F3 Knoxville

[virtuous-leadership] Theme of the week: Q 3.11 Contentment

AO: virtuous-leadership
Q: Borg
PAX: Spellcheck, Borg, Mermaid
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
Warmup: Started the mini Solo Stove to warm things up!

THE THANG:
Joy vs Happiness?
Which of these makes you more durable, softer? Is it true that the more happiness you get, the more you need, like a drug addiction?

Key Redirect: Is being discontent a bad thing? What are you discontent about? Are you discontent because you are complaining or because of a red flag?

Discontent can indicate that something is off mission. Provide specific examples of discontent to discuss – we ended up discussing IPC, because it is current and seems to cause some PAX in F3 Knoxville to not post. So, we considered, “Is it on mission for F3 and for F3 Knoxville?”
1. “Does it grow small workout groups for men?” – If not on mission, is it causing some PAX to not post? This will interrupt their consistency every September.
2. “Is not posting during IPC, an individual PAX problem or an IPC mission problem?”
3. “Do we need to disrupt the status quo of IPC to make it better serve F3 Knoxville?” – Maybe. Most important is to support each AOQ in what they do, Then consider alternatives that allow a longer time frame to complete each workout, maybe Saturday or nomad workouts in September.
4. “Do the workouts seem to be just bigger and badder or are they valuable as planned or does it matter?” Interesting discussion, no conclusions.

MARY: Because the depth of our discussions cannot be duplicated in a backblast:
1. Each work to build a VL mtg in proximity to our AO.
2. Think about framework for a Leadership Convergence. We have a great core of respondents from the Leadership Survey.
3. Seek more contributors for the 3rdF channel. Kudos to ExciteBike (Micah Stair) for posting recently.
4. Continue IPC discussion for F3 Knoxville to clarify why there is discontent and how to resolve the discontent if it is valid.

COT: Closed in prayer. Pic to be posted by Mermaid

At the end of your rope / 4x100ft Tug Ropes

AO: brickyard
Q: Spellcheck
PAX: Appleseed, Biohazard (Jay Shepherd), fast-n-easy (Nate Votta), Lizzy, Otis, Simmons, Spellcheck, Manilow (Brent Hunter), (2.0) Bruce Lee, (2.0) DuckHunt
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
WARMUP:
Oil cans
Cherry pickers
Tempo squats
Thai fighters
SSHs
Overhead claps
Seal claps
Tempo Merkins

THE THANG:
100s… (4-5 rounds / 2 to 3 men in a group)
Pull the 100ft rope, 100 yards / down & back
Squat Thrusters (while waiting)
BBS (while waiting)

Rope Pulls / Run Down / Bear Crawl Back
CMU lunges (while waiting)
LBC’s (while waiting)

Battle Ropes
8 rounds 2 for each man.
1 man at the end of each set of ropes
1min battles 15sec to run to the other end of the rope for another 1min battle

10 Rounds 4 for each man (repeat)
30sec battles 10sec to run to the other end of the rope for another 30sec battle

100 yard Quartered Rope Carry
Fold the rope in half four times throw it over your shoulder, mosey 100 yards, follow the leader pass the rope at the other end of the field. Two rounds for each man.

MARY:
Flutter kicks

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
runsignup.com/streethopetn
In 2020, a group of men made it their mission to help push back the darkness of child sex trafficking in St. Louis. What started as a virtual 5K, turned into a weeklong event logging miles anyway we could. Running, cycling, rucking, walking, swimming…
Four years later, more than 2,600 participants logged more than 78,000 miles. We’ve raised more than $488,000 to help survivors of trafficking.
This year, F3 St. Louis has challenged pax of F3 Nation to raise awareness of sex trafficking in their local communities…
and the men of F3 Knoxville have answered the call.

