F3 Knoxville

Barkleys are Back

AO: asylum-am
Q: Charmin (John Willis)
PAX: Cinco (Scott McGuire), Jackson Palumbo, Dung Beetle, Matlock (Bill Maddox), Rainbow, Double Wide, Hands, Cosmo 2, Hot Tub (John Muller), Gibbler, Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Clipper (Ben McCurry), Pac-man, F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom), Love’s, Waffle House (Brady Greene), P3, Charmin (John Willis)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 18
WARMUP: SSHs, Abe Vigodas, Tempo Merkins and Imperial SQUAT Walkers

THE THANG: Mosey to the gate below the Overlook for a history lesson: Many years ago, a young man had a dream of creating a brutally efficient circuit of running and reps. He called it the Barkley. That man was Zygote. He later learned that there was a slightly less famous race of the same name just to the north. Not as fun. Total coincidence.

Partner up and lap the Asylum hill, checking in at 4 stations for different reps at each lap.

3 laps, 4 stations:

1. Squats; Smurf Jacks; Iron Mikes;
2. LBCs; :flag-us: :hammer:; Hello Dollies;
3. Merkins; :diamonds: Merkins; CDD;
4. Burpees; Man Makers; Get Ups

Sweep and Mosey to the AO with one last sprint up Baby Everest and 5 burpees at the top

MARY: She was missed.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Somebody sign up with P3 for Escape From Haw!

COT: God has given us all gifts and tools to make an impact, but none of us have all the gifts and tools. God has put others in our path to cover our blind spots. Look to those closest to you for help.

[mountainbiking] Type 2 FUN

AO: mountainbiking
Q: Sambo
PAX: Abscess, Billy Goat, Flashback, Frosty, Humper ( Sam Hartness ), Repeat (Todd Reynolds), Sambo
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WARMUP:from the lot to the road

THE THANG:up,up and away to the water tank then downhill to the end

MARY:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT: Devotional on Philippians 3:13-14

If You’re Honest

AO: dogpound
Q: Madoff
PAX: Lightweight, Earmuffs (Dan Studt), La-Z-Boy (Zac Smith), Aladdin, Mayberry, I-Beam
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WARMUP:
15 SSH
1 Burpee
10 Rockettes
1 Burpee
5 Knox Cherry Pickers
1 Burpee
Slow mozy to Matterhorn, up the hill, and to the pavilion

THE THANG:
Tabata – 8 rounds 20 sec work 10 sec rest – 1 min jog to gate and back/rest
MERKINS, SQUATS, LBCs, CALF RAISES, PLANK SLOW MARCH
Mozy, no stops, back to AO
(I clocked 1.78 miles for the day)

MARY:
Birthday Rounds
Burpees, Imperial Walkers, Squats, Tie Fighters, BIG Arm Circles

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Escape Haw Ridge, Leadership meeting invite, and convergence for GTE

COT:
Be honest with others but more importantly be honest with yourself. Honest about what you need to work on to improve. Encouraged all to look inward and find something we can improve about ourselves, if we look honestly at ourselves.

Keep After It

AO: the-project
Q: Ocho
PAX: Papa Lock, Mathlete, Biohack, slappy, Munge, OBrother, Flying Dutchman, Icey Hot, Tom Tom, Erector
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WARMUP:
On a 53 degree beautifully dark and rainy morning in the gloom, 11 brothers gathered to see if we still have what it takes. The question hung in the air as the men gathered under the Ocho Memorial Overhang at the Ocho Memorial Sr Center.

After the preliminaries were pronounced, we warmed up our arms and shoulders. Then we leaned out into some Willie Mayes Hayes.

When we were starting to get stretched, we moved the pack to the back porch.

THE THANG:
For our workout, we committed to 9 exercises for 40 second durations followed by a 20 second rest between each exercise. After completing the 9 exercises, we prep for 20 seconds and then started over. We worked that circuit 4 times.

Some people call that a “Tabata” or something. We just called it repetition and consistency.

The exercises were:
– HIGH KNEES
– SQUATS
– PLANK JACKS
– MERKINS
– MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS
– APOLLO ONOS
– AMERICAN HAMMERS
– PICKLE POINTERS
– HELLO DOLLYS

MARY:
At the end we saved 4 precious minutes to spend with our girl, Mary. We (by which I mean I) decided to call out exercises that hit any muscle group we’d missed in our Thang. It was glorious. We worked our backs with some basilisks. We did some side crunches to hit those obliques. We tested our coordination and mental resilience with some Projectivators. And we ended the round with a particularly sinister round of shoulder burn.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Haw Ridge, Haw Ridge, Haw Ridge, Haw Ridge…and something about a banana hammock…

COT:
Galatians 6:9
And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.

My word was a simple encouragement to not give up on doing good. As men, and particularly as men of faith, we must not let off the gas. We must do the same simple (right and good) things over and over. It’s our liturgies that are making us, not we who are making our liturgies.

Just Another CMUesday

AO: asylum-am
Q: Rainbow
PAX: Hands, P3, Grandslam, TRC/Crab legs, Matlock (Bill Maddox), Rainbow, Hoodless
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WARMUP: 20 SSH, Imperial Walkers, Windmills, Tempo Merkins, Michael Phelps and some this and that.

THE THANG: mosey to open air church for circuit of 25 curls, OH press, Lawn Mowers R and L, and CMU press. Performed 2 rounds then run a lap. X2

Then mosey to pavilion. Had some pay workout in our regular spot so we settled in on the side for a partner workout. Partner 1 farmer carry while partner 2 did Abs. 3 rounds of this with LBCs, F Mercury, and Hello D’s

MARY: ended with flutters and LBCs in cadence as well as the famous closer of pickle pounders abs monkey humpers

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT: it’s Holy Week Men! Turn off the noise and focus in on what Christ has done for us