F3 Knoxville

Tag: Mayberry

Sharing the load

THE SCENE: 30 and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
quick run, SSH, Merkins, Burpees, Cherry Picker, Arm Circles
THA-THANG:
Worked as a group to accomplish the total reps for each exercise, sharing the total number of reps as each participant was able

  • 500 Rock curl to press
  • 500 Dips
  • 500 Merkins
  • 500 Iron Mikes
  • 500 Jump Squats
  • 500 Imperial Walkers
  • 500 Dry Docks
  • 300 Pull ups
  • 500 Reverse crunches
  • 500 Decline Push up

MARY:
Flutter kicks, Box Cutters, Plank
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
7 strong
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Psalm 34:19. We talked about learning to lean on each other and lean on God in difficult times and how to bring that attitude into our daily lives
MOLESKIN:
Prayers for Ribbed and his wife, Celebrating life of Tweet-E’s dad and Tweet-E’s 21 yrs

ExciteTank part 1

THE SCENE: Chilly and extra gloomy
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
The regular stuff.
THA-THANG:
Mosey to steps

Partner up . Partner 1 does 10 of every exercise until partner 2 returns from the run up to Dwayne Johnson and around the boat.
exercises are:

  • Merkins with 10 arm presses
  • Squats with rocketttes
  • 4-ct flutters
  • Dips on the curb
  • Iron mikes 2=1
  • 4ct shoulder taps
  • jump squats
  • Sprint to gas tank and back

Turn it over to Excitebike for……

mosey the long way around to the Backbone on Matterhorn. Do the following

  • 10 knee ups- lunge up to pole
  • 5 pull ups-Bernie up to pole
  • 10 left/right knee ups- run up to pole

there were other painful items that only Tweet-E did because he be so dang fast.
mosey back to AO.

MARY:

31 flutters, MudPuppy inspired dead bugs, cobra Kais, and BBS from a late arriving Mayberry.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

10

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
How great is our God?
The super computer “Summit”  in Oak Ridge is able to spit out answers to 200 quadrillion calculations per second. It is the size of two tennis courts and takes 4000 gallons of water per minute to pump through its coolant system so it doesn’t overheat.
Man made this. God made man. You do the calculation. God is bigger than any of our problems.

MOLESKIN:

Mayberry joined us at the end to go over some really good reminders of how we need to be acting at the workouts. We all enjoy each other‘s company and love to joke around but sometimes we can get out of hand with some of the crude comments and language. The dog pound is a great AO, but we can always improve. Also, we need to do a better job with FNGs and new guys to make them feel welcome.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
None

HIMship

THE SCENE: A clear, cool morning (a balmy 39°).  Absolutely designed for sharpening some iron.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 15
5 merkins
5 tempo merkins (4 ct)
5 tempo merkins (8 ct)
Little baby arm circles 10 forward, 10 back
Imperial walker x 10
5 squats
5 tempo squats (4 ct)
5 tempo squats (8 ct)
5 cherry pickers

THA-THANG:
Long mozey to playground parking lot
At every other light:

  • 5 star jacks
  • 5 dive bombers
  • 5 v-ups

One car, one truck.  Everybody does 3 rounds.
Pull the vehicle from Point A to Point B, then push it back.  During each round, perform the following while not engaged on a vehicle:

  • Round 1 – BBS
  • Round 2 – Swerkins (Wide-arm side to side merkins)
  • Round 3 – Jump Squats

Very short mozey to playground.

  • 5 World’s Greatest Merkins
  • 10 Burpees
  • 15 Pull-ups
  • 20 Flutter kicks (4 ct)
  • 25 Inclined merkins
  • 30 dips
  • Run across the field and back
  • Rinse. Lather. Repeat.

Indian run back to AO.

MARY:
Side crunches x 15 each side
25 American hammers (4 ct)

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

There was a recent post among the leadership about the language we in F3 use. We throw out terms without considering their actual meaning. We talk about servant leadership and no man left behind and leading by example. We say we’re making the HC and call each other HIMs. 12 HIMs took on the Gloom. 9 HIMs posted today. Etc. We say it with such commonality that it loses its meaning and you earn HIMship just by showing up to workouts. That’s not what F3 is about. That’s not what a HIM is. We need to adjust our culture so that being a HIM has meaning.

A HIM is defined as a high IMPACT man that is a DISRUPTOR who is COMMITTED to making FORCIBLE contact to STRONG EFFECT.

A few weeks ago, Tank asked for 3-5 guys to help him serve kids at the Wesley House for their fall festival. Out of approximately 250 active members, guys who post regularly, how many HIMs showed up? 1. Unfortunately, it wasn’t me either. Most of the time when there’s a service project it’s the same small group of men that make the HC to serve. There is a cultural change we need to make in F3 Knoxville. We need to be impactful. Disrupters. We need to commit to making forcible contact to strong effect. We need to EARN our HIMship.

