F3 Knoxville

Bucket List

THE SCENE: Clear and, what, maybe 8°? 9°?  Who’s counting?.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Let’s get warm quick!
5 Burpees OYO
15 Imperial Squat Walkers IC
5 Burpees OYO
15 Hindurkins IC
5 Burpees OYO
1 Windbreaker (solo exercise by Q)
15 Firecrackers IC (similar to Smurf Jacks)

Mosey to Waxjob’s Hill
(Q alerts PAX to the presence of speed bump by tripping and falling flat)
5x down hill and immediately back up, 5x 4ct Merkins IC at the top each time.
First trip up sprint, next 3 Bernie, final trip sprint
(3rd was planned as reverse bear crawl, but frosty grass deemed too dangerous for digits)

THA-THANG:
Mosey on around outside of the park to the Scrapyard stairs.
Hop up stairs on one leg. Turn around and mosey back to the street, then back and hop stairs on other leg.

Mosey across grinder to meet Sandy: a bright orange 5 gallon bucket filled with 60lb of sand.
Bucket contains a list of exercises:
Merkins
Mtn Climbers
LBCs
Flutter Kicks
SSH
PAX split into 2 groups of 5. One group sets up at cones 60yd away.
Both groups start doing top exercise.
One man carries bucket to other line and stays there. Another man carries the bucket back to original line. R&R
Whenever bucket arrives at line, PAX switch to next exercise.
Continue until all PAX have made 2 trips

Cooldown: Mosey one lap around the park, pause halfway for 2 sets of 20 dips and 20 squats

MARY:
Circle up for:
20 Reverse Crunch IC
15 Side Crunch IC each side
4 rounds of Row Your Boat
Merkin ring of fire – 5 to 1
16 Tempo Cossack Squat

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Largest gathering of HIMs in the Knoxville area this morning: 10 strong!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Not so wordy this morning to avoid becoming a sweatcicle.  As we start this year, remember Paul’s words in Philippians 3:13: “Forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”  We all want to forget the bad parts of the past, but Paul here is not talking about that.  He just got done listing all of his own accomplishments done in the flesh, and how they are not of worth.  Don’t rest on things you’ve done.  Forget that past as well, and press forward for His calling!
MOLESKIN:
Coldest day of the year was no problem for these guys.  Killed it hard.  Icicles were forming on beards from breath condensation, but everyone was sweating by the end.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

2018 Grit

THE SCENE:   9.   That right n-n-n-n-nine  d-d-d-degrees

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH x 30
  • Merkins x 10
  • Squats x 15 (4 count)

THA-THANG:

  • Mosey to steep hill where the boats used to be parked
    • 11’s:   burpees at top / squat jumps at bottom
  • 2 laps around boat dock parking lot.  Stop at each light pole for exercises Route 66 style.
    • Lap 1:  Iron Mikes
    • Lap 2:  Big Boy Situps

MARY:

Round Robin:

  • Bartman:  Box Cutters (4ct) x 20
  • Ratchet:  Side Crunch (4ct) x 10 each side
  • Tweet-E:  Peter Parker
  • Mayberry:  Floor Wipers (4ct) x 20
  • La-Z-Boy:  Mountain Climbers (4ct) x 20
  • Cash out with AMRAP Merkins for the last 20 seconds or so

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
5 PAX:  Ratchet, Tweet-E, Mayberry, La-Z-Boy, Bartman

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

A few months ago La-Z-Boy talked about a book he was reading at one of his BOMs.  The book was about Grit and the impact it has on people’s success.  I think Grit is an appropriate topic as we begin 2018.  Whatever your new year resolutions and goals are – at some point you are going to face adversity in achieving them.  That’s where Grit comes in.  When challenges arise, will you give up or dig down deeper and press forward?  I encourage all of the Knoxville PAX to spend some time thinking about this.  When you’re tired, when you don’t feel like getting out of bed, when its cold, when its hot, when your kids are on your last nerve, when your boss doesn’t understand, when you’re mentally exhausted, when you’re looking for a new job, when you’ve tried all options and still aren’t making progress…..you get the idea.   In all of those situations and more it takes GRIT to stay the course.   Gritty wishes to all as we begin a new year together!

MOLESKIN:
Hats off to the Dog Pound crew today.   It definitely took some Grit to show up in 9 degree weather.  Tclaps brothers!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Can’t feel my legs Clark

THE SCENE: 8 degrees, clear, full moon
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Imperial squat walker x 10 IC

SSH x 25 IC

Hand Release Merkin x 10 OYO

T-Plank Arm Circles x 10 ED
THA-THANG:
Up-Downs x 10

Yul Brenner: 7 different merkin types, 10 reps of one type, run lap, 10 reps of next type.

