F3 Knoxville

going to see the General

THE SCENE: 25* and slightly windy, luckily the AO was clear of ice
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x25 IC
Tempo squats x10 IC
SSH x20 IC
Tempo merkins x25 IC

THA-THANG:

Four cones are set up at each corner of the sidewalk that runs around the perimeter of the grass lawn at world’s fair park.  Each cone represents a stop point along the way for an exercise.  Move on to the next making your way back to the beginning.  Exercises are merkins, jump squats, WWII sit ups, Carolina dry docks.  PAX start at 10 reps of each exercise, decreasing to 9 reps on the second, lap, 8 reps on the third lap, etc.  PAX halt after completing lap with 6 reps of each exercise.

Mosey up and across pedestrian bridge beside 11th St parking garage, up and around the hill and down beside the Alumni Memorial Building to the amphitheater.  Going up amphitheater steps, PAX must bunny hop on flat areas and box jump up to the next level.  Once reaching the top, perform 5 squats.  Turn around, and bear crawl down the steps, once reaching the bottom perform 5 derkins.  Repeat this routine for 3 rounds.  Once all PAX complete, take a 5 count break and line up at the base again.  In the style of Growruck 05, PAX perform the same routine, only this time we make all movements together as a team going up and back down.  We did this as a physical representation of “no man left behind”.

Mosey up the hill beside Neyland Stadium to see the General.  PAX pair up, one partner jumping rope with the general while the other sprints up the Vol walk to the power T and performs 25 incline merkins.  Sprint back down to your partner and flapjack.  Second round repeat the same, only perform 25 decline merkins.  At this point Detention looked like he was shot out of a cannon as he was running faster going uphill than me sprinting downhill.

No real recovery after this routine, PAX had to head back to SP.  Taking same route back, jackrabbits stopped for rounds of squats and SSHs while waiting on the 6 to catch up.  Continue mosey back to the SP, jailbreak on the last straight of the worlds fair lawn to empty the tanks.

MARY:
Pickle pounders and boat/canoes
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 PAX strong on a cold, windy morning including one FNG.  Quarantine, Rousey (FNG), Detention, Proton, Rusty, Amazon, Operation, Swanson, Pfeiffer, Abort
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Pfeiffer spoke of trying to be positive and always finding the great things in the people around us.  Proverbs 11:27 – “Anyone can find the dirt in someone.  Be the one that finds the gold.”
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Coffeeteeria at Pete’s right after

Track Work

THE SCENE
53 and Foggy

THA-THANG
Ruck to Bearden Middle School track (1.5 miles).  Stop half-way, 20 Merkins and 20 Squats

At the track do the following…

3 Rounds:

  • 15 Overhead Ruck Presses
  • 20 Ruck Pull Merkins (start with ruck on left side. Do 1 merkin, pull ruck under body to left side.  Do 1 merkin pull ruck to under body to left side).
  • 20 Squats
  • 1 Lap around the track

4 Rounds:

  • 15 Ruck Curls
  • 15 Ruck Swings
  • 10 Lunges each leg
  • 1 Lap around track

Total distance at track (1.75 miles)

Ruck back to SP (1.5 miles).  Stop half-way, 20 Merkins and 20 Squats

At SP, ruck to Lover’s Lane.  Bear crawl half-way up Lover’s Lane, Bernie the rest.  Ruck back to SP (.5 miles).

Cash Out:
Flutter Kicks 4ct x30 IC

Total Mileage = 5 miles

Ice Melt

THE SCENE: Cloudy, snow flurries, 24 degrees
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Arm Circles x 10 ED

5 Burpee OYO

Tempo Squat x 10 IC

SSH x 30 IC

Tempo Merkin x 20 IC
THA-THANG:
Mosey to big lot

Shoulder Blasters:

  1. Arms from hips to over head in front = 30 reps (10 reps with thumbs pointed down, 10 x thumbs in, 10x thumbs up)
  2. Arms out to side to front = 30 reps (same deal with thumbs)
  3. Arms from hips to overhead on side = 30 reps
  4. Over head press = 10 reps

The Cooper (10:1 exercise): At start Burpees, squats, merkins. Lap around outside of big lot. Then 9 reps, lap, 8 reps, lap, etc.

Partner Up

Tammy Wynette:

  • P1 starts with merkin (set of 10) and P2 starts with Squats (set of 10). After 10 completed swap and continue in reps of 10 until each exercise equals 100 reps.

Mosey back to AO

4x4s Until Q says stop

Rugby Hops across lot (length wise)

Wolverine merkin until Q says stop

Bernie back and forth on lot

High Knees back to start

MARY:
Flutters x 30 IC
WWII Sit-ups x 20
Hello Dolly x 20
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Prayer requests/prayer
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Switchgrass is starting small group study next Wednesday (1/17/18) at 6p. DM him for additional information.

50/50

THE SCENE: Just 30, but with the breeze it feels colder than some of those single digit mornings the last couple of weeks.  Nice coat of snow on the grass, but the pavement’s all dry.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x20 IC
Warmup lap around the parking lot
TN Rocking Chairs x20 IC
Tempo Squat x15 IC
LBAC x15 IC fwd and back
One more warmup lap
Monkey Humpers x15 IC
Snot Blowers OYO

THA-THANG:

Five 50/50s on all the beautiful snow-covered turf fields of the luxurious Truck Stop. And one parking lot.

50/50s: Sprint 50 yards, do 50 reps (25 of each exercise), sprint 50 yards, do 50 reps

Mosey over the bridge (carefully… It’s covered with snow but not really slippery) to the lot beside the Watt Road field for
50/50s: Pickle Pounders/Gas Pumps

Mosey back around to the soccer field nearest the AO for
50/50s: Carolina Dry Docks/Ice Skaters

Back to the parking lot for
50/50s: Big Boys/Dips

To the upper field (15 impromptu body weight rows at the new outhouse along the way) for
50/50s: Merkins/Squats

Watt Road field for
50/50s: 4-ct SSH, 4-ct Imperial Walkers

Final mosey around the park to pick up the Weinke pieces, back to the AO for some Roll Your Own with the exercise D12.
2 rolls for everyone, to the best of my memory, it went something like:
-20 Iron Mikes
-15 Crab Walk Toe Touches
-10 Squat Jumps
-15 Burpees
-15 Star Jacks
-1 minute Jump Ropes
-15 Merkins
-15 Calf Raises
-20 Iron Mikes
-15 Burpees

MARY:
15s Star Gazers after that last set of burpees…
Roll over for 15 Side Crunch IC both sides
A little bit of Protractors
25x LBC IC
AMRAP Merkins for the last minute!
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
5 HIMs this morning, no FNGs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I recently got the opportunity to get some constructive feedback that brought about a bit of an internal struggle for me between my ego and my rational mind. My ego wanted to go straight to being defensive or make justification/excuses for what needed improvement, but that is totally the wrong reaction. I had to take a step back mentally and make the decision to flush that ego down the toilet and open up to that feedback. Without that, I can’t improve. We’re all here in this relationship as HIMs and in our daily lives to help one another get better… Be careful not to let your ego get in the way of that process.
MOLESKIN:
PAX moved fast in the cold today. Blew right through the 50/50s. Great to have Tank show up at Coffeeteria!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Alcoa CSAUP Feb 24!

The Magnificent Seven

THE SCENE: Cold, some snow on ground and a small amount of icy patches on trails
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Run twice around parking lot, Old Man Curly the Lash In Place Run with Burpees, Slow Timed Squats, Cherry Pickers.
THA-THANG:

Mosey to Parking Lot Next to Serpentine Sidewalk.  Run around parking lot stopping to perform the following exercises at each cone:

  • Cone 1:  20 Jump Squats
  • Cone 2:  20 Big Boys
  • Cone 3:  20 Shoulder Taps, each shoulder
  • Cone 4:  20 Imperial Walkers, each leg
  • Cone 5:  20 Smurf Jacks
  • Cone 6:  20 Merkins
  • Rinse and Repeat

Mosey to Outdoor Chapel.  Find partner.  While Partner 1 runs around chapel (on the sidewalk), Partner 2 will do one of two exercises:  Decline Merkins with feet on stage.  Box Cutters on non-stage end of chapel.  Then partners switch and Partner 1 does one of the two exercises.  The partners switch and Partner 2 does the exercise he didn’t do the first time.  Then partners switch and Partner 1 does that exercise.  Rinse and repeat.

Mosey to Serpentine Sidewalk.  Bear Crawl to first light, run next four lights.  Bear Crawl to sixth light, run next four lights.  Continue to do this in increments of five lights until you reach the end of the sidewalk where it hits the perimeter trail.  Then run back to starting place, sweeping those who haven’t finished yet with you back to start.  Do the same thing but with hops instead of bear crawls.  Finally, do the same thing but with lunges.  End at the perimeter trail this time and do baby crunches until everyone has finished.

Mosey to Cardiac Hill.  Do 20 Hello Dollies at start of Cardiac Hill.  Do 20 Bicycle Kicks at First Turn.  Do 20 Carolina Dry Docks at Second Turn.  Do 20 Bench Raises at Top.

Mosey to AO.

20 American Hammers.  20 Pickle Pounders.  Boat, Canoe.

MARY:

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Seven men, no FNG’s.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Many people tend to gripe.  For example, many will gripe about the weather today (too cold, hate the snow, not enough snow).  Two bible verses are important here:

Psalm 118:24 ESV / 686 helpful votes

This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Hebrews 12:28 ESV / 373 helpful votes

Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe.

We need to be grateful for what we have, for what the Lord has given us.  We need to look for miracles underneath the stones of the earth, in the whisper of the leaves, in our everyday lives.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: