F3 Knoxville

What a Difference a Year Makes

THE SCENE: Lovely.  No breeze, but not overly hot.  Probably high-60s and clear.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Imperial Walkers x 15 IC
Windmills x 15 IC
Cherry Pickers x 15 IC (OK, we really did 9)
SSH x 15 IC
Mountain Climbers x 15 IC
Plank Jacks x 15 IC
Hand Release Merkins x 15 IC
ISO Squat x 15 IC
THA-THANG:
Mosey to JUCOmanjaro
Monkey Humpers ’til 6 arrives
Loop-d-loop up the hill
Monkey Humpers ’til 6 arrives
Loop-d-loop down the hill
Monkey Humpers ’til 6 arrives

Mosey to the Strip (little strip mall parking lot)
Quarter Pounder….with cheese please!  Today, it’s Cake and Ice Cream!
25 yard sprint, 25 merkins, back shuttle to the start, 10 burpees (the cheese  Ice Cream)

50 yard sprint, 50 squats, back shuttle to start, 10 burpees

75 yard sprint, 75 MTN Climbers, back peddle to start, 10 burpees

100 yard sprint, 100 BBS, back shuttle to start, 10 burpees

Mosey back to AO Hey, we got done a little early! Once more up JUCOmanjaro to collect the cones.  At the top, you guessed it.  Monkey Humpers ’til 6 arrives.

Now mosey back to the AO

MARY:
Slutter kicks x15, Hello Dollys x15, Side Crunches x10 each side.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 PAX
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Nothing profound today, just a “Thank You” to those here today and by extension to all my brothers in F3. This workout was a copy of the first one I attended at the Dog Pound a year ago today (thanks, Ratchet!). At that time, I believe I skipped about half the loops and didn’t even make it to the Big Boys on the tennis court. Since then, I’ve had an amazing experience of all three F’s over this past year.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Good livin at The Burbs

THE SCENE: Beautiful morning – moderate humidity

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

THA-THANG:

Partnered up with a battle buddy – 1 sandbag per team. Alternated sandbag carries between battle buddies until we arrived at the school. 20 Ruck Merkins, 20 Ruck Squats. From there, we made our way over to the Bearden track. On the way, Partner 1 would carry the sandbag while Partner 2 did 10 Ruck Merkins and 10 Ruck Squats. Partner 2 would then catch Partner 1, take the sandbag, and continue rucking while Partner 1 would then do the merkins and squats. Rinse, repeat until we made it to the track. At the track, we did 4 sets of the following exercises (15 reps for each). After each set, we ran a lap around the track.

  • Ruck Curls
  • Flutter Kicks (4 ct) with Ruck Overhead
  • Overhead Presses
  • Lunges or Squats (Ruck on)
  • Bent-over Sandbag Rows

Made our way back to the AO alternating sandbag carries between battle buddies. Stopped a couple times for 15 Ruck Merkins and 15 Ruck Squats. Once back to the AO, one last set of ruck curls, flutter kicks, presses, lunges, and sandbag rows. Flutter Kicks for the last 45 seconds to finish.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

15 strong this morning!

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

I felt scattered during my BOM and didn’t put in the time that I should have last night to prepare a strong word for the PAX.

I’m constantly reminded just how thankful I am for the men that God has put in my life each morning that I get to be surrounded by F3 brothers. I would never get up at 4 am to go suffer through brutal workouts without the encouragement, support, and accountability provided by my brothers. And while the physical push is great each morning, there is a much greater impact that the men of F3 make outside the 5:30 – 6:15 am timeframe (or 4:50 am on some days). When the men of F3 Knoxville catch wind that a fellow brother is struggling with something or going through a tough season in his life, it’s incredible to witness the love and support that they provide for him. That’s what being a part of the PAX is all about.

The Plank in Your Eye

THE SCENE: 60 degrees and dry
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, TN Rocking Chair, BAC, Temp Merk, Temp Squat, The Sprinkler
THA-THANG:
Merkin Countdown starting at 20 merkins – 20 merkins and plank till everyone is down – sprint across parking lot and do 19 merkins and plank till everyone is done – and so on and so on

Bear Crawl 1-2-3: Partner Routine, 100 BBS while partner bear crawls to point and back, then 200 flutters (4 count), then 300 squats. Bear Crawls quickly turned into lunges to point and back.

