F3 Knoxville

Back to it

THE SCENE: Nice morning
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x20 IC
LB Arm Circles x12 each side IC
Squats x20
Cherry Pickers x10 IC
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the grinder. Do 4 exercises at the pavalon, then bear crawl about halfway across grinder. Inch worm merkin the rest of the way to the scrapyard. Do 4 exercises at the scrapyard, then run down the path and back around to the pavalon. Rinse and repeat until Q calls time.

Pavalon Exercises:

  • CMU Bent Over Rows x10
  • One Hand CMU Merkins x12
  • CMU Curls x15
  • Goblet Squats x20

Scrapyard Exercises:

  • Burpees x10
  • BBS x20
  • Side Tri Rise x10 each side
  • Flutter kicks x15 (4 count)

MARY:
Boxcutters x20 (with a little extra, led by Hammy)
Captain Thor up to 7×28 (Led by Snorkel)
ATMs (led by Woodshack)
LBC OYO to cash out
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
13 men strong this morning. No FNGs.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I didn’t really prepare anything this morning, so I just talked a little about my experiences the past couple months. The last two months I have only made it to a few F3 workouts (if that) and I have been stress eating a lot. I’ve gained back about 12-15 pounds of the weight that I had lost since I started F3. I have been so busy and stressed that I started shutting down. I realized that when I get to that point, I put myself down. I am hard on myself for not getting things done. I get mad at myself for not doing 28 hours of work in a 24 hour day and I am very unhealthy. Instead of (as Tony Horton would say) doing my best and forgetting the rest, I do an ok job and then beat myself up for not doing better. I am going to try to do better and keep myself healthy the next time that I get that busy. One great thing about F3 is that we have men we can lean on and talk to when things get tough. Instead of leaning on my F3 brothers, I kept my distance. We all go through times when we feel overwhelmed and stressed. We need to approach these times with our heads up and our brothers on our 6. Staying healthy and talking to our brothers are two of the most important things we can do to stay happy in this life.
MOLESKIN:
Keep praying for Bumblebee and his family.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
No announcements this morning.

The Hateful 8

THE SCENE: J-J-Juco
WARM-O-RAMA:
On way to cmu pile do 10 of plank walk merkins, Imerpial Lunge Walks, crab walk, overhead lunges, bear crawl, spinning thrusters, and hand stand walks.  All in order to get a cmu to the parking lot.
THA-THANG: The Hateful 8

Run to CMU pile, each HIM gets one and brings to adjacent Parking lot. Perform the following exercises along the lengths of 8 parking space painted sections.   When reaching the end of a section run to the adjacent painted section to start the next exercise going down (or up) the parking spots.  The exercises alternate from bringing the cmu with you to not bringing it.  When you need to start a section with a cmu and you don’t have one, run back to where you left your cmu (it should be two sections over/back) and run it back to the start of the next exercise.  In essecense you do a ziz-zag accross the parking lot with and without your cmu.

    1. Plank Walk Merkins +CMU  (do 1 merkin at each stall)
    2. Imperial Lunge Walkers
    3. Crab Walk +CMU
    4. Burpee Broad Jumps
    5. Overhead Lunges + CMU
    6. Bear Crawl
    7. Spinning Thrusters + CMU
    8. Handstand walk or Bear crawl Dry Docks (do 1 dry dock at each stall)

    We made it to Spinning Thrusters when 6:07am recovery alarm went off. Next time, go straight to the cmus with less warm up. Oh,, and there will be a next time!

    COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
    Stai, Chaco, Sweeper, Guano, Archie, Bartman, Waxjob, Snaggletooth.
    CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
    Luke 21 The widows offering..   Can you give it all?  Don’t let materializm eat you alive.  Heed Jesus’ words that the temple and stones will all be torn down.

Monday’s Rock

THE SCENE: The gloom was in full effect – not too cold, not too hot, just right.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

  • Welcome to F3: Fitness, Fellowship, & Faith. My name is Steam and I’ll be your Q this morning
  • I am not a professional – you are here on your own volition – which means I don’t know any injuries you may or may not have. So if you need to modify any of the exercises we do this morning – do it.
  • That being said: you’re not here for you, you’re here for them. Push yourself and those around you. 


WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH: 12×4 (in cadence)

Cherry-Picker: 8×4 (in cadence)

Squat: 12×4 (in cadence)

Merkin: 12×4 (in cadence)

SSH: 12×4 (in cadence)

THA-THANG:
Mosey to rock pile at the top of the OG Asylum and execute good PT

  • Every stop sign passed = 15×4 squats
    • Q chose 1 PAX member to lead each time
  • Every parking lot passed = 10 1-count merkins
    • Q chose 1 PAX member to lead each time
  • Mosey from AO to Rock Pile at OG Asylum
  • Rock Pile
    • battle buddies
    • 3 Rounds
      • R1
        • BB1: 25 chest presses & hold above head until relieved
        • BB2: sprint down to tree on right (.25/mile) & execute 5 squats –> sprint back and recover BB1
        • After both BBs complete 50 chest presses each = hold plank @ rock pile
      • Between R1 & R2: 20 SSHs led by called upon PAX member by Q
      • R2
        • BB1: 20 curls & hold in bent over row position until relieved
        • BB2: sprint down to tree on right (.25/mile) & execute 4 merkins –> sprint back and recover BB1
        • After both BBs complete 50 curls each = hold plank @ rock pile
    • Drop rocks –> 2 lines mosey
    • Peel = 2 men out front peel around and to the back of the PAX and call out for the next men to peel when they get back in formation (think reverse American Indian Run)
  • Pause at rock overlooking the new fields/river/mountains
    • Covered by fog/gloom
    • Q said mini-BOM: You can’t see it now but there are beautiful mountains in view and the river and the park when it is clear. But the gloom is preventing you to see this right now. Take this metaphor into your life. Do you trust Him that they’ll still be there when the gloom clears in your life? Even though you can’t physically see it right now, it’s there, more importantly, HE is there, do you trust that this week?
  • Mosey down to curved path leading into the parking lot across from AO
    • 7 light poles
    • With your battle buddy, alternate between BBS (battle buddy situps) & flutter kicks every light pole
    • On flutter kick poles –> Q appointed a member of PAX to lead the cadence
    • 10 BBSs/pole & 20 flutter kicks/pole
  • Back Home @ the AO
    • Motto cadence call led by QIC
  • 12 Man-Makers (8-count Merkins)

MARY:
Heavy breathing
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
43 HIM came out and crushed the Monday gloom (2 FNGs included)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
1) Know that you are fully equipped and capable of whatever mission the Lord tasks you with this week. Know your mission and that where he sends you this week, there you’ll be.

2) Don’t be afraid to Wagon-Wheel this week. I’m not good at it. My pride gets in the way. A key component of wagon-wheeling is dying to yourself and your own ambitions or work so that you can go back and bring those falling behind out of the gloom. Don’ the afraid to wagon-wheel this week – to be that voice of encouragement that circles back around to speak life into those that may have/are falling behind or that you’ve noticed need to be encouraged. When people see the F3 logo – that means something. The commitment to pursuing the Lord as HIM, as well as to each other is vital to the nature of F3.
MOLESKIN:
G-6 gave me encouragement this morning before things got kicked off – I always get nervous about my BOM because I don’t want to word vomit or get in my own way of sharing what God’s put on my heart/letting my words be far and His words be here & clear. G-6 gave me encouragement that went something like: God will put on your heart what he wants you to say/communicate when the time comes. That is important. And meant a lot. Because that means that we don’t have to worry or stress about saying the right thing or focus on how we sound – God’s got it already taken care of and He will put on our hearts what he wants us to say. A prayer I’ve been working on (and off unfortunately) for some time has gone something like this and when I remember to say it – man it hits home.

Lord, give me eyes to see like you, ears to hear your truth, lips to speak life, hands and feet to go and serve where you call me, and a heart to love like you.

Kinda just puts it in perspective of how much we need God to come into our everyday being and let the Holy Spirit allow us to be purpose-driven High Impact Men in everything we say and do.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Prayer Request from G-6: Lunch $’s (Jay Cobble) father died last night – keep their family in your prayers please.

God is at Center

THE SCENE: Temps in 60’s, partly cloudy and humid
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

25 Squats, 20 Side-Straddle Hops, Plank stretches, 10 Cherry Pickers, 6 Baby Arm Circles Forward and 6 Backward, 5 Wide Arm Circles Forward and 5 Backward.

THA-THANG:
Mosey to Parking Lot by South Ball Fields.   There will be four cones in the parking lot that form a large rectangle.  Men should number off in fours so that there is a group at at each cone.  We will run in clockwise fashion and do the exercise at each cone.

  • Cone 1:  20 Star Jumps  Lunge to Cone 2
  • Cone 2:  20 Hello Dollies (four count)  Bernie Sanders to Cone 3
  • Cone 3:  25 Squats   Hop to Cone 4
  • Cone 4:  25 Big Boy Sit-ups  Run to Cone 1

Rinse and repeat.

