F3 Knoxville

Author: BackBlasts

Carry Heavy Things

AO: the-project
Q: Mathlete
PAX: Biohack, LeatherSquid, Ocho, Flying Dutchman, OBrother, Mathlete, Ghost Flag (F3Knoxville)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7

WARMUP:
Tempo squats, LBACs, Grady corn, tempo merkins, mountain climbers, cherry pickers
THE THANG:
Heavy things: 45# plate, 35# plate, 60# sandbag, 55# Jerry can, 53# kettlebell, 35# kettlebell, 50# bucket of sand, 30# cat litter jug
pick up heavy things, take to a cone, do 15 of the exercise, carry back. Farmer carry on alternating hands as best you can.
exercises: toe merkins, blockees, LBCs, shrugs, OHP, Lunges, squats, thrusters, Rows
MARY:
Flutter kicks, protractors, basilisks
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
convergence, EfHR
COT:
doing hard things is inevitable. They will come find you, so instead go find them and practice. Grit isn’t an inborn trait, but a developed capability. I see hard things in three broad categories: physical strain (an F3 specialty), mental strain (such as enduring prolonged pain and discomfort e.g., fasting), and learning/changing strain (enduring doing things you’re not good at). Probably not airtight categories, but they help me sort out what I need to work on.
So get out there and do hard things so you’ll be good at it when the hard things comes and finds you.

Battle Ready

AO: brickyard
Q: Natty
PAX: Appleseed, Biohazard (Jay Shepherd), Gmail, Gordie, Simmons, Natty
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WARMUP: 21’s and Gmail cheated so we has a 10 Burpee penalty, Windmills, Cherry Pickers, OH claps, Seal claps, behind the back claps, air press, t-plank arm circles
THE THANG:
Round 1: start at AO 25 Hand release MKNS run to 0.0 mile marker for 50 BBS, run to car wash .25 mm 100 imp walkers
Round 2:
AO: 50 Bonnie Blair’s
0.0: 100 2 Ct man makers
.25: 150 SSH
Round 3:
AO: 75 shldr taps
0.0: 150 Am hammers
.25: 200 squats
Round 4:
At AO: 10 burpees and 40 monkey humpers

MARY: no time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: pray for Fast and his widdle ankle, Appleseed and his leggings, all the pregnant wives and for strength in resisting temptation big and small
COT: use the full armor of God when facing temptation Ephesians 6: 10-11

47 More

AO: asylum-pm
Q: Steam
PAX: Pele (Jon Lindberg), Drum Major, CRISPR, Jeevan Kypa (Scrubs), Glamper, High Heels, Brick, OnStar, Lilydipper, Rooney (Carl Whipple), Switchhitter (Tony), Tenderfoot, Pusher, Kung Blue, Abacus, MD Hammer, Crash Dummy, Cheetah Boy, Cleopatra
FNGs: 1 Cleopatra
COUNT: 20
WARMUP:
– Cherry Picker: 5×4
– Rockette: 10×4
– TN Rocking Chair
– Baby Arn Circles (F): 10×4
– Baby Arm Circles (B): 10×4
– Mountain Climber: 10×4
– Merkin: 5×4

THE THANG:
(Mosey to the BP)

1 — January PFT (6-10 minutes)
– 2 minutes of squats
– 2 minutes of merkins
– 2 minutes of BBS
(Log your reps + 2miler here for January: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe6g_CIi1YToaVu8_-URG-0TUYgvJoT7J4fOboUuH3Ru5dJHQ/viewform)

(Mosey down to the NP)

2 — Part of Cardinal
– Nickel + Dime
– 2 POC: The Island
   – 2 yellow cards (5 + 10)
– Do the 5-card, run around The Island, and execute the 10-card
– Everything except burpees will be on a 2-count

(Mosey back to the AO lot for Mary)

MARY:
Cherry Pickers: 5×4

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Checkout the weekly newsletter for all of the events coming up – there’s a ton 💪

COT:
Don’t Stay Submerged
– Extraction quote: “You drown not by falling into the river, but by staying submerged in it.”
– This reminds me of the ministry of Jesus
   – He loves people better than anyone
   – He would find someone in their current state — love them right where they’re at — but also love them enough to not allow them to stay there. John 5 is a great example of this: www.bible.com/bible/116/JHN.5.NLT
       – He saw this man by this pool and had compassion and understanding for him because he realized he had been there for a long time.
       – Boom – Jesus loved him right there where he found him – but he also loved him enough to not let him stay there
           – I always wondered if that man went back after he was healed. Did he come back to that pool that he was lame at for years and years and share what Jesus did for him with others. Woo……….
What if we did that? With every man in this COT – whether you’ve been here for 1 workout or for 100 workouts. (“Man, I love you and I see you – but I love you enough to not let you stay where you are. Let’s figure this out together. Let’s journey together.”)

– Takeaways –

  – Who can you call on to help pull you back to the surface?

  – Who can you challenge + encourage to not stay submerged?

  – 47 more weeks to go this year
       – Which is exactly 7,896 hours (if Google is correct)

What are you going to do with that time?

[running] 200, 400, 800 Ladder

AO: running
Q: Fetch
PAX: Erector, Mailbox, Noodles, Tooth Fairy, Wagon Wheel (John-Mark Chesney), Zippy, @shubbery
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WARMUP: run to the track
THE THANG:
200m, 400m,800m, 800m, 400m, 200m, with recovery between each. Grabbed a hill at Junconte on the way back.

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:see juco, @wanderer

[karns-otb] Pictionary at the Ram

AO: karns-otb
Q: Sawdust
PAX: Voodoo, Betty, Neon, Leland Robbins (Geiger)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WARMUP:
SSH, Tempo Merkins, Cherry Pickers, Windmills, Rockettes (All In A Line), Tie-Fighters & X-Wings

THE THANG:
Four (4) Stations With Pictionary Cards in A Ladder Exercise:
– Station 1:
1. Sumo Squats
2. Plank Jacks
3. Mountain Climbers
4. Junk Science (40 Merkins)

– Station 2:
1. ATMs
2. Imperial Squat Walkers
3. Freddie Mercury
4. Grady Corns

– Wild Card Station: Bearpees

– Station 3:
1. Lt. Dans
2. LBCs
3. Carolina Dry Docks
4. Monkey Humpers

Station 4:
1. Pickle Pounders
2. Bobby Hurley
3. Big Boy Sit Ups
4. Hello Dolly

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Convergence at @bigball rescheduled for 17-Feb-24.

COT: Reviewed the poem that Bear Bryant kept in his wallet. Make the most of the day, don’t waste it and live for Him, not yourself.