MARY:
Circle of Pain, Captain Thor
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

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

Sizzlin

THE SCENE: Sunny and warm with high in upper 80’s.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
20 Side-Straddle hops, 10 Burpees, 10 Plank reaches (to count of four), 10 Windmills, 10 Baby to Wide Arm Circles Forward and 10 Backward.

THA-THANG:

Mosey to stop sign on northeast side of Admin Bldg.  20 American Hammers, 20 Hello Dollies.

Mosey to alley way that dead ends at north of Admin Bldg.  Stop where bricks are lined up near shade tree.  We will do Dora’s with partner running to dead end, doing 10 decline merkins there, and running back.  Meanwhile other partner is doing exercises with bricks.  Partners switch off when running partner gets back.  These are the exercises:

100 Overhead Presses, 100 Curls, 100 Rows with bricks on each side, 100 Neck Drops, 100 Squats with bricks over head, 100 Wings forward, 100 Wing drops, 100 Wing raises.

Mosey to Trail that begins by Northern Parking Lot.  We will lunge to first light, run next four, etc. until we reach road that leads out northern gate of park.

Mosey on perimeter trail until we are at bottom of Mt. Everest.  20 Box Cutters.   Then run to top of Mt. Everest.

Mosey to AO.

MARY:

Hello Dollies.

COUNT-OFF AND NAME-O-RAMA:

Nine men.  No FNG’s.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
The song “No Hard Feelings” by the Avett Brothers is one that we can learn from as humans who are prone to have anger toward those who have hurt us or jealousy toward those who one up us.  In the song, the authors talk about how holding on to the anger and jealousy doesn’t lead to good for anyone – rather the feelings distance us from those we have the opportunity to get to know and love.  They lead to fear and destruction.

There is a beauty and poignancy to the song as the narrator looks toward death:  “When my body won’t hold me anymore and it finally lets me free – will I be ready?”  He looks toward a time of possibility in that death, a time “when the jealousy fades away and it’s ash and dust for cash and lust – and it’s just halleluhah”  He wonders whether he “will join with the ocean blue or run into the savior true – and shake hands laughing.  And walk through the night, straight to the light, holding the love I’ve known in my life – and no hard feelings.”

The narrator glimpses at death from the standpoint of one who has cast judgement and bitterness aside:

“under the curving sky, I’m finally learning why it matters to me and you.  To say it and mean it too.  For life and its loveliness and all of its ugliness.  Good as its been to me, I have no enemies . . . I have no enemies . . . I have no enemies.”

How incredible it could be if we could really say that.  What release and joy it would bring us.  To say, when our “body’s won’t hold us anymore” that “I have no enemies.

So, to be true HIM’s, we need to get rid of our “Hard Feelings.”

 

Change of Plans

THE SCENE: Absolutely perfect morning. Could not ask for anything better. Except for the smell of the trash truck that came through about half way
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Sshx20, merkins x20 cherry pickers/Phelps things

THA-THANG:
As Ratchet called it “Candy Land” like the board game

Mosey to the “ boat “ with CMU

At start, do 20 CMU presses, 20 CMU Tris, 20 CMU Curls

then….up baby Everest down road to intersection. At each cone do exercise and # of reps listed and work your way back to start.

exercises are: 5 burpees, 10 lunges each leg, 15 merkins, 20 squat jumps, 25 shoulder taps, 30 squats and repeat

Do an extra lap of just running about 3/4 of the way thru

Mosey back to AO

MARY:
FLUTTER KICKS X35, LBCs x55
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
19 in attendance
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Today I had a workout planned but forgot to check what Booger did on Tuesday. When I did that this morning at 5am it was pretty much the same thing I had planned. Luckily I had a couple in my bag of tricks that I could pull out. One thing I did not plan was my BOM. The lack of planning on my part is disappointing to myself as I value the BOM greatly . As I am running back to the AO with my CMU I started thinking about how we have the best of plans and they often don’t turn out the way we want them. God’s plan is always perfect and even though we don’t understand it, it is a wonderful plan for us. We need to trust God with our plans even when they don’t go the way we want them to or if we don’t even think about planning at all.
MOLESKIN:
The workout today was a bit repetitive, but the mumblechatter kept it entertaining. Shout out to @Trap Door for pushing hard at the end caring that CMU to the finish line
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Prayers for VBS coming soon and leadership at camp. Friends dealing with disease and cancer.