F3 Knoxville

Taking a tour of The Equalizer for a VQ

THE SCENE: Little chilly, probably the last day for Action Slacks for a while. 

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

Not a professional, here on your own, COVID rules still going, got my phone, et cetera et cetera et cetera…

Also, this is my VQ…

WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x25, Little Baby Arm Circles (

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Flagpole: 7 downs → Drop top exercise each round 

  • 7 Merkins
  • 6 Squats
  • 5 Dry Docks
  • 4 Squat Jumps 
  • 3 Shoulder taps (4 count)
  • 2 Burpees 
  • 1 Trip to the Bleachers 

Rabbits: Hold Squat 

Mosey to Dock: 20s → Grab a coupon

  • 20 Curls 
  • 20 Shoulder Presses
  • 20 Tri-extensions 
  • 20 Imperial Walkers 
  • 20 Squat-Press 
  • 20 Merkins 
  • 20 Rows 

Rabbits: Hold Beast Plank

Mosey to Splash Pad: 10s → Run and touch the fence after each exercise 

  • 10 Box Cutters 
  • 10 Leg Lifts 
  • 10 Hello Dolly’s 
  • 10 Freddie Mercurys 
  • 10 Flutter Kicks 
  • 10 Big Boys 
  • 10 Dips 

Rabbits: Hold wall sit until the 6 finishes

Mosey to Playground: 15s 

How long will it take Blindside’s cardboard? 10 seconds? 10 burpees.

  • 15 Pull-ups or knee-ups
  • 15 Big Boys
  • 15 Lunges each leg
  • 15 Monkey Humpers 
  • 15 SSHs (4 count)
  • 15 Plank Jacks 
  • 15 Pickle Pounders 

Rabbits: Rocky Balboas (IN PLACE)

Fellowship Mosey back to AO 

MARY:

*Note to self* Do not ask Aladdin for ideas (Peter Parker’s)

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA 

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

WISDOM → Wisdom is not the quoting of facts. It is a gift that allows a person to understand things from God’s point of view. Wisdom allows us to recognize Truth (That’s Truth with a capital T). It is the perfection of Faith. Someone with the gift of wisdom is able to take this truth and use it to glorify God by choosing Godly solutions to problems. 

Also, the gift of wisdom, we see God at work in our lives and in the world. For the wise person, the wonders of nature, historical events, and the ups and downs of our lives take on a deeper meaning. The matters of judgment about the truth, and being able to see the whole image of God. We see God as our Father and other people with dignity. Lastly being able to see God in everyone and everything everywhere.

“Where faith is a simple knowledge of the articles of Christian belief, wisdom goes on to a certain divine penetration of the truths themselves.” The better we understand those truths, the more we value them properly. Thus wisdom makes us relish and love only the things of heaven. 

MOLESKIN:

Thank you ALL for supporting me through my VQ. I was nervous jumping in so quickly after starting F3, but you all have made me feel so welcome that I had to join in on the fun! Also, this workout was a mix/tribute to some of my very first times in the Gloom! 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Donations for Safe Haven are still needed. 

Dog Pound Tree Biscuit

  • Welcome: 43 degrees –
  • Warmup:  10 SSH, 10 Windmills, 10 Cherry Pickers
  • Workout:  The Tree Biscuit
    • As a group, Run to an un-slapped tree, slap it, everyone call out the running burpee total,  do A single burpee, repeat.
    • Rules:
      1. One Tag: A tree only gets tagged once
      2. Scale = Skip: Skip a burpee if you need to but stay with the pack always.
      3. Tag Turns: Be sure to take turns tagging/slapping a tree
      4. Cadence Call Out: The group also calls out the running total, not just the tagger. The tagger calls it out first though. the louder the better.
      5. No Shrubs: Don’t waste time & energy on shrubs – skip the shrubs – tag the trees
      6. No Poison Ivy: Pass trees that are surrounded by shrubs, ivy, waist high grass.
      7. Terrain Caution:  Be careful when running not to twist and ankle – trees have lots of bumpy roots around them.  And don’t hit your face on a rock or root when doing a burpee in the dirt.
      8. Milestones Celebrations: At 50, 100, 150, 200 make sure the group catches up and circles around the tree, wait a few seconds. Do the burpee.  Celebrating these milestones adds to the encouragement factor.
    • Previous Tree Biscuits:
  • Wrap – up:
    • The Spirit and the Flesh struggle:
      • Romans: 7:19 For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want. 20 But if I am doing the very thing I do not want, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me.
      • Galations 5:17 For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you may not do the things that you please.
      • Numbers: 15:39It shall be a tassel for you to look at and remember all the commandments of the Lord, so as to do them and not follow after your own heart and your own eyes, after which you played the harlot,

throwing some rocks

THE SCENE: 41 degrees and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x20, Imperial Walkers x15, BAC x 10, Tempo Squats x10, Cherry pickers x5.

