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The Forgotten Q

This is a missing Q/Backblast from BEFORE Thanksgiving. Many apologies – the holidays came and turned over the applecart! But now these guys get the credit for showing up and getting better! Just in time to ring in the New Year!

THE SCENE: 34 and partly “cloudy with a chance of meatballs”
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: YES.
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • PROJECTIVATOR X8
  • SSH x10
  • Imperial Squawkers x8
  • Tempo Merkins x8
  • Carolina Drydock x8
  • Burpees x8 OYO
  • Mosey to Playground

THA-THANG:
Dora:

  • 50 Pull-ups (switch every 10)(plank until 6)
  • bear crawl to amphitheater
  • 100 boxjumps/squats (switch every 10)(Al Gore until 6)
  • Mosey to Memorial
  • 200 BBS (switch every 25)
  • Mosey to Recruiting Center

Recruiting Center: Concentration/Memory

  • flip 2 cards
  • if same, do exercise x1 – take a lap around parking lot
  • if different, do both exercises – take a lap around parking lot

MARY:
Pax Choice

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
5 Knuckleheads: Poolboy, Mathlete, Biohack, Slappy, and Snaggletooth

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Proverbs 24:3-6 (The Passion Translation)

Wise people are builders—
they build families, businesses, communities.
And through intelligence and insight
their enterprises are established and endure.
4 Because of their skilled leadership
the hearts of people are filled with the treasures of wisdom
and the pleasures of spiritual wealth.
5 Wisdom can make anyone into a mighty warrior,
and revelation-knowledge increases strength.
6 Wise strategy is necessary to wage war,
and with many astute advisers
you’ll see the path to victory more clearly.

MOLESKIN:
During these turbulent and trying times, we are inundated and burdened with information. The craziness of these times will foment a greater pandemic of longer impact: it will be a crisis of mental health – depression, addiction, emotional codependency. What we need is not more information or knowledge, but wisdom. Wisdom that is from above that is first of all peaceable. God’s word provides wisdom and peace during these times.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Coming up for air between Christmas and New Year!

Ready for Christmas?

THE SCENE: 48 and raining
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: FREE – not professional, own volition, modify; COVID precautions; cell phone ICOE
WARM-O-RAMA:
1. Projectivator x5
2. SSH x7
3. Imperial Squawker x7
4. Mtn Climber x7
5. Tempo Merk x7
6. Carolina Drydock x7
7. LBAC/Big arm circles X7
8. Mosey to Recruiting Ctr – bernie, karaoke/other side, sidestep/other side, high knees, butt kickers, 5 burpees around Christmas Tree

THA-THANG:

  1. CMU Exercises
    • Kettlebell Swing x10
    • Murder Bunny x10 – Lunges x10 (each leg) – Bear Crawl x10 – repeat until reach other parking lot island and back
    • Thruster + Triceps x10
    • Farmer Carry both – down and back
    • CMU Calf raises x25
    • Blockees x10
  2. FLORA 1-2-3 (partner up, 1CMU/PAX)
    1. UPPER: P1 – 100 Diamond Merk (switch every 10)
      • P2 – Plank on CMU
      • Lap Parking Lot with CMU
    2. CORE: P1 – 200 LBC (switch every 20)
      • P2 – Hold legs 6” w/ CMU above head
      • Lap parking lot with CMU
    3. LOWER: P1 – 300 Squats w/ CMU (switch every 25)
      • P2 – Al Gore with CMU
      • Lap parking lot with CMU

MARY:
No time today.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
4 Horsemen of Christmas Eve: Kickflip, Rocket, Mathlete, and Snaggletooth

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Matthew 2

Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the reign of King Herod. About that time some wise men from eastern lands arrived in Jerusalem, asking, 2 “Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star as it rose, and we have come to worship him.”
3 King Herod was deeply disturbed when he heard this, as was everyone in Jerusalem. 4 He called a meeting of the leading priests and teachers of religious law and asked, “Where is the Messiah supposed to be born?”
5 “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they said, “for this is what the prophet wrote:
6 ‘And you, O Bethlehem in the land of Judah,
are not least among the ruling cities of Judah,
for a ruler will come from you
who will be the shepherd for my people Israel.’”
7 Then Herod called for a private meeting with the wise men, and he learned from them the time when the star first appeared. 8 Then he told them, “Go to Bethlehem and search carefully for the child. And when you find him, come back and tell me so that I can go and worship him, too!”
9 After this interview the wise men went their way. And the star they had seen in the east guided them to Bethlehem. It went ahead of them and stopped over the place where the child was. 10 When they saw the star, they were filled with joy! 11 They entered the house and saw the child with his mother, Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasure chests and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

    1. Wise men pay attention to God, how/what He speaks.
    2. Wise men still seek the KING, to worship Him.
    3. Wise men give to God their hearts/trust (gold), their time/worship (frankincense), and their right to themselves (myrrh).

MOLESKIN:
What will you give the King of kings this Christmas?

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Have a safe, restful, and Merry Christmas!

We Are The Body

THE SCENE: Clear, Dark, High 30s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Side Straddle Hops, Tempo Merkins, Cherry Pickers, Run a lap around the parking lot

THA-THANG:
The workout consisted of 6 stations we ran between and conducted 30 second of various exercises at each station.  Participants chose a body system (Arms, Abs, Back, and Legs) to exercise at the station and together, we worked the whole body.  Each participant got a chance to lead a station by using cards prepared by the Q, thus working the “head” of the body. After the 30 seconds of exercise, all participants would do 1 “burbie for the body” and the “head” would read a bible verse from the card to exercise the “heart.”

MARY:

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
The theme verse today was Luke 6:45b “… for out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.”  This is why we read scripture at each workout station – to fill our hearts with something good.  It is so easy to fill our hearts with crap from the world, that we need encouragement and reminders to dwell in and on the Word of God.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Burden

THE SCENE: Cold but not too cold
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Yes – all the stuff.
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Projectivators
  • Tempo Squat
  • Tempo Merkin
  • Mountain Climbers
  • LBAC/fwd-bwd
  • Overhead Claps
  • 5 burpees OYO

THA-THANG:

  • Mosey to Pool Wall – 10 Wall-ups
  • Mosey to Playground – 10 Pull-ups
  • Mosey to Recruiting Center – grab 2 CMU
  • BRICKWORK: Begin exercise 1 at Parking Lot Island 1. Farmer Carry (FC)(pinch grip) CMUs to Parking Lot Island 2 for Exercise 2. Then Farmer Carry (FC) both CMUs back to STARTEX for next set of exercises.
    • 10 Blockees – FC – 10 Plio-merks
    • 10 CMU Kettlebell Swings – FC – 10 American Hammer (4-ct)
    • 10 CMU Thrusters – FC – 10 Tricep Extensions
    • 10 Lateral Step-ups (2-ct) – FC – 10 Bentover Rows
    • 10 Overhead Press – FC – 10 CMU Curls
    • RINSE AND REPEAT – We broke up the 2 sets with various Heavy Mary exercises (with CMU).
  • Mosey back to ShovelFlag

MARY:
NO TIME

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
6STRONG: Erector, Rocket, Kickflip, Mathlete, Biohack, and Snaggletooth

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” (I Thessalonians 5:16-18)

It’s been hard this year to rejoice always. My hope has felt weak and anemic. With weakened hope, it’s not surprising that it’s also hard to pray. But I can give thanks. So we spent some time giving God thanks. Then we got coffee and my burdened already felt lighter for the company and our joint work together. I also read from Psalm 130 that reminds us that we wait for and hope in the Lord – because HE IS UNFAILING in His Love for us. He forgives, He provides, He comes through for us. For me.

And that is enough.

Leadership – Completing Various Projects

THE SCENE: 32F. COLD but great workout weather.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER + COVID: Administered (Full F3 Disclaimer link cited)
WARM-O-RAMA:
Windmill x 7 IC
Moroccan Night Club x 10 IC
Water Wheel x 7 IC
Spider Man w/reach x 5 ea OYO
Seal Clap Squat x 7 IC
Calf raises x 10 IC
The warmup ended up a Dealer’s Choice… and an exercise happened that has never happened during a Pool Boy Q before… and probably never will happen again. If you want to know what it was, you can ask The Project AO-Q – but it shall be known to YHC as “Voldemorts” henceforth.

THA-THANG:
Mosey to Courtyard
Sets of 11’s + Hold until the 6 is up:
1. Step-ups (1 step-up = 1 rep) / Incline merkins + Hold a Pickle Pointer (Glute Bridge)
2. Squats / Dips + Alternating Side Plank Switch every 10 seconds(Slappy started with Dips – they were harder near the end for sure!)

Mosey to the CMU Pile for 7’s
1. Blockees / Heavy Freddies (Pickle Pointer Hold for the 6)
2. Thrusters / CMU LBC’s (“not an LBC” mumblechatter) (Side Plank Hold for the 6 aka YHC)

Round 3 was planned but skipped because we needed to move to the 3rd thing (not to mention the Q was gasping for air)
Started walking (not a mosey) and the Q asked for an exercise we could do while walking – Lunges to the curb + Rocky Balboa as an intermediate way to still exercise and catch our breaths

Mosey to the traffic light. Wait on light to change we did an exercise (I think squats?)

Mosey across Oak Ridge Turnpike. Press next walk arrow and we did another exercise (also dealer’s choice but YHC did not remember)

Fast mosey to ORHS Tennis courts.
Across the tennis court (aka the direction not running into the net):
Bear Crawl from to next line – 1 x Werewolf – Crawl Bear Back to first line, 1 Squat, repeat to 2nd line all the way through the 4th line. Brief rest, repeat

Suicides (using the same lines) to end the workout x 3
60 seconds rest so we can really go hard

Went about 30 seconds over on the Q but got a great burn at the end!

MARY:
Negative, ghost rider.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Done – 7 PAX including 1 rucker (Kick-Flip!)

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
F3 is about leadership – I want to talk about some aspects of leadership this morning.
I want to introduce you to or remind you of some F3 terms about leadership that we all should be looking to put into practice (even as those who in the Church would aspire to become a pastor or deacon would fit the higher qualifications in the Word of God for those positions)
1. Leadership is about stepping up
43 feet  – Building a Leadership Road forty-three feet ahead of the people driving on it.

2. Bad leadership is better than no leadership
ClusterQ An abomination of a Q that elevates the self-confidence of all other PAX in attendance, thereby convincing PAX on the fence that they couldn’t possibly do worse than THAT guy, leading to an influx in Q signups.

3. Leading well is making it about others – some F3 terms to put together how we assemble a Q that makes it about others
Brick – A singular positive Habit that is Advantageous to the individual or others.
Bricklaying – The joining of Bricks into a Routine.
Routine – A conjunction of Bricks that forms a Guardrail.
Guardrails – Foundational precepts that protect and Incentivize Acceleration to Advantage.
F3 workouts aren’t designed to showcase the Q. They’re about the PAX. We want to challenge, encourage, and help them become HIMs not just Sad Clowns who have been EH’d or even regular “PAX”

4. Leading well is about leading by example – being prepared AND being willing to and seeking to delegate responsibility.
80/1 Rule: The Q’s Delegation of every Task that a Team Member can do 80% as well as he can, except that 1% that absolutely and positively must be done by him.

I want to leave you with one (of I’m sure the many you and I both could cite) verses to inspire you to step up, lead, lead well, and lead by example:

1 Corinthians 11:1 – Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.

MOLESKIN:
Prayed for Kick-flip’s family, wife, and children as they both grieve and rejoice today, December 15th. Praise for Ribbed’s M’s surgery going well and prayer for healing and relief of pain as the recovery continues.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Lots of Q spots open at #the-project and of course other F3 Knoxville locations. Step up to lead, strive to lead well, and keep trying when you fail as you trust God to work more than all the planning in the world can do!