F3 Knoxville

Choices, choices…

THE SCENE: low 40s and rain

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH x 20
  • Merkins x 10 IC
  • Squats x 10 IC
  • OYO stretches

THA-THANG:

Today’s workout was all about making choices.

  • Choice #1:   Work in the rain  -or-  Go to the pavalon.
    • Pavalon wins…begin to mosey
  • Stop at street for choice #2:  Burpee broad jump to speed bump  -or-  Inchworm merkin to speed bump.
    • Burpees won….BBJ to the speed hump
  • Choice #3 at bottom of Matterhorn.  How to get up Matterhorn:  Frontwards  -or-  Backwards.
    • Backwards won….Bernie Sanders up the hill
  • At the pavalon, began a descending ladder workout.  Trying my best to keep everyone dry on a nasty morning.
    • 10 Burpees
    • 9 Iron Mikes
    • 8 Thrust Merkins
    • 7 Side Crunch (each side)
    • 6 Decline Merkins
    • 5 Pull ups
    • 4 Single Leg Squats (each side)
    • 3 Dry Docks
    • 2 Knee ups
    • 1 Dive Bomber
      • We got through 1 round of the ladder before the putrid smell of some dead creature arrived.  First it was manageable, then it got worse, then Tank started dry heaving….time to go….audible…

 

  • Choice #4:  stay or go….GO!

 

  • Mosey to the bottom of Matterhorn and turn left into the parking lot
  • Choice #5:  11’s  -or-  Route 66
    • Route 66 won.  Dry Docks & Jump Squats around the parking lot Route 66 style
  • Choice #6:  Grass hill  -or-  Cement hill
    • Cement hill won:  mosey back to bottom section of parking lot.  Run the stairs & hill up to the rock by the restaurant.  At top and bottom of each run do 5 burpees, 5 merkins, 5 jump squats.   4 sets total.
  • Mosey back toward AO
  • Stop at the road for Choice #7:   Forward to the speed bump  -or-  Backward to the speed bump
    • Forward won….bear crawl to the speed bump
  • Continue back to AO and cash out with Ring of Fire Merkins

 

MARY:

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Tank, Waxjob, Blue Cross, Flute Loop, Bowflex, Doubtfire, I-Beam, Bartman

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Joshua 24:14-15.  Now fear the Lord and serve him with all faithfulness.  Throw away the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.  But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living.  But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.

Choices matter.  Make wise choices for you and your family today.

MOLESKIN:
Props to Waxjob for showing up early with his leaf blower to clean off the pavalon.  T-claps bro!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

The Gaunlet

THE SCENE: Mid 40’s and wet
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
5 hillbillies
Jog
5 burpees
Jog
5 merkins
Jog
5 calf raise squats
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the grassy area at back of the park.
(Gauntlet run is 5 staggered cones across field 30 yds apart with 5 burpees, 10 merkins, 15 calf raise squats at each cone)
Run the gauntlet, sprint back
Scissors x 25
Run the gauntlet, sprint back
Iron boys x 25
Run the gauntlet, sprint back
Captain Thor 5:20
Repeat
MARY:
Broga:
Warrior 1
Warrior 2
Reverse warrior
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 Men survived the gauntlet including Drifter with a 20lb weight vest!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Rules to teach your son

