F3 Knoxville

These CMUs ain’t geofenced!

THE SCENE: About 28 degrees. A few white specks wafting in on the breeze…First snow beatdown of the season!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
25x SSH IC
10x Windmills IC
10x Tempo Merkins IC (last few niice and slow)
10x Travoltas each arm

THA-THANG:
Mosey over to the coupon pile, stopping halfway for 20x BBS OYO
Snag a Travelling Companion and continue on around toward the duck pond.
Stop at the parking lot just shy of the pond for OYO:
30 Overhead CMU Pulls
30 Merky-Derky (audibled to 20…)
30 Curls
Flutters for the six
Merky-Derky: Hands on CMU – one merkin. Bear crawl forward to feet on CMU – one derkin. Crawl bear to starting position. That’s one (sadistic count) or 2 (wussy count). We went with the wussy count and still audibled to 20. Those suck!
Resume traveling, past the buildings and up the hill. Gather for more OYO:
30 CMU Squats
30 4-count Mtn Climbers
30 more Curls
Flutters for the six

At this point, YHC realized there was no way we were gonna make it all the way across the street to that big set of stairs… Almost got the Travelling Companions off campus, but not quite. Turn around and head back, stop at the little set of stairs for Dora:
300 Calf Raises, 200 LBCs, 100 8-count Body Builders, running partner carries one CMU up the stairs, runs back down, carries other CMU up, then carries both down and tags partner.

Only a couple of pairs even made it to the body builders before we ran out of time.
Head back to return Companions to their home, then book it to the AO. Arrived 2 minutes late (sorry guys).

MARY:
None due to poor time management by the Q.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
13 this fine Wednesday, including one FNG – Welcome Teller (Daniel Tanner)!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I’ve mentioned this one before, but I need reminding of it myself pretty often: Eph. 5:25 – Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her. Not just his ultimate sacrifice on the cross, but daily, in every action. Extreme patience with his mule-headed disciples. Gathering the sick and lame to himself, even when he had just walked miles from another town or crossed the the sea all night under a raging storm in a rickety little boat. That’s giving yourself. How will you follow that example today?
MOLESKIN:
Our Companions really slowed down travel… We can get to the Coupons or we can get to the stairs across the street, but definitely not both! Even without getting there, it still felt like a lot more running than I intended. PAX killed it anyway though with no [audible] cussing…
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Don’t forget 3rd F on Saturday morning! Check GroupMe for the deets…

Swirly Q

THE SCENE: cold, little rainy
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, Cherry pickers, BAC, mosey to cess pool

THA-THANG:
bear crawl from sideline to sideline.  then, 10 merkins and jog around half of field to beginning

repeat bear crawls and add 10 merkins each time up to 40 merkins

Do it all again with lunges across the field and dips at the bleachers

Mosey to playground for Dora

BBS, pull ups, squats, merkins while partner runs lap around parking lot

Mosey to AO

Tire Pull, kettle bell swings, tire flip, shoulder presses, jump rope, running

MARY:
Boat Canoe, side crunches, supermans

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Be servants like Christ
MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

Brickyard Biscuit Bear

THE SCENE: 31 degrees, cold, quiet
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Cherry Pickers IC x 15,

LBAC IC x 15 (forwards and backards)

Overhead Claps 4-count IC x 20

S.S.H. IC x 15

THA-THANG:
PAX grabbed their CMUs for slowsey from AO to the sidelot. Between each 3rd parking stall were 30 reps of 5 different exercises. PAX bear crawled with CMU (pushing or  sliding) to each stall completing the exercises.

  • 1st stall – Merkins
  • 2nd stall – Carolina Dry Docks
  • 3rd stall – 4-Count Mountain Climbers
  • 4th stall – 4-Count SSH
  • 5th stall – Squats

After completing 1 round, run 1 lap around lot. After completing 2 rounds, run 2 laps, and so on. PAX finished 5 rounds.

MARY:
Moroccan Boat Party IC x 20

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
A-Rod, Erector, Vagabond, Switchgrass, Herbie, Tractor, Tuba, Spotter, Chaucer, Pabst, Fast-n-Easy

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Mark 9:50 tells us “Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with each other.” F3 men  provide encouragement and support for one another to help keep our “saltiness.”

MOLESKIN:
Prayers for Oscar and Simmons, Mr. Wedgie, and Belding this week

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

BOMBS on Crumpet

THE SCENE: Right around 40
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Jog with CMU off the grinder down toward the troll bridge and across the back toward Crumpet stopping 5 times for these exercises:
Burpees x 5
OH press x 5
Merkins x 5
BBS x 5
Squat jumps x 5
THA-THANG:
BOMBS doing each exercise for the specified number of reps that round and running up or down Crumpet between each exercise. Reps per round were 10-20-30-20-10
Burpees
OH press
Merkins
BBS
Squat jumps
MARY:
CMU up flutters x 20 for as many rounds as we have time for. Take a break with 5 merkins in between. We did 3.5 rounds and killed off the last minute holding some boat/canoe
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 strong
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.” – Buddha

Each morning is a new day with new opportunities. Whatever happened yesterday is in the past and should stay in the past. There is a reason each day has a different number and a different name. It is because every day is different than the last and different than the next.
MOLESKIN:
That round of 30 reps in the middle was brutal but boy it sure made me appreciate only 20 burpees, then 10…
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
We be helping Moses move Saturday after the beatdown.

Big Ball Holiday Lights Tour

THE SCENE: 39 degrees + windy with plenty of Christmas lights to warm the heart
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, Merkins, Imperial Walkers, BBS.
THA-THANG:

  • Mosey down to WFP waterfall bridge to bear crawl across / plank when done
  • Mosey to base of Big Ball stairs
    • 15 BBS at base level
    • 15 Merkins at middle level
    • 15 BBS at top level / plank when done
  • Mosey to Henley St. pedestrian bridge
    • Monkey Drill (modified) across
    • Al Gore at the corner
  • Mosey to Market Square
    • Partners pair up – one runs a lap around the square enjoying the holiday lights while the other does the thing – repeat as necessary
    • 200 Merkins (or until 2 laps are completed by both partners – then next exercise)
    • 200 LBCs (or until 2 laps are completed by both partners – then next exercise)
    • 200 Imperial Walkers (or until 2 laps are completed by both partners)
    • Plank

MARY:

  • Mosey back to pedestrian bridge – mini Bear Crawl across the middle portion
  • Mosey to top of Big Ball stairs
    • 15 Burpees OYO at top level
    • 10 Merkins OYO at middle level
    • 10 BBS OYO at bottom level / plank when done
  • Mosey back to AO

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Quote from Pat Summitt’s “Definite Dozen” – Discipline yourself so no one else has to.

We work on our self-discipline by posting and working hard in the gloom while making ourselves and others better.
MOLESKIN:
No prayer requests. Thanks to Hostage for joining us from Texas!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
3rd F is this Saturday!