F3 Knoxville

Tag: Jitters

Choose Your Own Adventure

THE SCENE: Warm & Humid
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Baby Arm Circles Forward/Backward
Cherry Pickers
Windmills
10 burpees (5 for each person that was late)

THA-THANG:
Today was a choose your own adventure day!!!  We moseyed to the pull up bars and did 15 pullups each followed by 5 burpees.
Betty was next, he took us to the columns by the church where we did 8’s.  Dirty hookups & lunges.  We did 5 burpees each.
Anchorman had us mosey to the steps at Cedar Bluff Primary School where we did 5 rounds of 10 merkins and a stair climb in between.  We did 5 burpees each.
Jitters was next and we did 50 LBC’s followed by 5 Burpees.
Then it was Jenner’s turn.  We did 50 squats followed by 5 Burpees.
Honeydew was next, and we ran to the CMU pile where we did 21’s.  7/7/7 versions of a curl.  We also did tri extensions, and bench press, all followed by 5 burpees.
Judge Judy saved the “best for last”, and we did 10 blockees, 8 blockees, and 6 blockees.
We moseyed back to the AO, where we added our 5 burpees.

Total Burpees 69 each
MARY:
25 LBC’s and a Judge Judy led round of pickle pounders
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
This Holiday is about freedom.  There was a price for freedom, and many before us laid down their life so that we can make good/bed decisions.  We all made choices today and led the workout.  I encountered a group of PAX in F3 Low Country last week on vacation doing 25 burpees a day, each.  They have PAX who was diagnosed with Breast cancer, and although treatable, it was a reminder to them to take their health seriously.  They are doing 25 burpees a day as a reminder to get checked or seen by a doctor, and to not those things off.  Today we did burpees as a reminder to do the same.
MOLESKIN:
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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The Scene

72 and steamy

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

Fitness, Fellowship, Faith, Free, Modify, Not Professional, Own Volition, Social Distance, Phone

Warm-O-Rama

Motivators

Peter parker stretch

Cherry Pickers

Curtsey Lunges

10 count Squats

 

Tha-Thang

Run to the basketball courts at Cedar Bluff Elementary

Rebound drill where guys get in a line and keep the ball in the air by bouncing it off the backboard to the guy who is next in line. 

Pax will take turns attempting a layup, free throw, 3 pointer, and half court shot (Max 2 attempts, 1 on half court shot). While one guy is going through the shot sequence  the rest are performing an exercise called by the Q:

Shoulder Taps

Tempo Squats

American Hammer

Merkins

Reverse Lunges

Crab Toe Taps

Inch Worms

Imperial Walkers

Side lunges

Gas Pumps

Australian Snow Angels

Big Boy Situp

2 rounds of the 3 man weave after we finished all of the exercises and everyone got to shoot through the sequence twice. 

 

Run Back to Campus 

 

Mary

6 inch LBC’s

Half Burpees (The bottom half) 

Freddy Mercury’s

 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

6 High Impact Men

 

COT/BOM

Quote from The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis

“The great thing is to prevent his doing anything. As long as he does not convert it into action, it does not matter how much he thinks about this new repentance. Let the little brute wallow in it. Let him, if he has any bent that way, write a book about it; that is often an excellent way of sterilizing the seeds which the Enemy plants in a human soul. Let him do anything but act. No amount of piety in his imagination and affections will harm us if we can keep it out of his will. As one of the humans has said, active habits are strengthened by repetition but passive ones are weakened. The more often he feels without acting, the less he will be able ever to act, and, in the long run, the less he will be able to feel,”

 

Where is the enemy attacking you with complacency? Sometimes the enemy does not have to do much except get out of the way and allow us to be complacent as men. Complacency leads to inaction which leads to the Kingdom not advancing. Be vigilant in your lives and don’t let comfort and routine take our eyes off what really matters. We should stay active and have a kingdom focus in every part of our lives. We are either accelerating or decelerating, there is no in-between. 

 

Philippians 3:7

7 But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. 8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Shamrock – Valley of Despair…returns

THE SCENE: Low 60s crisp cool amazing
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

5 Merkins

On your back Side Straddle hop x25 

10 Merkins

Twinkle Toes  (IC) 4 CT x 10

15 Merkins

Cherry Pickers: 5

20 Merkins

Tie Fighters

THA-THANG:

Line up at one end of parking lot. 

Round 1: Bear Crawl to the 1st line and do 1 merkin, BC to next line 2 merkins, BC to next line 3 merkins all the way to 10

Mosey to the valley of despair. 

Battle buddy up

Partner A: Dealer’s choice – merkins or big boys ( switch between the 2 when you burn out ) 

Partner B runs to the bottom, 10 squat jumps, run up the other side, 10 monkey humpers, back down for 10 more jump squats, run back up to partner. Switch. 

2 rounds of this for 10 minutes. 

Mosey to pull up bars

1 rule: If you are not doing pull ups….you are doing smurf jacks. Go for about 10 minutes. 

Run to CMU pile. 

