F3 Knoxville

The Octagon

THE SCENE: 24* at start, ice beards on the ruckers
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH 25x IC
Angle grinders 10x IC
Tempo squats 12x IC
Baby arm circles forward 11x IC
Baby arm circles backwards 11x IC
THA-THANG:
Mosey across parking lot, headed toward parking lot behind the school.  Stop at halfway point for leg blasters, all exercises done together: 20 squats, 20 lunges (10 each leg), 10 air squats.  Recover and repeat for second round.  Resume mosey to back parking lot for the Octagon of Pain.  Eight cones prepared in an octagon, each with an exercise at the cone.  Exercises as follows:

  • Wide merkins
  • Jump squats
  • Burpees
  • American hammers on 4 count
  • Flutter kicks on 4 count
  • Lunges (number of reps for each set done on each leg)
  • Dying cockroaches on 4 count
  • Lion kings (with CMUs)

Pax partner up and pick a cone to start at.  Perform 8 reps of exercise, bear crawl to next cone.  Make your way around the Octagon and back to the cone you started at.  Meet in the middle of the Octagon (Pax finished about the same time).  Once in the middle, Q leads 10 wide merkins, immediately followed by 10 regular merkins, immediately followed by 10 diamond merkins.  Recover.

Pax go back to their original starting cone, repeating the routine this time performing 16 of each exercise.  No bear crawls, once exercise is completed, Pax run on the outside of the Octagon making a loop and going to the next cone.  Continue again until original cone is reached.  Pax lead Mary in the middle of the Octagon.

  • Flutter kicks 10x IC – led by Natty
  • Big boy sit ups 10x IC – led by Shrinkage
  • Flutter kicks 10x IC – led by Fast N Easy
  • Big boy sit ups 10x IC – led by Switchgrass

Recover to original cones.  Back to performing 8 reps of each exercise, simply running to next cone (no loop around, just move to next cone).  Pax plank in the middle until everyone is finished.  Recover.

Mosey back to start point, and continue mosey over to splash pad.  Pax assemble along fence for pistol squats, 10x then switch legs and repeat.  Pax then mosey down small hill to parking lot and perform staggered hand merkins (one hand on the curb, one hand on the big ball).  Perform 10 merkins left hand low right high, then switch hands and repeat 10 merkins.  Three total rounds of pistol squats and staggered hand merkins, then recover and mosey back to start point.  (A Rod and Natty have impromptu jail break back to SP).

MARY:
Super duper coolers 10x IC on left side
Super duper coolers 10x IC on right side
Boat/canoe ring of fire.  Pax begin in boat position and move around circle allowing each member to canoe or canoe variation as long as they want before going back to boat position.  Variations include flutter kicks in canoe, American hammers in canoe position, overhead claps in canoe position, and dolly in canoe position.
Strict sit ups (hands behind head, shoulders hit ground and elbows hit knees) 10x IC
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 pax strong: Natty, Fast N Easy, Shrinkage, Belding, Switchgrass, Whammy, Crossroads, A Rod, Abort
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Talked about the difference of happiness and joy (Ratchet spoke on this at the truck stop earlier this year) and how it applies to Christmas and this time of year.

Reindeer Games

THE SCENE:  24 and brrrr
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-UP:

SSH IC x 20
Baby Arm Circles IC x 10 each way
Cherry Pickers IC x 20 Cadre Danny style
Imperial Walkers IC x 20
Cherry Pickers IC x 10

THA-THANG:

Mosey one short lap to Field 2
Split into teams
Field Races x 4 (partner carry, object carry, shuffle, hop, crab crawl, bear crawl, Burnie Sanders, sprint)

Mosey to Field 3
Dips x 20 IC
Wind Sprints x 6
5 Merkins after each
Wall sit x 1min

Mosey back to parking lot the long way

MARY:
Ring of Fire – 5 Merkins, 4 Merkins ….
Ring of Fire – 5 BBS, 4 BBS ….
Ab cycle:
Flutter kicks x 20 IC
Hold feet 6 inches off ground
Hello Dolly’s x 20 IC
Hold feet 6 inches off ground
Reverse crunches x 10 IC
Hold feet 6 inches off ground
American Hammer x 20 IC

Mosey around parking lot – 2 laps

Crunches x 50 IC
Merkins x 20 OYO

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
14 PAX

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Lust says, “I want it.”
Entitlement says, “I deserve it.”
And Pride says, “I can handle it.”

