F3 Knoxville

Tag: Pool Boy

Do the leg work

THE SCENE: 50’s and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Yep
WARM-O-RAMA:
22xlbac fwd, 15xlbac bck, 7xCherry Pickers, 10xTempo Merkins, 20xSSH

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the courtyard of the new building for some 11’s.

11’s of Box Jumps in the courtyard and Diamond Merkins on the road at the bottom of the stairs.

Mosey to the light poles heading toward the Information Center.

Lunge forward one light pole and perform 15 merkins, 15 squats, and 15 BBS then Bernie back one light pole. Once there, sprint forward two poles. Repeat till at the road.

Mosey to the information center and partner up to complete 100xBaby Merkins & 100xCalf Raises.

One partner performs exercise while the other runs one lap around the information center.

Mosey back to the flag.

MARY:
No time

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
16 men willing to do the leg work.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

I’ve been studying church organization/leadership and one thing that I keep coming back to in everything I read is that we still have responsibility for ourselves. Yes, there are men elected to roles of leadership and charged with overseeing the congregation, but we ourselves still retain responsibility. We need to recognize that responsibility and not forsake it. Take the talents that God has given you and use them for good works.

Luke 12:48b – “From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.”

MOLESKIN:
Great to see the numbers coming back at JUCO. Keep EHing!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
nada

You are a soul

THE SCENE: 65, pre fog, plenty damp
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Delivered

WARM-O-RAMA:
Reach for the stars, Let it hang, Baby Arm Circles, Mountain Climbers, Tempo Squats, Parking lot runs.
THA-THANG:G

Derkins on the guardrail, 1 at a time, couting off.   Black Snake to Brick wall for 30 dips, then mosey to the coupon pile.

At the pile we american hammered one CMU across the street.  Riffle carry a different CMU to the top of the small stairs.  Curl carry a third CMU to a spot 20 ft away.

Then we split into teams and team 1 job was to clear a pile, Team 2 tried to get the CMU count in any pile to 12.  If a goal was achived the other team had to do 10 burpies.  The “winning” team had to reset the course.  It was fun, a bit too complicated, but kept us all moving.

On the run back we made use of the excerises from monday (ya, no rain) around the new building.  PAX each chose their own light pole or 3 to push it.

MARY:
Had time for Flutter Kicks, Pickle Pointers and Protractor.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Proverbs 14:12  “There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end, leads to death.”

The application of this today is the tendancy we have to think of our body as most important, but we are predominatly spiritual beings who spend far too much time thinking of, working on, responding to the complaints and desires of our bodies.

The internet likes to give C.S. Lewis credit for this quote but turns out, he didn’t write it, but it still applies:
“You do not have a soul.  You are a soul and you have a body!”

God is making old things news.  “So we do not lose heart.  Though the outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.”  2 Corinthians 4:16

If your muscles scream at you today, you can ignore them, your soul is way more important.

 

Crawl Run Fun

THE SCENE: Foggy, low 60s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER✔
WARM-O-RAMA:
Cherry Pickers, Windmills, Good Mornings, Tempo Merkins, Tempo Squats, Jumping Flamingos
THA-THANG:

  • Parking Lot:  10 yard crawls with ascending exercise at each end: Round 1) Bear Crawl to curb, 1 Merkin, Crawl Bear back to start, 2 Merkins.  Rinse and Repeat up to 5 Merkins.  Round 2) Same concept with Lunge/Squats. Round 3) Alligator Crawl/Werkins.  Round 4) Frog Jumps/Monkey Humpers.
  • New Building:  Exercises and Reps written on 15 light poles going around the building.  Run to first pole, perform the exercise, Run lap around building.  Repeat at each pole: exercise, then lap around the building. Exercises at poles – Merkins x40, Squats x50, Plank Jacks x50, Werkins x40, BBS x30, Iron Mikes x30, Shoulder Taps x50, Box Jumps x30, Derkins x30, Dips x30, SSH x100, and a few others.  Most completed 9 or 10 out of 15 poles with over 2 miles of running.

MARY:
No Time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 Strong
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
There is a God and you are not Him.
MOLESKIN:
N/A
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
N/A

What’s a Bearpee?

THE SCENE: no rain, not too hot at JUCO
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
15 mountain climbers, 10 tempo merkins, 15 Moroccan night club, 15 imperial walkers, 10 tempo squats
THA-THANG:

Mosey to the south parking lot

Bearpees halfway across the parking lot. OYO 1 Burpee followed up by 4 count bearcrawl forward.  Increase burpees by 1 each time and bearcrawl by 4 (1:4 ratio).

Mosey to the Sophomore. Dora 1-2-3. 100 merkins, 200 2-ct flutter kicks, 300 squats.  Partner is running up the hill.

Mosey to coupon pile. Do 25 overhead presses, 25 curls, 25 tricep extensions and 25 thrusters. Run up the hill and do 5 pull-ups between each set.

MARY:
Flutter kicks, hello Dolly
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
12 PAX today at JUCO.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

“My brethren, if any among you strays from the truth and one turns him back, let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.”

James 5:19‭-‬20 NASB

There is so much in the book of James. This particular passage points to our responsibility to turn back an erring brother from sin. Of course, we ourselves are only helping to point out the error in their life. God will provide forgiveness.  Note that if they need to be turned back, that means that they once were in the truth. Not only do we have the responsibility to help correct, but we have to have the humility to accept correction as well. Be willing to face your brother one-on-one. No gossip but straight to the source.

MOLESKIN

It has been too long since Qing at JUCO. Sign up!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Remember those requesting prayers.

They Will Know We Are Christians By Our Love!

THE SCENE: 55 and awesome in the gloom!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Side Straddle Hop (IC) X 10
  • Cherry Pickers (IC) 4 CT X 10
  • Baby Arm Circles Forward X 10 (IC) followed by Michael Phelps
  • Baby Arm Circles Backwards X 10 (IC) followed by Michael Phelps
  • Tempo Squats (IC) 4 CT
  • Tempo Merkins (IC) X 10
  • Mosey to the CMU pile
  • 15 BBS on the way

THA-THANG:

Partner AMRAP / Partner runs up for Pull-Ups

  • CMU Thrusters
  • CMU Bentover Rows
  • CMU Overhead Press
  • CMU Curls
  • CMU Tricep Extensions
  • CMU Pullovers
  • CMU Bench Press
  • CMU Squats
  • Wall Squats – 1 minute
  • 50 Toe Merkins (Calf Raises)
  • Mosey to the Flag

MARY:

  • Row Row Row Your Boat
  • Bus Driver
  • Flutterkicks X 20
  • LBCs X 50

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

10 including 1 FNG – Welcome 3rd Base

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

F3 is a national network including 2,917 free, peer-led workouts for men in 210 regions. Our mission is to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership.

The three Fs in our name stand for Fitness, Fellowship and Faith — the last of which we define as not one specific religion or faith system, but simply a belief in something outside oneself.

F3 Five Core Principles

  • Free of Charge – Never a charge to workout, ever.
    Open to all Men -No matter the man, you are welcome here.
  • Held Outdoors – Rain or Shine, Heat or Chill, we are out there.
  • Peer Led -Rotating fashion of men leading each other.
  • Ends with COT -Always ends with a Circle of Trust

I was in Baltimore, Maryland a week or so ago at the nation conference on homelessness. It was an awesome experience with a thousand or so believers there praying for the hundreds of thousands of men, women and children who are homeless around our country.

Chicken Coup from Charlotte led a F3 workout every day of the conference.  We had other F3 men from around the country and lots of people new to F3 including some ladies.

Chicken Coup works out every day with Dredd and Dark Helmet who started F3.  They workout with other men who are Christian, muslim, Sikhs, jews, etc.  Black, white, tall, short, straight and gay.  ALL men are welcome to F3.

At their AO at F3 in Charlotte, they don’t pray to Jesus, they pray to God so to respect all of the men who show up, sweat, and workout with them.

Who am I to judge?  I’m a sinner.  An issue I have with lots of people in this day and age is we seem to hate anyone who believes or acts differently than us.  Maybe our churches would thrive if we were a little less judgmental so folks who are confused, have questions, or just want to learn about Christ would actually show up instead of us saying they’re going to hell if they don’t believe just like us.

I don’t have all of the answers.  Only my Lord and savior, Jesus Christ, has those answers and we won’t know most of those answers until we die and go to Heaven.  In the meantime, I’m going to love everyone…white, black, Hispanic, mixed and Asian…tall, short, rich, poor, gay, bi or straight, addicted, alcoholic, adulterer, etc. the same…or at least I will try to.  I’m a sinner and far from perfect so I’ll be dang if I judge or condemn others for their faults and sins.  Instead, I will love them and pray from them…and I pray they will know we are Christians by our love!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • Sign up to Q/Co-Q
  • Hardship Hill is this weekend (help set up Friday afternoon)