F3 Knoxville

Author: Mermaid

A Wet Wednesday

THE SCENE: Mid 60’s and a gentle rain
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Tempo Merkins, Downward dog, Upward Dog, cherry pickers, and a Jane Fonda Demo
THA-THANG:

Four Corners
Battle Buddy up, with someone who is similarly paced
Mosey to each corner and perform exercises at each location, rinse and repeat
Location 1 20 Merkins, 20 curb dips
Location 1a 10 Swing set pullups
Location 2 Grab a CMU, 20 Thrusters, 20 CMU Presses, 20 Curls
Location 3 20 Squats, 20 Lunges, 20 Calf Raises
Location 4 20 Snow Angels, 20 Jane Fondas, 20  LBC’s
We will do one lap together and they go at your own pace

MARY:
3 variations of Jane Fondas until time expired
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Do your priorities match how you spend your time?  Time is arguably our greatest commodity.  It’s easy to say what our priorities in life are, but how we spend our time reflects the true importance.  Does your time spent on life activities reflect your priorities?  If not, how do you reconcile that?  I have teenage daughters that will be moving to college in the next few years.  Spending time with them now is a priority, but why do we waste time on smartphones and social media when the most precious things are right in front of us?  My challenge for myself, and anyone willing to take up the challenge would be to reconcile your goals and priorities against the way you spend time, and see if it is a true reflection, or needs some adjusting.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence planning, F3 in the Nude

What are you gambling on in your life

THE SCENE:
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
This was a brief warmup, only a couple of minutes and we got moving to avoid the cold/wind.
THA-THANG:
The entire workout was performed under the cover near the school entrance close to the baseball field.
We used workout dice, two with exercises and one with reps or time limits.
WE would roll all three, and do the two exercises by the number of reps or time rolled.  At one point we rolled 90 second intervals 4 times in a row, and the workout was way more challenging than anticipated

MARY:

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
What are we gambling with in our lives?  The entire workout was left to chance with the dice.  We are taking some of those same chances with health, jobs, relationships, etc.  Don’t be passive, take ownership of these, and make it happen, don’t wait.
MOLESKIN:
I made a Dr’s appt that I have been putting off for a very long time.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Cardinal’s memorial workout this Saturday

A bitter cold day

THE SCENE: Really Freaking cold
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
We started moving ASAP, big muscle groups with merkins & squats as well as motivators.
THA-THANG:
We ran loops around the campus keeping the body temps warm.
At the church columns, we did lunges, and then timed wall squats.
At the statue of Jesus near the gym, we did 7’s with merkins and dips.
At the school entrance near the baseball field we focused on core.
And at the CMU’s we briefly did a few reps with the blocks.
We hit every station twice, except the blocks which we handled only once.

MARY:
We ran out of time.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

The Return of the Flight of the Blue Falcon

THE SCENE: High 30s clear and dry
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH
Tempo Merkins
Tempo Squats
THA-THANG:
Mosey to CMU Pile
Grab the two new blocks that are … heavy
Return of the flight of the blue falcon
Two Pax have large blocks, call an exercise and start counting to 10 while the remaining Pax run.  At 10 they yell halt, and the running pax perform the called exercise until the pax carrying blocks arrive.  The blocks are passed to different pax, and this process is rinsed and repeated for the duration of the workout.  One of these blocks is near 50 lbs, and one is greater than 50lbs

MARY:
For the last three minutes, we performed flutter kicks, snow angels, and LBC’s
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I recently cleaned out my closets and donated many items.  It was the inspiration to wear some of the “GEMS” I rediscovered when I was cleaning to the workout this morning.  We talked about the importance of donating some of the things that we are not using to others who could put them to use.  In addition, I asked that we consider to be vulnerable and share our struggles as well as our experiences.  Others in the group may find value in the struggles and experiences we share.  We build a community and bonds when we share these experiences, and as men we sometimes hoard our feelings and emotions, and this is a safe space to share them.
MOLESKIN:
FNG Teamster needs to be added when a tag is created.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Easy Black Friday @ Shamrock

THE SCENE: 50’s and light rain
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Side Straddle Hops
Cherry Pickers
Arm Stretching
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the school covered area for the warmup, then Mosey to the covered area at the church for the following:
Max Hand Release Merkins in 2 minutes
Max Big Boy Sit ups in 2 minutes
Set a 10 minute timer and hold plank as long as possible, every time you break plank perform 10 burpees, 10 lunges, and 20 high knees, then resume plank.
After the 10 minutes, we moseyed to another long wall near the church for a 2 minute wall squat.
We then proceeded to the pull up bars where we all did 20 pull ups.

MARY:
With about 5 minutes remaining we went through an assortment of ab exercises
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
We had Patch Down Range from Nashville, with his brother Monstar who hails from the Truck Stop.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Since we just had Thanksgiving, I expressed my gratitude and Thanks for F3 and the guys that make the commitment to working out with us and how it improves my life.
MOLESKIN:

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