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In Tents Rain

THE SCENE: pouring rain, 40°
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Delivered
WARM-O-RAMA:
Grasshopper, Baby Arm Circles, Harry Rockets, 8 Count merkins (not as good as Butterknives counting Monday)
THA-THANG:
Quickly ran for cover in the ‘circus’ tent behind the building that makes an appearance in nearly every picture.

While one HIM did a farmer carry around the building (lap 1), around the tent (lap 2) and rifle carry down the stairs and back) the remaining HIM’s did rounds of the following

Since last week there was so much moaning about abs, we did more:

Cross Knee Planks, Heavy American Hammer, Torture Tucks, Heavy Big boys. CMU paddleboats, 1 Up 2 Down (Really slow, really big flutter)

Then Legs: Heavy Squats, Wall Kicks (minus the wall), Bonnie Blair, 4 Way lunge

Then we switched to Arms: Curls, Merkins, Dry Docks, Donkey Kicks

Finally we rolled some 8 sided dice for more core, arms and legs.

MARY:
No time for it and it was really dang wet.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

I am not a professional …. and that applies to this topic as well.  I am NOT a therapist.
I’m not good at Loss, Lament or Listening.  But we are out here to get better where we are weak.  No man left where he is, right?

We are good at some aspects of grief – I’m so proud of how F3 Knoxville has collectively mourned the loss of Cardinal.  We are good a doing grief. 170 show up for a memorial workout. GoFundMe climbs to 100k in a week.  We buy t shirts. Make videos.
But we are not good at verbalizing grief.  First to God. out loud. Nor are we good at sharing it with brothers.
“Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.”
Psalm 55:22 ESV

Next Level: be more like David.  Have the courage to ask questions we can’t answer and ask them with someone hurting.
“Why, O Lord, do you stand far away? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
Psalm 10:1 ESV
Can it get awkward?  Yes.  Lean into that.
What if I say the wrong things? What if I forget? that information is a burden. What if I can’t carry it?
What if I don’t have the right response – (they are not looking for a response – they are looking for connection.)
What if I make them cry? What if I cry? How do you hold it together? YOU DON’T!
We have that point of connection in Christ. Sin keeps us from being able to connect… but as we journey closer to Christ, less obstruction, more connection, more healing.
I don’t know what “science” says about growing your EQ… but in Christ, your ability to Empathize will grow. We have the Holy Spirit.
It’s what I want to work on. By God’s grace we all can become better listeners. Better at Loss and better at Lament with one another.

MOLESKIN:
Continued prayers for Andrea, Cardinal Jr and Evie.  Prayers for Jen and Rob as they have 9yr old John’s funeral Thursday

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
VQ from Trash Panda on Friday!

The Princess Bride

THE SCENE: Cold and frosty
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  1. Projectivator
  2. Overhead clap
  3. Imperial Squalker
  4. Tempo merkins
  5. Cherry pickers

THA-THANG:

  1. Run to the parallel bars
  2. 20 inverse rows as we sail to the Cliffs of Insanity!
  3. 10 Wallpies and go over the pool wall.
    1. First one over must say the quote (I swear on the soul of my father, Domingo Montoya, you will reach the top alive).
  4. Left side plank for 30 sec.
    1. Why are you smiling?
    2. I know something you don’t know.
    3. I’m not left handed
  5. Right side plank for 30 sec.
  6. My way is not very sportsman-like
    1. Hang from the monkey bars for 1 min.
  7. Run to the bell.
  8. Build immunity to iocane powder.
    1. 20 dips
  9. Run to K25 hill and to the top.
  10. Roll down the hill towards the fire swamp.
  11. Run back up and over and leap the fire geyser at the bottom.
  12. Ring of fire as we battle rodents of unusual size.
  13. Squatting ring of fire as we escape the lightning sand.
  14. We are men of action. Lies do not become us.
  15. Death march to the bell as we fall into the pit of despair.
  16. Not to 50! 50 dips
  17. Buddy carry to the playground as we take Westley to Miracle Max
    1. Switch out at the parallel bars
  18. If only we had a Wheelbarrow
    1. Partner wheelbarrow back and forth to the amphitheater
  19. Mawage is what bwings us togetwar, today
    1. Al Gore while we quote the scene (Wuv, twoo wuv also)
  20. The chase! Jail break to the shovel flag.  No wammies!
  21. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
    1. Overhead clap. In cadence. Until it hurts like you’ve been stabbed in the arms.
  22. To the pain!
    1. Ring of fire.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

“We are men of action. Lies do not become us.”

Who do we lie to?  Others? Ourselves? Our God?

One way we lie to all three is by pretending we will live forever.

Think of your legacy.  What do you picture? Money? A business? Heirlooms or possessions?

Which of these will survive 10 years? 20 years? 50? 100? Eternity?

Steve Jobs was one of the most influential people in the world while he lived and continues to be.  However, within months of his death, Apple released a product he said they’d never make: the iPad Mini.

Do not lie to yourself and pretend that your material work will leave a legacy for your family.  The only true legacy we can leave is by passing our values from the Word of God to others in our lives. The disciples we make will outlive us way longer than any work of our hands.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Last week to sign up for Dog tags.  Q 101 coming up.  Valentine’s week is VQ week.

