F3 Knoxville

Thanksgiving 2019 at the Big Ball

THE SCENE: Clear and Cold
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH, Tempo Squats, and Baby Arm Circles
THA-THANG:

  • Mosey to the Amplitheater for 11’s – Box jumps and pull-ups
  • Stopped on the bridge on the way to the church for 25 Big Boy Sit-ups
  • At the church we played a little round robin with coupons.  Curls, Over-head presses and squats rotating to a different coupon each round.
  • Moseyed over to the new field area for some 4 corners with lunges mixed in.  Corners were LBC’s, squats, flutter kicks, and merkins
  • Mosey back to AO where Misfire demonstrated and lead 5 reps of the new Army standard merkin.

MARY:

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Use the TAGS on right-side to record PAX (BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOURSELF) in attendance. Be sure to select the AO in CATEGORY above TAGS and then delete these notes!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Be thankful and remember the benefits of the Lord.  His forgiveness, healing, redemption, love and mercy.  No matter what we are going through God offers us everything we need if we look to Him and rely on Him.
MOLESKIN:
Praying for people traveling for the holidays and Wilsons friend who was injured from a fall.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

3rd F event coming up Saturday Dec. 7th at the Truck Stop.

The Burpily Feud

THE SCENE: Shorts Weather, but for real
WARM-O-RAMA: 

Those tricky SSHs where we do the last 20 in silence to see if everybody can count and stay focused. We came close, but it was 10 burpees for those of us who showed up on time (looking at you High Heels and Cheatsheet). Cherry Picker stay-downs, more baby arm circles than anybody wanted.
THA-THANG:
We moseyed low and slow, like Pele after Beaujolais. QIC stole a trick from the Lillydipper hisself and did some nickel-dime-quarters all the way to the Area 51 dropoff. Everest is for the kind of people who like wet feet and shaky legs; we were not those people.

Whatever else happens today, one thing went just right: 10 PAX came up on 10 CMUs up by the Esplanade construction. PAX choice CMU AMRAP. Question: where’s the only place Cheatsheet’s going to find singles? Answer: Wendy’s. Mans hits the double count every time. Don’t cheat yourself. Fist emoji.

Catch me if you can to the Cloud – thank you Curveball for not catching me the second time.

The Burpily Feud! No uhs, ums, pauses, or repeats.

Have a Nice Day on the 2 count.

My old college roommate Jack Webb showed up. I hate that guy.

Up the Little Hill and yours truly was shot.

MARY:
Who Mary?
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 good ones. Lillydipper, Rooney, Curveball, Choirboy, Abscess, High Heels, Mr Jinxy, Goober, and Cheatsheet, plus YHC.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Sic transit gloria mundi.
MOLESKIN:
Thanks men, for getting me out there again. I would not do any of it without you.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence next week!

Packing parachutes

THE SCENE: Upper 40s a slight drizzle but mostly overcast
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

squats x10 Ic , ssh x 20 ic , merkins x10 ic  , flutter kicks x 20 ic , monkey humpers x20 ic , imperial walkers x 20 ic , merkins x 10 ic , dollys x 10 ic , squeaky dollys x 10 ic
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the summit of kiddie slope . On the way , possum cross the road , monkey humpers at the fountain x 10 ic , lunge a to a light pole , 10 merkins , lunge a light to the next light pole , 10 more merkins (Moses requested lunges so I obliged to his request 😈) continue a slow mosey to summit of kiddie slope

  • 11s (longest ever) w big boys and gas pumps (working that turkey belly)
  • At summit do 1 big boy
  • Run half way , stopping at the plateau of pain( said in a French accent)  do 10 burpees
  • Run to the base and do 10 gas pumps
  • run all the way back up and do 2 big boys …
  • every time you run DOWN, stop at PoP and do 10 burpees (rest stop)
  • rinse n repeat until 11s are done
  • ended up being about 2.5 miles of 11s , 100 burpees , 55 big boys, 55 gas pumps

MARY:
Mosey back to AO
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 pax giving me sarcastic laughs , evil looks , hands in the knees …. I knew they loved me !
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Story and credit the Q source ;

Leading Leaders

Charles Plumb, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, was a jet pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions, his plane was destroyed by a surface-to-air missile. Plumb ejected and parachuted into enemy hands. He was captured and spent 6 years in a communist Vietnamese prison. He survived the ordeal and now lectures on lessons learned from that experience.

One day, when Plumb and his wife were sitting in a restaurant, a man at another table came up and said, “You’re Plumb! You flew jet fighters in Vietnam from the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk. You were shot down!” “How in the world did you know that?” asked Plumb. “I packed your parachute,” the man replied. Plumb gasped in surprise and gratitude. The man pumped his hand and said, “I guess it worked!” Plumb assured him, “It sure did. If your chute hadn’t worked, I wouldn’t be here today.”

