F3 Knoxville

Tag: Swimmies (Nathan Chesney)

Spring Has Sprung…Let’s Do Work

AO: asylum-daybreak
Q: Crawdad (Robbi Dickens)
PAX: Pele (Jon Lindberg), Waffle House (Brady Greene), Snitch (Cory Beilharz ), F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom), Crawdad (Robbi Dickens), Steam, Veggie (Rylen Huddy), Doubtfire (Nick Bond), Lilydipper, Swimmies (Nathan Chesney)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
WARMUP:
SSH – 100
Imperial Walker – 10
Little of this this, little of that
Tempo Merkin – 10

THE THANG:
Scamper up Baby Cardiac and over to ‘all my benches’ at the top of Cardiac.
– One cycle of the Crawdad Comebacks with 20 LBCs at the switchbacks
– Mosy over to the Pier – stopped for 50 squats (25 on 4 ct)
– At pier, added ten years to our lives with “Junk Science” – 40 merkins – and watched the BSIA in all its glory,
– Mosy’d to “District 13” (furthermost corner of the AO by River and stink plant) and did 50 more squats.
– Began the Bataan Death March up and over the Brose Bowl, past the Yoga Studio, up Pickets Charge and down Everest and then back up Everest to the Coliseum.
– Cold Yoga at the Coliseum! AND Mary.
– 100 Hello Dollies, 40 Flutters, and yoga core.
– Mosy back to AO for some 15 yard dashes.
– Closed out with some ATMs.

MARY:
Mary on the go.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Lots of prayer requests. People are hurting. People are sick. Reach out to your brothers.

COT:
Johann Sebastian Bach is said to have walked about 250 miles (400 km) from Arnstadt to Lübeck in 1705 to meet and learn from the famous organist and composer Dieterich Buxtehude.

How often are we willing to put in the work spiritually, professionally, or personally? Bach was a prodigy and was willing to do it. Part of today’s workout was to come out and sweat. The guys that completed the real Bataan Death March were surviving…so today wasn’t about time or racing but about finishing…and a lot of guys did.

Great work today men!

Hearts and Farts

AO: shamrock
Q: Stitch
PAX: Mermaid, slappy, Dumpster Dive (Brad Burnette), Crawlspace, Swimmies (Nathan Chesney), Squatter, Voodoo
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WARMUP:
Grady Corns
Hairy Rockettes
Hallelujahs
SSH
Mountain Climbers
20 Merkins

THE THANG:
Mosey to Coupon pile. Grab a CMU.

25 Curls
25 OHP
25 Dips
50 Bench press
REPEAT

Mosey to the football field.

25 Mountain Climbers
25 Shoulder Taps
25 2 Ct Freddy Mercury’s
50 LBCs
REPEAT

Last 15 mins – 50 yd line Ultimate LED Frisbee. Team 1 (Stitch, Slappy, Swimmies, Crawlspace) takes the victory 6-4.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: March 7th – New AO launch in Clinton.
March 28 – Escape from Haw Ridge

COT:
I recently discovered this devotional book called The New City Catechism which is introduced by Tim Keller. If you know me, you know that I have a thirst for truth and knowledge, especially when it comes to the things of God and reality. Also, you know that I’m 50 and in order to pay respect to this old brain of mine, I have to keep it in working condition. That brings me to…

Catechisms. What are they?

Catechisms are statements of faith written in the form of questions and answers. Derived from the greek word katechein which means ‘to teach orally or to instruct by word of mouth”.

This book has 52 questions and answers, for 52 weeks of the year. It’s based on and adapted from some old reformation-era catechisms, which used to be very common to practice for Christian growth and training. They are divided into 3 parts: 1) God, creation and fall, law, 2) Christ, redemption, grace and 3) Spirit, restoration, growing in grace.

For example:

Q: What is our only hope in life and death?
A: That we are not our own but belong, body and soul, both in life and death, to God and to our Savior Jesus Christ.

Q: How can we be saved?
A: Only by faith in Jesus Christ and in his substitutionary atoning death on the cross; so even though we are guilty of having disobeyed God and are still inclined to all evil, nevertheless, God, without any merit of our own but only by pure grace, imputes to us the perfect righteousness of Christ when we repent and believe in him.

So, if you are a believer why not memorize some truths and solidify the foundations of your beliefs today? Memorize the new catechisms!

Quaddy Toddy

AO: asylum-daybreak
Q: Lilydipper , High Heels, Snitch (Cory Beilharz )
PAX: Swimmies (Nathan Chesney), lebowski, CRISPR, Waffle House (Brady Greene), Choir Boy, Drum Major, Tropicana, Kentucky, Crash Dummy, Mr Jinxy, F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom), Lulu (Greg Huddy), Patty Melt (Parker Greene), Tenderfoot, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Lizzy, Veggie (Rylen Huddy)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 20
WARMUP: 25 SSH, 15 Abe Bogota, 10 Cherry Pickers, 20 Grady Corns, 10 Baby Arm Circles Forward and 10 Backward, 10 Tempo Merkins, 10 Tempo Squats, 10 Mountain Climbers, Michael Phelps, then, from one curb in parking lot to other: Super Marios, Butt Kickers, High Knees, Sprint, then Bernie half way up Mini Cardiac and Sprint the Rest.

THE THANG: Mosey back down mini-cardiac and then run north, east, and south around the outside edge of the parking lot to the gate and then pavilion.

We will do the following exercises:
– 25 Calve Raises while wall sitting
– 10 Merkins
– 10 BBS
– 25 Side Straddle Hops
– 5 Burpees
Then run to top of mini cardiac on the same route we came down to the pavilion. Those reaching mini cardiac first take up back to the pavilion on the same route.

Next exercises:
– 25 Calve Raises during Wall Sit
– 10 Diamond Merkins
– 20 Hello Dollies
– 25 Side Straddle Hops
– 5 Burpees

Then run again to top of mini cardiac on the same route we came down to the pavilion. Those reaching mini cardiac first take up back to the pavilion on the same route.

Next exercises:

– 25 Calve Raises with Wall Sit
– 10 Wide Merkins
– 20 Flutter Kicks
– 25 Plank Jacks
– 5 Burpees

Run same route to Mini Cardiac but stop at bottom and then run same route to Pavilion.

Next exercises:

25 Calve Raises with Wall Sit, 10 Merkins, 20 Gas Pumps, 25 Mountain Climbers, 5 Burpees

Mosey straight to entry to AO Parking Lot. We will do 10 Squat Jumps.

Mosey to north end of parking lot near Pickett’s Charge. We will Bear Crawl to first large parking lot light, Bernie Sanders to second parking lot light, and sprint to curb. Next, we will do 15 American Hammers.

Mosey to west end of Caribbean Parking Lot. We will run Candy Canes, stopping at every other island to do the first exercise. Those finishing exercises first at the sixth island sweep everyone back to start. Then we do same thing with next listed exercise. Here are the exercises:

– 10 Lunges
– 10 Iron Mikes
– 10 Imperial Walkers

Mosey to pavilion by the AO. We will do 20 Incline Merkins on Picnic Tables.

Mosey toward the gate. Pick up CMU Weight Boulders. We will do first exercise with boulders, then sprint to other end of parking lot and back. Then, do next exercise. Sprint to other end of parking lot and back again. After the third exercise put the boulders back and go to AO area. Here are the exercises:

– 20 Overhead Presses
– 20 Curls
– 20 Rows

MARY: Stretches

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Hot Toddy Breakfast immediately after workout.

COT:

Message: Thoughts for 2025:
1. Lose yourself and focus on God and others. In so doing you will find who God intends you to be.
2. Consider these words from James 1 2-4: “Consider it pure joy, my brothers whenever you face trials of many kinds because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking of anything.
3. If you find you are anxious remember that anxiety is normal, it impacts all of us. But, know that God is there for you and will help you handle your trials. Give your anxiety to God.

Prayers:

Pray for Lizzy’s father-in-law, Ralph who has both cancer and dementia. Pray for his family members who are caring for them that they may have love and patience during a very difficult time. Pray for those impacted by the recent plane crashes.

Triple quarter pounder

AO: the-equalizer
Q: Mouthwash
PAX: Madoff, Bookman, Cheney, Mouthwash, Ribbed (Joshua Sagraves), Smithers, Snowbird, Stripped, Swimmies (Nathan Chesney)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP: SSH, Rockettes, Tennessee rocking chair, high knees, buttkickers, tie fighters.

