F3 Knoxville

9/11 tribute to first responders

AO: the-farm
Q: Bartman
PAX: Aladdin, Choir Boy, Einstein, Lightweight
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WARMUP:
Merkins, tempo squats, imperial walkers, stretches

THE THANG:
Upper body x25
– Stability merkins (on rock)
– tricep press up
– curl / press (rock)
– spread eagle merkin

Lower body x25
– squats (rock)
– Calf raises
– Flamingo (rock)
– Iron mikes

Core x25
– roll up v up
– Side crunch
– Peter parker
– Plank up/down

Mixture x25
– Thrusters (rock)
– Superman swim
– Dive bombers
– Squat jumps

Mosey back to AO with 11 burpees on the way

MARY:
Dealers choice

COT:

Talked about 9/11 & how would we live today differently if we knew it would be our last.

But concerning that day or that hour, no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Be on guard, keep awake. For you do not know when the time will come. It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his servants in charge, each with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to stay awake. Therefore stay awake—for you do not know when the master of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning— lest he come suddenly and find you asleep. And what I say to you I say to all: Stay awake.””
‭‭Mark‬ ‭13‬:‭32‬-‭37‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Iron Pax 2024 – Week0

AO: dogpound
Q: Madoff
PAX: Lightweight, Mayberry, Junk (Sam Yoakum), Bunches, La-Z-Boy (Zac Smith), Snitch (Cory Beilharz ), FunGuy
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WARMUP:
6 Motivators and walk to the Trail of Tears

THE THANG:
Week0
EMOM 5 Burpees then max Thrusters
Once you hit 100 thrusters run a lap

EMOM 5 Thrusters then max Burpees
Once you hit 100 burpees run a lap

MARY:
Laying down crossover stretches (both sides)
3 Knoxville Cherrypickers

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Saturday OTB Sept 11 memorial stair climb at Farragut High School stadium

COT: f3 is an encouraging place where we can be ourselves, be a little silly, and hold each other accountable.

Not the IPC

AO: the-farm
Q: Choir Boy
PAX: Aladdin, Bartman, Einstein, Lightweight, Choir Boy, Pew-pew
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WARMUP: :white_check_mark:

THE THANG: Fellowship mosey to Da Club to get a coupon and then down to the track around the soccer field. EMOM timer set for 30 minutes. Each minute, do 5 reps of the buy-in and then reps of the exercise and repeat each minute until you reach 50 reps of the main exercise. Then, run a lap around the track. Flip the buy-in and main exercise and do the same thing until you reach 50 reps of the main exercise. Run a lap. Repeat. Burpees and thrusters were the first set of exercises. Merkins and squats were the second set of exercises. We stayed with merkins and squats until time was up. Fellowship mosey to put up the coupons and then back to the AO.

MARY: Some star gazers for a couple of minutes

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Banjo AO kickoff tonight. Second F lunch discussion and TBD. Possible 2.0 workout/picnic at the Farm one weekend TBD.

COT: The smaller you define your world, the bigger your problems seem.

Fitness Time in Tennessee

AO: shamrock
Q: Stitch
PAX: slappy, Eliza, Anchorman, Bed Wetter, Band Camp, Dumpster Dive, Mermaid, LeBling, Haggis, Squatter, Crawlspace, Lightweight
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
WARMUP:
Warm O Rama:
Moroccan Nightclubs
Grady Corns
Tempo Squats
Imperial Walkers
SSH

THE THANG:
Football handoff run to the back parking lot. Ball works it’s way back through the line and last person sprints to the front, hand off starts back down the line.

Blind draw from each category. One on each corner:

CORE
CARDIO
LEGS
UPPER BODY

Reps =
Card # + 10
Royal = 25
Ace = 100

Got at least 24 exercises in, including 25 Burpees.

COT:
Reading through Proverbs recently and it’s humbling. It’s really a manual for everyone and it challenges our thoughts, attitudes, and actions. It really encompasses every aspect of our lives and just how much of it we offer to God.

I was reminded about anger and what that does to a man. What that does to ME! There’s a lot of anger out there and it’s very easy to let that seep into you. I don’t watch the news anymore. I used to watch it religiously and then I just realized that it was making me…angry. And, there was very little, if anything, I could do about any of it. I can feel the tension in the world around me, today.

How do we respond? There are over 900 verses in Proverbs. Here are two:

1. Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses. That’s 10:12.
2. The vexation of a fool is known at once, but the prudent ignores an insult. 12:16

Which one of these do we represent? Are we snapping back at others to expose and tear them down or are we seeking to put them in a better light? Tim Keller said that “anger is energy released to defend something you love. When you are in a dispute, stop releasing your anger against the other person in order to defend your ego. Release your energy against the problem (not the person) that is dividing you.”

So my challenge today is to step away from the tv. Take a breathe! If we claim to be followers of Jesus, then we shouldn’t look like everyone else. You don’t have to compromise your beliefs to bite your tongue, offer kindness and show love to someone you disagree with. And when you do that, who gets the glory? It’s not you.

Core More Core

AO: dogpound
Q: Madoff
PAX: Lightweight, Earmuffs (Dan Studt), La-Z-Boy (Zac Smith), Aladdin
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WARMUP:
25 SSH
8 Cherry Pickers
15 Rockettes
10 Tempo Squats
25 Calf Raises
Groucho Marx walks and mozy to bathhouse and a run up the hill

THE THANG:
25 reps (4 count) – Seated Flutter Kicks
50 Reps – Elevated Nurpee + Plank Jacks
50 Reps – 1, 2, 3 leg points
50 Reps = Out and Up leg points
25 Reps (4 count) – Seated Hello Dolly
Run up the hill and back and repeat – 2nd set we did 20’s

Grab a Rock:
20x – Press out to Knee Crunch
20x – Oblique Crunch
20x – Standing Bird Dog
20x – Squat to Twist
20x – OH Press with Knee Crunch
20x – Sumo Squat with Circle

MARY: N/A

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:
1. Don’t pray for power
2. Don’t pray for favors
3. Don’t pray to be delivered from necessary consequences of your decisions/stupidity

Pray for the path forward to be revealed.
1 Corinthians 13 – glass darkly
“What stupid thing do I continue to do that makes my life and those around me harder that I could give up and that I would give up.”