F3 Knoxville

Left vs Right

THE SCENE: Just like the perfect date. Not too hot, not too cold.  All you need is a light jacket!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Left and right theme today.  All excercises have delayed symmetry…
15x Left Straddle Hops IC
15x Right Straddle Hops IC
10x Travoltas (right side)
10x Travoltas (left side)
10x Buddy the Elf (left side)
10x Buddy the Elf (right side)
15x Sundials (left side)
15x Sundials (right side)

THA-THANG:
Mosey up to the Forbidden Parking Lot, line up on the curb…
10x single-leg calf raise
Mosey to other curb
10x calf raise on the other leg
Mosey back
R&R 3x, getting a bit faster each time.

Mosey on up the Matterhorn.
Stop halfway up and BooBoo Bear Crawl (bear crawl with one leg) for 25yd
Switch legs and continue BooBoo Bear Crawl for another 25yd
Mosey to the Pavalon

Perform the following exercises all on one side, run up the hill and back, then repeat with other side
10x Hanging Knee Tucks
15x Merkins – one hand and one foot on the bench
20x Step-ups (same leg)
15x One-sided LBC
10x One-handed Dips

Everyone made it through the list at least 4x (twice on each side)

Mosey back to the cones on the Matterhorn and BooBoo Bear Crawl back down.

Mosey on to the boats for 5x One-Handed 6-Count Body Builders (same as 8-Count but skip the Merkin) with each arm, then head back to the AO

MARY:
15x Side Crunches each side.
15x (or so) 4-ct Freddy Mercury
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
16 HIMs this morning.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
This politics season we have left and right duking it out as usual, which was what prompted this Left and Right Q, but as I worked on the details, God brought to mind a totally different left and right context in Matthew 6:

Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

Two points from the above… The first is the obvious one – Don’t do good stuff for recognition from man. Second is just one word – “When”, not “If”. It should be the default that we are going to help others – Be on the lookout for opportunities to practice “When”.

MOLESKIN:
Lovely concert during the beatdown from trumpet virtuoso Sparky!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 anniversary 11/3-4 – Sign up for picnic! Service ruck 11/17. Sign up online (links for both on GroupMe)

Bear Crawl Variations

THE SCENE: Cold!!!  I know this is only the beginning, but it came quick.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

15 Peter Parkers, 15 mountain climbers, 15 SSH, 15 imperial walker, 10 count windmill, 15 Moroccan night club

THA-THANG:

Mosey to the south parking lot

Bearpees halfway across the parking lot. OYO 1 Burpee followed up by 4 count bearcrawl forward.  Increase burpees by 1 each time and bearcrawl by 4 (1:4 ratio).

Mosey to the Sophomore. Dora 1-2-3. 100 merkins, 200 6” LBC’s, 300 squats.  Partner is running up the hill to in front of the building’s main entrance.

Mosey to hand rails. Do 15 supine pull-ups, 15 merkins, 15 dips and 15 Carolina dry docks. Run a lap around parking lot and repeat.

Mosey toward shovel flag. Stop in the parking lot and indian bear crawl.  All PAX are in a lined up head-to-foot.  The PAX in the back bear crawls to the front while all others are doing merkins.  Go until all PAX have bear crawled.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 PAX worked hard this morning and got warmed-up quickly
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Look at the story of Job and the loss that he encountered.  God allowed Satan to test Job to this extent, but he did not do the testing.  Through all the hardship, Job starts to question why he is going through all this.  God answers Job in the last few chapters of the book.  I was looking for Job chapter 38 this morning.  Read God’s response to Job.  Then Job responds in chapter 40 and again in 42:  42:2-3.  We may not understand why we encounter trials in life, but if we remain focused on God and His will, we will make it through!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Fall festival this weekend. 3rd Anniversary weekend, Nov. 3rd and 4th.

Monday = Tabatas, Bear Crawls and Burpees

THE SCENE
34 and Clear

Welcome & Disclaimer

 

THE THANG
COP
SSH x30 (IC)
Tempo Squats x15 (IC)
Tempo Merkins x15 (IC)

Line up on curb
Run to far curb, stop half way and do 3 burpees, run back
4ct Diagonal Lunges x14(IC)
Run to far curb, stop half way and do 3 burpees, run back
Dive Bombers x15 (IC)
BAC Fwd x12 (IC)
BAC Bkwd x12 (IC)
Run to far curb, stop half way and do 3 burpees, run back

 

Tabata Terror
Divide up into 4 stations.  At each station, complete the exercise listed using at Tabata format (8 rounds, 20 seconds on 10 seconds off).  After eight rounds rotate counter-clockwise all the way around the parking lot and to the next station.

