F3 Knoxville

No Degrees Today

THE SCENE: Clear skies and crisp out at JUCO.  “Cs” may get degrees, but there are zero degrees C this morning.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Let’s get going quickly to generate some heat! Mosey around the parking lot while Q spouts disclaimer from Bernie.  Pax kindly alerts Q to the impending curb and embankment…
Next we have:
Cossack Squats x10 IC
Hindurkins x10 IC, keep plank for:
Alternating shoulder taps x15 IC
Al Gore Tuck Jumps x8 IC (most reps yet for this exercise… Literally fell to the ground on last rep)
Somewhere between 5 and 10 burpees. These were mainly to rest the quads for:
Monkey Humpers x15 IC!

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the drainage ditch and pick up 2 hand-size coupons.
Dang, these are friggin’ cold!
Side raise IC x15
Forward raise IC x15

Keep the coupons and mosey toward the fitness center.
Stop at the long parking lot.
“Cat on a hot tin roof” (bear crawl, but extend arm and leg fwd/back) for 2 parking spaces, 2 Raise the Roof. 2 more spaces, 4 Raise the Roof
Dang, these coupons are still friggin’ cold! And slippery. Audible to standard bear crawl. Continue to 20 Raise the Roof.

Get rid of still-frozen coupons at a different drainage ditch.

Team up for Dora 1,2,3 with 100 Merkins, 200 Big Boys, 300 squats, partner runs up the hill and back carrying larger 2-handed coupon.
Ran out of time during squats, mosey back to AO:
Airplane mode (run with arms out to the side)
Zombie mode (arms straight out),
Praise the Lord (arms up straight)

MARY:
Sneaked back into the AO with just enough time for a minute of boat/canoe
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 PAX, no FNGs this morning.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Brief Word this morning… This weekend was a but hectic as we had my niece and nephew for a visit. They lost their mother unexpectedly last July. Just a reminder to pour yourself into the lives of others, and especially cherish that time with your loved ones. Only God knows how long they will be with us. Don’t miss an opportunity to tell them you love them.
MOLESKIN:
Not sure my fingertips have ever been colder than when holding those coupons this morning. Great teamwork by the PAX on the Dora 1,2,3!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
No announcements this morning

Hungry Hippo

THE SCENE: 32 and hot
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA  

jog x2, high knee skip x2, karaoke x2 across parking lot

squats x20, hillbilliesx20, merkins x10, LBC x10 , hello dolly x10, Burpos x10

THA-THANG:

  • Hungry Hippo, split into 4 groups, P1 wheel barrow P2 to grab a ball, switch partners until 5 balls each group is gathered. Each group performs exercise on ball x30 reps, once done return balls to middle abs repeat hungry Hippo for one more round. I had 20 different exercises so will not list them all. If you do this,ask me for help or insert your own.
  • Mosey back to front of school parking lot. Line up for Quarter pounder w cheese! Sprint 25 yards, 25 merkins, run back to start and do 10 burpees, sprint 50 Yard’s and do 50 squats, run back and do 10 burpees, sprint 75 Yard’s and do 75 Mtn climbers, do 10 burps, sprint 100 Yard’s , 100 ssh, run back for last set of burps

MARY:
Power T flutters x10 ic

Hello dolly x10 IC
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Insert PAX Count & FNG Name
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Intentional , what does it mean. google and the first thing that comes up is:
MOLESKIN:
Each Day when you wake up, say to yourself: How can I make today a great day! Be intentional, a’ight!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Get outta bed and get better!

The Burden of Men

THE SCENE: 30’s White and Warm!

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:

Imperial Squat Walkers (ICx15)
Cadre Dan’s Cherry Pickers (ICx65)
Overhead Claps (ICx15)
Little of This / Little of That
Some of These / Some of Those
Iron Mike’s Lt. Dan’s (Ratio = 1 Squat; 4 Iron Mikes. Worked up to 5 Squats; 20 Iron Mikes)
Merkin Rolls
Howling Monkeys (Ring of Fire)

THA-THANG:
Bataan Death March (2 Burpees) To The Educator!

Teams of Three, One member working at bottom of hill (roll dice for movement), One member burden carry two 5gal. buckets up or down the path of the hill. One member working at top of hill (roll dice for movement). Once the bucket gets to the top, replace team member, the team member that rolled the dice and was working out is now carrying the bucket down the hill and will replace team member at the bottom. Continue for time.

Bottom of the hill (Roll the Dice) Movements:

  • 1. Hill Sprints
  • 2. Decline Merkins
  • 3. Incline BBS
  • 4. Squats
  • 5. Bernie Up Hill
  • 6. Flutter Kicks

Top of the Hill (Roll the Dice) Movements:

  • 1. Walking Lunges
  • 2. Suicides
  • 3. Squat Tuck Jumps
  • 4. Run Laps
  • 5. Single Leg Curb Dips
  • 6. Merkin Curb Walk

PAX were unaware that each bucket was filled with 11″ of water and a small mark was made inside the bucket of where the water was when started.

