F3 Knoxville

finding the finish line

THE SCENE: Lower 60s and no humidity.  Can’t get better
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Imperial walker x10 IC
Three count  merkins x10 IC
Squat and reach x10 IC
Seal claps x10 IC
OH claps x10 IC
THA-THANG:
Mosey out of start point, and out of the park making a left onto Hotel.  Once at the light with Broadway, hit the button for the crossing (which we just missed).  Knock out squats while we wait, then start merkins and the light changes. Hop up and cross over Broadway and run across the Exxon parking lot, making another left down Essary and stop in the Regions bank parking lot

Five exercises on the ground for the escalator.  Start with the first exercise, then run a lap around the bank hugging the outside curb.  Return, knock out first and second exercises and run another lap.  So on adding an exercise to the routine each time.  Exercises as follows:

  • Merkins x10
  • Flutter kicks x10
  • Sit up UPS x10
  • Lunges x10 (each leg)
  • Burpees x10

Once the lead group was close to finishing up, I would break out the hidden chalk and add another exercise.  Which meant going back through the list again to do the new last exercise.  Did this twice with actual exercises and then when everyone was rolling back in after the seventh round I made sure they saw me writing, but number eight was “Just kidding” – Exercises as follows:

  • Crawl bear the drive thru (arrow to arrow on the ground)
  • OH Claps x10
  • Just kidding

10 count recovery then mosey back the way we came.  Again stopping at Broadway and knocking out squats while we waited on the lot.  Someone suggested monkey humpers for the next time…

Mosey back to start point and run right through it and find a bench.  Ran short on time so only got to go through one round of 10 step ups and 10 dips.
MARY:
Maiden voyage of ABsolution (8 ct exercise starting in front leaning rest: 1,2 feet to hands like a burpee and back; 3,4 down onto elbows like a Catalina wine mixer; 5,6 plank jack out and in; 7,8 back up on hands) x5 IC
Flutter kicks x25 IC
Cleve climbers x10 IC led by Swanson
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 Strong with 1 FNG!!!: Filter, Wilson, Swanson, Manilow, Pull a Part (FNG, double respect!), Herbie, Mr. Wedgie, Chaucer, Abort
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Sometimes you think you’re about to cross the finish line, only to find out the line has moved and there is more work to be done.  It’s funny what when you that finish line comes into view, you feel like you’ve given all your effort because you know you’re about to be able to stop.  In my life, I may think because something is getting marked off the list (so to speak) and that I did something to the best of my abilities.  If I really think about it, I can always find more room for more work to be done or find something that could have been done better.
MOLESKIN:
Chaucer with a job interview coming up, teachers and administrators of our schools as the new year begins, Mr. Wedgie’s friend Matt in his difficult decisions, Filter’s pastor’s daughter (can’t remember her name) and her health
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence at Big Ball and third F following on Saturday August 10.

30sec HiTech

THE SCENE: Clear, 60°F, Feels like 60°F, Humidity 91%, Wind 1mph from NW – by Klimat.app
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH 20x IC
  • Tempo Squat 15x IC
  • Little of this, Little of that
  • Tempo Merkins 10x IC

THA-THANG:

  • Mosey around the parking lot at the whim of the Q
  • Timed Exercises 30 sec on, 30 sec off 3 Rounds, 1 min rest between rounds
    • Seal Jacks (SSH with arms going to front instead of above)
    • Merkins
    • Lunges
    • Hip Raises (kick legs to sky)
    • SSH
    • Superman
    • Mountain Climbers
    • Close Squats
    • Plank
    • Burpees
  • Mosey around the parking lot until Q leads back to AO

MARY:

  • Flutter Kicks 20x IC
  • Hello Dollies 20x IC
  • Captian Thor 5x BBS to 20x Hammers
  • Boat/Canoe till time

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Leadership – As men in our communities, we need to look for the opportunities to step up into leadership positions and not have the expectation that someone else will do it. We also need to seek out those opportunities for us to become mentors to those men not as far along the path as we are and to seek out mentors for ourselves. Everyone of us need to be sharpening the men following us and in turn getting sharpened.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

OTB 30sec Burn

THE SCENE: Clear, 81°F, Feels like 81°F, Humidity 46%, Wind 3mph from NNE – by Klimat.app
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Mosey to Gresham
  • Sloooow Cherry Pickers 5x IC
  • Little of this, Little of that

THA-THANG:

  • Timed Exercises, 3 rounds, 30 secs on, 15 rest, 1 min between rounds
    • Push-up Shoulder taps
    • Alternating Side Lunges to Squat
    • Mountain Climbers
    • Kick-ups (crab position, alternating leg kicks)
    • Burpees
  • Timed Exercises, 3 rounds, 30 secs on, 15 rest, 1 min between rounds
    • High Knees
    • Freddie Mercury
    • Alternating Forward lunges
    • Rotational Side Planks
    • Burpees

MARY:

  • Flutter Kicks 15x IC
  • Leg stretches

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Leadership
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Who Needs Legs?

