F3 Knoxville

Tag: Lil’ Spice

Dying to Love Others

THE SCENE: Cold. Hopefully not like our hearts.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Overhead clap
Seal Clap Squat
Tennessee rocking chair
Tempo Merkin
Mountain Climbers
20 Calf Raises OYO
50% 60 70 80 90 100

THA-THANG:
Falling Indian run to parking lot next to pond – count to 5 and then do squats til the end of the line reaches you and fall back in.

11’s – this is definitely becoming a favorite routine of mine!
10 merkins-> bear crawl across 2 parking spaces
1 squat-> lunge across 2 parking spaces
9 merkins… etc.

20 flutter kicks, 10 second rest if you finish before the 6 does & repeat.

Burpee Mile (this is like ^4? Here’s ^2 wait no I did it once before)

After completing your 3rd lap, don’t do more burpees but pick up the 6 but actually keep running back the whole lap and then everyone does 12 burpees at the end together. (This took longer than I’d remembered because it’s like 0.4 miles for a “lap” so even 3 basically got us to 1.77 miles for the whole Q)

Mosey to the coupon pile. Stop at the stop sign with Heels to Heaven x 15 IC lead by Erector.

Mosey some more all the way to the coupon pile. Do 10 reps of: CMU Thrusters, CMU Swings, CMU Skull Crushers. Repeat once and put your CMU away, doing a wall sit while waiting for the 6.

Mosey back to the #ShovelFlag and barely make it back in time for the 6:15am alarm to go off on YHC’s watch

MARY:
Ain’t nobody got time for that
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
SEVEN! PAX at JUCO
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Today is… Guardrail’s birthday!

But seriously, today is Valentine’s Day but I want to tell you about the things over the past 2.5 years I’ve seen lots of examples of love & what it is & what it means. My F3 brothers have been such a source of brotherly love I really don’t know what I’d do without it.

If you’re new or old, here are a few examples:

Guardrail reached out to me in September 2019:

@poolboy didn’t know we were neighbors, if only for a season- but love that we are. let’s catch up soon I’m at 2528 and work from home so I’m here all the time.

This was right before my divorce. And Guardrail has been a faithful and loving friend for over 2.5 years now.

I’ve seen friends reach out & look to bring men back from their wandering / not coming.

I’ve seen this group pray for men in various circumstances- mentors dying, children sick, even guys in this group personally ministered to by the hands that lift CMUs and pound the pavement from burpee to burpee.

I’ve seen love displayed in so many ways like stepping up for Q’s, sacrificing times, & even helping out guys when the do their VQs & something doesn’t work out.

Today’s message is simple. A few verses that communicate one clear message: LOVE

““This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you.”
‭‭John‬ ‭15:12-14‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.””
‭‭John‬ ‭14:21‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.”
‭‭1 John‬ ‭4:20‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Love others because Jesus has laid down his life for you. This shows you have His love in you & are Jesus’ friend & disciple.

MOLESKIN:
It’d been too long since I Q’d not OTB. Good to be back in the saddle.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Order those JUCO shirts! See Slack for details.

Lil’ Changes

THE SCENE: Calm, Dry Wonderful 37°

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Delivered
WARM-O-RAMA:
Overhead Claps: Seal Claps: Tempo Squats: Imperial Squat Walkers (poorly counted): Tempo Merkins: Cherry Pickers: OYO stretch
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the stairs by the new building.

1st Lap Bear crawl up the stairs, skip, crawl bear down, 3 Burpees (thanks for the HC reduction) Bernie back

Little change

2nd Lap Crawl Bear up the stairs, skip, Bear crawl down, 3 burpees, Bernie back

Mosey to the new half wall

22 Dips at top with feet far, 2 diamond Merkins & 2 Wide merkins at the bottom.

Little change for 2nd round: feet close; Little change for 3rd round: One foot up

Mosey to the courtyard

Run a lap: little change: Long stride.  Little Change: short stride: Little change; No arm (half lap)

Mosey to the loading dock

Plank, 2 at a time, jump up on the dock, run down the ramp and release 2 more, newtons ramp style.

Mosey to the far end of the big lot

At each lot entrance 5 Kick throughs.  Got between spots with bear crawls, bernie, long jumps, wheel barrows and finally skipping.

Mosey to the guardrail for some derkins; Finished with sprints between the arrows.  Little change: Flat, then uphill, then downhill and then flat again.

MARY:
Got to spend some time doing Freddy Mercury, Starfish, BBS, Heel touches
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
13 Men, 5 rushers
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

If your spiritual life is in a rut, maybe it’s not big changes you need.  If your not being fruitful or it’s ineffective take little steps.

Consider 2 Peter 1 5-7

For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge,
and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness,
and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.

A small faith, supplemented with virtue: Might just be keeping your word and coming out here b/c you said you would. Or the virtue of opening your heart to your family and being present despite distractions.
Virtue with knowledge: Take some time to study God’s word and take it seriously; hint: don’t go it alone
Knowledge with self control: Figure out how to control your body, desires and ambitions. That’s a differentiator.
Steadfastness: Do it for a long time and you get godliness
godliness which results in brother affection because God is full of affection for every brother.  Finally resulting in Love.  Just as Jesus loved us.

Be faithful to your Savior, Be faithful to your family, be faithful to your Church
But try a new time of day for study, a new setting for prayer, Try a new posture
Reach out to a friend and pick a 3 day reading plan together or a short book of the bible

For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge,
and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness,
and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.
For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you
from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 1:5-8

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CSAUP at the end of the month, Camping trip in April and T shirt order (see slack for details on all 3)

All burpees in His name

THE SCENE: cold, dry at JUCO
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
15 SSH, 15 Mountain climbers, 10 tempo merkins, 10 imperial walkers, 10 Moroccan night club, 10 tempo squats
THA-THANG:
Insert information about the workout.

