F3 Knoxville

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4 Corners in a Straight Line

THE SCENE: Y’all it’s starting to be cold, like every day. 

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Did this. No questions. 

WARM-O-RAMA: Blindside warm-up things 

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Flagpole for 20 jump-ups/steps // Mosey to Playground 10 pull-ups

Mosey to the upper parking lot for “straight-line” 4 corners. 4 stations of exercises, each cardboard has 3 exercises on it. Do the top exercise then move to the next station. Do all 4 stations 2x then mosey to dock for 20 CDD then to the Bathhouse for 10 pull-ups. Return to Stonehenge to lunge around waiting on the six. Repeat the whole process with the second exercise on the board. Then repeat for the third exercise.    

  • Round 1
    • 20 Merkins
    • 20 BBS
    • 20 Squats
    • 20 4 count Flutter Kicks
  • Round 2
    • 10 Burpees
    • 20 LBCs 
    • 20 Diamond Merkins
    • 20 4 count Freddie Mercury
  • Round 3
    • 20 Iron Mikes
    • 20 American Hammers 
    • 20 Smurf Jacks
    • 20 Hello Dolly

Fellowship Mosey™ back to AO

MARY:

Ring-of-Fire with 3 Merkins 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

12 HIMs did the Beatdown; 1 Mall Walker 

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

“You’ve got to ask for faith every day. You have to read about those people who exercised faith. You have to read the Scriptures.” –Mother Mary Angelica. Mother Angelica was a Roman Catholic nun of the poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration. She founded the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) in Birmingham, Alabama in 1981. This quote from Mother Angelica hit me hard yesterday because I have to remember to choose faith daily. In F3, the Fitness is the easiest part for me in that I can get up and meet my brothers in the Gloom. Fellowship is the next easiest, but still difficult. I love the Fellowship that pre-rucks and beatdowns give, and most of you know that I love the fact that Slack offers continual communication with the PAX of F3Knoxville outside of the Gloom, but the 2nd F can still be difficult for me in that I sometimes forget to be that friend that many men need me to be. Not only to be present and reachable but also to be there to listen when needed. 

The 3rd F, Faith is the most difficult for me. I can’t meaningfully go on “auto-pilot” with my faith. I have to actively choose my faith. I have to actively read my devotions, say my prayers, and be present for God. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Asylum AM/PM combining at 7 am on Thanksgiving for an hour beatdown

Christmas Party — Let Judge Judy know if you’re coming by Dec. 1st. Slack channel #annual-christmas-party. 

Brovember reminder.

Some Reps and Some Running

THE SCENE: Low 40s with strong wind, so chilly.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
307th day of the year, 58 remaining

SSHs (4 ct) x 30

Little baby arm circles forward (4 ct) x 15

Little baby arm circles backward (4 ct) x 15

Some Michael Phelps and little of this and a little of that

School Zone showed up late, so 5 burpees.

School Zone said that he intentionally missed the SSHs because he figured that we would do 50 of them.  He was probably joking about all or some of that.  Still . . .

SSHs (4 ct) x 70

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the flag pole

100 merkins followed by one lap around the track

100 merkins and 200 LBCs followed by two laps around the track

100 merkins, 200 LBCs, and 300 squats followed by three laps around the track

That was as far as the rabbits made it before time ran out, so no one made it to 100 merkins, 200 LBCs, 300 squats, and 400 CDDs followed by four laps.  Maybe next time or perhaps an hour-long Saturday workout.

Mosey back to the AO

MARY:
We held plank for the minute or so that we had left.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 HIMs

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I read the lyrics to the song “Fearless” by the Goo Goo Dolls (I did not sing).  I won’t repeat them here, but listen to the song or read the lyrics if you are not familiar.  John Rzeznik has said that the song was inspired by the anxious state of 21st-century America and the fear-mongering media.  It was released in 2019.  The lyrics resonate even more now.  As the song says, we are living in an unfair and scared world, so we need to be fearless and let our light shine.  See 2 Timothy 1:7 (“For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline.”).

MOLESKIN:
Prayers for Ribbed’s wife, Blindside’s family with the loss of his uncle and his grandmother’s cancer diagnosis, the Q’s daughter, and the strength to be fearless in the world.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Judge Judy’s Christmas Party

Coats for the Cold

Probably something else that I forgot

NOT Keeping up with the Joneses

THE SCENE: Foggy and 58ish degrees. 

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER This was done correctly and on time. However, the Q was questioned on it rather extensively during the warm-up. Sometimes MumbleChatter is a good thing, other times is causes you to miss the disclaimer. 

WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH IC x10; LBAC IC x10 EWay; Tempo Squat x10; Cheery Pickers IC x?

 THA-THANG:

Flagpole:

  • 10 Box Jumps
  • 10 Merkins
  • 10 Squat Walkers
  • 3 Body Builders + at the playground 

RINSE & REPEAT 3x 

Rock Pile:

  • 30 OHP 
  • 30 Curls
  • 30 Rows 
  • 3 Burpees at the Bathhouse 

RINSE & REPEAT 3x

Splash Pad

  • 30 Dips
  • 30 Derkins
  • 30 Iron Mikes
  • 3 Burpee Pull-ups at the Bathhouse

RINSE & REPEAT 3x 

AO 

  • 10 Squats 
  • 10 Plank Jacks 
  • 10 Wide Merkins
  • Sprint to the other end of the parking lot and repeat 3x 

MARY:

Swimmies informed the Q that there were 15 seconds left for Mary. The Q told him he could continue to run his mouth for 15 seconds if he feels like he needs some Mary today. 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

13 HIMs. 0 FNGs. 3 HIMs sprinted out for early meetings/Dad duties/work

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

I have heard over the years that the time you are 33 years old is often called your “Jesus Year.” The ‘Jesus Year’ is age 33, the year that scholars generally believe Jesus of Nazareth was probably arrested and crucified in Jerusalem after starting a spiritual, political, and intellectual revolution. I have often heard people talk about “What they are going to accomplish either before or during their Jesus Year. 

