F3 Knoxville

THE Quarter Pounder

AO: asylum-pm
Q: Steam
PAX: Pele (Jon Lindberg), Drum Major, Pusher, Lilydipper, Rooney (Carl Whipple), Swimmies (Nathan Chesney), Glamper, High Heels, Abacus, Lizzy
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WARMUP
– 10 (slow) Baby Arm Circles F
– 10 (slow) Baby Arm Circles B
– 10×4 Cherry pickers
– 10×4 Rockettes
– 10×4 Windmill
– 10×4 SSH

THE THANG
1 — 30 Rep Buy-In OYO
– 15 merkins
– 15 squats

2 — Rock Quarter Pounder
– Get a rock
– 25 curls
– Bear hug rock to the wall
– 10 rock squats
– Rifle carry back
– 25 overhead presses
– Bear hug rock to the wall
– 10 rock squats
– Rifle carry back
– 25 rock BBS
– Bear hug rock to the wall
– 10 rock squats
– Rifle carry back
– 25 rock tricep curls
– Bear hug rock to the wall
– 10 rock squats
– Rifle carry back

3 — Rock Quarter Pounder Part 1
– Same thing as Rock Quarter Pounder #1, but all 4 Xs are at 100 reps total, and you must make a rock rifle carry route 4x

(Mosey to the Overlook)

4 — Core 4 (Continuous)
– 50 flutter kicks
– 50 LBCs
– 50 Reach For The Stars
– 50 Gas Pedals

120 seconds to get back to the start point

MARY
5 — 30 Rep Cash Out OYO
– 15 merkins
– 15 squats

ANNOUNCEMENTS
– EFHR coming up in two Fridays
– GTE April 26-28 — knoxville-gte-2024
– EVEN IF you’re not doing the ruck/whole thing, I HIGHLY encourage you to show up for the King Builder (Saturday workout) convergence at the Asylum + Grow School afterward at Bearden High School. World-class leadership training.

COT
Word: A Lot Can Happen In 7 Days
Domino (F3 Smokies) shared this pic on Facebook and I thought it was really cool. Check out the pic in this message thread. I encourage you to read through each of these Scripture passages and realize just how much can happen in 7 days. From joy, to “how did we get here?!” to betrayal and death, to the ultimate example of love and sacrifice, to victory and the resurrection, truly, a lot can happen in 7 days.

www.bible.com/bible/116/MAT.21.1-22
– Joy
– Celebration
– Hosanna

www.bible.com/bible/116/MAT.27.27-31
– Pain
– Mocked
– Berated

www.bible.com/bible/116/JHN.19.16-42
– Betrayed
– Handed over to be crucified
– Sacrifice

www.bible.com/bible/116/LUK.24.1-12
– Death to life
– Victory
– “Why are you looking for the living among the dead?” -Jesus

Prayer Requests
– Pray for Ruby (Lilydipper’s mother-in-law) as she just went into hospice. An incredible woman who is closer to being on her way home.

Staying Alive With 5

AO: asylum-pm
Q: Steam
PAX: Lizzy, Tenderfoot, Swimmies (Nathan Chesney), Pusher, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Drum Major, Down Under, Abacus, Lilydipper, Brick, CRISPR, Title IX (Christian Prescott), F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom), Crash Dummy, Blindside, Rooney (Carl Whipple), Whitey Titey, 0
FNGs: 1 0
COUNT: 18
WARMUP:
– 5 man-makers
– 5×4 cherry pickers
– 5×4 squats
– 5×4 merkins
– 5×4 rockettes (slow and high)

THE THANG:
(1) 5 Laps Of 5
– 5 POC: Top of the stairs, bottom of the stairs, bottom of the next set of stairs, bottom of the Summit, top of the Summit
– There will be an X on the cone at each POC
– Everything is 5 reps on a 1 count
– 5 rounds = do cone 1, run all the way around the loop back to cone 1
– Then do cone 1, cone 2, and run all the way back to cone 2
– Same with cone 3-5
– (Do one practice lap together with all of the Xs before starting)
– 1: SSH
– 2: Merkins
– 3: BBS
– 4: Imperial Walkers
– 5: Squats

