs around and pulls legs towards ground, lies down back in spot and next person in circle repeats.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Halfday, Streaker, Trousers, Shoelaces, Rep Sleepy, Doppelganger, Pennies, Cow Patty, Grouch
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
No specific Biblical text but was watching The Chosen Season 1 Episode 8 when Yeshua was talking to the Samaritan woman at the well.  At one point she says, “You picked the wrong person.”  and “I’m rejected by others.” to which Yeshua says, “I know but not by the Messiah.”  While this is not in the Bible, it resonates tremendously in my spirit.  I am ashamedly guilty of judging a book by its cover but not YHWH.  He looks beyond what our eyes see and sees every person he created for who they really are.  We are never to be the judge in this world.  Yeshua called us to love and it is through our love that we show those around us how we are different.  Only when people ask should we offer our views and thoughts from a place of love rather than cramming them down peoples’ throats even though I am guilty of wanting to shake those who do not know, or willingly ignore, they are living apart from YHWH.  YHWH is the only true and righteous judge.  His ways are higher than ours and his thoughts are higher than ours.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Men’s Group with Doppelganger and Cow Patty and others at Food City at 6 AM.  Join them!

Convergence in July.

thespeedway crazy ladder

THE SCENE: Crisp, mid 50s and it was nice!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x11, Cherry Pickers x5, Tempo Big Boys x10, Mosey around made up circle :).
THA-THANG:

Note: Cones are approximately 10 yards apart.

  • Inchworm to 1st cone
  • Body Builders x10
  • Inchworm back to starting cone
  • Murder bunny to 2nd cone
  • Skull crushers x20
  • Murder bunny back to starting cone (leave CMU)
  • Bear crawl to 3rd cone
  • Big Boys x30
  • Bear crawl back to starting cone
  • Pick up CMU and walk with CMU above head to 4th cone
  • CMU curls x40
  • Run the circle that was ran during warm-o-rama (leave CMU at 4th cone)
  • Get your CMU on the way back
  • Repeat

MARY:
Australian Snow Angels x10, Tempo Squats with CMU x10, LBCs for time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Doppelganger, Cow Patty, Doctor, Pennies, Streaker, Blackwire (FNG), Waxjob, Halfday (FNG), Grouch
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Exodus 33:19 – “… And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.”

As disciples of Yeshua, we are called to love all.  Lovingly correct sinful behavior of fellow disciples and love those who do not hold themselves to the teachings of Christ and law of YHWH as a means to show them Christ.

As I struggle with wanting to shake people out of their sinful nature (mainly those who are not disciples of Christ), I am constantly reminded that it is not my job.  It is my job to love those individuals and let the light of YHWH show through the love I am showing those individuals and let YHWH take care of the rest.  He is in control of everything and his thoughts are higher than mine and his ways are higher than mine.  Loving people is not the same as condoning a person’s choices.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CSAUP at Haw Ridge on May 6 from 9 PM to midnight.  Teams can still register.

Bags full of Problems and a Grinder to Boot

THE SCENE: 60s light breeze. Pretty nice.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

20 SSH, 15 IC Merkins, 15 IC Squats, warm up jog.
THA-THANG:
Drifter’s part. Three teams.

Valley: One team carries all the crap (tires, flag, buckets of water, bags of rocks) from one end of the baseball field to the other. When they get there, they swap with the team on the hill. The crap just keeps going back and forth.

Hill 1: 10 4ct Bicycle kicks, bear crawl down the hill, 10 hand release t merkins, Burnie up the hill, repeat.

Hill 2: 10 box jumps, 10 chest to bar, 10 4ct mountain climbers

ESPY’s part.

Grab a CMU on the grinder

  • 10 CMU good mornings
  • Walking curls to next part
  • 15 blockees
  • Walking Skull crushers
  • 20 CMU squats
  • Melunges (which suck by the way)
  • 25 CMU press / 2ct flutter kicks
  • 30 merkins
  • Run the Apex loop
  • Grab your CMU and head back to start.

MARY:
Tempo merkins, Box cutters, flutter kicks

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
17 HIM
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Sometimes, we go through valleys in our lives. The crap and bags of problems don’t go away. Leaders grab a hold of that bag, and do what they can to help. And great Leaders come along side others to help them pull. ESPY is one of those leaders, and I (Drifter) am super excited to pass the AOQ flags over to ESPY. He and His family have often come along side me and mine in the midst of our valleys. I know he will continue to lift up those around him, but he needs us to take a handle of the bag too.
MOLESKIN:
N/A
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CSAUP on Friday. Get a team together.