F3 Knoxville

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A Day of CMU Casualties

THE SCENE: Beautiful cool morning with the Smoky Mountains showing off in the background (once the sun came up)
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Cherry Pickers, Shoulder stretches, back and leg stretches, “Let The Bodies Hit the Floor” (planks, merkins, donkey kicks).
THA-THANG:
Modified Flora

Dora’s lazy, mean stepsister. All pax partner up, and grab a CMU.

100 Merkins – P1 does 10 with feet on CMU. P2 holds plank with feet on his CMU. Flapjack. 

Murder Bunny to cone, then CMU Bear Crawl Back. 

200 Little Baby Crunches – P1 does 20 LBC holding CMU high on chest. P2 holds legs 6″ off ground, and extends arms w/ coupon over chest. Flapjack.

Lunge to Cone, bear crawl back

300 Goblet Squats – P1 does 25 goblet squats. P2 lowers to bottom of goblet squat w/ coupon, and holds. Flapjack.

Sprint to cone, Bernie back

Rinse and Repeat

MARY:
We had 2 broken CMUs so we did burpees for those. Then we did calf raises, shoulder and leg stretches until time ran out.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
14 total
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Read from Proverbs 31 10-31. It talks about wives and how they should act, but there is a message for husbands as well. We need to lead them. The heart of her husband trusts her and he sits among the elders. He is caring and kind and make sure to set the tone for his family. Control his temper and PRAISES his wife.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Breakfast at RepSleepy’s house coming up 7/16/2022.

We have work day at the cerebral palsy house 8/6 at 7:00am.

Lean In

THE SCENE: A surprisingly cool morning with some surprisingly cool dudes 😎
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH (25) in confusing cadence
  • Imperial Walkers (20ish) start in confusing cadence, then transition to OYO, end abruptly after losing count completely.
  • Freedom Twists (20) in cadence with help from the PAX
  • Merkins (15) in cadence – finally!

THA-THANG:

  • Mosey to side field for 50 yard Murder Hornet (standard is 30 yrds, but that’s how we do).
  • Rock-a-bye Baby Relay with High-Five Flag Run
  • Divide into two teams. Each team starts with one team member per exercise station. Each station is 10 yards apart. Number of stations depends on number in PAX. 1st station is Rock-a-bye Baby, 2nd is curls, 3rd is skull crushers, 4th is BBS, and 5th is squats. All stations involve a baby (CMU) and each person must hold their baby (CMU) the entire time without dropping. If you set the baby down you must do 73 Murder Merkins – (23 murder bunny + 50 merkins). Last workout station is the exception. You must give your baby to the HIM behind you doing squats with baby (CMU). He will squat with 2 CMUs while you run to top of hill and grab your team’s flag🇺🇸. Then you must run with the flag and get a high-five from an NFP (non-F3 person) as fast as you can. PAX continues to do the exercise at their station until you complete your mission and plant the flag back at the top of the hill. Then grab your baby (CMU) and go back to 1st station. Everyone rotates to next station by lunging with baby (CMU) overhead. Compete against other team until circuit is complete or until you get pepper-sprayed by an NFP.

MARY:
Please no more counting.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

I recently sharpened my lawnmower blades. I didn’t realize how dull they had become until I had sharpened them. As men we were made to be sharp and to offer our strength to others.💪  But sometimes we don’t realize how dull we have become until we see what sharp looks like. Being around sharp men can help you see the areas where you have become complacent, dull, ineffective or broken. Being around Jesus was like that for the disciples. They were constantly challenged in the way they thought, acted, spoke and lived. They called him the light of the world. Because he exposed the darkness each of them and in world. He exposed the darkness in the Pharisees, but they rejected the light because they were focused on what they stood to lose (pride, position, power), the disciples accepted the light because they realized what they had to gain (love, acceptance, forgiveness, eternal life). The act of sharpening my mower blades required energy and friction. It required energy transfer from one blade to the other. It also required friction…a necessary rubbing away of rough spots and impurities. Neither of these things can happen without closeness. The two blades have to be so close that they touch…they connect …and not just lightly touch …you have to lean in to the friction. We are conditioned to avoid friction and the past two years we have become more disconnected than ever. I challenge you men to lean in. Lean in to what makes you sharper. F3 is a great place to start. But don’t stop here. Lean in. Lean in to those men that make you sharper. But don’t stop there. Lean in. Go to church and take your family to hear the word of God preached. But don’t stop there. Lean in.

Hebrews 4:12 says “For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.”

If you want to be sharp in mind, body and spirit, lean in to the Word of God, for that is where you will find God himself. His word has its own energy…it is alive and active and no one can sharpen you better than God Himself. LEAN IN!

MOLESKIN:
Overall a great turnout and effort by the PAX in spite of the shortcomings of the Q. We made some friends (high-fives) and we made some enemies (trying to follow the Q’s cadence).

