Mathlete – Page 4 – F3 Knoxville

[cvproject] 525 – Jan/Jul Metric

July 24, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: cv-the-project
Q: Ocho
PAX: Tom Tom, TombRaider, Mathlete, Erector, Mooch, Boy George, Biohack
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
It was a balmy July morning. The temperature felt somewhere between the inside of a microwave burrito and a wet sock in a toaster. But eight men were there. Eight of the strongest, bravest, surest men. And they came to work.

WARMUP:
Shoulder stretches, Phelps, Willie Mayes Hayes, SSH, Tempo Squats, Tempo Merkins, Gentle Yog (w/ Bernies, Karaoke, Butt-Kickers, & High Knees)

THE THANG:
You v You

Set a 30 min timer. Every PAX will do the following exercises in sets of 25. After 25 reps, run 25 yards, do 2 burpees, and run back. Repeat until time runs out. (E.g. 25 curls, run, 2 burpees, 25 curls, etc.)

150 Curls
125 Squats
100 OHP
75 Kettle Swings
50 Thrusters
25 Blockees

MARY:
We had time for this little vixen. She gave us Flutter Kicks, LBCs, and Basilisks.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Flag Handoff Aug 7
Dad Camp sign up is live.

COT:
Today’s workout is “You vs You,” where we push ourselves to be better than yesterday. It’s also my third anniversary with F3. This group has sharpened me—physically, mentally, and spiritually—because I kept showing up. Today, let’s talk about endurance, the grit to keep coming back, no matter how tough it gets.
Hebrews 12:1 (ESV): “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.”
This verse reminds us life is a marathon, not a sprint. We endure by shedding distractions and sin, fixing our eyes on the goal—Jesus—and pressing on, step by step.

Endurance isn’t just about muscles; it’s about heart. F3 teaches us to show up, even when it’s cold, early, or we’re sore. Why? Accountability. Iron sharpens iron.

So PRESS. ON.

[cvproject] Ultimate Frisbee

July 15, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: cv-the-project
Q: Biohack
PAX: Mathlete, Ocho, Nosedive, Baby Face, Lt. Dan, flyball, Tom Tom, Mooch, Munge, Biohack, Nerf, WildThing
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WARMUP:
-Projectivator
-Tempo squats
-Tempo merkins
-Cherry pickers

THE THANG:
Mosey to the high school parking lot.

Ultimate Frisbee game. Everyone does a burpee on each turnover. When someone scores, they call out an exercise and number of reps.

MARY:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:
We are now a new region, F3 Clinch Valley! Our focus will be on furthering the mission of F3 to plant, serve, and grow small workout groups to invigorate male community leadership.

Our SLT is meeting weekly for the next few weeks to come together as a team and build plans to accomplish this. We would like your prayers and help as we move to plant new AOs and bring in the next generation of men who will be transformed by F3.

The Madison Hotels Decathlon: Team Billy vs Team Eric

July 10, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: the-project
Q: Nosedive
PAX: Mathlete, Baby Face, Munge, Biohack, Lt. Dan, Ocho, Tom Tom, TombRaider
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP:
Side Straddle Hops x15
Hairy Rockettes x15
Moroccan Night Clubs x15
Tempo Squats x15
Cherry Pickers x5

THE THANG:
Mosey over to the CMUs
Separate into 2 teams (Team Billy and Team Eric)
Teams gain 1 point every time a player completes an exercise listed on a drawn index card, runs down to the far wall of the parking lot and back to simulate putting a bag of flaming dog poo on Old Man Clemens’s porch, followed by 10 Merkins
2 points can be gained if a player carries his CMU with him across the parking lot and completes 5 (each leg) Sloppy Joes (Cotton-Eyed Joes, but extra sloppy)
CMU workouts included: squats, American hammers, dips, heavy box cutters, derkins, chest presses, heavy Freddies, triceps, heavy lunges, we’re not worthies, grave diggers, blockees, murder bunnies, big boys, upright rows, and overhead presses (w/ optional saying “O’Doyle rules!” with each rep)
Team Eric won, but Carl got the company in the end
Mosey back to the flag following the imaginary penguin

MARY:
No time

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence this Saturday 7-12-25!!!

COT:
July 7 – My Utmost For His Highest by Oswald Chambers – All Noble Things Are Difficult
“Thank God He does give us difficult things to do! His salvation is a glad thing, but it is also a heroic, holy thing. It tests us for all we are worth.”
Failure is part of getting better

[the-project-vls] VQ-3 Lead Right

July 9, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: the-project-vls
Q: Baby Face
PAX: TombRaider, Mathlete, Borg, Nosedive
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
Had great conversations and warded off 8 legged Beasts with a good sunrise all while sharpening Iron

Wall-pees and a circuit

July 8, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: the-project
Q: Erector
PAX: Baby Face, Mathlete, Ocho, Nosedive, skewer, Tom Tom, Erector
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WARMUP:
15 SSH, 15 Mountain climbers, 10 tempo merkins, 15 Moroccan night club, 10 tempo squats, 5 cherry pickers
THE THANG:
Mosey to the pool wall for the start of an AMRAP style workout. Do 5 wall-pees, run to the amphitheatre for legs, run up the hill for core, and run to the playground for upper body.
Legs- 20 step-ups and 20 squats
Core- 20 Freddy Mercury and 20 American hammers
Upper- 5 pull-ups and 20 merkins
Do both exercises at each station and AMRAP.
MARY:
Planks
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence Saturday!
COT:
I have often struggled with the concept of trusting in God. It is not that I don’t believe He can do what He says, but I struggle with the implementation. How does God work in the world today? How does He consider my requests through prayer but still know what the outcome will be? The problem with my struggle is that I can’t truly answer any of these questions. The answer is to trust God!
Proverbs 3:5-6 NASB1995
[5] Trust in the Lord with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. [6] In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.
God’s ways are greater than man’s, so we need to trust that God will do what accomplishes His will. His will is what is best for us.