F3 Knoxville

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No Isolation

THE SCENE: 73
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Side Straddle Hops, Cherry Pickers, Mountain Climbers, Tempo Merkins, Donkey Kicks, Side lunges, Overhead claps.
THA-THANG:
We were all over the campus today.

  • Guardrail dips and Heavy Seal claps behind Dickey’s
  • 71 BBS, V-ups and flutter kicks as part of the tour of the new building
  • 100 Squats, burpees, Leg raises and Lunges
  • 171 CMU bench press, Curls, pull ups and thrusters  (it’s the 171’st day of the year)
  • Ring of Fire: Merkins and Planks.  Mailbox

MARY:
Imperial Walkers and time ran out
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
18 HIM’s making the most of a Monday
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Today’s third F is about the 2nd F: Fellowship.

Proverbs 18:1
He who isolates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound judgement

Transparency is the currency of intimacy so make yourself known.  Most of all to your family; share your heart with your wife and kids.  But also to guys out here.

When was the last time you opened your home; showed hospitality and avoided isolation.  It is possible to be a part of F3 and still isolated.  It is possible to go to church and remain totally isolated.  You have to open up and allow yourself to not go it alone.

A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Proverbs 18:24 ESV

Disc Golf Baskets – Risk It – If The Lord Wills, We’ll Wait

THE SCENE: Muggy but beautiful.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER – Administered (No more COVID disclaimer but distancing as comfortable was encouraged)

WARM-O-RAMA:
TN Rocking Chair
IC Cherry pickers x 5
IC Mountain climbers x 10
IC Shoulder taps x 10
IC Pickle pounders x 10
IC Crabby Pickle Pointer x 7
IC Pickle Pointer x 7
OYO Forward Lunges x 5 each leg
OYO Side lunges x 5 each leg

THA-THANG:
Falling Indian Run to Hole 1 Tee Pad (aka Burpee Mile parking lot) – Spotter suggested Merkins (~3 / loop so pretty doable for everyone).

Today we are playing a round disc golf. Kind of. At each basket YHC will set up two cones from which we putt. Once someone makes it or once 1 minute passes, we switch to another exercise that is (supposedly) easier.

Hole First exercise Second exercise (after made basket)
1 Crabby Pickle Pointer Pickle Pointer
2 Plank Cherry pickers
3 Mountain climbers Shoulder taps
4 OHP Seal Clap Squats
5 Kettle Bell Swings Reach / let it hang
6 Thrusters Squats
7 Bonnie Blair Iron Mike
8 Lunges Side lunges
9 Merkins Pickle pounders

So many great shots from the PAX that helped us have a fun and solid workout We got to Hole 8 and it was 6:11am. YHC did not get to take a shot but all PAX worked hard. Mosey back to #shovelflag and did a short Wagon Wheel where Sunrise showed some extra energy once I called Jailbreak. Good times. 🙂

MARY:
No time for that.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 PAX – 1 per each of the 9 holes we were supposed to play today!

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Trying something new. You could fail. But one characteristic of Christians, especially of men who are Christians, is that we do not play it safe. We are called to lay down our lives as Christ did for us- for our family & friends. We don’t just take risks to be taking risks or to make us look good- we take risks not knowing how they will turn out here. Today we didn’t get done with all 9 holes on the disc golf course. There are varying degrees of risk but as Christian men we are called to consider 3 things related to risk:

1. Risk it – “Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” – John Wayne (my pastor quotes him often). Scripturally we can look at Psalm 27:14 – Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!
2. Risk it for the right things. (choose that biscuit wisely)
James 4:15 says “if the Lord wills, we will do this or that”
We do wise “Risk vs. Reward Analysis”, but we know that we need to know what Hill to die on. Calvary is one of them with Christ as our example.
3. Risk it – but wait for the Lord
When we take risks, we don’t know how things are going to turn out in the details. Ultimately we do (Revelation 21-22 tells us what the end result of Genesis 3), but as we see throughout the Bible we say “how long O Lord?” Isaiah 64:4 tells us what we have to continue to do:
From of old no one has heard or perceived by the ear, no eye has seen a God besides you, who acts for those who wait for him.

