F3 Knoxville

The Nine Worthies

The Project

THE SCENE: Crisp 40s, mixed sky above.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSHs
  • Tempo Squats
  • LBACs
  • Tempo merkins
  • Mountain climbers
  • Fence steppers
  • Cat Cows
  • Hip bridges
  • Cherry Pickers

THA-THANG:

  • Mosey to the recruiting center
  • Pick up CMUs and transport to theater stairs
  • Nine exercises in three groups of three
    • Legs
      • Squats
      • Lunges
      • Heel raises
    • Arms
      • Curls
      • Dips
      • OHP
    • Core
      • Heavy LBCs
      • Heavy Freddies
      • Heavy Hammers
    • Pyramid each group 5-10-15, then pyramid all 9. After each round, run the stairs.

MARY:
No time.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

The “Nine Worthies” is a set of nine figures who exemplify the ideals of chivalry, and whose lives were thus deemed valuable to study for aspirants to chivalric status (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Worthies). Composed of three sets of three: three pagans, three Jews, and three Christians.

  • Pagans
    • Hector
    • Alexander the Great
    • Julius Caesar
  • Jews
    • Joshua
    • David
    • Judas Maccabeus
  • Christians
    • King Arthur
    • Charlemagne
    • Godfrey of Bouillon

Godfrey of Bouillon – French nobleman who was instrumental in retaking the city of Jerusalem in 1099. He was offered the title of King of Jerusalem. He agreed to rule, but refused the title of king, saying:

Why would I bear the name of a king in a place where my savior was crowned with reproaches?
Why would I take a scepter in my hand where he took a cross upon his shoulders?
Why would I suffer a crown of gold upon my head where he received a crown of thorns?

This is a high standard, to give up everything and work hard, but at the moment when it seems that you are finally ascending, to give up the glory to God. Godfrey wasn’t perfect, but to respond with such virtue in the face of such a test is worth remembering a thousand years later.
MOLESKIN:
Here is the podcast I was listening to that contained most of this content: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5Yi95ok0Xo&t=4225s.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Coat collection, Christmas parade.