COT:
Believe 1st, Obey & Follow…

“If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭10‬:‭9‬ ‭NLT‬‬

“Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow me.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭16‬:‭24‬ ‭NLT‬‬

“Now someone may argue, “Some people have faith; others have good deeds.” But I say, “How can you show me your faith if you don’t have good deeds? I will show you my faith by my good deeds.” You say you have faith, for you believe that there is one God. Good for you! Even the demons believe this, and they tremble in terror. How foolish! Can’t you see that faith without good deeds is useless?”
‭‭James‬ ‭2‬:‭18‬-‭20‬ ‭NLT‬‬

“But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,”
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭5‬:‭22‬ ‭NLT‬‬

[qsource-ao] How rest fit into unwavering, unflinching commitment?

AO: qsource-ao
Q: Borg
PAX: Spellcheck, Mermaid, Cart Girl (John Sadler) (Chatt, TN), Borg
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
WARMUP: Chat and Prayer

THE LENS:
4 who aspire to become better leaders had great 2nd/3rd F discussions about what unwavering, unflinching focus on commitment looks like across multiple commitments and how we apply the Sabbath principle of rest into the busyness, including who do we listen to as we balance the our commitments.
“I’m committed more, when I’m committed less.” – Mermaid

Welcome Cart Girl (John Sadler) (Chatt, TN) from Chattanooga who provided initial guidance on leadership Discussion groups in his region

COT: Prayer

[qsource-ao] Candor is not a place in Star Wars

AO: qsource-ao
Q: Borg , Spellcheck
PAX: Spellcheck, Borg
FNGs: None
COUNT: 2
THE COMMON GOAL: Consistently invest the time necessary to grow into Virtuous Leaders surrounded by men we know we can trust.

THE THANG: Discuss how our individual beliefs create a personal lens that affects how we attempt to lead with examples of successes and failures. Today, specifically, CANDOR.

MARY: Team exercise: Stretch our mindsets by listening and connecting to each other’s worlds, looking for what’s missing/hesitations, laughing and commiserating.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. Unanimous team agreement to move to a different place and time. We crave sustenance and warmth in the wee hours. Details to come.
2. UpandRunningAgain has started and the men are seeing improvements after only one week. Goal: We started with 12, we will end with 12 at The Secret City Half Marathon. You can still volunteer to run alongside these men who are working thru rehab programs. It may change your life. Reply here or DM Borg for details.

COT: Closed in prayer.

40 every 40

AO: brickyard
Q: Bail Bonds
PAX: Gmail, Dry Rub, fast-n-easy (Nate Votta), Natty, Biohazard (Jay Shepherd), Manilow (Brent Hunter), Gordie, Spellcheck, Otis, Herbie, Dodger, Appleseed, Jester, DuckHunt
FNGs: None
COUNT: 15
WARMUP:
SSH
Cherry Pickers
Arm Circles
Wind Mils
Tempo Squats
OH Claps
Seal Claps

THE THANG: 10 Manmakers before each round of work
1. MOT is Karaoke
Travel 40 yards for 40 Peter Parkers
Travel 40 yards for 40 triple threat lunges
Burnee to 0 yards
Flutter kicks for the 6
Run 1 lap

2. MOT is Bear Crawl
Travel 40 yards for 40 Carolina Dry Docks
Travel 40 yards for 40 Bobby Hurleys
Burnee to 0 yards
LBCs for the 6
Run 1 lap

3. MOT is Lunges
Travel 40 yards for 40 Merkins
Travel 40 yards for 40 2-count Mtn Climbers
Burnee to 0 yards
Hello Dollies for the 6
Run 1 lap

4. MOT is Super Marios
Travel 40 yards for 40 2-count Shoulder Taps
Travel 40 yards for 40 TN Rocking Chairs
Burnee to 0 yards
Run 1 lap as time allowed

MARY:
No time

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Tons of prayer requests. Lift up your brothers in prayer.
Several races coming up for people to sign up for.

COT:
Proverbs 13:20 “Walk with the wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.”
Surrounded yourself with wise men. Stay away from fools. Be a wise man others can look up to. But, be humble, and lead in Christ, surrendering yourself to Him and seek His ways.