Once I hit 30, I started thinking about my Jesus Year. At 30 I was running regularly and losing weight consistently. I had several major goals for my Jesus Year, but one of them was to run a full marathon before or during the time I was 33. Seeing as I turn 34 tomorrow, I don’t know if I am going to make that goal. Once I realized that I wasn’t going to make that goal a few months ago, I got a little down. I was discouraged and upset with myself. I was looking at the negatives of my life, not the positives. 

During my Jesus Year, I have been promoted twice at work, ending with a dream job that I absolutely love. I started F3 and not only got back into focusing on my fitness but brought me a whole new passion and zeal for my faith and gave me a brotherhood of men I didn’t even know I needed in my life.  

Sometimes we focus too much on the negatives. We focus on what others are accomplishing. We focus on the goals we didn’t achieve. Don’t fall into the trap of “Keeping up with the Joneses.” Frankly, trying to do that breaks one of the 10 Commandments. When we compare ourselves to others, when we stack our failures against the successes of others, we are coveting our neighbor’s goods rather than focusing on the good in our own lives. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • Coats for the Cold: Donations for KARM. Bring to AOs through Nov. 13ish. Blindside is keeping a box in his van for donations. 
  • Bro-vember 2021 Challenge: Sign up to compete against other members of F3 Knoxville. Earn points by posting, Q-ing, VQ-ing, EHing an FNG/Kotter, etc. Check out the #brovember2021 Slack channel for more information and signup links. 

Monday beatdown

THE SCENE: humid
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x20, Imperial walkers x10, tempo squats x10, Grady corns x10, Abe Vigodas x5, Butt kickers and high knees.

THA-THANG:
Mosey to outhouse

  • 7’s — pull-ups, then down the ramp to v-ups.

Mosey to splashpad

  • 20 dips and 20 derkins
  • Lap around the outhouse
  • Rinse and repeat x4

Mosey to flagpole

  • Lap around track with pain stations
  • Station 1 — 10 pull-ups
  • Station 2 — 20 diamond merkins
  • Station 3 — 30 Imperial squat walkers
  • Lap 2 = 10 wide merkins, 15 big bois, 20 squats.

MARY:
Captain Thors up to 6 and some Cobra Kai’s to finish.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 HIM

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Encouragement to pray for our leaders. In all the news, discussion, opinions, complaints, etc… the clear command in Scripture is for us to pray for them.

1 Timothy 2:1-6 — First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivingsbe made for all people, 2 vfor kings and all who are in high positions, that we maylead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and wdignified in every way. 3 This is good, and xit ispleasing in the sight of yGod our Savior, 4 who desires zall people to be saved and atocome to bthe knowledge of the truth. 5 For cthere is one God, and there is one mediatorbetween God and men, the man1 Christ Jesus, 6 dwho gave himself as a ransom for all,which is ethe testimony given fat the proper time.

The Equalizer – Monday 8/30/21

THE SCENE: Pre-Ida
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Side straddle hops; touch your toes; windmills; baby arm circles front/back; this/that
THA-THANG:
CMU Ladder:

10 – Squat thrusters

9 – KB Swings

8 – Tall Rockys (toe tap the CMU standing upright)

7 – Bicep 21s

6 – Shoulder tap / alt leg raises

5 – Blockees

4 – American Hammers

3 – Over The Top Merkins

2 – Goblet Squats

1 – Imperial Walker

  • complete the assigned number of reps for each exercise, in sequence.  When finished, run (not mosey) to midfield to complete 10 reverse crunches or plank jacks, then bernie back to your CMU
  • Pick up the SIX and work through what they have remaining alongside them.  No man left behind.
  • One the SIX is up, return to your CMU and begin again – this time starting one step down the ladder (R1 – start with thrusters; R2 – start with KB swings).

MARY:
Finished a few seconds past time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
2 Timothy 4:3-4 – For there will come a time when men will not put up with sound doctrine.  Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.  They will turn away from the truth and turn aside to myths.

Romans 12:2 – do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind
MOLESKIN:
Don’t look to the things of this world for comfort, satisfaction, or any other type of fulfillment; and stay away from echo chambers – they are the way of the world, not of God.

I shared this quote at Dogpound a few weeks ago, but it’s applicable every day and worth sharing again

“If we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too week.  We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea.  We are far too easily pleased.”

CS Lewis – “The Weight of Glory”

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill is going to be an awesome time.  Let’s shoot for 100% Equalizer registration.  Tank will be out to Q us and fill us in on all of the specifics this Friday.  Be there.

Back to back coffee-terias coming up Friday 9/3 and Monday 9/6

Equalizer and F3 Knoxville shirts have active pre-orders right now.  Get one or two today, and go in with another PAX to avoid shipping charges.

F3 Knoxville – https://f3.mudgear.com/collections/active-preorders/products/f3-knoxville-send-me-pre-order-august-2021

Equalizer – https://f3.mudgear.com/collections/active-preorders/products/f3-knox-the-equalizer-pre-order-may-2021