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Hide-n-go-work-out

THE SCENE: Dry-ish, 60°
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Side Straddle Hops, Cherry Pickers, Maracan Night Clubs, Kick Throughs, Windmills, Mountain Climbers
THA-THANG:
Two Teams of 4 followed a map to locations with prescribed exercises at each spot.  Counts are per man.  If you finished early you help the guys still working so you stay as a team.

  • 20 dips & 10 right leg squats & 10 left leg squats
  • Merkin city      10 wide 10 regular 10 canyon
  • 15 leg raises & 30 smurf jax
  • 10x  Loading dock jump ups & run down Ramp, 2 Donkey Kick
  • 20 4ct Flutter kicks & 10 kick throughs
  • 10 (or amrap) Pull ups  & 10 (or Amrap) hanging Heels to heaven
  • CMU: 20 Overhead Press, 20 Tricep & 20 Curls

The catch: It’s hide and go seek style.  If the other team sees you they start a count down from 5 on the walkie Talkie.  If you are still visible at the point they get to 0, 5 burpees for the team. Good time had by all.

I wanted to see someone dive into a bush but no such luck.  Thanks to the guys who got into it and hid behind trees (even if they were only 3″ in diameter)  It was good for a laugh.

MARY:
A little bit of time for some BBS and heels to heaven while we waited for the rushers.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

I’ve been reading Judges and there are a lot of “great” men. By worldly standards that is and some trying really hard to be godly men. But there is a noticeable lack of great fathers. Even the good judges didn’t have kids that followed in their ways.

One of these men was a non PG story. Who is the strong man of the Bible? Long hair?God used him; even his sinful and stubborn and perverted ways, but his life wasn’t the life we would want for our sons.Outside of having rather silly riddles and a bent toward violence, his wife was given to a different man after his wedding feast. Frequented prostitutes. Eyes gouged out. Years in prison. Died in a suicidal building collapse.

Yet, God used him. We’ll never know how God would have used him had his Parents told him no. If he had learned to control his desires.  But instead we see the young Samson say of a Philistine woman to his dad: “Get her for me, for she is right in my eyes.”

We as fathers need to tell our kids no. Tell them to curb their appetite for what they feel they need so they can learn to win over the desires of this world, over sexual desire, over selfishness. It’s not easy.  Laying aside His own interests for the interests of others is what we celebrate this weekend – Jesus did that perfectly.

If we get out here and get as strong as Samson and not figure out how to be a good father – we will have missed the mark.  Being a good father is about daily caring about the spiritual development of your kids.  That’s going to look very different for each kid, but be praying for your kids, talking with them about spiritual things and having the hard conversations.  Don’t avoid the uncomfortable conversation or hard consequences win out over spiritual growth of your kids. I don’t have it all figured out- I’m talking to myself as much as anyone, but I’d love to talk it out over coffee or on a run.

And here is a tip – you can’t do it on your own strength.  Ask the Holy Spirit, in the power of Jesus’ name to guide you in your parenting.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Family friendly workout at the Project Saturday, 7am.

Plan for the CSAUP May 7 9pm-12am.  If you enjoyed this mornings workout, that will be 10x better.

Rampartakraken

THE SCENE: Chilly at first, dry
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Classic warm ups, SSH, arm circles, squats. Mosey around the kraken
THA-THANG:
Partner up for Kraken time! Each team works together to complete all reps/instructions of each exercise and runs a lap afterwards around the octagon. Simple math is in play. Exercises are:

  • 50 overhead CMU presses
  • 50 squat jumps
  • 50 cobra Kai Merkins
  • Bear crawl to center and back
  • 50 shoulder tap Merkins
  • 100 mountain climbers single ct
  • 10 Round the clock Merkins 4ct
  • 20 burpees

Stop for a rest after first team finishes. Continue till last team finishes.

Mosey to baseball lot by Indian run.

line up on parking lot lines. Two hops and a burpee on every line. Lunge back to start.

mosey back to AO Indian run for dealers choice ring of exercises. One runs around circle whole telling pax what exercise to do.
Then Merkin circle of pain 5 merkins.