THE THANG:

Triple quarter pounder

Sprint to the 25 yards and Do 25 merkins, Run backwards to Goal And Sprint to the 50 and do 50 squats, Backwards to Goal Line sprint to the 75 and do 75 Mountain Climbers, Run backwards to the goal line and sprint to the hundred and do 100 SSH.

Round 1/2/3

25 — merkins/monkey humpers/merkins
50 — squats/bobby Hurley’s/squats
75 — mountain climbers/lunges/mountain climbers
100 — SSH/SSH/flutter kicks

4×4’s until 6 is up — burpee w/ 4 merkins and 4 mountain climbers

Then we did some pull-ups and a wall sit.

MARY: 2 cherry pickers

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

Exodus — when Moses asks God to send someone else —

“In this moment, Moses does what we often do when God calls us. We compare our natural gifts and abilities to the size of the task, to gauge whether we are capable of doing what God has called us to do. God doesn’t call us because we have, in ourselves, everything we need to accomplish what he’s calling us to do.
No, he calls weak and broken people to do huge and important things because He is able. He is with us, and he empowers us to do what he wills for us to do. Every one of God’s commands is accompanied by his empowering grace. Exodus 4 records how God demonstrates his power to fearful Moses to assure him that he will go down to Egypt and stand before Pharaoh not in his own power, but in the awesome power of the King of kings and the Lord of lords” — Paul Tripp from Everyday Gospel

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AO: asylum-pm
Q: Brick
PAX: Pele (Jon Lindberg), Pusher, Steam, Curveball, Lilydipper, Duggar, Lizzy, Rooney(Carl Whipple), Swimmies (Nathan Chesney), Crash Dummy, Stitch, Glamper, Renaissance
FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
WARMUP:
SSH
Good mornings
Cherry Pickers
Imperial squat walkers
Arm circles

THE THANG:
Mosey to rock pile
Curls 15
Rows 15
Shoulder press 15
Run to end of sidewalk
Rinse and repeat 2 more times

Flutters, Dollys, and Big Boys in parking lot on the way

Mosey to Bros Bowl
-Merkins 9 at 9, 18 @ 12, 9 @ 3, 9 @ 6
Rabbits do LBCs
-Squat Jumps
Rabbits do Flutters

Musical chairs around the benches at top with music

Flutters, Dollys, and Big Boys in parking lot on the way back

Table rows under of Pavillon

Run to flag

Rocky Balboas
Sprints

MARY:
The Knoxville Cherry Picker
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Forge!
COT:
The Window of the Heart

Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. (Hebrews 12:3)

One of the most remarkable capacities of the human mind is the capacity to direct its own attention to something it chooses. We can pause and say to our minds, “Think about this, and not that.” We can focus our attention on an idea or a picture or a problem or a hope.

It is an amazing power. I doubt that animals have it. They are probably not self-reflective, but rather governed by impulse and instinct.

Have you been neglecting this great weapon in the arsenal of your war against sin? The Bible calls us again and again to use this remarkable gift. Let’s take this gift off the shelf, and dust it off, and put it to use.

For example, Paul says in Romans 8:5–6, “Those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, set their minds on the things of the Spirit. For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace” (my translation).

This is stunning. What you set your mind on determines whether the issue is life or death.

Many of us have become far too passive in our pursuit of change and wholeness and peace. I have the feeling that in our therapeutic age we have fallen into the passive mindset of simply “talking through our problems” or “dealing with our issues” or “discovering the roots of our brokenness in our family of origin.”

But I see a much more aggressive, non-passive approach to change in the New Testament. Namely, set your mind. “Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth” (Colossians 3:2).

Our emotions are governed in large measure by what we consider — what we dwell on with our minds. For example, Jesus told us to overcome the emotion of anxiety by what we consider: “Consider the ravens. . . . Consider the lilies” (Luke 12:24, 27).

The mind is the window of the heart. If we let our minds constantly dwell on the dark, the heart will feel dark. But if we open the window of our mind to the light, the heart will feel the light.

Above all, this great capacity of our minds to focus and consider is meant for considering Jesus (Hebrews 12:3). So, let’s do this: “Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.”