F3 Knoxville

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BYOB – Anniversary

THE SCENE:

Partly Cloudy Temperature Humidity Feels like Wind Speed Wind Direction
62 ℉ 100% 63 ℉ 1.8 mi/h SSE

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER.
I am not a professional.

WARM-O-RAMA:
25 SSHs.
10 Baby Arm Circles forward.
10 backward.
3 Cherry Pickers.

THA-THANG:
Mosey to my car trunk and everyone pick up a standard 16oz water bottle.  The water bottle is yours for the day.

Mosey to CMU pile.  Along the way stopping three times.  At each stop the water bottle is placed on the ground and with Merkins the chest touches the bottle.  With the leg exercises, the hands touch the bottle.  The objective is to make noise with the bottle.

  • 20 Regular Merkins and 20 Squats.
  • 20 Wide Merkins and 20 Monkey Humpers
  • 20 Diamond Merkins and 20 Lunges

At CMU pile everyone grab one to go along with the water bottle.  Groups of three.  The three split about 30 yards apart.  1st PAX staying at one end, 2nd PAX at other end, and 3rd PAX is walking between the two.  While walking he carries the CMU away from his body with the water bottle balanced on the CMU. As he reaches the other side the 2nd PAX walks with CMU and bottle back to PAX #1.  And then #1 down to #3.  If the water bottle falls off, then 10 Monkey Humpers.  While PAX is walking, the other two do a series of exercises.  Only after all three make one walk, the three of them then move to the next exercise.  The exercises where:

  • Curls
  • Tricep Extensions
  • Rows
  • Overhead Press
  • Thrusters

Mosey to big parking lot.  Group lines up on the north edge.  Everyone throws their water bottle across the parking lot.  Everyone running to their bottle and doing an exercise then throwing again go to bottle and exercise, throw again exercise etc. until the reach the south edge of the lot.  With each crossing more water is removed from the bottle and the exercise changes.

  • Full Bottle – 20 American Hammers (bottle touches ground each time)
  • ¾ Bottle – 10 War Hammers (bottle touches ground each time)
  • ½ Bottle – 20 Windshield Wipers (feet over standing water bottle)
  • ¼ Bottle – 20 Pickle Pounders (water bottle crunched each rep)
  • Empty – 5 Worst Merkins Ever (water bottle crunched each rep)

So, that was the plan with the bottles and the parking lot.  BUT, on our first throws, most of the water bottles exploded.  Which was cool but made it extremely difficult to throw the bottle any distance at all.  So, we modified to everyone running to the lone surviving bottles.  And that PAX continued to throw/skid it along the ground.  Once across lot first time, quick trip to the car got us some spare bottles. Then we just had one PAX skid one bottle and we all ran to that distance.  Worked out fine.

Mosey back to AO.

MARY:
No time for Mary
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
20 HIMs.   19 Listed above and SOS also.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
My first year with F3 has been filled with some great examples along with many reasons to be proud to be a part of F3.  Thanks to all my F3 brothers for a fun year #1.

Proverbs 18:24
24 One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

“I sought my soul, but my soul I could not see. I sought my God, but my God eluded me. I sought my brother and I found all three.” – Unknown.

MOLESKIN:
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Sharing The Victory

THE SCENE: ~62 degrees.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Brief warm-up: Cherry Pickers, arm circles (up/down), overhead clap, tempo squats. Mosey to coupon area while doing drop-off burpees.
THA-THANG:
2 Man teams. See chart below.

Man 1 does 30 merkins, tricep ext, curls, Russian twists, thrusters, and 24 burpees, bent rows, back lunges, and shoulder taps.

Man 2 is holding exercises while his partner is pushing their team stone forward a parking space at each victory. His holds alternate: plank, Al Gore, and holding coupon Overhead.

Both men run to the wall/stairs while one runs up the stairs and does (we changed the bar hold to 3 pull-ups), the other is holding upside down against the wall.

Then both men run back to the coupons, change positions, and start round 2.

3 pull up Wall Invert
24 shoulder tap Overhead Hold
24 Back Lunges Al Gore
24 Bent Rows Plank
24 Burpees Overhead Hold
30 Thrusters Al Gore
30 Twists Plank
30 Curls Overhead Hold
30 Tricep Ext Al Gore
30 ‘merkins Plank

We got 2 rounds in and finished by running (the long/scenic route) with drop-off burpees again.

