F3 Knoxville

Staying Alive With 5

AO: asylum-pm
Q: Steam
PAX: Lizzy, Tenderfoot, Swimmies (Nathan Chesney), Pusher, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Drum Major, Down Under, Abacus, Lilydipper, Brick, CRISPR, Title IX (Christian Prescott), F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom), Crash Dummy, Blindside, Rooney (Carl Whipple), Whitey Titey, 0
FNGs: 1 0
COUNT: 18
WARMUP:
– 5 man-makers
– 5×4 cherry pickers
– 5×4 squats
– 5×4 merkins
– 5×4 rockettes (slow and high)

THE THANG:
(1) 5 Laps Of 5
– 5 POC: Top of the stairs, bottom of the stairs, bottom of the next set of stairs, bottom of the Summit, top of the Summit
– There will be an X on the cone at each POC
– Everything is 5 reps on a 1 count
– 5 rounds = do cone 1, run all the way around the loop back to cone 1
– Then do cone 1, cone 2, and run all the way back to cone 2
– Same with cone 3-5
– (Do one practice lap together with all of the Xs before starting)
– 1: SSH
– 2: Merkins
– 3: BBS
– 4: Imperial Walkers
– 5: Squats

(2) Wall 2 Wall
– Get a battle buddy
– 2 walls: this one and the one up there
– All Xs will be done down here
– Start with 5 reps each X, then run up and touch the wall
– Rinse and repeat 4x, adding 5 reps each round
– 1: 5
– 2: 10
– 3: 15
– 4: 20
– 5: 25

MARY:
– Mosey back to the flag with a new battle buddy and do 2 things:
– Find out something that has been challenging in their week so far
– Find out something that has been good in their week so far
– ATMs

COT:
Your Non-negotiable 5

The theme for the day is 5, obviously being the 5th of March. You see the number 5 in a lot of places such as books, articles, media, studies, and more:
– The 5 love languages
– 5 voices of communication
– 5 steps to living a healthier life
– 5 investments to increase your portfolio this year
– We have 5 fingers and 5 toes on each hand/foot (well, most of us)
– The song Mambo #5 (might not be a great example)

Humans clearly are drawn to the number 5 to remember things, to do things, to activate things in life, etc.

I’ve shared this before:
1% of your day = 15 minutes. When broken down into 5-minute increments of focus (example: 5 minutes of silence, 5 minutes of prayer, 5 minutes of reflection), can be a powerful way to purposefully take ownership over 1% of your day.

We’re in week 10 of 2024 – the 1st week in March. How are those New Year resolutions doing?

So while tapping into the number 5, the challenge is this: identify your non-negotiable 5.
– This week
– This month
– This year
– Your life?

Non-negotiable = not open for discussion or modification
– If there aren’t any non-negotiables in your life — everything is up for discussion or modification
– With others, sure, but also with yourself

I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be disqualified.
– 1 Corinthians 9:27
www.bible.com/bible/116/1CO.9.27

Add To

AO: asylum-pm
Q: Piston
PAX: Swimmies (Nathan Chesney), Steam, Abacus, Mo Rocka (Joshua Miller), Drum Major, Glamper, Sparkler, Honeydew, Duggar, Z-Bone, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Brick, Lilydipper, Title IX (Christian Prescott), Piston, 2
FNGs: 1 2
COUNT: 17

WARMUP:
Disclaimer given while holding plank
13 SSH
13 Tempo Squats
13 Tempo Merkins
5 Knox Cherry Pickers
6 Willie Mays Hayes
13 LBAC forward and backward
15 Seal Claps
Take a second to warmup anything necessary
THE THANG:
Each set add one exercise and run approximately 100 meters
5 Burpees
10 Heels to Heaven
20 Merkins
30 Dips/Carolina Dry Docks
40 Freddie Mercury’s
50 Squats
60 LBCs/Undertakers
70 Fire Hydrants (35 each leg)
80 Toe Merkins
MARY: Nope
ANNOUNCEMENTS: See Slack and Brick
COT: ”But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.“
‭‭II Peter‬ ‭1‬:‭5‬-‭9‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

As men, so many times we get stuck “in routine” or “on brand”. We plateau in some area of our lives and that’s where we stay.
Can’t lose that extra 10 lbs
Can’t get that promotion
Can’t connect with my spouse/girlfriend the way I should

But one major aspect I think we miss is changing so we can get those things. To add the missing components to break through that barrier.

