F3 Knoxville

Confusion, Chaos……And SALLY

THE SCENE: Cooler than expected
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Stretch, SSH IC X 25, ISW IC X 15, Hillbilly Rockettes IC X 15, 10 Man makers

THA-THANG:
Confusion with QIC lead to group Q.  We proceeded down the Powell Emory Greenway and did random called exercises at each lightpole.  BBS, Squats, flutter kicks, HR merkins, over head claps, monkey humpers.  This was done on the way to the Rock Pile.  Partnered up with a coupon.  Pax 1 perform called exercise at bottom of hill, while Pax 2 ran up hill and perfomed called exercise.  Repeat x 5.  Mosey back to AO while stopping at light poles and performing exercises again.  This was an on the fly Q that turned out well! Great job Brickyard

MARY:
We brought Sally Up and Down!

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Simmons, Fast-n-easy, Tuba, Herbie, Tractor, Hamm, Switchgrass, Mr Wedgie

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Putting GOD first and believing that HIS will be done.  NOT OURS.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Wonder ducks

THE SCENE: Mostly Cloudy, 50°F, Feels like 50°F, Humidity 68%, Wind 1mph from NW
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH 20x IC
  • LBAC 10x -> & <- IC
  • Overhead claps 15x IC
  • Seal claps 15x IC
  • Merkins 10x IC
  • Little this little that

THA-THANG

  • Mosey to Filter’s car for coupons (bricks)
  • Mosey to Gresham lot with bricks
  • Wonder ducks (in a people’s chair)
      1. Arms side straight out
      2. Back to side
      3. Arms straight front
      4. Back to side
      5. Curl to chest
      6. Push out
      7. Back to chest
      8. Push up
      9. Back to side
    • Duck walk one parking space
    • Add 1 rep and repeat to mid lot
  • Mosey to church lot
    • Captian Thors ladder goal of 21 (we made it to 16)
    • Run scripts lot between sets

MARY:

15x Flutter kicks IC

15x hello Dolly IC

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Endurance in our daily walk with Christ is like endurance in workouts. We have to build it daily always striving to find God’s will for our lives and trusting that the plans He has for us are better than any we could devise on our own
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

B.O.M.B.S. OVER JUCO

THE SCENE: Low 40’s and gloomy – perfect weather to continually cut the wrong wire and set off a bunch of B.O.M.B.S. – No man was left the same this morning.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Cherry Pickers, Tennessee Rocking Chair, SSHs, Tempo Squats
THA-THANG:

  1. Mosey to Parking Lot – Route 66 style grinder: At each Pole (6 total) perform exercises.  First 3 poles – 15 Merkins, 15 Plank Jacks, 15 4ct Mountain Climbers.  Second 3 poles – 10 Merkins, 10 Plank Jacks, 15 Bobby Hurley’s.
  2. Mosey to the JUCO Gym (Coupon Pile behind creepy loading dock) and battle-buddy up.  Perform B.O.M.B.S. workout – each team performs 100 Burpees, 150 Overhead Tri-Extensions, 200 Merkins, 250 BBSs, 300 Squats.  While one partner is doing exercise, other performs weighted run up and around concrete border wall WITH a coupon.  Had to modify a tad because of time.  Most teams made it about halfway thru the BBSs before we trimmed the numbers down to 100 reps for each exercise.  No one made it to squats, so when everyone thought we were done – PAX did 50 squats in civilian cadence.
  3. Mosey back to AO, JAILBREAK for the last 150 yards of so.

MARY:
Cornucopia of Flutterkicks (IC led by Erector), Dead-Bugs (or something like that, IC, led by Bartman), Heals to Heaven (IC, led by the Q), and the 6inch Alphabet (led by the Q)
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 Strong
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
1) Be thankful to the Lord for what he has blessed you with.  2) Concentrate this week on turning from your own interests and paying attention to those people in your inner circle and their happiness, specifically, what you can do for them that might not only increase their joy, but might open doors to sharing the Gospel.  “The noblest art is that of making others happy.” – P.T. Barnum

MOLESKIN:
Bartman had a house full of young men over the weekend and 5 of them accepted Christ (after a full blown background investigation and polygraph by Bartman).  Now THAT is something to be joyful about!

Kudos to Waxjob for attending the Full Smokey Pre-Ruck.  We need more of you motherruckers to step out of your comfort zone and hike the tallest point in Florida every M-W-F,  wheels up from AO @0440hrs – contact Judge Judy with questions.

 

eleven PAX doing elevens

THE SCENE: 45* – getting back to nice weather
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Tempo lunge x10 IC
Merkins x10 IC
Windmills x8 IC
Burpees x5 OYO
SSH x20 IC
THA-THANG:

Mosey out of start point to amphitheater.  Assemble in front of stage for some super sets.  Do first three exercises in a row, OYO, with no rest in between.  Plank on stage and wait for everyone to finish.  Then back to the front of the stage for the next three exercises.  As quickly as possibly OYO and plank waiting for everyone to finish.

  • Left leg step ups x11
  • Right leg step ups x11
  • Box jumps x11

Plank and wait for everyone to finish, then straight into:

  • Derkins x11
  • Dips x11
  • Merkins x11

Plank and wait until last man finished.  Back at it and repeat all six exercises in the same fashion.  Recover and 10 count.  No mosey to the next routine, stay at the amphitheater stage for Super 11’s (11 seems to be the number of the day).  Perform 11 BBSU’s, run the stairs to the top, perform 11 pull ups on rails.  Return to the bottom and go from 10 to 1 reps on both exercises.  When finished, plank it up on the stage. Recover and 10 count.

Mosey back past the start point to the front of L&N Stem Academy.  Everyone grab a rock (or two if they want some fun).  Rock exercises as follows:

  • Curls x30 and rest with rock pressed overhead
  • Squats x30 with rock pressed overhead
  • Curls x30 and rest with rock pressed again overhead
  • Arms straight out, rock lifts x30
  • Overhead press x30
  • Curls x30
  • Situps x30 with rock pressed overhead

Mosey back to start point.

MARY:
Had about three minutes left upon arrival, and Q only had one thing left to do.  Boat/Canoe.  After a few iterations of plain holds, 5 on 4 count flutter kicks while in canoe, then 5 on a 4 count OH claps in canoe.  A few more iterations of regular holds.  30 seconds left Q told PAX all we had was 30 seconds, and to hold canoe for that long or until they had to drop.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 Strong, including one flying headlock who departed early: Mark (FEH), Swanson, G6, Bareback, Cowbell, The Voice, Rousey, Half Caf, Amazon, Pfeiffer, Abort
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I’ve kind of had a recurring theme in my word, which is struggling with failure.  Constantly worrying about failing at my job, failing as a friend, failing as a future spouse and father.  Then I read things that say if you’re not failing at something then you’re not trying hard enough or trying new things and that failure is the best way to learn.  So failure is always there, be it good or bad.  However I came across a quote which really struck me, so I decided to share it.  From Francis Chan:

“OUR GREATEST FEAR SHOULD NOT BE OF FAILURE, BUT OF SUCCEEDING IN THINGS IN LIFE THAT DON’T REALLY MATTER.”

Bruce Pearl Beatdown

THE SCENE: Seattleish, again…
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER ✅
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, Front Claps, “Bruce Pearls”, and a Team Mosey
THA-THANG:
Squats-Merkins-BBSU

  • 1-2-3 (S-M-BBSU)
  • 2-4-6
  • 3-6-9
  • 4-8-12
  • 5-10-15
  • run a lap
  • 6-12-18
  • 7-14-21
  • 8-16-24
  • 9-18-27
  • 10-20-30
  • run a lap and keep running until all PAX complete the reps
  • 8-Count Body Builders x 8 IC
  • Team Indian Run to the Trails
  • LBCs x 20 IC
  • Team Trail Run
  • 9-18-27
  • 8-16-24
  • 7-14-21
  • 6-12-18
  • Hill Run
  • 5-10-15
  • 4-8-12
  • 3-6-9
  • 2-4-6
  • 1-2-3
  • Hill Run and complete 8-Count BB OYO until all PAX finished.
  • Team Trail Run with 1 pit stop for 8-Count BB x 5 IC

MARY:

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Use the TAGS on right-side to record PAX (BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOURSELF) in attendance. Be sure to select the AO in CATEGORY above TAGS and then delete these notes!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Todayxis my sisters birthday. She’s 5 years older than me and the toughest nut you’ll ever meet. She’s an inspiration. She’s a a great sister, sister-in-law, Aunt, wife, and mother. I love her dearly. Encouraged the PAX to be an inspiration to others today! Don’t just suck everybody else’s inspiration- create your own!
MOLESKIN:
We welcomed Whittler from Chatt and overlooked his War Eagle fandom and colorful socks. He is Rusty’s brother-in-law and It was great to have him at the Equalizer! We prayed for Rusty’s upcoming mission trip to Belize- his excitement for this is contagious. May God Bless all involved! Also, shout-out to Pfeiffer for helping me with the Q- it was brutal.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The Equalizer Expansion Project is underway. Time to stop crawling and start running! News to come.