MARY:
finished right no time so no additional time.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
14 present: Butter Knife, 5K, Erector, Dart Gun, Wheelchair, Survivor, Ralph, Wanderer, Kenjo, Guardrail, Gump, Spotter, Judge Judy, Hound Dog,
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
We did groups of 30 and 24 in the exercise to work in a word from 1 Samuel 30:24.

In 1 Samuel 30, David and his men come back to Ziklag only to find that the Amalekites have destroyed everything, taken their families and possessions, and run off. David and his men wept and then asked the Lord, if they should follow and if they would catch them. The Lord says “yes” to both questions. So they take off to save their families.
Along the way, they go down from 600 to 400 because 200 of the men are too exhausted to keep up. They are running for days without food or water. They finally catch up with the Amalekites, who are partying and thinking they escaped. David and his men slaughter the enemy, retrieve their families and possessions, and go home.
As they are returning, men who are called “wicked and worthless,” who were among those who went into battle, said that the two hundred who stayed with the baggage should get nothing because they did not go to battle.
David corrects this, saying, “You must not do so, my brothers, with what the Lord has given us” (23). He continues, “For as his share is who goes down to the battle, so shall his share be who stays by the baggage; they shall share alike” (24).

So…the message:

I see a number of lessons we can draw from this as men:

  1. Are there people in your life who are in the “background” or “behind the scenes” of your victories. Because you know the stuff is protected and well maintained, you have the confidence to run off to battle. As men, we tend to have a “to the victor goes the spoils” mentality. Be sure to reflect on, and honor, and share with others.
  2. Our victories come from the Lord. It is written down that the men were “wicked and worthless” who thought otherwise. They concentrated on their own strength and victory. Rather, look to the Lord who strengthens us.
  3. Is there someone today, who you can encourage? Support staff? Mentor/teacher? Spouse? We can all “share the spoils” by letting someone know that we appreciate how they “watch over the baggage” so we can do our jobs.
  4. We should be sure to recognize that all good things come from the Lord, and we all benefit from Jesus sharing with us in His victory. We are to have this same attitude in us and share with others as He gave so freely to us.

MOLESKIN:
It wasn’t a perfect example by any means, but as one man seemed to be doing the work of hard exercise and moving the stones, while the other stayed “at base,” doing the easier exercise, there was a potential for resentment. But when we swapped, we saw that the “base” work was hard too!

Thanks for helping me have a great VQ! 🙂

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
not sure of any announcements and there were no FNG’s

 

Tour Around the Strip Mall

THE SCENE: Mid-60s, calm
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Baby Arms Circles forward IC x 11

Baby Arms Circles reverse IC x 11

Overhead Clap IC x 9

Cherry Pickers IC x 5

Harry Rockets IC x 10

Plank Ups x 5

Motivators IC down from 8

THA-THANG:
First Leg: Line up on the end of the parking lot, Mosey to the end with x20 Calf Raises.  Repeat on the way back.  Hold Al Gore for the six.

Second Leg: Grab a spot on the guardrail, Dips and Derkins, 20 each.  Hold Al Gore for the six.

Tour around the Strip Mall:  Four corners; start with x30 at each location.  Rinse and repeat, reducing reps by 5 each lap.

  1. Corner 1: Alpo, Lunge to C2
  2. Corner 2: Heels to Heaven, Mosey to C3
  3. Corner 3: Jack Squats, Bear Crawl to C4
  4. Corner 4: Moving Merkins, Mosey back to C1

MARY:
Flutter Kicks IC x15

Pickle Pounder IC x15

Side Pounder IC x 15

Freddie Mercury IC x20
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
15 HIMs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Habakkuk

Chapter 1
Versus 3-5
“Must I forever see these evil deeds? Why must I watch all this misery? Wherever I look, I see destruction and violence. I am surrounded by people who love to argue and fight.”
‭‭ “The law has become paralyzed, and there is no justice in the courts. The wicked far outnumber the righteous, so that justice has become perverted.”
‭‭ “The Lord replied, “Look around at the nations; look and be amazed! For I am doing something in your own day, something you wouldn’t believe even if someone told you about it.”
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We can easily feel like everything around us is chaos and have anxiety or stress about how to overcome it. This can be true for many aspects of our lives but remember as God told the prophet Habakkuk in a vision that he’s working plans that you could even fathom if he told you about them.
Try not to get overwhelmed with the aspects of life that you cannot control and focus on bettering yourself and the ones around you…there’s only one way to eat an elephant, one…bite…at…a…time

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

JUCO circuit

THE SCENE: chilly mid 40s and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
15 SSH, 15 Mountain climbers, 10 tempo Merkins, 10 Moroccan night club, 10 tempo squats, 10 harry Rockettes
THA-THANG:
Mosey to new parking lot south of the Sophomore. A course is setup that snakes through the lot and up towards the Sophomore. Do the exercises as noted on the pavement and follow directions for getting to the next location.

  • 20 Merkins
  • Lunge walk
  • 20 Freddie Mercury (2-ct)
  • Karaoke (switch sides halfway)
  • 20 Squats
  • Run up to the base of hill
  • Bernie Sanders up the hill
  • 10 burpees
  • Crab walk to middle
  • 20 Merkins
  • Bear crawl to end
  • 20 mountain climbers (2-ct)
  • Mosey to pull-up bars and do 5
  • Down to coupon pile
  • 20 Overhead presses
  • Mosey back to start
  • AMRAP

MARY:
While we got everyone gathered back together, 10 Flutter kicks. Mosey back to flag and then we got in 20 Hello Dolly.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
23 HIMs at JUCO. Nice! One FNG. Welcome Leggings!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Consider the faith of Noah. He was instructed to build a very large boat because of a coming flood. It had likely not rained before that point in time and it took decades to build the ark. Imagine the ridicule he must have received while building the ark. Through all of this, he didn’t loose faith and continued to build as instructed by God. Faith that is unshaken by any worldly thing is what God wants our faith to look like. Strive for that.
MOLESKIN:
Great to be back and leading a JUCO bootcamps.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill tomorrow!

35th Birthday Tour of Mount Rushmore

THE SCENE: 50’s. Perfect weather. Even got a Happy Birthday wish and surprise visit from Ribbed before the Q started and knew it was going to be a fun, successful workout for all PAX.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER – Administered + Cell Phone + COVID distancing
WARM-O-RAMA:
Today I turn 35 and that means I can now be POTUS (that’s President Of The United States for those of you who don’t speak acronym. We’re going to do some themed routines and bring it all together in the BOM. So without further ado…
IC 10 x Tennessee Rocking Chair
IC 10 x Moroccan Night Club
IC 10 x El Capitan
OYO 10 x Tempo Merkin
IC 10 x Seal Clap Squat
IC 10 x Dancing Bear
IC 5 x Pickle Pounder
IC 5 x Glute Bridge (aka Pickle Pointer)
4 rounds of 10 Calf raises followed by the following sprints:
50%, 70%, 90%, 100%
THA-THANG:
Mosey to F3 parking near portable classrooms. Double check for skunk that was seen during making Weinke‘s (named for Tennessee’s current QB’s coach Chris Weinke due to his inability to remember plays) and pointed out by Dart Gun.

The first POTUS was George Washington, so we’ll do a partner routine that spells out his name:
W.A.S.H.
Find a partner. All exercises are single count. Each exercise is done only 10 at a time while your partner is doing their reps you do the iso(metric) hold for a total of the number at the end.
Werkins / Plank – 50
American Hammers / Boat or Canoe – 100
Step-ups / Al Gore – 150
Hip Thrusts (aka Pickle Pounders) / Glute Bridge Hold – 200

Call recover, get a 15 count. Mosey to Iron Pax Week 3 location (aka big parking lot – nice write-up Wanderer!).

Thomas Jefferson was the 2nd POTUS. We’ll be doing 2 minutes of the following for 3 rounds
10 Squats – 1 Burpee – 10 Merkins – 1 Burpee (okay so this is basically IPC Week 3 but only for 2 minutes) – Repeat
15-30 seconds rest, Q explain next round
10 Lunges (single count) – 1 Burpee – 10 Seal Clap Squats – 1 Burpee – Repeat
15-30 seconds rest, Q explain next round
10 Pickle Pounders – 1 Burpee – 10 Pickle Pointers – 1 Burpee – Repeat
15-30 seconds rest, mosey to next POTUS location

Call recover, get a 15 count. Q next asked: Who was the 26th President of the United States
A from Sty: Theodore Roosevelt (I was not expecting a correct answer so major points to Sty and also for making the HC to come today by taking the flag home with him and bringing it back!)

