F3 Knoxville

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Beer Run

The Scene: 72 and clear

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

Tha Thang:
COP

SSH x20 IC
LBAC IC x10 forward, 10 backward
Little some o’ this/that x2
Imperial Walkers IC x20
Carolina dry docks ICx20
Squats ICx20
Jack Webb – to the grass. 4:1 Merkins to Raise the Roof

Beer Run
Partner up
Run from the coupon pile to the grassy knoll
Coupon pile – grab a coupon, run back
Grassy knoll – Al Gore, 12oz curls

Pizza Run – groups of 4
Grassy knoll – 10 overhead presses, deliver the pizza back to the pile
Coupon pile – ultimate keg stand (hold partners feet on your shoulders, squats til the pizza gets back)

Puke and Rally
Wide line
Forward roll, 5 Carolina dry docks (rinse and repeat)

Walk of shame
Bear crawl the perimeter of the parking lot
In line, x10 on a 4-count, 10 squats between each set

Hoof it back down, pick up the 6 and hustle back to AO

MARY

Hello Dolly

Flutter Kicks

LBC x4 count – 25 IC each

BOM
“And he called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases, and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal. And he said to them, “Take nothing for your journey, no staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money; and do not have two tunics….And they departed and went through the villages, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere.”
‭‭Luke‬ ‭9:1-3, 5-6‬ ‭ESV‬‬
“On their return the apostles told him all that they had done. And he took them and withdrew apart to a town called Bethsaida. When the crowds learned it, they followed him, and he welcomed them and spoke to them of the kingdom of God and cured those who had need of healing. Now the day began to wear away, and the twelve came and said to him, “Send the crowd away to go into the surrounding villages and countryside to find lodging and get provisions, for we are here in a desolate place.” But he said to them, “You give them something to eat.” They said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish—unless we are to go and buy food for all these people.” For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.””
‭‭Luke‬ ‭9:10-14‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Once we learn to put our faith in God it becomes second nature to “trust” him in the small things. We get to work and can look around at our lives and say we “trust” him, even “serve” him by our typical functions. In this case, the disciples had just been authorized with power to do all the things that they had seen Jesus doing. They went out and did as they were told and came back to excitedly report to Jesus that they had been successful. But 5 minutes later when a really big problem was presented, they handled it the same way that we do. “Oh crap man, that’s a big one. I don’t think it can be done”

Where in your life is Jesus telling you to “give them something to eat?” What is the big challenge He is telling you to have big, ACTIVE faith about? Find it and do it!

Moleskin
This was a brutal shoulder workout. The forward rolls in the rain on muddy grass were crazy and the guys worked hard. Not every Q is this much fun!

#Let’s Get Rocked!

The Scene – 65 degreesish

F3 Welcome & Disclaimer

Warm-O-Rama
Merkins 4ct IC x 10
Some of This/Some of That
Tempo Squat IC x 10
SSH IC x 25

(Ascending Burpees – Start with 1 and add one between every exercise.

The Thang
Pick up a couple of handheld Pee Rock’s or full on boulders (Ratchet)
Indian Run to Kory Hill & Grab a Battle Buddy

Circuit 1 – 5 min
Partner A – High Rows
Partner B – Runs Hill and performs 10 Manmakers run back and switch w/ partner

(Continuing Ascending Burpees)

Circuit 2
Partner A – Overhead Presses
Partner B – Runs Hill & performs 15 Squats – switch w/ partner

Circuit 3
Partner A – Squat Jumps
Partner B – Smurf Jacks x20

Indian Run to base of Matterhorn – Cont. Burpees
Indian Run back to AO – Pax took the opportunity to Indian Run Drag Race back

Mosey to Tennis Court
Descending Burpees then Wall Crawl (10 Burpees – Wall Crawl, 9 Burpees – Wall Crawl, etc.)

Saved by the Bell

COT
Count-Off & Name-O-Rama

BOM
GRIT is persevering over difficulties for an extended amount of time. GRIT is when Purpose meets action. Every #HIM out here has GRIT and we need to remember how far we’ve come before getting lost in constant improvement.

Moleskin
Challenging workout today, loved to see the PAX audible their own Drag Race Indian Run back to the AO.

Keep’on Truckin’

The Scene: 66 and crisp!

F3 Intro and Disclaimer

Warm-O-Rama

Imperial Walkers x 15 IC
Windmills x 15 IC
Cherry Pickers x 15 IC
SSH x 15 IC
Mountain Climbers x 15 IC
Plank Jacks x 15 IC
Hand Release Merkins x 15 IC
Squat x 15 IC

Tha-Thang
JAILBREAK to lower field for
Wham-o-Lunges 12x

Mosey to upper field
Plank Hops
Plank Weave
Tunnel-o-Love

Mosey to Upper Parking Lot
Dora-cides (3x 4 lengths) 2 Burpees each end

Mosey to Hill
Partner Up!
11s as a team
Burpees & Squats

Mosey back to AO

MARY
Boat Canoe

Peter Parkers

1x Shoulder Blaster = ….
10x Forward Arm Raise, thumbs up
10x Forward Arm Raise, thumbs down
10x Forward Arm Raise, thumbs up on the way up, thumb down on the way down
10x Lateral Arm Raise, thumbs up
10x Lateral Arm Raise, thumbs down
10x Lateral Arm Raise, thumbs up on the way up, thumb down on the way down
10x Lateral Arm Raise to cross overhead, thumbs up
10x Shoulder Press

Joy Trumps Happiness – DREDD excerpt
The culture often uses Joy and Happiness interchangeably, but they are actually very different things. Happiness is a mere transitory positive feeling governed by fleeting external circumstance. Happiness is a full belly—it goes away when you get hungry again.

In contrast, Joy is not ephemeral. It is a permanent state of deep contentment that is unaffected by quotidian happenstance. Joy cares not whether a man’s belly is full or empty. It requires a long view, well past the toils and triumphs of any given day. The Q is a Joyful man under any and all circumstances because his vision is cast at beyond the day before him. His focus is on the end and beyond.

Hi my name is: CMU

The Scene: the Dog Pound 68 degrees and a little muggy.

F3 Welcome & Disclaimer

Warm-O-Rama
Mosey to the speed bump w/o CMU
Big arm circles x10
Come in close. Pass the CMU around w/twist
10 merkins

Tha-Thang:

Partner up with someone new. You must learn 3 things about them during the workout
Mosey to bottom of Matterhorn the long way w/CMU taking turns carrying CMU.
Stop at every cone and do 5 burpees, 5 merkins, 10 BBS feet to feet passing CMU back and forth, and 10 back to back CMU exchanges. Run up to restaurant or around loop till 6 finishes.

At Matterhorn, leave CMU and sprint to light pole.
“Forgot” the CMU go back down and get it.

Mosey w/CMU to top of Matterhorn, plank, mosey to Pavalon.
At Pavalon: partner runs to trees (30 yards) with CMU while other partner does AMRAP of Pull ups, switch, then dips, switch, then decline merkins.

Mosey back to top of Matterhorn. 10 merkins

Mosey to AO

BOM:
Getting to know you
We got to know our CMU and workout partner a little better today.
We interact with people on a daily basis and often times we know nothing about them. Do they have kids? What hobbies do they have? Do they like sports etc.

John 13:34-35
Jesus said: “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.””
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By showing interest in someone and getting to know them as a brother or sister we are in part doing what Jesus asks. These relationships are important to God. He had a relationship in the very beginning with the father/son/Holy Spirit and was one of the final things he told us while on earth.
So, go connect to someone today and show them love through caring for them and wanting to know more about them.

Moleskin: I saw some of the guys that typically struggle really push hard this morning and are making big strides in their fitness levels. Good chatter this morning considering we were all gasping from the thick humid air.

Bears Playing Poker

The Scene: 60 and clear

Welcome and Disclaimer

THE THANG
COP –

SSH x21 IC
LBAC IC x11 forward, 10 backward
Little some o’ this/that x2
Imperial Walkers IC x21
Ballerinas (toe squats) x21 IC

Mosey to the trail and line up shortest to tallest.

Bearcrawl IC on a 4 count up the hill
Every 10 reps stop for 10 squats OYO

To the Casino (upper soccer field)

Blackjack – lineup on sideline
1 Merkin, run across the field, 20 LBC
2 Merkins, etc…
– after each set of Merkins, Squats til the 6 is up and then proceed across the field to LBC and back

Main Table (circle up at mid-field)
PAX alternates Al Gore and Plank
– one player at a time runs to sideline and hits (Merkins) however they wish (1-21)
-proceed around the circle
AUDIBLE: changed to two men at a time to keep up the pace

Double Down: back to the sideline for 11s
1 Merkin, run across, 10 squats, back
– this time oyo

Bearcrawl backwards down the hill to the softball field and mosey back to the AO

Mary –
American hammers x20
Mountain climbers x20

BOM
“But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.”
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭5:16-17‬ ‭ESV‬‬

The next few versus after this contain a list of products of the desires of the flesh. The things the tender stand out to us for things such as “sorcery” or “orgies.” Most of us do not participate in things like that and so it’s easy to glass of the rest of the list. However, “jealousy” and “fits of anger” should really be the ones that stand out to us on a list like this. Everyone of us has her own tendencies, but usually we know that we are satisfying the desires of the flesh when we do these things.

I don’t know exactly what completely walking by Spirit looks like, but I know where it starts. It starts with asking for the Spirit’s help in these situations and in life in general. Also, looking around at the men with whom we are in community and reflecting ourselves against them can be significantly helpful. Most frequently we are all dealing with the same issues and can learn from each other and hold ourselves to a standard together.

The men that came out today pushed themselves hard, but in so doing they also set an example for the man dragging behind them. This is no different in the spiritual life, although sometimes the roles are reversed.

Moleskin
This is a brutal workout, but the men attacked it was bigger and finished faster than expected. They were moans and groans with the double down, but the men rose to the challenge and push themselves hard. I am usually the last guy finishing in these long running workouts, and the same was true today…but the men made me proud to be a Q today!