(2) Wall 2 Wall
– Get a battle buddy
– 2 walls: this one and the one up there
– All Xs will be done down here
– Start with 5 reps each X, then run up and touch the wall
– Rinse and repeat 4x, adding 5 reps each round
– 1: 5
– 2: 10
– 3: 15
– 4: 20
– 5: 25

MARY:
– Mosey back to the flag with a new battle buddy and do 2 things:
– Find out something that has been challenging in their week so far
– Find out something that has been good in their week so far
– ATMs

COT:
Your Non-negotiable 5

The theme for the day is 5, obviously being the 5th of March. You see the number 5 in a lot of places such as books, articles, media, studies, and more:
– The 5 love languages
– 5 voices of communication
– 5 steps to living a healthier life
– 5 investments to increase your portfolio this year
– We have 5 fingers and 5 toes on each hand/foot (well, most of us)
– The song Mambo #5 (might not be a great example)

Humans clearly are drawn to the number 5 to remember things, to do things, to activate things in life, etc.

I’ve shared this before:
1% of your day = 15 minutes. When broken down into 5-minute increments of focus (example: 5 minutes of silence, 5 minutes of prayer, 5 minutes of reflection), can be a powerful way to purposefully take ownership over 1% of your day.

We’re in week 10 of 2024 – the 1st week in March. How are those New Year resolutions doing?

So while tapping into the number 5, the challenge is this: identify your non-negotiable 5.
– This week
– This month
– This year
– Your life?

Non-negotiable = not open for discussion or modification
– If there aren’t any non-negotiables in your life — everything is up for discussion or modification
– With others, sure, but also with yourself

I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be disqualified.
– 1 Corinthians 9:27
www.bible.com/bible/116/1CO.9.27

47 More

AO: asylum-pm
Q: Steam
PAX: Pele (Jon Lindberg), Drum Major, CRISPR, Jeevan Kypa (Scrubs), Glamper, High Heels, Brick, OnStar, Lilydipper, Rooney (Carl Whipple), Switchhitter (Tony), Tenderfoot, Pusher, Kung Blue, Abacus, MD Hammer, Crash Dummy, Cheetah Boy, Cleopatra
FNGs: 1 Cleopatra
COUNT: 20
WARMUP:
– Cherry Picker: 5×4
– Rockette: 10×4
– TN Rocking Chair
– Baby Arn Circles (F): 10×4
– Baby Arm Circles (B): 10×4
– Mountain Climber: 10×4
– Merkin: 5×4

THE THANG:
(Mosey to the BP)

1 — January PFT (6-10 minutes)
– 2 minutes of squats
– 2 minutes of merkins
– 2 minutes of BBS
(Log your reps + 2miler here for January: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe6g_CIi1YToaVu8_-URG-0TUYgvJoT7J4fOboUuH3Ru5dJHQ/viewform)

(Mosey down to the NP)

2 — Part of Cardinal
– Nickel + Dime
– 2 POC: The Island
   – 2 yellow cards (5 + 10)
– Do the 5-card, run around The Island, and execute the 10-card
– Everything except burpees will be on a 2-count

(Mosey back to the AO lot for Mary)

MARY:
Cherry Pickers: 5×4

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Checkout the weekly newsletter for all of the events coming up – there’s a ton 💪

COT:
Don’t Stay Submerged
– Extraction quote: “You drown not by falling into the river, but by staying submerged in it.”
– This reminds me of the ministry of Jesus
   – He loves people better than anyone
   – He would find someone in their current state — love them right where they’re at — but also love them enough to not allow them to stay there. John 5 is a great example of this: www.bible.com/bible/116/JHN.5.NLT
       – He saw this man by this pool and had compassion and understanding for him because he realized he had been there for a long time.
       – Boom – Jesus loved him right there where he found him – but he also loved him enough to not let him stay there
           – I always wondered if that man went back after he was healed. Did he come back to that pool that he was lame at for years and years and share what Jesus did for him with others. Woo……….
What if we did that? With every man in this COT – whether you’ve been here for 1 workout or for 100 workouts. (“Man, I love you and I see you – but I love you enough to not let you stay where you are. Let’s figure this out together. Let’s journey together.”)

