F3 Knoxville

A bitter cold day

THE SCENE: Really Freaking cold
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
We started moving ASAP, big muscle groups with merkins & squats as well as motivators.
THA-THANG:
We ran loops around the campus keeping the body temps warm.
At the church columns, we did lunges, and then timed wall squats.
At the statue of Jesus near the gym, we did 7’s with merkins and dips.
At the school entrance near the baseball field we focused on core.
And at the CMU’s we briefly did a few reps with the blocks.
We hit every station twice, except the blocks which we handled only once.

MARY:
We ran out of time.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Heavy at the Equalizer

THE SCENE: Just north of shorts weather.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Done and Done semi-ok!

WARM-O-RAMA:

Typical Blindside Warmup-y things: 

SSH IC x15 | LBAC IC x10 each way | Cherry Pickers IC x5 | Little bit of this, a little bit of that

THA-THANG:

Equalizer’s First Heavy Workout:

Mosey to Smokehouse for CMUs, take to Pickleball Courts. PAX each choose a cardboard piece. Do AMRAP of the exercise while the PAX with the “Blockees” piece does 20. Once done, rotate clockwise to the next exercise. 

  1. Blockees
  2. Goblet Squats
  3. OH Press
  4. Bench Press
  5. Curls
  6. BBS with CMU Press
  7. Lunges with CMU Twist 
  8. Rows 
  9. Jump Rope
  10. Calf Raises
  11. CMU Merkins
  12. Squat Thrusters with CMU

Return CMUs to Smokehouse, return to AO

MARY:

Flutter Kicks IC x20 | Box Cutters IC x15 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

13 HIMs; 0 FNGs; 4 PreRuckers  

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Quote from St. Augustine: 

Now, may our God be our hope. He Who made all things is better than all things. He Who made all beautiful things is more beautiful than all of them. He Who made all mighty things is more mighty than all of them. He Who made all great things is greater than all of them. Learn to love the Creator in His creature, and the maker in what He has made.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

The Equalizer will start doing “Heavy” workouts on Wednesdays. While today was obviously Monday, this will start to be the norm on Wednesdays moving forward with the official start on April 5th. Get some diversity in our workouts and promise some of those guys who want to have a little less running in their lives an opportunity to get some work in.

Laps, laps, laps, laps laps laps!

THE SCENE: Beautiful day in the gloom. Blessed with a break in the rain
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

  • F3 Fitness, Fellowship, and Faith
  • $free.99
  • I’m no pro, know yourself, take a break, push yourself, don’t hurt yourself
  • I have my phone for emergencies

If you haven’t filled out ICE, please do so.
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • 15 SSH
  • 10 TEMPO SQUATS
  • 10 TEMPO MERKINS
  • 6 WMH
  • 5 KCP
  • LBAC – F 10
  • LBAC – B 10
  • MNC – 10
  • Chatty CP – 10
  • 15 SSH

THA-THANG:

MOSEY TO TRACK

Indian run 2 lap

Plank competition – PAX stand face to face, beat the man you’re looking at. Hold Al Gore when you both break for 6

Indian run 4 laps

Squats competition – PAX stand face to face, beat the man you’re looking at. Hold Al Gore when you both break for 6

Indian run 1 lap

RTB

MARY:
No mam

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Ephesians 3:14-21 NKJV

“For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.”

God gives us some units of measure for His love in this text. He says there is a width, length, depth, and height, and Paul prays that we are able to comprehend those measurements. I ask you, if you had to measure it, what is the width of Gods love? Infinite. The length? Infinite. The depth? Infinite. The height? Infinite. Can we comprehend infinite? No, but God can, and when we are saved God through the Holy Spirit comes to dwell within us. Paul prays that we re filled with ALL that fullness of God. The infinite, omnipotent, omnipresent, Holy God of creation dwells within us. Gentlemen, we have access to that width, length, depth, and height of Gods love. Let us show our spouses, children, parents, and neighbors that love this week. Amen? 

MOLESKIN:
Great work men! Glad to be able to get back to running today. Great to see Angel soft at Coffeteria.

Also in attendance, but can’t properly tag, Iron Chef, and Ride-along
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
MABA close out, push it! Q-Source reading, Bobbitt working on getting us on track, look out for posts in #Rampart, Go30 coming back around, see channel to join, or send Wingman a message to get an invite. Top golf 2nd F coming soon.

1st Q and 10ish

THE SCENE: Clear skies and crisp, another perfect day for a beatdown.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

  • Welcome to F3:  Fitness Fellowship/Faith
  • My name is Spielberg
  • Couple of things before we begin:
    • I am not a professional
    • Ths is a free workout, you are here on your own volition
    • I don’t know the injuries you may or may not have, so modify as needed.  Push yourselves, don’t hurt yourselves and push the men around you when they need it.

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH

Knox chatty pickers

Willy Mays Hayes

Tempo Squats

Tempo Merkins

LBAC -F

LBAC – R

Hellelujahs

THA-THANG:
Football field marked with 12 cones (8.5ish yard increments).  Perform 10 Burpies, 10 mountain climbers, bear crawl to 20, repeat.  10 Burpies, 10 mountain climbers, bear crawl to 30.  10 Burpies, 10 mountain climbers, bear crawl to 40; 10 Burpies, 10 mountain climbers, bear crawl to 50, repeat to 100.   When reaching the 100 yards, sprint, mosey, or crawl back to start.  Repeat until time expires / pick up six.

For travel can interchange bear crawls with lunges as you see fit.

MARY:
None
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

YES – 15 HIMS including @Iron Chef and @Ride Along and 2 FNG’s Welcome @Bazinga, @Mulligan

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:     

Psalms 18:2 

“The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my savior; my God is my rock, in whom I find protection.  He is my shield, the power tht saves me, and my place of safety”

MOLESKIN:
9 FNG’s this month!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Q Calendar up, prayer requests and pictures taken.

What the Hard Times Reveal

THE SCENE: Perfectness
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
THA-THANG:

  • Pyramid Dora 42 each
    • Merkins
    • Carolina Dry Docks
    • Grady Corns
    • Kettle Bell Swings
    • Lunges (1 ct)
    • Calf Raises
    • Ankle Taps
    • LBCs
    • Hello Dollys (1ct)
    • Crab Kick Outs
  • Pyramid Dora 42 each
    •  Good mornings
    • OH press
    • Bench Press
    • Rows
    • Curls
    • Squats
    • Big Boys
  • Pyramid Dora 42 each
    • Frog Squats
    • Twisting Gas Pumps
    • Rocky Balboas
    • Flutter Kicks (1 ct)
    • SSH

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
18

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

I recently went through an experience with an old friend.  We grew up together, were room mates in college for years, and then live drifted us apart nearly 20 years ago.  So much so that I ran into his “wife” in the grocery store, asked how he was, and found out they got divorced.  A few months ago, his mother had a major medical issue.  He called me needing help, and like we’d never grown apart, I reacted, stepped in, helped get some stuff local handled so could get on the road to be with his mom.

The situation reminded me of a song called “Daylight” by Shinedown.  There’s a line in that song that says, “It’s amazing what the hard times can reveal.  Like who shows up, who walks away, and who’s for real.”  It’s easy to show up when times are good.  So, I challenge everyone to think about their life and to think about the people and situations where you will show up, and when you’re going to walk away.