MARY:
Pretty much done already
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

10 pax including 1 FNG (Kimchi)

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

There was a moment when Moses had the nerve to ask God what his name is. God was gracious enough to answer, and the name he gave is recorded in the original Hebrew as YHWH.
Over time we’ve arbitrarily added an “a” and an “e” in there to get YaHWeH, presumably because we have a preference for vowels.
But scholars and Rabi’s have noted that the letters YHWH represent breathing sounds, or aspirated consonants. When pronounced without intervening vowels, it actually sounds like breathing.
YH (inhale): WH (exhale).
So a baby’s first cry, his first breath, speaks the name of God.
A deep sigh calls His name – or a groan or gasp that is too heavy for mere words.
Even an atheist would speak His name, unaware that their very breathe is giving constant acknowledgment to God.
Likewise, a person leaves this earth with their last breath, when God’s name is no longer filing their lungs.
So when I can’t utter anything else, is my cry calling out His name?
Being alive means I speak His name constantly.
So, is it heard the loudest when I’m the quietest?
In sadness, we breathe heavy sighs.
In joy, our lungs feel almost like they will burst.
In fear we hold our breath and have to be told to breathe slowly to help us calm down.
When we’re about to do something hard, we take a deep breath to find our courage.
When i think about it, breathing is giving him praise. Even in the hardest moments!
This is so beautiful and fills me with emotion every time I grasp the thought. God chose to give himself a name that we can’t help but speak every moment we’re alive.
All of us, always, everywhere.
Waking, sleeping, breathing, with the name of God on our lips.
written by – Sandra Thurman Caporale from the Memorial Church of Christ in Houston.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
May 6th CSAUP,

Endurance Produces Character

THE SCENE: 40 and maybe a little too nice to be called the gloom
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Side Straddle Hops (IC) X 10
  • Cherry Pickers (IC) 4 CT X 10
  • Overhead Claps X 10 (IC)
  • Seal Claps X 10 (IC)
  • Tempo Squats (IC) 4 CT
  • Mountain Climbers (IC) X 10
  • Temp Merkins X 10
  • 30 seconds of whatever stretch you want
  • Mosey to the back of campus

THA-THANG:

Coupon Work

  • Squats, Overhead Press, Tricep Extension, Curls & Bentover Rows X 15
  • Run the stairs
  • 5 pullups & 15 Big Boy Situps
  • Run down the stairs
  • Rinse & Repeat
  • Wall Squats X 1 minute
  • Mosey to the Courtyard

Bagwell Building

  • 20 Dips, 20 Step Ups/Box Jumps, 20 American Hammers then Run the courtyard
  • Rinse & Repeat
  • Mosey to the flag

MARY:
Part of Q
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 men
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

We’re 33 days into Lent.  How’s it been going since Ash Wednesday? Less than 2 weeks to Easter Sunday!

The last month has been filled with lots of joy but lots of sickness, surgeries and heartaches.  That’s life, right?  We weren’t promised perfect lives on this Earth. I just have to laugh when my 2nd cancer diagnosis in 3 months and the surgery is effective but a stitch doesn’t desolve and I get an infection that further keeps me away from exercise and reaching some goals I’ve set for Lent.

Of course, lots of people give up things during Lent and while I did, I also added some things to my life to try to help me focus on important things in my life…my health, my family and my God.

It’s never too late to stop something that might take you away from Jesus or add things to your life that brings you closer to Him.

Things I am Giving up and a progress report

  • Alcohol during the week – pretty successful (March Madness, birthday, etc. but MUCH better than before)
  • Twitter – not on
  • YouTube – not on
  • Sudoku – not playing

Things I am Adding To My Life and progress report

  • Praying on my knees – most days
  • Daily exercise (walk or jog) – ugh…nope
  • 100 merkins, 100 squats, 3 minutes of planks – ugh…nope…did great for nearly a week until my surgery
  • Declutter house – yes…feel much better…given tons to KARM
  • Intentional time with my daughter and wife – yes…Bible study together

I (and YOU) have nearly 2 weeks to focus on our relationships to God before Easter.  Let’s all be persistant and show endurance throughout our lives to serve Him every day of our lives!

James 1:12 ESV – Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.

Romans 5:3-5 ESV – More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Romans 12:12 ESV – Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV – Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

MOLESKIN:
I’m healthy now so there’s no reason to not pick back up on the things I said I would add to my Lenten goals!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
New F3 in Kingston – if you know anyone in that area, share about the workout on April 9th & 23rd

I’ll Steal Your Workout, Like I Stole Your Bike…

THE SCENE: 45 degrees with a cool breeze
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
**Stole this workout from Mr Rogers at the Bombshelter**
WARM-O-RAMA:
Side straddle hop in cadence 20
Arm rotations thumbs up in cadence
Reverse thumbs down in cadence
Seal Claps
Cherry Pickers
Hairy Rockettes
Broken wheelbarrows w/ merkins at each space 5,4,3,2,1
2 each of the following GET UP.  NAVY SEALS Burpies , V-UPS, IRON MIKES, MERKINS, BIG BOY SIT UPS, MT. CLIMBERS, AMERICAN HAMMERS, SIDE STRADDLE HOPS, BEAR CRAWL 3 spaces, SQUATS

