F3 Knoxville

Morning Stroll w a bunch of Dogs

AO: shamruck
Q: Brick
PAX: Lizzy, slappy, Mermaid, Honeydew, Eliza
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WARMUP:
None. Zilch. Nada.
THE THANG:
Ruck a little over 3 miles through Gulf Park
MARY:
No time
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:
Better Than Everest

We know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28)

If you live inside this massive promise, your life is more solid and stable than Mount Everest.

Nothing can blow you over when you are inside the walls of Romans 8:28. Outside Romans 8:28, all is confusion and anxiety and fear and uncertainty. Outside this promise of God’s all-encompassing future grace, there are straw houses of drugs and pornography and dozens of futile diversions. There are slat walls and tin roofs of fragile investment strategies and fleeting insurance coverage and trivial retirement plans. There are cardboard fortifications of deadbolt locks and alarm systems and antiballistic missiles. Outside are a thousand substitutes for Romans 8:28.

Once you walk through the door of love into the massive, unshakable structure of Romans 8:28, everything changes. There come into your life stability and depth and freedom. You simply can’t be blown over anymore. The confidence that a sovereign God governs for your good all the pain and all the pleasure that you will ever experience is an incomparable refuge and security and hope and power in your life.

When God’s people really live by the future grace of Romans 8:28 — from measles to the mortuary — they are the freest and strongest and most generous people in the world.

Their light shines and people give glory to their Father in heaven (Matthew 5:16).

>From Future Grace, pages 118–119

Hump day

AO: shamrock
Q: Eliza
PAX: Lizzy, Mermaid, slappy, Dumpster Dive, LeBling, Skidmark, Waxjob, Anchorman, Eliza, Crawlspace
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
WARMUP: Good Mornings, reach for the sky, SSH, Moroccan night clubs, hillbilly walkers, cherry pickers

THE THANG: Carry CMU to the practice field and leave it.

Line up on end zone.

Round 1. MOT: lunge walk

10: 10 merkins
20: 20 merkins and 20 Mtn Climbers
30: 30 mtn climbers and 30 hammers
40: 40 hammers and 40 flutters
50: 50 flutters and 50 Hello Dolly
Run to the end zone and do 2 burpees

Round 2: MOT: Bear crawl

10: 10 big boys
20: 20 big boys and 20 Freddie mercury
30: 30 Freddie mercury and 30 hillbillys
40: 40 hillbillys and 40 squats
50: 50 squats and 50 SSH
Run to end zone and 2 burpees

60 lb bag toss competition: anchorman beat 5 yards.

Carry CMU back and do 25 curls, oh press, windshield wipers and bench press. 10 sit-ups with CMU

MARY: plank

ANNOUNCEMENTS: EFHR

COT: what’s Gods plan for your life?
Bonus: be an organ donor.

Don’t mess with Uncle Terry

AO: shamruck
Q: Eliza
PAX: slappy, Mermaid, Gulliver, Honeydew
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WARMUP: Ruck.

THE THANG: ruck.

MARY: ruck.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: EFHR, Lost Pearls launch in Clinton

COT: don’t mess with uncle Terry

“From Mellow to Jello” – Crawlspace

AO: shamrock
Q: Anchorman
PAX: Crawlspace, slappy, Stitch, Skidmark, Squatter, Honeydew, Anchorman
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WARMUP:
Run in Circles

Baby Arm Circles forward then backwards (IC) 4 CT x 10 each

Side Straddle hop (IC) 4 CT x 15

Cherry Pickers 5

Twinkle Toes (IC) 4 CT x 10

THE THANG:
Mosey around to another parking lot
Spread Out in AO Parking lot
There are 12 parking space lines
Line 1 – 25 Merkins
Line 2 – 25 Big Boys
Line 3 – 25 Squats
Start over at line 4.
We will end up at 100 reps per exercise.
Mosey to rock pile
Pick up 2 small rocks
Baby Arm Circles forward then backwards (IC) 4 CT with rocks X10
Butterfly with rock
American Hammers with rocks
Repeat
Mosey to Weigel’s Hill
Bear Crawl or Lunge to the top.
At the top we all do Monkey Humpers 4ctX10

MARY: We did about 8 minutes of dealer’s choice mary

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Haw Ridge – be there

COT:
“God must do everything for us. Our part is to yield and trust.”

“O God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more. I am painfully conscious of my need for further grace. I am ashamed of my lack of desire. O God, the Triune God, I want to want Thee; I long to be filled with longing; I thirst to be made more thirsty still. Show me Thy glory, I pray Thee, so that I may know Thee indeed. Begin in mercy a new work of love within me. Say to my soul, ‘Rise up my love, my fair one, and come away.’ Then give me grace to rise and follow Thee up from this misty lowland where I have wandered so long.” – A.W. Tozer

Shamrockoly

AO: shamrock
Q: slappy
PAX: Waxjob, Stitch, Lizzy, Squatter, Crawlspace, slappy, Band Camp, Smoked Pickle, McGruber
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP:
Welcome to the best day of your life.
-cherry pickers
-twistys with little baby arm circles forward and backward
-shoulder taps
-calf stretches
-runner stretch with the noodle
-mountain climbers
-1 burpee – from slappy cause I say so
-1 burpee – from Waxjob cause he didn’t get enough
-1 burpee – from Squatter cause he loves them
-1 burpee – from @McGruber cause he’s missed all week
-1 burpee – from Band Camp cause he’s a Fla St fan and loves torture
-1 burpee – Crawlspace imposed a penalty on the car parked on in our warm up space
-1 burpee – from Stitch cause he wanted to reach 100 today
-1 manmaker burpee – from Lizzy because he’s a contrarian

THE THANG:
We ran like the wind to Jesus where the gameboard was set up. Think Monopoly with a F3 / Shamrock AO flavor. There were three teams. Each team gets three hotels (coupons), two big dice, and one colored chalk. The team with the most property squares win. Roll the dice, move to a square, and do the exercise on the card. If the card isn’t owned you can claim it by marking the pavement with the team number beside the card. You can put a hotel on your property and make everyone else do double of the exercise. If you land on your own property, dealers choice. This ended up being a burpee heavy workout for some teams because some of the players (Stitch) are terrible rollers. It was fun, we listened to a sweet playlist. The workout flew by.

MARY:
After we racked the coupons we went back to the flag. We decided to do AMRAP burpees until time was up. 100 was reached by a couple dudes.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
-Clinton AO will launch soon next Friday I think.
-Escape from Haw Ridge is the best party of the year and you don’t want to miss. If you do you should feel shame and cry yourself to sleep. It occurs on 3/28/25. I will doing a shirt order if you want to jump on mine to save on shipping. Just let me know what you want. I will order next week.

COT:
I missed this on Valentines day, but here’s my advice to dudes in regards to the lady…
– Acknowledge me (is what she’s thinking, don’t let her down)
– Make space when it’s busy. It’s not always about the kids.
– Watch out for “Roommate Mode”
– Study God’s grace. Figure out to forgive. Don’t sweat the small stuff.
– Encourage her interests
– Be friends. Figure out how to connect regularly.
– Learn to like the same stuff.
– Don’t get nice things (this was a joke)

Seriously it was an honor to lead this workout and I hope you all had fun. I needed it.