F3 Knoxville

Lead or leave

AO: shamruck
Q: Eliza
PAX: Mermaid, Dumpster Dive, Flower Pot, Lizzy, Trojan, Drano, Fabio (Joe Hamilton), Craps, Squatter, Webster, Eliza
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WARMUP: ruck

THE THANG: rucked more but harder

MARY: rucked lighter

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Lizzy

COT: i told everyone i was jealous that shamrock filled up the q calendar. I said the mission is to inspire male community leadership so step up and grab a Shamruck q and lead. It worked.

9/11 Memorial Ruck

AO: shamruck
Q: Trojan
PAX: Eliza, Mermaid, Fabio (Joe Hamilton), Craps, slappy, Lizzy, Flower Pot, Honeydew, Dumpster Dive (Brad Burnette), Venus, Ozark
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WARMUP:
One lap around the track.

THE THANG:

Tower Tribute
15 minutes of stadium stairs.

9 11 20 01
Track laps. At the four corners we did:
1. 9 ruck squats
2. 11 ruck presses
3. 20 4-count ruck flutter kicks
4. 1 Buddy weight carry back to corner 1

Silent Mile
One mile in silence around the track to reflect on 9/11 to honor those who served and sacrificed.

MARY: N/A

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

TLDR; Lots of stuff coming up. Make sure to sign up for the weekly newsletter.

Marine Mud Run
– September 27, 2025
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– There are volunteer and participant opportunities, reach out to Lizzy if you have questions.
Street Hope (October)
– Otis is getting us organized this year to support an anti trafficking campaign.
link.sbstck.com/redirect/a62f14fb-f1c8-40bf-b9f0-c7790bf9fb1a?j=eyJ1IjoiNTd4cmExIn0.GZFXgq0rCIOv-zJlZUN3LZ3Xmnag7KbqEe13m-bURn0
– This challenge is in conjunction with several F3 Regions across the Nation.
Chainbreakers-fall-group-ride
– October 25, 2025
– Location Bakers Creek Preserve
– Ride time 9a-11a
– Fellowship after in the parking lot
– Bring your own refreshments. All are welcome to ride…Help spread the word!
10 Year Convergence 11/8
– Put it on your calendar now!!!
– More details to come but we guarantee 60 Min beatdown to celebrate 10 years
– 7am beat down with a 6am Pre-Ruck
GoRuck Tough and Basic 11/14-15
– More details as we get closer to the event
– There will be three options, or any combo from this list.
– Basic
– Tough
– 12 mile ruck
– Reach out to Lizzy for more details.

COT:

Reflecting on the sacrifices of the brave first responders on 9/11. Challenged the PAX to reflect on the sacrifices we’re willing to make for our families, communities, and strangers.

IPAX Week 1 – Shamrock Edition

AO: shamrock
Q: Stitch
PAX: Anchorman, LeBling, Mermaid, Eliza, Drano, Honeydew, Free Fall, Pool Boy (Jacob Thress), slappy, Craps, Flower Pot, Lizzy
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
WARMUP:
SSH
Imperial Walkers
Grady Corns
Hallelujahs
Back stretches
Twisties

THE THANG:
• Equipment
• Standard coupon
• 100 meter (110 yard) field
• The Thang
• Start the timer
2 thrusters
2 100-meter sprints (down and back = 2)
4 thrusters
4 100-meter sprints
6 thrusters
6 100-meter sprints
8 thrusters
8 100-meter sprints
Continue the pattern until time is called
• Scoring
• Count the total number of 100-meter sprints in 50 minutes
• Example:
• 2 thrusters – 2 100-meter sprints = 2
• 4 thrusters – 4 100-meter sprints = 4
• 6 thrusters – 6 100-meter sprints = 6
• 8 thrusters – time is called after you complete 4
100-meter sprints = 4
• TOTAL SCORE = 16

COT: Group prayer

What’s In Your Cup

AO: asylum-pm
Q: Crash Dummy
PAX: Pele (Jon Lindberg), Unibráu (Nick Robinson), Mr Jinxy, Lilydipper, Drum Major, Lizzy, Curveball, Brick, Abacus, Franzia, Shogun
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WARMUP: Imperial Walkers – 10, Cherry Pickers – 5, SSH – 20, Tempo Squats – 10, Baby Arm Circles FWD – 10, BKWD – 10. Stretching.

