F3 Knoxville

Smile for the Camera

AO: the-farm
Q: Trash Panda
PAX: Aladdin (Mansour Hasan), Sharpie (Gary Mitchell), School Zone (Michael Shope), Mayberry, I-Beam (Ryan Gerken), Monstar (Josh Sparrow), Trash Panda
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WARMUP:
Mosey down the road to find a nice spot to WOR – SSH, WMH & runner stretch, BAC, BAC-BAC, a few good mornings and we are off!

THE THANG:
1. 3x(10 dips, irkins, derkins, merkins w/ 50 Spicollis (calf raises)) mosey to next pain station w/ a little bear crawling down the stairs
2. Parking Lot Work:
-lunge, lunge, broadjump (some variation of Lt Dans) x 2
-alligator merkins
-inch worms
mosey to the right section of hill for next speed bump
3. 40s w/ merkins at the bottom and squats at the top, MOT = politician up (bernie’s?) bearcrawl down

MARY:
50 LBCs (during the Thang)
13 burpees
13 Leg raises
13 windmills (2 is one)
20 Suzanne Sommers (3 positions per leg)

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 in the nude coming up – check slack

COT:
I appreciate everyone being so hospitable since I’ve moved to Knoxville. F3 Community is strong here and I am excited to join. Challenge to PAX is to make sure that this mentality is present in other aspects of our life as it applies to greater impact to our community. A smile and a kind word goes a long way to build a stronger community.

Treasure Matters

THE SCENE: Clear, 60 degrees, 88% Humidity

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH – Reach for the sky Cherry Pickers – Willie Mays Hays – Up/Down Dog – Lower back/glute stretches – Stretch OYO – Toe Merkins

THA-THANG:

Mosey to westside entrance guardrail for 30 dips

Football Mosey to eastside parking lot. Dropped passes = 2 Burpees for both Thrower/Catcher.

Line up on curb facing east and 1 Exercise for each line

  1. Bear Crawl to the first line
  2. Duck Walk to the next.
  3. High Knees to the 3rd
  4. 30 2ct Flutter Kicks – OYO
  5. Lunge Walk to the 4th
  6. 30 2ct Freddie Mercurys
  7. Side Shuffle 2 lines to #6
  8. 30 Hello Dolly
  9. Reverse Side Shuffle 2 lines to #8
  10. 30 LBC’s
  11. Bernie two lines to the end
  12. Hard Run back to the start

Football Mosey to the Coupon Pile. Partner Up with one CMU and one Coupon. Partner 1 will run the steps, touch the building while Partner 2 does a CMU/Coupon exercise. Switch after each has a turn.

  1. Curls
  2. OHP
  3. Bench Press
  4. Bent Over Rows
  5. Skull Crushers

REPEAT AGAIN until time called.

MARY:
Football mosey back to COT. PAX call out exercise – Freddy Mercury X25

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I heard a passage on Sunday and then again on Monday when Kick Flip referenced it at Shamrock…
“Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.” (1 John 2:15-17)

God made this beautiful world and all of the good things in it, but the “from the world” John talks about in verse 16 is a reference to our hearts and the importance we place on those things and stuff.

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in Heaven….For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” John was talking about our hearts. Our treasure.

Another question that got me recently was “If someone were to ask your children what does your father love the most, or think the most about?” What would they say??

Life is fleeting. Think about the time you have left here and where you are investing it. Is it God honoring? Is it eternal or does it collect dust? Make your treasure something that matters!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
KARM Dragon Boat Races this weekend. Father’s Day Sunday.

Be Different

THE SCENE: Upper 60s, clear, with a light breeze
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Given
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 20
THA-THANG:
Mosey to coupon pile, form 2 lines and front runner drops off and does 2 burpees then joins back of the line.

START A TIMER – 40 minutes
10-round escalator, as follows:
Round 1: Burpees x 5
Round 2: Repeat Round 1 + Squat Thrusters with CMU x 10
Round 3: Repeat Rounds 1-2 + CMU Bicep Curls x 15
Round 4: Repeat Rounds 1-3 + Merkins x 20
Round 5: Repeat Rounds 1-4 + Little Baby Crunches (LBCs) x 25
Round 6: Repeat Rounds 1-5 + Lunges x 30 (15 each leg)
Round 7: Repeat Rounds 1-6 + Carolina Dry Docks x 35
Round 8: Repeat Rounds 1-7 + Mountain Climbers x 40 (two-count)
Round 9: Repeat Rounds 1-8 + Goblet Squats with CMU x 45
Round 10: Repeat Rounds 1-9 + American Hammer with CMU x 50 (single-count)
Record results here HERE
Mosey back to flag.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

