F3 Knoxville

Don’t Drop The CMU

THE SCENE:

Low 40’s, partly cloudy but brightening

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

This workout is a modification of a CapNCrunch beatdown. Big thanks for the help!

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH x25 IC
  • Tempo Squats x15 IC
  • Tempo Merkins x15 IC
  • Hot foot x 15 per foot 4 count reps IC
  • Baby Arm Circles Fwd x10 IC
  • Baby Arm Circles Bwd x10 IC

THA-THANG:

Mosey to hill. Stop along the way for the following:

  • 20x air squats (single count IC)
  • 20x in-place lunges (10x each leg IC)
  • 10x squat jumps (single count IC)
  • 10x jumping lunges (5x each leg IC)

Pyramid

Run to cone and do exercise. Run back down hill and do other exercise. Do both exercises with the following reps: x5, x10, x15, x10, x5.  We will do 2 rounds.

Rd 1

  • Tuck Jumps
  • Dry Docks

Rd 2

  • Narrow Squats
  • Wide Merkins

Mosey to Grinder. Gap jumps over path

3 Exercise HIIT

Everyone performs the HIIT series, 20 sec on, 10 sec off, 3 sets of each round, 2 rounds.

Rd 1

  • High Knees
  • Overhead Press w/CMU
  • Run Squat Switch

Rd 2

  • Ice Skaters
  • Bent Over Rows w/CMU
  • Burpees

11’s

Box Jumps & Dips on benches, suicides out to cones in between

MARY:

  • Flutter Kicks x20 4ct IC
  • Hello Dolly x20 4ct IC
  • Side Crunches Rt. x20 IC
  • Side Crunches Lft. x20 IC
  • Boat / Canoe on Q

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
7 Pax

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Push yourself in F3 to not only get stronger, faster and better out there but in all life. There have been studies that working out makes the mind sharper. Also reports that those that start their days early are more productive. I find when I push myself out here I smile more I feel more energetic throughout the day and I perform better in daily life just taking the groceries in or digging a hole in the back yard. Push through the temporary discomfort to grow and see what you are really capable of.

MOLESKIN:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Fun Facts & Strong Backs

THE SCENE: A Character-Building 32 degrees; Cold hands, warm hearts, can’t lose.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Welcome to F3: Fitness – Fellowship – & Faith. My name is Steam and for the next 45 minutes I will be in charge and serve as your Q. I am not a professional – you are here on your own volition and I don’y know any injuries you may or may not have so if you need to modify any of the exercises we do this morning feel free to do so for your own safety but always give 100%. This morning we will sound off loud and we will not accept anything less than 100% from ourselves and our PAX. Aye? This is the standard this morning – we will meet and exceed it for all 45 minutes.

WARM-O-RAMA:
*** “G-6: What is your favorite Thanksgiving food?” –> Ask 1 member of PAX what G-6’s favorite Thanksgiving food is.

I. Side-Straddle Hop (SSH): 20 x 4 in cadence

Repeat *** with different PAX member(s)

II. Cherry Picker: 20 x 4 in cadence

Repeat *** with different PAX member(s)

III. Baby Arm Circles: 12 x 4 forward in cadence & 12 x 4 backward in cadence

The Merkin: 15 x 10 in cadence

THA-THANG:
Mosey to WFP (World’s Fair Park) amphitheater with Flag out front (FNG Caleb carried flag)