  • 25 merkins, crawl bear 20 paces and Bernie Sanders the rest of the hill
  • 25 squats
  • Mosey to next corner
  • 10 burpees
  • Mosey to next corner
  • 25, 2-ct Freddie Mercury

Mosey to the coupon pile

  • 25 curls
  • 25 tricep extensions
  • Up the stairs for 5 pullups
  • Mosey back down
  • 15 heels to Heaven

Mosey to the large parking lot northeast of campus for a burpee suicide.

  • 15 burpees at the first parking row
  • Suicide back to start and then go to 3rd row for 10 burpees
  • Back to start and then run to the 5th row for 5 burpees
  • Return and begin to descend until time is called

MARY:
Hello Dolly, LBC beatdown
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
A dozen got warm quick at JUCO.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you. Beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity. Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful. Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.” Colossians 3:12‭‭-‬17 NASB1995

All of what we do should be to glorify God. This should be in every aspect of our lives: work, family, entertainment, how we treat each other, how take care of our bodies, etc. It shouldn’t be about what we want but what God wants.

MOLESKIN:
Way to keep going on those long moseys!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CSAUP coming up at Asylum.

Smooth as Butter

THE SCENE: Just below freezing. Didn’t feel cold for long though.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
7xCherry Pickers, 15xMoroccan Night Clubs, 10xTempo Squats, 10xHairy Rockettes
THA-THANG:

Decided to take Butterknife on a trip down memory lane with the first two Q’s he came out to.

Mosey to the large north side parking lot for a little throwback to 2019 IPC Week 1.

Perform the “Killer B’s” (modified to be much easier):

  • Broad Jump to the next parking line.
  • 5 Burpies
  • 10 Bonnie Blairs
  • 15 BBS
  • Repeat x 3
  • Bernie back to the start

Performed three rounds of the above.

Mosey back to the CMU pile for a throwback to IPC week 2. “Meatloaf’s Massacre”

Grab a CMU and perform the following:

  • 5 CMU Man Makers
  • 10 CMU OHP
  • 15 CMU Swings
  • 20 CMU Squats
  • 25 CMU Derkins
  • Run up the stairs and slap the sports center

Repeat x3

Mosey back towards the flag

MARY:
15x Imperial Walkers

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
16 men (some from Equalizer, Shamrock, and the Project) descended upon JUCO to support Butterknife’s appointing as AOQ
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Live third.

As men of F3 we are called to live third. Our creator comes first, followed by our community. We need to strive to put the interests of others above our own. Butterknife is a HIM that I have seen grow a ton over the last 2.5 years that he’s been out at F3. He has shared aspects of his life with us and expressed how much F3 has done for him, as it has for me as well. One aspect that I really appreciate is his desire to put others first. He is quick to pick up the six or make an FNG feel welcome. He’s been a leader at JUCO and has helped us all to grow. Today I’m excited to pass the torch of JUCO AOQ to Butterknife. I know he’ll lift up the men of JUCO and help push the mission of F3 as a whole.

Philippians 2: 1-11

2 So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, 2 complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. 3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. 5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,[a] 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,[b] 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant,[c] being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

MOLESKIN:
I’m still convinced that Butterknife grows stronger every time he gets COVID.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

Hi-Jacked Q

THE SCENE: 30 degrees and dry
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Side straddle hop in cadence 20
A Begonias
10 tempo merkins
Cherry Pickers
Arm rotations thumbs up in cadence
Reverse thumbs down in cadence
Tempo squats
Motivators 8x

THA-THANG:
Cardio Island

  • High knees
  • Butt Kickers
  • Karaoke
  • Lunges
  • Sprints
  • Skips
  • Side to Side lunges

Mosey to Hard Knox. (Borrowed from Brother Rooney at the Asylum)
4 stations around the outside. Each station has 3 exercise options. Choose one to complete and then run to the 3rd station and pick an exercise. Rinse & repeat choosing a different exercise on repeat stations.
Exercises were as follows:
• Station 1 (Core)
• HELLO DOLLYS (20, 4 CT)
• PICKLE POUNDERS (20)
• BIG BOYS (20)
• Station 2 (Legs)
• SQUATS (20, 4 CT)
• MONKEY HUMPERS (20)
• BOBBY HURLEYS (20)
• Station 3 (Core)
• BOX CUTTERS (20)
• LBCS (20, 4 CT)
• SCISSOR KICKS (20, 4 CT)
• Station 4 (Arms)
• MERKINS (20)
• DIPS (20)
• CAROLINA DRY DOCKS (20)

MARY:
Not today…
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Use the TAGS on right-side to record PAX (BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOURSELF) in attendance. Be sure to select the AO in CATEGORY above TAGS and then delete these notes!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
It’s pretty easy to come up with a Q. I jacked this one from the #backblast channel. It came from @Rooney at the Asylum. It’s great to come up with new workouts as well. I typically will take pieces from different workouts and make them my own.

What do you see when you look in the mirror?
How do you talk to yourself?
Do you say things like, “I’ll never be able to do that…” or is it more like, “I can do anything I put my mind to!” or “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”

95% of your emotions are determined by how you talk to yourself. – Zac Stephen’s

Too many Christians are not looking for Peace in God, but pieces of God.

Choosing what’s convenient for what they have going on right now, instead of basking in the peace God offers, once surrender your heart to him.

MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Camping at Cove Lake first weekend of April