F3 Knoxville

Leg Day

THE SCENE:   Humid
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:

squats x10, imperial walkers x10, Imp squat walkers x20, plank, merkins x10, alternating superman’s x10, rinse and repeat
THA-THANG:

  • 11s with Hydraulic squats and American hammers
  • mosey to the tennis courts and run, shuffle, Bernie both tennis court main lines
  • Calf raises at the pavilion , 20 ic 4ct straight, 20 4ct duck, 20 4ct pigeon
  • mosey to the hill in front of the splash pad for 11s with monkey humpers at the bottom and big boys at the top, Bernie up the hill each time. good for the QUADS!
  • mosey to the playground for a quick round of pull ups and squats. started off as 11s but cut it short. All did at least 20 pull ups
  • Mosey to the field for 60-75 yard jogs, runs, and finished off with 2 good AYG sprints!

MARY:
nunya
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 pax
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
let your actions speak louder than words. nuff said
MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

I got 99 Problems and Sweat ain’t one

THE SCENE: Working out under water on the surface of the sun
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x20 IC

Cherry pickers x5 IC.
THA-THANG

Mosey to the Pee rocks .

99 Problems – partner DORA

  • Merkins
  • Curls
  • DOMO squats w/ rock
  • Carolina Dry Docks
  • Tricep overhead
  • Lunges
  • Stocky Balboas (rock overhead)
  • OHP
  • Burpees

99  shared reps of each exercise. One man reps it out while the other runs back to the AO and does birth month Burpee‘s. January  birthdays loved it, Decembers endured valiantly .

Half way through audibled to 5 burpees for everyone.  Once our groups had reached the Burpee‘s at the end, audible to squats on the Dora.

MARY:
Peter Parker, LBC x35, World’s greatest merkin x5, reverse crunches x20

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COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Mayberry, dreadlocks, cavalier, Bartman, Sparky, snitch, Abacus, mouthwash, choirboy, shooter, LA-Z-Boy, Baloo, and Junk
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
.“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭12:1-2

Many of us have heard this passage a lot. Typically when I think of running a race I think of running a race together. We think of a marathon or an obstacle course race or a 5K or just a sprint across the parking lot, but we think about doing it all on the same course, at the same time and altogether. The reality is in life none of us runs the same course as eachother. We may run pieces of it together, we may have parts that look similar or even almost identical and the finish line is the same;  but we all run our own course.  Often times we find ourselves looking at other people and complaining that they’ve got it easy, like they’re just running downhill the whole time. On occasion we will look at someone else and recognize that they’ve got it harder than we do, maybe they’re running uphill and climbing over  obstacle after obstacle. The reality is we just wouldn’t choose the hard stuff that comes our way. No one got to choose what they did this morning, they did what I told him to do. What they got to choose was how hard they worked and whether they lifted up their teammate or dragged them down.  For a time, some guys had to do more Burpee‘s then others because of something as arbitrary as what month they were born in.

If you go back to that passage,  The writer of Hebrews had just gotten done laying out a litany of their historical heroes many of whom suffered unbelievable hardships (I don’t know about you but I’ve never been sawed in two). Individualize his charge – “Run with endurance the race that is set before YOU!” You have to run the course that is laid before you. You can’t run mine for me and I can’t run yours for you. Largely you do not get to choose what you have to go through in life; you just get to choose how good or bad an attitude to have and how hard you work. The good news is that we can help each other along the way, we can shoulder eachothers burdens and we can cheer each other but we each have to run the course that is laid out in front of us.

MOLESKIN:
Many of the PAX know that my wife was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma two weeks ago. It’s not something we would’ve even considered choosing, it’s going to be rough, but it could always be worse.  This is a diagnosis that comes with a cure in most situations. We are believing for and working toward that. We don’t get to choose the course we run, or the obstacles we face.  We get to choose to run it with endurance, to lift our eyes to Jesus, to support others when needed and to lean on those around us when we need it. We have felt so supported by the man of F3 Knoxville and we are grateful.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Truckin’ To The Pound in September.

Golf outing 8/3

Remember Stitches in air force boot camp

Lincoln logs

THE SCENE: 82* and humid as crap
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
20 curls
10 squats
10 merkins
All OYO
THA-THANG:
Ruck up and grab two 60 lb sandbags.  Walk over to bridge where we have Swanson’s log stored and grab it as well.  Everyone gets to carry something.  Head up towards the L&N building and up the stairs to reach Western Avenue.  Head west toward the Emerald Youth soccer fields.  Swap the log for a sandbags at the halfway point and continue on to the soccer field.  Ground everything once there.

Continued warm up thanks to Pfeiffer, we did 10 three count merkins, rushed to the 50 yard line, 10 three count merkins, rushed to the opposite base line, 10 three count merkins, rushed to the 50 and then walked back to the near side where our coupons were.  Three count merkin begins laying prone, go up halfway and pause, go to the top and pause, go down halfway and pause, back to prone.  Pausing hurts in case you were wondering.

LOG PT
Two ruckers perform log PT while the other two bear crawl sandbag drag to the 18 yard box, turn and come back, then do 3 cling and press explosions with the sandbags (cling and overhead press but launch the bag and step back, let it hit the ground and start next rep).  Log PT as follows:

  • Bench press: place rucks on your chest (no straps) and lay the log across your ruck.  Together with your partner bench press the log 10x
  • Curls: just partner curl with log 10x
  • Ground up and over: pick the log up from the ground and shoulder it, OH press and down to the other shoulder, OH press it back to original side then lower it back to the ground 10x

Repeat this through doing log PT and bear crawls twice.  I gave everyone the option of rucking with the log or doing more log PT, we decided to stay for more PT.

With same partners (poor Swanson got stuck with me the whole time), burpee sandbag toss back and forth until the other pair finishes their log exercise.  New log exercise begins with PAX laying on your six with ruck on your feet, log across your chest.  Bench press the log, do a sit up with the log, OH press the log, then back down.  10x and swap with burpee bag throw.  Again, repeat through twice.

Ruck and log up, head back the way we came.  Once back to the bridge, we put the log back to bed and finish the last few minutes with just sandbags and covered a little more distance, swapping every 2:30.  I know by the time we got back, I was drenched from sweat.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
4 weirdos: Amazon, A Rod, Swanson, Abort

The Guardrail Shuffle

THE SCENE: only 76 degrees but felt like 90.  Sticky as all get out.
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, Merkins, Lunges, Freddy Murcuries, Side Lunges, American Hammers, Burpees
THA-THANG:  The Guardrail Shuffle

25 Minute AMRAP of this loop.

Start at guard rail.  Do 10 Derkins (feet on the guard rail).  In between each Derkin (decline merkin) do one side crawl (shuffle) to the right while keeping your feet on the guard rail.  So you remain declined for the whole set of 10 Derkins.  Then stop your Derkins and get up and do 10 burpees.  Then go back to the guard rail and do 10 more shuffling Derkins followed by 10 more burpees.  Finish the set with 5 Sh-Derkins and 5 burpees.

Then do 25 (single count) Lunges, moving towards the corner stop light (entrance to JUCO).  After Lunges, mosey to stop light.

At the stop light do a backwards bear crawl down the street (~35 yards) to the mid way light pole.  Then turn around and do a fowards bear crawl to the next stop light which is almost to the parking lot entrance.

Finish up the loop by sprinting (100%) from the parking lot entrance to the beginning of the guard rail where we started.   Mark your lap (reps) down on chalk.   ~6 minute rounds.

We almost completed three rounds but wanted to leave a little time for a little Burpee Machine Mary.

MARY:
5 minutes of an enlarged “Burpee Machine” .  5 stations of a continuous de-constructed burpee.  1) Plank 2) Merkin 3) Frogs (knees to elbows — forgot this station) 4) Squats 5) Squat Jumps 6) SSH

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Continuing the Parenthood weekly theme – God is our perfect father. He is loving and gracious to you fathers. He is the perfect example of 1 Corinthians 13.  Seek him and lean on him during your times of fathering your own children.  Little by little (as a father does) he will grow you, give you more, challenge you more.  Ask from him, and he hears and gives . He does not give stones or snakes , but instead gives good gifts that fulfill and sustain us.

Matthew 7:7

7 “[c]Ask, and it will be given to you; [d]seek, and you will find; [e]knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 9 Or what man is there among you [f]who, when his son asks for a loaf, [g]will give him a stone? 10 Or [h]if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he? 11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him!

Referenced a long time favorite pastor of mine and his series “A Perfect Father” (Louie Giglio) https://passioncitychurch.com/gathering/a-perfect-father/

MOLESKIN:
Pray for Mandoline’s buddy who is / has gone through a 5 heart bypass surgury.  And our wives who are feeling stressed during job transitions.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Cheer on Fast-N-Easy as his Brickyard competes in a 7 minute Burp-off tomorrow.  I think this months challenge is burpee totals. So stay tuned for an up and coming “utterly stupid” (CSOP??) & “seabiscut” combo thing-a-magiggy I’ve dreamed up to add some excitement to just doing regular burpees.

Never ending TABATA

THE SCENE: Fairly humid and warm for 5:30 AM
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

A quick welcome to F3. Let all know to push themselves not hurt themselves..remimded all I am not a professional

WARM-O-RAMA:
Cherry pickers 4 count 5x, arm circles forward 10x then reverse 10x, side straddle hops 4 count 15x

THA-THANG:
TABATA workout. 60 seconds of work followed by 20 seconds of rest.

Roll first dice to select exercise then 2nd dice to determine number of rounds

Use a CMU for weight on overhead exercises and American hammers

Rounds were as follows

  • American hammers (6 rounds)
  • Overhead lunges (5 rounds)
  • Markins (4 rounds)
  • Clean and press (5 rounds)
  • Merkins (2 rounds)
  • Overhead squats (3 rounds)
  • Clean and press (2 rounds)
  • Plank hold (4 rounds)

Mary 

Welcome to baloo from New Orleans

OUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
6 total PAX. Mayberry, Cavalier, Butters, Baloo, Waxjob and Crossbar
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Make sure to enjoy and moments of rest you get and take advantage of every moment as life is short.
MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.