F3 Knoxville

Hard Things at the Project

AO: the-project
Q: Erector
PAX: Flying Dutchman, Biohack, Munge, Mathlete, Ocho, Tom Tom, slappy, Erector
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WARMUP:
15 SSH, 15 mountain climbers, 10 tempo merkins, 15 Moroccan night club, 10 tempo squats, 5 cherry pickers
THE THANG:
Mosey to the Friendship Bell. The workout is including and variations of the burpee mile. 12 burpees followed by 1/4 mile lap. Repeat 4 times. Same routine with the following exercises: 24 step ups, 25 merkins, and 24 flutter kicks (2-ct). Permission was granted to mix and match the exercises in case of time constraints.
MARY:
No time
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Escape from Haw Ridge is on the calendar! 3/28/25
COT:
Burpees are hard! Sometimes, life is hard. Sometimes, this is by choice, e.g., burpees, running, rucking, etc. A lot of times, it is not: loss of jobs, loved ones, illness, etc. I listened to a Youtube video recently from an olympic marathoner talking about doing hard things. He mentioned that a lot of times he didn’t achieve the result he hoped for, but doing hard things still benefited him overall. We can be disappointed with the results of difficult tasks too. Many times they don’t turn out the way we would prefer, but they can still serve a purpose. I want to share a scripture that addresses this topic.
James 1:2-4 – “Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.”
Hard things are in the moment difficult to see the benefit. As a result of getting through them, we can come out stronger. Our faith is the same. Testing of our faith through the difficult things of life can produce a stronger faith. One that can get us through this life to a heavenly reward.

Keep Moving

AO: shamrock
Q: Voodoo
PAX: Smoked Pickle, slappy, Tinker, Stitch, Dumpster Dive, Anchorman, Skidmark, Crawlspace, Mermaid, Honeydew, Macgruber
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WARMUP: Check

THE THANG:

Moseyed to large parking lot. Everyone paired up. One held the following while the other ran. Switch when your partner gets back
-leg lift
-plank
-wall sit

Completed two round and then switched to some 11s

Set 1
-split squats
-heels to heaven

Set 2
-T merks
-box cutters

Slowsed back to flag

MARY:
Jane Fonda’s and flutters to time

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:
Shared an area of my life where I’ve put off something I know that needs to be done.

Cold

AO: shamruck
Q: Eliza
PAX: slappy, Mermaid, Dumpster Dive, Eliza
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
It was very cold. And icy. We kept it at shamrock for the entire time and spoke of our times in Vegas.

Lights and Dice

AO: shamrock
Q: Stitch
PAX: slappy, Anchorman, Waxjob, Honeydew, Crawlspace, Snaggletooth (Elijah Tafao)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WARMUP:
SSH
Hillbilly Walkers
Grady Corns
Shoulder Taps
Hallelujahs
Cherry Pickers

THE THANG:
Mosey to the football field

Line up at the goalline. The Q will start by throwing the frisbee down field. Wherever it lands, we run and do a set of exercises. The number of reps will be determined by the roll of 3 dice inside the frisbee. If a triple is rolled, we do the exercise and then jog one lap around the field and back to our place. Next man throws, and we take turns all the way to the other goalline. Next trip back starts a new exercise.

1. Merkins
2. Bobby Hurleys
3. 2 CT Freddy’s
4. SSH
5. Dips
6. Squats
7. Box Cutters
8. Burpees

Worked in a couple more laps up and down with frisbee throws and if dropped, all did 2 burpees.

MARY:
Side crunches
Heels to Heaven
American Hammers
Plank leg lifts

COT:
I came across this passage while reading on Sunday morning…

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.” – 2 COR 1:3-4

It’s a bit repetitive but there’s a point to be made! The words “All comfort” here are founded in the ancient Greek word paraklesis, which also means “to come alongside and help”. To strengthen. Make stronger. The latin word for comfort is fortis, which also means Brave.

And when you read through the remaining passage, it becomes clear that “comfort” is truly moving us from weakness to strength.

“…so that WE may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we are comforted by God.”

The WE here is us! God enables us to bring comfort to others. F3 is the WE. Look at the comfort and strengthening we brought to Cardinal’s wife and children. Look at how we give, support and pray for one another. We are not the comfort of God, but we can use our gifts, our resources, and our fellowship to bring comfort to others.

So many of us are dealing with something. Life is hard! If you need prayer and support, let me know. Talk to somebody. If you can be that one to pray and support, reach out. We are all in this together.


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