F3 Knoxville

Author: Capn Crunch

Tour Through The Pyramids…

THE SCENE 69 and clear

F3 Welcome & Disclaimer

THE THANG
COP
SSH x 32 (IC)
Windmill Merkins x10 (IC)
Arm Circles Forward x12 (IC)
Arm Circles Backward x12 (IC)
Imperial Walkers x16 (IC)
Mosey 1 lap around parking lot

Mosey to coupon pile and everyone grab 2 then line up at the edge of parking lot.

Pyramid 1
Do the following exercises in 5 rounds:
R1 = 10x each of Narrow Squats, Bent-Over Flyes, Side Lunges, Standing Flyes, Reverse Lunges
R2 = 15x each of Narrow Squats, Bent-Over Flyes, Side Lunges, Standing Flyes
R3 = 20x each of Narrow Squats, Bent-Over Flyes, Side Lunges
R4 = 25x each of Narrow Squats, Bent-Over Flyes,
R5 = 30x each of Narrow Squats

Partner up with a battle buddy and head to back to parking lot.

 

Pyramid 2
Battle Buddies alternate between running and planking
1st person runs to first cone – x5 Diamond Merkins, runs back (2nd holds plank)
2nd person runs to first cone – x5 Diamond Merkins, runs back (1st holds plank)
1st person run to runs to second cone – x5 Carolina Dry Docks, runs back (2nd holds plank)
2nd person runs to second cone – x5 Carolina Dry Docks, runs back (1st holds plank)

Rinse and repeat following the rep sequence– x5, x10, x15, x10, x5

Mosey to play area

MARY
Flutter Kicks x40 4ct IC
Freddie Mercury x30 IC
Side Crunches x25 each side IC

Mosey back to start point.

ATMs
As one PAX…in cadence…with hutspah!  IC

COT
Number Off and Name-O-Rama

BOM
“Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.” – Coach John Wooden

A good life is built one block at a time.  It takes effort and intentionality.  HIMs understand that their lives are not their own, that they get better in order to give more to those the love and live with.  Coach Wooden’s definition of success is appropriate for every area of life…physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.  Each F3 workout is a microcosm of life.  Take what you learned this morning, keep pushing and give it away!

MOLESKIN
The PAX pushed hard this morning!  It is an incredible experience to line up each morning with men who are ready to reach past their limits to get better and make sure their brothers are doing the same.  Prayer time at the end was especially good.  Praying for needs and hearing praise reports was inspiring for YHC.  Can’t wait to get back out there and do it again!

Ladders and Intervals…

THE SCENE 67 and clear

F3 Welcome & Disclaimer

THE THANG
COP
SSH x 32 (IC)
Windmill Merkins x10 each side(IC)
Reverse Lunges x10 each leg (IC)
Arm Circles Forward x12 (IC)
Arm Circles Backward x12 (IC)
Imperial Walkers x10 (IC)
Lap around the parking lot

Grab some iron and circle up.

Shoulder Ladders
Perform 1 KB clean and press with right arm, then 1 with left.  Immediately do 2 with right, then 2 with left. Continue to 5 on each arm.

After everyone finished ladder, line up at cones.  Hold squat position for 15 count, perform 15 squats, sprint to cone and back.  For round 2, 20 count, 20 squats.  For round 3, 25 count 25 squats.

Rinse and repeat x3

Intervals
Now it’s time for some interval training
– Swing: left 30 sec, right 30 sec
– Rest 45 sec
– Clean: left 30 sec, right 30 sec
– Rest 45 sec
– Figure 8s: clockwise 30 sec, counterclockwise 30 sec
– Rest 45 sec
– High pull: left 30 sec, right 30 sec
– Rest 45 sec
– Squats: KB racked left 30 sec, KB racked right 30 sec
– Rest 45 sec
– Swing: left 30 sec, right 30 sec

Circle up for some abs

MARY
Flutter Kicks x30 4ct IC
Freddie Mercury x20 IC
Side Crunches x15 each side IC
Boat Canoes OQ
BBS x15 IC
Swimmers x15 IC
ATMs IC

COT
Number Off and Name-O-Rama (10 PAX, 1 FNG- Snoop)

BOM
One of the most prominent people in ancient Hebrew is King David.  He was a mighty warrior, poet, king…all around man’s man.  A little less know is a group of warriors known at David’s Might Men (2 Samuel 23 gives a list of them and some of their incredible feats).   These were men of strength, loyalty, passion and valor, HIMs!

