F3 Knoxville

Author: BackBlasts

Decending ladder

AO: the-farm
Q: Bartman
PAX: Aladdin, Choir Boy, Einstein, Lightweight, Pew-pew
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WARMUP: normal stuff

THE THANG:

Descending ladder.

10 iron Mike (4 ct)
9 decline Merkin
8 plank jack (4 ct)
7 box jump
6 cdd
5 superman swim
4 speed skaters
3 side merkins (per side)
2 tricep press (per side)
1 1-min wall sit

MARY:
Crunchy frogs

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
2nd F lunch Friday @ Corner 16 on Northshore

COT:

Workloads sometimes seem insurmountable. Just start. Get something accomplished. Don’t quit. Before you know it you’ve accomplished a lot and have the motivation to finish.

Borrowed Courage

AO: juco
Q: Guardrail
PAX: Windex, Haggis, Wanderer, Mailbox, Fetch
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WARMUP:15 SSH, 15 mountain climbers, 10 tempo merkins, 15 Moroccan night club, 10 tempo squats, 5 cherry pickers

THE THANG:Mosey to Freshman hill.
– 20 merkins
– Up and down the hill for 1 burpee
– 20 squats
– Up and down the hill for 1 burpee
– 20 big boys
– Up and down the hill for 1 burpee
– Repeat

Mosey to Soph Hill:
– Carolina dry docks at bottom
– Bernie up, Walking lunges down
– Freddie Mercury at top

Then 10 pull ups, 10 burpees, 10 jump squats, 2x.
Back to the CMU pile for 20 curls, then mosey back to the flag the long way (stopping for dips and crab walk with feet on the wall, thanks for that one Haggis)

MARY: dealers choice

COT: Be like Daniel, courageous for God’s glory, not our own
Daniel 2:37: You, o king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power and the might and the glory”
That takes guts. God rewards that.

Iron PAX Week 2

AO: thequacken
Q: FixerUpper
PAX: Z-Pack, Gmail, Herbie, Hobie, Prairie Dog (Trey Barrett), Reroute (F3MintHill), Streetrod, Streetrod
FNGs: 1 Streetrod
COUNT: 8
WARMUP:
Warmup Stuff

THE THANG:
IronPAX Week 2

MARY:
Not today

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
2nd F Lunch – let’s do it!
Sign up to Q! Its good for you

COT:
I reflected on the leadership lessons gained while throwing sandbags across a field in the rain last December. It was a team exercise and I was chosen by Steam and CRISPR to get a group of 10 other men to throw sandbags about 100+ yards in about 2 mins (I think). Two lessons became clear.

Use heads-up leadership = don’t get so focused on the small task in front of you that you lose sight of the big picture and your team’s health or progress. It might mean that you intentionally devote time and attention to how the team is doing vs just trying to throw “your own sandbag” as far as possible.

Don’t panic – It really doesn’t help you accomplish your or your team’s goals

I related this to an on-going work deadline I’ve been going through, which is a complex project involving several people in the office and several people outside of the office.

Throwing the sandbags took about 2 minutes, but I have thought about those 2 minutes many times during the last few weeks. Was it exercise? Yes, but it was so much more!

——

Also, it was great to have Reroute (F3MintHill) downrange from Charlotte and FNG Streetrod join us.

Farmer’s delight + broga

AO: asylum-am
Q: Hands
PAX: Hands, Matlock (Bill Maddox), P3, Sawdust, Snitch (Cory Beilharz ), TRC/Crab legs
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WARMUP:SSH, TN rocking chair, froggie squats, tie fighters, shoulder blaster, X wings.

THE THANG: Rotate through CMU exercises while one pax farmer carries around the Pav-a-lon. Did 4 total rounds, changed the exercises after round 2.

MARY: BROGA! ( Matlock (Bill Maddox) planted that seed earlier).

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Iron Pax this Friday.

COT: If things aren’t working out like you planned, take heart! You’re in good company (ie the apostles). Keep moving forward one step at a time in faith and you will end up where you are supposed to be.

Messy Fieldwork #53

AO: brickyard
Q: Natty
PAX: Bail Bonds, Biohazard (Jay Shepherd), Gmail, Appleseed, Gordie, Natty, Strings
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WARMUP:
Toy Soldiers, Windmills, Cherry pickers, seal claps, OH claps, OH press, Chinooks (B), Moroccan night clubs, 3 man makers
THE THANG:
Mosey to under bleachers: 4 rounds all 53 reps : IMP walkers, BBS, MKNs, gas pumps, High Knees then 10 MMK’s, shoulder taps, mtn climbers, flutter kicks, Carolina DD’s, sqts, then 10 MMakers, tie fighters, hello Dollie’s, HR MKNs, AM hammers, SSH then 10 Makers, Apollo Onos, calf raises, BBS, toy soldiers then
MARY:
10 man makers
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Gmail traveling to Illinois, pray for Geordie’s wife to have a graceful firing of her employee
COT:Romans 8:11 and 2 Corinthians 3:17
Also, there is no such thing as no communication, your timing, response, facial expression, non response, posture, etc is all a form of communication. Make it count !