  • PT –> take a lap around amphitheater with a battle buddy –> PT –> take a lap with a NEW battle buddy
  • Each lap –> each battle buddy shares an interesting fact about themselves
  • 4 laps & 100 reps
    • (1) The Incline Merkin: 25 x 4
      • Take a lap w/Battle Buddy around the amphitheater
      • Back to amphitheater –> ask 1 member of PAX to share the interesting fact they learned on the lap
    • (2) The Squat: 25 x 4
      • Take a lap w/new battle buddy
      • Back to amphitheater –> ask another member of PAX to share the interesting fact they learned on the lap
    • (3) The Ground Pounder: 25 x 4 (Forearm plank –> up to push up plank 1 hand @ a time –> back to elbow plank 1 hand @ a time)
      • Take a lap w/new battle buddy
      • Back to amphitheater –> ask new member of PAX to share interesting fact they learned on the lap
    • (4) The Little Baby Crunch: 25 x 4
      • Take a lap (all PAX together) –> hold @ top of amphitheater
    • BOM (Pt. 1)
      • Q asked PAX: “Why have I been asking questions all morning?
      • 3 things: Ask – Listen – Remember
        • If you know and remember who’s on your team – you’ll find that coming out here and doing this crazy thing called F3 becomes a lot more meaningful but a ton more fun. Aye? Know your PAX, the man to your left and right, they’re out here, locked and loaded at 5:30 just like you.
    • Run up by Big Ball (flag out front – Caleb) to Bridge across WFP
      • 2 columns facing across the bridge
      • Mosey across bridge –> every rectangular concrete plant holder = 10 x 4 squats
        • have different member of PAX call it in cadence each time
      • Form up in 1 line @ end of bridge (flag out front -Caleb)
    • Motivational Cadence Call Mosey Back to AO
      • (1) F3! –> PAX repeats –> Good For You! –> PAX repeats –> Good For Me! –> PAX repeats
      • (2) All Day! –> PAX repeats –> Everyday! –> PAX repeats
      • (3) 1, 2, 3! –> PAX repeats –> I Love F3! –> PAX repeats –> 4, 5, 6! –> PAX repeats –> Pickin Up Sticks! –> PAX repeats –> 7 and 8! –> PAX repeats –> F3 is Great! –> PAX repeats –> 9 and 10! –> PAX repeats –> Let’s Do It All Again! –> PAX repeats
      • Repeat # 1 – 3 at Q’s discretion
    • Arrive @ Field Across from AO –> Take The Field!
      • 150% –> your 100% is not good enough because you are better than your 100%, aye? You can do better than 100%, you have what it takes! TAKE. THIS. FIELD.
      • All out 150% sprint across the field to AO

MARY:
Caleb was the only FNG Big Ball had this morning. Putting the new guy in charge of something so sacred – the American Flag that always stays out front when we mosey and goes with us wherever we go – (I believe) helped him become more comfortable and integrated @ his first time @ F3.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
PAX Count: 14 + 1 FNG
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM: (Pt.2)
Proverbs 11:14 –> “For lack of guidance a nation falls, but victory is won through many advisors.”

This is a call to action. When you look around at our world today – our nation is falling and it’s sad. Because there is a clear lack of guidance. we, men in F3, are called to be HIM = High Impact Men. Your nation needs you, your family needs you, your community needs you, F3 needs you. Take charge and be a leader. You are all leaders in some capacity whether you realize it or not. We found out earlier that when you know who’s on your team it’s a lot easier to embrace the suck knowing who’s beside you going through the same thing. Along with that – we are all cops. A cop is someone who upholds the law and holds others accountable to the law. Who’s the cop in your life? Who holds you accountable and helps you uphold who you were created to be? Are you a cop in anyone else’s life? I need that, we all need that. Men, great work this morning, I cannot begin to tell you what an honor it is to be out here and have the opportunity to lead and serve as your Q. You are free to lead. Take charge and make it happen.

Pray it out.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Big Ball Saturday Qs will be officially (re)starting in 2 weeks –>  3 December 2017

lots of leg, thigh, and breast meat…

THE SCENE: 32°F and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
• SSH x20 (IC)
• Ankle Biters x10 (IC)
• Imperial Walkers x20 (IC)
• Peter Parkers x10 (IC)
• SSH x10 (IC)

THA-THANG:
• Escalation
Two minutes each drill, 1 round (30 sec break between drills, 2 rounds)
Learn about what the other guys at your station are thankful for. Share after the first round.
Drill    Shuttle Exercise       Exercise On Spot
○ 1          Sprint                    Merkins
○ 2         Lunges                     BBS
○ 3       Bear Crawl                Burpees
○ 4          Sprint              Carolina Dry Docks
○ 5       Broad Jump                Squats
○ 6        Crab Walk                Burpees
MARY:
None- ran out of time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8- Snitch, Umbro, Neutron, Music City, Hawk, Gibbler, Slide Rule, Archie (QIC)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

My take away from GrowRuck:
Knowing how to follow is just as important as knowing how to lead. It’s all about balance and knowing what role you are in. Be humble.

“So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.”
‭‭Philippians‬ ‭2:1-8‬ ‭ESV

MOLESKIN:
The Tuesday Thursday Asylum regulars are a solid group. I look forward to getting to know these guys better going forward.

