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Dragons, Christmas and Lazy #4

THE SCENE: 40’s and dry
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Tennessee Rocking Chair – Stretch version
  • Baby Arm Circles Forward/Back
  • Tempo hand release Merkins

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the coupon pile. Stop on the way for a welsh dragon in honor of Lil’ Spice. May health return quickly.

Arrive at the coupon pile for in time for the 12 Days of Christmas:

  1. Burpee
  2. Thruster
  3. Coupon Swing
  4. Pull Ups
  5. Imperial Squalkers
  6. Goblet Squat
  7. Merkins
  8. Heels to Heaven
  9. Bent over Rows
  10. Big Boy Sit-ups
  11. Lunges ea.
  12. 1200m Run

Notes:
Pullups at 4 was a lot. Consider moving to 1. The run up the hill is a nice reset after a round and I can’t even do 4 pulls on a good day….. 😏

MARY:
Didn’t show today. Timing was impeccable. 👌

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Little Known Facts about Laziness #4

First a quick review:
Laziness #1
Laziness #2
Laziness #3

#4 They can’t make lemonade…

We have an expression, when life gives you lemons… make lemonade! The idea is grow where you’re planted, make the most of your situation, be content, etc.

Consider this verse:

Whoever is slothful will not roast his game, but the diligent man will get precious wealth.

— Proverbs 12:27

This this guy has the game, but it’s raw. He won’t roast it. I’d hate to hear his kids at that dinner. So close…

Another verse to consider:

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.

— Proverbs 26:15

Wow, what a picture. He has food, it’s prepared (at least he’s gotten further this time), it’s in the dish, his hand is in the dish but it’s just too much. Can’t get it to his mouth. Don’t even ask him to chew. It better be soup for this guy.

Obviously this is being a little extreme with a touch of sarcasm. Be careful not to dismiss this as not you. The challenge is to consider your life, thoughts and motives. Are you this guy? Am I this guy?

 

JUCO UNO and Lazy Visionaries

THE SCENE: Hot and muggy as expected
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

properly administered
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Cherry Pickers
  • Harry Rockets
  • Tempo squat
  • Hand release Merkins
  • LBAC forward/back

THA-THANG:

Mosey to the parking lot by the Haslam science building to do some accelerating/decelerating sprints. After 2 round continue on to the benches by the entrance for some JUCO UNO.

Get in groups of 2 or 3 and pick a set of exercises. There are 6 stations with uno cards. Draw a card and perform the exercise per the rules below.

  • # Card * = Exercises x multiplier
  • Color on Card = Exercise
  • Reverse = Repeat any card you’ve already drawn
  • Skip = Save to pass on a future card of your choice. Draw again.
  • Draw 2 = Reps x 2. (max 12)
  • Wild = any color exercise. Reps x 10
  • Wild Draw 4 = All 4 colors. Reps x 3
    * 0 card = 10 Reps (nice try you know who you are)

After completing a set take a lap around the build.

Complete sheets for JUCO UNO: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YHD3so-aqxcXJgUAJ0gNEcP-mmsRtWqTaZzENAsw3z4/edit?usp=sharing

After 6 or 7 rounds, mosey to the courtyard for some 8/8/22’s.

Round 1:
8 Dips
8 Derkins
22 Lunges

Round 2:
8 Dips
8 Box Jumps
22 SSH

Round 3:
repeat round 1

Head to the flag

MARY:
Flutter kicks, plank with bird dog mixed in

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Continuing some little known facts about laziness.

Review: #1 They are good at risk assessment. https://f3knoxville.com/little-known-facts-about-laziness-1/
#2 They don’t know they’re lazy! https://f3knoxville.com/juco-lazy-morning-2/

Little known fact about laziness #3: They are visionaries!

Proverbs 13:4

The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.

Proverbs 21:25-26

The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.
All day long he craves and craves, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.

The lazy have desires and a vision for change or improvement. They crave and have ideas and plans but come up empty. A vision or idea by itself is good and important but ultimately means nothing. It usually takes hard work, dedication and persistence to bring about a vision.

Recently I was challenged with a study to work on for my marriage and family. I signed up for it but now realize how much work it is going to be. It’s going to be hard and challenging. It’s going to take some work and dedication.

My challenge and the challenge for all of you, is to not just have a vision. Follow through, take a look at yourself and see if you’re one of the lazy.

DORA and Spinning Dragons

THE SCENE: 71
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Administered 
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH IC x 20
Cherry Pickers IC x5
Arm Circles Forward and Back IC x 10 each
Dive Bombers IC x5
Squats IC x10
Mountain Climbers IC x15
30 Seconds OYO

THA-THANG:

Mosey to the triangle and get lost in the Bearmuda Triangle:

  • 3 Burpees, bear crawl to next corner
  • 6 Burpees, bear crawl to next corner
  • 9 Burpees, bear crawl to next corner

Mosey to the coupon pile and partner up for a DORA:

  • 100 curls
  • 200 overhead press
  • 300 rows
  • Partner runs to parking lot and performs the following:
    • Round 1: 4 Jump squats
    • Round 2: 4 BBSUs
    • Round 3: 4 SSH

Mosey towards the duck pond

  • Stop for 25 flutter kicks administered by Kick-Flip

Perform the following at the parking lot just west of duck pond (named “Spinning Dragons” during workout):

  • Start in plank position and perform 1 shoulder tap, 1 merkin, 1 plank jack
  • Rotate to “3 o’clock” staying in a plank position and perform 2 shoulder taps, 2 merkins, 2 plank jacks
  • Rotate to “6 o’clock and perform 3 should taps, 3 merkins, 3 plank jacks
  • Rotate to “9 o’clock and perform 4 shoulder taps, 4 merkins, 4 planks jacks
  • Rotate to “12 o’clock” and perform 5 shoulder taps, 5 merkins, 5 plank jacks
  • Now go back down to 9, 6, 3, and 12 o’clock. Decrement reps by 1 each time (4, 3, 2, 1)

1 round of jelly legs (30 seconds is all we had time for) then Mosey to the flag with a jailbreak from Butterknife to close us out.