1. Never shake a man’s hand sitting down.
2. Don’t enter a pool by the stairs.
3. The man at the BBQ Grill is the closest thing to a king.
4. In a negotiation, never make the first offer.
5. Request the late check-out.
6. When entrusted with a secret, keep it.
7. Hold your heroes to a higher standard.
8. Return a borrowed car with a full tank of gas.
9. Play with passion or don’t play at all…
10. When shaking hands, grip firmly and look them in the eye.
11. Don’t let a wishbone grow where a backbone should be.
12. If you need music on the beach, you’re missing the point.
13. Carrytwo handkerchiefs. The one in your back pocket is for you. The one in your breast pocket is for her.
14. You marry the girl, you marry her family.
15. Be like a duck. Remain calm on the surface and paddle like crazy underneath.
16. Experience the serenity of traveling alone.
17. Never be afraid to ask out the best looking girl in the room.
18. Never turn down a breath mint.
19. A sport coat is worth 1000 words.
20. Try writing your own eulogy. Never stop revising.
21. Thank a veteran. Then make it up to him.
22. Eat lunch with the new kid.
23. After writing an angry email, read it carefully. Then delete it.
24. Ask your mom to play. She won’t let you win.
25. Manners maketh the man.
26. Give credit. Take the blame.
27. Stand up to Bullies. Protect those bullied.
28. Write down your dreams.
29. Take time to snuggle your pets, they love you so much and are always happy to see you.
30. Be confident and humble at the same time.
31. If ever in doubt, remember whose son you are and REFUSE to just be ordinary!
32. In all things, give glory to God!
I’m sorry I can’t remember where this came from so I can’t give proper credit.
MOLESKIN:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Help with Habitat this Saturday after the beatdown. Tear down and rebuild of a deck.

Wallom

THE SCENE: Somewhere north of freezing… Overcast, impending rain… Great day to get better!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
15x Left-straddle-hops IC
15x Right-straddle-hops IC
10x Smurf Jacks IC
15x Crab Kicks IC
30x Mountain Climbers IC (10x std, 10x hands back, 10x hands fwd)
8x Failure to Launch IC
10x Burpees OYO

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the courtyard. Pair up in threes.
7 cones set up on the wall.
Weinke with 4 exercises at each end of the sidewalk.
One PAX at each end, one running. Runner relives PAX upon arrival at the end.
When running toward the atrium, slalom hop over the wall between cones.
When leaving the atrium, Crawl Bear up the stairs.
Perform exercise at each end 2 times, then move to next.
At the atrium:
-Lunge
-Side Lunge
-Box Jumps
-Crabettes

At the courtyard:
-LBCs (left-right-center)
-Gas Pumpers
-Alternating wide/diamond merkins
-Carolina Dry docks

Almost finished, but ran out of time during Crabettes/Dry Docks.
Mosey back to the AO – Arrived 6:15 on the dot!
MARY:
No time today.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 HIMs. Extra credit for Erector, Judge Judy, Doubtfire, Bagger, and YHC for the Full Smokey Tortoise/Hare pre-run/ruck
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Not much to say today, although a full heart from a weekend spent with family/friends camping in Joyce Kilmer. Treasure these opportunities. Thank God for them when they come.
MOLESKIN:
Thanks to Doubtfire for leading the pre-ruck! Finally got the Full Smokey completed. Now just have to beat Erector the Hare.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 Cleveland launch this weekend! Make the trip if you can. Check GroupMe for carpools! Also watch GroupMe or the weekly email for info about the Holiday Beatdown Schedule. Mend House Workoutreach postponed until the 26th (Thanksgiving Monday)

Moses & The 10 Commandments

THE SCENE: 30’s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

  • Warm-O-Rama
    • SSH – x10 (IC)
    • Tempo Squats – x10 (IC)
    • Hillbilly Walkers – x10 (IC)
    • SSH – x10 (IC)
    • Windmills – x10 (IC)
    • Merkins – x10 (IC)
    • BBS – x10 (IC)
    • SSH – x10 (IC)
  • The Thang
  • Mosey Around Greenway
    • 1st Stop (There is Only 1 God)
      • Tennessee Rocking Chairs – x10 (IC)
      • Intentional Thinkers – x10 (IC)
      • Inch Work Merkins – x10 (OYO)
    • 2nd Stop (You Shall Not Make Idols)
      • Froggie Hops – x10 (IC)
      • Bobby Hurley – x10 (OYO)
      • Smurf Jacks – x10 (IC)
    • 3rd Stop (You Shall Not Take The Name of the Lord your God in vain)
      • Burpees – x10 (IC)
      • Absolution – x10 (IC)
      • Body Builders – x10 (IC)
    • 4th Stop (Remember The Sabbath Day to Keep it Holy)
      • Rest – x10 (seconds)
      • Forward Leaning Rest Position – x30 (seconds)
      • Stargazers – x10 (seconds)
    • 5th Stop (Honor Your Father and Mother)
      • Booyah Merkin – x10 (battle buddy)
      • Crowd Pleaser – 1:1 Merkin : Groiner to 5:5 and back down (OYO)
    • 6th Stop (You Shall Not Murder)
      • Ladder Jacks – 2 of each: SSH, Seal, Smurf, plank, bow and back up for 1rep – x5 (IC)
    • 7th Stop (You Shall Not Commit Adultery)
      • Edward Scissor Legs (Hello Dollys) whatever your comfortable with – x10 (IC)
      • Pickle Pounders – x10 (IC)
      • Monkey Humpers – x10 (IC)
    • 8th Stop (You Shall Not Steal)
      • Tug a War w/Battle Rope!
    • 9th Stop (You Shall Not Lie)
      • 2 min max push-ups
    • 10th Stop (You Shall Not Desire to Possess Anything That Belongs to Another Person)
      • Sprints – x10 (down and back = 1…we got 2 in before time!)