Benaiah is singled out by the text for being a particularly great warrior.  His name means, “built up by Jehovah.”  His exploits are chronicled in 2 Samuel 23:20-23.  One that sticks out is defeating a lion in a snowy pit.  He saw the lion, jumped in and killed it, that’s pretty bad to the bone!  Natural question for me is why?  I don’t think he was trying to prove his manhood, I think he was accepting responsibility for it.  What happens if he does nothing and someone else falls in that pit?  Not good.  Benaiah knows that if he doesn’t take action someone else is going to pay the price.  So he does what he needs to do.  That is what being a HIM is all about.  It’s about taking responsibility for those under our care and doing the hard thing in order to keep them safe.

So where are your “lions?”  Who is depending on you to do the hard thing?  Make the HC NOW to be a lion chaser in your world.  And always remember you never go alone…the PAX has your 6.

MOLESKIN
First time YHC has made it to “Bells and Ropes” at the Dog Pound.  Great morning!  They guys worked hard in typical Dog Pound fashion.  Looking forward to getting back.

Bells and Handstands

THE SCENE
73 and misty

Welcome and Disclaimer

THE THANG
COP
Around the Worlds
Figure 8s
Halos
American Swing
Merkins

The Circuit
4 Rounds for time
x20 Hand Release Merkins
x20 Squats
x20 KB Swings
x20 Second Handstand Hold
x20 Wallballs

MARY
Dealer’s Choice
–  Side Crunches
–  Boat-Canoe
–  Heels to Heaven

COT
Number off & Name-O-Rama

BOM
Be sure to include forgiveness of yourself.  As driven men, we often regret not achieving things or making poor decisions.  We may be quick to forgive others, but often we don’t forgive ourselves.  Work on being cognizant of forgiving yourself this week.

Just Keep Moving…

THE SCENE
73 and Foggy

F3 Welcome & Disclaimer

THE THANG
COP
SSH x30  (IC)
Toy Soldiers x10 (IC)
Windmill Merkins x10 each side (IC)
Diagonal Lunges x10 each side(IC)
Baby Arm Circles Forward x10 (IC)
Baby Arm Circles Backward x10 (IC)
Two laps around the parking lot

Mosey to flag pole near covered area.

Circuit Circus
Divide up and head to 5 Stations.
S1: 15 Burpees / 20 Reverse Pickle Pounders
S2: 20 Superman Swims/ 20 4ct Flutter Kicks
S3: 10 Chin-ups / 25 Prisoner Squats
S4: Shuttle Lunge/Crawl/Run  (lunge to 1st cone, bear crawl to 2nd cone, sprint back to start)
S5: 25 Derkins / 20 Let Me Ups

When you complete one station move to the next.  Rinse and repeat AMRAP in 22 min.

Abs and ATMs
ATMs (15 Shoulder Taps (4ct), 10 Tempo Merkins, 10 fast Merkins no rest between)

Hello Dolly x25
LBC x30
Side Crunches left x25
Side Crunches right x25

ATMs

COT
Number off and Name-O-Rama (12 PAX)

BOM
As men we are created to be life-givers, not life-takers.  YHC has found that over the last few weeks my desires have morphed into demands.  This has caused me to be judgemental with my family and led me to punish them when I don’t feel like they are performing up to snuff.  This also has the unexpected side-effect of making me feel hollow inside.  After reflecting with a mentor I realized that I was demanding my “rights” rather than fulfilling my responsibilities.  A sense of significance and purpose doesn’t come from getting what we want, but giving what others need.  This small shift has cause a major turn around.  Jesus meant it when he said it is in loosing our lives that we actually find it!

MOLESKIN
Small PAX this morning, but it was sweet time of pushing ourselves and each other.  It was nice to have a visitor from Columbia (Alter Boy)!  Thanks for stopping by brother…you are welcome any time.

It’s Monday!