THE SCENE: Insert info about the weather, etc.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH IC x 20

Cherry Pickers IC x 10

OH Clap IC x 30

THA-THANG:

Started off with a song.  Flower by Moby (Known for lyrics Bring Sally Up, Bring Sally Down).  Hold the bottom of a squat for the entire song, but when the song says Bring Sally Up, you explode off the ground like a squat jump and then right back to the squat.

Mosey to Mt Suckmore

Deck of Cards – Red cards were bear crawl up the hill and Iron Mikes to match the number on the card.  Black cards were run the hill and squats at the top.  Jacks=11, Queens,=12, Kings=13, Aces=14, Joker=20

Q drew a card and we performed.  If you got done, then you held either the squat or lunge position until the 6 was done and we mosey back to the bottom and do it again.

We were not able to finish the deck of cards, but what we got done was brutal enough.

Mosey back to the AO.

MARY:
Dealer’s Choice.  I picked someone to do a workout of their choice and they lead.  Once they are done, then they picked someone else to lead another workout.

Flutter Kicks

Leg Lifts

LBCs

Complex Crunch (Moses Special)

Box Cutters

30 second LBC Cash Out OYO.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
12 HIMs.  Flash, Pinnochio, Napster, Woodshack, Radioshack, Neighbor, Moses, Taco, Butterfingers, GoldFinger, Hammy, Drifter
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
You are a product of your choices and nothing else.

Galatians 5 talks about the Fruits of the Spirit and the Fruit of the Flesh.  It tells us not to engage in things to gratify the flesh, but instead do things to gratify the spirit.  This tells me that there is a choice to be made there.  The choice you make will determine your next step and eventually your outcome.  Are you making choices to gratify the spirit and see the outcome that you desire to see.

Be mindful of the choices that you make.

MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

Throwback Thursday Beatdown

THE SCENE:
 60 degrees and clear. A perfect morning for a workout

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

Welcomed everyone. No FNG’s everyone knew what to expect.

WARM-O-RAMA:

Butt-Kickers to middle of parking lot, Bernie Sanders back to tennis court.
Side shuffle to middle of parking lot then side shuffle back.
Quick simple and to the point

THA-THANG:

First section
Mosey to the roller hockey court.
The workout is a round of 11’s.
Start with 1 Burpee then run across court and do 10 merkins.
Run back across the court and do 2 Burpees then back across and do 9 merkins.
Repeat this until you get to 10 burpees and 1 merkin.

Second section
Mosey to the track.
Do 3 Laps around the track
Lap 1 stop at each cone and do 10 reps of each exercise
Lap 2 stop at each cone and do 20 reps of each exercise
Lap 3 Jog around to complete the 1 mile of running

There were 4 cones spread out along the track.
1st cone was Merkins
2nd cone was Big Boy Sit-ups
3rd cone was Plank Jacks (4 count)
4th cone was Iron Mikes

Third Section of the workout
Mosey back to the hockey court.
The workout is a round of 11’s.
Start with 1 Air Squat then run across court and do 10 lunges (1 per leg counts as one rep) 
Run back across court and do  2 Air Squats then run across court and do 9 lunges (1 per leg counts as one rep)
Repeat this until you get to 10 Air Squats and 1 lunge

Last section of the workout
Mosey back to the AO
Cash out ring of fire
Everyone holds a plank. Each person starts with 1 Merkin then the Pax to their right does one Merkin.
Each time around the circle the number of Merkins increases by 1. We went 6 rounds.

MARY:

Nothing I can think of at the moment.


COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Everyone has life happen and it is not always easy or what we expected. Don’t feel ashamed to rely on your brothers to help out. Life is much more enjoyable when you do it with other people. We were not created to go at it alone.

MOLESKIN:
Thanks for coming out Cyclops, from The Fort

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Convergence on August 10th. Great way to fellowship all the other AO’s.