F3 Knoxville

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.

Rocks and Running

THE SCENE: Beautiful 43 degrees

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:

Mosey up little baby hill and circle up in the parking lot at the top.

  • 25 SSH IC
  • 10 Cherry Pickers IC

THA-THANG:

Mosey to the bottom of Everest. 20 Merkins OYO. All out to the top of Everest.

Pair up with a Battle Buddy. One partner runs the loop around the asylum while the other partner does the following with a rock:

  • 20 Curls
  • 20 Squats
  • 20 Flutter Kicks on the 4-count
  • Repeat until your partner returns and then switch

Lap 1 was way longer than I remembered, so we called an audible. 2nd set – one partner runs down to the stop sign and back, while the other partner does the following with the rock:

  • 20 Should Presses
  • 20 Bent Over Rows
  • 20 BBSU’s

Mosey back to the AO and line up on the baseline. Bear crawl across the parking lot and then lunge back. 2nd set – front crab walk half-way and then jog it out to the other side. Repeat on the way back with backwards crab walk.

MARY:

Woodshack led us in some Iron Cross Flutter Kicks, and Cap’n Crunch cashed it out with some ATM’s.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

43 strong this morning – No FNG’s

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Be content with the gifts and blessings that God grants you. We all fall into the trap of wanting more…..just a little more money, a little bigger house, a nicer vehicle, just a little more time, a little more grace from our spouses. The bottom line, though, is that no matter how much “more” we have in terms of worldly possessions, it will never provide the fulfillment and joy that we are seeking. No matter how much “better” our circumstances become, we will never be satisfied. We must avoid the temptation to keep wanting more, and instead, be content and thankful for everything that God has already given to us.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

3rd F event coming up this Sunday (2/4) at the Wesley House. Workout starts at 2 pm and will be a great way to give back to the community.