25 Curls

50 Bench press

50 windshield wipers

25 each side – hold lunge while doing block press

50 windshield wipers

Sprints in parking lot at various speeds. 

Mosey back to AO flag 

MARY:
flutter kicks, Merkins, squats
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

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Honeydew, Trolley, Interpol, Pool Boy, Chicken Hawk, Mermaid, Music City, Osteen, Jenner, Dumpster Dive, Finger Food, Tailhook, Rose-A (Like the wine), Slappy, Jitters, Anchorman,
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Matthew 6:2-4

…2So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward. 3But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.…

Why is this so hard?  It’s so tempting to humblebrag. Why is it not enough that my Creator sees me and my heart when I do a good deed? I have had several moments this year where I helped someone out, didn’t tell anyone, and it was so hard to not share about it.

I’m faced with asking myself, who am I doing this for? Is it really an act of love if I’m doing it for myself, for my own glory? My challenge for me and you is to ask God to put someone in your path that needs help. Ask God to give you strength and true love for Him and the person you are helping. Afterwards, go back to God and give Him the glory. 

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Shamrock – Just 10 more merkins

THE SCENE: Muggy
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Tie Fighters x10 both directions

Side Straddle hop (IC) 4 CT x 20

Cherry Pickers 5

10 Merkins

Richard Simmons butt blasters 

10 Merkins

THA-THANG:

Mosey to parking lot

Battle buddy

1 man runs to pull up bars to complete up to 10 then run back to partner who is doing BBS (If rain wall squats / 10 BBS)

Go until each person completes 3 rounds 

To the CMU pile

1 man does flutter kicks while the other does 25 bench press – switch / 4 rounds for a total of 100 reps per person 

Then…

1 man does calf raises while the other does 25 curls – switch / 4 rounds for a total of 100 reps per person

After this we ran all around campus stopping for 10 merkins about 8-10 times. 

MARY:

Merkins, Monkey Humpers and Snow Angels 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
13 including 1 FNG Chicken Hawk

Finger Food, Nature Boy, Osteen, Dumpster Dive, Tailhook, Jitters, Mermaid, Curveball, Waxjob, Chicken Hawk, Betty, Pickle Lock, Anchorman
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Continuing what CheatSheet talked about last week…

Quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death. Live like today is the 1st day and the last day of your life.  – Chase the Lion

Why is it so tempting to control our own lives? We are told to worry about money, our status, success, our retirement. I think about when I’m on my death bed, will I be pleased with how comfortable I made myself and my family in life. Or will I regret not taking more chances? Will I regret not giving up more of my time and resources for others. Jesus demonstrated pouring out his life for us. I think he is the ultimate example of chasing the lion. 

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Endeavor Exicon

THE SCENE: High 50’s/Low 60″s, comfortable
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, Rockette’s, Deep squats, Mountain climbers, Alternating mountain climbers, Plank jax, Baby arm circles, Reverse baby arm circles, Slow neck rolls
THA-THANG:
Diving into the rolodex of the F3 Exicon.  Q named off a “deep cut” exercise found in the F3 exicon and called out a PAX to demonstrate the exercise.  If the PAX performed it correctly, they took the Q for that exercise and called out the number of reps.  If performed incorrectly, the original Q led the correct iteration of said exercise for a certain number of reps.  Fun was had by most!

The following exercises were attempted w/ a side of laughter (in no particular order, see Exicon for descriptions):

  • Air Drama 
  • Apple Turnover (YUM!)
  • Alphabet (or ABCs)
  • Australian Snow Angels
  • Bobby Hurley
  • Booyah! Merkin (air fist pound, instead of shoulder tap)
  • Captain Morgan
  • Escalator (did not perform, time constraint)
  • Goofball
  • Hatching Butterfly
  • Howling Monkeys (a favorite)
  • Little Mermaid
  • Merkin Jax
  • Jumping Bean Squats
  • Pretzel Stick
  • Prime Time Merkin
  • Protractor
  • Rockette Hillbillies
  • Vacuum Cleaners (DNP, time constraint)
  • Welsh Dragons (DNP, time constraint)
  • Zebra Butt-Kicks

MARY:
DNP
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
16 PAX + 1 FNG (name TBD, previously Captain Obvious but need to re-name due to duplicate in F3 Knoxville)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Please check out WiRE Strength in Numbers: Men Are Waiting Devotional series through the Bible app.

With Whom Do You Gather?  If we are followers of Jesus, we must take the time to gather with other brothers in Christ.  God designed the Church this way for the Holy Spirit to flow from one to another in these instances.  Isolation is not the answer.  “For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up.” Ecclesiastes 4:10  “You see, God the Holy Spirit dwells within each follower of Jesus.” John 14:17

Take the time to connect with a FNG.  The brotherhood of Christ is a powerful force.  We never know how a kind word, working out with someone for the first time in a long time, battling through sweat in the gloom etc. can inspire and affect a fellow brother in Christ!

MOLESKIN:
Prayers for F3 Nation, Cheatsheet’s family, racism/division, Jinxy’s family, Pom-pom’s marriage/honeymoon, all our F3 brother’s!