F3 Knoxville

Author: Butters

The pain train

  • THE SCENE: cool and misty
    F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
    WARM-O-RAMA:
    15 BLIMPS, 5 at either end of the parking lot and back to start point
    THA-THANG:
    Mosey to upper soccer field, start at one corner bear crawl to center field, then lunge to the other corner followed by 20 merkins, then back the other way ending with 40 merkins, and back again with 60 merkins.
  • Lap around the field
  • Start back at center field with 10 4ct iron mikes, burney Sanders across the field followed by 10 8ct body builders, then repeat this with 15 reps of each, then 20 reps. This evolution somehow broke cosmos calf muscle (which are the size of watermelons normally) so he was firemen carried from place to place from this point on.
  • Mosey to the concrete bleachers

20 decline wide grip merkins IC and 20 diamonds IC

  • Mosey to dooky hill

Crawl bear up the hill and complete 20 easy ups then run down and 20 4ct OH claps

X2

  • Mosey back to concrete bleachers

A second round of wide grip decline and diamond merkins

  • Mosey to AO

MARY:
we opted to stay dry and finish up with some ring of fire merkins and diamonds.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

MOLESKIN:
I recently heard a statistic about Farragut high school that included the fact three students took their own lives in a single school year. I encouraged the PAX to daily challenge their kids to be different than most others in school and be kind to and stand up for their classmates who are being bullied.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Truck stop ruckers

THE SCENE:  pleasant
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Ruck to the soccer field
THA-THANG

We started at the corner and did lunges with ruck over head for 50 yds. Every 5th step we did 5 over head press. Then 20 upright rows and 20 curls. Rinse and repeat.

Then bear crawl 25 yrs followed by 20 ruck swings and 20 lion kings. Rinse and repeat.

Then we did fireman carries (50 yds. Each) followed by 2-man carries (50 yds. Each)

one lap around the field (rest ruck)

we then did decline ruck merkins, 5 reps followed by 10 sec plank (5X) with the last set to failure

then 5 4ct flutter kicks ruck over head then hold 6″ for 10 sec (5X) last set to failure

then 5 squats with ruck held out in front the 10 sec electric chair (5X) last set to failure.

and cap it all off with a nice relaxing 1.5 mile ruck.

MARY:
I recently attended operation red wings Go ruck lite, so in the keeping with the spirit of these brave warriors (who refused to give up until they were killed) we had minimal rest between exercises.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

MOLESKIN:
Well done wall ball and frosty!!!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Merkin Mania!!

  • THE SCENE: warm, humid, armpit-like
    F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
    WARM-O-RAMA:
  • SSH IC 20
  • Tempo squats IC 15
  • little this and a little that
  • Michael Phelps
  • Cherry pickers IC 10
  • Imperial walkers IC 20
    THA-THANG:
    We started out over to the play ground, by way of a baatan death march, the PAX were concerned about what exactly “merkin mania” was going to look like for them. Once to the playground we finished our warm up with some 7’s, pull ups at the bottom 4ct calf raises at the top Burnie Sanders up the hip and bear crawl every other trip down. Once we woke up our shoulders we officially said good morning to them with some bear crawls in the parking lot. 30yds out with 10 dry docks at every 3rd parking space and 30yds back with 10 plank jacks. Then we mosied over to the concrete bleachers….it was there we had merkin mania….
  • 7 one arm incline merkins & 7 super man merkins
  • 15 diamond merkins & 15 cobra merkins
  • 10 one legged merkins and 10 grasshopper merkins
  • 15 alligator merkins & 15 lizard merkins
  • 15 decline & 15 Spider-Man merkins

After each complete round the PAX would run to the end of the fence and back and start again eliminating the bottom set. I called an audible after two rounds through.

We then slow mosied to the soccer field and did some sprints (600yds worth)

then it was back to the AO

MARY:
We started with some ring of fire abs (legs up at 45), then 25 each of flutter kicks, hello dollies, and LBC (which bartman led us in). And lastly an agonizing minute of boat canoe.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I have been reading a book titled “Beautiful Outlaw” and in reading through it I often pondered how awesome it would be to be a disciple of Jesus in those times, all the camp fires they sat around laughing and cutting up, miles and miles they walked with Him, and many numerous gatherings they were a part of with Jesus. It almost gave me a feeling of envy to think how close they became with Jesus while he was walking amongst us. It then dawned on me how that is exactly what we are called to as Christians today. Jesus may no longer be walking amongst us in Human form but He is still very much alive and speaking and listening. I encouraged the PAX to not fall into the trap of trying to fall in love with a set of rules or the idea that God loves them but instead to pursue a friendship with the person of Jesus, just the same as his disciples did so long ago.
MOLESKIN:
Closing prayer
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Ruck and Roll

THE SCENE: mild clear and dry
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
20 merkins

20 squats

20 BBS
THA-THANG

Ruck the long loop with sandbag stopping twice at the upper soccer field.

1st stop: overhead ruck carry to midfield and do 20 squats then back and 20 more then back again with 20 bent over rows and back followed by 20 more.

2nd stop: bear crawl ruck drag about 25yds and do 15 ruck swings and back followed by 15 more, next lunge same distance and do 15 lion kings and back with 15 more.
MARY:
We did flutter kicks in cadence then wall ball led us in a round of BBS, followed by some up and overs on waxjobs cadence.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

MOLESKIN:
Great work fellas!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Frozen Truckers

THE SCENE: clear sky, 10 degrees, no wind
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
10 burpees OYO, 25 SSH IC, 15 merkins IC, 15 Tempo squat IC

  • THA-THANG:
    Mosey to the soccer field where pax buddied up and took a lap around the field, on the side lines they wounded dragged to the corners and did 10 diamond merkins and on the end lines they fireman carried, stopping at half field to also do 10 diamond merkins.
  • on the second lap they sprinted the side lines and lunged the end lines, stopping at the corners and half field to do 10 ranger merkins.
  • we  then did 7’s across the field with burpees and smurf jacks
  • PAX then circled up on the center field where we did flutter kicks IC while one at a time they would run to the bleachers and do 10 dips, every other time someone finished dips PAX that were circled up would switch to a different core exercise (box cutters, LBC, ect.)
  • mosey once around the field.
  • PAX lined up on the end line and ran across the field stopping at every line and doing 7 BBS, and then back across the field doing ranger merkins
  • mosey once around the field
  • PAX again lined up on the end and did the same this time with 7 dry docks and back across doing 7 monkey humpers
  • mosey back to AO

 

MARY:
we did 3 minutes of boat canoe on my count followed by 25 box cutters IC
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 PAX no FNG’s
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I shared how this time of the year for me at work is can be more stressful than normal and how I often times find myself complaining about my day to my wife. Being the amazing wife that she is she reminded me of how the Lord sends us blessings that the enemy will try to steal. I told the PAX how prevalent complaining is to people in our society and how it works to steal our motivation and drive to appreciate God’s blessings and to complete the things that God has planned for us. This is especially true in a group setting, one person starts complaining and it will spread like fire through the group robbing the group of its motvation to complete the task at hand.
MOLESKIN:
prayed for Iceman’s family member who suffered a stroke and also for Tank’s foot to heal.
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