F3 Knoxville

Summer SWOLEstice Circuit

AO: asylum-pm
Q: Butterknife
PAX: Colonel (Alex Wallace), Lilydipper, Doubtfire (Nick Bond), Glamper, Convoy, Crash Dummy, Dain Bramage (Will Olson), Windex, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Drum Major, Lizzy, Tenderfoot, Butterknife, Brick, Mr Jinxy
FNGs: None
COUNT: 15
WARMUP:
SSH
Windmills
Baby Arm Circles forward and backwards
Cherry :cherries: Pickers
Tempo Squats

THE THANG:
Mosey to the colosseum with person in front falling off for 2 burpees

Circle up :bear: crawl to the center give some dap crawl :bear: back stand up x3

45 second stations we ran the inner loop after completing two stations. I sprinkled in some different drills throughout.

Fighter Merkins
Curls w/ CMU
Tris w/ CMU
Agility Ladder drills
Thrusters w/ med ball
Flutter kicks
Kettlebell Swings 35lb
Mountain Climbers
SSH
BBS
Man makers w/ 20 lb dumbbells
Walking Lunges with weighted bag

Kick Flip’s Mucho Chesto

Med ball toss drills with core focus.

MARY:
10 burpees for our fallen CMUs.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:
NMTA Not Meant To Arrive
There are 4 Pillars of arrival:
Can’t arrive. This is a negative mindset. You don’t believe in yourself and we need to fix that immediately.

Has arrived. You’ve made it, now what?
You’re not trying anymore. Afraid to take chances, because you might lose the title. Do not stop. Continue to set goals!

Will arrive. Once XYZ happens, then I’ll be happy. There are people sitting in nursing homes right now, still waiting on XYZ.

Not meant to arrive. This is where we should all strive to be! Become the next best version of yourself. Enjoy the journey just as much if not more than destination.
My development has no end. There is always more to learn, always more to do, and you can learn from every situation and everyone.

Be “Blissfully Unsatisfied!” Brothers!

”Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart’s desires.“
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭37‬:‭4‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Ye O T B

AO: the-farm
Q: Waxjob
PAX: Mayberry, Driftwood (Gary Bloom), Waxjob, Windex
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
WARMUP:
20x SSH
5x Cherry Pickers
10x Tempo Merkins
15x LBAC each way
10x Tempo Squats
5x Burpees
5x Burpees
THE THANG:
Made our way around the park using various methods of locomotion for various numbers of light poles…
Lunges
Inchworm Merkins
Bernie
Mosey
Bear crawl
Burpee Broad Jump
Crab walk

5x Easy Ups at each light pole on the way down the Causeway.
At the base of the Causeway, a little Dora action:
100 Merkins
200 BBS
300 Squats
while partner runs to the top of the Causeway and back.

After Dora, over to the stairs for some Toe Merkins:
5 on each stair. First set of stairs straight, second set toes out, third set toes in.

Next some explosive work – 3 sprints up the stairs with about 50% effort on the way back down in between.

Some more light pole locomotion back to the (imaginary) flag for some Mary.
MARY:
Following all 4-ct with no rest:
30x Flutters
10x Gas Pumpers
10x Box Cutters
10x Freddie Mercs
10x LBCs
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
None to speak of
COT:
Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do it all in the name of the Lord.

The Last Q (of my 20s)

AO: asylum-pm
Q: Steam
PAX: Windex, Brick, Lizzy, Kung Blue, High Heels, Drum Major, Tenderfoot, Pusher, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Colonel (Alex Wallace), Switchhitter (Tony)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WARMUP
– SSH: 20
– Squat: 20
– BAC (F): 20
– BAC (B): 20
– Merkin: 20

THE THANG
(Mosey to the roundabout on the right side of the Coliseum)

(1) 20s Part 1
– 2 POC: roundabout + big tree around the corner
– 5 Xs — 20 reps each (1ct) = 100 total reps
– Ping pong style
– Xs (on notecards)
– Dips
– Star Jacks
– Incline Merkins
– LBCs
– Decline curb squats

(Mosey across Orchard Street)

(2) The Triangle of Power (facing the water)
– POC: Shaded tree, open chapel, front of the superbowl
– Shaded Tree: 20 Mountain Climbers (2ct)
– Run counter-clockwise
– Open Chapel: 20 Plank up/downs (4ct)
– Run counter-clockwise
– front of the super bowl: 20 BBS
– Run counter-clockwise
– Only do this 1x

(Mosey to the bottom of Picketts Charge)

(3) Up + Over
– 2 POC: Base + BSIA Lookout
– Base: 10 man-makers
– BSIA Lookout: 10 man-makers

(Mosey back to the flag)

MARY
– 30 seconds of stretching

ANNOUNCEMENTS
– Summer Convergence: UnCOVEred on 7.13.24
– Check out the uncovered-summer-convergence channel for more info

