F3 Knoxville

Modified Murph

AO: brickyard
Q: Appleseed
PAX: Spellcheck, Biohazard (Jay Shepherd), Gmail, fast-n-easy (Nate Votta), Appleseed, flyball, Gordie, Jim Norris, Otis, Recoil (Blake Conley), Strings (2.0), Bruce Lee, Pop Wizz
FNGs: 1 Pop Wizz
COUNT: 13
WARMUP:

SSH, this/that, toy soldiers

THE THANG:

Murph: see below image

MARY: none

ANNOUNCEMENTS: none

COT: what makes a hero? Preparation and surrender to the mission.

[virtuous-leadership-school] Purposefulness and Impact

AO: virtuous-leadership-school
Q: Otis
PAX: Borg, Spellcheck
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
Mermaid was spotted in the gloom, celebrating what he calls the BSIA(best sunrise in America) with his daughters. Happy Birthday to her! :birthday:

Everyone was prepared and read the material or listened to the podcast or both.
We opened with prayer and then dove into Q2 The Dedication to Purposefulness.

Socratics:
1. Are we alive for a reason outside of our own existence?
2. What happens to a man who lives primarily for himself?
3. Is there an intrinsic benefit in living for others?

1. Can a man self-initiate positive change in his life?
2. Can a broken man be helped?
3. Can an unbroken man be convinced to risk abandoning his Status Quo?

Discussion points:
-We are created by God to worship Him and love others.
-Living for yourself is idolatry
-This creates shame, selfishness and hate
-Me attitude makes you lonely in a false reality
-We discussed reality at length, how we create our reality by our experiences and influences. This can be very different for people.
-Serving others takes your outside yourself
-Living for others creates selflessness, gratitude and love.
-Self vs Others, Isolation vs Community
-Sur/Ser continuum, Survivor/Servant
-Others are your purpose, the call to action is to move into proximity so that you can have an impact.

Finished up with this question and prayer:
How do you handle feeling lead to disciple(lead out of sad clown) someone when they don’t show motivation or desire to change?

Operation tug scrub

AO: brickyard
Q: Spellcheck
PAX: fast-n-easy (Nate Votta), Appleseed, flyball, Bail Bonds, Biohazard (Jay Shepherd), Spellcheck, Gordie, Recoil (Blake Conley), Flow, Strings, Bruce Lee
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WARMUP: some stretching, size straddle hops,
Thai fighters, imperial squat walk, tempo squats, overhead claps, tempo, Merkins

THE THANG:
100 Yard Rope Run (10 mins)
Run pulling the rope 100 yards / down & back
10 Merkins & Big Boys (while waiting)

100 Ft. Rope Pulls (10 mins)
Starting at the goal line pull all 100 ft on rope to you.
Grab the other end and run it back straight & Bear Crawl Back
10 Squats & Big Boys (while waiting)

Battle Ropes… (30secs)
1 man at the end of each rope
30sec battles 10sec to run to the other end of the rope for another 30sec battle

1 v/s 2 = 10 yards (10 mins)
Tug until The 2 pull the 1 = 10 yards
The 1 runs to the back of the line or the end of the rope on the 2 (The anchor spot)

Tug of war round robin (5 yards)
Tug as many different men as you can.

MARY: nope

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The Murph!

COT: The tug-of-war battle between our flesh, and The spirit is real! Without The spirit, there is no fight. You won’t win the fight alone. So get some brothers in it with you.

“So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves. The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, so you are not free to carry out your good intentions.”
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭5‬:‭16‬-‭17‬ ‭NLT‬‬

“But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!”
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭5‬:‭22‬-‭23‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Staying Diligent with Switchie

AO: brickyard
Q: Switchgrass (Stacy Clark)
PAX: Bail Bonds, Jim Norris, Natty, Simmons, Spellcheck, Switchgrass (Stacy Clark), Appleseed, Otis, Geppetto, Gmail, Rainfly (Stephen Stewart)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
Exercises with 15x 4ct in cadence for slow tempo work, then jog down and back to cone for one burpee:

Tiefighter forward and backwards for Geppetto
Squat
Merkins
Chuck Norris
Plank, the left and right leg up
Hello Dolly
Box Cutter
Mtn Climber
Wall Sit
Dips
Derkins
Bulgarian split squats both legs
OH Claps
Superman
Boat canoe
Lbc
Freddie Mercury
Diamond merkins
And many others. . . . .