THE THANG: 1st POC: Run to the rocks at Pickett’s Charge. Grab a rock. Tempo Goblet Squats – 20 Reps. Rock Swings – 25 reps. Squat Thrusters – 20 reps.
2nd POC: Bros Bowl. Run to the top. 25 Incline Merkins. Run to the bottom. Big Boys until the 6 arrives. Rup up. 25 Decline Merkins. Run down. 30 LBCs. Then American Hammers till 6 arrives.
3rd POC: Run to the Caribbean. Battle buddy. Wheel Barrell to the next island (switch partners as needed). Bear Crawl to next Island. Lunge walks to the end. Hold Plank until the 6 arrives.
4th POC: Run to the small pavillion near Caribbean. Everything in cadence. Bench Pullups – 15 reps. Dips – 15 reps. Wall sit.

Run up Cardiac then back to AO.
MARY: None

ANNOUNCEMENTS: GoRuck Event in Nov. Marine Corps Mud Run 9/27.

COT: A Buddhist monk asked his students: “If you’re carrying a cup of coffee and someone bumps into you, why did you spill the coffee?”
Each of his students replied, because someone bumped into me.
“No. The reason why you spilled the coffee is because that’s what you were carrying in your cup.”
If you were carrying water, you would have spilled water.
Then he said something profound.
He said, “Whenever life shakes you, whatever you’re carrying is going to spill out.”
So, if you’re carrying fear, jealousy, anger, greed, that’s what’s going to spill out.
But if you’re carrying love, compassion, kindness, empathy, that’s what’s going to spell out.
So, each day, you should pause and think to yourself, what am I carrying in my cup today?

Don’t Cheat Yaself…

AO: shamrock
Q: Free Fall
PAX: Charmin (John Willis), Mermaid, Craps, Squatter, Anchorman, Crawlspace, Drano, Eliza, Gringo, Honeydew, Lizzy, Stitch, MacGruber, Ted Fisher aka Brown Squirrel
FNGs: 1 Ted Fisher aka Brown Squirrel
COUNT: 15
WARMUP:

– SSH’s
– Neck rolls
– Windmills forward/backwards
– Baby arm circles in cadence – forward & backwards
– Side stretch
– Cherry pickers
– Toe touch
– Down dog

THE THANG:

Mosey to CMU pile

Partner up – total reps, partner runs the island, hold high plank until everyone is done after each exercise

– 100 CMU Curls
– 100 ‘mercans
– 100 CMU Overhead tri-cep extensions
– 100 CMU law mowers
– 50 goblet squats

Mosey to field

On the sideline. PAX do exercise, then all run across field (sprint/jog pace), everyone hold al gore until all are across, then next exercise.

– 20 Big Boy Sit-Ups
– 30 LBCs
– 15 American Hammers (IC, 4-ct)
– 15 Freddy Mercuries (IC, 4-ct)
– 20 Leg lifts (IC)

MARY:

20 Hello Dollies (IC)

– Hello Dollie’s
– Jane Fondas
– Leg Extensions

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Ask Lizzy

COT:

“We call Abraham “father” not because he got God’s attention by living like a saint, but because God made something out of Abraham when he was a nobody. Isn’t that what we’ve always read in Scripture, God saying to Abraham, “I set you up as father of many peoples”? Abraham was first named “father” and then became a father because he dared to trust God to do what only God could do: raise the dead to life, with a word make something out of nothing. When everything was hopeless, Abraham believed anyway, deciding to live not on the basis of what he saw he couldn’t do but on what God said he would do. And so he was made father of a multitude of peoples. God himself said to him, “You’re going to have a big family, Abraham!” – Romans 4:17-18

“Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered King Nebuchadnezzar, “Your threat means nothing to us. If you throw us in the fire, the God we serve can rescue us from your roaring furnace and anything else you might cook up, O king. But even if he doesn’t, it wouldn’t make a bit of difference, O king. We still wouldn’t serve your gods or worship the gold statue you set up.” – Daniel 3:16-18

Our God is capable of making something out of nothing. In fact, He loves to show up when we’ve got nothing left. BUT, “even if He doesn’t,” may we still be men enough to hold true.


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