F3 Knoxville

Welcoming BSIA…A Day on Pickett’s

AO: asylum-daybreak
Q: Crawdad (Robbi Dickens)
PAX: Waffle House (Brady Greene), Crash Dummy, Lilydipper, Pusher, Lizzy, Brick, Dung Beetle, Jumbo(Carter Dickens), Pac-man, Snitch (Cory Beilharz ), Swimmies (Nathan Chesney), @breaststroke, @kungblue
FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
2+ miles of hills and sprints, a full morning on Pickett’s, two oil changes and some serious core for our first grind of daylight savings! Self-rating (8/10) :muscle::runner:

WARMUP:
100 SSH
Imperial Walkers
Hillbillies
Michael Phelps
Little of this and that
Tempo Merkins
Lap around the pond

THE THANG:
We moseyed to the yoga studio and hammered out core to start it off.
100 hello Dollie’s
2 x 50 =100 Flutter kicks
60 second plank
30-60 second elbow plank

>From there we headed to the bottom of Pickett’s Charge.
We did Dora’s up the first hill / ledge:
100 Merkins
200 Squats on the 4 count
300 LBCs

Then we did 7s up the next ledge if Pickett’s (touch the wall of the Celleseum) with merkins at the bottom and Smurf Jacks at the top. As we ran, we forced ourselves to put smiles on our faces. 😀

We gathered at the bottom of that ledge and did another oil change (100 SSH) as a transition workout.

Everyone moseyed to the bottom of Pickett’s and did a full Pickett’s (got grounded by touching the Asylum) and then gathered at the Colleseum for the pre-BSIA 60 seconds of silence and reflection.

Mosey to the parking lot (squats on the sidewalk) and did a full sprint back to the AO together. Gathered on the curb for some more sprints and then we circled up.

Each person picked a number of Merkins in their head that they wanted to complete. The point is not to compare yourself to someone else but to pick the number and grind it out. Comparison the thief of joy.

Recover!

MARY:
Yoga Studio for the dub

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hall Ridge

COT:
A couple themes:
1. Comparison is the thief of joy.
2. It’s been scientifically observed – not junk science – that you can force your body to feel emotions with your facial expressions. That’s why we forced ourselves to smile as we ran to get ourselves in the right headspace.
3. As we did Pickett’s today we heard the Bassmaster boats flying by. Those guys are the best at their sport and they did not become the best just by purchasing boats and showing up for the Classic. They had to show up each day and practice and grind and work hard.

The quote for today is, “You are not your grand plans, but your daily patterns.“ James clear

Let’s go!!!!

[f3knoxvillemain] On the Q at 52

AO: f3knoxvillemain
Q: Stitch
PAX: Polly, Guardrail, Mermaid, slappy, Lizzy, Voodoo
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WARMUP:
Run in place
Butt Kickers
High Knees
Jump Rope
Grady Corns
Moroccan Nightclubs
Hairy Rockettes

THE THANG:
Mosey to CMU pile. Grab a CMU.

Total of 52 each (any rep combination) exercise:
Overhead Press
Bench Press
Curls
Tricep Dips or Presses
Squats

Mosey to the back parking lot. We will run 4 big laps around the east side (3 islands) of the lot. After each lap, we will do 13 Burpees. That’s a total of 52 Burpees.

MARY:
PAX led…
Flutter Kicks
Freddy Mercurys
Jane Fondas
LBCs
Snow Angels
Man Makers
Toe Merkins

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
HAW RIDGE signups happening now for March 27th event

COT:
Devotion reading yesterday said
“If you mourn the fallenness of your world rather than curse its difficulties, you know that grace has visited you.” – Paul David Tripp

Cursing is our instinctive response to this world. The people, problems, and pains that we have to endure on the daily are enough to make us throw our hands up and groan. It’s understandable!

Mourning is a better response. It acknowledges that the world is not how it ought to be. Mourning sees the suffering of others and it grieves the damage and destruction of sin. It cries out for God’s redemption and making right what’s been broken.

If you have hope in God’s sovereignty, His promises, and the sacrifice that His son Jesus made for all of our wrongs, then let’s thank Him and let’s move throughout our days with gratitude and compassion for others. Let’s be light to those who can’t find it. Let’s invite other men to the goodness we’ve found here at F3.

“For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭18‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Take that with you today.

The Way We Go About It Matters

AO: asylum-pm
Q: Lilydipper
PAX: Dain Bramage, Curveball, Dung Beetle, MD Hammer, Tenderfoot, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Crash Dummy, Kung Blue, Lizzy, Steam, Tigger (Jack Panick)
FNGs: 1 Tigger (Jack Panick)
COUNT: 12
WARMUP: 7 Motivators, 7 Cherry Pickers, 7 Twistees, 7 Hand Release Merkins, 10 Rockettes, 7 Pterodactyls Forward and 7 Backward.

THE THANG: Mosey on park roadway to the Caribbean Parking Lot. We will stop to do 40 Baby Crunches. Next, we will sprint for three islands, then slow to a walk to the end of the parking lot. On the other side of the parking lot we will sprint for three more islands, then walk to the end of the parking lot.