The COT

The story of Ester is emblematic of our walk with God. She had to endure ungodly things to save her people, the Israelites. God had taken this young woman to fill His purpose and plan to save a nation. Her willingness and courage her allowed her to find favor as the King’s wife , which allowed her to be on influential decisions that affected her people’s future. This how God used her mightily. (Read the book of Esther)

Like her we question what is God going in the midst of trials. We see nothing good. We don’t understand the purpose. Our doubt makes us believe our emotions more than God’s promises. Most of all we think God has abandoned us. However we must stay faithful that will bring about growth. Also we reflect on past victories with God, but also need other people to push forward. Prayer absolutely.

These things she had at her disposal to carryout God’s purpose for her life. By doing that God carried out His promise too.

Friday Ruck

AO: thequacken
Q: Z-Pack
PAX: Magic Mic (Jarrett Woodall), FixerUpper, Natty, Spellcheck, Gmail, Recoil (Blake Conley)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WARMUP:
Ruck-a-loop at the park

THE THANG:
Ruck from the park to Gresham. Do D Merks and F Kicks to keep the gangs satisfied. I told the PAX about October Sky being partially filmed at Gresham and Fountain City Elementary. Fixer was probably thinking, “yeah, yeah you say this every time we walk here,” which is true. We rucked past Jimmy’s house and woke up his dogs. The howling was really good this morning. We rucked over to Grove where we annoyed another couple of dogs. We rucked up to the top of Grove, and I got a dad joke in along the way – “Why did the man name his dogs Timex and Rolex? Because they were watch dogs!” :joy: (nobody laughed) At the top we grabbed a pic at the Martha Berry road sign and did some PT – monkey humpers and Merkins. A car drove by while we were doing monkey humpers, so that was good. Monkey humpers are always better with an audience. When I took the pic Gmail and Spellcheck were turning off their head lamps. They weren’t ready for the pic, which was my fault. I didn’t give a countdown. Honestly I wasn’t paying much attention to what anybody was doing. I just wanted to make sure everyone was in the frame and grab a quick shot. Seriously though, has anyone seen Doogan the cat? (Natty did show concern for the lost pet) Next we headed back down to the AO on a couple of different roads. A loop is more fun than out and back on the same route. I got Magic Mic’s nickname story and we tried to bear crawl a short distance, but that was a bad idea on my part. Bear crawling and burpees are no good with a ruck on. Also, the asphalt was pointy; not comfortable on bare hands. We made arguments for and against Shotgun missing the ruck on the morning after getting married. After the COT Gmail made coffee for us out of the back of his SUV. Recoil told us his nickname story, which was funny and snotty. We had a good 2nd F time talking and joking. We also discussed the finer points of CMU exercises.

MARY:
nope

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
not really

COT:
Helpful Take Aways From October Sky

1. Don’t be afraid to dream and have big ambitions.
1. Homer was inspired by Sputnik, and he set out to build a rocket.
2. For him and his community building a working rocket was pie in the sky, but Homer wanted to give it a shot anyway, no matter others doubts and jeering.
1. Get some help, don’t let your pride get in the way when you need to ask for help.
1. Homer needed help. He convinced his buddies to help and made friends with the outcast nerd.
2. He asked and got help from his community, pitching in materials and know- how.
1. Be persistent, don’t give up.
1. In the movie, Homer and his team have rocket after rocket that fails. But they kept trying.
2. Homer and his team had major setbacks with the mine accident, with the fire that was blamed on one of his rockets, and with tough relationships. He wanted to give up at times but with support of family and friends he persevered