The book UnChristian analyzes the results of an extensive, nationwide study conducted by the Barna group. The authors sought to compare the lives of Christians and non-Christians to see how they differed.
They found that Christians:
  • Cuss less in public
  • Are less likely to recycle
  • Give more to charitable causes
  • Buy fewer lottery tickets
However, Christians are just as likely as non-Christians to:
  • Visit a pornographic website.
  • Get drunk.
  • Do illegal drugs or take prescription medicines not prescribed to them.
  • Be willing to lie to get out of a difficult situation.
  • Have intentionally done something to get back at someone within the last 30 days.
This isn’t a perception of Christians by outsiders. This is self-reported. It’s not surprising, then, that 84 percent of non-Christians said they personally knew at least one believer, but only 15 percent thought that person’s lifestyle was significantly different than their own.
Non-Christians don’t think we’re different because we’re not.
Matthew 5:13, says, “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.”
In the same way that salt enhances the flavor of the food it seasons, the followers of God stand out as those who “enhance” the flavor of life in this world.
Ultimately, as Jesus followers, we are called to flavor and brighten this world and show our love of God so that others can see.
The challenge is for us to think if we are different than the non believers we’re around so that they notice. Could be coworkers, neighbors, kid’s friends and parents. It’s very easy to blend in to almost any situation and that is something I really struggle with myself but we are called to stand out and stand up for our beliefs. As we go throughout our week I hope and pray we can stand out and be salt of our communities.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
KARM Dragon Boat Festival – June 17
Convergence – July 8th

Get Up Again

THE SCENE: 59 and slightly cool. Perfect beatdown weather.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Administered


WARM-O-RAMA:

Motivators, Dive Bombers, Cherry Pickers, Windmills, Baby Arm Circles Forward/Back, 30 seconds OYO

THA-THANG:

  • Mosey to big parking lot. Perform burpess on the “Get Knocked Down” in Chumbawamba’s song, “Tubthumping”
  • Mosey to the top of sophomore hill and perform 11’s between squats at the trailers and rows on the handrails.
  • Mosey to the coupon pile and partner up for a DORA. 100 curls, 200 bent rows, and 300 heavy hammers. One partner performs the exercise while the other runs a lap around the small parking lot.

MARY:
No time.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 RUSHers and 6 Bootcampers (no tag for 2.0, S.O.S.)

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Lately, I’ve been running close to my house and my 4-year-old son, Paul, wanted to join me one day. Around the 1-mile point, he slipped on some gravel and cut his hand up pretty good. There were tears and we took a couple of minutes to reset, but he got back up and ran the half mile back home. Of course, I was proud and I’ve used that story over and over with him when he needs some extra encouragement, reminding him of how tough and brave he can be.

T-claps to 5K for his openness last Friday. I appreciate the courage to speak out about a very important topic. As I was thinking about his words, I kept coming back to the story with my son. It’s easy to become discouraged when we stumble and fall, but it’s getting back up again when our Father holds out his hand that’s important.

Proverbs 24:16 (NLT) – The godly may trip seven times, but they will get up again. But one disaster is enough to overthrow the wicked.

MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
June 17 – KARM Dragon Boat race is coming up soon. Booster needs more rowers!

Words can hurt

THE SCENE: nice, warm JUCO morning
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

15 SSH, 15 mountain climbers, 10 tempo merkins, 15 Imperial walkers, 10 tempo squats, 5 cherry pickers, 15 Moroccan night club
THA-THANG:
Mosey to JUCOmanjaro. Perform the exercises listed below in order, one set at each line. Repeat list to the top.

  • 5 burpees
  • 10 merkins
  • 15 squats
  • 20, 2-ct Freddie Mercury

Mosey back to the six and finish with them. Once all have reached the top, mosey back down and to the Maple Street parking lot. Perform a 4 corners workout around the building. Run along the long sides and bear crawl the short sides.

  • 20, 2-ct mountain climbers
  • 20 lunges
  • 20 heels to Heaven
  • 20 derkins

AMRAP until time is called.
MARY:
PAX choice, LBCs, side crunches, hello Dolly, big boys
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 got it done this morning!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
We have all heard the expression “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” We have all probably also heard that this is not a true statement. Words have a major impact on us and our relationships. What we say can make or break someone. I would like to focus specifically on what we joke about. It is enjoyable to laugh, but we need to be careful what we joke about. For example, the most important earthly relationship as a married man is the one with our wife. Making jokes about “the old ball and chain” are entirely inappropriate and reflect at least to some degree what we actually feel. Despite our claim that it is only a joke, it did come from within us.

Mark 7:20-23 – 20 And He was saying, “That which proceeds out of the man, that is what defiles the man. 21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, [h]fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries, 22 deeds of coveting and wickedness, as well as deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride and foolishness. 23 All these evil things proceed from within and defile the man.”

James 3:6 – And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell.

We need to guard our thoughts and our words against these things so that they do not defile us. We are called to love our wives as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her (Eph. 5:25).
MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Dragon boat race coming up