F3 Knoxville

Author: Bartman

The Importance of Battle Buddies

THE SCENE: 60s…warm

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Merkins IC x10
  • Tempo Squats IC x10
  • SSH IC x 20
  • This/that/these/those/Michael Phelps

THA-THANG:

  1. Grab a battle buddy & mosey to the tennis court
    • DORA:  100 Burpee, 100 Iron Mike, 100 Big Boy Situps
    • Running partner bear crawl forward across the court & crawl bear back
  2. Mosey to hockey rink – keep your battle buddy
    • DORA:  100 Merkin, 100 Squats, 100 Little Baby Crunches
    • Running partner runs to the other side of the rink & back, stopping for 2 burpees each time they cross the center line
  3. Mosey to Pee Rocks – same battle buddy
    • DORA:  100 Curls, 100 Overhead Press, 100 Tricep Press
    • Running partner runs to the grass & back

MARY:

  • Box cutters x 25
  • Freddie Mercury x 25

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
16 total:  Ratchet, Onesie, Respect, Frosty, La-Z-Boy, Shooter, Tweet-E, Bowflex, I-Beam, High Heels, Sparky, Squirt, Flute Loop, Toto, Abacus, Bartman

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Proverbs 13:20 – Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.

Who are you walking with?  Who are you spending time with?  The proverb isn’t saying you always have to be with people who are smarter than you….it says to associate with those who are wise.  These are people who are seeking Christ in their life.  These are people who lift you up and edify you, rather than tear you down.  These are people who are honest enough to tell you when you’re wrong.  So….who are you surrounding yourself with?

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Hardship Hill is 2 days away.  Pray for safety for the teams and for a good time to be had by all.

Cinco Repeticiones

THE SCENE:  in the 60’s felt like summertime

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Tempo squats x10
  • Merkins (4ct) x10
  • Imperial walkers (4ct) x10
  • LBAC fwd/bkwd

THA-THANG:

  • Long Island BLIMPS
    • 3 Laps around the island with BLIMPS x 5 at each end of the island
  • mosey to watt rd parking lot.  Stop along the way for Groucho Walk across the boardwalk.   Then partner fireman carry the length of the baseball field.
  • Watt Rd lot
    • Battle buddy up and wheel barrow across the parking spaces.   Every 5 spaces the bottom man does 5 merkins and switch places with buddy.  Go to end of parking spaces and back to start.
  • Hill by Soccer Field
    • 5’s with Round the Clock Merkins at top and lunges at bottom
  • Soccer field
    • Game of sharks & minnows.  4 sharks in middle.  All other PAX try to make it across without being tagged.  Penalty is 5 burpees if you’re tagged.
  • Mosey back to AO.  Groucho walk the boardwalk again.

MARY:

  • Captain Thors
  • Side crunches x15 per side
  • Superman swims

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
13 strong:  Mayberry, Frosty, La-Z-Boy, Butters, Shooter, Cosmo, Cornhole, Wagonwheel, Booger, Black Lung, Waxjob, Swirlie, Bartman

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Servant leadership.  It’s important.  Take time to be a servant leader to your wife, co-workers and peers.

MOLESKIN:
Lots of fun and laughs today as we fully embraced our inner Cinco de Mayo.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship hill is May 19th

Over The Hill

THE SCENE: Mid 40s I think….nice & cool.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH x 40
  • Stretch OYO

 

THA-THANG:
Mosey to big hill on the other side of Hardin Valley Road.  5 cones set up at the top of the hill.  Start at bottom & run reverse suicide (go to furthest cone first) doing the following exercises at each cone.

  • Cone 5:  40 Burpee
  • Cone 4:  40 Hello Dolly
  • Cone 3:  40 Squat Jumps
  • Cone 2:  40 Carolina Dry Docks
  • Cone 1:  40 Merkins

PAX then mosey back to the top of the hill for final descent Paula Abdul style.  Run forward down the hill 2 cones, then bernie sanders back up 1 cone.  Rinse & Repeat until all the way down.

MARY:

  • LBC x 40
  • Mountain Climbers x 40
  • ABCs

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

Tank, Doubtfire, La-Z-Boy, Booster, Snaggletooth, Toto, Hammy, Ratchet, Waxjob, Bartman

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
How are we living for Christ?  While we may not have the same physical needs as other Christians around the world, we do have a responsibility to stand in the gap for our brothers and sisters in Christ.   Are you routinely praying on behalf of others?   Jesus is in the people business and we should be too.

MOLESKIN:
Today is my 40th birthday—special thanks to those who came out for my Q today and for all of the birthday wishes!  F3 is an awesome brotherhood!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship hill – May 19th.  Booster says there are still some spots left on the JUCO team if anyone is looking for a team to join.