Plumb couldn’t sleep that night, thinking about that man. Plumb says, “I kept wondering what he might have looked like in a Navy uniform: a white hat, a bib in the back, and bell-bottom trousers. I wonder how many times I might have seen him and not even said ‘Good morning,’ ‘how are you?’ or anything because, you see, I was a fighter pilot and he was just a sailor.” Plumb thought of the many hours the sailor had spent on a long wooden table in the bowels of the ship, carefully weaving the shrouds and folding the silks of each chute, holding in his hands each time the fate of someone he didn’t know.

Now, Plumb asks his audience, “Who’s packing your parachute?” Everyone has someone who provides what they need to make it through the day. Plumb also points out that he needed many kinds of parachutes when his plane was shot down over enemy territory he needed his physical parachute, his mental parachute, his emotional parachute, and his spiritual parachute. He called on all these supports before reaching safety.

Sometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really important. We may fail to say hello, please, or thank you, congratulate someone on something wonderful that has happened to them, give a compliment, or just do something nice for no reason. As you go through this week, this month, this year, recognize people who pack your parachute.

MOLESKIN:
F3 packs one of my parachutes everyday ! And That’s just one . My wife packs my parachute in a big way!! My kids pack another, the people I work with pack one.  Don’t take for granted those around you that make you who you are or if you are in a leadership role , be thankful for those that you lead . Often times , we do what we are supposed to do and those around us work just as hard . That’s to be expected right ? Sure , but we can still show love and appreciation. It can go a long way just to acknowledge someone’s hard work even though it’s what they are supposed to do anyway.  As move past thanksgiving, giving thanks shouldn’t t stop through out the year.
thank you !
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

No SSH

THE SCENE: 48, no rain.  Kind of nice!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

OH claps

10 penalty burpees cause Mayberry forgot the flag

cherry picker

imperial walkers

good mornings
THA-THANG:
Route 66+, merkins at each light pole

watt rd field, do 1 exercise at each corner as you run a lap.  Do 5 laps

  • Mountain climbers x 10, 4 count
  • squats x 10
  • merkins x 10
  • overhead claps x 10, 4 count

mosey to playground for 11’s

pullups and BBS,  run to middle light (50 yds)

20 squats at Bottom of hill.  Run to the outhouse and 20 underhand easy ups.  Repeat 3x

MRSA field

50 yd bear crawl, then 10 CDD.  Repeat 2 x

mosey to AO

MARY:
No time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Insert the WORD here.
MOLESKIN:
Toto wedding today!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
convergance next Saturday at the truck stop with 3rd F at 2 rivers church.

2.0 Black Friday Event

  • The Scene:
    • Overcast 50 degrees..perfect day for a workout at The Burbs!
  • Welcome/Disclaimer:
    •  Archie/Cheddar claimed they are not professionals, however we aren’t convinced..
  • Warm-a-rama
    •  Archie/Cheddar led the warm up.
      •  Cheddar sensed we were all a little sluggish from all the turkey, so it went like this:
        • Bur-pees
        • Squats
        • Merkins
        • Up Hil Leap Frog
  • Tha-Thang-FullHouse took over and led the way:
    •  Indian Run to the bridge. We frog jumped across the bridge and indian ran through the park to frog jump across the next bridge.
    • It was a free for all to the base of the hill…
    • Relay race up the hill with 2.0’s vs 1.0’s. Each partner runs twice!
      • 2.0’s grouped in 4’s while the dad’s were in 2’s
      • Dads handicapped with the Bernie
      • The 2.0’s were victorious!
    • Mosey on over to the Tennis Court
      • Partnered up and started at the practice wall.
      • One partner does a wall sit while the other partner bear crawled to the tennis net.
      • Repeat with Crab Walk
    • Regrouped at AO and headed to the open field with a Kickball
      • we played capture the ball. The Q punts the ball as far as they can..the PAX pursues. First to the ball gets to kick it next.
      • Each time we got the ball the 2.0 said their name and something they are thankful for.
      • Each 2.0 can only recover the ball once–allows everyone a chance.
    • Mosey back to AO-basketball court for some Suicides  Wind sprints or Ladders
  • Mary:
    • Flutter Kicks
    • Box Cutter
    •  LBCs
    • Planks
    • We finished up with a version of ring of fire. The kickball was passed around the circle. If you have the ball you do a burpee while the rest of the PAX follows the Q’s lead
      • FIrst Round was:
        • FLutter Kicks
        • Freddy Mercuries
        • LBC’s
        • Repeat
      • Second Round
        • Plank-left-center-right repeat until done.
  • Name-O-Rama
    • 18-(6-1.0s & 12-2.0s)
    • 2 FNK-s got names. We had T-rex(kick-flip) and Copperfield (erector)
  • COT
    • 1 Timothy 4:4-5
    • We talked about being thankful and specifically prayerfully thankful for all that god has created..
  • Moleskin
    • Look out for a new location and a 2.0 workout soon!a