Exercises:

  • Station 1: Merkins
  • Station 2: Froggy Squats
  • Station 3: Dry Docks
  • Station 4: Tuck Jumps

 

Bearway to Heaven
Bear crawl suicides in the parking lot with burpees in the middle of each suicide.

Bear crawl to first line perform 7 burpees, bear crawl back.  Bear crawl to second line, 6 burpees, bear crawl back.  Continue until you get to 7th line, perform 1 burpee and bear crawl back to start.

 

MARY
American Hammers – x20 (IC)
4ct Flutter Kicks x20 (IC)

 

COT
Number off and Name-O-Rama – 27 PAX

 

BOM
“Never mind likes and dislikes; they are of no consequence.
Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.”

– George Bernard Shaw

I’m convinced that our culture’s relentless pursuit of comfort and convenience has robbed us of any sense of significance and meaning.  A life lived for self eventually implodes, leaving men empty and filled with regret.  We are not created for comfort, we are created for purpose and impact.  The pursuit of comfort and convenience breeds complacency.  The pursuit of purpose and impact fuels greatness.  We were made for greatness.

The thing is, we’ve confused greatness with success.  Martin Luther King Jr revealed the secret to greatness, “Everyone has the power for greatness, not for fame but greatness, because greatness is determined by service.”  It’s not what we get, it’s what we give.

Every day we wake to multiple opportunities to serve, opportunities for greatness.  Keep your eyes and hearts open brothers.  When you see the opportunity…seize it!  If it’s hard, embrace it!  The world is waiting for men of integrity and courage to assume their roles and lead.  You don’t need permission, you have already been commissioned.

 

Submitted by Cap’n Crunch

Ups and downs in the garage

THE SCENE: 56 and rainy
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Imperials walkers
Bat wings
Tempo lunge
SSH
THA-THANG: Mosey to 11th Street parking garage.  Circle up and perform three minutes of planks, alternating every fifteen seconds between high plank (merkin position) and low plank (on elbows).  Recover for ups and downs routine.

Perform exercise/number of reps written at same place on each level of parking garage.  Once exercise completed, run up to the next level for next exercise.  Going up exercises as follows:

  • Carolina dry docks x20
  • Ranger merkins x20
  • Hurpees x10 (hand release burpees)
  • Offset merkins x20 (one hand on curb, one on ground, either 10 each or swap hands each rep)
  • Wall worm (bear crawl sideways with feet elevated on parking garage wall, hands on ground)

Recover and 10 count.  Each spot coming up also had a down exercise, which we did the same just working back down.  Going down exercises as follows:

  • Burps x20 (low squat, kick feet out behind to merkin position and back, never stand up or do merkin)
  • Squat jumps x20
  • Plank jacks x20 on four count
  • Pistol squats x20 (10 each leg)
  • Burpees x10

Recover and 10 count.  Line up along parking garage wall.  Dirty hookups x10, then 20 sec wall sit.  Rinse and repeat these two exercises for three total rounds, increasing duration of wall sit time.  Recover and 10 count.

New routine, “It Pays to Be a Winner” – static hold or exercise performed until failure, winner gets to pick exercise and number of reps for the rest of the PAX, winner must lead the exercise but only has to do half the reps.

First iteration – plank position.  Winner was Magic Mike, exercise was reverse crunches
Second iteration – Al Gore.  Winner was Reverb, exercise was flutter kicks
Third iteration – jailbreak to other end of garage.  Winner was Reverb, exercise was BBSUs
Fourth iteration – jailbreak up ramp at Careless’s request.  Winner was Reverb, just mosey back down

Mosey back to start point for Mary.

MARY:
High Dolly’s
Captain Thor
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Fantastic Four: Magic Mike, Careless, Reverb, Abort

Singing in the Rain

THE SCENE: 57 Degrees and Rainy
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, BAC, Mtn Climbers, Tempo Squats, Tempo Merkins
THA-THANG:
Millenial: 100 Reps then Run 100 Meters – Do this 10 Times and a total of 2000

The Reps: SSH, Lunges, Merkin, Barrier Jumps, Mtn Climbers, Flutter Kicks, Squats, BBS, Jumping Lunge, American Hammer

MARY:
Circle of Pain, Flutter Kicks

MOLESKIN:
The type of man that comes to F3 is the type of man that holds himself to a high standard. When screw up we can be very hard on ourselves. Remember God’s grace and accept that grace.