F3 Knoxville

Tour de Fountain City Park

THE SCENE: 24 degrees and calm in Fountain City Park.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH 25 ct

Baby Arm Circles (up and down) 13 ct ea

Cherry Pickers 15 ct

Merkins 6 IC 4 ct

THA-THANG:
Indian run from AO to the Duck Pond. Loop around once and back to AO.

6 Stations around Fountain City Park. 3 PAX go clockwise going up the numbered stations and 3 PAX go counter clockwise around the loop going down the numbered stations.

3 laps total around the loop increasing reps by 5 each time: 15, 20, 25.

  1. Merkins (15, 20, 25)
  2. BBS (15, 20, 25)
  3. Diamond Merkins (15, 20, 25)
  4. American Hammers (15, 20, 25)
  5. Squats (15, 20, 25)
  6. Burpees (10, 10, 10)

Plank when done.

MARY:
1/11 celebration!

Middle of the park: big tree and little tree are the stations. Reverse numbers til done like 11s.

Big tree: 1 BBS

Little tree: 11 merkins

*ran out of time about halfway through.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
6 HIMs present: Wilson, Vertigo, Duggar, Casper, Herbie, Filter on Q.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

MOLESKIN:
Don’t be afraid to look at the squiggly things under the rock. You can pick up the rock and put it back down saying, “I don’t need to deal with that” and ignore the squiggly things, or you can pick up the rock, look at the squiggly things and deal with them.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
none.

Rock piles and cathedrals

THE SCENE: 29 actual temp, 23 feels like temp. Shorts weather!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • 6 count squat (not tempo)
  • 6 count shoulder tap
  • Merkins on 4 count
  • SSH (varied pace)

THA-THANG:

“Bro I’m cold” rule in effect for durarion – I call out person when I’m cold and we do 5 burpees. Person I call out must call six count cadence. They then nominate the next person when they’re cold – or want to be a jerk.

Mosey out of SP toward amphitheater. Stop at back part of amphitheater for 10 eight count merkins, 10 jump squats. Sprint the hill and hold squat waiting for the 6. Continue mosey to church parking lot for rock PT.
  • Curls x15
  • Thrusters x10
  • Offset merkins x10
  • 10 meter duck walk and back
  • Overhead squats x 10
  • Overhead press x15
  • Hammers x10 (4ct)
Escalator style. Between each iteration run and touch the church and come back. Pick up next exercise and work back through beginning with curls.
Mosey back to SP.

MARY:

  • Iron cross IPTBAW. Last man standing picks next exercise and count, calls cadence but only does half the reps. Careless wins, calls out 30 Edward scissor-legs. Like a boss, does them all instead of stopping at 15.
  • Low plank on elbows IPTBAW. Run out of time with most PAX still holding, so we all win.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
12 strong, 1 visitor from Charlotte and 1 first time baller from Dog Pound: Reverb, Amazon, Passport, Dingar, Brooks, Duggar, Filter, Careless, Cowbell, Swanson, JPEG, Abort
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.”  Go about your day viewing things not the way the are, but the could be if you applied impact to them.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill OCR coming up in May. I want us to have minimum one team, hopefully two. We also will be building an obstacle, details to follow.

The Warm Up

THE SCENE: 34 Windy and Clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Seven weirdos for pre-ruck.

Imperial Squat Walker x 10 IC

SSH x 30 IC

Tempo Squat x 10 IC

8 Count Body Builder x 10 IC
THA-THANG:
Mosey to back lot

Uptown 50: 10 burpee at each end/cone. Move from cone one to cone two by method indicated. Grab a battle buddy!

Cone 1:

  1. Burpee Broad Jump
  2. Racoon Crawl
  3. Alligator Crawl
  4. Wheel barrow (P1)
  5. Sprint

Cone 2:

  1. Crab walk
  2. Inch worm
  3. Wheel barrow (P2)
  4. NUR
  5. Bear Crawl

Mosey to Start

Super 21: Increase merkin/bbs (1 merk/1 bbs, 2 merk/2 bbs, etc) by one each time through. After each numerical set do 21 of indicated exercise then continue with merkin/bbs.

