F3 Knoxville

CMU and a hill

AO: juco
Q: Mailbox
PAX: Guardrail, Starlink, Fetch, Mailbox, Love Shaq, Shrubbery, Windex, Booster
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WARMUP: SSH, windmills, moroccan night club, over head clap, cherry pickers

THE THANG: mosey to CMU pile, stopping occasionally for 15 perfect form merkins so we weren’t confused with Rush. Gathered CMU and did a little wall sit transfer exercise as we passed CMUs down the line. Rifle carry CMU to Freshman Hill. Did 10 overhead press the CMU bear crawl for 10 paces then Bernie up the hill for 10 Big Boys up top. Mosey back down and rinse and repeat until CMU made it to top of the hill. Carried CMU back to pull up bars for some ab work, heavy flutter, chest press, heavy Freddy, chest press, overweight dolly, chest press. Carries CMU back down stairs and stopped for a few curls along the way. Put CMUs back up and mosey to brick wall. Did 20 jump ups, 20 lunges, 10 jump ups, 10 lunges and then 10 split legs squats. Mosey back to flag with a few more perfect form merkins at the stop signs. Made it back for Mary and then extra credit ring of fire while waited for Rush to return.

MARY:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Escape from Haw Ridge and get the Q Calendar filled

COT: F3 JUCO

Want to take a minute a brag on a HIM of all HIMs and someone we all can look up. On Monday I shared a prayer request about my mom. Guardrail could tell just by tone that things weren’t good. This is what friendship is about. He followed that up by checking on me and offering prayer. He answered my 2am call and joined me for a run yesterday to allow me to process verbally the challenges I am facing without judgement and asked good questions to help me process my thoughts.

“True friendships between men are built on a foundation of trust, respect, and humility.

Humility allows us to set aside ego and pride, recognizing that no one has to have all the answers or always be right. It’s about listening without judgment, being vulnerable enough to admit mistakes, and valuing the perspectives of others. That is what F3 is about and this opportunity is a chance to be vulnerable and show one another that we all don’t have this crazy thing called life figured out. But together we are always better then we are as individuals going at it alone.

I am grateful for the support of our brothers who step up without hesitation and celebrate others successes without envy.

By embracing humility, we create space for honesty, growth, and deeper connections—reminding us that friendship isn’t about competition, but about lifting each other up and walking side by side through life’s challenges.

Let’s lead with humility and make room for the kind of friendship that lasts a lifetime.

Great to have Cheap Ride and Shrubbery back in the gloom!

Humble Rocks (squats)

AO: juco
Q: Guardrail
PAX: Booster, Archie, Starlink, Mailbox, Butterknife, Windex, Love Shaq, Fetch
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP: High needs, butt kickers, pitifully lead demotiviators, Tempo merkins, Harry Rockets

THE THANG: Rock paper scissors to get across the big lot, F3 style: Squat, Burpee, Star jump. Winner advances to the next line. Last man at the back bear crawls to the next opponent.

4 corners with 35,30,25 and 20 (goal was 100, but the Q didn’t know how to math) OHP& curls at corner 1, Merkins & Squats at corner 2, 4ct Mountain climbers at corner 3, choose your own core exercise at 4.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Sign up for Escape from Haw Ridge

COT: All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the Lord. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word. Isaiah 66:2 ESV

– F3 focus on leadership
– But not just to lead or be great
– But to do Great things for God
– To fail at that: Think of yourself more highly than you ought
Read King Uzziah. Great for God, but “he was strong, he grew proud, to his destruction.”
– To be useful for God, have a humble heart
– Don’t think less of yourself, think of yourself less; think of others more.
– Be a great Friend: Be a 2AM friend. Be a better friend and get more of them as we age.

Thor’s Mighty Hammer

AO: juco
Q: Butterknife
PAX: Aspen, Starlink, Windex, Guardrail, Archie, Wanderer, Butterknife, Pelican
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WARMUP:
SSH x20
Windmills x6
Bear crawl in for high fives Crawl bear out for a burpee x 3
Tempo Squats x 10
Cherry :cherries: Pickers

THE THANG:
Mosey to Tomo
One person doing 10 sledgehammer swings the entire workout

Exercises at the bottom and top of the stairs

At the bottom:
Merkins x10
Iron Mikes x10
Burpees x10
Squats x10
Mountain Climbers x10 4 ct
Monkey Humpers x10

Run stairs do the core exercise

At the top:
Flutter kicks x20
Scissor Kicks x20
American hammers x20
Heels to heaven x20
Dead bug x20
Crunchy frogs 🐸 x20

Run around the parking lot to the bottom and advance to the next exercise.

Mosey back to the flag.

MARY:
High knees, butt kickers, karaoke x2

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Haw Ridge 3/28

COT:
Helpful tool or distraction. How do you use your phone?

“This is my command—be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.””
‭‭Joshua‬ ‭1‬:‭9‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Wall day

AO: juco
Q: Mailbox
PAX: Love Shaq, Guardrail, Starlink, Wanderer, Lt. Dan, Mailbox, Windex, Archie, Aspen
FNGs: 1 Aspen
COUNT: 9
WARMUP: SSH, Moroccan Night Club, Windmills, Grady Corns, Tempo Squats

THE THANG:

Mosey to Haslam Center Wall
20 Jump Ups, 20 Derkins, 20 single leg squats each leg

Mosey around big lot rolling the dice at each light pole for the number of no cheat Merlin’s

Stopped at HV Road for some monkey humpers

Mosey to Tome Poke Wall where we did 20 squats, 20 lunges, 20 count wall hand stand and 20 count wall sit then ran the stairs and around. Rinse and repeat dropping off 2 counts til we got to 10.

Mosey back to flag with a few more stops of no cheat merkins

MARY:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

Don’t be burdened by stuff and pursuit of stuff. Set sights on heavenly things –

Matthew 6:19-21

“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, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

A workout done at Fountainhead

AO: juco
Q: Ike
PAX: Butterknife, Ike, Love Shaq, Windex, Guardrail, Erector, Dartgun, Data, Lt. Dan, Starling
FNGs: 1 Starling
COUNT: Ten
WARMUP: Side straddle hop, Flutter kicks
Individual stretching

THE THANG:Do first set, then shuttle run with three lengths, then do first and second sets, shuttle run, and keep adding a set, with a shuttle run between each group.
10 Burpees
25 Merkins
50 Lunges
75 Flutter Kicks
100 Big Boy Sit-ups
150 Squats
Then moseyed back rotating among the group to lead an exercise of their choice

MARY:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Escape from Haw Ridge 28 March

COT: Variation on The lonely ember sermon
storiesforpreaching.com.au/sermonillustrations/church/the-lonely-ember/
Pointed out that we have multiple fires (church, family,F3, etc) and in each case there are things we can do on our own and those that we need the fire to complete