F3 Knoxville

Merkin Madness

THE SCENE: about 40 and light rain

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH X 20

TN Rocking Chair x 15

Merkins x 10

Burpee x 5

THA-THANG:

Do next leg exercise by pavalon then do next chest exercise by scrapyard then run down the stairs and back up the path to the pavalon.

Scrapyard:

Merkin X 20

Derkin x 20

Ranger Merkin x 20

Side to side Merkin x 20

Wide fly Merkin x 20

Pavalon:

Alt side Lunge x 20

Split squat x 20

Jump squat x 20

Calf raise squat x 20

Iron mikes x 20

MARY:

BBS 20-1

Heels to heavens 20-1

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
15 men including FNG Peekaboo! Our boy MIB who got named at the Asylum convergence came back out too. Backup killing it with the EHs.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Talked about dark days to come, but there is a light at the end.
MOLESKIN:
We did about 2 rounds of the thang and then started the 20-1. Got down 3-4 rounds and took a lap. Did a few more rounds after that.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
MAARC fun ruck on April 20. 12pm at Target in Maryville. About a mile each way. Patches are $20.

Homemade Jelly

THE SCENE: Cloudy 40 degrees
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Pre-Ruck (5 Weirdos) Completed Day 1 of Lucky 7 Challenge

SSH x 30 IC

Tempo Squat x 10 IC
THA-THANG:

Mosey to Hill

Hill Pyramid: 5-10-15-20-20-15-10-5

Merkins at bottom of hill, CDD at top of hill

Jelly Legs:

  • R1: Squat 10 count, 10 squats, run up hill, 2 Burpees.
  • R2: Squat 20 count, 20 squats, run up hill, 4 Burpees.
  • R3: Squat 30 count, 30 squats, run up hill, 6 Burpees.
  • R4: Squat 40 count, 40 squats

Back to AO

MARY:
8 Count Man Makers x 10 IC

Imperial Squat Walker x 20 IC

8 Count Man Makers x 10 IC

Flutter x 20 IC

Capn Thor
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
2 Kings 5 Naaman thought he could use his place in society to find healing. Grace tells us differently. We can only show up with what we are/have. Nothing more.
MOLESKIN:
“Grace doesn’t sell; you can hardly even give it away, because it works only for losers and no one wants to stand in their line.” Robert Farrar Capon
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Alligator Crawls?

THE SCENE
33 and breezy

Welcome & Disclaimer

 

THE THANG
COP
SSH 4ct x25 IC
Dive Bombers x15 IC
Tempo Squats 4ct x15 IC
Line up on curb
Balboas 4ct x15 IC
85% to other curb and back
Merkins  x15 IC
Balboas 4ct x15 IC
85% to other curb and back
BAC Fwd 4ct x10 IC
BAC Bkwd 4ct x10 IC
Overhead Claps 4ct x10 IC
Balboas 4ct x15 IC
85% to other curb and back

Line up to mosey to adjacent parking lots.

 

BRCLs
Everyone starts at the orange cones and performs the following exercises.  Start at 6 reps for each exercise and each round add 2 reps until you get to 12, then come back down to 6 subtracting 2 reps each time.

Exercises and travel method to each cone:

  • Start: Burpee Broad Jumps to first yellow cone
  • Cone 1: Narrow Squats then run to 2nd cone
  • Cone 2: 4ct Mountain Climbers then alligator crawl to 3rd cone
  • Cone 3: Ranger Merkins then lunge to 4th cone
  • Cone 4: Iron Mikes then run around the parking lot to the start

Run around parking lot back to start

Mosey to Baby Hill

 

Hill Dock Squats
Start at the base of Baby Hill.
At the bottom of hill do x10 Dry Docks.
Run to the top of the hill.
At the top of hill do x10 Jump Squats.

Rinse and repeat x3

Mosey to SP and circle up.

 

MARY
Flutter kicks 4ct x25 IC
American Hammers 4ct x20 IC
Flutter kicks 4ct x20 IC
American Hammers 4ct x20 IC
ATMs

 

COT
Number off and Name-O-Rama – 22 PAX

 

BOM
Matthew 5:43-48
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?  And if you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.”

The word “perfect” doesn’t mean without error, it means mature.  Our lives are to be marked by daily growth.  Sometimes it will be slow and slight, sometimes large and loud, but either way we should be seeking to grow physically, mentally, relationally, and spiritually everyday.

The growth point in this passage is love, specifically loving those who don’t love us.  It’s easy to love those we like, but what we are called to as HIMs is to even love those who stand against us.  This does NOT mean we let people trample over us or take us off mission.  It means we relate in a way that is void of hate or anger.  How we live and relate is what sets us apart.  We live on mission for a purpose.