**PENALTY**
For every inch of water lost = 1 Round of:

  1. Bucket Shoulder Shrugs (x10)
  2. Reverse Bear Crawl Up Hill

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 PAX

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
As men we tend to take on a heavy load. We are confident in our broad shoulders and feel as though we can take on more responsibilities. (This is like the full buckets, the beginning of the workout, when we are fresh and eager to achieve). For some of us it might feel more difficult to say no or admit we can’t take on any more (tasks, responsibilities, job functions, people to manage) whatever it may be (in your life).

As we take on more weight, we become sloppy, we don’t focus as intently because we are spread thin trying to please several different people or complete several tasks that each one individually require and expect a substantial amount of effort, time, love, thought, care and so on…(This is the middle of the workout, now we begin focusing on other tasks, losing sight of the amount of attention required or expected of the original task; now we are concentrating with wondering what workout will I do at the top or bottom of the hill, losing focus on the buckets and beginning to spill more water).

Things outside our control will happen, we don’t know what, or when, but life will get in the way and throw a curve ball once in a while. (This is the dice; we don’t know what life is going to throw at us). Because we have now lost the concentration required to achieve our original task; we are penalized. We had to force ourselves to stop all other tasks in order to focus all of our time, attention, resources, and thoughts on how to make up for being sloppy and losing our concentration. (This is the penalty; 10 shoulder shrugs and reverse bear crawls, this was the required effort needed to complete and make up for the lack of concentration during the duration of the task.

MOLESKIN:
Highly enjoy getting out in the gloom with these men and this wonderful AO. I can’t get enough. Thank you all for being the HIMs that you are, and pushing forward every day!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Saturday the 30th beatdown will be held at the Alcoa Municipal Building (223 Associates Blvd, Alcoa, TN 37701)
Alcoa CSAUP February 24th 2018!

With Friends like these….

The Scene: The Asylum

Clear, 32 degrees but we got warm quick.

Intro and disclaimer

Warm up: SSHX20, 5 burpees, 10 lunges, 15 Merkins, 20 squats

The Thang:
Fun with friends (two 40ish lb logs, 2 50lb sand filled tubes, 4 CMUs )
Count off to 4 teams
Team members take turns carrying logs, pipes and CMUs, (they can never touch the ground.)
Mosey along trail towards Everest.
Stopping at cones (5) to do:
5 burpees
10 lunges per leg
15 Merkins
20 squats

At Everest:
Climb to top of Everest to the road adding “injured” men to each team they have to carry up
At top, all do flutters till 6 catches

Continue mosey going east down road back to AO
Set down logs and CMUs at Cone 1

At AO: Start with teams at each station and do exercise for 90secs. Run to next station.
1) 10 CMU, pipe or Log presses (may share log) and 10 squats…repeat
2) sprint suicides down Bernie back
3) toe touch Merkins x10 & BBS x20 repeat
4) bear crawls to circle (40 yards) and back then flutter kicks
5) inch worms to cone and back
6) bunny hops back and forth repeat
7) plank jacks x20, Bobby Hurley’s x20 repeat
Line up on curb for an all out sprint down and back long ways. Circle up.

MARY:
Flutter kick until several audible groans are heard then add 10 more, Boat- canoe with “rowing” And Plank leg lifts

COT and Name o Rama

Waffle house, G6, earwax, Franke, Leonardo, double wide, bluebird, Snitch, mogul, pusher, cat gut, rainbow, abacus, Flanders, proton, would shack, QVC, walkabout, Rusty, QuickBooks, worm,  Pfeiffer, belding, Bonnie, Frenchy, dimples, plunger, cheatsheet, Coolio, detention, butterfly, Fabio, Gibler, porcelain, Doubtfire, Charman, compost, Cap’n Crunch, Umbro, tank

BOM:
First line in a great book called A Purpose Driven Life is….
Its not about you.
Quit being the center of your universe.
Stop thinking what do I want, what do I need, what can I get out of this.
Today’s society is all about me.

This week think about how you are putting yourself in front of others. Your wife…your kids….your neighbor.
Change where you are in line.

Moleskin:  it was a little chaotic today, at first but the teams showed good teamwork by sharing the load on the mosey. It’s always a blessing for me to come out to the asylum and spend time with this crew. Great job today by all, sorry about the phone glitches and throwing the BOM out of order.

There and Back Again

The Scene
35 and windy

 

The Thang
Buy In:

  • 50 Mountain Climbers
  • 40 crunches
  • 30 ruck presses
  • 20 ruck curls
  • 10 ruck burpees (ruck off)

Ruck to movie theater (2.6 miles) along the Greenway.

At the theater, perform 21-15-9 (3 rounds of each exercises: 21 reps, 15 reps, 9 reps)

  • Zerker Squats (ruck in front)
  • Overhead Press
  • Ankles-to-Knees
  • Ruck Curls
  • Burpees (ruck off)

Ruck back to SP (2.6 miles).  Along the way stop twice for 20 Merkins & 20 Squats.

 

At the SP, Buy Out:

  • 50 Mountain Climbers
  • 40 crunches
  • 30 ruck presses
  • 20 ruck curls
  • 10 ruck burpees (ruck off)

 

Go home and enjoy a warm cup of coffee!