F3 Knoxville

Tag: I-Beam

Salt and Light, and Heavy

THE SCENE:

Clear, 60 degrees, Near 100% humidity

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH – Morrocan Nightclubs – Imperial Walkers – Tempo Squats – Shoulder Taps (20 OYO) – 5 Burpees OYO

THA-THANG:

Football Mosey to CMU pile. Dropped passes = 2 Burpees for both Thrower/Catcher.

Partner up. Slowsey, taking turns carrying CMU to football field.

At the field, 25 dips on the bleachers.

Partner up at the goalline. 1st partner runs to the 50 yd line and back. 2nd partner begins group of exercises (take turns):

  1. Curls
  2. OHP
  3. Upright Rows
  4. Bench Press
  5. Bent Over Rows
  6. Skull Crushers
  7. Burpees

2 FULL ROUNDS.

MARY:
4 Core exercises: Hello Dolly, Flutter Kicks, 5 Burpees, 45 sec plank, BBS

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I’ve read this often, but lately I’ve heard it on more than a few occasions; The fruit of the Spirit is LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS, GENTLENESS and SELF-CONTROL. Against such things there is no law. (Gal 5:22-23). Paul wrote this to churches in Galatia 2000 years ago.

So what does this mean for us, as believers, here today?

I think that so much in scripture can seem redundant and repetitive. We can recite things over and over and believe that they are true. But do they change who we are? We need repetition, don’t we? Isn’t that the point? Isn’t that why we have church services every Sunday? Dont’ we come to F3 3-5 days a week and often do the same exercises? Why?

If you’re going to be good at something, you have to practice. If you’re going to follow Jesus, you have to read about and study who Jesus was. And if you’re going to live by the Spirit, we have to put into practice these exercises…to grow the fruit. We have to look different from the world. A dark world.

In Matthew, Jesus tells his followers that we are the salt and light of the world. “Let your light shine before others so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven (Matt 5:16). So we do these things, not to make us look good but to reflect and glorify the one who is good.

My challenge for us today is to not only memorize Galatians 5:22-23, but to practice these 9 fruits of the spirit. Know them, think about them every day, and put them into practice.

We are going to fail at these, every day, but the goal here is practice. Practice kindness to those around you. Practice peaceful responses. Practice offering forgiveness to those who harm you. Practice being gentle to your wife. Practice patience with your kids. Practice taking a pause when you feel an urge or desire that you know is not from the Lord. Practice listening to a coworker. Practice love.

The more we practice these things, the more they will become habits and the more we will become like Jesus. And when we mess up, often, we take that opportunity and run to Him. We repent and know that He is trustworthy to forgive us.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence – Shamrock – July 8.

Thank you Sir, may I have another?

THE SCENE: Comfortable and breezy
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, Mountain Climbers, Goofballs (Everyone’s favorite), Tie Fighters

THA-THANG:

Partner up

Run to 50 yard line – 10 side straddle hops and run back and take over for your partner.

100 merkins

100 BWS

100 lunges

50 BB

Once completed, 100 yards – 25 yards broad jump, 25 bear crawl, rinse and repeat.

Mosey to bleachers

25 step ups each leg

25 dips

Mosey back to field.

Find your partner again. 30 yards this time and 10 SSH

30 burpees

30 Carolina dry docks

30 snow angels

Mosey back to bleachers

15 step ups each leg

25 dips

Run the bleachers 1X

MARY:
American Hammers, WW2 sit-ups, Flutterkicks, Hello Dollys, reverse crunch, LBC and burpees until times up
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Q3.6 “Manana is a crackpipe” Don’t procrastinate. Move.
MOLESKIN:
Prayer requests – Father’s Day weekend
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 in the nude. Convergence.

The Return of No Glove Love

THE SCENE: Insert info about the weather, etc.

THE SCENE: 76 degrees and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
cherry pickers, windmills, & quad stretching
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the wall near the pull up bars and stairs

20 lunges & a 30 second wall squat
19 lunges & a 30 second wall squat
repeat to 1/30

Mosey to the stairs
Bernie to the curb and repeat 3X
25 elevated heel squats run to the top of the stairs and do 25 monkey humpers

Mosey to the half wall in the courtyard with some Bernie sprinkled in
repeat until time is called
10 each leg Bulgarian split squats
10 step ups
20 calf raises

Mosey through the courtyard back to the AO
LBC’s in cadence until time expires

Oscar Meyer FNG

Forg3 2023 Tour: Shamrock

The Scene 

  • Shamrock AO
  • 5:30am – 6:15am
  • Weather, etc


F3 Welcome + Disclaimer

  • Welcome to F3: Fitness – Fellowship – Faith 
  • My name is Steam and I’ll be your Q this morning 
  • A few things before we begin: 
    • I’m not a professional 
    • You’re here on your own volition
    • You know your injuries if you have any so if you need to modify anything we do today feel free to do so, but push yourselves and the men around you. They deserve it and so do you. 
  • FNGs?

