F3 Knoxville

“Farmers Don’t Carry…”

THE SCENE: 70 and 100% Blessed
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH (ICx16)
Windmills (ICx15)
Burpees (OYOx5)

Indian Run Mosey (w/3 CMUs) to the Educator…

THA-WANNA-BE-THANG:
2 Rounds:

  • Incline Iron Boys (OYOx10
  • Run Up Hill, Jog Down, Bernie Up Hill
  • Pickle Pounders (4CTx10)
  • Jog Down Hill

THA-REAL-THANG:

P1 – 250yd Farmer Carry (CMU Each Hand)

P2 – Mountain Climbers w/twist (4CTx10)
Run 3 Parking Lines; Bernie Back 2
8th Line – Imperial Squat Walkers (4CTx10)
Continue Running 3 and Bernie Back 2
16th Line – American Hammers (4CTx10)
Bear Crawl Back to Start and Repeat if P1 Hasn’t Returned Yet

MARY:
No Time for this Beauty Today
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
16 Men Including 1 FNG Dr. Bacon…..WELCOME!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Reminder to the PAX to have patience in and throughout our lives.  Work / Job Related, Family Related, Driving and with others in general….and even with God.
MOLESKIN:
There is just something about seeing all the cars roll into the parking lot at 5:20am….the local neighborhood guys running out of the gloom and into the circle that puts a smile on my face and warms my heart!  Thank you all for making this AO a special place!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Kickball Tournament this weekend!

F3 DADS CAMP 18’

THE SCENE: Alabama hot
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

Arrival at Camp  Cosby, F3 dads camp. Brief announcements and awful little round Pizza for dinner, but we all ate it as we were on a high of excitement with the start of dads camp.

WARM-O-RAMA:
Friday Night Dodgeball…yes of course our cabins Choctaw and Chickasaw won the tournament. After all, we are F3 KNOXVILLE. I  give Bueller MVP in dodgeball . I have NEVER seen a dodgeball get thrown so fast UNDER hand, amazing !
THA-THANG:
Dads Camp!

well, there was a workout but I am not disclosing what we did… it was a good one and saving it for my next Saturday Q!

back to the THANG;

Summary of activities which Booger lists below as well;

Alpine tower, B.B. guns, archery(kinda) alpine swing and open field for kickball on the upper field .

The water front where we spent most our time. Blob, wibbit(big blow up thing you slide , climb and jump off of) , kid slides , water trampoline , and pool time.

 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
The BOM will be my thoughts but PLEASE READ the Moleskin for a few thoughts from other dads.

For me, dads camp was a perfect time  to spend quality time with my kids. Yes, I can do this at home or some short trip camping , etc… but dads Camp is different.

Whats different ? Is there an Agenda? The difference is that your in a wonderful environment surrounded by a bunch of HIMs and their kids with the same AGENDA.  The agenda was to have fun, be a father , and let kids be kids, simple as that! Really no other agenda than that, have fun with your kids. It was a time for me to spend as much time as i could just hanging out with my kids, watching them play. Of course, I got to play to….it is “dads camp”. It’s a time we can let loose with our kids and like I mentioned over the weekend, show our kids “how to break the rules responsibly”! What I really mean is, it’s a chance to let your kids be a little more independent than you normally would. At least for me it was. Let them play and explore, encourage them to climb the Apljne tower or swing on the alpine swing or jump off the ledge onto the blob or try a flip off the wibbit, etc…..just let them have fun. On top of that, We met other F3 dads and 2.0s from different states. It was equally great to hang out with the men from Knoxville and their kids ,getting to know them better. I truly had a great time look forward to next year.

MOLESKIN:
Detention ;

Detention and Buckets take down Bama! What a great weekend of love, laughter, and blobbing!! As we approached Camp Cosby, Buckets could hardly contain her excitement. I felt the exact same way. A weekend together is what we really craved. No schedule, no agenda, no limit to the amount of time we could hang out. Having experienced our first Dads Camp last year, we knew a little of what to expect and we both were jacked up! It’s cool to see Dads and their kids laughing, hugging, high fiving, and simply enjoying each other. You don’t have to drive 4 hours to do this but this camp speaks to the intentionality we all talk about in F3. The men of Knoxville F3 are studs and we loved being with them and their kids. We are already counting down the days till next year!

Booger ;

F3 Dads = F4.  Fitness, Fellowship, Faith … and Fun.  We strained. We bonded. We shared our faith. We let loose.  I realized F3 Dads is the single most under rated benefit of F3.

I generally expected my son (8) to have fun; but me, myself, and I had tons of fun.  Everyone did.  It was a wonderful, if not perfect, blend of all these core F3 principles, and then some.

I got to know a number of the Knoxville-strong (and their 2.0’s), but I also got to know some of their really great kids.  I saw some dudes scream like girls.  I saw some girls get after it like men.  And I saw a whole lot of boys being boys, living out the adventure of their imagination, regardless of their age (me included).;

I met good dads from four states exhibiting the same values that make us love F3, all for the benefit of their kids.  I witnessed the collectively power of a group of guys making memories for their boys and girls.  I experienced a select few stepping up and taking on the responsibility to make it all happen.

In order of appearance: Day 1: basketball, football, Frisbee, walked the grounds, ran the grounds, greeted the crew, hung out, eat, dodge ball, victory lap, fire time, s’mores, hang out, sleep; Day 2: eat, workout, blob, wibit, water trampoline, water slides, blob, alpine tower, archery, bb guns, eat, pool, blob, football, blob/wibit/trampoline, dads only blob, pool, hang, eat, kickball, fire time, s’mores, hang; Day 3 hang, eat, back to K-town.

Arod;

The boys loved our trip last year to Camp Thunderbird in SC. We had no idea what Camp Cosby in AL would be like. Well, we had an awesome weekend. Not that Thunderbird was a bad time but this was just a great fit for our PAX and kids.
The whole point of Dads camp is not just to get to spend time with your children, but to let them show you what is fun to them and to interact with the other children at camp. We swam, swung, ran, slid, and ate as a big group. The children interacted while the dads did the same. It was a busy weekend and relaxing at the same time. We talked about next year on our way home.
Glad to be a part of F3!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hopefully find a camp closer wth similar amenities and cost. It would be great to have a camp full of F3 Knoxville dads and 2.0. I encourage all Dads to put dads camp on their bucket list of things to do with your kids before they get too old. Even if you go just one time , GO!

Darkness shines on the mosey

THE SCENE: 70’s and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Stretch OYO
THA-THANG:
We ran 4.5 or 5 miles depending on which group you were in.

MARY:
She was busy running
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
We don’t always have time for a sharing but today we did.  What I found interesting is today when we ran up the biggest hill, or when the street lights were out and we could barely see, or when we ran back up the grinder, those were the times when the most jokes and comraderie happened.  It strikes me every time that when the going gets rough, and the struggles are real, that going through things in the gloom with brothers beside you makes it easier.  It doesn’t make the challenge any less, but it sure makes finishing easier.

Mani Pedi at JUCO

THE SCENE: Insert info about the weather, etc.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Baby Arm Circles 10 /10

Tempo Merkins 15

Tempo Squats 20

Claps 10

overhead claps 10

SSH 30
THA-THANG:

Mosey with the flag and a CMU because we can!

Quarter Pounder hold the cheese, 25, 50,75,100 merkins, squats, Mtn Climbers, SSH

Mosey to the Campus police station

Bear Crawl to Heaven 15 ( had a couple of Almost Merlots )

Mosey to the Resource Center

5/1 Burpees to Body Builders

Mosey to TTU Portables

Burpee Broad jump a long freakn way!

Mosey back to the AO

MARY:
Star Gazers
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
20 HIMs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Patience is a Virtue
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

3rd F this Sat 830 at Outlook

TTTP  August 25 6-10am  DO IT!!

Plan A or Plan B?

THE SCENE: Rainy will some thunderstorms
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

25 Squats, 20 Seconds of Squat Pulses, 20 Merkin Jacks (Abrupt Ending Due to Thunderstorms)
THA-THANG:

Pick up bricks in my car (each man gets one set of two bricks) before we mosey.  Mosey to Pavillion.  We will start off with doing 25 Squats while holding bricks in front of our chests.  We will then do Totem Poles with 30 seconds of each exercise as we symbolically climb up and down the totem pole.  Thus we will do each exercise for five thirty second segments by the end of the totem pole.  The following are the exercises.

  • Burpees
  • Squats
  • Picnic Table Pull Ups
  • Imperial Walkers
  • Bench Butt Raises

Note:  some ladies were having a gathering at the pavilion so we had to shift pavilions in the middle of the exercises.  We moseyed to the pavilion at the south ball fields.

After the totem pole exercises we did the following exercises with bricks:

  • With back on ground, 25 bench presses
  • Back on ground, 25 wings up
  • Back on ground, 25 overhead to knees
  • Back on ground, 25 overhead to back of head.

Next we did the following calve raises only going half way down after each raise up so as always to be on toes:

  • 25 calve raises with toes pointing straight
  • 25 calve raises with toes pointing at outward angle
  • 25 calve raises with toes pointing at inward angle

Mosey with bricks to outdoor shelter that is close to outdoor chapel.  25 Squats while holding bricks forward in front of chest.

Pickets charge with bricks to Admin Bldg and AO.  Drop off bricks.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Eight men and one dog (Woodshack’s dog named “Chevy” was an incredible addition to our crew).
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Cherish your relationships.  Pray for those you love.  Today is may daughter’s birthday and I cherish the 23 wonderful years that Faith has been my child.  She recently made a difficult decision NOT to go to graduate school after being accepted back in the spring and planning to start in the fall.  As a father, my initial thoughts and emotions, after she decided not to go to grad school, were mixed with disbelief, doubt and anger.  I thought to myself, “You are blowing an opportunity to have a masters degree by the age of 25.”  I was thinking her decision was impractical.  But it wasn’t my decision.  It was Faith’s and after four years of majoring in a very difficult program of English at her university, she just wasn’t ready for more classes, more studies, more reading.  She wants to work now and get a masters later.  I am glad that God told my wife and I to be patient, to consider her viewpoint, to look at her dreams, and to remember times in our own lives when we made important heart-felt decisions that were not the “practical thing” but which were right for us at that particular time in our life journeys.  Faith has been busy since making her decision not to attend grad school and has been applying for various America Corp positions in various parts of the United States.  She has already been offered one position and is still interviewing with a few others.

Be patient with those you love.  We can influence and we can give advice, but we should not control their life decisions.  We can show them we love them and want the best for them.  We can pray for them.  And, we can pray to God for direction before we choose what to say to them when they do make difficult life decisions.

ANNOUNCEMENTS
3rd F this Saturday.  Kickball next Saturday.