THA-THANG:

  • Mosey to big parking lot
  • 20 Flutter Kicks in Cadence
  • This was originally done on a football field we improvised using cones and parking spaces.
    EXERCISES AT EACH GOAL LINE AND EVERY 10 YARD LINE.  ONCE YOU COMPLETE THE 1ST EXERCISE RUN DOWN THE FIELD AND BACK . REPEAT THE FIRST EXERCISE MOVE UP 10 YARDS AND DO THE NEXT EXERCISE, RUN DOWN THE FIELD AND BACK REPEAT THE 1ST 2 AND MOVE TO THE 3RD.  AND SO ON.
    1 MOVEMENT EVERY 10 YARDS, STARTING AT THE GOAL LINE. 1 GET UP.  5 NAVY SEALS , 10 V-UPS, 15 IRON MIKES, 20 MERKINS, 25 BIG BOY SIT UPS, 30 MT. CLIMBERS, 35 AMERICAN HAMMERS, 40 SIDE STRADDLE HOPS, BEAR CRAWL 10 YARDS, 50 SQUATS
  • Mosey back to the flag

MARY:
No 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:
“There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” – Galatians 3:28 NIV

We are all God’s children. Love one another.

MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
4/1 **Tonight** Camping at Cove Lake this weekend hiking tomorrow at 1p
May 7th CSAUP at Haw Ridge 9p-midnight – hosted by @KickFlip and The Project
July 2nd Convergence at JUCO (updates to follow)

Fun with Cones

THE SCENE: Crisp spring morning

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER:  This workout comes courtesy of our brother, Waxjob.  Thanks, Waxjob, for posting your old workout!  <https://f3knoxville.com/its-about-the-cones/>

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Cherry Pickers x12 IC
  • SSH x25 IC
  • Burpees x2 OYO
  • Grady Corns x15 IC
  • Burpees x4 OYO
  • Rockettes x15 IC
  • Burpees x6 OYO
  • TN Rocking Chairs x15 IC
  • Burpees x8 OYO
  • Guardrail Dips x10 IC

THA-THANG:

Mosey’d a very short distance to the strip mall.  Split into two teams.  Flipped a coin to see who started with a run.  Then flipped 3 coins and counted heads to see how many laps the team ran around the strip mall.  While Team 1 runs, Team 2 works through the exercise stack together.  When Team 1 finishes laps, Team 2 stops where they are, flips coins, and runs while Team 1 starts work.  When a team finishes the stack, they get a cone and start over.  Keep going until a team wins 3 cones.

Exercise Stack:

  • 10 Jump Squats
  • 20 LBCs
  • 15 Merkins
  • 10 Iron Mikes (each leg)
  • 20 Flutter Kicks (4ct)
  • 15 Monkey Humpers (4ct)
  • 15 Dry Docks
  • 20 Mountain Climbers (4ct)

MARY:

Grabbed some rocks by the guardrails for Grady Corns, Presses, and Bent Over Rows.  20 Guardrail dips.  Mosey’d back to the flag.  Time left for 5 burpees and some flutter kicks.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

John 2 (NLT) – The Wedding at Cana

2 The next day there was a wedding celebration in the village of Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, 2 and Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the celebration. 3 The wine supply ran out during the festivities, so Jesus’ mother told him, “They have no more wine.”
4 “Dear woman, that’s not our problem,” Jesus replied. “My time has not yet come.”
5 But his mother told the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
6 Standing nearby were six stone water jars, used for Jewish ceremonial washing. Each could hold twenty to thirty gallons. 7 Jesus told the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” When the jars had been filled, 8 he said, “Now dip some out, and take it to the master of ceremonies.” So the servants followed his instructions.
9 When the master of ceremonies tasted the water that was now wine, not knowing where it had come from (though, of course, the servants knew), he called the bridegroom over. 10 “A host always serves the best wine first,” he said. “Then, when everyone has had a lot to drink, he brings out the less expensive wine. But you have kept the best until now!”
11 This miraculous sign at Cana in Galilee was the first time Jesus revealed his glory. And his disciples believed in him.
12 After the wedding he went to Capernaum for a few days with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples.

You are Never Alone by Max Lucado

“Of all the needs of the people in the planet, why would _____ matter? Simple. It mattered to Jesus because it mattered to Mary. If Jesus was willing to use divine clout to solve a social faux pas, how much more willing would he be to intervene on the weightier matters in life?”

“He wants you to know that you can take your needs – all your needs – to him. Phil 4:6 ‘Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.'”