COT
Reflecting on my 20s and F3’s role in my life

This is my last day in my 20s. Over the past decade, my life has changed and evolved drastically. Some of the big, definitive things that come to mind from this decade for me are (in no particular order):
— Graduating college
— Graduating the Knoxville Fellows thanks to G-6
— Finding F3
— Going through an excruciating coming out of Egypt season
— God calling me back to sonship and inviting me to be loved by Him and accept His grace and mercy
— Losing friends
— Losing family members
— The hardcore pursuit of the military and the mourning of that season and fight coming to an end
— Professional flailing
— The global pandemic
— Going through severe depression and isolation
— Investing into lies vs. truth
— Addiction
— Redemption
— Restoration
— Finding friends that I can call brothers
— By the grace of God, creating a new family with my wife Megan
— Waged a brutal war against my flesh
— My hard-heartedness slowly being chiseled away
— Re-introduced to what a healthy family can look like
— Being baptized
— Coming to the understanding that even though I left turned away from God in countless ways, He never turned away from me

Verses
– 2 Timothy 4:17 — But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me, so that I might fully preach the word and all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion’s mouth
– This is where my name comes from — God rescuing Daniel from the lions’ mouth in Daniel 6 in the Bible
– If you let him – He will stand by you, strengthen you, and equip you with everything you need – even if it doesn’t feel like it sometimes

– 1 Corinthians 13:11 — When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put aside childish things.
– In many ways I still feel like a child
– In many ways I feel like a man
– In every way I still need to rely on God and that He truly is a good, good father. I’ve got nothing else.

I’m so grateful for all of you, and for F3. The gift it has been in my life for 8 years has defined, shaped, and molded me into who I want to be going into the next decade and beyond. Thank you all for being a part of this journey with me.

Johnny 5 is Alive – Short Circuit

AO: juco
Q: Butterknife
PAX: Waffles, Windex, Dart Gun, Guardrail, 5K, Lt. Dan, Wanderer, Butterknife, Love Shaq
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP:
SSH
Tempo Merkins
Windmills
Tempo Squats
Cherry :cherries: Pickers

THE THANG:
Line up and mosey to the spot with the leader falling off and doing 2 burpees

Drills around our circuit: shuffle, high knees, high heels, and skipping

12 station circuit 45 seconds at each station running all stations and stopping at the next.

Fighter Merkins
Curls w/ CMU
Tris w/ CMU
Agility Ladder drills
Thrusters w/ med ball
Flutter kicks
Kettlebell Swings 35lb
Mountain Climbers
SSH
BBS on stability ball
Man makers w/ 20 lb dumbbells
Walking Lunges

Run the stairs
Pull ups x 5
Merkins x 10
Run the stairs
Squats x 20
Rinse and repeat :repeat: x 3

Mosey to the large lot for Striders.

Jailbreak to the flag

MARY:
No time

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill on Monday

COT:
2 Timothy 1:7
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.”

At church we’re going through a study called soundtracks. 🔈

What you see impacts what you hear 👂
What you hear impacts what you think 💭
What are the soundtracks in our lives?

Neither negative or positive situations or thoughts 💭 should take you away from God.

We need to learn and adjust the volume on the soundtracks in our lives.

Turn down 👎
I am abandoned

Turn up ⬆️
I am loved and chosen

Turn down 👎
I am a failure

Turn up ⬆️
I am more than a conquerer

Turn down 👎
I am not good enough

Turn up ⬆️
I am a son of God the most high!

Turn over worry and fear to the Holy Spirit.
Be a Victor not a Victim!!

Rise and Grind

AO: juco
Q: Butterknife
PAX: 5K, Butterknife, Erector, Guardrail, Love Shaq, Lt. Dan, Mailbox, Wanderer, Windex
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP:
SSH x10
Little Baby Arm Circles (forward and backward)
Cherry :cherries: Pickers
Windmills
Perfect Merkins x5
High Kicks and Quad Stretches

THE THANG:
Mosey to the top of JUCOManjaro with the person in the back sprinting to the front.

20 curls
Murder Bunny 🐰 to the first cone
10 Thrusters
Run back to the starting line and back to your CMU
Murder Bunny 🐰 to the next cone
10 KB swings
Run back to the starting line and back to your CMU
Murder Bunny 🐰 to the next cone
10 goblet Squats
Run back to the starting line and back to your CMU
20 curls
Rifle carry back to the start
Rinse and repeat 🔁

MARY:
Four Corners with Get ups and No Surrenders

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:
KickFlip was out a couple of weeks ago and he was reflecting on a message that Archie delivered… Coming to F3 does not make you a HIM. I agree with this statement. It doesn’t. There are also several HIMs that have never been to an F3 workout. We need to get them out here with us.

F3 also doesn’t count as church. ⛪️ If you’re here and don’t have a church you call home, I would personally like to invite you to Faith Promise where me and my family attend. There’s a spreadsheet floating around with a lot of our F3 brothers and the churches they belong to. So again, I encourage you to check it out, if you don’t have a church you call home.

I will say this though… Being out here in the gloom with these men is a great foundation and starting point. Surrounding yourselves with High Impact Men, is going to encourage you to strive to be one yourself. I know, because I’m speaking from experience. You push me to be my best, not only when I’m out here with you, but also when no one else is around. Thank you!