F3 Knoxville

Author: Waxjob

It’s just 6 reps…

THE SCENE: 60, wet, and raining. Truck Stop may have cushy turf fields, but nowhere to hide from the rain. Time to embrace the suck!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x25 IC
Cherry pickers x5 IC
LBAC x15 IC each way
Grady Corns x15
Imperial Walkers x15 IC
Tempo Sissy Squats x10 IC

THA-THANG:

Start in the parking lot:
1 lap around the lot, 24 Merkins at each end for 48 total.

Mosey to the Watt Rd field:
1 lap, 12 Merkins and 12 Iron Mikes at each corner for 48 reps of each exercise.

Mosey back to field #1:
1 lap, 8 merkins, 8 Iron Mikes, 8 hand-release dry docks at each corner plus midfield for 48 reps

Mosey to the upper field:
1 lap, run in a figure 8 to make 8 stops
6 merkins, 6 Iron Mikes, 6 hand-release dry docks, and 6 8-count body builders at each stop for 48 reps

Sure doesn’t sound like much, but we’re outta time!

MARY:
25x 4-ct LBC IC
25x Gas Pumpers
15x Side Plank Sags
2 rounds Row your Boat

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
7 HIM faithful this morning… About 6 more than I expected given Fall Break plus conditions…
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
Matthew 5:45

The rain today brought this verse to mind… We often hear this passage in the context of how good and bad things happen to both good and bad people. But the real context is in showing love to your enemies as well as your loved ones. Both sunshine and rain are physical manifestations of God’s grace, mercy, and provision. He gives these most basic blessings freely to all. Jesus is telling us that showing love to all regardless of their status is the most basic way to be children of our Father.

MOLESKIN:
Good ol turf fields smelled like wet rubber this morning… Glad plenty of guys showed up so I didn’t have to decide whether or not to do this by myself… That last lap was only 6 reps of each exercise per stop… Not sure if I have ever looked less favorably at just 6.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
3rd F next weekend at the Bomb Shelter – 0700

Whatcha Gonna Drop?

THE SCENE: 50s, clear and pleasant
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x20 IC
Windmills x10 IC
LBAC x15 IC (both ways)
Cobra Burpees x5 OYO
Sissy squats on the curb x25 IC

THA-THANG:
Grab a CMU and head to the path over by the restrooms.
Each lightpost has a card with an exercise.
Pick up first card, do that exercise. Mosey to next post, pick up next card and do both exercises.
Mosey to next post, pick up third card and do all three.
Starting with post #4, PAX take turns choosing an exercise to drop, so that each post thereafter is 3 exercises.

Exercises were (approximate order)

  • 10 Halos (Each way)
  • 15 Squat Thrust
  • 16 Bus Drivers (Fwd raise CMU to shoulder height, stop, twist like a steering wheel… audibled to 8)
  • 20 OHP
  • 20 Curls (block held vertical)
  • 10 Merky Derky (Merkin on block, bear crawl fwd to derkin on block, bear crawl back. That’s 1)
  • 15 CMU V-Ups
  • 10 Twist Lunge (each leg)
  • Bear Crawl to next light
  • 15 Lawn Mowers (each arm)
  • 25 Weighted Calf Raise
  • 20 OHP

Unfortunately, I can’t recall what order they ended up being dropped in… But we did run out of time before we made it to the calf raises.

MARY:
No time. Although the V-ups stayed in the rotation longer than I expected.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
5 guys forgot to check the Q calendar and accidentally ended up at a Waxjob Q.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Today we got to pick and choose which “burdens” to hold onto and which to lay down. But spiritually we’re not supposed to hold on to any of them.
Matthew 6:25-34(ESV):
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? 28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, 29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
34 “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
MOLESKIN:
It’s a good day when you can drip sweat on the ground in 50 degree weather.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
3rd F on Oct 17 at the Bomb Shelter!

Difficultship Hill

THE SCENE: Clear and crisp. Dang, look at that moon!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x20 IC
Cherry Pickers x5 IC
LBAC/OHC x15 IC
Failure to Launch x7
Asphalt Kissers x10 IC

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the sign at the base of the Matterhorn. 16 cones are set up starting at 40yd and each 10yd thereafter for a total of 200yd to the furthest cone.
Start at the sign with 16 burpees, run to the 16th cone, and do the exercise written on the cardboard beside it.
Return to the sign for 15 burpees, run to the 15th cone, and do the exercise written on the cardboard beside it.
Continue after this fashion. There are 2 sets of 8 cardboards, in the same order. Upon reaching the 8th cone, the pattern begins to repeat, but double the reps.