CDD, Wide Merkin, Reglar Merkin, Ranger Merkin, Crucible Merkin, Diamond Merkin, Chuck Norris

Walk Like an Egyptian: Single line at long parking lot. Begin lunging in line. Every third lunge last man sprints to front of line. Reach end of parking lot, turn around and repeat back to start.

Triple Nickel: 50 yard distance. Starting point do 5 burpees run to 50 yard mark and do 5 BBS. Total of five rounds.

7s: At planter blocks. Box jumps and dips.

MARY:
Imperial Squat Walker (2 min)

Leg Raises x 20

Qualification sit-ups AMRAP

Flutters x 30

Chuck Norris merkins x 25
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
5 lunatics started the year off right.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
John 8:12 Jesus states who He is and the Pharisees say he is lying. Jesus was seen as a lier, a lunatic, or the Lord. We face the same denial or acceptance within our society today. How will you place Jesus in your life going into this year? Will He be a historical figure, a nice guy, or Lord? Remember where He sits and that He is coming back.

Benchmarking Day- Leave no man unchanged

THE SCENE:

9°F, no wind, clear sky

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH x25 (IC)
  • Imperial Walkers x20 (IC)
  • Burpee x5 (OYO)
  • Cherry Pickers x20 (IC)
  • Merkins x10 (IC)
  • Squats x10 (IC)

THA-THANG:

Benchmarking Day- Physical Training (PT) Test

  • Merkins- AMRAP in 2 min
  • Big Boy Sit-ups- AMRAP in 2 min
  • Run the 2 mile loop 

Mosey to Pavilion

Picnic Table pull-ups IC x20

Squats IC x20

(repeat)

Mosey Back to SP

MARY:

  • Ankle Biters x20 IC
  • Flutter Kicks x20 IC
  • Line up across the curb, Bearcrawl halfway across and then sprint- repeat
  • LBC AMRAP until 6:15

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

3- Frenchie, Umbro

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Leave no man behind and leave no man where you found him, regarding all three Fs

Fitness- encourage each other and keep each other accountable

Fellowship- Mumble Chatter, meet with guys beyond at the workouts

Faith- Know who God is, build a relationship with him, and reflect Him in your everyday decisions and actions

MOLESKIN:

With layers and a long run we stayed warm, breathing was difficult at times but we got through it. I learned that my phone does not function in single digit temperatures.

The Bridge to 2018

THE SCENE: Low 30’s unusual scene with a special location for the end of the year beatdown / BOM…Welcomed the PAX to the Bridge to 2018!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

Light Post Warm-O-Rama
1st Light = SSH (IC x10)
2nd Light = Tempo Squats (IC x10)
3rd Light = Drifter Jog (IC x10)
4th Light = Arm Circles Forward (IC x5)
Arm Circles Backwards (IC x5)
Cherry Pickers (IC x20)
5th Light = Merkins (OYO x10)
6th Light = Jump Squats (OYO x10)
7th Light = Lunges (OYO x10ea)
8th Light = Burpees (OYO x 5)

THA-THANG:
Each round will introduce a new movement. After each round run back to beginning to start next round. Each round will start from the original movement.

Round 1:
3 Wall Walks

Round 2:
3 Wall Walks
5 Pull Ups

Round 3:
3 Wall Walks
5 Pull Ups
10 Box Jumps

….Working up to 10 Rounds

Round 10:
3 Wall Walks
5 Pull Ups
10 Box Jumps
15 Merkins
20 Squats
25 Flutter Kicks
30 Air Press
40 BBS
50 SSH
Run Full Length

MARY:
Abs on Fire
1 minute LBC cash out

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 PAX
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Always looking forward, not about where you were or what you have done, but where are you going and what more will you accomplish?

Isaiah 43:18-19
Forget what happen long ago! Don’t think about the past. I am creating something new. There it is! Do you see it?…

Philippians 3:12-16
I have not yet reached my goal, and I am not perfect. But Christ has taken hold of me. So I keep on running and struggling to take hold of the prize. My friends, I don’t feel I have already arrived. But I forget what is behind, and I struggle for what is ahead. I run toward the goal, so I can win the prize of being called to heaven. This is the prize God offers because of what Christ Jesus has done. All of us who are mature should think in the same way. And if any of you think differently, God will make it clear to you. But we must keep going in the direction that we are now headed.

MOLESKIN:
This workout was done on the Alcoa Bridge. 7 PAX rucked from the Bomb Shelter AO to the bridge for the beatdown! These HIMs are amazing and i believe with all my heart they are destined for great things as individuals and F3 Family.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
41 Bomb Shelter Shirts ordered in 3 days…Awesome!
CSAUP February 24th!