Fitness. Fellowship. Faith.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
THA-THANG:
Mosey to home base. 12 days of christmas (ascending Ladder). Do 1 station, run back to start, do 2 stations, run back to start, etc.
MARY:
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
THE SCENE: a balmy 35
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x25; Imperial Walkers x15; Tempo Merkins x10; Cobra Kai; Grady Corns x10
THA-THANG:
Mosey to splashpad.
EMOM: 5 box jumps, 10 squats, 10 merkins (5 rounds)
Deck of Cards. We moseyed around the park doing 5 exercises at various locations from our deck of cards.
MARY:
No time.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 HIM
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Resist the urge to complain and be frantic with so many things to do this season. Slow down, enjoy your family, set the pace by enjoying God and his gifts this season.
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.
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.
THE SCENE: Cool, but nice. INCREDIBLE moon set over the trees during the PreRuck. Probably the last not-super-cold day for a while.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Did this. Everyone welcomed and disclaimed.
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH IC x20 — 1 Burpee — Tie Fighters IC x10 each way — 2 Burpees — Cherry Pickers I(DogPound)C x4 — 3 Burpees
THA-THANG:
Blindside’s Fellowship SeaBiscuit w/ CMU:
4 Rounds; Subject 5 reps from each exercise each round; Add a lap to each round. Selected ab work OYO until the 6 arrives. Finish with 10 reps IC and start the next round together
Ab Work:
Return to AO for a Ring of Fire of Merkins starting with 5.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
13 HIMs including 1 FNG. Welcome Salad Spinner!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I am reading a book called Behold the Man which is a deep dive into the spirituality and faithfulness of Catholic men in today’s culture. The author references Pope St. John Paul II when he wrote that we are currently living in a “Culture of Death.” We are in spiritual warfare. Saying that Satan and evil don’t exist is foolish. The Evil One may not walk around as a red-horned devil, but he absolutely is present. Over the past few decades, men have become marginalized in society. Our culture puts such low expectations on men that it has left many men wondering how to navigate our world.
In last weekend’s episode of Saturday Night Live, there was a fake commercial for “Man Park.” This was a park similar to a Dog Park where men can meet and make friends, alleviating their wives and girlfriends from being the only person their husbands and boyfriends talk to. While many aspects of the skit were funny if you really look at what the writers had the men and women saying, it was incredibly sad and should be a big eye-opener for our society. A 2019 Harper’s Bazaar article wrote about how men no longer know how to form emotional bonds with each other. The tagline from the skit said, “It’s not their fault masculinity makes intimacy so hard.” F3 is the real ‘Man Park,’ and I am thankful that we are able to grow physically, mentally, spiritual, and with meaningful male friendships.
This was so sad for me because it shows just how real male loneliness is, I absolutely experienced it before starting in the Gloom.
I think it is that our masculinity is just what CAN make emotional intimacy possible, both here in the Gloom as well as the spiritual heads of our households. We must continue to lead, throw off spiritual laziness & timidness and become a strong witness to the Truth of our Faith with passion and conviction. When enough of us do this in our society, the stereotype of the lazy, buffoon of a father in our culture/society will change.
MOLESKIN:
Men’s Health Article on ‘Man Park’
F3 Twitter mentions of ‘Man Park’
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Christmas Party. RSVP by December 1st. #annual-christmas-party channel on Slack
Brovember: With the introduction of Weekly Winners, there is still time to compete! #brovember2021 on Slack!
THE SCENE: Beautiful, starry morning. 40s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
THA-THANG:
MARY:
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM: Follow the lead of our veterans, the spirit of F3, and the example of Jesus: Be about something bigger than yourself.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas Party
PRAYER