This week you will face “enemies.”  Some you will know personally, some you won’t.  Brothers, choose love!  I will warn you now, you can’t do it in your own strength.  The good news is you don’t have to.  When faced with a difficult situation, seek help from above.  Pray that God would grant you the love for others that he has for you.

 

Submitted by Cap’n Crunch

The Doobie Brothers

THE SCENE: Cold and Crisp. 33 Degrees. Shorts Weather
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER ✅
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x 20 IC

cherry pickers x 10ish IC

front Claps x 15 IC
THA THANG:

modified B.R.I.C.K. (Burpees, Rocky Balboas, *Merkins, Capt. Thor, *8-Count Body Builders)

2-4-6-8-10 of each exercise with a 100 yard field lap between each set of reps.

Tour de Equalizer w/ flutter kicks and planks mixed in.

3.19 miles covered

 

MARY:
Insert information about any additional post-THANG work (if applicable).
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Continued the theme from this past weekend’s 3rd F- Suffering. We can’t have adversity without pain. It’s not possible. God meets us at the point of our deepest need. We were made to live in community with others. Take your concerns, cares, adversity, pain, and suffering to God and share with appropriate others.

MOLESKIN:
The Doobie Brothers opened the first Monday morning workout at the Equalizer in style. Hot Tub, Farva, Doubtfire, and Bow Flex put on a historic performance. One for the ages.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

Convergence

THE SCENE: Sunny and nice, temps in 50’s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
20 Side Straddle Hops, 15 second squat, 15 Mountain Climbers, 30 second squat, 10 Windmills, 45 second squat, 10 Cherry Pickers, 60 second squat, Little of This and Little of That.  Split into three groups and Mosey to workout stations.  In each station we will work out for 15 minutes.  After workout out at the three stations we will meet back at AO.
THA-THANG:

STATION 1 (at parking lot near entrance of northern ball fields)
There will be bricks on ground at Corner 1 and CMU’s on ground at Corner 3.
We will circle the parking lot counter clockwise, stopping at each corner to do the listed exercises.  We will circle the lot three times, doing the series of exercises as we go.
  • Corner 1:  With brick in each hand do:  1. 25 Wings Out  2.  25 Wings Up  3.  25 Wings down.  Bernie Sanders to Cone 2 after each listed exercise.
  • Corner 2:  1.  20 Merkins  2.  20 Dive Bombers 3.  20 Carolina Drydocks.  Bear Crawl to Corner 3 after each exercise.
  • Corner 3:  With CMU do:  1.  25 Overhead Presses  2.  25 Curls  3.  25 Rows.  Sprint to Corner 4 after each exercise.
  • Corner 4:  1.  20 American Hammers (4 count)  2.  20 Box Cutters   3.  20 Flutter Kicks (4 count).  Lunge to Corner 1 after each exercise.

STATION 2 (on north side of parking lot with nice restroom and across street from northern ballfields)

Picket’s charge w 3 Burpees at every cone
Circle Burp: grab a baby and take turns leading cadence with curls until saying “Go” and do two Burpees all around circle, repeat w Triceps
Give and Take: choose a battle buddy, plank across from each other. Take turns taking bricks off CMU and replace until time is up bout 1-2 minutes.
Merkin Suicides: run to cone do 10 merkins suicide style

Station 3 (in parking lot by southern ball fields)

On one end you will do an exercise than run to the other end and continue that exercise until the Six arrives.  Modification is leave early on the run.

Strength and Conditioning Side:

Exercise 1     20 – Merkins

Exercise 2     20 – 4 Count Side Straddle Hop

Exercise 3     20 – Squats

Exercise 4     20 – Carolina Dry Docks

Exercise 5     5 – Burpees

Exercise 6     3 – Yoga – Plank – Downward Dog – Upward Dog You will need to call it out.

Ab Side:

Exercise 1     20 – IC 4 Count LBCs

Exercise 2     20 – IC Holly Dolly

Exercise 3     20 – IC Plank Jacks

Exercise 4     20 – On your own Shoulder taps  shoulder

Exercise 5     20 – On my Up – Big Boy Sit Ups

Exercise 6     20 – IC 4 Count – American Hammers IC

MARY:
50 Baby Crunches, 25 Sit-ups
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
43 men with one FNG, Jeremy Cameron whom we dubbed “MIB”
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
We all must suffer.  That will be the theme of today’s 3rd F.  It helps to remain optimistic in the face of suffering.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Pfeiffer is gonna be a daddy this week!

3rd F at Outlook immediately following this workout!