MARY:
No time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
13 strong with a FND (friendly new dog)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

There are some incredible fathers in this circle today. I’m inspired every time one of you brings a 2.0 to a workout.

Kids are little sponges and they soak up a lot more than we feed to them. Lately, my son has been getting “dressed” to go to work. It’s my ritual. It’s my religion in some ways. He wants to be just like his dad and at just 3 years old, he’s already starting to see my habits, my religion, and trying to make them his own. What religion are your kids picking up on?  

It’s the things we do that our kids are learning. It’s not the things that we say. 

MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

Speak up

THE SCENE: 68, expectedly humid but not oppressive
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Cherry Pickers, Mountain Climbers, Plank Jax, Moroccan night club, baby arm circles, dive bombers and stuff.
THA-THANG:

Gave the CMU’s by the flag a tour of campus.  2 Teams.  Team 1 had to carry the cmu while the other did an exercise and then caught up.  Team 1 would then do that exercise and catch up.  The carry rotated through Rifle, Curl, Triceps and [farmer] carry.

The stationary exercises were:

30 Plank Jacks
30 Merkins
15 Burpees
25 Freddie Mercury
30 LBC
30 Flutter (Count 1 leg)
30 Mountain Climbers; count 1 leg
20 Core Exercise chosen by team 1: American Hammer
20 Core Exercise chosen by team 2: Shoulder Taps

 

We then hung out on the loading dock doing leg raises while your partner did 3 thrusters, then wall hops onto the loading dock while your partner did another 3 thrusters.
Returned the CMU home and had some time for a foot race.  I was not able

MARY:
Shoulder taps, Heels to heaven, Hello Dolly and American Hammers
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Speak up for what God is doing in your life.  When we go through trials or experience blessings, we are not meant to keep these things to ourselves.  God receives glory when we talk about His nearness in a trial or His joy in seeing Him at work in us and those around us.

But why don’t we?

Maybe it is embarrassment – not wanting to be seen as overly spiritual.  Don’t want it to be seen as bragging.  Too often we don’t have a polished, TV ready story of how God has been at work in our life. Or maybe it isn’t dramatic enough or we too private about things.  Consider those things but also consider how to appropriately share what God is up to.
Find an audience: your kids, your wife, the guys out here, a friend at church
Share what God has been doing.
Luke 19 Says the stones will cry out if we don’t give God glory.  “I tell you, if these [disciples] were silent, the very stones would cry out”.
1 Peter 3:15 calls us to be ready to explain the hope that resides in us.

“but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect.”

Yes that’s about witnessing, but God’s faithfulness in our life is a huge part of that hope.
MOLESKIN:
To practice this I’ll share 1 big thing and 1 “little”: God has been so good to show Himself working through my oldest daughter.  She recently returned from a month in Nicaragua.  It’s been so clear that God was working through her.  It’s been evident in her love for the people there and the doors that God opened logistically for her to be there and spiritually to connect with students, now great friends, on deep and important truths.

Sunday, my family had a chance to hike Frozen Head between 2 storms.  On the way there it was torrential downpour, but just a light rain as we started hiking.  Miracle #1 is that my M allowed the hike to continue, but it cleared up, the fog was cool, the sun came out again, then it rained lightly some but the tree cover was thick enough to stay mostly dry.  We had the trail to ourselves, saw tons of frogs (that I thought were snakes every time I saw them move), turtles and a full rainbow of mushrooms.  The breeze kicked up where we turned around ant it actually felt comfortable.  For me, and my family, it’s easy to see God at work when we are in the elements, enjoying nature and blessed with the chance to be together.

To God be the glory for the big and little things.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Service Project Saturday 7am.  See Slack for details!

 

In HIM we Trust & leave no one behind

THE SCENE: Cool, damp & magically dark
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Merkins, Squats, cherry pickers, Side Straddle Hops & Terrible cadence counting.

THA-THANG:
50 reps with [partner running around Haslam.  Cardio & legs

  • Step-ups
  • Derkins
  • Box Jumps
  • BBS

JucoMANJaro

-teams of 3 repeating Merkins, Squats, and BBS at each hash all the way to the top.  All summited and were rewarded with a view of the swirling pending rainclouds.  All were sweaty

MARY:
Mary was neglected by a perfectly timed return to AS
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

14 out. (1 not pictured)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Coming out in the gloom makes you stronger.  Strength leads your family and those around you.  Do not be afraid to lead those to Christ and do not be afraid to lead those in need.  As we grow, we find ourselves to transition from receiving encouragement to being the encourager.  People around you need you.  They need your strength.  At times it is draining, at times it is rewarding.  Just like Jucomanjaro!  We can’t stop and we can’t leave a brother behind.  Be the bedrock your family counts upon and the bedrock Christ has called you to be in his kingdom.
MOLESKIN:
Is a great notebook