F3 Knoxville

Always got 10 in you

THE SCENE: 60* and not muggy, perfect morning
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Moroccan night club x20 IC
Even/odd static stretch – middle/left/right
Tempo merkin x10 IC
SSH x15 IC
THA-THANG:

Mosey out of start point and over to amphitheater for some escalator action.  Start with first exercise, run a lap around the amphitheater (no stairs, take the long way).  Return and do first exercise and add second, continue adding each exercise after the lap.  Exercises as follows:

  • Plank jacks x10 on 4 count
  • Squat jumps x10
  • Pull ups on rails x10
  • Mountain climbers x10 on 4 count
  • Lunges x10 each leg
  • 8 count bodybuilders x10

Jackrabbits do ab exercises on the stage waiting for everyone to finish.  Everyone recover and 10 count.  Mosey out of amphitheater continuing away from start point, left over pedestrian bridge, and up beside the convention center and Big Ball.

Set up is for four cone drill.  Reps and walks, lather rinse repeat.

  • Round 1: Lizard walk between cones, 10 superman swims at each cone
  • Round 2: Crab walk between cones, 10 big boy sit ups at each cone
  • Round 3: Crawl bear between cones, 10 merkins at each cone

Recover and 10 count.  Mosey back to start point.

MARY:

Flutter kicks x25 IC
Edward scissorlegs x25 IC
Captain Thor up to 5:20
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 Strong:
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Workout was a very similar repeat of one I led last year, one that Preacher absolutely let me know he was not a fan of.  In all fairness, I made some of the exercises easier this time haha.  But I repeated a workout that reminded me of him, and the word was similar to one he gave after one of his Q’s.  He talked about first starting F3 and always being at the back, but that getting out there and doing something was better than nothing.  I specifically made the reps for the main part of the workout as no more than 10 of any given exercise.  Because no matter how tired you are, how worn out, you always have 10 reps in you.  You can always knock out 10 merkins, 10 situps, even 10 burpees or bodybuilders.  Apply that to your life in other ways, where something always better than nothing, you always have the ability to knock out 10 “reps”, and by doing so and just getting started you’ll be amazed at how much you end up accomplishing.

Aye!

College Graduation – Saved by Grace

THE SCENE: 61 and clear…  Here comes summer
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER 

This is the best job every, since I’m neither a professional or paid, yall can’t fire me. As much as you might want to after you do this workout.  In celebration of my VQ 1 year anniversary, we’re enrolling in college again, so we can progress through the years and Graduate!  A year of F3 has had me feeling like I’ve graduated .. in a sense..

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, Cherry Pickers, Empiracle Walkers. While moseying  to the “Freshman Wall”, do alternations of forwards and back crab walks, bear crawls and Gorilla shuffles (and a bernie or two).

THA-THANG: College

  • 25 Merkins + Freshman HILL
  • 50 Squats + Sophomore Hill
  • 75 Freddy Mercuries + Junior Stairs
  • 100 Burpees + Senior Stadium

TLDR;

At the CMU (aka Freshman) wall,  harken back to when you were a freshman.  Just doing a pushup or finding a class was a challenge.  So for freshman we keep it simple.

25 Merkins and run around wall.

Recollect that when certain people would for the first time, spend a full year at the dorms, eating potatoes and carbs for three meals a day, their thighs ended up being a bit large..  So we did a larger (from bottom to top) hill and

50 Squats + Sophmore Hill

Then, as a junior you were more refined, you were getting the hang of classes, and getting through the “CORE” classes as well as some of your major classes.. so:

Run the Junior Hill Stairs and do 75 (four count) Freddy Mercuries

Then, in preparation for the real world your major courses were kicking your tail, it was and is a long grind, you did what you had to, to reach the graduation finish line.. so

Run the Senior Stadium hill and follow it up with 100 Burpees.   Break-em up into sets of 15, then 10, and find a battle buddy to do whatever you can to graduate.

MARY:

In the spirit a of leave no man behind, we helped two HIM’s push through the last 20~30 burpess and made sure that everyone graduated.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

As you drop balls today whilst you try to do everything that is on your plate, think about how it’s ok.  Lay that todo list at the feet of Jesus and plead that he helps you prioritize them. You can not do everything, and it’s ok.  There are not enough hours in the day and it’s impossible to please everyone.  Step by step is how you do it.  No matter if it’s a 100 burpees, progressing through the tough college years, or a mount Everest of todo items.

Congratulations to all HIMS who graduated today!

MOLESKIN:
Ouch, I can’t move my arms.

Iron Meets The Hulk

THE SCENE: Beautiful Morning with a Little Gloom
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Grinder Work
    • Mosey to 5 Merkins
    • Mosey to 10 Tempo Squats
    • Millennial Run to 5 Burpees
    • Millennial Run to 10 Froggie Hops
    • Bernie Sanders to 15 CrossFit Big Boys
    • Bernie Sanders to 10 Bobby Hurley’s

THA-THANG:

  • Mosey the Greenway & Battle Buddy with Someone of Similar Speed
    • 10 Hill Sprints with Decreasing Burpees at the top.
    • 1st Hill Sprint – 10 Burpees
    • 2nd Hill Sprint – 9 Burpees
    • 3rd Hill Sprint – 8 Burpees
    • Complete 10th Sprint – 1 Burpee and Continue Mosey to Rock Pile
  • At the Rock Pile – Find a Rock for Each Hand:
    • Iron Hulks (1:4 Merkins and Push Press) Worked up to 5 Merkins and 20 Push Press (IC!!!)
    • V-Ups (OYOx10)
    • Overhead Squats (OYOx15)
    • CrossFit Big Boys (OYOx20)
    • Side Straddle ROCK Hops (ICx20)
    • Iron Hulks (1:4 Merkins and Push Press) Worked down from 5 Merkins and 20 Push Press (Single Count!)
  • Mosey Greenway Back to Grinder for Lazy Dora:
    • 100 Merkins (P1 does 10 While P2 Holds Plank; 100 total for group)
    • 100 Ankle Touches (P1 does 10 while P2 holds 6″; 200 total for group)
    • 100 Squats (P1 does 10 while P2 holds air chair; 100 for total group)

MARY:

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 Pax!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
You don’t know what you have; until it’s gone!  Shared a little about a few things that I have gone through in the past month.  My GR1 was stolen and recovered, but the feelings attached to that bag were unknown until this occurred. The loss of our dog, and all the difficult and frustrating times in his last couple years or life and how all that looks on the other side…I would do it all over again!
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Does your Abacus go to 50?

THE SCENE: Warmish cool. Or coolish warm. Like 50 or something.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x50 IC (4ct)
TN Rocking Chair x15 IC
Squats x50 (single count)
Mountain Parkers x15 IC
Crabettes x15 IC (I think it was 15… Lost count watching everyone flail about like a pack of drunken baby giraffes…

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the upper soccer field. Man, it looks too dark. Keep going to Watt Rd field.
50yd forward roll burpees
50yd crawl bear back

Mosey to concrete bleachers
20x Giant Step-ups (3 steps up, 3 steps down = 1 rep)

Charge up the hill to the upper field. Guess it’s not that dark after all.
50yd Broken Wheelbarrow (switch w/ partner as needed)
Burpee Backward Broad Jump back (shortened it up a little on audible)
50yd regular wheelbarrow – Each partner completes 50yd before switch

Mosey around to the base of the hill
5 rounds:
Sprint up to the top
Mosey back down
10 merkins
Flutter kicks 4 the six

Mosey back toward where it looks like Frosty and Tank are unloading.
Oops, NVM they’re leaving.
Well, we made it to the bleachers so knock out six more Giant Step-ups

Mosey back to the AO. Grab tents and tables from Frosty and Tank, scatter distribute to the fields.

MARY:
Ring of Fire – Leg pushdown style
LBCs x20 IC
Row your Boat
Side Crunch x15 IC each side
Flutter Kicks x20 IC

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 HIMs for the full beatdown. Special guest appearances by Tank and Frosty
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Talking to my daughter the other day… I forget what it was we were even referring to, but I playfully told her she was being lazy. She said, “No, I was being tired!” I told her, “Tired is a feeling, lazy is a choice.” There’s often a poor choice that goes along easily with what we’re feeling at any time. As guys, we have a tendency to suppress feelings and try to ignore them as we make choices. However, some time ago I took a class on “Emotional Intelligence”. At the time, I thought it was kind of stupid because we took a lot of time looking at emotions, then at the end we went into how making decisions based on emotions was a bad thing. I thought, “Hey, of course. Why did we spend all that time on emotions when we’re supposed to just ignore them like I was already trying to do.” It wasn’t until later that I realized the subtle difference between trying to ignore emotions and recognizing those emotions and realizing in the moment how they are trying to affect your decision making. As Eph. 4:26 puts it, you can be angry (and recognize that you are), but choose to sin not.
MOLESKIN:
Happy birthday to Abacus – Thanks for sharing part of your 50th birthday with us!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Prayers for Cornhole as he defends his thesis choice this week! (He wouldn’t tell us where this was going to be happening for some reason…)

5 Guys

THE SCENE: 53 w/ Smoke on the Water
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER:✅
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 20 IC

Merkins x 10 IC

cherry pickers x 10 IC
THA-THANG:
Tour de AO w/

  • 8-Count Body Builders
  • Merkins
  • LBCs
  • BBSU
  • Squats

Trail Run- DORAs: 200 Merkins/200 Squats

Tour de Disc Golf Course w/ 8-Count Body Builders, Merkins, LBCs, BBSU, and Squats

Trail Run back to Basketball Court. Suicides and 8-Count Body Builders.

 

MARY:
LBCs, Toe Touches and finished it off with AMRAP of Merkins
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Participating vs Leading. We miss out when we choose participation over leadership. This is a core principle of F3- Freed to Lead. Lead with your family, at work, with friends, within F3. Leadership involves love, sacrifice, service, obedience, grace, courage, and confidence.
MOLESKIN:
Prayed for Rick, a co-worker of mine, and for Wagon Wheel’s sister. We had 2 FNGs this morning- Turf Toe and Full Tank. Great to have some fresh faces out in the gloom and they killed it! I’ve known Turf Toe since he was about 10 years old. It was great to see him out this morning. Made me think I’m getting old but also realized I’m trying hard to kick life in the ass. Encouraging and humbling morning.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.