F3 Knoxville

Author: Grouch

Deck of Death Speedway Edition

THE SCENE: Mid-60s, cool but not too cool, great weather for a beatdown
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x20, Cherry Pickers x5, Little This, Little That, Michael Phelps
THA-THANG:
Deck of Death.  Circle up, PAX picks card to determine exercise and rep count.

  • Diamonds = Pull-up Hangs and Bent over Rows (handful of PAX use monkey bars to hold at 90 degrees pull-up while remaining PAX do Bent over Rows which is back parallel to ground and bring CMU up to chest)
  • Clubs = Goblet Squats
  • Hearts = BBS
  • Spades = Blockees (modified for whole group to Merkins after almost 75 blockees in 15 minutes)
  • Number card = number x 2
  • Face card = 25 reps
  • Ace = 30 reps
  • Joker = 40 skull crushers (tricep extensions over head)

MARY:
Hold plank for time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
14 HIMs with 2 FNGs – Outhouse (FNG Welcome!), Trousers, Doctor, Hooiser, Malfoy, Cow Patty, Halfday, Pennies, Shenanigans, Streaker, Rep Sleepy, XYZ (FNG Welcome!), Doppelganger, Grouch
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Building from Trousers word on Tuesday.  As men, we feel as if we are not allowed to be vulnerable; that we have to pick ourselves up by our own bootstraps and do it alone.  YHWH never meant for us to go it alone in this world as Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 says.  It is hard to open up because we do not want to be seen as weak or be judged for our failures.  However, there is some comfort in knowing that what we are experiencing, other man have experienced or suffered through as well.  You are not alone.  We need to stop pretending like we are and that we are the only ones who have experienced the things we have experienced when there are plenty of guys out there and can just say, “I hear ya man!  Life sucks!”
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
#thespeedway launch on Saturday from 6A – 7A!  Woop woop!  Convergence, July 2 @ JUCO.  No other beatdowns in Knoxville area on this day.  Go to JUCO or stay in the fartsack (psst, we’d prefer you come to JUCO).

stupid tennis

THE SCENE: It was BE-U-T-FUL!  Great day for a birthday Q
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x20, Windmills x10, Cherry Pickers x5, another SSH x5 so Veep didn’t throw up 🙂
THA-THANG:
Doing this thang together!  Mosey over to the duck pond. Running around the pond and stopping at the “corners”
First corner – Crunch Frog x15, Box Cutters x15, BBS x15, run to second corner
Second corner – Imperial Walkers x30, Flutter Kicks x30 (2-ct), American Hammers x30 (2-ct), run to third corner
Third corner – Freddy Mercury x40, LBCs x40, Plank Hold (together) 40 sec, run to fourth corner
Fourth corner – Imperial Walkers x30, Flutter Kicks x30 (2-ct), American Hammers x30 (2-ct), mosey over to Alcoa football field

4 corners of football field do not include the back of the end zones
First corner – Burpees x15, Spiderman Merkins x15 (1-ct), Bernie to second corner
Second corner – Merkins x30, Mountain Climbers x30 (1-ct), Bernie to third corner
Third corner – Overhead Claps x40 (1-ct), Shoulder Taps x40 (1-ct), Bernie to fourth corner
Fourth corner – Carolina Drydocks x30, Plank Jacks x30 (1-ct), Mosey back to the grinder via troll bridge

MARY:
Circle of Pain, PAX roulette (Grady Corns x20, Diamond Merkins x10 in cadence, Superman variations)
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Yosemite, Veep, Scoutmaster, Rep Sleepy, Smuggler, RadioShack, Streaker, Webelo (2.0), Halfday, Grouch
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
No specific Biblical text.  I was reminded of our humanity and how we all fall short of the glory of God and that our own saving grace is through the blood of Yeshua.  We should remember that we are not perfect either when we want to judge someone for their words or actions.  I am guilty of being quick to judge when I am just as guilty of the same things.  YHWH asks us to be light in this world, not judges.  We should act accordingly.

Speedway Square Dance and Box Dodge

THE SCENE: Very nice!  Mid 50s and clear skies
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x25, Windmills x10, Cherry Pickers x5
THA-THANG:
Square Dance (put CMU at second cone) – this was done as a group and if you finished early, you held a plank until all were done

  • First cone – Iron Mikes x10 per leg, Burpees x10, American Hammers x10 per side
  • Bear Crawl to second cone (~ 30 feet)
  • Second cone – CMU Big Boy Situps x20, Bent over Rows x20, CMU Squat Thursters x20
  • Murder Bunny w/CMU to third cone (~ 30 feet)
  • Third cone – CMU Curls x30, CMU Skull Crushers (tricep extensions) x30, CMU LBCs x30
  • Lunges w/ CMU to fourth cone (~ 30 feet)
  • Fourth cone – Goblet squats w/ CMU x20, Toe Merkins x20, Flutter Kicks (x20 per leg)
  • Inchworm (no CMU) back to first cone

11s

  • Box Jumps
  • Dips

Box Dodge

Every HIM has a puzzle box approximately 1 ft x 1 ft size.  You have to hold the box above your head like a waiter at a restaurant when they carry their trays.  You can switch hands when shoulder starts to get tired.  You try to knock each others box out of each others hand.  Grid with 9 guys was about 366 ft x 36ft (playing space).  If you lose your box, you have to step out of the grid and do 5 burpees.  You cannot grab the box if someone knocks it but if you can stabilize it with your finger tips then you are good.  If it falls or you grab it, get on those burpees.

I have seen this done with pizza boxes and it is far more interesting because they are bigger but can be more easily stabilized.

MARY:
Modified Circle of Pain – every PAX on his 6, legs straight in the air, 1 PAX runs around and pulls legs towards ground, lies down back in spot and next person in circle repeats.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Halfday, Streaker, Trousers, Shoelaces, Rep Sleepy, Doppelganger, Pennies, Cow Patty, Grouch
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
No specific Biblical text but was watching The Chosen Season 1 Episode 8 when Yeshua was talking to the Samaritan woman at the well.  At one point she says, “You picked the wrong person.”  and “I’m rejected by others.” to which Yeshua says, “I know but not by the Messiah.”  While this is not in the Bible, it resonates tremendously in my spirit.  I am ashamedly guilty of judging a book by its cover but not YHWH.  He looks beyond what our eyes see and sees every person he created for who they really are.  We are never to be the judge in this world.  Yeshua called us to love and it is through our love that we show those around us how we are different.  Only when people ask should we offer our views and thoughts from a place of love rather than cramming them down peoples’ throats even though I am guilty of wanting to shake those who do not know, or willingly ignore, they are living apart from YHWH.  YHWH is the only true and righteous judge.  His ways are higher than ours and his thoughts are higher than ours.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Men’s Group with Doppelganger and Cow Patty and others at Food City at 6 AM.  Join them!

Convergence in July.

thespeedway crazy ladder

THE SCENE: Crisp, mid 50s and it was nice!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x11, Cherry Pickers x5, Tempo Big Boys x10, Mosey around made up circle :).
THA-THANG:

Note: Cones are approximately 10 yards apart.

  • Inchworm to 1st cone
  • Body Builders x10
  • Inchworm back to starting cone
  • Murder bunny to 2nd cone
  • Skull crushers x20
  • Murder bunny back to starting cone (leave CMU)
  • Bear crawl to 3rd cone
  • Big Boys x30
  • Bear crawl back to starting cone
  • Pick up CMU and walk with CMU above head to 4th cone
  • CMU curls x40
  • Run the circle that was ran during warm-o-rama (leave CMU at 4th cone)
  • Get your CMU on the way back
  • Repeat

MARY:
Australian Snow Angels x10, Tempo Squats with CMU x10, LBCs for time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Doppelganger, Cow Patty, Doctor, Pennies, Streaker, Blackwire (FNG), Waxjob, Halfday (FNG), Grouch
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Exodus 33:19 – “… And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.”

As disciples of Yeshua, we are called to love all.  Lovingly correct sinful behavior of fellow disciples and love those who do not hold themselves to the teachings of Christ and law of YHWH as a means to show them Christ.

As I struggle with wanting to shake people out of their sinful nature (mainly those who are not disciples of Christ), I am constantly reminded that it is not my job.  It is my job to love those individuals and let the light of YHWH show through the love I am showing those individuals and let YHWH take care of the rest.  He is in control of everything and his thoughts are higher than mine and his ways are higher than mine.  Loving people is not the same as condoning a person’s choices.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CSAUP at Haw Ridge on May 6 from 9 PM to midnight.  Teams can still register.

Speedway BOMB Mod

THE SCENE: A cool 50-ish degrees, a little breeze.  Very nice for beatdown at #thespeedway (Seymour).
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x20, cherry pickers x5, Abe Vegoda x12, Michael Phelps, mosey around the parking lot
THA-THANG:
Partner up.  Pax 1 runs around the outside of the parking lot while Pax 2 does the list.  Flapjack until goal is reached.

  • Burpees x50
  • Bent over rows x100
  • Block curls x150
  • Squats x200
  • Scissors x250 (single count)
  • Repeat

MARY:
Imperial Storm Troopers x10, Mountain Man Pooper x15, Flutter Kicks x10, Box Cutters x10

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Rep Sleepy, Grouch, Streaker, Doctor, Cow Patty, Zombie, Shenanigans, Banjo

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
John 15:19 – If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

As HIMs in this world, YHWH calls us to be different.  It is easy to conform to the ways of this world when society tells you what a man should be when in reality, our only example should be Yeshua (Jesus).  He showed us what it was to love unconditionally, teach without belittling, motivate without yelling, and be not of this world but in this world because the world will hate us when we are not conforming to its standard.  We should always be on the lookout for the enemy attacking us and trying to tell us that “it’s not that bad, is it really?”  Everything we do, we should do for the glory of YHWH because even if nobody else is looking, he is and he’s the only one that matters.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CSAUP (Completely Stupid and Utterly Pointless – especially at this time) in Oak Ridge on May 6 from 9 PM to midnight.  #thespeedway guys are only going on Tuesday and Thursday so strong encouragement to post at other AOs to get more involved.  Convergence (all Knoxville area AOs get together for massive workout) in July at JUCO.