Mosey back to roadway then go north back toward northern ball fields.  Stop in grassy area.  20 American Hammers.  Next we will do 25 Squats.

Mosey to Parking Lot fairly close to ball fields that has nice restrooms.  Go to southern end of parking lot where there will be sets of bricks.  Each man finds partner.  While one man does exercises with bricks the other journeys to various cones that are places along the parking lot.  The running partner will bear crawl to Cone 1, then run to Cone 2.  At Cone 2 he will do 10 Merkins.  He then switches with partner.  Six trips to Cone 1 and 2 will occur for each partner.  Six different exercises will be performed with bricks.  They are:

  • 1.  Wings up
  • 2.  Wings down
  • 3.  Wings forward
  • 4.  Side rows
  • 5.  Overhead presses
  • 6.  Curls

Mosey to Playground.  We will do “All My Benches”, jumping up 10 times with 20 second rests in between.  We will do this Five times.

Mosey to Pavilion.  We will do “25’s” starting with 20 picnic table pull-ups and 5 bench lifts, going down by fives to 5 picnic table pull-ups and going up to 20 bench lifts.  Next, 60 second squat with back to wall.

Mosey to AO.

MARY:

20 Box Cutters.  20 Bicycle Kicks.  15 Dive Bombers.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
13 men, no FNG’s.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Jim Branch in his “Daily Bible Readings Book” aka as “The Blue Book” has a week of bible verses dedicated to the concept of “Balance.”  He comments that most of us, when we think of balance, think of balancing various aspects of our life, so that our work, family, health, friendships, and leisure all get certain and maybe comparable amounts of attention.  He remarks that in the spiritual life, however, the word balance is defined differently.  Balance, he states, means being centered.  And, in the spiritual life, God is the center around which everything revolves.  God is the hub of the wheel, the focal point.  Thus, in being balanced, the question becomes, “Is God in the center of my life?  Is God what my life revolves around?”

To be a HIM, I believe we need to be asking ourselves this question.  And we can ask this question daily.  If we are balanced spiritually, we awake in the morning and talk to God, asking Him what he wants for us in this day.  We go to sleep reviewing our day with God, knowing He wants to hear us and that it is He whom we should direct our thoughts toward.  We ask Him for direction when we are making important decisions or dealing with confusing questions in our life.  We look to him for guidance when we are helping others who are difficult to help.  We thank Him when we see blessings occurring in our lives.  And, we even talk to Him when we are angry about life’s unfairness and blaming Him for awful things that have occurred.  We look to Him for strength to not only get through harrowing, difficult times, but for strength and encouragement to be the type of men, the type of HIM’s that we want to be, that we know He wants us to be.  We look to him when we are having difficulties with our marriages, with parenting, with our own parents, with are coworkers or friends.  And we see him as our Creator, the Creator, the Infinite, the great Healer, the Giver of life, the one who can redeem us from our sins and mistakes, the one whom we can worship and be glad for.

So, the next time we feel “unbalanced” we can ask ourselves,”Am I placing God at the center of my life right now?”  If we are feeling unbalanced, we will usually find that we are not placing God at the center.  And, the way to achieve more balance will be to place God at the center, asking Him for guidance in obtaining that balance we need.  For God is for us, not against us, knowing us and our individual gifts, there to help us be who He created us to be.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Coffeeteria at Panera.  TTTP guys are running right now!

Integrity. Always.

THE SCENE: 63 degrees and awesome.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH x 30 (IC)
  • Burpees x 5 (OYO)
  • Cherry Pickers x 10 (IC)
  • BAC’s F&R x 10 (IC)
  • Windmills x 20 (IC)
  • Burpees x 5 (OYO)

THA-THANG:

Ladder Squats across the parking lot: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and back down (128 squats total)

Mosey to the Courtyard for 11’s

  • Bobby Hurley’s & CCD’s

Mosey to the short walls

  • Dips x 20
  • Decline Merkins x 10
  • Step-ups x 10 Each Leg
  • Repeat

Mosey back to start, stopping for mountain climbers & prison merkins

MARY:

  • Flutter Kicks x 35 (IC)
  • Marge & Homer

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Integrity is doing the right thing.  Even when no one is watching. –C.S. Lewis

The Lord’s eyes are on the righteous and his ears are open to their prayers. But the Lord cannot tolerate those who do evil.  1 Peter 3:12

“Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. Luke 16:10

MOLESKIN:
Solid workout for The Men of the JUCO. Kept the heart rate up and the breakfast down.  Booster was thankful we didn’t get much leg work in.  Maybe next time.  🙂  Mumble chatter was good, the effort was great!  Way to go, HIM’s!