Bearway to turkey day

THE SCENE: 31* and clear, ready to pre-heat the oven
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Side straddle hops x26 IC
Windmills x10 IC
Merkins x20 OYO
Tempo squats x10 IC
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the base of the big ball, two rounds of Cindy:

  • Pull ups x10
  • Merkins x20
  • Squats x30

PAX performs flutter kicks waiting on the 6.  Recover.  Mosey up steps and across bouncy bridge to parking lot across from Knoxville MEPS building.

There are 5 evenly spaced cones across the parking lot.  PAX perform bearway to heaven:
Bear crawl to first cone – 10 burpees – bear crawl back to start point
Bear crawl to second cone – 8 burpees – bear crawl back to start point
Bear crawl to third cone – 6 burpees – bear crawl back to start point
Bear crawl to fourth cone – 4 burpees – mosey back to start point
Bear crawl to fifth cone – 2 burpees – mosey back to start point
PAX perform flutter kicks, American hammers, and hello Dolly’s waiting on the 6. Recover and 10 count.

Short mosey to steps in front of Knoxville MEPS building. Two more rounds of modified Cindy (no pull ups)

  • Dips x10
  • Merkins x20
  • Squats x30

Mosey to hill at Walnut Street, PAX assemble at the bottom of the hill.  PAX perform 7’s on Walnut Street hill.  Starting with 6 jump squats, Bernie up the hill to cone, 1 derkin.  Lather rinse repeat.  PAX perform reverse crunches on hill waiting on 6.  Recover.

PAX mosey back towards SP, stopping about halfway back for Pfeiffer to take us on some black Friday shopping (multiple levels of plank holds).  Continue Mosey back to SP.

MARY:
No time for Mary upon returning to SP
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 Turkeys strong, including 1 FNG.  Pfeiffer, A-Rod, Cheatsheet, Heisenburg, Scooter (FNG), G6, Swanson, Anchorman, Butterfly, Woodshack, Abort
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Thankful for the opportunity to lead.  My task is to become a better leader, because I am present for the PAX as the PAX are present for me.

Birdearners

THE SCENE: 32 and frosty! Just right.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x30 IC
Cossack Squat IC x8 each leg
TN Rocking Chairs x15 IC
Pickle Pusher Merkins x10 IC
Monkey Humpers 4ct x20 IC
LBAC x20 each way IC
Sundials 4ct x15 each leg IC
Pickle Pounders 4ct x20 IC

THA-THANG:
Throw off everything that hinders

Mosey to the hill between tennis courts and baseball field for 7’s (audibled from 11’s): Burpees and Squat-tuck-jumps.  Bernie up the hill, bear crawl down.

Mosey down the road around the outside of the ball field and back up to the Scrapyard for 1:5 ratio pull-ups to dips. Start with 1 pull-up, 5 dips all the way to 5 pull-ups, 25 dips.

Partner leg pushdowns x25 (each partner)

Crab walk all the way across the Grinder from the Scrapyard to the Pavalon, half-way forward, half-way backward.

  • 15 box jumps
  • 10 decline merkins (feet on the bench)
  • 10 box jumps
  • 5 decline merins (feet on the table top)
  • 5 box jumps
  • 10 Carolina Dry Docks

Regroup at the AO

MARY:

  • Flutter Kicks x20 IC
  • Slutter kicks x15 IC
  • Row Your Boat x5 times thru song

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 PAX including 1 FNG: Travis Selkins – Spook! In town from DC, visiting FIL and BIL (Hammy and I-Beam)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Of course, today is Thanksgiving Day.  You’re going to hear a lot about being thankful for all of the blessings and good things in your life.  But just like the beatdown often sucks, hard times and difficulties come in life. It’s often hard to recognize as you’re in the middle of it, but Romans says that God works all things together for the good of those that love Him.  The first thing James says after his greeting is that we should count it joy when we encounter trials and hard times because it develops our faith.  So I encourage you as you think of the good things and give thanks, take time to look back at the tough things.  Look at how God has strengthened and grown you through those and give thanks for the tough things in your life.
MOLESKIN:
Today’s beatdown was like roasting a turkey without putting foil on the drumsticks…. Legs were done and burnt way too early!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Holiday coffeteria at SBUX!