F3 Knoxville

Extra Weight Keeps You Warm

THE SCENE: Upper 40’s Misting and Wet.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Active Mosey to 1st Location of Beatdown With Warm-Up Movements

  • Skip to SSH (ICx25)
  • Mosey Arm Circles to Imperial Walkers (ICx20)
  • Side Shuffle (Both Sides) to Burpees (OYOx5)
  • Bernie Sanders Up The Hill (x5)
  • Mosey to Walking Lt. Dans (1:4 Squat:Walking Lunges) (Work Up to 5 Squats)
    • Mumble-chatter “Yes, This Is Still Part of The Warm Up.”
  • Absolution – Plank, Groiner, Mahktar N’ Diayes, Chillcut, Plank (8 Countx15)

THA-THANG:
Each PAX Find 2 Equal Sized Rocks.

  • Dodo Bird (x10)
  • Iron Hulks (1:4 Merkins:Push Press) (Work up to 5 Merkins)
  • V-Ups (x10)
  • Overhead Squats (x10)
  • Bear Crawl (Backward Up Hill, Forward Down)

Mosey Back To The Grinder (Stopping For 15 Merkins Rotating at Top With 1 Hand In The Air)

Mumble-chatter “Are We Done Warming-Up Yet?”
“Yes, Now We Mosey To The Beatdown.”

MARY:
Single Leg Step-Ups (x10ea.)
4 Sprints
Bench Pull-Ups (x10)
LBC (x30)

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
12 PAX
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Talking Points:
Staying Motivated, Being an Inspiration to Those Around You.
The Feeling of Surrounding Yourself With a Team of HIMs Getting Better Together. Not a competition between each other like we see in everyday life, but more like that competitive athletic team where we hold the person to our right and left to a higher standard. I Get Better Because He Gets Better; Therefore, We All Get Better.
Refereed to “The Beast Inside”…IT STILL LIVES!
MOLESKIN:
The Desire, Strength and Willingness To Overcome and Succeed With This PAX is a True Blessing! I Find Myself Overwhelmed With Excitement Every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Many of the PAX Are Gaining The Confidence To VQ And I’m Stoked to See it Happen!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
No Announcements Were Made.

Fluffhead

THE SCENE: Moissssssstt

WARM-O-RAMA:
Side straddle hoppity x 20 cadence

Bit o duck walking

Baby arm circles forward and backwards x 12 cadence

10 merkins

short mosey
THA-THANG:

  • 20 Gob squats with CMU, 20 Burpees, 20 merkins…. Followed by 19 of each etc. Ended after ~10 minutes
  • mosey to the hockey rink
  • Alligator crawl 1/2, bear crawl 1/2
  • At the end we did some fun flutter kicks….. ended up being in cadence
  • 3 Sprints across the rink

Wandered outside to the parking lot

Superman swims followed by a long sprint across the lot

More superman swims

Hello Dolly x 20 Cadence

Sprint back to the beginning

10 merkins

20 Gorilla humpers

Mosey to Tennis Court

Wheelbarrow 1/2, Lunge 1/2  ~2 sets…. It was time to run again

 

Indian Run to the Matterdorn (dom…. dum… korn… thorn…. THOR?) hill

Lunge 1/2 the hill followed by a run to the AO

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
17 PAX
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
This morning I shared a quote from one Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s books, The Gulag Archipelago. The quote was referencing those that were able to survive the brutality of the system, particularly during interrogations after being arrested.

What do you need to make you stronger than the interrogator and the whole trap?

From the moment you go to prison you must put your cozy past firmly behind you. At the very
threshold, you must say to yourself: “My life is over, a little early to be sure, but there’s nothing to be
done about it. I shall never return to freedom. I am condemned to die — ^now or a little later. But later
on, in truth, it will be even harder, and so the sooner the better. I no longer have any property
whatsoever. For me those I love have died, and for them I have died. From today on, my body is
useless and alien to me. Only my spirit and my conscience remain precious and important to me.”

