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Dirty Kraken McDeuce for a Dirty Dozen

THE SCENE: A frosty 29 with a westerly wind at 2mph can only mean one thing: HAPPY SPRING EVERYBODY!

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Check!

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Projectivator – Counting down from 1? (just…ok?!)
  • THE (Knoxville) Cherry Picker x5 (Much noise was made. Missing 3-Peat right about now!)
  • Willy Mays Hayes x6
  • Tempo Merks x10
  • Tempo Squats x10
  • Tennessee Rocking Chair x10
  • Shoulder Burn
    • FLBAC x12
    • RLBAC x12
    • Grady Corn x12
    • Chattanooga Cherry Pickers x12
  • SSH x15

Mosey to the Tennis Courts.

THA-THANG:

Agility Drill – Run the boundary lines of the 3 tennis courts – sprint/karaoke on one side, burnie/karaoke on the other. Split into 4 teams.

Team Sprints – Each team has a sprinter, man in plank, man doing squats, and a man doing flutters. Sprinter is to run, touch the fence, do 1 burpee, and sprint back. The plank man sprints, squat man planks, flutter man squats, and sprinter moves to the back and starts flutters. Winning Team – 3 burpees. Losing Team – 5 burpees.

Dirty McDuece – 4 circuits of 3 exercises done to 12 4-count reps (or 24 reps). Each set has one chest exercise, one leg exercise and one core exercise. Lap around the tennis courts after each station.

Station 1 – HR Merkin, Lunges, Undertakers

Station 2 – Diamond Merkins, Bonnie Blairs, Hello Dollies

Station 3 – Merkins, Apollo Onos, Heels to Heaven

Station 4 – Wide Merkins, Monkey Humper, Box Cutters

Rinse and repeat.

RTB for Mary.

MARY:
LBCs – x15
Side Crunches – x10 each side

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

There have been 3 significant leadership roles in the last few years that YHC has had to hand off. A 15 year youth ministry, 2 years as a pastor, and a year as AOQ. YHC has discovered in that time that there is a natural leadership arc. There is a beginning or “honeymoon phase”. This phase is really exciting, you get to be the star or the new hero. You get to carry the hopes for the future for the people you are leading. Then comes the end of the honeymoon phase. Suddenly, you’re no longer special. You get a sense of the dirty laundry and they get to smell yours. This develops into a place of deeper connection and cooperation. Finally, there’s the period of time when the end is in sight or or the “lame duck” phase. This is when someone else’s leadership matters more than yours. Suddenly, you don’t pull the amount of weight you once did.

These phases are also true in many aspects of life; fathers who release their young into adulthood experience a change in the role the play, work related relationships leading all the way to retirement, the phases of life from being a young man to earning your double or triple “respect”.

In his book, The Second Mountain, David Brooks tells us…

“The first mountain is about building up the ego and defining the self, the second mountain is about shedding the ego and losing the self. If the first mountain is about acquisition, the second mountain is about contribution. If the first mountain is elitist–moving up–the second mountain is egalitarian–planting yourself amid those in need, and walking arm in arm with them.”

I read a great analogy for this: the racecar driver (RCD) vs the right-front-tire guy (RFTG). When you’re the RCD, you get all the glory. It’s all about you. You’re the star of the show and it’s a glorious rush. For the RFTG on the other hand, it’s all about OTHERS. He’s willing to take the position that supports others.

The RFTG actually has a lot more influence than you think. He can use his encouragement and skill to build up and create MORE leaders while the RCD is busy DOING everything he can to stay on the road. The fact is, when you consider how often we get to be the RCD and how short lived the “honey moon” phase is, we’re very rarely in the driver’s seat. We are more often than not the RFTG.

Moses handed off leadership to Joshua. He saw into the Promise Land but pushed Joshua forward. Paul was imprisoned and saw his ministry and life dwindling. He got in the coaching seat and pushed Timothy forward. Jesus’ tone began to change with the disciples in the Gospels.

John 14:12 – “Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.”

Jesus gave His life, was glorified, took his seat next to the Father, and sent His Spirit to empower YOU to do even greater things!

  1. Are you in a seat of influence as the RFTG and don’t know it because you’re wishing you were the RCD?
  2. Are you experiencing a “lame duck” phase in some place in your life and need to consider how to be a better RFTG?

Who in your life can you be a better Right Front Tire Guy?

MOLESKIN:

  • See further discussion on “Legacy” in Q4 “Leave Right” in the F3 QSource!
  • Welcome FNG – Gas-X!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • You v You Fitness Metric on this Thursday’s Workout!
  • New Shieldlock forming on Wednesday morning at 0500.
  • Haw Ridge – April 14 (Get signed up! See Slack for details!)
  • Hardship Hill (May 29) is fast approaching. Get your team and get your team registered.