So. Take a risk. For God. And wait for Him to act in that risking until He fulfills it.
“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.” – Jim Elliot

MOLESKIN:
Prayed for Data’s marriage, Median’s wrist, & Dart Gun’s recovery from surgery. And the BOM was super sweaty but I’m thankful we can do that once again.

Earliest sunrise of the year provided a great backdrop and clear visibility for the holes after hole 2 today. Still a little GLOOMy but hey, that’s where SYITG comes from.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
DP Off the Chain coming up – July 24 at 0630 (show up by 615).

Learning more about Dolphins & Daffodils

THE SCENE: Very nice
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH
Crunchy Frog
Tempo Squat
Tempo Merkin
Freddy Mercuries
Windmill

THA-THANG:

Mosey to the Courtyard, picking up a CMU baby along the way – making sure it didn’t touch the ground the entire workout and passed around to everybody to love on it.
4 Corners to some Tunes
First Round 10, 20, 30, and 40 Merkins
Second Round 10, 20, 30, and 40 4-count Mountain Climbers
Third Round 10, 20, 30, and 40 Monkey Humpers
Fourth Round 10, 20, 30, and 40 LBCs
Fifth Round 10, 20, 30 flutter kicks (time)
Periodically taking a break and doing squats during “Thunder” by Imagine Dragon

MARY:

Hello Dolly
Big Boys

 

MOLESKIN:

Part 2 of Missionality in the life of the High Impact Man

Missionality is Service in the High Impact Zone. To Live Right, a HIM must exert the majority of his efforts to Serve within his personal HIZ, the boundaries of which are defined by his Mission.

Mission is the course of action taken to achieve an articulated Purpose. The course of action is comprised of the individual Tasks the HIM undertakes to bring his Purpose into fruition. These Tasks are not random, but are the outgrowth of the Skills for which he is most suited, the things that he does with the most ease and familiarity and constantly improves through Practice.

Building on Kickflip’s message about the Dolphin, The Daffodil represents the people-category that a man is born to Serve with his Dolphin. Like the Dolphin, a man’s Daffodil is a matter of hard-wiring. There are men who continue to coach soccer even after their kids have stopped playing. It took me awhile, but my Daffodil is engaging, collaborating, and helping veterans in their post-military career. Each one of us has both a Dolphin ability and Daffodil passion. The HIM loves all of mankind equally, except for his Daffodil. He loves his Daffodil more, because that is who he was born to Serve.

Part 3 on Friday!

An Attitude of Gratitude

THE SCENE: It’s a beautiful view on top of JUCOManjaro!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Side straddle hop in cadence 20
Cherry Pickers
10 tempo merkins
Arm rotations thumbs up in cadence
Reverse thumbs down in cadence
Moroccan nightclub 20
10 Windmills in cadence
5 burpees on your own
Side straddle hop in cadence

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Hard Knox parking lot.

10 merkins
20 squats
30 flutter kicks

Line up on the curb for some Shawn T’s.

Mosey to Jucomanjaro

Start at the first mark
Run 4 marks and do 10 merkins
Run back a mark and do 20 squats
Run back a mark and do 30 flutter kicks
Walking lunges to the second mark

Rinse and repeat.

MARY:
Insert information about any additional post-THANG work (if applicable).
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:
Today’s word is Gratitude.
An attitude of gratitude… is one of my favorites.

When we learn to count our blessings instead of short comings, it’s truly life changing.

If you’ve never done it, I encourage you to keep a 30 day journal, and document 1 thing you’re grateful for each day. It can be as simple as Thank you for letting me wake up today. Thank you for the sunset 🌅 , etc…

Thank you for:

This will help you realize how good you have it.

Thank the Lord because he is good!
Psalm 107:1-3
Give thanks to the Lord for he is good! His faithful love endures forever. Has the Lord redeemed you? Then speak out! Tell others he has redeemed you from your enemies. For he has gathered the exiles from the many lands, from the east, in the west, from the north, and the south.

Thank you gentlemen for challenging me! I have nothing but respect for you guys!
MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

Your Dolphin?

