F3 Knoxville

Battle Buddy the Elf

THE SCENE: 51 degrees and a clear beautiful morning to start the week off.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Lap around the lawn. 25 overhead claps. 25 front claps. 10 cherry pickers. 10 SSH

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the bridge and battle buddy up. 300 American Hammers, 200 Flutter Kicks, 100 Oprah Winfrey’s. While one buddy works out the other runs a lap. Mosey over to next parking for a Mucho Chesto. 4 laps to complete. Turn 1: 10 Merkins, Turn 2: 10 Cobras, Turn 3: 10 Wide Merkins, Turn 4: 10 ATMS. Off for another mosey to the Big Ball. Run stairs to first landing for 25 Flutter Kicks, then run to top of the stairs for 25 Log Jumps, back down the stairs for 10 pull ups on the girders. Rinse and repeat. Mosey back to AO via East Tennessee Veterans Memorial.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 PAX showed up greet the week and own it.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.” Haruki Murakami

“Gratitude and attitude are not challenges; they are choices” Robert Braathe

“In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” 1 Thessalonians 5:18

Be thankful in all things. Change your perspective. Show and give thanks and don’t expect any in return, you don’t need it.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
2nd F on December 8th.

Brickyard Redux

THE SCENE: 53 Degrees, Uber gloom
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

This is same Q as 12/2/17. Let’s see how much more we can do that day one!
WARM-O-RAMA:
Pre-Ruck/Run warm up 3.0 miles (10 weirdos)

BAC x 10 ED

SSH x 60 IC (Belding wanted 100)

Tempo Squat x 10 IC

Tempo Merkin x 10 IC

Happy Jack 4 Rds
THA-THANG:
Ascending Curb Crawl: Powell HS driveway. Crawl from curb to curb with decline merkin at each curb. Increase number of merkin each time across driveway until reaching 13 merkin.

Mosey to back lot.

Kraken: Complete first exercise at each station, complete lap around stations and start first exercise at next station. Complete exercises in order.

  • Station 1: Squat, Jump Squat, Smurf Jack x 10 reps for each
  • Station 2: BBS, LBC, Flutters (4 ct) x 10 reps for each
  • Station 3: Merkin, CDD, Shoulder Taps x 10 reps for each
  • Station 4: Mtn climbers (4ct), Peter Parker (4ct), Hello (?) Dolly (4ct) x 10 reps for each

Mosey back to front lot

Burpee Dan: 1 Burpee: 4 lunge, 2 Burpee: 8 lunge etc. from one end of parking lot to other.

3.0 miles total

MARY:
Captain Thor
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
F3 is about helping each man in the PAX be better. Not just physically but in being a leader. We help each other be leaders in our home, work, and community. This PAX has done that well over the past year and will continue to excel at encouraging and promoting leadership in 2019.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Columbian neck tie

THE SCENE: 50 degrees or so, gloomy, wet, slight rain/drizzle
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Ssh x20 ic

sqauts x 20 ic

merkins x 10 ic

2 rounds w cmu of

cmu curls x 20 ic

cmu tricep extension x 20

cmu squats x 15 ic

Finsplints x 20 ic ( cmu on feet sitting on table , raising feet up and down working the shins )
THA-THANG:
Reverse Indian run to the Hump

  • 7s at the Hump. Big boys at the top, sundials at the bottom
  • Columbian neck ties which is basically a Carolina wine mixer burpee
  • At the base of kiddie slope, run to the first cone and back to the start , one CNT, run to the 2nd cone and back , 2 CNT, keep doing that increasing the reps. We had 17 cones spread out over about 200 yards . We made it to 10 CNT.
  • Due to time , we ran all the way up the kiddie slope to Plataeu of Pain and did 11 more CNT
  • Indian run around to Mt Crumpit for Lt Bernie . Run backwards 10 steps -4 squats, repeating this to the top of Crumpit
  • indusn run back to the AO

MARY:
No time left
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 pax
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Focus on what’s in front of you and not what is way ahead of you !
MOLESKIN:
GUILTY! I was the one to set out the 17 cones all the way up kiddie slope to plateau of pain . Nobody else new how many cones we had to do when I was explainig Columbian neck tie. Well, when we crested the first hill, we all looked up and saw that we had A LONG WAY TO GO AND LOTS OF CONES! It made it worse thinking about how much we had to do to get to our goal which was the 17 cone .17 mikes away.

If I would have only focused on the next come in front of me and only that cone, it would have been easier. For me, I set the cones up but was still guilty of thinking about the end goal instead of the task at hand, the next cone in front of me. We can achieve much more than we think but only by taking it one step ( one cone) at a time. With out the men to my right or left of me this morning, I would have stopped short . Thanks for the push ! Love you guys
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

Earl Grey Tea Type of Day…

THE SCENE: mid 30s, dark, cold, rainy… yeah, it was just a peach of an evening.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER 

Yep

WARM-O-RAMA:
Motivators, 7 ct, descending, Cherry Pickers IC, Little of this, little of that, Baby Arm Circles forward (10 ct, IC) and backwards (10 ct, IC), 10 x 4 calf raises followed by 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% sprint across parking lot and back.

THA-THANG:
Changed plans after looking at radar and not enjoying the near-freezing rain during the warm up and went to the pavilion for a tabata workout.  20 seconds on, 10 seconds rest, 8 reps of the following exercises:

  • Squats
  • Merkins
  • LBCs
  • Burpees
  • American Hammers
  • Bobby Hurleys
  • Plank jacks
  • Bench step-ups

MARY:
Nope. Finished right on time.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Three Amigos!

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
A friend describes cold rainy days like this as “Earl Grey Tea” kind of days, when it’s best to just sit in front of a fire with a nice cup of tea.  Two men chose not to do that tonight, and joined me for the workout, and I was very impressed and grateful for their presence.  But the phrase also reminded me of a post I had seen online, called “Not your cup of tea”.  The point of it was that try as we might, there are just some people that we do not coexist well with, and although we should always try to reach out and form bridges, we shouldn’t feel guilt ridden, angry, or frustrated if our attempts fail.  Rather, we should let those folks walk their own paths, and save our energy and our hearts for those who we find synergy with, who energize us and help us improve as people.

 

Sick WOD

THE SCENE: Low 40s I think
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Run loop
THA-THANG:
Stop at pav for 20-1
Merkins
Box squats
Ruck on chest sit-ups
Do 5 rounds then
Run loop
Repeat down to 1
MARY:
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
5 HIMs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
MOLESKIN:ANNOUNCEMENTS: