F3 Knoxville

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F3 Decks have arrived

THE SCENE: 48 and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH X 25
Baby Arm circles forward and back x 10
Cherry Pickers x 8
THA-THANG:
Deck O Death
Face cards x 10
Ace’s x 15
Jokers – Run Everest or run stop-sign to stop-sign with rock
♠️Rock Squat
♣️Rock Flutter kick
♥️8 count man maker
♦️Squat Press
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
16 PAX
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Proverbs 24
1 Judge impartially
To show partiality in judging is not good’ (v.23b). For those who judge justly, ‘rich blessing will come upon them’ (v.25).
2 Speak honestly
An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips’ (v.26). Sometimes it is hard to speak the truth in love, but we need to be honest with one another. The best answer you can give to any question asked is an honest one!
3 Stay loyal
Don’t talk about your neighbours behind their backs – no slander or gossip, please’ (v.28, MSG). Anyone can stay true to your face but it is the people who stay true behind your back that really count.
4 Show restraint
The temptation to pay back those who have done us harm is very great. However, the writer of Proverbs warns against taking revenge: ‘Do not say, “I’ll do to them as they have done to me; I’ll pay them back for what they did”’ (v.29).
5 Work hard
The book of Proverbs often warns against laziness. ‘A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest – and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man’ (vv.33–34).
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Fall festival
F3 Olympics

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We all worship

THE SCENE: Beautiful morning

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • 20 SSH IC
  • 12 Tempo Squats IC
  • 10 Merkins IC
  • 10 Cherry Pickers IC
  • 12 Baby Arm Circles (Forward & Reverse) IC

THA-THANG:

Escalator style workout: Each light pole has an exercise with an assigned number of reps. Go to Light Pole 1, complete the exercise, and run back to the start line. Run back to Light Pole 1, do the exercise, run to Light Pole 2, do the exercise, and run back to the start line. Light Pole 1, then 2, then 3, and back to the start line. Rinse and repeat until you make it to the last light pole (total of 8 light poles). The exercises/reps were as follows:

  • Light Pole 1 = 5 Hand-release Merkins
  • Light Pole 2 = 10 Jump Squats
  • Light Pole 3 = 15 Carolina Dry Docks
  • Light Pole 4 = 20 Lungs (10 each leg)
  • Light Pole 5 = 25 LBC’s
  • Light Pole 6 = 30 Iron Mikes (15 each leg)
  • Light Pole 7 = 35 Hello Dollies (single count)
  • Light Pole 8 = 40 SSH (single count)

Followed that with a little Indian run action – traditional and then with lunges and then with bear crawls. Mosey over to the cloud for the following:

  • 10 Burpee Box Jumps
  • 10 Tricep Dips IC
  • 10 Derkins
  • 10 Tricep Dips IC

MARY:

  • 20 Flutter Kicks IC
  • Plank hold into Mountain Climbers
  • 20 American Hammers IC

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

24 HIM’s got better today. Sharky & Potter came out as well (no tag)

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

One of our pastors shared the following quote with us a couple Sundays back. The message is that we all worship something. If we’re not finding our identity in Christ, then we’re finding it somewhere else. Because of sin, we are all broken cisterns. If we find our worth in money, power, the approval of others, fame, glory, etc., we will never have enough. Those worldly idols were never meant to fill the void in our hearts caused by sin – no matter how much we have, we will always want more because our souls will never be satisfied with worldly possessions. A relationship, through faith, with our Father is the only sustainable source of life.

While David Foster Wallace (the man who coined this quote) wasn’t a Christian, his message regarding worldly idols is relevant to our daily struggles.

“In the day-to-day trenches of adult life, there is actually no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship. And the compelling reason for choosing some sort of god or spiritual being to worship – be it Jesus Christ or Allah, Yahweh or the Wiccan Mother Goddess, or some inviolable set of ethical principles – is that pretty much anything else you worship will eat you alive. If you worship money and things, if they are where you tap real meaning in life, then you will never have enough, never feel you have enough. It’s the truth. Worship your body and beauty and sexual allure and you will always feel ugly. And when time and age start showing, you will die a million deaths before they finally grieve you. On one level, we all know this stuff already. It’s been codified as myths, proverbs, clichés, epigrams, parables; the skeleton of every great story. The whole trick is keeping the truth up front in daily consciousness. Worship power – you will feel weak and afraid, and you will need even more power over others to keep the fear at bay. Worship your intellect, being seen as smart – you will end up feeling stupid, a fraud, always on the verge of being found out. And so on.”

Lead vs Follow

THE SCENE: Fallish weather
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 25 IC

Merkins x 10 IC

“Shakeouts”
THA-THANG:
Equalizer Biscuit

1 lap, 2 laps, 3 laps, 4 laps, 3 laps, 2 laps, 1 lap w/ 10 Burpees, 20 Merkins, and 30 Squats (or modification) after each set of laps.

MARY:
Box Cutters, Flutter Kicks, Hello Dolly’s
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Learn vs Follow. Time to lead and a time to Follow. Briefly discussed current political climate in America. Didn’t go into picking sides but just talked about the need for Godly leadership in our country. Starts at home with your family, your wife, your kids. Gave a shout-out to each PAX present:

proton- the competitor, hates to lose.

Kentucky- faithful to the Equalizer and pushes it every Saturday.

Pusher- guy does not quit. Loved running with him today and learning more about him!

MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Prayed for our F3 Knox GoRuck brothers. Those guys are badasses!

BIZ NAS time

THE SCENE: Asylum, moist and delicious
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSHx20, cherry Pickersx5, donkey kicks x5

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the paver parking lot.

8 stations, start with reps of 15 each exercise. After each lap remove one rep. Audible: substrat 2 reps. Go till Tank says stop

  • Low Squat Jumps
  • Merkins
  • Lunges
  • Inch worms
  • Rocketttes
  • Shoulder Tap merkins
  • Side lunges with a hop
  • dry docks

mosey to da playground…ya know

box jump burpees for 1min, 10 sec rest, incline merkins 1 min, 10 sec rest, dips 1 min. Repeat

mosey to AO

MARY:
Flutter kicks x25 and slutter kicks x15

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
24 In attendance
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
White lies, although we think that they are not harmful, they dissolve trust with others including our coworkers, friends and spouses. Challenging the PAX to cut out the white lies and be honest in all that we do.
MOLESKIN:
Apparently I didn’t get the message about it being a casual dress code today. 🙁
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Prayers for cheatsheet and his daughter, and friends struggling with chemical dependency.

Wading through the Fog

THE SCENE: Foggy but otherwise pretty pleasant weather at the Asylum this morning
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
15 mountain climbers, 15 plank jacks, 15 SSH, 15 imperial walker, 10 burpees, 10 count windmill, and 15 Moroccan night club
THA-THANG:

Mosey to Greenway path south of launch

At first light, do 10 squats. Bear crawl to next light and do 10 merkins. Run past one light to the next light, repeat exercises until the path intersection. Turn and repeat with lunge walk and diamond merkins.

Mosey to cardiac hill. 10, 8-count body builders and then a strong effort up to the top.

Mosey to farthest corner of parking lot south of the launch for 2ish rounds. 10 Carolina Dry Docks (demonstration on proper form given) at parking lot, 10 box jumps/step ups at playground, 10 supine pull-ups at benches, and 10 squats at launch.

Recover to launch for a little Mary to finish up.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Be patient and a good example for your kids (and any younger than you for that matter).  I know I struggle on a regular basis with keeping my cool when trying to get the kids to listen and do as they are told.  I wanted to simply remind everyone this morning how much children model our behavior.  They will very likely lash out if that is what we do every time we get a little impatient and frustrated.  Take a step back, breath, and collect your thoughts before you respond.
MOLESKIN:
I really appreciate the opportunity to lead the PAX this morning for my first F3 Knoxville Q.  Thanks for sticking with me through the workout.  I look forward to my next Q.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Prayers requested for Dogbite.