F3 Knoxville

Cardinal VQ Workout @ JUCO – RIP

AO: juco
Q: Mailbox
PAX: Mathlete, Ike, Data, Wanderer, Pelican, Butterknife, Dart Gun, Erector, Guardrail, Lt. Dan, Mailbox, Windex
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
Performed Cardinals VQ workout

Spoke to the man Cardinal was, the community that f3 is and making the most of today as tomorrow isn’t promised.

Psalm 118:24

This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Sea Biscuit Treasure

AO: juco
Q: Wanderer
PAX: Lt. Dan, Love Shaq, Windex, Mailbox, Guardrail, Fetch
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WARMUP:
SSH, LBAC forward/back, tempo squat, harry rockets

THE THANG:
Mosey to the pond for a Sea Biscuit.
Start with the following PT:
– 10 Burpees
– 20 Merkins
– 30 Walking lunges

After PT run 1 short loop next to the pond. Continue with the following the pattern.
PT: 2 loops
PT: 3 Loops
PT: 2 loops
PT: 1 loop

We cut it short and hustled back to the flag. Arrived right on time.

COT:

My family does a word for the year. It’s kind of like a resolution, theme or something to work in for the year.

My word for this year is “Treasure”. It comes from Matthew 6 which we often refer to as some of the spiritual disciples. It talks about giving, prayer and fasting.
But when talking about these things it mentions many times treasure and reward, how do get treasure when doing them, what treasure lasts and what kind doesn’t last, etc. It talks about where to keep your treasure so it lasts, and isn’t stolen.
Be encouraged, God wants us to have treasure and he wants to give it to us.
So this year, stop being so generous and benevolent and be greedy with me. Lets go treasure hunting! :pirate_flag: :parrot:

“19 “”Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
“”20 “”But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.
“”21 “”For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
— Matthew 6″

Time is Limited

AO: juco
Q: Erector
PAX: Booster, Dart Gun, Butterknife, Mailbox, Love Shaq, Lt. Dan, Windex, Guardrail, Erector
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP: 15 SSH, 15 mountain climbers, 10 tempo merkins, 15 Moroccan night club, 5 cherry pickers, 15 tempo squats

THE THANG:
Mosey to Sophomore Hill. Do 25 merkins at the bottom, run to the top, and do 25 (2-ct) flutter kicks. Repeat 3 times. Mosey to the coupon pile and grab your favorite. Do 25 goblet squats, run up the steps, and do 5 pull-ups. Repeat 3 times. Then, do 25 curls and 25 OHPs. Mosey to the courtyard and stop at the brick benches. Do 26 step ups, run around the courtyard, do 25 (2-ct) Freddy Mercury, and run around the courtyard again. Repeat 3 times. Mosey back to the flag.

MARY: 20 big boys

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Polar plunge on New Year’s

COT:
In considering resolutions for the new year, there are many noble things that we can resolve to do better. Time management is one of those things. There can be a lot said about time. King Solomon said there is a time for everything (Ecclesiastes 3). We often hear the phrase “time is money” because our time is valuable. What I wanted to share today is that our time is limited. I was thinking about how much time we spend doing the various things in our lives. How much time do we spend working, exercising, teaching, playing, praying, and worshipping? All of these are good things to spend our time on. We must work to take care of our families. We should exercise to take care of the bodies we are blessed with. We must teach our children how to live. We need time to relax and have fun. We need time in prayer to God. We need time to worship God and encourage each other when we gather together. However, do we spend any of our time on fruitless things? Do we waste our time in front of screens? Do we waste extra time at the office when it could wait until tomorrow? Do we spend too much time being lazy on the weekends? James 4:14 impresses on us that our life is as a vapor that only appears for a little while.
James 4:13-17 NASB1995
[13] Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit.” [14] Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. [15] Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that.” [16] But as it is, you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil. [17] Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin.”
We need to be mindful of how we spend our time because we don’t have an endless supply.

Workout Before Christmas 🎄

AO: juco
Q: Butterknife
PAX: Suds, Lt. Dan, Windex, Archie, Butterknife, Erector, Guardrail, Pelican, Wanderer, Roll-Back (Columbia TN)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
WARMUP:
SSH
Windmills
25 Merkins
Cherry :cherries: Pickers

THE THANG:
Mosey w/ the leader falling off for 2 burpees
12 station circuit 45 secs with each station
Fighter Merkins
Curls w/ CMU
Tris w/ CMU
Agility Ladder drills
Thrusters w/ med ball
Flutter kicks
Kettlebell Swings 35lb
Mt Eveverest
SSH
BBS
Man makers w/ 20 lb dumbbells
Step Ups

Mosey to the pull up bars 10 pull ups, Merkins while waiting. Mosey to the loading docks for some figure 8s.

MARY:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:
Not sure if you’ve noticed it, but there appears to be a homeless camp 🏕️ between Lovell road and Carmichael. When you’re headed North on Pellissippi and get to the Lovel Rd exit, look to the left just below the apartments.

It’s been pretty cold lately…

It makes me sad and I really don’t know what to do about it.

We are super blessed. I may not be money 💰 rich, but I’m so rich. I have a wife and kids that adore me (OK maybe a stretch) that I also adore. I have a roof over my head and cars in my driveway. Our kids are in one of the best schools in an overall great school district. I have a job and I have men that I trust, can workout with, and check in on me.

Life happens and sometimes it’s hard, but I encourage you to take on an attitude of gratitude. Count your blessings and you will start to see just how blessed you are.

If you don’t have a church, join me at Faith Promise on Christmas Eve. I’ll be at the 4p service.

“Always be joyful. Never stop praying. Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.”
‭‭1 Thessalonians‬ ‭5‬:‭16‬-‭18‬ ‭

No Comfort

AO: juco
Q: Dart Gun
PAX: Love Shaq, Booster, Guardrail, Waffles, Windex, Suds, Ike, Dart Gun, Wanderer, Mailbox, Pelican
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WARMUP:
Motivators (countdown style from 6)
Harry Rockets
Merkins OYO
Tempo Squat

THE THANG:
Mosey to the coupon pile – stopping at trees to do Burpees!
Merkins with the coupons
Hold plank – move the coupon around your hands

Dora:
2 rounds of Amrap – Curl/Squat/OHP
Partner runs to the pull up bar and does 2-5 before returning

Merkins OYO

Wall sit while we pass the CMU

Mosey back stopping for merkins and slow crossing mountain climbers

MARY:
One more round of merkins
Flutter kicks
Freddie Mercs

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:
Getting out of your comfort zone:

What if your best laid plans and goals were thrown off for some reason….there are terrible ways that can happen like losing your job or an accident, but there are also positive ways like job opportunities, unexpected callings or kids

The character of a person…and in this case a MAN… is how you react in those situations. I don’t want a show of hands, but if you cringed or had a negative reflection of how you would probably react…then you need to remember that gods in control. You should feel comfort in Him and fall back on your values and trusts that you are in good hands.

Sometimes He like to take us out of our comfort zones and frankly laughs at them. He’s laughed at mine twice over the past year…

Matthew chapter 4
Jesus, God’s son is the trustworthy one
Example in chapter 10: throwing sheep into a den of wolves. Trust in Him.