F3 Knoxville

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Big Ball Lawn stuff

THE SCENE: Insert info about the weather, etc.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Insert information about the warmup.
THA-THANG:
Building blocks on the lawn. Start at first cone. Do 1 of 1st exercise. Move to next cone, do 2, next cone 3 etc. Total of 10 cones across lawn. Run a lap around field after completing 10 cones and switch to second exercise.

exercises are:

  • Merkins with runs
  • Squat jumps with bear crawls (every other)
  • Dry docks with Bernie Sanders
  • Lunges with side shuffles

Afterwards we did some sprints on the lawn, 40yd, 50yd, 60yd, 80yd. Then, jog then sprint 60yd x2.

MARY:
Flutters x32, side crunches x20, LBCs x20
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
14
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Hardship Hill, OEW and Sacrifice.
MOLESKIN:
Thought we had some merlot spilled but it was just a bathroom break. The name Merlot is thought to be a diminutive of merle, the French name for the blackbird, probably a reference to the color of the grape. So I fed Merle Haggard is really the Haggard Blackbird. His voice certainly sounds that way. Speaking of haggar, if you ever need a suit, I’ve been very happy with Haggar suits. Super comfortable and they are well made with those elastic type waists. Me likey when I eat too much. So Qing at the Big Ball was a great experience and I would suggest it to anyone looking to Q at a palace. Well it certainly seemed like one compared to the depressing darkness of the Dog Pound and Equilizer where you’re not sure if you are going to get sprayed by a skunk or break an ankle on some chewed up concrete. But I do still love my Dog Pound and Equilizer AOs. well enough for today. Remember, if you want to join the I read Tank’s BB club simply put a gorilla 🦍 emoji on the slack post. No comment, just the emoji and your decoder pin will be in the mail. Late.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

wesley house snacks

The Un”bear”able Lap

THE SCENE: 70 degrees, humid and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, This and That, Arm Circles
THA-THANG:
We did two laps around the lawn, with a set of exercises at each corner and another set at each cone which was in between each corner, so 4 corners and 4 cones. Lap 1 we bearcrawled the entire lap, lap 2 we walking lunged

  • Corners: SSH x 10, Flutterkicks x 10, Merkins x 10, Flutterkicks x 10, SSH x 10
  • Cones during Bearcrawl lap: Imperial Walkers x 10, Box Cutters x 10, Carolina Dry Docks x 10, Box Cutters x 10, Imperial Walkers x 10
  • Cones during Walking Lunges: Shoulder Taps x 10, LBC x 10, Cobra Merkins x 10, LBC x 10, Shoulder Taps x 10

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Yesterday Drive Thru spent his Word talking encouraging us to sign up to lead a work out soon, especially if we haven’t led before. So I decided to give my Word to talking about why it’s worth meeting the need of leading workouts. When I think of why leading is worthwhile I think in terms of 3 “ships”. The first one being obvious: leadership. Raising up male community leaders is one of the foci of F3 and leading a workout is an opportunity to grow in that. The second is ownership. I went from feeling like someone who occasionally attended F3 to someone who is a part of F3 after leading workouts. The third ship is fellowship. I feel like I know those who lead often more than those that don’t, and that others know me better through me leading. So I added this onto Drive Thru’s encouragement to sign up to lead

Mucho Mucho’s

THE SCENE: Low 70’s, humid
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, Little of this and that, Arm Circles, Cherry Pickers, Tempo Squats, Michael Phelps

THA-THANG:
Moseyed over to the parking lot between the park and the river. 4 cones were laid out in the parking lot at distances that increased as they went. We did 3 rounds of work with a mode of transportation between cones, exercises at each cone, followed by Blockees (CMU burpees) and a run up the hill leading back to the park, then a cool down walk down the stairs.

  • Round 1: Bear Crawl to each cone, 5x Mucho Leg-o’s, 5x Blockees, hill run
  • Round 2: Broad Jumps to each cone, 5x Mucho Arm-o’s’s, 3x Blockees, hill run
  • Round 3: Duck Walk to each cone, 20x BBS at cones 1 and 3, 20x American Hammers on 4ct at cones 2 and 4, 3x Blockees, hill run

Moseyed back to AO

MARY:
Did a round of the protractor to finish out

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

We began the BOM by throwing out adjectives that we thought described men or that we would want to be true of us, whatever came to the top of our heads. True, hardworking, stoic, good, patient, and meek were among words thrown out.