Proverbs 21:3

THE SCENE: A little overcast with some rain
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Given
WARM-O-RAMA:
The PAX mosey to the front of library and did 10 SSH in cadence… then mosey to the library parking lot and did 10 apple turnover… then mosey to the coupon and carried them back to senior center doing rotation of curls,OHP, FARMER carry
THA-THANG:
20 minute timer

  • 10 and 4 of these excerise wolverine/4 mountain climber
  • Curls down the hill
  • Murder bunny up
  • 10 and 4 Iron hulk
  • Curls down the hill
  • Murder bunny up

MARY:
Did the cupid shuffle  then PAX led heavy core exercise till time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Proverbs 21:3 To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

Proverbs 21:3 ESV

Mark 4:3-9

MOLESKIN:
God wants us to sow the seeds of his message by living righteous and just. When we sacrifice righteous and justice we are allowing the seeds of the gospel to be choked by the thorns of this life.

Keep it Simple

THE SCENE: the Project, a few puddles, and cool
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

15 SSH, 15 Mountain climbers, 10 tempo merkins, 10 harry Rockettes, 15 Moroccan night club, 10 tempo squats, 5 cherry pickers

THA-THANG:
Mosey to toward the friendship bell stopping short at the corner of the gravel path. Do a burpee mile. 12 burpees followed by one lap. Repeat 4 times total.

Mosey to the amphitheater:

  • 25 merkins
  • 25 heels to heaven
  • Run to the pool wall
  • 10 wall ups
  • 25, 2-ct Imperial walkers
  • Run to the playground
  • 5 pull-ups
  • 25 squats

AMRAP

MARY:

Freddie Mercury, LBCs, 6″ LBCs, protractor, planks

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

10 kicked the morning in the teeth today!

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” And He said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the great and foremost commandment. The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets.”

Matthew 22:36‭-‬40 NASB1995

Imagine what your life could be like if you just kept things as simple as those commands. No complicated relationships. No justification for rude behavior. Simply everything that we do, if we act out of love and kindness for others, we could make the world a different place.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

The courage to lead

THE SCENE: Warm for January, low 50s and damp. Something like Ideal gloom with a waning gibbous overhead
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Projectivators
  • Tempo Squats
  • LBACs
  • Tempo Merkins
  • Fence Steppers
  • Grady corn

THA-THANG:

  • Mosey to the parallel bars and have each man  handwalk the parallel bars
  • Mosey to the pool wall
    • Wall sit-ups – All PAX wall sit then do a wall-up upon command.
    • Repeat 5 times
  • Mosey to recruiting center
    • Relocate the entire block stack to the corner of the lot. TO move each block:
      • 20 plyo-merkins or thrusters to farmer carry each block
      • 20 4-ct heavy freddies or flutters to lunge the block
      • 20 swings or good mornings to rifle carry the block
    • Relocate the poles likewise in pairs
      • 20 golden arches then shoulder carry
    • Then move everything to the other corner of the parking lot
    • Then put it all back where we found it
  • RTF

MARY:
11 Heels to heaven, 11 American Hammers
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

On Saturday, I was fortunate to attend the convergence down at Bombshelter and, among several benefits, hear a message from Cap’n Crunch, one of the OG founders of F3 Knoxville. His message was framed with four points on how to improve personal leadership:

  • Resist Passivity
  • Expect Long-term Gains
  • Accept Responsibility
  • Lead Courageously

While any one of these points could serve as the jump-off point, today I am focusing on Lead Courageously. Unlike some other virtues, like temperance or fortitude, Courage is a word that still gets a fair bit of use in the modern cultural lexicon. Pretty much no matter who you are or how you view the world, everyone agrees that courage is virtuous, because everyone agrees that there are things which ought to be done that fear prevents us from doing. Now, Cap’n Crunch noted, and it bears repeating here, that courage is not the absence of fear. If you are not afraid, then you have no need of courage. Rather, courage is fortitude to endure fear which makes possible justice despite opposition, temperance in the face of temptation, and prudence which sees future peril but is not diverted. C.S. Lewis, in the voice of Screwtape, put it this way:

“Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of all virtues at the testing point, which means, at the point of highest reality. A chastity, or honesty, or mercy, which yields to danger will be chaste or honest or merciful only on conditions. Pilate was merciful till it became risky.” – Screwtape

Obviously, having courage is great, but how do I get it?

There is more than one way to answer this question, but today I want to focus on one that we moderns somehow often neglect: From the men at your side. Ever notice what lies at the center of this word: en-COURAGE-ment From time immemorial, men have been facing challenges in groups, even when it provides no pragmatic advantage. In fact, this reality lies at the very heart of F3. By facing our challenges together, with shields locked, we muster courage which we do not individually merit. Do not neglect to engage this resource, for:

36 “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.37As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.38For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark;39and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. (Matthew 24:36-39)

No one knows the future. If you desire to lead, you must either be naïve to this or courageous to face it.
MOLESKIN:
I am deeply grateful to have had the opportunity to lead you fine men this morning. Coming out of a bewildering day, you helped bring me back to center. Truly grateful for your fellowship today and always.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence at Rampart Saturday to finish his VQ and honor his memory. Receiving of friends is 3-5 at South Harriman Baptist Church, Funeral at 6. Burial will be Sunday at 2 pm at Bookwalter Cemetery in Knoxville.