F3 Knoxville

The Playlist on Shuffle

THE SCENE:
60°F, it’s not raining, but the ground is very wet
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
• SSH x25 (IC)
• Inch Worm Merkins x20 (OYO)
• Imperial Squat Walkers x20 (IC)
• Plank
○ Hand and leg up
○ Switch to other side

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the Baseball Dugouts
Pull-ups 3 sets of 10, mosey around the concession stand between each set

Mosey to the open air Chapel
Flowers by Moby: Push-up Challenge
“Green Sally Up”= move to standard plank
“Green Sally Down” = move to 6″ plank
Get Up Offa That Thing by James Brown: Leg lifts
Start by holding legs 6″ off the ground
“Get Up Offa That Thing” = Lift the legs up to 90° and then bring them back down

Mosey to upper parking lot

The Kraken
The 8 cones are setup in a circle. Spread out among them. Complete exercise at that cone and run around all the cones to the next cone (make the whole loop + one cone). Rinse and repeat until you complete the whole loop, twice.
• Cone 1 – Merkins x20
• Cone 2 – Squats x20
• Cone 3 – SSH x20
• Cone 4 – Jump Squats x20
• Cone 5 – 4ct Shoulder Taps x20
• Cone 6 – Lunges x20 (each leg)
• Cone 7 – Dry Docks x20
• Cone 8 – Smurf Jacks x20

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
6 , Waffle House, Frenchie, Crab Legs, Music City, Gibbler, Archie (QIC)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
The struggle with Pride is real. It can cause us to react to others negatively because we are comparing ourselves. We are competing with those around us.

“Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.” – Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life

MOLESKIN:
I’m enjoying the addition of music to the workouts. It makes it a little more fun and helps me be more energetic. The guys did a great job today!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The 2nd F event at Abridged Beer Company is tonight at 6:30pm. See you there!

Lapping the Admin Circle

THE SCENE: Cloudy with temperature in low 50’s.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
20 Side Straddle Hops, 10 Burpees, Planks with Arm and Leg Raises, 10 Slow Timed Squats, Michael Phelps
THA-THANG:

Mosey on roadway south until it curves west.  20 Hello Dollies in Cadence

Mosey to stop sign, then turn north toward Admin Bldg.  20 Hello Dollies in Cadence

Mosey north and take roadway that heads toward Admin Bldg Parking Lot.  We will be running around the roadway, looping all the way around the Admin Bldg twice.  Along the way we will see cones.  Each cone has an instruction for an exercise.  The cones and exercises will be as follows:

  • Cone 1:  20 Merkins
  • Cone 2:  Pick up boulder at rock pile.  Do 20 Overhead Presses, 20 Curls, and 20 Lifts.
  • Cone 3:  Run to Fire Escape and go up and down, then run to Cone 4.
  • Cone 4:  40 Baby Crunches
  • Cone 5:  Bear Crawl to Cone 6
  • Cone 6:  20 American Hammers
  • Cone 7:  20 Diamond Merkins (4 count)
  • Cone 8:  Run down and back up stairs, then do 20 Big Boys

After the first man completes the circuit twice, he will sweep back all brothers to last man.  These men will not complete the full circuit.

Mosey to Playground.  We will do elevens starting with 10 bench hops and 1 decline merkin.

Mosey to AO.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Seven brothers with one FNG whom we named “Driftwood.”
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

The following verses are from Matthew 6:  19-21.

19 x“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where ymoth and rust5 destroy and where thieves zbreak in and steal, 20 xbut lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Where do you put your treasure?  So many times, I find myself putting my heart into treasures other than in God.  This is certainly human.  We humans put our treasures in things such as money, having a nice home, being popular, being best at our jobs, making sure our family members are doing the right things.  But what if we were to lose our earthly treasures?  If we do not trust in God, we would surely be lost.  If our heart is in God, we can survive the loss of earthly treasures.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

2nd F event at Abridged Beer Company at 6:30 pm this Thursday.

Listening in the Rain

THE SCENE: 50 degrees and raining

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH IC x 25

Cherry Pickers IC x 10

Tempo Squats IC x 10

25% Jog across the parking lot, 50% Jog, high knees, butt kickers, 75% Jog

THA-THANG:

Circuit Workout on the Grinder inspired by a workout Frenchie Q’d a couple months back.

Total of 4 stations (one at each of the corners) and then 5 Burpees at the top of Little Baby Hill:

  • Station 1: Superman Swims, 4 ct. American Hammers
  • Station 2: Merkins, Dry Docks
  • Station 3: Iron Mikes, Squat Jumps
  • Station 4: Box Cutters, 4 ct. Flutter Kicks

Pick a Battle Buddy and disburse evenly to the four stations. Pick whichever one of the exercises you feel like doing at each station (most people just alternated between the 2 exercises each round). Start with 20 reps of the chosen exercise at each station and complete the circuit. Next round decrease to 18 reps, 16 reps, 14 reps, etc.