To help, a new slack channel called service opportunities had been created to help us generate, plan, and execute opportunities to serve and impact our community.  Please join the channel and look back at the video from Steam about the service project that’s already been completed.

The Bible talks extensively about serving others.  Jesus, himself, speaks to serving our brothers and sisters.

Matthew 25:31-41

“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
“Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

Our priorities are this: God first.  Family second.  Serving the Kingdom is a very close third.  I understand family obligations and that not everyone is able or even needed to show up at every project.  But if we aren’t helping people, if we aren’t serving our community, if we’re not advancing the Kingdom and giving glory to God, we’re not doing our job.  We’re failing.  Failing ourselves.  Failing F3.  Failing Him.  This is a call to action.  Answer the call.  Serve.  Be impactful.  Earn your HIMship.

SYITG

MOLESKIN:
Prayer requests:  Ribbed and wife, surgery scheduled Dec 14 in Cleveland; I-Beam’s friend recently diagnosed with lymphoma on top of other health issues
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Coat drive
Gobbler Challenge next Thurs – I-Beam on Q

BUDs Seal Training (maybe)

When: 2020-11-19
QIC: I-Beam
The PAX: I-Beam, Mayberry, La-Z-Boy, Snitch, Junk, Biscuits, Slide Rule, Tweet-E, Bowflex, Driftwood, Tank, Excitebike, Waxjob

Conditions: Winter-like, 31 degrees

THE THANG
Side Straddle Hops x 12 IC
3 Burpees OYO
Imperial Walkers x 12 IC
3 Burpees OYO
Cherry Pickers x 65IC
5 Burpees OYO
Squats x 10 IC

Count off by 2

Mosey to Matterhorn
BUDS PT Round 1
Team 1 carries boat to Backbone
Team 2 Merkins, pull-ups, 4-ct flutter kicks (20,5,35 – AMRAP)
Swap

BUDS PT Round 2
Team 1 carry boat
Team 2 BBS, Squats, 8-ct body builders
(15,20,15 -AMRAP)

Team Indian Run with Boat
Tennis Court Suicides x 3
3 Burpees OYO in between

AbCycle
Flutter kicks x 15 IC
Hello Dolly’s x 15 IC
Reverse Crunches x 10 IC
Burpees x 5 OYO

COT
Name-o-Rama

BOM
Privilege is the idea that you have received or been granted something for which you put no effort into. This can be manifested in a lot of ways. The upbringing you had, the job you work, your race and many other areas of life. I’ve been contemplating privilege in many ways over the past couple of weeks.

I saw a video on privilege where a teach offered some kids $100 to the person who ran the fastest across a field. He handicapped those without privilege first. Look it up on YouTube. It’s an interesting watch.

I saw it played out in last nights episode of the Crown where Michael Fagan not once, but twice broke into Buckingham Palace and went the to the Queens room. He was down on his luck and the scene portrayed a kind of privilege where the queen has and Fagan did not.

I also heard it in this weeks F3 Podcast with Steam and Crawdad. Crawdad admitted his first job in DC was not because he wasn’t necessarily qualified but he knew somebody. I can relate to that in my first job.

Where does privilege hit you?

Anatomy of a Burpee (Revisited)

QIC: I-Beam
The PAX: Mayberry, Bowflex, Slide Rule, Ribbed, Mudpuppy, La-Z-Boy, Biscuits, I-Beam

Conditions: Clear and 59 degrees

THE THANG
Side Straddle Hops x 20 IC
2 Burpees OYO
Imperial Walkers x 11 IC
2 Burpees OYO
Cherry Pickers x 6 IC

Mosey to boat parking lot
Dora EMOM (Burpees)
100 – Donkey Kicks
200 – Hand Release Merkins
300 – Jump Squats
Flutter Kicks til 6 is up

Slow mosey cool down together

11’s at Baby Everest
1 BBS at bottom
Bear crawl up hill
10 Burpees
Crab crawl down hill
Repeat, 2/9, 3/8……

Mosey back to parking lot
Flutter kicks x 20 IC
LBC’s x 20 IC
Box Cutters x 20 IC
Hello Dolly’s x 20 IC
V-Ups x 10 OYO
Burpees x 5 OYO

COT
Name-o-Rama

BOM
Patience is the ability to endure difficult circumstances such as perseverance in the face of delay; tolerance of provocation without responding in annoyance/anger; or forbearance when under strain, especially when faced with longer-term difficulties.

To me: Patience is the level of endurance one can have before negativity.

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world – Helen Keller

Proverbs 14:29
Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly

My daily struggle is frustration. Most days I can’t believe people don’t see things the same way I do. I continually strive to gather info before I hastily respond.