Repetition makes perfect punishment

THE SCENE: Dang that was cold……
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

obligatory ✅
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH – 15

merkin tempo – 5

SSH – 10

squat tempo – 5

SSH – 5

knoxville cherry picker – 5

SSH – 10

Willie Mays Hayes – 6

SSH – 15
THA-THANG:
Mosey to pavilion

  • 50 bench dips
  • 50 toe merkins
  • 40 bench dips
  • 40 toe merkins
  • 30 bench dips
  • 30 toe merkins
  • 20 bench dips
  • 20 toe merkins
  • 10 bench dips
  • 10 toe merkins

Mosey to bleachers

  • 50 Merkins
  • Box jump to top of bleachers, walk back down
  • 40 Merkins
  • Box jump to top of bleachers, walk back down
  • 30 Merkins
  • Box jump to top of bleachers, walk back down
  • 20 Merkins
  • Box jump to top of bleachers, walk back down
  • 10 Merkins
  • Box jump to top of bleachers, walk back down

Mosey to Dugout

  • 60 second wall sit
  • 60 second plank
  • 50 second wall sit
  • 50 second plank
  • 40 second wall sit
  • 40 second plank
  • 30 second wall sit
  • 60 second plank

Mosey to Rampart sign

Lot tracer for 10 spots

RTB

 

MARY:

SHOULDER BURN

  • LBAC
  • SEAL CLAPS
  • OHC
  • MOROCCAN NIGHT CLUB
  • CHATTANOOGA CHERRY PICKER
  • THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOME MORE BUT WHO IS COUNTING

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church.”
Ephesians 5:25

What a golden example Christ gives to his disciples! Few masters could venture to say, “If you would practise my teaching, imitate my life;” but as the life of Jesus is the exact transcript of perfect virtue, he can point to himself as the paragon of holiness, as well as the teacher of it. The Christian should take nothing short of Christ for his model. Under no circumstances ought we to be content unless we reflect the grace which was in him. As a husband, the Christian is to look upon the portrait of Christ Jesus, and he is to paint according to that copy. The true Christian is to be such a husband as Christ was to his church. The love of a husband is special. The Lord Jesus cherishes for the church a peculiar affection, which is set upon her above the rest of mankind: “I pray for them, I pray not for the world.” The elect church is the favourite of heaven, the treasure of Christ, the crown of his head, the bracelet of his arm, the breastplate of his heart, the very centre and core of his love. A husband should love his wife with a constant love, for thus Jesus loves his church. He does not vary in his affection. He may change in his display of affection, but the affection itself is still the same. A husband should love his wife with an enduring love, for nothing “shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” A true husband loves his wife with a hearty love, fervent and intense. It is not mere lip-service. Ah! beloved, what more could Christ have done in proof of his love than he has done? Jesus has a delighted love towards his spouse: He prizes her affection, and delights in her with sweet complacence. Believer, you wonder at Jesus’ love; you admire it–are you imitating it? In your domestic relationships is the rule and measure of your love–“even as Christ loved the church?”

-Charles Spurgeon

MOLESKIN:
Greg to have our brother Rocket join us today. Love it when PAX get out to visit with us.

dproud of the turnout for painting at Cardinals family’s new home. What a blessing it was to see the men of F3 Knoxville being the feet and hands of Christ serving others in need.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
AED – GO FUND ME is live, for now we will plan on AOQ carrying this item when we get. Ride along will be promoted to admin of the gofundme account, along with Lucille and Bobbit also in the circle of accountability. We will continue to raise funds until we reach our goal and then Lucille will purchase.

CSAUP Escape from Haw Ridge 4/14 currently have one team of 4 from Rampart, all welcome.

RUCK- Many opportunities to ruck this week including Monday night, Tuesday am, Thursday am

Shield Lock Bravo tooling up  contact Piston if you want in

 

Consider it all joy to suffer

THE SCENE: Way too cold to be March 18th.  28 degrees and windy.  Prayed for the workday at Cardinal’s M’s house before we began, some of the HIMs clown car up there immediately after prayer.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
1 Burpee; 15x or 10x of:  SSH, Tempo Squats, Tempo Merkins, Seal Claps, Clubs, LBAC (forward/backward), Knoxville Cherry Pickers
THA-THANG:
Started with agility:  Using a speed ladder, 1 HIMs did a 2 CMU farmers carry for 100 meters while the other HIMs did various agility drills with the speed ladder (in-out hops, side-side hops, etc.).  Afterwards, 2 HIMs did ground to shoulders with the CMUs 10x (5 each shoulder) while the other HIMs did burpees (rotating out each set).

Next, endurance:

  • 50 Squats, run 200 meters, 10 Merkins
  • 40 Squats, run 200 meters, 20 Merkins
  • 30 Squats, run 200 meters, 30 Merkins
  • 20 Squats, run 200 meters, 40 Merkins
  • 10 Squats, run 200 meters, 50 Merkins

MARY:
7 Minutes of Mary where 1 HIM called out and exercise for the others to do for 1 minute while that HIM did a minute of curls with the CMU.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
7 HIMs in the gloom with 2 HIMs joining us for prayer before they headed to paint.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Romans 8:18:  “For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is going to be revealed to us.”