What or who is controlling you?

Commercial Grade Wrapping Paper

THE SCENE: Just cold….
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 25 IC

Squat x 15 IC

Hand release merkin x 10 OYO

Imperial Walker x 15
THA-THANG

Catch me if you can: P1 run backwards P2 CDDs x 10 and catch partner. P1 then does CDDs x 10. Continue until one lap around parking lot complete. Second lap is diamond merkins.

Deconstructed Burpee: 10 squat, 10 leg thrusts, 10 merkin, 10 leg thrusts.  Exercise performed as 10-1

Dan Taylor: 1 squat:4 lunge, 2 squat:8 lunge etc. length of staff parking lot (continue 1:4 ratio).

Mosey to back parking lot

Bearmuda Triangle: Three cones in triangle set approx 70′ apart. Bear crawl to each cone. First cone 10 hand release merkin, second 15 hand release merkin, third 20 hand release merkin. DO NOT get up when reaching each cone.

Mosey back to AO

Bruce Lee: 20 Reps, 3 sets

Murican hammers, leg raises, LBCs, heel touches, crunchy frog, 100s.

MARY:
Flutters
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
FNG: JD Faulconer-Pitino
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
From the Marine Corps Leadership Traits (14 total)

Courage: Courage is what allows you to remain calm while recognizing fear. Moral courage means having the inner strength to stand up for what is right and to accept blame when something is your fault. Physical courage mean that you can continue to function effectively when there is physical danger present.

Gain courage to overcome the aspects of life that cause you to fear by DOING them. Continue to do the things that cause you fear until you can complete the task without having fear.
MOLESKIN:
Do the hard things first each day. The rest of the day is gravy.

Truck Ruck

THE SCENE: 29 but not cold enough for Peachfuzz to wear sleeves
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
With Rucks on

Mtn Climbers x 20 IC

Wide Merkins x 8 IC

Tempo Squats x 10 IC

Take the 2 – 50# pipes and the 60# sand bag and walk the long way to the softball bleachers

THA-THANG:

With the ruck on

  • Step Ups x 20 (10 each leg)
  • Derkins x 10
  • Incline Merkin x 10

Take Rucks off

4 Men per team, 2 teams

  • 1 man carry 2 rucks up the hill and back
  • Other men use Pipes, sandbags and rucks and do AMRAP of Curls, Presses, Squats, BBS rotating when the man gets back from the hill
  • 2x

Finish with 2 more laps around park

MARY:
No Mary
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
I-beam, Waxjob, Mayberry, junk, Toto, Tank, Peachfuzz
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Insert the WORD here.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements. Continue reading

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THE SCENE: Mid 30’s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
We got right to work
THA-THANG:

3 teams. Until all teams have done each.

1)Chair pose – hold until last sprinter returns

2)Decline plank – hold until last sprinter returns

3)Sprint length of grinder and back

11’s. Called it at 7.

Decline Merkins 4-count

Crab Walk to restroom

Finger tip Merkins 4-count

Mosey to field for Slugger.

Run diamond, 20 Diamond Merkins

Run diamond, 20 Low Side to Side Merkins

Run diamond, 20 Carolina Dry Docks

40 Years in the Wilderness.

BBS x 40

Side Tri Rise 20 each side

MARY:

Scissors x 25 on Q

Leg climbers x 15 each side

Side V x 25 each side

Single Leg Boat on Q

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
14 PAX & no FNG
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Man was a hunter. Had an active lifestyle. Moved to live. Would rest during the warmer part of the day. Ok to rest after gotten activity in. Ok to take in some calories if you moved for the day “hunted”. Where man fails today is he leads a sedentary lifestyle but still consumes high calories.

MOLESKIN:
We can gain individual strength in our struggles through accountability with our brothers.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Woodshack is collecting $5 from each Alcoa man to get Pinnochio’s wife a little something for exercising her design skills for our shirt.

Also, big thanks to Woodshack for leading the inaugural Bomb Shelter ruck!