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The Very Nice List Returns

THE SCENE: Balmy 40s. Ground still pretty damp from all the frost and dew
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
25 SSH, Soccer warmup lap (high knees, butt kicks, etc.)

THA-THANG:
Ran over to Mt Crumpit. Found a mysterious wrapped gift under the big tree (in retrospect, probably from the Grinch). The gift had a deck of cards and a card that read (so we had to run back to the grinder for CMUs, my bad…):
♦ Burpees Regular
♥ OG Burpees (no push-up) with a tuck jump
♠ Blockees
♣ Mr. Spectacular
2-4 = Trips up the hill
Face = 10
A = 20

MARY:
10 of everything in cadence. Flutter kick/block press, Block up Hello Dolly, Rowers, knee to opposite elbow, superman pulse, monkey humpers, LBCs for time

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 PAX: 2 back from out of town, 1 down range, 1 FNG (Speed Racer)

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I’ve gotten flack over the years for telling my kids that Santa isn’t real in the mythical, delivers presence sense. This makes interactions with other kids awkward, but I have a reason. To me, the whole believing in Santa thing feels like a cheap knock off of the real thing to believe from this season. A truth much more profound and amazing than the Santa game (we call it a game of pretend in our house that many other people around the world like to play each year). It’s odd to me that we will get into discussions over Santa more quickly and fervently than reveling in the true story of God becoming a man. Just ask around for a little while and you’ll find that the vast majority of people do not believe in Santa, yet are willing to keep up the illusion for the sake of “Christmas Spirit”. I think of the whole quote from one of the Santa movies where the kid asks, “Have you ever seen a million dollars? Well than how do you know its real if you’ve never seen it?” The dude in the movie is stumped, but it’s a simple fix. He just asks around a small amount, and he could go see a million dollars if he really wanted to (or at least meet someone with access to a bank vault who could go have a peek and report back). Yet with the story of Jesus, we have eye witness account from hundreds of people, documented in some of the most historically validated documents in all of antiquity, and we don’t want to even talk about it? Okay, let me hop off my soap box now. The main point is this: I don’t perpetuate the Santa myth because something so much more interesting has happened. Myth became reality in the person of Jesus, born in Bethlehem, and changed the entire world. And more significantly, saved a wretch like me. Merry Christmas everyone. And happy holidays to those so inclined to have a faith in something different than I do (even Santa ;P)
MOLESKIN:
N/A
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Maryville Christmas Parade

A Veep & Drifter Mashup

THE SCENE: A comfortable 70.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
5 Cherry Pickers, 15 SSH, 11 Windmills, 8 Little Baby Arm Circles (both ways)

THA-THANG:
Veep’s Thang

Starting on one end of the Grinder, do 5: Merkins, Big Boy Situps, and Squats.

Run to the other side and do 5: Pull-ups and Dips

Rinse and repeat adding 5 reps each time. Once you get to 25 reps, work down by 5 reps. Keep cycle going for 30 minutes.

Drifter’s Thang

20 cones set up for agility training. Bring a block over to the sidewalk. One PAX member calls out an exercise for everyone to do while they run the cones. After running the cones, they jump to the back of the line and the next person calls out an exercise.

MARY:
10 Supermans on a 4 count and LBCs for time.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
6 PAX and a guest who joined part way in and left before it was done.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
We finished reading through the old testament this year, and something that really stood out to me is how unflattering the book is toward the Israelites. They are the most faithless bunch of people. It is especially a stark contrast to other texts of the era which mostly puffed up the origins of the people who wrote it. Especially look at the Babylonian epics which basically make the claim that their kings are literal descendants of gods (same with the Egyptians). In the Hebrew scriptures, we mostly see a bunch of screwups. And as odd as it is, it seems more sincere. I see myself in the story of the Israelites. I have some bright moments, but for the most part, I’m not that faithful. It reminds me that the story of the Bible isn’t really about all the human characters’ lack of faith. It’s about God’s faithfulness in spite of humanity’s faithlessness. God does call us to faithfulness. But He also equips us with the faithfulness of Christ and empowers us by His own spirit. F3 encourages us to do hard things. Perhaps the hardest thing is to humble ourselves before God and accept His free gift. Accept that He loves us, and then to respond in faith, being fully convinced that He is able and willing to transform our lives into a faithful witness to His great love for all mankind. 

MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

Ultimate Frisbee – A Game of Inches

THE SCENE: Felt like fall is finally in the air. A bit cooler and nicer
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
10 windmills, motivators from 5, mosey to the soccer field stopping at each stop sign for 4 T-Merkins
THA-THANG:
Game of Ultimate Frisbee played in the 18 yard box of the soccer field. Every time the frisbee hits the ground, everyone does 1 burpee (the throw offs are exempt).

When you score, Scoring team does 10 star jacks (to release excitement), and scored on team does 10 hand release merkins (to wallow in shame, lol).

MARY:
Run back to the AO stopping at each stop sign to do 4 jump squats with a midair twist. Little baby crunches for time. 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
6 PAX

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Goals. There was this interesting study I heard about where there were 2 AIs that were sort of like artificial financial advisors. There were real people in the study who were all competing in like a simulated stock market to increase their portfolio. The AIs were given similar but distinct goals. One was tasked with selfishly increasing the wealth of the artificial company it worked for. The other was tasked with increasing the overall wealth of their company and their clients. The selfish AI did a good job and actually got more wealth for it’s company than the other AI. But the other AI generated more wealth overall for itself and its clients.

So what? Well, for one, we need to think carefully about what goals we delegate out to AI to make sure they are ethical. But more importantly, thinking about our own goals. Are we setting good and noble goals for ourselves? Are we setting goals that are good for the people around us? How many degrees of people around us? How do we measure our success? The “wealth” we create for ourselves? Or the overall “wealth” we generate for our families, friends, and communities. I say “wealth” in quotes because I’m not just talking about monetary wealth. I’m talking about human flourishing. I think F3 gives us a good place to start. Do our Fitness, Fellowship, and Faith goals all align in such away that it helps us all flourish? Or are we guilted into things, or over commit ourselves in one area only to be come bitter and resentful in another important area?

One last thing. It was cool to observe on the field today that as both teams started to adopt a strategy the involved possessing the frisbee and waiting for a good short pass, they tended to reach their desired goal more. The Hale Mary passes worked a few times, but they more often failed. Let’s all lock shields together and help each other make small consistent steps in our goals.

MOLESKIN:
N/A

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
See Slack for a couple events on the 20th and for some Breakfast at Drifters and a Beer Mile coming up in September.

Keep it simple

THE SCENE: Extra humid seeming
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O Rama

Cherry pickers, SSH, tempo merkins
THA-THANG:
I unknowingly repeated Veeps beatdown after being off a week

Mosey to church parking lot w CMU for a Dora style beat down. One partner ran to each parking lot island and did burpees at each while the other partner executed: 100 skull crushers, 200 curls, 300 goblet squats and 100 merkins.

MARY

PAX roulette
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
IYKYK
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Make an effort to get one of the F3 Knoxville service projects on your calendar. This past Saturday was powerful, it was really great to see 30 to 40 F3 brothers show up and make a tremendous impact for a nonprofit in our community. It feels good to serve, prioritize the time.
MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

FUN With Numbers

THE SCENE: Tropical
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Head/neck back side to side x5, Grady Corns x5, Al Gores x4 10 sec hold, planks x4 10, 20, 30, 60 sec hold

THA-THANG:
(CMU) FUN With Numbers: grinder square linear numbered 0-9. Exercises determined by birth date, SSN, Phone, Weight, Age average, Zip, etc. until time.

0 = burpee x2 (single leg each time), merkin x2 (one arm push left, right each time), shoulder taps x2 (left and right tap = 1)
1 = 10 blockies
2 = 20 squats with block, 20 lunges (10 each leg)
3 = 30 CPRs Curl, Press, Raise (skull crushers)
4 = BBS x4, LBC x4, WWII x4
5 = Alarm Clocks x25
6 = Bernie x6 on Waxjob hill
7 = Thrusters x7
8 = Alpo x8
9 = Boat/Canoe with CMU x9

Cusack to each number. When number grouping completed, run the apex loop and plank until the 6 finishes. Repeat with new numbers.

MARY:
PAX Roulette

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 PAX

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
We are more than numbers. As leaders, we provide vision — desired future state. We engage. We execute a plan. WE measure (clear, agreed upon, defined end). We fix & adapt. These skills push us to be our best and bring others with us.

MOLESKIN:
N/A

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Next Saturday, no beatdown at BS. Go to Arsenal instead for the flag pass to Butterfingers.