– Takeaways –

  – Who can you call on to help pull you back to the surface?

  – Who can you challenge + encourage to not stay submerged?

  – 47 more weeks to go this year
       – Which is exactly 7,896 hours (if Google is correct)

What are you going to do with that time?

As Long As…

AO: asylum-pm
Q: Pele (Jon Lindberg)
PAX: Steam, Lilydipper, Brick, CRISPR, Pusher, Tenderfoot, Rooney (Carl Whipple), Abscess, Dain Bramage (Will Olson), High Heels (Henry Ritchie), Title IX (Christian Prescott), Crash Dummy, Pele (Jon Lindberg), MD Hammer, Switchhitter (Tony)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 16
WARMUP: -20 SSSH (4-ct IC)
– 10 Cherry Pickers (4-ct IC)
– 10 Steve Earles (4-ct IC)
-10 Bonnie Blairs (4-ct IC)
-10 BAC forward and backward (4-ct IC)

THE THANG: Mosey up Baby Cardiac, AIKEN LEGS: 20 squats, 20 jump squats. 20 Lunges. 20 SSH left foot up, 20 SSH right foot up
Mosey to top of Cardiac. CARDIAC PYRAMID
– Run down to 1st curve, 10 Merkins, 10 BBS, 10 Squats, run back
– Run down to 2nd curve, 20 Merkins, BBS, Squats, run back
– Run to bottom, 30 Merkins, BBS, Squats
– Run up to 2nd curve, 20 Merkins, BBS, Squats, back to bottom
– Run up to 1st curve, 10 Merkins, BBS, Squats, and back.
Mosey to intersection of paths, 15 Imperial Walkers
Mosey to New pavilion.
– 20 Step ups
– 20 incline Merkins
– 20 Bench Pull ups
– 20 Isometric Squats

Mosey to Main Pavilion, Get Rocks! Go to Parking Lot curb.
– PARTNER UP. 1 partner runs up baby Cardiac, does 5 Star Jumps, run back . Partner 2 do 1 exercise while partner running up, other while he’s returning)
Round 1: CURLS/TRICEPS
Round 2: OVERHEAD PRESS/ AROUND THE WORLD
Mosey to AO

MARY: American Hammers, Tempo Squats, stretching.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Ruck Events!
COT:We talked about the trust-based contract between a Q and the PAX and it’s similar between the PAX and F3… the “As long as” phrase. I will continue to follow you “As long as” that trust isn’t breached. F3 has a special formula, a secret sauce, and whatever it is, it works, so my approach is “Don’t try to fix it!” Maintain the strategy of growth, but make sure that the fundamental aspects remain unchanged (This is the Weasel Shaker in me coming out…); free of charge, open to all men, welcoming and encouraging, etc. etc. It has had a huge impact just like it is in my life, and in many others’ lives. Aye!

Slushy Workout

THE SCENE: Cloudy, low 40s, slushy, snow on ground, and in parking lots.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH (20, 4ct), Windmills (10), Baby arm circles (10 fwd, 10 back) and Grady corns (10), Squats (20, 4 ct), and Jack Merkins. Moseyed, stopped for 20 4ct LBCs, moseyed, stopped for set of 11s (dips/big boys).

THA-THANG:  Stayed on the walking/running path due to snow. Start with one of the following exercises, run to every other light pole, do one more of the exercise, and the run again until you complete 10 (end of path). Loop around, 5 Burpees at the end and start the process again with the next exercise on the list:

  • Big Boys
  • Squats
  • Merkins
  • Hello Dollys

MARY:
20 4ct American Hammers

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Men (especially young men) are struggling to find their purpose in our society and F3 is playing a role in helping with this. F3 doesn’t look for scapegoats, but accepts men where they are and provides a place to grow in a positive direction.

MOLESKIN:
Prayers were raised for the names of people who were suffering through lost loved ones or illness. Many of them neighbors.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
2nd F at UJs afterwards.