  • 15 Monkey Humpers (4ct)
  • 15 Merkins
  • 10 Squat Jumps
  • 20 Mountain Climbers (4ct)
  • 10 Iron Mikes (each leg)
  • 20 Flutter Kicks (4ct)
  • 15 Carolina Dry Docks
  • 20 Big Boy Situps

MARY:
Made it back for <1min of Row your Boat COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
16 including 3 FNGs. Welcome to Gummy, Bedpan, and Eeyore
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Lyrics from Faithful Now:
I am holding on to faith
‘Cause I know You’ll make a way
And I don’t always understand,
And I don’t always get to see.
But I will believe it, yes I will believe it.

You make mountains move, You make giants fall
You use songs of praise to shake prison walls
So I will speak to my fear,
I will preach to my doubt
That You were faithful then, You’ll be faithful now

MOLESKIN:
I think the rep counts were a little low on this one. Should have started out doubled!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill is this Saturday! Sign up if you haven’t yet!

Daggum Dung Beetles

THE SCENE: Pleasant morning cool, but with the feeling of humidity that protends a puddle of sweat dripping off your nose later.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Classic Zero Burpee Warmup:
0 Burpees OYO
25 SSH IC
2 Burpees OYO
20x LBAC each way followed by OHC
4 Burpees OYO
15 4-ct Monkey Humpers IC
6 Burpees OYO
10 Tempo Merkins IC
8 Burpees OYO
15 Hammie Crampers (each side) IC
10 Burpees OYO

THA-THANG:
Insert information about the workout.
Transition to the Pee Rock Pile and pick one.
Teams of 3, one man at each end of the parking lot and one in transition.
Perform reps of exercise until relieved by transition man.
Low end of lot:
Curls
Rows
Crunches
Fwd Raises

Upper end:
Tricep Ext.
OHP
Thrusters
KB Swings

Transitions:
Downhill – Snowplow (like bear crawl, but hands on pee rock and push fwd)
Uphill – Dung Beetles (like reverse bear crawl, with feet on pee rock and push backward)

Continue until all PAX have completed each exercise.

Just a few minutes left for some Kraken on the tennis courts. 6 stations, 30 reps per station. After completing a station, run one lap then proceed to next station.
Merkins
Squats
CDD
Monkey Humpers (single count)
Freddy Mercury(4-ct)
Iron Mike (count each leg)

MARY:
Nope, not today.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
7 strong today
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
John 13:35 – By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
Lots of hate today being shown on both sides. Jesus didn’t say we’d be known by our convincing arguments or our persistence in presenting them. It’s by our love. Let’s show who we belong to.
MOLESKIN:
Dung Beetles 100% suck. Entomologically, it would probably be more correct to use large exercise balls and roll them instead of sliding pee rocks. At any rate, I think Tweet-E was the only HIM to complete a full transition in Dung Beetle before modifying to Snowplow…
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Off the Chain coming up next month!

Five in the Nave

THE SCENE: Clear and still cool – Promise of a beautiful day! Let’s get it started right!

Mystery Q this morning… Nobody signed up! Let’s see if a Q materializes.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
While we wait for a Q to show up, each PAX picks an exercise:

Waxjob – SSH x25 IC
Charger – Merkins x25 OYO
Mayberry – Cherry Pickers x5 IC
Wall Ball – This and That stretches
Biscuit – Imperial Walkers x15 IC

THA-THANG:

Still no Q…. Let’s get on the mosey. Maybe Q will arrive and catch up.

Pit stop at the concrete bleachers. YHC suggests 11s while we wait for the Q. Box jumps at the bottom of the hill, V-ups at the top.

11s complete, back to mosey. Pit stop at the restrooms – Charger suggests another set of 11s while we wait for the Q. Easy-ups and Merkins.

11s complete, Wall Ball suggests holding pattern in the parking lot: Bear crawl to the top, 25 merkins, lunge back, and 25 squats.

Still no Q, back to mosey. Biscuit suggests 5 merkins and 5 big boys at every light post, to keep us from moving too fast for Q to catch up. Followed this pattern all the way from the restrooms around the park by the flagpole to the AO.

Still no Q. Mayberry suggests rolling the exercise die while we wait. Many planks.

Hey, it’s 7:00. Oh well. No Q ever showed up. Maybe next week!

MARY:
Planx and Planx and Planx
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
5 PAX today
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Garrison Keillor sign-off: “Be well, do good work, and keep in touch”. Plus, in light of his harrassment scandal: “Keep your hands to yourself”. Which is also appropriate in today’s environment.
MOLESKIN:
Extra kudos to Charger… Right up until 6 it looked like a choice between a beatdown and donuts. Charger picked a beatdown.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Murph on Memorial Day at the Pound. 10th anniversary at Cape Fear in January.