I then shared about some time I spent in Matthew recently reading the parable of the talents with some other guys. In the parable 3 men are giving bags of gold by their master; 5, 2, and 1 each respectively. The men with 5 and 2 each “put their money to work” and return to the master with double what was given to them, to which the Master responds “well done good and faithful servant! Because you were faithful with little I will trust you with much”. The man given 1 however buries his in the ground out of fear of the Master and returns it back to him when he returns, which the Master responds to with a bit more choice words. It’s easy to read this passage and think of performance; we should double the investment that God has given us. But in reality, Jesus is teaching His disciples about the importance of faithfulness. God is pleased by our faithfulness to Him and what He has entrusted us with. Faithful is typically not an adjective we think of to describe a man or what we want to be described as, but as I thought more about it I believe faithful might be the highest praise I could receive. So I encouraged us to remain faithful to what God has called us to do or entrusted to us.

Clydesdale Cardio

THE SCENE: Perfect morning for a beatdown.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Lot’s of circles. Arm circles, knee circles, hip circles, etc.
THA-THANG:
Simple, Tough, and Effective.

Went out for a mosey down towards the river. Hooked a right and ran towards TBA and sprinted up Lake Loudon. Next we hit Manning Pass. Mosey’d down and then sprinted up, checkerboard to checker board. Continued towards the Hill, but went around it instead of up for the sake of time. Ended up back at the AO with just enough time for 90 seconds of Mary led by Pfeiffer and Postman.

We sprinkled in some burpees throughout the run Kiss-My-Grits style.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 PAX (1 FNG). Swanson, Jorts, Passport, Huffy, Anteater, Abort, G-6, Band-Aid, Postman, Pfeiffer, Soot.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Sometimes the thing we need is something Simple, Tough, and Effective. Nothing fancy about a hilly Mosey, but it’s great for conditioning. In life, sometimes we just need to grind and get it done.

Leaders lead from the front. You don’t always have to be the fastest or in the best shape, but people look to you for guidance. A leader has to be able to maintain command and control of his element.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence at Big Ball and service opportunity on May 12!

Bricks, Buddies and Big Ball

THE SCENE: Perfect, mid 50’s, partly cloudy
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, Arm Circles, Rockettes, This and That, Michael Phelps, Cherry Pickers
THA-THANG:
Moseyed over to the brick pile by L&N where everyone grabbed a new buddy (brick). Everywhere we went during the workout we carried our buddies overhead

  • Sidewalk near AO: Doras: 50x Goblet Squats, 100x Tricep Extensions, 150x Curls, while one partner ran down the street and back
  • Big Ball: Doras again with a new partner: 50x Brick Merkins (one hand on brick, merkin, slide brick to other hand, merkin, etc), 100x Flutterkicks with brick overhead (4ct), 150x Calf Raises while holding brick
  • Bridge near Cumberland: walking lunge across with brick
  • Amphitheater: 3 rounds of exercises OYO
    • Round 1: 5x bodybuilders, 10x shoulder raises, 15x American Hammers (4ct), 20x Big Boy Sit ups, 25x Rows at top of stairs
    • Round 2: 10x bodybuilders, 15x shoulder raises, 25x Big Boy Sit ups, 30x Rows at top of stairs
    • Round 3: 20x shoulder raises, 30x Big Boy Sit ups, 35x Rows at top of stairs

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Talked about a conversation I had with a student that reminded me of a word Abort gave involving a friend saying “It must be nice” in regards to someone elses situation, not acknowledging their own privileges and blessings. While talking with my student we pointed out that people have a tendency to find pride and validity in our sufferings, so much so that we often overexaggerate them. We tend to place more value on ourselves or less on others depending on the difference in the weight we carry on our shoulders. I have noticed that even in family gatherings its rare that we don’t end up somewhat comparing who has to work the longest hours, or get up the earliest or stay at work the latest. We try to impress each other with things we actually shouldn’t be proud of. Galatians 6:14 actually says that should we boast in anything it should be in the Cross of Jesus Christ. So my encouragement for us was that we seek to keep a true and proper perspective on our situation, rather than finding ways to use our suffering as opportunities to impress.