Saturday Buffet

THE SCENE:  Around 50.  Nice & cool.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Side Straddle Hops x 20
  • This/that stretch
  • Tempo Squats x 20
  • Leg stretches
  • Burpees x 10

THA-THANG:

  1. Mosey to playground
    • 11’s:  Pull-ups & American Hammers (4ct)
  2. Mosey to soccer field
    • Bear Square.  Cones set up in a square.  Crawl the square always facing toward Watt Rd.  Crawl 3 laps & perform 10 reps of the following at each corner.
      • Lap 1:  Burpee
      • Lap 2:  Speed Skater
      • Lap 3:  Bobby Hurley
  3. Mosey to new bathroom
    • Countdown.  List of exercises written on the ground.  Do all exercises from top to bottom then run down the hill to the parking lot and back up.  Rinse & repeat eliminating the bottom remaining exercise each time.
      • 10 Thrust Merkin
      • 8 Iron Mike
      • 6 Easy Up
      • 4 Squat Jump
      • 2 Round The Clock Merkin
  4. Mosey to baseball field
    • Merkin relay race.  Split into 2 teams.  Team 1 at home plate, team 2 at 2nd base.  Each team holds a plank while a team member sprints around bases.  Once teammate completes a lap, the team does 10 merkins as a group then the next man runs.
  5. Concrete bleachers
    • 75 box jumps

MARY:

  • Boat/canoe
  • Marge/Homer
  • Flutter kicks x 35

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 total:  Butters, La-Z-Boy, Mr. Clean, Showcase, Frosty, Booger, Wagon Wheel, Sharpie, Bartman

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
God honors nations who honor him.  Our country was founded on Godly principles and I believe we are still reaping the benefit of that foundation today, even as our country slides further and further into depravity.  As evidenced throughout the Old Testament, God will honor a nation far longer than they deserve because of their foundation.  This grace that we live under creates an environment in which Christians in America often don’t know what it’s like to rely on God completely.  We live in a cushy society where our “problems” are often trivial compared to what Christians face around the world.  Our mentality of “you can accomplish anything if you work hard enough” can easily trap us into leaving God out of our lives altogether, thinking we have somehow accomplished success on our own.  Therefore we need to be ever vigilant about seeking Christ in all we do and putting Him at the center of our efforts.  We should humble ourselves daily, acknowledging that we are nothing apart from Christ.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill 5/19

Hills & Pyramids

THE SCENE: Low 50s….perfect F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Standard welcome….no FNGs today WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Run in place 20-30 secs
  • Butt kickers 20-30 secs
  • High knees 20-30 secs
  • SSH (4 ct) x 10 IC
  • Merkins (4 ct) x 10 IC

THA-THANG:

  • Indian run to baby everest
    • Battle buddy up.  DORA each of the following exercises while partner runs to top of baby everest and does 5 squats.  Move to other side of parking lot perform ab work while waiting on the 6.
      • 100 Thrust Merkins
      • 100 Carolina Dry Docks
  • Mosey to the long island
    • 8 cones set up around the island.  Run a lap around performing the following exercises x 2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16 at each cone.
      • Lap 1:  Burpees
      • Lap 2:  Iron Mikes
  • Mosey back to baby everest for some pyramids
    1. 20 tempo squats, run hill
    2. 20 tempo squats, 20 mountain climber, run hill
    3. 20 tempo squats, 20 mountain climber, 20 ranger merkins, run hill
  • Indian run back to AO

MARY:

  • LBC (4ct) x 50
  • Hello Dolly (4ct) x 20
  • Box Cutters x 15

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

12 strong:  Junk, Mayberry, La-Z-Boy, Tweet-E, Frosty, Sparky, Wagon Wheel, Crossbar, Butters, Smoker, I-Beam, Bartman

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:  My heart has been focused on my relationship to Jesus and whether or not I’m all in or not.   As Americans we tend to mold Jesus to fit our lifestyle and our comforts, when actually it should be the other way around.  Take a moment and ask yourself….are you living 100% for Christ or are you fitting him into your routine?   In Matthew 13 Jesus tells a parable which compares Heaven to a treasure that is found in a field.   The man who finds the treasure covers it up and then sells all he has to buy the field.  I’m sure the man in the parable faced ridicule from others who thought he was crazy to sell all of his possessions to buy the field, however he knew the value contained within the ground therefore he gladly accepted the ridicule.  That’s the perspective we should have…our faith in Christ should be such a treasure to us that we willingly accept ridicule, punishment, even death because we know that the prize is of so much greater value than anything this world can offer.

 

MOLESKIN: Prayer request made for anonymous PAX members struggling with their marriages

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Hardship Hill 5/19