What I gleaned from this is that our spirit and minds are something that we can truly say belong to us. We can allow these things to deteriorate and we will become weak, or we can be strong mentally and stick to our value structures. In multiple points throughout the book, Solzhenitsyn suggests that the ones who survived are the ones who relinquished the suffering and grounded themselves spiritually and mentally. So, be strong. Be disciplined. Live according to your values unerringly.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hike LeConte this weekend led by Abscess and Steam

20 to 1 Grind

THE SCENE
47 & Damp

 

Welcome & Disclaimer

 

WARM-O-RAMA
SSH x20 IC
Tempo Squats x15 IC
High Knees x15 IC on 4ct
Tempo Merkins x15 IC
Take a loop around the side parking lot then meet back at the start point.

 

THE THANG
The 20 to 1 Grind
One exercise in each of the four corners of the parking lot.

  • Corner 1 = Merkins
  • Corner 2 = Squats
  • Corner 3 = Dry Docks
  • Corner 4 = BBS

Start at 20 reps per exercise.  Perform the reps and run to the next corner counter clockwise to perform the next exercise.  Subtract 1 each loop until you get down to 1 rep per exercise.  Every 5 loops, make a trip up the hill next to the parking lot.

 

MARY
American Hammers x20 IC
4ct Flutter Kicks x20 IC
4ct Hello Dolly x20 IC

 

COT
Number Off & Name-O-Rama (7 PAX)

 

BOM
Stop pursuing happiness and start practicing contentment.  The first step of contentment is gratitude.  No matter how crazy or hard things are, there are good things to be thankful for if we will take the time to look.  The good news is the more thankful we are, the less discontent we are.  And as contentment grows, so does our sense of peace and joy.

 

MOLESKIN
It was a strong group this morning.  We kept is simple and grinded it out to some tunes from the 80’s and 90’s:

  • It’s the End of the World as we Know It – REM
  • Run-Around – Blues Travelers
  • Another One Bites the Dust – Queen
  • Keep Your Hands to Yourself – Georgia Satellites
  • Basket Case – Green Day
  • Hey Jealousy – Gin Blossoms
  • Mr. Jones – Counting Crows
  • Fly Away – Lenny Kravits

It was a great morning with a great group of men.  TClaps brothers!

Weathervane

THE SCENE: 45 deg and brisk

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:

Outhouse run

Around the Worlds

Figure 8s

Halos

American Swing

Russian Swings

Outhouse run

THA-THANG:

The spinner made a second visit this week, dishing out one of 16 exercises…20 reps each followed by 50 Jump ropes…

1. American Swing

2. Goblet Squats

3. Bent over rows

4. Turkish-Get-Ups

5. Side lunge swing

6. Merkin KB pull

7. Clean & Press

8. Tricep press

9. Russian swings

10. Merkin on the KB

11. Overhead Press

12. 50 Jump ropes

13. Upright Row

14. Sumo deadlift high pull

15. Curls

16. Calf raises

… Outhouse run when the spinner lands on a line…

MARY:
Hello Dolly 15x

Flutter kicks 15x

Side crunches 10x each side

Boat-Canoe

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
7
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Bartman had a great word…he should be the one to tell ya about it!

 

Under the Pavalon in the Storm

THE SCENE: Pouring the Rain, continuous thunder and lightning- I was getting ready to call it off but Bartman said lets go to the Pavalon
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
We stretched, did side straddle hops, and merkins
THA-THANG:
Then we alternated choosing the exercise:

Alternating picnic table step ups, decline merkins, incline merkins

Lunges the length of the pavalon 2 x

Pullups, dips, squats circuit 3×10, 3 x20, 3×10

Ran length of pavalon 3x, 5 merkins each time at halfway point, and 20 Iron Mikes at end each time

10 burpies

CMU workout – Mr Spectaculars and Goblet Squats

20 alternating Picnic Table Step ups
MARY:
Crunches, bicycle kicks, American hammers, Peter Parkers on the Picnic Table

10 Picnic Table Merkins with 10 second hold at bottom at the end
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
3 attendees, Flute Loop, Bartman, and Peach Fuzz
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
When it comes to sharing your faith, say the things that need to be said.  Because most often the regret of not telling someone what they need to hear about the Lord is way worse than any awkwardness that might come about from speaking the truth in love.  So say what needs to be said!  But oh yeah there are other times when you should shut up!  The Lord will give wisdom to know the difference.
MOLESKIN:
glad we ended up getting something done !!!!!!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: