F3 Knoxville

Author: Flash

I am a 29 year old man. I am married with a 7 month old son named Dominic. My wife, Jessica, and I are Young Adult Pastors at High Praises Church in Maryville. I am trying to become the best version of myself for myself and my family!!!

Mt Crumpit Pyramid

THE SCENE: Cold but perfect for a beatdown.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Frankenstein then jog the grinder

Quads, the jog

groins then jog.

Knee pulls then jog

THA-THANG:
Mosey to Mt Crumpit to try to steal some Christmas Joy

At Mt Crumpit..

spin off of the Hero WOD Zachary Tellier. We are just adding a hill sprint each round.
10 Burpees
1x Hill Sprint
10 Burpees, 25 merkins
1x Hill Sprint
10 Burpees, 25 merkins, 50 lunges
1x Hill Sprint
Same above plus 100 big boys
1x Hill Sprint
All the above plus 150 squats
***Treat like a Pyramid and work back down until 6up
Mosey around the park back to the grinder

MARY:
Dealer’s choice around the circle until time.  It was painful after all of those situps.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
14 showed up including 5 FNG (1 was a 2.0 and one was just QIC brother from out of town).  FNG from Saturday are not on here to tag yet, but we named WarThunder(2.0 to DoubleTap), Matlock (out of town brother), Peep, Smuggler, and Scout.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

“Your focus will determine your reality.”
George Lucas
“Where focus goes, energy flows”
Tony Robbins
“Your life is controlled by what you focus on”
Tony Robbins
I bring these quotes to you because there is so much going on in the world right now that could draw our focus. Be it the election, COVID, family issues you are facing, addictions, job loss. You name it… there are plenty of things that you COULD focus on. I want to encourage you to focus on Jesus. Story of Peter. The storm didn’t stop before he walked on water, but his focus shifted from the storm and the waves to Jesus. He walked on water until he lost focus.
Regardless of what is going on around you… keep your eyes focused on Jesus. He will see you through. The storms can rage and the enemy can attack, but those things will have no lasting affect on you or hinder you in any way so long as you stay focused on Jesus.

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Building Thoroughbreds

THE SCENE: Absolutely Smoking Outside
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH IC x 20

Cherry Pickers IC x 5

Arm Circles front and back IC x 10

Walking Hamstring/Frankenstein Stretch

Walking Quad Stretch
THA-THANG:
We did a Seabiscuit workout today.  Do the work then run 1 lap.  Work stays the same, but lap increases by 1 each round until 4.  After 4, then the laps decrease.

  • 20 Merkins
  • SS with CMU of 20 Bent Row, 20 Curls, 20 OH Press, 20 Tricep Ext.  If you sit the block down, the must do 5 burpees before picking it back up.

This was brutal, but everyone put in work and it was amazing.

MARY:
Flash led Slutter Kicks IC x 20

Woodshack led Captain Thor up to 5 and 20

Neighbor led some horizontal SSH. (Forget what he called them)

Taco led some J Lo IC

Moses led some pickle pounders to cash out.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Flash, Moses, Snorkel, Radioshack, Tin-Man, KY, Drifter, Sake. Dreamer, Neighbor, Hammy, Taco, Woodshack, Pinocchio, Espy, Napster, Con-Air (FNG)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Stay Focused on your goals, your life, your mission for Christ, and the Word of God.  Stop worrying about outside things that are out of your control.  Peter walked on water when his focus was on Christ, but when his focus shifted to the storm going on around him and the fact that he was on top of the water, then he began to sink.  Make sure you stay focused on you, your family, your relationship with God, and stay focused in the Word.
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Not My Upper Body, Too

THE SCENE: Scorcher with an FNG
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH IC x 20

Cherry Pickers IC x 10

Monkey Humpers IC x 10

THA-THANG:
Intro Dora

  • 100 Pull Ups
  • 200 Merkins

In teams of two, one person is working and the other runs the length of the grinder and back.  Alternate until total work above completed.

Kraken

All 30 reps. Do work at a station, run around the outside of the circle and to the next station.  Once completed a full loop, then go for mosey OYO on short loop around playground and back.  Rinse and Repeat.

Movements were:

  • Merkins
  • OH Press
  • Chest Presses
  • Curls
  • Tricep Ext OH
  • Lawn Mowers
  • Upright Rows
  • Bent Rows

MARY:
Dealer’s Choice

Flash led x 20 Flutter Kicks

Taco led Roasters (30 sec front plank, 30 sec each side, 30 sec back plank)

LBC Cashout

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Pinocchio, Radioshack, Taco, FNG (Faceplant), Napster, Hammy, Flash.  7 Total.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
My goal as a man and as a Pastor is to always usher people into an encounter with God.  An encounter with God will NEVER leave one the same.  Look at the disciples, the people who came in contact with Jesus, King Nebuchadnezzar in the Old Testament, and Paul (writer of most of the New Testament).  They simply encountered the very real God of the universe and they were changed.  I want the church to be full of good preaching, good music, and good people, but most importantly, I want the church and my life to be a place where people can encounter God.
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Who Needs Legs?

THE SCENE: Insert info about the weather, etc.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH IC x 20

Cherry Pickers IC x 10

OH Clap IC x 30

THA-THANG:

Started off with a song.  Flower by Moby (Known for lyrics Bring Sally Up, Bring Sally Down).  Hold the bottom of a squat for the entire song, but when the song says Bring Sally Up, you explode off the ground like a squat jump and then right back to the squat.

Mosey to Mt Suckmore

Deck of Cards – Red cards were bear crawl up the hill and Iron Mikes to match the number on the card.  Black cards were run the hill and squats at the top.  Jacks=11, Queens,=12, Kings=13, Aces=14, Joker=20

Q drew a card and we performed.  If you got done, then you held either the squat or lunge position until the 6 was done and we mosey back to the bottom and do it again.

We were not able to finish the deck of cards, but what we got done was brutal enough.

Mosey back to the AO.

MARY:
Dealer’s Choice.  I picked someone to do a workout of their choice and they lead.  Once they are done, then they picked someone else to lead another workout.

Flutter Kicks

Leg Lifts

LBCs

Complex Crunch (Moses Special)

Box Cutters

30 second LBC Cash Out OYO.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
12 HIMs.  Flash, Pinnochio, Napster, Woodshack, Radioshack, Neighbor, Moses, Taco, Butterfingers, GoldFinger, Hammy, Drifter
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
You are a product of your choices and nothing else.

Galatians 5 talks about the Fruits of the Spirit and the Fruit of the Flesh.  It tells us not to engage in things to gratify the flesh, but instead do things to gratify the spirit.  This tells me that there is a choice to be made there.  The choice you make will determine your next step and eventually your outcome.  Are you making choices to gratify the spirit and see the outcome that you desire to see.

Be mindful of the choices that you make.

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Ring Around The Mosey

THE SCENE: Nice and Warm in the Upper 40s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 15 IC

Cherry Pickers x 10 IC

Frankenstein Walk through parking lot

Walking Quad Stretch through parking lot

Walking side to side groin stretch through parking lot

THA-THANG:
We began with a mosey through the park.  We made sure to stay at a pace where everyone could stay relatively close together.

Stop 1 was at the Fountain and we did 10 Burpees OYO and held Al Gore until 6 up.

Continue the Mosey up the hill.

Stop 2 was at the top of the big hill at the back of the park and we did 20 merkins and 20 squats OYO.  Held Al Gore until 6 up.

Continue Mosey back down to Mt. Crumpet, which just so happened to be our 3rd stop.

At Mt. Crumpet, we did 5 ascents up the hill.

  • Ascent 1 was a bear crawl
  • Ascent 2 was a sprint
  • Ascent 3 was a bear crawl
  • Ascent 4 was a sprint
  • Ascent 5 was a bear crawl

Burpees OYO until 6 up.  Continued our ring around the mosey all the way around the park to the base of the hill that climbs to the grinder.  This was Stop #4.

We circled up and did a burpee circle of pain.  The circle held an Al Gore and we took turns doing a burpee until we reach 52 burpees, which was 4 rounds.  We sprinted the hill to the grinder and back.

Circle of pain merkins for same number as the burpees followed by a sprint to the burpees.

At this point, we had 7 minutes before I wanted to start Mary, so we just cashed out the beat down portion by doing an AMRAP of 5 Pull-Ups, 10 Merkins, 15 Squats.

MARY:
Flutter Kicks x 30 IC

Slutter Kicks x 20 IC

Hello Dollys x 15 IC

Cash Out last minute with LBCs.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
13 HIMs showed up to do some serious work.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
In Romans 12, the Bible tells us to strip off every weight that so easily entangles us and run with endurance.  That really gets me thinking about Jesus telling his disciples that they and we would face trials and tribulations, but to take heart because he overcame the world.

A lot of times, we get caught wanting life to be a nice, easy mosey through to the end, but that will NEVER be the case.  We serve a very real God, but we also fight a very real enemy who seeks to destroy us and our families.  Life is going to be hard and it will throw curve balls at you.  How you respond to the difficult times and the mentality with which you attack those difficult times can and will make or break you.

Jesus telling his disciples to take heart in today’s terms is him telling his disciples to keep a positive mindset.  Don’t ever let negativity creep in or come out of your mouth because it is like a cancer that will infect those around you as well.  I apologized to the group for any times that I let negativity come out of my mouth during beat downs and vowed to try not to do that anymore.  It may suck, but we are fighting and winning the battle to be our best self.

Run the race of life with endurance and always keep a positive mindset.
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