F3 Knoxville

My final Q

THE SCENE: Cloudy, cool, with a few snowflakes drifting into view… Ratchet and Bowflex to name a couple.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x25 IC
Cherry Pickers x10 IC
LBAC x20 each way IC
Russian Dance x10 each leg (holding squat, alternate forward heel taps)
Outhouse Run, Bernie back
Shoulder Taps x20 IC
Plank Twist with reach through – x10IC each arm

THA-THANG:
Form 2 lines and Indian Run over to where the boats were for 11s on the hill.
Box jumps at the bottom, Ranger merkins at the top.
First and last trip up the hill are backward bear crawl.
Other trips alternate sprint and Bernie Sanders.

Finish up at the top, mosey across the parking lot and down the path and stairs for
10 burpees at the bottom
20 BBS between staircases
30 Merkins at the top of the hill
20 BBS betweeen staircases
10 burpees at the bottom
Gas pumps or other ab work until 6 up

Mosey around to the base of the Matterhorn, circle up for Tempo Sumo Squats – x20 IC

2 lines Blacksnake back to the AO

MARY:
Bicycle x20 IC
Side Crunches x20 IC each side
Row your Boat a few times
Superman Swim x15 IC
AMRAP Merkins for the last minute.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
18 PAX representing! (sorry, Pirate… working on your tag)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Nothing extremely profound today. It was my final Q… for the month of January. February is a new month with a bunch of opportunities to step up and lead!
Over January I snagged a Q at each of the 7 Knoxville AOs. Getting out and working with men from all the areas of town was a real joy and privilege. If your AO’s slots get filled up, grab a Q or two at another AO. You’ll be glad you did!
MOLESKIN:
Apparently box jumps on the big rocks by the hill are deemed a bit risky by most of the PAX. Something about not wanting to fall down a cliff or something? I dunno. Some of them managed to not jump all the way over their rocks…
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
3rd F opportunity this Sunday delivering basketballs and leading 2.0 workout at Wesley House, Alcoa CSAUP

Double Vision

THE SCENE: 25 with no wind, actually pretty nice.  Also had the Super Blue Blood Moon going on.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Around the world
  • Halos
  • Figure 8s
  • 10 tempo merkins
  • Outhouse run
  • 100 JR

THA-THANG:

  • Descending ladder.  Work your way from top to bottom then repeato, eliminating the top exercise and working your way down the ladder again.   We had time for +/- 3 rounds this morning.
    • 10 Turkish Getups (5 per arm)
    • 10 Sandbag clean & squat
    • 20 Burpees
    • 20 American Swings
    • 30 Hip Thrusts
    • 30 Overhead Press
    • 40 Lunge (20 out & back)
    • 40 Calf Raise
    • Waiter carry  (length of tennis court fence & back)

MARY:

  • Flutter kicks x 15  (4ct with KB overhead)
  • American Hammers x 20 (4ct with KB)
  • Big Boys with KB for final remainder of time

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
4 strong:  Ratchet, Shooter, Costanza, Bartman

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
This morning we witnessed an astrological event that hasn’t occurred in 150 years:  a Super Blue Blood Moon.   Look it up if you don’t know what it is… it’s pretty cool.   Therefore, we got to see something that no living human being has ever seen before.  The thought of this led me to a few quotes regarding the “unseen” aspect of leadership.

  • Leaders must wake people out of inertia.  They must get people excited about something they’ve never seen before, something that does not yet exist.  –Rosabeth Moss Kanter
  • If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.  –Thomas Jefferson
  • Leave the beaten path occasionally.  You’ll be certain to find something you have never seen before.  –Alexander Graham Bell

These quotes in turn moved my thoughts toward Christ and his omniscience.  We are so quick to forget that he knows our path and prepares a way for us.  Our job is to follow him obediently, even if it leads to new or frightening places.  It’s a trust exercise.

  • Faith is the confidence of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen   –Hebrews 11:1
  • Walk by faith, not by sight  –2 Corinthians 5:7
  • So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal   –2 Corinthians 4:18
  • No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him  –1 Corinthians 2:9

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Potato salad

THE SCENE: 33* or so and spitting snow every now and then
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x25 IC
Imperial Walkers x10 IC
Merkins on 4 ct, x13 IC
THA-THANG: Form two lines, begin mosey toward amphitheater.  Just past it at the first pedestrian bridge, stop and Al Gore waiting on the 6.  Once all in, PAX perform 5 burpees OYO.  Form back up into two lines, each line does Indian Run on mosey toward C15 parking lot behind Neyland Stadium.  C15 parking lot has eight cones prepared in an octagon, each with an exercise at the cone. Exercises as follows:

  • Hello Dolly
  • Burpees
  • Decline merkins
  • Lunges (count for each leg)
  • WWII Sit ups
  • Lion kings (with rocks)
  • Jump squats
  • Catalina wine mixers

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 again meet in the middle for Mary.  Q leads flutter kicks 20x IC.  Savannah then leads PAX in hello Dolly’s x20 IC.

Recover and 10 count.  PAX again form two lines and begin Indian Run back towards AO.  Stop again at pedestrian bridge where we did burpees heading out.  Q leads PAX in 8 ct body builders, 10x IC.  Form two lines again and Indian Run back to AO for Mary.

MARY:
Captain Thor (reach 16:4) IC
Box Cutters x20 IC
Iron Cross Flutter Kicks (led by Pfeiffer) x20 IC (we were all dead except him)
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
18 PAX: Quarantine, Butterfly, El Presidente, Plunger, Pfeiffer, Frank, Rousey, Ponder, Savannah, Amazon, Swanson, Gretzky, G6, Sugar Daddy, Petey, Bessie, Rascal, Abort
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Q brought potato salad ingredients as props.  The same boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg.  Life isn’t about your circumstances, it’s about what you’re made of.  Challenge us all to view our obstacles and hardships as opportunities to better ourselves.
MOLESKIN:
Pray for Petey as he begins interview process, that interviews go well and that he is able to stay in Knoxville.

Game of WAR

THE SCENE: 30 degrees, a bit windy at times
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
jog across P Lot x2, High Knee skips across P lot x2, Karaoke x2 across P lot

circle up for squats x20 IC, SSH x 20 IC, Moroccan Ty Fighters x15 IC, Merkins x10 IC, shoulder taps x 10 IC
THA-THANG:

WAR: Split up into 2 groups

  • 2 chairs, one table, one deck of cards….time to play war!
  • From each group Pax take turns at the table in a game of war. Highest card wins.
  • Winner does 10 ssh IC. Pax that turns the card leads the group IC
  • Losing group does 10 burpees!
  • If the same cards are turned, go to WAR! 3 cards down and the 4th card up, Losing group in WAR does 20 burpees and the winning group runs a lap. It did not start off good with my group as we went to war the first card and lost. Group one was all HAPPPY watching group 2(my group) do about 40 burpees in a row, then the tides changed!
  • Once finished with complete round of war(going through the whole deck of cards), we moseyed to the playground for DORACIDES.
  • Partner up for 100 merkins, 150 big boys, and 200 squats. P! does exercise while P2 runs to 1st cone w one burpee, run back to P1 and back to 2nd cone for 2 burps, back to PI and back to 3rd cone for 3 burps, switch partners until complete

MARY:
Boxcutters x10 IC

Hello Dolly x10 IC

Iron Cross for 10 sec.

Never Cross Dolly x10 IC
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
16 Pax including PUP and Bumblebee!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
What do you practice, Joy or Anger? With practice, you get really good at what you practice. Practice Joy
MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

Three-Headed Monster

THE SCENE: 42 and georgeous
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Baby Arm Circles Forward (IC) followed by Michael Phelps
  • Baby Arm Circles Backward (IC) followed by Michael Phelps
  • 10 Cherry Pickers (IC) 4 CT
  • 12 Side Straddle Hops (IC) 4 CT
  • 12 Squats (IC) 4 CT
  • 10 Hand Release Merkins – OYO
  • 5 Burpees – OYO
  • 4 Sprints
  • Mosey

THA-THANG:

First Monster – 5 rounds

  • 20 calf raises on steps – OYO
  • 10 pull-ups on the walkway rails – OYO
  • 10 bench step-ups/box jumps – OYO
  • Repeat for 5 rounds
  • Mosey to fight the next monster

Second Monster – 5 rounds

  • 15 Dips and 15 Freedom Twists
  • Repeat for 5 rounds
  • Mosey to fight the next monster

Third Monster – as many laps as possible

  • 15 merkins and 25 squats
  • Run around the lot
  • Repeat until time called
  • Mosey to AO

MARY:

  • Big Boy Sit-ups x 20 (OYO)
  • Box Cutters IC 4 CT

.COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

Bartman, Neutron, Peach Fuzz, Scrum, Sweeper & Booster

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Lately, I have felt a little lost with my faith and what God wants for my life.  I’ve been in a funk and trying to get out of it.  I’ve started to ask God if He can guide me.  I’ve been searching for scripture that will help with focus.

Isaiah 43:2 “When you go through deep waters, I will be with you.”

Psalm 37:5 “Commit your way to the Lord.  Trust in Him, and He will act.”

Isaiah 41:10 ” Don’t be afraid, for I am with you.  Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you.”

Philippians 4:13 “I can do everything through Christ who gives me strength.”

MOLESKIN:

Prayers for several F3 brothers recovering from injuries..

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

This coming Sunday, February 4, F3 members will be leading a special workout with kids from the Mechanicsville and Broadway areas. In addition to the workout, we will also be delivering some much needed sports equipment.

All you have to do is show up. Come out, have fun and interact with the kids and let them see and experience positive, male role models. The workout will take place at The Wesley House (1719 Reynolds St. Knoxville, TN 37921) from 2:00pm – 3:00pm.  We will do a 45 min workout with the kids where we will partner up for team building exercises and gather for a BOM at the end.