THE SCENE:  So nice.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER:  Administered
WARM-O-RAMA:

Seal clap
Overhead clap
Reachforthesky
Let it hang
Cherry pickers
Tempo Squats
Down/up dog
Tempo merkins
Mountain climbers

THA THANG:

Mosey to Jucomanjaro, where there are 8 cones spaced 50’ from each other.

At the base of the hill do 15 squats, 15 merkins, 15 mountain climbers (2 count).  Run to the cone, do exercise on the cone, run back down.  Each time at the base, do the 15 squats, 15 merkins, 15 mountain climbers (4 count).  Repeat for all cones.

Cone 1: 10 Burpees
Cone 2: 20 Carolina dry docks
Cone 3: 30 Bobby Hurleys
Cone 4: 40 side crunches (20 each side)
Cone 5: 50 Pickle pounders
Cone 6: 60 Hello Dolly (single count)
Cone 7: 70 flutter kicks (2 count)
Cone 8: 80 SSH

Mosey to the Hardin Valley house.  Grab a block.  50’s.

40 curls + 10 presses
30 curls + 20 presses
20 curls + 30 presses
10 curls + 40 presses

In between each set, Everest up the hill, run down the steps.

MARY:

Heavy LBCs
Heavy Flutter kicks
Heavy BBS
Mosey to the flag
Freddy Mercury
LBC
Side plank E2K

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

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CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

I have bad news and good news.  The bad news is, by itself this message is not going to make much sense.  Because…it is only Part 1 of a 3-part message that you will get this week.  The good news is 5k is going to give you Part 2 on Wednesday, and Booster will really bring it all together on Friday.  You won’t want to miss it – be back out here on Wednesday and Friday!

Part I:

Mt Everest – 29,000 ft.  The highest point on earth.  Captivating and deadly.  In the 1920’s to conquer this mountain was the greatest challenge remaining in the Golden Age of Adventure.  Everest was the edge of heaven, where many believed no human could survive.  But not George Mallory….

Mallory was part of three expeditions to Mount Everest in the 1920’s.  As an admired climber in Europe, he was a likely candidate for these trips.  He wanted to be part of climbing the highest peak in the world and, for Mallory, climbing was about much more than just the physical challenge.  Like others who were involved, he felt that climbing Everest was a step in the progress of humankind toward achieving its full potential – he felt as though he were in the service of something greater than himself.

The first trip was for reconnaissance. There was much mapping, charting, and getting to know the area to scope out a possible route to the top.  The second effort included several attempts to get to the summit with no success.  When asked to participate in the third expedition, Mallory at 37 years old, knew it would be his last chance.  So, once again he went to the mountain… On June 7, 1924, he made a bid for the top and was never seen alive again.  We don’t know if Mallory made the summit.  Some believe that he did – and was, therefore, the first man in history to do so.  Others think he could not have made it.  What we do know is that 97 years ago, George Mallory died doing what he was born to do.

In the F3 Q Source, 2.3 is about serving in the high impact zone.  In that chapter, we are introduced to the concept of your Dolphin.  Your Dolphin is your unique gift, the thing you do better than anything else and the thing you do better than most other people can do it. (From the Q Source) “F3 chose the dolphin to symbolize man’s unique gift because the dolphin is a mammal that was born to swim but cannot do most of the other things that mammals do.  The dolphin’s Dolphin is swimming. It does that better than anything else it can do, and better than most any other mammal can.”

1 Peter 4:10, “As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another…”

George Mallory’s Dolphin was climbing mountains.  It was the thing he did best – and he was better at it than most any man alive.  He gave the best of himself – his skill and talent for mountaineering – to what he considered to be the betterment of humanity.

Today and tomorrow, be thinking about, “What is your Dolphin?”  What is it that you do best – and do better than most other people you know?

Come back on Wednesday for Part 2 of this message!

MOLESKIN:

The opening lines of this Word are the opening lines of a documentary called “The Wildest Dream” narrated by Liam Neeson.  Go ahead and read it again…this time in Neeson’s voice.  So much cooler, am I right?!

Nice to have Gump back out with us!

PRAYERS / ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Prayer of thanks for Pool Boy’s mother