THA-THANG:
Mosey to rock pile to grab a rock and then to the splashpad.

8 pain stations around the splashpad. Once you finish all 8, take your rock for a run around the parking lot.

  • 15 pull-ups
  • 20 hand-release merkins
  • 30 step-ups w/ oh press
  • 20 box cutters w/ rock over your head
  • 30 squat press
  • 30 curls
  • 5 Tom Brady’s (throw the rock as far as you can 5 times in the field)
  • 25 Big Boys w/ rock

MARY:
A few cobra kais to stretch out the back.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
43 rThus the LORD gave to Israel all the land that he swore to give to their fathers. And they took possession of it, and they settled there. 44 sAnd the LORD gave them rest on everyside just as he had sworn to their fathers. tNot one of all their enemies had withstood them, for uthe LORD had given all their enemies into their hands. 45 vNot one word of all the good promises that the LORD had made to the house of Israel had failed; all came to pass.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Collecting items for Safe Haven.

Route 66 classic

THE SCENE: damp but cool morning
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

20 SSH

10 4 count merkins

5 cherry pickers
THA-THANG:
Mosey over to the boat

  • route 66 starting at the first light do one of the exercise then run to the next light and do 2 of the exercise then run to the next light and do 3.. and so on to the 11th light. Then run to the end of the parking lot and do an core exercise until the 6 get’s there.
  • BBS
  • Squat Jumps
  • Merkins (Bernie sanders in-between each light)
  • Iron Mikes

Mosey back to AO

MARY:

10 4 count American hammers

leg holds for time

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Use the TAGS on right-side to record PAX (BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOURSELF) in attendance. Be sure to select the AO in CATEGORY above TAGS and then delete these notes!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
MOLESKIN:
I believe in the doctrine of election because I am quite certain that if God had not chosen me, I should never have chosen him and I am sure he chose me before I was born or else, he never would have chosen me afterwards: and he must have elected me for some reason unknown to me, for I never could find any reason in myself why he should have looked upon me with special love. Charles Spurgeon 

Point out evidence of Grace in others lives today to encourage your soul and others.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

12 Rounds at the Pound

THE SCENE: Clear, cool, comfortable (for now)
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x20 IC
Cobra Burpees x5 OYO
Windmills x10 IC
Hindurkins x10 IC
Standard Burpees x5 OYO
Crabettes x10 IC

THA-THANG:
Everybody grab a CMU and come back to the circle. We have a Weinke with 12 exercises. All are 20 reps.
After each exercise, take a lap around the outhouse and come back for the next one.
Exercises:
Squat Thrust
BBS with CMU
Up & Over Merkins (10 per side)
Alpos
Overhead Press (10 per arm)
Weighted calf raise
Flutter Kicks
Weighted Squats
Lawn Mowers (20 per side)
Box jumps (performed at the outhouse retaining wall)
Curls
Front Raise

When you get done, R&R

MARY:
Just a few LBCs while the slowpokes put up their CMUs
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
14 strong with one FNG. Welcome Aladdin’s EH Abu!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
When Your Burden is Overwhelming (from utmost.org)
We must recognize the difference between burdens that are right for us to bear and burdens that are wrong. We should never bear the burdens of sin or doubt, but there are some burdens placed on us by God which He does not intend to lift off. God wants us to roll them back on Him— to literally “cast your burden,” which He has given you, “on the Lord….” If we set out to serve God and do His work but get out of touch with Him, the sense of responsibility we feel will be overwhelming and defeating. But if we will only roll back on God the burdens He has placed on us, He will take away that immense feeling of responsibility, replacing it with an awareness and understanding of Himself and His presence.

Many servants set out to serve God with great courage and with the right motives. But with no intimate fellowship with Jesus Christ, they are soon defeated. They do not know what to do with their burden, and it produces weariness in their lives. Others will see this and say, “What a sad end to something that had such a great beginning!”

“Cast your burden on the Lord….” You have been bearing it all, but you need to deliberately place one end on God’s shoulder. “…the government will be upon His shoulder” (Isaiah 9:6). Commit to God whatever burden He has placed on you. Don’t just cast it aside, but put it over onto Him and place yourself there with it. You will see that your burden is then lightened by the sense of companionship. But you should never try to separate yourself from your burden.
MOLESKIN:
Pouring one out for the CMU pile at the Asylum….
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Donations this month for Safe Haven ministries!