F3 Knoxville

Sweating in the square

THE SCENE: 70* and clear, maybe a tad humid
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Tempo squats x10 IC
Windmills x10 IC
Baby arm circles forward x10 IC
Baby arm circles reverse x10 IC
SSH x8 IC
THA-THANG:
Mosey towards the Big Ball and up the stairs towards pedestrian bridge.  Bear crawl across pedestrian bridge, each time a PAX stops to rest results in penalty of 5 prisoner squats at the end of the bridge.  Q took the six and no one was doing squats, so the entire group did 10 prisoner squats on four count in cadence.  Continue mosey to Market Square.  PAX assemble at the stage end of the square in front of the TVA building.

Routine is a variation on the Dirty Mac Deuce.  Four rounds of three exercises, 20 reps each, once a round is completed PAX take a lap around Market Square and move on to next set.  Exercises as follows:

  • Round 1: Derkins, lunges, superman swims
  • Round 2: Incline merkins, jump squats, Edward scissorlegs
  • Round 3: Wide merkins, calf raises, side crunches
  • Round 4: Dips, pistol squats, American hammers

Jack rabbits repeat round 1 after finishing while waiting on the 6.  Recover and 10 count.  Begin mosey back to start point for Mary.

MARY:
Flutter kicks x20 on four count IC
Q Favorite Boat/Canoes and variations for painfully long time
Box cutters x10 on four count IC
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
17 Strong: Careless, Cowbell, The Voice, Casper, Half Caf, G6, Delilah (FNG), Pfeiffer, Doolittle, Rousey, Filter, Preacher, Dugger, Roto, Operation, Bob Ross, Abort
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“Pay attention to what is in front of you – the principle, the task, or what’s being portrayed.” How you do anything is how you do everything. How you handle today is how you handle every day.  How you handle this minute is how you handle every minute.  Leave no doubt.

Burpicide to the Pavalon

THE SCENE: around 70 – warm & steamy

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Side straddle hops x 20
  • Tempo merkins x 10
  • Tempo squats x 10
  • Cherry pickers x 5
  • this/that stretch

THA-THANG:

  • Indian run to base of Matterhorn – last man drops & performs 2 merkins before running to front of line
  • Suicide run up the Matterhorn
    • 8 cones lined up the hill
    • Burpees at each cone increasing by 2 each time:  2,4,6,8….16.   Had to stop at 14 due to time.
  • Countdown at the pavalon
    • Start at top & work your way down the list.  Rinse & repeat eliminating the lowest rep exercise each time through the list.  Finish each trip down the list by running up the hill to the gate & back.
      • 10 wide grip pullups
      • 9 thrust merkins
      • 8 speed skaters (each leg)
      • 7 dips
      • 6 box jumps
      • 5 decline merkins
  • Indian run back to the AO

MARY:

  • Box cutters x 25
  • Side crunch x 10 (each side)
  • Flutter kicks x 25
  • American Hammers x 20
  • 1 minute plank

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
22:   I-Beam, Snitch, Flute Loop, Waxjob, Driftwood, Wagon Wheel, Side Car, La-Z-Boy, Transfer, Smoker, Mayberry, Junk, Wallball, Pusher, Toto, Butters, Trap Door (FNG), Scooter, Bueller, Booger, Ratchet, Bartman

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
My 11 year-old son is out of town on a trip and called last night with a headache.  He was letting it get to him and making a mountain out of a mole hill…he was losing perspective on the situation and getting overwhelmed.  Funny thing is, we do this as men all the time.  It’s usually not a headache – usually it’s financial stress, work stress, family pressure, health needs.  We let these things grow in our minds until we think they are too big to handle.  God reminds us in the book of Deuteronomy that he is always with us.

“Be strong and courageous.  Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you”   Deuteronomy 31:6

This verse is taken from the time of Moses, when he was getting ready to hand the reigns over to Joshua.  Moses was reassuring both Joshua and the Israelites that God would take care of them in battle against their enemies.  We still have that same promise today.  Whatever your circumstance, large or small, God’s answer is still “I will not leave you nor forsake you”.  Don’t make mountains out of mole hills – give them over to the Lord in prayer and watch him do the work on your behalf.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Hindenburg Living History

THE SCENE: Cloudy, rain showers 70 degrees
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
T-Plank Arm Circles x 15 IC EA ED

Happy Jacks (5 SSH IC, 2 jump squat) x 4

Tempo Merkin x 15 IC 4CT

Prison Squat x 20 IC

Cherry Pickers x 15 IC
THA-THANG:

Mosey to back lot

Hindenburg Blimps: Complete exercise at each corner of lot. Run to each corner!

Round 1: 10 Burpee

Round 2: 20 Lunges (10 EL)

Round 3: 30 BBS

Round 4: 40 Merkin

Mosey Back to front lot

Burpee Dan: 1 Burp: 4 lunges, 2 Burp: 4 lunges, 3 Burp: 4 lunges, etc until Q says stop.

MARY:
Flutter Kicks x 30 IC

Hello Dolly x 20 IC

Boat/Canoe till time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Psalm 1:1 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers. 

We are not always in the position of leadership and it is easy to criticize those that are over us. We do it a lot with politicians, bosses, church leaders. Do not fall into the trap of being a scoffer. A scoffer cannot find happiness in anything. Remember who you are and that you serve the Creator of all things. Encourage those around you at work and at home.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Riskit For the Seabiscuit

THE SCENE: 70 and humid
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH x15 IC
  • Cherry Pickers x10 IC
  • Side lungey things x10 IC (4 count)

THA-THANG:
Seabiscuit

  • 10 Pullups, 20 Merkins, 30 Squats
  • Run 1 lap (~0.25miles), repeat exercises, run 2 laps, repeat exercises, run 3 laps, repeat exercises, run 4 laps, repeat exercises, and start working your way back down.

MARY:

  • Captain Thor
  • 30 BBS
  • 20 Flutter kicks

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 Strong!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Too many times do we ask God to solve our problems for us rather than asking for the strength to battle it on our own. Sometimes the trials we are put through are to make us better men and leaders for our community, and it is our duty to make our way through what is put in front of us. God will always lend us his strength.

Isaiah 41:10

So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your
God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with
my righteous right hand.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

It was Memorial Day, that is all I can say?

THE SCENE: Humid damp morning.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Butt-to-heel walk, knee-to-chest walk, side straddle hop
THA-THANG:

  • Inchworm, side crawl, bear crawl, crab walk, salamander across parking lot.  20X knee to side in plank position between crawls.
  • Rock Workout: partner up rotate rock in both directions, over and under with rock
  • 11s doing inchworm and merkins then rock overhead presses
  • Run full length of Powell High School parking lot with rocks then performing 30X: rocking lunges hold rock up high, leg raises, rock swings, and rock hammers.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
In the book, We Were Soldiers Once and Young, grace was extended to the enemy NVA killed by US forces.   They too extended hope that there bones were recovered from the battlefield and taken home to an honorable burial.  Only grace can have this kind of affect on people who gunned down your brethren.

MOLESKIN:
BOM endorsed by Philippians 2:3-4.

“Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each other esteem others better than himself.  Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but for the interests of others.”