So next we’ll be doing T.E.D.D.Y. for a set time (until 6:07am so we can get back to the AO in time for our last POTUS of the day) – do 5 reps of each exercise and then do 1 extra rep on one exercise you choose for a total of 26 reps each round!
Tempo Merkin
El Capitan
Derkin
Dancing Bear
Yurpee

Call recover, get a 10 count. Last but not least mosey back to the AO and the Q asked – “who was the 5th President of the United States?” No quick answers came but that was okay because the Q messed up the question thinking about the $5 bill. The Q asked again “who was the 16th POTUS?” Several “Abraham Lincoln”‘s were stated. While moseying back to the Shovel Flag the Q then stated the following: “Abraham Lincoln once said ‘the trouble with quotes on the internet is that it’s hard to verify their authenticity'”. And since Honest Abe was the 16th POTUS, this was meant to be a funny segue on to our final routine of the day: a 5-minute song: Thunderstruck! The F3 Exicon has it slightly different but below is what we did (just like in February!)

BOLD & JUICY “Thunderstruck” modification:
Start the song with pickle pounders.
When they start saying “thunder” go into plank and do 1 merkin every time it’s said.
Hold plank until at the end of the first verse when he says “thunderstruck.”
For the rest of the song when he says “thunderstruck” do 1 burpee.
After the first thunderstruck, the Q led the following changes to exercises at certain points in the song:
BBS until the first “shaking at the knees”, doing burpees as they say “thunderstruck”
Flutter kicks until the second “shaking at the knees”, doing burpees as they say “thunderstruck”
BBS until the last round of “thunderstruck” starts and do burpees until the end of the song.

MARY:
“Does Thunderstruck Count?”
-Abraham Lincoln
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
20 PAX strong (Judge Judy not pictured – he had to bow out for work before Honest Abe’s rendition of AC/DC)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
What do the presidents we covered this morning have in common? They’re all on Mount Rushmore which is located in the Black Hills in Keystone , SD. Fun fact about Mount Rushmore: Each president was originally to be depicted from head to waist, but lack of funding forced construction to end on October 31, 1941.
So back to the Q and how this is relevant: Today I turn 35 – something I actually got wrong in the name-o-rama because I’ve said 34 for the past 100+ posts at F3 it’s second-nature. 35 means I’m “old enough” to be President of the United States. But there’s a deeper question at hand here: at its root, what is the POTUS to do? He’s a ruler and as Romans 13:3-4 tells us:
3 For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, 4 for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer.

Rules, including the POTUS, under God’s authority. We are under God’s authority. We are under the authority of our local church. We’re all under authority and have to submit to authority. More on that later.

Next let’s read about what Jesus says about how the world views when it has authority and how we as followers of Christ should view authority when we’re the ones “in charge”.

Matthew 20:20-28
Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came up to him with her sons, and kneeling before him she asked him for something. 21 And he said to her, “What do you want?” She said to him, “Say that these two sons of mine are to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom.” 22 Jesus answered, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am to drink?” They said to him, “We are able.” 23 He said to them, “You will drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.” 24 And when the ten heard it, they were indignant at the two brothers. 25 But Jesus called them to him and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. 26 It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant,[c] 27 and whoever would be first among you must be your slave,[d] 28 even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

As usual, 3 questions for us remain to ask
1. Everyone is under authority – do you recognize it? Or do you rage against it?
2. When you ask Jesus for things, are you cognizant of the cost he’s going to ask you to pay?
James paid with his life as a martyr.
John was exiled and died alone on the isle of Patmos.
And the question to ask most of all…
3. When you are in leadership, instead of like this world “lording it over others”, are you
the slave, the bondservant, of those around you?
MOLESKIN:
Q’ing on my birthday was pretty great fun. Felt great to start the week with the JUCOnian HIMs. I encourage every man to Q on or the day before/after his birthday. It’s a way to seek to serve when the day can feel all about you but Christ really does shine through when we put others first on the “day that’s supposed to be all about me”.

PS – Teddy Roosevelt was the youngest president to date at 42 due to William McKinley’s assassination.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Kenjo Q Wednesday. IPC Week 3 Friday (Open Q at the moment – SIGN UP!)