F3 Knoxville

CMU, CMMe… CM4always, That’s the Way It Should Be

THE SCENE: There was weather.  I think.  It might have felt a little cooler than recent, I forget.  Once we got going, sweat volume was unchanged.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x25 IC
CherryPickers x9 IC
Imperial Squat Walkers x15 IC
Tempo Merkins x15 IC (reduce cadence speed after each 5)
Go get some CMUs and circle back up!
Round-the-Blocks merkins to the right, then to the left (11 each way)
Blockee Hop x5 OYO (demo exercise for later) – Burpee with hands on CMU, leave it on the ground and hop over.
Blocky Hurley x5 OYO (demo exercise for later) – Bobby Hurley holding CMU
Merky-Derky x5 OYO (demo exericse for later) – Merkin on block, bear crawl forward, derkin with feet on block, bear crawl back (that’s 1)

THA-THANG:
Mosey with blocks over to the Dragon and pair up in groups of 3.
One PAX up the hill (with CMU), one at bottom (with CMU) one in transition.
Do each exercise until relieved by PAX in transition. Advance to next exercise in list upon return.

Transition:
Uphill: Bernie Sanders
Downhill: Bear Crawl

Top of the hill:
Overhead Press
Pull-over
Lawn Mower
Upright Row
Forward Press
Merky Derky
Curl

Bottom of the hill:
Squat
Step-up (onto vertical CMU)
Overhead Lunge
Calf Raise
Blocky Hurley
Blockee Hop
Lunge (back foot on block)

PAX complained about lack of preparation for Q by YHC – Grass on the hill had not been adequately dried off in advance, leading to somewhat slippery conditions.
MARY:
Dagnabbit, outta time again.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 PAX came out for this CMUesday!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
This week marks the second anniversary of my first Q. I encourage everyone, if you’ve not tried it, take the plunge. It’s leadership, it’s service, and it’s fun!
MOLESKIN:
The AO was a bit of a mess this morning due to someone firing off a bunch of fireworks in the parking lot. Thanks to everyone for hanging around afterward and cleaning it up!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Watch for info about 3rd F coming next month!

Smile! You’re on Candid Camera!

THE SCENE: Low 70’s, high humidity.  Easy to get the muscles warm.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 25 (4 ct); Imperial Squat Walkers x 15; mosey around the circuit for a preview of each station

THA-THANG:
Divide into 5 groups, 1 group per station as follows:

Station 1: Baby Cardiac.

Bernie up the hill.  3 burpees.  Back down.  3 burpees. Sprint up the hill.  3 burpees.  Back down.  Wagon wheel to pick up the 6 and finish together.  Mosey to Station 2 and bump that group on.

Station 2:  Brickyard Bearcrawl:  Bearcrawl across parking lot, 1 derkin with feet on curb.  Bearcrawl back, 2 derkins. Bearcrawl across again, 3 derkins.  Etc till you reach 10 derkins.  Then Flutters x 25 (4 ct).  Repeat till you’ve been bumped.

Station 3:  Doras in the opposite parking lot.  Partner up for 50 man makers, and then as many monkey humpers as you can get before you’re bumped.

Station 4:  The cloud for 11s of Box Jumps/ Dips and then BBS/CDD.  Rinse and repeat till bumped.

Station 5:  CMU station.  With 2 CMUs set up, dips to a sitting position and then back up.  At the highest point, touch head with one hand, then another dip.  Next up, touch head with other hand.  Do 20 of these, then 25 curls.  Rinse and repeat till bumped.

I believe everybody got through one circuit at every station.

MARY:
Boat/Canoe for 4 minutes.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
We focused on Lou Gehrig and the type of character demonstrated over a lifetime to feel like you are “the luckiest man on the face of the Earth” in the face of adversity like being diagnosed with ALS in the prime of your life.  It was inspired by listening to an F3 podcast about Crablegs (from the Raleigh area, not our own Crablegs) who has been diagnosed with ALS and is on a tour of the country visiting F3 AOs and MLB ballparks with his family, all while demonstrating the same strength of character we saw with the “Ironman” and his famous speech at Yankee Stadium.  Gehrig gave his famous speech on July 4, 1939.  He died less than 2 years later, June 2, 1941.  If you want to watch his speech some of his speech and the background , there’s a nice segment here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLoq_st_JEo

MOLESKIN:
Thanks to Filter for following us around to get some great photos and his work on updating our website and social media.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Just the 3 of us!

THE SCENE: Perfect weather. Maybe a little humid

WARM-O-RAMA:
Quick stretch

THA-THANG:
Run 5 miles. Add a nice hill. Sprint last minute around baseball field

MARY:
Extra lap around parking lot.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Party of 3 (cavalier, fingerfood and toebox)

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Be intentional in your relationship with God. Make a plan to worship, pray and read. Faith comes from hearing, that is, hearing the good news about Jesus.

MOLESKIN:Prayers for lady junk and Addie

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

 

It’s not my Birthday but we can party

THE SCENE: Early and humid
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Lap around the field.  tempo Merkins, cherry pickers, rockettes
THA-THANG:
Mosey to playground for 7s. Pull ups and 4-count LBCs.. in between, Run up to circle stopping at each cone to do a burpee.

Mosey to the splash pad for a kraken of 25 reps. Do exercise and then run around perimeter of splash pad. Exercises are:

  • Dips
  • OH presses
  • V-ups
  • Merkins
  • Step ups per leg
  • 10lb ball slams
  • lunges per leg

finish with Indian run to AO, and 10 decline, 10 incline and 10 dips x2 and 30 calf raises

MARY:
dealers choice: side crunches, hello Dolly’s , Freddy Mercurys
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

pax of 9

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

We’re all busy so don’t use “too busy” as an excuse for not doing something. Too busy just means it isn’t a priority. It’s not as important to you as something else.

Spend time in prayer, with your wife, kids mom etc.

MOLESKIN:

prayers for junk’s wife, butters family being sick, friends with losses and issues, Bartman’s daughter

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
TTTP, F3 Dad camp

Lonely CMUs

THE SCENE: Partly Cloudy, 71°F, Feels like 73°F, Humidity 100%, Wind 0mph from NE – by Klimat.app

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Ssh 25 4ct
  • Tplank arm circles 10x
  • 20x merkins

THA-THANG:

8 rounds with CMU

  • 8 SHOULDER PRESS
  • 20 PLANK PULLS 10 per side
  • 8 SWINGS
  • 200 METER CMU carry

MARY:

  • 25 Merkins
  • 25 4ct hammers
  • 25 diamond BBS
  • 25 4ct flutter kicks

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
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MOLESKIN:
Encourage any men you know in Fountain City and Halls to come to the Quacken.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: