F3 Knoxville

Author: Erector

A neat workout at Asylum

THE SCENE: Low 40’s at the Asylum and no rain!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
15 SSH, 15 Moroccan night club, 15 mountain climbers, 10 tempo merkins, 10 tempo squats, 10 windmill
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the parking lots south of the where the shovel flag is supposed to be and gather in the southeast corner.  Start with 20 merkins, run to the next corner, 10 burpees, run to the next corner, 20 diamond merkins, run to the next corner, and 10 burpees.  Repeat once.

Mosey on the greenway toward Cardiac hill.  Stop about 5 lights shy of the intersection.  Bear crawl between each light and do 10 leg lifts at each light.  Continue mosey to Cardiac hill.  Run up the hill stopping at the corners for 20 squats and then 20 lunges.  Run to the top and do 20 flutter kicks on a four count.  Repeat once.

Mosey to the playground.  Do 3 rounds of 15 box jumps at the playground and 15 supine pull-ups on the park benches under the pavilion.

MARY:
Apollo Creed style one arm push-ups in a circle.  One arm on your brother’s shoulder and one on the ground.  5 each arm.  After completion, YHC said “that was neat”.  Not sure where that came from, but a good finish to the workout none the less.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
18 PAX today
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Ephesians 6:1. “Children, obey your parents…”.  That one is easy for the parents, but here is the tough one.  Verse 4 “Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.”  YHC constantly struggles with this one.  Sometimes the kiddos don’t think I love them when I discipline them.  Make sure you are not disciplining your children when angry. Cool off for a minute first.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Cleveland launch Saturday. Upcoming canned food drive for Second Harvest with FIA.

True HIMs don’t quit in the rain

THE SCENE: Temp in the low 50’s and oh the rain! Loved it!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

No a professional, but the PAX looked like it this morning!
WARM-O-RAMA:
15 SSH, 15 mountain climbers, 15 Peter Parker’s, 10 Spiderman (Peter Parker’s down at 6″), 15 imperial walker, 10 windmill
THA-THANG:

Mosey a short distance a line up for the Bataan Death March.  This was slightly modified.  The PAX at the back did 3 burpees instead of 5 and then ran to the front of the line (Indian run style run).  Finish the march at the sophomore.

At the sophomore, it really started to pour down rain, so why not be on the ground for most of it (not an audible; it just worked out that way).  Start with 20 merkins in the first corner and then Bernie Sanders up the hill.  Lunge walk getting 10 lunges each leg.  At the next corner, do 20 flutter kicks on a four count.  At the final corner, do 10 burpees and then return to the beginning for one more round of the same.

Mosey toward the center of campus to the north parking lot of the area.  Using the parking lot aisles as markers, do a burpee suicide.  As Trolley pointed at, that is a very redundant title for a exercise!  Suicide style, run to the first aisle and do 5 burpees, return to start, run to the second aisle and do 10 burpees, return to start, run to the third aisle and do 15 burpees, and then finish the suicide doing burpees at each aisle as you decrease the count.

Mosey to the center of campus and find a wall to assist with ATMs.  Instead of traditional alternating shoulder taps, we did balls-to-the-walls shoulder taps.  Whole different ball game!

  • 10 balls-to-the-walls shoulder taps (in cadence)
  • 10 temp merkins in cadence
  • 10 fast merkins on your own

Continue the Bataan Death March back toward the AO launch point, but stop in the corner of the lot.  We still got time for more!  20 squats in cadence and then line up for the Indian bear crawl.  All PAX are holding plank while the one in the back is bear crawling to the front.  We went down to a 6″ plank a couple of times during this and we completed 2 full rounds before the fun was over.

MARY:
I guess the Indian bear crawl was our Mary!
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 PAXs crushed it this morning!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul”, Mark 8:36, “The conclusion, when all has been heard, is:  fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person.” Ecc. 12:13

Focusing on or putting first the concerns and pleasures of this world will gain us nothing in the end.  We would have received our full reward at the end of this life with no hope in the next.  But this life is but a vapor (James 4:14 – not Paul, sorry!).  Eternity is forever.  So, keep our focus on God and keeping his commandments and we will have treasure in Heaven for eternity!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Mend house workout, Monday at 6:00 pm.  Cleveland launch next Saturday.

Merkins and Burpees at the Asylum

THE SCENE: The Asylum AO, temp in the 50’s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
20 SSH, 15 Imperial Walker, 15 mountain climbers, 10 Peter Parker’s, 10 Spidermans (6″ Peter Parkers…newly coined?), 10 windmill
THA-THANG:
YHC did not devote enough time to planning, so we winged it a little. The basic idea was to focus on upper body with running to each area. We started each pain station with a variety of merkins followed by burpees and then running up a hill. We hit the hill by the launch point first, then cardiac, and finally Everest. We ended with Mucho Chesto before COT: 10 merkins, 10 diamond merkins, 10 wide arm merkins, 10 stagger left merkins, and 10 stagger right merkins.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
6 PAX today
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
The WORD came from 1 John 4:19-21. Forgive and love your fellow man. If can’t do that, how can you say you love God.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Anniversary F3 Knoxville Olympics Saturday, picnic on Sunday, food drive coming in the near future (Sharky to provide more details later).

Bear Crawl Variations

THE SCENE: Cold!!!  I know this is only the beginning, but it came quick.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

15 Peter Parkers, 15 mountain climbers, 15 SSH, 15 imperial walker, 10 count windmill, 15 Moroccan night club

THA-THANG:

Mosey to the south parking lot

Bearpees halfway across the parking lot. OYO 1 Burpee followed up by 4 count bearcrawl forward.  Increase burpees by 1 each time and bearcrawl by 4 (1:4 ratio).

Mosey to the Sophomore. Dora 1-2-3. 100 merkins, 200 6” LBC’s, 300 squats.  Partner is running up the hill to in front of the building’s main entrance.

Mosey to hand rails. Do 15 supine pull-ups, 15 merkins, 15 dips and 15 Carolina dry docks. Run a lap around parking lot and repeat.

Mosey toward shovel flag. Stop in the parking lot and indian bear crawl.  All PAX are in a lined up head-to-foot.  The PAX in the back bear crawls to the front while all others are doing merkins.  Go until all PAX have bear crawled.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 PAX worked hard this morning and got warmed-up quickly
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Look at the story of Job and the loss that he encountered.  God allowed Satan to test Job to this extent, but he did not do the testing.  Through all the hardship, Job starts to question why he is going through all this.  God answers Job in the last few chapters of the book.  I was looking for Job chapter 38 this morning.  Read God’s response to Job.  Then Job responds in chapter 40 and again in 42:  42:2-3.  We may not understand why we encounter trials in life, but if we remain focused on God and His will, we will make it through!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Fall festival this weekend. 3rd Anniversary weekend, Nov. 3rd and 4th.

AMRAP at the Asylum

THE SCENE: Nice and cool at about 44°F.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
15 mountain climbers, 10 tempo merkins, 15 SSH, 10 windmill, 15 imperial Walker, 15 Moroccan night club
THA-THANG:
AMRAP style course

1st stop at the pavilion

  • 15 diamond merkins
  • 15 Carolina dry docks
  • 10 pullups

Next stop at base of cardiac hill

  • Bernie Sanders to first corner and complete 20 squats
  • Bernie Sanders to next corner and lunch walk to the base of the small hill.

Final stop back the shovel flag

  • 10 burpees
  • 15 Freddy Mercury (4 count)
  • 20 mountain climbers (4 count)

AMRAP

MARY:
No time! YHC gave no instructions to gather back together and we got more separated then intended.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
19 total today
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
The WORD came from James 4:1-10. It is difficult sometimes to be humble and keep our focus on God rather than worldly gain. “Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.”
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 Knoxville anniversary coming up November 3 and 4.