Next, we will sprint to the sidewalk that head to the Bros Bowl. We will walk for 20 paces then mosey to the Bros Bowl.
We will run clockwise on the outside circle of the Bros Bowl, stopping three times at any point along the way to do 10 Merkins each time one stops. Those getting halfway around first do squats until the six arrives. Then we will run back to the bottom of the Bros Bowl stopping three more times along the way to do 10 Merkins at each stop. Those getting back to the bottom of the Bros Bowl do baby crunches until the six arrives.
We will all do 20 Hello Dollies.

Next, we will next run clockwise on the second most outside circle, this time stopping two times at any point along the way to do 10 Squats with each stop. Those getting to the benches at the top of the Bros Bowl do incline merkins until the six arrives. Then we will run back down clockwise to the bottom of the Bros Bowl, stopping two more times to do 10 Squats at each chosen stop. Those getting back to the beginning of the loop jog slowly in place until the six arrives.

Next, we will run clockwise in the innermost sidewalk of the Bros Bowl, stopping at 3 o’clock to do 10 Jump Squats, and at 6 o’clock to do Bench Dips until the six arrives. We will then continue to 9 o’clock to do Jump Squats and then run back to the bottom of the Bros Bowl. Those arriving first run in place until the six arrives.

Mosey back to the Caribbean. Go to the west end of the parking lot. We will go to the end of the parking lot by lunges to the 1st island, bear crawls to 2nd island, Bernie Sanders to the 3rd island, hops to the 4th island and sprinting to the end of the parking lot.

Mosey to the gate by the AO parking lot. We will stop to pick up CMU weight rocks and do 20 Overhead Presses.

Mosey back to AO.

MARY: No time, baby!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Our brother, Steam, had a baby girl last month. Her name is Anastasia. Haw Ridge will be on the last Friday of this month. Kung Blue has $10 shopping cards you can purchase for his sons’ Boy Scout troop.

COT:

Message
The Way We Go About It Matters
This evening I am going to read the lyrics from a song I really like. The writer of the song is Kyle Matthews. The song is called The Way We Go About It and it is from his album See For Yourself.
Years ago, she read a letter from the teacher
Sent home with her third-grade son
Tested on some reading
He had been caught cheating
“Why?”, she said
“You told me to make good grades”, he said.
She tried to explain.

“Son, the way we go about it matters
It’s the testimony of the heart
Yes, the way we go about it matters
It’s the proof of who we are”.

Eight years down the road
He’s in a load of trouble
Drugs get him expelled from school
Mother stands her ground
He curses her and heads for town
And says, “It’s good money
For the things we need”
But she says, “It’s worth nothing to me

‘Cause the way we go about it matters
It’s the testimony of the heart
Yes, the way we go about it matters
It’s the proof of who we truly are”
Who we truly are

Tonight, she’ll welcome home
The boy she raised alone
Who has done his time in prison like his father
Friends will come, they’ll dance and laugh
She’ll prepare the fatted calf
And at her table, he will take the seat of honor
And she’ll hold him in her arms

Because the way we go about it matters
It’s the testimony of the heart
Yes, the way we go about it matters
It’s the proof of who we truly are
Who we truly are

Brothers, they way we go about it does matter. Riches, worldly success, power, what does that mean without honor, kindness and love toward our fellow man? Many of you will recognize the story of the prodigal son reflected in the lines of the song. God does love us and will welcome us to Him despite our sins. But the way we go about our lives matters to Him. He wants us to follow His word and His way. That is a way of Glory, of something beyond ourselves, where we can be High Impact Men and strive to be something holy that just isn’t rewarded in our sinful world. But it matters.

Prayers
Prayers of praise for Steam’s baby girl, Anastasia. Prayers for Steam and his wife, Megan, in raising their daughter. Prayers for all traveling at this time during Spring Break. Prayers for High Heels who is on a trip to Spain at this time.

Eyes on the Prize

AO: asylum-pm
Q: Crash Dummy
PAX: Lilydipper, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Pusher, Lizzy, High Heels, Curveball, Tenderfoot, Dung Beetle, Dain Bramage, Shogun
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WARMUP: Run around pavilion/playground back to AO. SSH – 20ea. Windmills – 10, Monkey Humpers – 10. Pterodactyls – 10 (fwd/bwd). Stretching. Run the parking lot.

THE THANG: Partner Up! Partner A: Bernie up Baby Cardiac. Partner B: Reverse Lung. X3.

Run to top of Cardiac: Suicides: 5 Merkins at top. Turns: Jump Squats 10 reps. Finish at the bottom.

Mosey to Caribbean: Every other island 5 Burpees.

MARY: N/A

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Hardship Hill, Genesis

COT: Proverbs 17:24: “A discerning man keeps wisdom in view, but a fool’s eyes wander to the ends of the earth.”

2026 Translation: Wise men lock in, fools fantasize. Wise men create; fools just wait. Wise men build what’s in front of them. Fools daydream about what they’ll do someday.

I love daydreaming. I buy a lottery ticket hoping it hits but the truth is, it wouldn’t hit if I played the lotto every day from the day I was born until the day I die. What matters is hard work and dedication. You have to put in the work. Every. Single. Day!


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