When things get tough, whether physically, mentally, or spiritually, we know that there is something in the future that will completely overshadow and make us forget those sufferings.  When we see Jesus face-to-face.  When we encounter hard circumstance, hard people, or desperate times, we know we have this hope in Christ Jesus.

MOLESKIN:
Praises for continued improvement of Ride Along’s dad and for the birth of Wilbur’s 2.0.  Praying again for the workday at Cardinal’s M’s house.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Announced next couple of Q’s and requested that HIMs try to EH some guys.  Chee-Burger is looking for people to work at his job if any HIMs know of anyone.

No Mercy from Wingman

THE SCENE: Fuh-Reezing 25 Degrees
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
15 SSH, 10 LBAC Foreware, 20 LBAC Backward, 10 Seal Claps, 10 Hallelujahs, 10 Chatt. Cherry Pickers 10 Merkins, 5 Knox. Cherry Pickers, 5 Willie Mays Hayes, 10 SSH STRETCH

THA-THANG:
Mosey to halfway up track. For track day were doing a “No Mercy Mile”

Jog to 1st turn, bear crawl to 2nd turn, jog halfway up the straight stretch. 25 merkins. Jog to 3rd turn, lunge to 4th turn. Jog to starting point for 25 squats. R+R 3 more times for a total of 1 mile, 100 merkins and 100 squats.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 of the best HIMS I know!!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Everyone needs rest. Usually we interpret rest as physical. But a lot of times we don’t take time to rest Spiritually. Spiritual rest must be intentionally taken. No one, has ever “accidentally” rested. We  need to intentionally spend time in God’s word. Spend time in prayer, fasting if need be in order to grow in your relationship with God to be spiritually fulfilled. We get busy with work, school and other things in our life that we sometimes put things on the back burner and get caught up in everything that we get exhausted, and can’t seem to rest enough to get back into the groove, when what we really need is spiritual rest.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Flag will be handed off to Skeletor at Hardship Hill. Need to get a team together for Hardship Hill coming up. Rampart shield locks are in the making.

We love CMUs

THE SCENE: Colder than crap for March 13th.  34 degrees.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
1 burpee, 15 SSH, 2 burpees, tempo merkins x5, 1 burpee, tempo squats x5, 2 burpees, WMH x 6, 1 burpee, Knoxville Cherries x6, Shoulders:  LBACs (forward/back), Seal claps, OH claps, Chattanooga Cherries, and finish with Projectorvators x 5.
THA-THANG:
Mosey to middle light of parking lot with CMUs.

  • 30 CMU Thrusters, 30 CMU Swings, and 5 Burpees
  • 20 CMU Thrusters, 20 CMU Swings, and 5 Burpees
  • 10 CMU Thrusters, 10 CMU Swings, and 5 Burpees
  • Run approximately 200 meters
  • 5 CMU Thrusters, 5 CMU Sumo High Pulls
  • Run approximately 200 meters
  • 10 CMU Goblet Squats, 10 CMU Sumo High Pulls, 5 Burpees
  • 20 CMU Goblet Squats, 20 CMU Sumo High Pulls, 5 Burpees
  • 30 CMU Goblet Squats, 30 CMU Sumo High Pulls, 5 Burpees
  • 15 CMU Thrusters, 15 CMU Goblet Squats, 5 Burpees
  • 30 CMU Thrusters, 30 CMU Goblet Squats, 5 Burpees
  • Run approximately 200 meters
  • 2:00 Minutes of CMU Curls
  • 1:00 Minute of Monkey Humpers in honor of Curious George

MARY:
No time for Mary.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 PAX were hitting it hard today.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Synopsis from Romans 5:1-11:
1. FAITH in Christ provides peace and access
2. HOPE through Christ allows us to endure suffering to become more Christ-like
3. LOVE of Christ saves sinners from God’s wrath and justifies us now and in the future

Faith, Hope, and Love is a repeated theme in Scripture.

“Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 We have also obtained access through him by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we boast in the hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only that, but we also boast in our afflictions, because we know that affliction produces endurance, 4 endurance produces proven character, and proven character produces hope. 5 This hope will not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.  6 For while we were still helpless, at the right time, Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For rarely will someone die for a just person—though for a good person perhaps someone might even dare to die. 8 But God proves his own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 How much more then, since we have now been justified by his blood, will we be saved through him from wrath. 10 For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, then how much more, having been reconciled, will we be saved by his life. 11 And not only that, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received this reconciliation.”

MOLESKIN:
Prayers for Wilbur and M as another 2.0 on the way, prayers for those HIMs traveling like Binks, praises for good health and job reports.  Great to have Curious George back with us.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
March 18th is painting Cardinals’ M’s house in Karns (Please sign up), CSOP Hackshaw Ridge (see newsletter), 3rd F – still working on a draft letter to send to churches about male leadership in the community and F3.  RAMPART will be bombing other AOs this week starting with Big Ball.