When finished at Station 3, Bear Crawl to Station 4 (I forgot to Bear Crawl on the very first round even after making “fancy” signs but thankfully Proton was there to gently remind me).  After Station 4, run up Little Baby Hill and do 5 Burpees at the top. Mosey back down to Station 1. Rinse and repeat the circuit until time.

MARY:

Hello Dolly IC x 20

30 seconds AMRAP LBC’s to finish

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

24 strong on a rainy morning – no FNG’s today

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

We can be good at talking with God, but how much are we listening? My prayer life has grown tremendously in the course of the past year, but I do a really poor job of allowing God to respond. I pray and then rush on to the next activity in the day. Sometimes those are really good activities like reading Scripture or reading a devotional, but without taking a pause and listening for God’s response, I’m not allowing room for Him to do His work in me.

I-Beam shared this piece of his devotional with me a couple weeks back, and it really resonated with me:

“Suppose I go to the doctor and say, ‘Doctor, I have a lot of problems: I twisted my knee….my eyes itch…my finger is swollen…I have a backache….’ Then, having gotten through my list of complaints, I look at my watch and say, ‘Goodness me, time is getting on. I must be off.’ The doctor might want to say, ‘Hang on a second, do you not want to hear what I have to say?’

If we only speak to God and never take time to listen, we make the same mistake. We do all the talking, and we don’t actually listen to Him. But our relationship with God is meant to be a two-way conversation.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

The fine people at Abridged Beer Company have agreed to host a 2nd F “Fellowship” on February 15th at 6:30pm. $2 for every beverage will be donated by Abridged to our selected charity. This month…Operation Enduring Warrior. Come out, have some fellowship, and do good! See you all there!!

Love Triangle

THE SCENE:  Almost 50 and rainy.   The DP pav-a-lon is a grungy place but it’s nice to have on rainy days.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:   Stretches

THA-THANG:

Valentine’s Day Special:   The Love Triangle

3 stations under the pav-a-lon.  Each station had a list of exercises and # of reps.   Work your way around the triangle completing item #1 at each station on the first lap, item #2 on the second lap, etc. until you complete 4 laps and all 4 items on each list.   We had time to get through 2 complete circuits.

  • Station 1
    1. 25 Pullups
    2. 20 Overhead Presses
    3. 15 Goblet Squats
    4. 10 American Swings
  • Station 2
    1. 25 Table Jumps
    2. 20 Hip Thrusts
    3. 15 Burpees
    4. 10 Sumo Side Lunges (each leg)
  • Station 3
    1. 25 Knee Ups (with basketball)
    2. 20 Basketball Merkins
    3. 15 Leg Lifts (with basketball)
    4. 10 Inch Worm Merkins

MARY:
N/A

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Ratchet, Bartman

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Valentines Day should not be any different than the other 364 days of the year when it comes to showing your wife how much she means to you.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Thirsty for Sling Shot!

THE SCENE: 40 +/- Damp +/- but ALL good!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

As Willy Wonka said, “SO MUCH TIME, SO LITTLE TO DO! Strike that, reverse it!” Lets get going….

WARM-O-RAMA:
Disclaimer while jog across parking lot x2, High Knee skips x2 across PL, Karoake x2 across PL
THA-THANG: SLING SHOT to Mt. SUKMOORE

  • Partner up and grab 2 CMU
  • P1 take off running or walking briskly with 2 CMU
  • P2 does 20 merkins and 20 squats, when finished, P2 sprints to catch up with P1
  • P2 takes over CMU and begins to run while P1 does the same merkins and squats
  • This repeats until we get to Mt. SUKMOORE

LT. Bernie at Mt Suckmoore

  • Every pax carries their own CMU up Sukmoore Bernie style.
  • Every 4th step, do 4 squats
  • At the top of Sukmoore, do 5 cmu presses
  • back to the bottom and then back up again doing 4 steps and 3 squats and 10 CMU presses at the top, you get it….4 steps Bernie style with 2 squats, 15 CMU presses, back down then up Bernie style 4 steps , one squat, then 20 CMU overhead presses
  • back to bottom. We are always moving forward in life but sometimes life has set backs…..based on that, we Bernie back up the hill 4 steps, 2 steps down, 4 steps up, 2 steps down, ALL backwards/Bernie style to the top of Sukmoore
  • At the top, do 25 cmu presses
  • At that time, we SLING SHOT BACK to the AO
  • Total distance about 2 miles +/-

MARY:
no time but we worked in a little bit of mary during the thang…
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
12 Pax Strong!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
What did the most interesting man in the world say in the Dos Seque commercials??

STAY THIRSTY MY FRIEND! Stay thirsty for getting better, stay thirsty in your faith, stay thirsty in your positivity, just stay thirsty for LIFE!

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