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

This weeks news and announcements:

Convergence is this Saturday, make sure you sign up: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MvKVUXClWHsLknEsCKYuuvkQHliEpycTdB3nMqTGFU8/edit
2nd F Fellowship at @Moses (Cody Self)’s house: https://f3blountcounty.slack.com/archives/C019JSAG3SB/p1655309928974779
Make sure to get your shirt order done. Once the preorder closes on the 29th they will not be available anymore: https://f3.mudgear.com/collections/active-preorders/products/f3-knoxville-speedway-pre-order-june-2022
@Cow Patty (Rob Wu) VQs Thursday. Let’s get out and support him! Q calendar for July will be posted soon so start planning your first or next Q.

Learned In St. Louis

THE SCENE: 60 degrees and beautiful

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x30; Tempo Squat x10

THA-THANG:
Three lines spaced 4 parking spots apart. Do exercise/rep count at each line going out and coming back so that each exercise/rep count was done 5 times. Move between cones as prescribed for each different exercise.

  • 5 Man Maker Merkins – Rifle Carry
  • 10 Bobby Hurleys – Bernie
  • 5 Thrusters – Murder Bunny
  • 15 Big Boys – Bear Crawl
  • 5 Grip, Rip, and Roll Merkins – Lunge

MARY:
Flutter Kicks x20; Protractor; LBCs for time

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Had each PAX give one positive and one negative thing happening in their lives. This served as a reminder that we each have burdens that we are carrying and we should help each other carry those burdens.

MOLESKIN:
“Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.”
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭6:2‬ ‭ESV‬‬

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence on 7/2 at JUCO; Get your Speedway shirts ordered; Doctor VQ on Thursday

Speedway Death Crawl + All About The Benjamins

THE SCENE: Hot and muggy.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:
All done IC.
SSH x20; Windmills x10; Cherry Pickers x10; Tie Fighters x10 each leg.

THA-THANG:

Death Crawl – PAX  lined up on path and started bear crawling. Last in line did 5 burpees then ran to catch up to group, tagging last person in line and running to front of bear crawl line. Tagged  PAX did his 5 burpees then ran to catch group. Rinse and repeat until everyone has did burpees.

All About The Benjamins 

Two stations on opposite sides of the field.  On CMU station, PAX did sets of: 25 curls, 25 skull crushers, 25 bent rows, 25 BBSU w/ overhead press.  On opposite station, PAX did sets of: 25 Bobby Hurleys, 25 mountain climbers, 25 merkins, 25 Peter Parkers.

PAX would do an exercise on one side, then sprint to the other side and do that side’s exercise. Rinse and repeat until we couldn’t lift our arms anymore.

MARY:

  • Alternating Shoulder Taps –  in cadence
  • American Hammers – in cadence 
  • Arm stretches.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 HIMs.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Acts 9:15. We all “carry a name”: our family’s name, our employer’s name, our church’s name, our Lord’s name. How well are you carrying the name?

MOLESKIN:

  • Bats at Burnout’s house
  • Banjo’s Wedding and travel
  • Doppelgänger, rep sleepy – travel
  • Trousers – family and job search

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • 2.0 workout at Bomb Shelter – 6/25 at 0815
  • Convergence at JUCO – 7/2 – sign up on Slack. No other beat downs that morning.

Speedway – Poker Face (Streaker VQ)

THE SCENE: Warm and muggy

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:
Alarm Clocks x10, Side Straddle Hops x10 (IC), Morning Call, 20m HAMR Shuttle runs (3 rounds)

THA-THANG:

  • Deck of cards setup at two separate locations roughly 250m apart. HIM drew a card, performed the workout on the card, ran to the next station and repeat
  • Heart = Burpee, Diamond = Superman Merkin, Club = Iron Rocket, Spade = Big Boy Situp, Joker = 50 Plank Jacks
  • Ace = 1 rep, 2 = 2 rep… Jack = 11 reps, Queen = 12 reps, King =13 reps

MARY:
Lots of good stretching

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Shenanigans, Grouch, Cow Patty, Malfoy, Halfday, Outhouse, Pennies, Doctor, Trousers, Banjo, Hoosier and Streaker, Burnout and Curtains. Moneybags (John Platt) was also in attendance from out of town, but unable to tag

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Integrity First (Proverbs 20:7), Service Before Self (Matthew 23:11) and Excellence in All We Do (Colossians 3:23)

MOLESKIN:
Travel for Doggleganger, Grouch and Rep Sleepy. Prayers for Trousers and his family

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
2.0 workout at Bomb Shelter on 6/25 at 0815, Convergence on 7/2 at JUCO, Fireworks and family day on 7/4 at Seymour First Baptist (aka The Speedway)