F3 Knoxville

Stars and Stripes

AO: asylum-daybreak
Q: Lilydipper
PAX: Drum Major, Windex, Pusher, Doubtfire (Nick Bond), Tenderfoot, Glamper, Dain Bramage (Will Olson), Brick, Pele (Jon Lindberg), F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom), Billie Jean, Honeydew, MD Hammer, Gridiron, Shogun
FNGs: None
COUNT: 16
WARMUP: 20 Side Straddle Hops, Curly Stomps, 8 Twistees, 10 Baby Arm Circles Forward, 10 Baby Arm Circles Backward, March around parking lot to Stars and Stripes Type Music, Butt Kick and High Knees around parking lot to Stars and Stripes Music.

THE THANG: Mosey to the Pavilion. We will do Elevens starting with 10 Picnic Table Pull-ups and 1 Bench Dip.
Mosey to Caribbean Parking Lot. We will go in counterclockwise circle stopping at every other island to do 10 Merkins. Those finishing first run back to meet the six. Rinse and Repeat with 20 Baby Crunches.
Mosey to the Mound. We will run up clockwise to the top and do 10 Decline Merkins on the benches there.
Mosey to Muscle Beach. Each man does 25 reps on exercise instrument of their choice, then runs to first crosswalk in parking lot, does one Burpee, and runs back to do 25 reps of next exercise of choice. After that, run to second crosswalk. Rinse and repeat to third crosswalk on the far end of the parking lot. All men finish by doing reps until the six returns from 3rd crosswalk.
Mosey on the sidewalk that goes past the Mound and to the shade tree where the sidewalk meets the Serpentine Trail. We will do 20 Flutter Kicks
Mosey on the Caribbean parking lot to the trail that goes back to the Pavilion. We will do 10 Tempo Merkins.
Mosey to the Pavilion. Drop off any unnecessary gear and then mosey past the batting cage area and down to the start of Cardiac. We will each get a boulder and do the following exercises in cadence:
20 Overhead Presses

20 Curls

20 Rows

20 Tricepts

Replace boulders. Next, we will run up Cardiac, stopping at the following to do the following exercises:
1st Turn, keep running!

2nd Turn, 20 Hello Dollies

3rd Turn, 20 Decline Merkins with feet on grass

Benches, 20 Bench Dips

Mosey to AO.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: UnCOVEred is Saturday, July 13 at the Cove at 7 am.

COT: Prayers for continuing healing for Maddie, Windex’s daughter. We found out after the COT that Maddie get’s to transfer from the hospital to a rehab facility today. Prayers of thanks for the recent “clean bill of health” that Shogun received. Prayers for the safe return of Pusher’s wife who will be heading back home from the Philippines this Sunday.

Message:
On this day of our celebration of America’s independence I have some quotes for you that reflect the principles our nation was found on. When I reflect on great American quotes I think of “Give me liberty or give me death” by Patrick Henry or “Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country” by John F. Kennedy. But here are five more quotes, not all by Americans, that reflect on America and it’s principles:
True patriotism springs from a belief in the dignity of the individual, freedom and equality not only for Americans but for all people on earth. –Eleanor Roosevelt
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Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. – Albert Camus
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In America, nobody says you have to keep the circumstances that somebody else gives you. – Amy Tan.
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We are a nation of many nationalities, many races, many religions – bound together by a single unity, the unity of freedom and equality. – Franklin D. Roosevelt
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I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom. – Bob Dylan
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Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country. – Calvin Coolidge
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When thinking of that last quote, I think particularly of our military veterans who have fought to keep our country free. That freedom gives us “the chance to be better” like Camus says. It comes with responsibility as Dylan proclaims. And because of our freedom, as Tan states, we don’t “have to keep the circumstances that somebody else gives” us.

1776 Patriot Games

AO: brickyard
Q: Herbie
PAX: Biohazard (Jay Shepherd), Appleseed, Gmail, fast-n-easy (Nate Votta), Simmons, Colonel (Alex Wallace), Natty, Gordie, Strings, Bruce Lee
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WARMUP:
Stretching and Mosey to the track and field

THE THANG:
1776 yard run (1.01 miles)
– 100x Merkins
– 100x LBCs
– 100x Moroccan Night Clubs
– 100x Pull-ups (Reverse Rows)
– 100x Squats
– 100x Mountain Climbers
– 100x Plank Jacks
– 100x Lunges
– 100x Overhead Claps
– 100x Dips
– 100x Leg Scissors
– 100x Step-ups
– 100x American Hammers
– 100x Shoulder Taps
– 100x High Knees
– 100x SSH
100 yard Bear Crawl
76 Burpees

MARY: —

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:
PAX dispersed as they finished. This was a long one. All finished.

Almost Late

AO: the-equalizer
Q: Madoff
PAX: Stripped, Ribbed, Snowbird, Cheney, mouthwash (Mike), Bookman
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WARMUP:
20 Grady Corns and a Slowzy to Smokehouse
Grab CMU and rifle carry to splashpad

THE THANG:
Tabata 20sec work 10 sec rest 8x
– Squat Arm Extensions
– Calf Raises
– Goblet Reverse lunge
– Blockee to Curls Stay Squated
– Frog sit legs over the block

Bruce Lee Abs
– 90 American Hammers
– 50 Frog Kicks
– 30 BBC with a twist
– 20 L raises
– 5 Dragonfly

Walk back and Murder Bunny from road to Smokehouse

MARY:
1 cherry picker

ANNOUNCEMENTS: unCOVEred July 13th

COT: Doing the right thing in your heart (like lending someone money) can become a wrong thing if your heart is not right (like they don’t pay you back). It’s challenging to keep our hearts right when other people do not do what we deem to be right. But there’s honor in trying to be that high road guy.

BLIMPS and Circuits

AO: thequacken
Q: Wedding Singer
PAX: Z-Pack, Magic Mic (Jarrett Woodall), Prairie Dog
FNGs: 1 Prairie Dog
COUNT: 5
WARMUP: Hillbillies – Seal Claps – Squat and reach – Step Jacks – Eagles – Inchworm Merkins – Derricks

THE THANG:
B.L.I.M.P.S. followed by circuit of 7 stations with 7 different exercises on one minute Timed segments: 45 seconds of work and 16 second rest

MARY: Flutter kicks

ANNOUNCEMENTS: uncovered on 2nd Saturday of July at the Cove

COT: named FNG Prairie Dog

[mountainbiking] Wednesday Night Ride

AO: mountainbiking
Q: Imaginary
PAX: Frosty, Toebox, Spicoli, Riddler, Old School, Cleaver (@Spicoli’s 2.0)
FNGs: 1 Cleaver (@Spicoli’s 2.0)
COUNT: 7
Happy 4th of July!!

WARMUP / ROUTE: Take off and ride. Got in a lot of downhill sessions and some flow.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Q calendar is open. Please signup – just pick a location, lead the ride and provide a COT of what is on your mind. If you ride by yourself, you are equipped to Q.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Not sure if this story is true below, but we talked about not missing opportunities – you never know when it may be the last.

A good friend of mine unexpectedly lost his wife. A couple months later we were golfing together, chatting about nothing. He asked what my dinner plans were, and I told him wifey wanted my homemade chili and cornbread, but I didn’t feel like stopping at the store. We golfed a few more minutes when he quietly said, “Make the chili.”

It took me a few minutes to realize we were no longer talking about dinner. It was about going out of your way to do something for someone you love because at any moment, they could unexpectedly be taken from you. So today I’m sharing with you that wisdom handed to me by my dear friend, that I’ve thought of many times since that day. Next time someone you love wants you to go for a walk or watch a football game or play a board game or just put your phone down and give them your undivided attention, just do it. “Make the chili.”