F3 Knoxville

Author: Trunk

Under Cover @ The Dog Pound 4-26-22

THE SCENE: Early arrivals made their way to the Pav-A-Lon in the dry.  Those who were right on time got washed.  A couple of new exercises were introduced this morning.  Descriptions of each are included below.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

Done and done well.  Big welcomes to 1 FNG (I.C.P.) and to Jagged Pill for making it back for a second time.

WARM-O-RAMA:
Some leg stretching and tempo-merkins
THA-THANG:
EV.1 – Ab Circuit – 30 seconds work, 15 seconds rest, 4 sets of each exercise before moving to the next

1 – Elbow Plank

2 – Dead Bug

3 – Full Range Fred (Freddie Mercury where the elbow comes all the way to the knee and the foot goes all the way back to the ground to complete each rep)

4 – Sitting Single Leg Raise (seated position with back resting against picnic table bench and legs straight – raise your leg as high as you can without bending the knee, then lower it and repeat).

    • 2 sets for each leg
    • this needs a better name

EV.2 – 10 Minute E.M.O.M. – perform 10 reps for all exercises, every minute on the minute

1 – High-Steppers – Rocky Balboa using the picnic table bench as the elevated touch point (2=1)

2 – Air Squats

3 – Imperial Walkers (2=1)

EV.3 – 10 reps of each, together, for 3 rounds.  QIC calls the cadence, PAX calls out the rep count, 10-count between rounds

1 – Cap Gun (R) – bench-assisted pistol squat with the right foot grounded

2 – Cap Gun (L) – bench-assisted pistol squat with the  left foot grounded

3 – Bird Dog (2=1)

4 – Single Leg Step Down (R) – standing on the picnic table bench, perform a single leg squat so that your left foot is lowered below the bench and your right thigh becomes parallel to the ground, then stand back up

5 – Single Leg Step Down (L) – standing on the picnic table bench, perform a single leg squat so that your right foot is lowered below the bench and your left thigh becomes parallel to the ground, then stand back up

6 – Arm-Ups – similar to a shoulder tap – from high plank position in front of the picnic bench, move each hand from the floor to the bench, and then back down to complete one rep (left hand up, right hand up, left hand down, right hand down = 1)

MARY:
Windmills x 6 IC; 10 Merkins OYO
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 PAX, 1 with Respect, and 1 FNG
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Ancestral Mathmatics –

In order to be born, you needed:

2 parents

4 grandparents

8 great-grandparents

16 second great-grandparents

32 third great-grandparents

64 fourth great-grandparents

128 fifth great-grandparents

256 sixth great-grandparents

512 seventh great-grandparents

1024 eighth great-grandparents

2048 ninth great-grandparents

For you to be born today from 12 previous generations, you needed a total of 4,094 ancestors over the last 400 years.

Think for a moment – How many struggles?  How many battles?  How many difficulties?  How much sadness?  How much happiness?  How many love stories?  How many expressions of hope for the future? – did your ancestors have to undergo for you to exist in this present moment…
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CSAUP – Escape From Haw Ridge coming up May 6

Bringing on the flowers @ Truck Stop – 4/16/22

THE SCENE: mid-50’s and drizzly
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Feet together touch toes 20 seconds; feet apart and touch each – right, left, and middle for 20 seconds each; Grady Corns IC x 10; LBAC IC x 10 each way; mosey to the Shed
THA-THANG:
EV.1 – Tabata-Style extended warmup – 4 exercises, 20 seconds of work, 10 seconds of rest, 4 sets of each exercise before moving to the next, and 30 seconds of recovery time between exercises.  Once the tabata was complete we took a run around the baseball field as a preview for what was to come.

1 – Side Straddle Hops

2 – High Knees in place

3 – Front Jacks

4 – Imperial Squat Walkers in place

EV.2 – The Flower Challenge – perform the prescribed exercise for each round, going along with the instructions given within the lyrics of the song “Flower” by Moby.  Lap the baseball field and return to the Shed at the end of each round.

Round 1 – Merkins (chest resting on the ground during the “down” phase)

Round 2 – Squats

Round 3 – Leg Raises (laying on your six with feet together, raise legs straight up to perpendicular without bending them, then lower them back down to 6″ off the ground.  Heels should never touch the ground during this round)

EV.3 – Mosey back to the AO parking lot for some light pole to light pole laps.  Perform each exercise from pole to pole and then back to the start

1 – Sprint

2 – Lunge / Reverse Lunge

3 – Imperial Walker

4 – Bear Crawl / Crawl Bear

MARY:
100 yard dash x 2 – PAX gave it all they had in an all-out jailbreak length-wise across the parking lot (x2) to properly empty the tank
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 HIMs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

“If we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak.  We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea.  We are far too easily pleased.”

CS Lewis – “The Weight Of Glory”
MOLESKIN:

Don’t take Christ’s sacrifice for granted.  Accept the gift and take the holiday at the sea!

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gently and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.  Matthew 11: 28-30

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

A Break In The Storm @ DogPound 4-12-22

THE SCENE: Wet with frequent lightning and thunder right up until go-time, when it all dissipated to provide us with a perfect 40 minute window of mostly rainless workout weather
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH IC x 20; feet together touch toes 20-seconds; LBAC IC x 5 each way; grab a CMU and mosey across towards the Thunderdome
THA-THANG:
EV.1 – Abs Circuit – 4 exercises > 30 seconds of work / 15 seconds of rest > 4 sets of each before moving to the next > 20 seconds recovery between exercises

1 – Elbow Plank

2 – Flutter Kick

3 – Freddie Mercury w/ full range of motion (we turned the FM into an actual ab exercise instead of a race to see how quickly one can turn his neck back and forth – in standard BBS position, the left foot is raised until the knee meets the right elbow.  Shoulders and foot are then returned all the way back to the ground before switching sides).