It’s the same spiritually. Our text talks about adding things to continue to grow and not to stagnate.

That’s why we do things like F3.

Runaround Sue

AO: the-equalizer
Q: Bookman
PAX: Snitch (Cory Beilharz ), Stripped, Utah, Swimmies (Nathan Chesney), Snowbird, Madoff, Bookman
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7!
Warm-up:
• Slowsy to the basketball court
• SSHs
• Cherry pickers
• Leg stretches
• Arm circles
The Thang:
• Lines at BBall court sprints
• Rest for 30 seconds
• Side shuffle
• Rest for 30 secs
• Karaoke
• Rest for 30 seconds
• Bernies
• Rest for 30 secs
• Bernies
• Rest for 30
• Karaoke
• Rest for 30
• Side Shuffle
• Rest for 30
• Lines
• Mosey to flag pole
• 1 lap around track
• Burpees for 1 minute
• Mountain climbers for 1 minute
• Rest for 30 secs
• 1 lap around track
• Merkins for 1 minute
• LBCs for 1 minute
• Rest for 30 secs
• 1 lap around track
• CDDs for 1 minutes
• Hello Dollys for 1 minute
• Rest for 30 seconds
• 2 laps around track
MARY: No time
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence next Saturday 2/17, Haw Ridge and GrowRuck in April
COT: @Snitch with the inspiring drop of Proverbs 6 verse 9-11 on Monday. Has had me thinking since Monday. Stuff is hard, difficult, but you come out the other side better for it. Stick with it! Thank you @Snitch!

The First (of Many) Snake of 2024 at The Equalizer

AO: the-equalizer
Q: Blindside
PAX: Stripped, Unibráu (Nick Robinson), mouthwash (Mike), Snitch (Cory Beilharz ), Snowbird, Swimmies (Nathan Chesney), Blindside
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WARMUP:
Typical Blindside Warmup

THE THANG:
The Snake Workout
5 stations of 3 exercises each
Each station has a different number of descending reps and are placed in a from one end of the park to another.

Station 1: Dock
25, 20, 15, 10, 5 of CDD, VUps, and Imperial Walkers

Station 2: Rock Pile
20, 16, 12, 8, 4 reps of Box Cutters, Freddie Mercury, Flutter Kicks

Station 3: Bath House
15, 12, 9, 6, 3 reps of Merkins, BBS, Shoulder Taps

Station 4: Splash Pad
10, 8, 6, 4, 2 reps of Dips, Box jumps, Derkins

Station 5: Top of the World
5, 4, 3, 2, 1 reps of Burpees, Lunges, SkaterBois

MARY:
Fellowship Friday Mosey back to AO

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Concord Trails I next Saturday, Feb. 3rd from 0700-1200
Big Ball Convergence rescheduled for Feb 17th

COT:
Who wishes to be rigorously honest and tolerant? Who wants to confess his faults to another and make restitution for harm done? Who cares anything about a Higher Power, let alone meditation and prayer? Who wants to sacrifice time and energy in trying to carry A.A.’s message to the next sufferer? No, the average alcoholic, self-centered in the extreme, doesn’t care for this prospect — unless he has to do these things in order to stay alive himself.

Slushy Workout

THE SCENE: Cloudy, low 40s, slushy, snow on ground, and in parking lots.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH (20, 4ct), Windmills (10), Baby arm circles (10 fwd, 10 back) and Grady corns (10), Squats (20, 4 ct), and Jack Merkins. Moseyed, stopped for 20 4ct LBCs, moseyed, stopped for set of 11s (dips/big boys).

THA-THANG:  Stayed on the walking/running path due to snow. Start with one of the following exercises, run to every other light pole, do one more of the exercise, and the run again until you complete 10 (end of path). Loop around, 5 Burpees at the end and start the process again with the next exercise on the list:

  • Big Boys
  • Squats
  • Merkins
  • Hello Dollys

MARY:
20 4ct American Hammers

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Men (especially young men) are struggling to find their purpose in our society and F3 is playing a role in helping with this. F3 doesn’t look for scapegoats, but accepts men where they are and provides a place to grow in a positive direction.

MOLESKIN:
Prayers were raised for the names of people who were suffering through lost loved ones or illness. Many of them neighbors.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
2nd F at UJs afterwards.