  • Reps 1-10 merkin/bbs then 21 monkey humpers
  • Reps 11-15 merkin/bbs then 21 mountain climbers (4 ct)

MARY:
8 Count Body Builders x 10 IC

8 Count Body Builders x 5 IC

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Spent a week at Disney. Pure Magic. During our days there I held my sons hand a lot and even though I was holding his hand and leading him through crowds, he would still get off track or sideways due to the many distractions around. It occurred to me that we all do this as adults too. If we have asked God to lead us we cannot just say “you got this, right?” and wander off. We need to hold onto Him and keep our eyes and attention on Him so we do not get sideways or separated.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

This loop is looking familiar

THE SCENE: Low 40’s and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • 2 laps around the parking lot
  • SSH IC x 20
  • Tempo Squats IC x 10
  • Baby Arm Circles (Forward/Reverse) IC x 12
  • Cherry Pickers IC x 10
  • Merkins IC x 10

THA-THANG:

Moseyed to the oval parking lot for some laps. 4 stops along each loop, each with an assigned exercise. Complete 20 reps of each exercise, then run to the next stop.

Lap 1:

  1. Merkins
  2. Wide Merkins
  3. Narrow Merkins
  4. Carolina Dry Docks

Lap 2:

  1. Squats
  2. Lunges
  3. Jump Squats
  4. Iron Mikes

Lap 3:

  1. Flutter Kicks (4 ct)
  2. American Hammers (4 ct)
  3. Hello Dollies (4 ct)
  4. LBC’s

Rinse and repeat. We managed 9 total laps, so completed each of the exercises 3 times.

MARY:
No time for Mary

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
25 HIMs including 3 FNG’s; welcome to Burgundy, Scrum, and Flo

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

It seems like the last few weeks have been filled with story after story of tragic accidents and loss of life. It’s easy to get caught up in our own lives and worry about the “stresses of tomorrow” – discounting the blessings of today by worrying about what we may face tomorrow. However, we aren’t guaranteed tomorrow. Worrying about tomorrow doesn’t take away those troubles; it simply steals the joy from today.

I’m terrible about taking today for granted and worrying about what tomorrow may bring. It’s usually when I’m confronted with a story about tragic loss of life that makes me momentarily realize how precious today really is. I use the word “momentarily” because it typically lasts for a day or so and then I’m right back to worrying about tomorrow.

Let’s celebrate the blessings of today.

Elevation Training

THE SCENE: 38 degrees and clear skies!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH (IC) x 20, Imperial Walkers (IC) x 10, Moroccan Night Club (IC) x 10, Cherry Pickers (IC) x 10, Tempo Squats (IC) x 10, Tempo Merkins (IC) x 10, Box Cutters (IC) x 10

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Jucomanjaro.  Ascend Jucomanjaro stopping for PT along with the way.

PT# 1

  • 10 Burpees, 20 Tempo Squats (IC), Lunges (10 each leg), 15 Hello Dolly (IC), 40 LBCs

PT# 2

  • 20 Merkins, 20 Big Boys, 20 Flutter Kicks (IC), 50 Mtn Climbers, 20 Shoulder Taps

PT# 3

  • 10 Burpees, 20 Tempo Squats (IC), Side Lunges (10 each leg), 15 Freddie Mercury’s (IC), 15 SSH (IC)

PT# 4

  • 20 Merkins, 20 Big Boys, 20 Flutter Kicks (IC), 50 Mtn Climbers, 20 Shoulder Taps

PT# 5

  • 10 Burpees, 20 Tempo Squats (IC), Lunges (10 each leg), Side Lunges (10 each leg), 20 Big Boys

Mosey back to AO

MARY:

20 Tempo Squats (IC), 10 American Hammers (IC), Captain Thor made it 4/16, 20 Merkins

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:  12 HIMs killed it today! Bonus points to Judge Judy, Doubtfire and Spotter for joining me on PreRuck!

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

“Man Plans, and God Laughs.”  This was a saying my wife shared with me when we were discussing 2018 and everything that transpired this past year.  2018 was an exciting and stressful year for us with many things happening personally and professionally.  We are both meticulous planners and like to have everything in order.  With my job situation, we have been reminded that just because you want something to happen a certain way, that doesn’t necessarily mean that is how it is supposed to happen.  You have to have faith that everything happens for a reason and it will work out appropriately.

Proverbs 19:21 – Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.
MOLESKIN: Prayers for Pink Eyes father as he deals with cancer

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Judge Judy on Q this Friday!  Come out and support him at JUCO!