THE SCENE
75 and muggy

F3 Welcome & Disclaimer

THE THANG
COP
10 Burpees (OYO)
SSH x 30 (IC)
Dive Bombers x15 (IC)
Imperial Walkers x15 (IC)
Arm Circles Forward x17 (IC)
Arm Circles Backward x17 (IC)
Diamond Merkins x20 (IC)

 

Jelly Legs
Assemble along the line and do the following:
R1: 10 sec hold squat, 10 squats, run to cone do 5 Merkins or Dry Docks, run back
R2: 20 sec hold squat, 20 squats, run to cone do 10 Merkins or Dry Docks, run back
R3: 30 sec hold squat, 30 squats, run to cone do 15 Merkins or Dry Docks, run back
R4: 40 sec hold squat, 40 squats, run to cone do 20 Merkins or Dry Docks, run back
R5: 50 sec hold squat, 50 squats, run to cone do 25 Merkins or Dry Docks, run back
R6: 60 sec hold squat, 60 squats, run to cone do 30 Merkins or Dry Docks, run back

Mosey to front area near parking lot at the bottom of the hill

Merkin Hill
Run up and down hill doing the following:
Start at bottom of hill with 10 Merkins, run to top
Top of hill 9 Merkins, run to bottom
Bottom of hill 8 Merkins, runt to top
Top of hill 7 Merkins, run to bottom
Bottom of hill 6 Merkins, runt to top
Top of hill 5 Merkins, run to bottom
Bottom of hill 4 Merkins, runt to top
Top of hill 3 Merkins, run to bottom
Bottom of hill 2 Merkins, runt to top
Top of hill 1 Merkins, run to bottom

Plank until everyone finishes.

Mosey back to COP area

Prisoner Cell Merkin Burpees (PCMBs)
Drop to Plank, do 1 Merkin then bring your right knee in and back, do 1 Merkin then bring your left knee in and back, do 1 Merkin then bring both feet in and jump up = 1 PCMB complete.

x10 OYO

Abs
Flutter Kicks x30 (IC on 4ct)
Captain Thors x6 (IC)

Dealers choice:
Box Cutters x15 (IC) – Toto
Boat Canoe on Quickbooks
Pickle Pounders x10 (IC on 4ct) – Thriller
Big O’s x10 (IC) – Plunger from Winston Salem

COT
Number off and Name-O-Rama

BOM
There has been a lot going on in our nation over the past couple of weeks.  Yesterday another tragedy occurred in Baton Rouge.  All this leaves me unsettled.  I was talking with my M last night about how it seems there is so much anger and hostility in the world, so much chaos and fear.  As a husband and father it feels overwhelming.  I want to protect my wife and kids from what I see, promise them that things will be okay…but I can’t make that promise.  Truth is, there are times when I’m scared, confused, frustrated and unsure.  It is in these moments that my faith becomes a lifeboat providing security in the midst of stormy seas.  Things may seem chaotic, but there is a greater story being written.

The interesting thing was I had a passage echoing in my head and heart all evening, but it wasn’t what I expected.  It was John 15:12-13, “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.”  Two things struck me:

1) The “love” I am commanded to express is not merely emotion, but rather a steady, others-focused way of relating.  It is not a feeling, it is an act of the will…it is willfully chosen.  We hear a lot about love these days, I feel most of it falls incredibly short of what Jesus is speaking of here (1 Cor 13).

2) The greatest expression of this “love” is found in the laying down one’s life for his “friends.”  I’ve missed that in the past.  Not a spouse, children or other family member, but friends.

It is that second point that brought to mind F3.  Each morning we gather to work hard and push ourselves and each other to get better, to be the men we long to be.  Each morning is an opportunity to “love” our “friends.”  That’s powerful because practice make permanent.  F3 is like a training ground for the rest of our day.  We each come to give all way have only to find we leave with more than what we came with!  We can then take this and give it away to our family, neighbors, co-workers and anyone else we cross paths with that day.

So here is the charge for all of us today…LOVE WELL!  Everyone you meet for the rest of this day is an opportunity to take what you experienced here today (encouragement, challenge, support, etc.) and give it away.  In doing this we make our worlds better…we have IMPACT.  We can’t control the chaos around us, but we CAN speak life into it.  And as we do we can know that we have a whole PAX of HIMs supporting us and covering our 6!

MOLESKIN
This morning was exactly what YHC needed.  Watching the men of of this PAX give their all for each other was restorative.  Plus we had our first ever visiting PAX dropped off by UBER!  That is what making and keeping an HC is all about.  Great morning, great men…