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
5 pax in total
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
The word was mixed in with the beatdown. Focused on the 10th commandment in the BOM and how social media makes it easy for one to wish they had something someone else has.  That picture on social media is a moment in time that has others wishing they could be there, or have a life more like the person who posted it.  Don’t fall into that trap.
MOLESKIN:
Seeing how far the pax have come in a years time is a true blessing.  So many of our pax have lost weight, gained new friends, and have strengthen their relationship with God.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Habitat of Humanity opportunity this coming weekend.  I have yet to get the final details and will try to finalize this plan early this week.

A few rounds in the octagon

THE SCENE: 48* and clear, perfect weather
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
High knees IC
BAC forward and reverse IC
Imperial squat walker IC
SSH IC
THA-THANG: Mosey out of the start point and towards L&N, opposite direction of the usual mosey.  Train horn gives the Q a good panic, as the route crosses the railroad tracks where cones and routine are set up.  Fortunately its just two engines which clear the tracks quickly and we continue our mosey into the Preacher lot.  Eight cones set up in a circle/octagon.  Exercises are mostly still on the cones, as follows:

  • Reverse flyes with rocks
  • Wide merkins
  • Squat jumps
  • American hammers on 4 count
  • Lion kings with CMU’s
  • Lunges on 2 count
  • 8 count bodybuilders
  • Heels to heaven

PAX split up to have groups of 2-3 at each cone.  16 reps of each exercise, then bear crawl to next cone moving in clockwise direction.  Once you arrive back at your original cone/exercise, run to the center of the octagon and plank it up (plank variations until all finish).  Q asks for someone to step into the middle and give one of their biggest fears.  Sneaky Pete steps up, and his fear is being misunderstood.  ALR.

Go back to original cone.  Repeat routine, this time only performing 8 reps of each exercise, and instead of bear crawling to next cone, run a lap around the octagon.  Again, plank in the middle when finished with routine and wait for the rest to finish.  Duggar steps up and admits one of his biggest fears is failure.  Which just happens to be QIC’s biggest fears, and would have been admitted at the end.  ALR. PAX grab cones and CMUs and begin mosey back to SP (dropping 4 CMUs just across the tracks for retrieval later).

Once back at SP, Q asks one more to tell a fear.  The Voice steps up and states letting someone down is his fear.  A.L.R.  Mary begins.

MARY:
Edward scissorlegs x25 on 4 count.
5 sec rest
Edward scissorlegs x25 on 4 count (someone said take them to 100, so we did)
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
18 PAX Strong: Reverb, Swanson, Sneaky Pete, Petey, Operation, Filter, Sipad, Duggar, Midas, The Voice, Cowbell, Cheesesteak, Jenner, Crawdad, Passport, Careless, Scope, Abort
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Fear.  We all have fears, and we have to deal with fear every day.  Fear isn’t necessarily bad, as fears of things have helped keep us alive up to this point in our lives.  However, constantly giving into fears makes us cowards.  Constantly ignoring fears would make us insane.  The key is to listen to our fears and decide whether to give into them or stand up and turn that fear or hardship into grace.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Mend House workout on Monday at 6.  Try to show up and support these men as they hopefully launch their own AO into F3.