4 – Dead Bug

EV.2 – CMU Circuit – (performed at the center circle of the Thunderdome) 8 exercises > 20 seconds of work /  10 seconds of rest > 5 sets of each before moving to the next > 30 seconds to jog to the baseline of the Thunderdome and Bernie back to your CMU

1 – Curl

2 – Toe Tap Block-Overs

3  – Thrusters

4 – Burpee Block-Overs

5 – Single-Arm Shoulder Press (sitting or standing)

6 – Deadlifts

7 – American Hammers w/ CMU

8 – Hip to Halo

MARY:
Booked it back to the AO w/ CMU’s to make it on time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
5 total with 2 early departures for “meetings”
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
1 – make Easter meaningful this year.  The culmination of events that occurred on this week so many years ago is the most important happening in all of human history.  Don’t overlook it.  Understand and appreciate the sacrifice that was made, and consider Jesus’s invitation to “come to me”.

2 – Big props to all the Men who’ve toughed it out through the winter months.  As the temps increase so will the size of the COT.  Give yourself a pat on the back if you’ve maintained consistency throughout the cold season.

MOLESKIN:

Matthew 11: 28-30 – Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The Flag is being passed at The Equalizer this Friday, April 15th, at 0530.  Be there.

Life To The Full – The Equalizer 4-8-22

THE SCENE: Approx 42 degrees and breezy with a mostly clear sky
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Side Straddle Hops IC x 5; feet together reach for toes 15 seconds; feet apart reach for each <right, left, middle>15 seconds each; Little Baby Arm Circles IC x 5 each way; Tempo Merkins IC x 5; Downward Dog hold for 20 seconds; Tempo Squat IC x 5.
THA-THANG:
* Two lines of cones were placed 20 yards apart in the front parking lot of the AO.  The workout consists of 3 Rounds – each containing a movement technique for 20 yards from one cone row to the next, 10 reps of a high-plank core exercise, a 20 yard uphill Crawl Bear back to the start, 10 Burpees, and a prescribed amount of laps around the track.  The PAX set goals of 1a – don’t stop moving and 1b – finish the workout on time.  Both goals were met.

  • Round 1:
    • 20 yard Imperial Walker
    • 10x Shoulder Tap Merkins
    • 20 yard uphill Crawl Bear
    • 10 Burpees
    • Run 2 Laps around the track
  • Round 2:
    • 20 yard forward lunge
    • 10x Bird Dog (2=1)
    • 20 yard uphill Crawl Bear
    • Run 3 Laps around the track
  • Round 3:
    • 20 yard Toy Soldier
    • 10x Switch Climbers
    • 20 yard Uphill Crawl Bear
    • Run 4 Laps around the track

MARY:
Early finishers circled back around the track to join the Six and encourage them to press on to the finish.  Once all were in a 60 second Canoe Hold was enjoyed by all as time expired
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“Every man has two lives, and second one begins once he realizes that he only has one.” -Unknown

Are you making the most of your days?  Jesus described the shepherd / sheep relationship as one in which the sheep are given a life that is far beyond what they could ever imagine for themselves.  David described this life from the prospective of a sheep, and it’s so desirable.  Jesus wants everyone to have a life through him that blows away all of their limited beliefs about what life can be, and there are brothers at F3 who can help guide you to that path if you feel like something is missing in your life or if you know that you’re currently off track.
MOLESKIN:
John 10 and Psalms 23
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Flag Handoff at The Equalizer – Friday 4/15.  Be there or be square.

Monday @ The Equalizer: 3-21-22

THE SCENE: Chilly but not freezing
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: indeed
WARM-O-RAMA:
Feet apart – stretch to the middle, then right, then left.  Grady Corn IC x 5.  Imperial Walker IC x 5.  Tempo Merkin IC x 5.  Down Dog 20 count.  Neck Rolls x 5 each way.  Tempo Squat IC x 5.  Mosey to the Smokehouse, grab a CMU, and position yourself on the baseline of the bball court.
THA-THANG:
Ab Circuit – 30 seconds of work; 15 seconds of rest; 4 sets of each exercise; 40 seconds between exercises to run to the opposite end of the court and back before beginning again.

1 – Elbow Plank

2 – Flutter Kick

3 – Freddie Mercury (slow Fred –> foot goes all the way back to the ground between reps for full range of motion through the hip flexor and lower abs)

4 – Dead Bug a.k.a “X-Factors”

CMU Circuit – 20 seconds of work; 10 seconds of rest; 6 sets of each exercise; 40 seconds between exercises to run to the opposite end of the court and back before beginning again.

1 – Curls

2 – Goblet Squat

3 – Overhead Press

4 – Split Squat 3/3 (weighted with back foot on the ground, or un-weighted ‘Bulgarian’ with rear foot on a CMU standing vertical)

5 – Hip to Halo (CMU goes from one hip, across the chest to the opposite shoulder, around the head, and down to the other hip.  Next rep is in reverse of that)

6 – ‘Kettlebell’ swings

MARY:

Held plank for a short time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 present and accounted for
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Don’t take for granted that Christ has called you to follow him.  Think of how powerful of a moment it must have been when Matthew sat down to recount the time that Christ called him, and stood up for him against the haters (Pharisees).
MOLESKIN:
Matthew 9:9-13 and Hosea 6:6
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The Equalizer shovel-flag will be handed off on [Good] Friday April 15th.  Brother Ribbed will be taking over as AOQ, so you’ll want to be there!