Warm-o-Rama

  • SSH: 10×4 
  • Squat: 10×4 
  • Merkin: 10×4
  • Plank Jack: 10×4
  • Cherry Picker: 5×4


The Thang 

(What went down during the workout)

(Mosey to the CMU pile)

1 — Quarter Pounder 

  • Grab a CMU
  • 2 POC: Here and the road 
  • 4 Xs total / 2 at each POC
  • Here
    • Curls
    • Presses
  • Road
    • Rows
    • Triceps 
  • Everything is 25 reps on a 1 count
  • Traveling between POC: Murder Bunny Merkins
    • Murder Bunny + a Merkin 

(Finished: Put CMUs back down in the pile)

(Mosey around the building to the big parking lot)

2 — Battle Buddy Core 4 Dora 

  • Battle Buddy up
  • There and back again core 4
    • C1: Flutter Kicks 
    • C2: LBCs
    • C3: American Hammers
    • C4: Cockroaches / Dead Bugs
  • All Xs are to be continued until your BB gets back 
  • The BB that is not at one of the 4 corners, will run to to the other side of the parking lot
  • Execute 1 burpee
  • Come back and recover his BB 
  • Rinse and repeat until you and your battle buddy have completed 1 full circuit of the core 4 corners 

(Mosey back to the CMU pile)

3 — The FP: The Final Push

  • Get a CMU
  • Rifle carry for 10 paces
  • 10 curls
  • All the way across the street to the other side of the parking lot

A CMU broke into two pieces – 20 burpees

Mary 

(Insert information about any additional post-Thang work)

  • Mosey back to the 🇺🇸
  • SWS


COT (Circle of Trust)

Count Off

  • 13

Name o Rama

Word — Forg3 Invitation 

  • Forge (v.) – to shape and mold into a new condition, by heating in a fire / to move forward gradually and steadily.
  • Forg3 is a weekend retreat created for F3 men, by F3 men. 
  • Forg3 (n.) – an invigorating 40-hour weekend retreat to challenge and encourage F3 men in their pursuit of high impact manhood. You can expect to engage with other men in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd F sessions, to better understand who you are, whose you are, and the High Impact Man God has called you to be. You’ll have opportunities throughout the weekend to seek adventure, to rest, and to sharpen iron with other F3 men physically, mentally, emotionally, relationally, and spiritually.

We want to engage together for a purposeful and relationally-driven weekend to step further into the men God has called us to be. And I want to invite you into this experience with us.  

Shamrock – Wrestling

THE SCENE: 59F and dry
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER yup
WARM-O-RAMA:

Side Straddle Hops 20-4 count

5 Merkins

Cherry Pickers: 5

5 Merkins

Tie Fighters

5 Merkins

25 Calf Raises 

5 Merkins

THA-THANG:

Mosey to CMU pile then to the grassy hill “The Saddle” I think we have named it? 

10 Squat presses, but do 5 presses at the top before your next squat

Run down and then up

20 Hello Dolly 4-count 

Run down and then up

30 Lawn mowers – 15 each side

Run down and then up

40 CMU overhead press

Run down and then up

50 Alternating CMU Merkins

Run down and then up

60 American Hammers single count

Run down and then up

70 SSH single count 

Run down and then up

80 LBCs

Run down and then up

90 CMU Bench Press

Run down and then up

100 scissor kicks single count 

Run down and then up

Back to CMU pile

25 Curls – Run to end of parking lot – drag CMU back

25 Flutter kicks – 4-count 

25 Tricep Dips – Run to end of parking lot – drag CMU back

50 windshield wipers with CMU pointed up

Return CMUs

Mosey back to AO flag

MARY:
No time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
17 – Crawl Space, Curveball, Eliza, Caveman, Betty, I-Beam, Oscar Mayer, Kick-Flip, Rocky Top, Mandolin, Slappy, Curry, Mermaid, Skid Mark, Voo Doo, Honeydew, Anchorman,
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

What are you wrestling with? 

Sin? – That’s great news! That means that you have the Holy Spirit in you.

Your faith? – Again, great news! God knows that we have up and down moments in our lives that challenge our faith. Keep wrestling with God. That way is better than the alternative of walking away from him. 

F3?  – Is it just me? Some weeks I’m on fire for F3 and specifically Shamrock. Other weeks I’m like that Homer Simpson disappearing into the shrubs animation. I’ll just be checked out. Other weeks, I wrestle with F3. Why am I doing it? It is good for me? Physically? Spiritually? Mentally? Should I be coming out here 3-5 days a week?

Your marriage / kids? Same thing. If I’m wrestling with it, at least I’m engaged and fighting for it. 

Your job?  – I feel like this is also a constant. Am I supposed to be here? Am I making a difference? Am I happy? Will I have a job in 6 months? Does God want me to be here? 

So I will wrap it up by encouraging you to keep wrestling. It shows that you care. Just don’t wrestle with it alone. I know there are brothers here that would love to be your coach, cheerleader, friend to walk with you through your wrestling.