F3 Knoxville

Easy Black Friday @ Shamrock

THE SCENE: 50’s and light rain
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Side Straddle Hops
Cherry Pickers
Arm Stretching
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the school covered area for the warmup, then Mosey to the covered area at the church for the following:
Max Hand Release Merkins in 2 minutes
Max Big Boy Sit ups in 2 minutes
Set a 10 minute timer and hold plank as long as possible, every time you break plank perform 10 burpees, 10 lunges, and 20 high knees, then resume plank.
After the 10 minutes, we moseyed to another long wall near the church for a 2 minute wall squat.
We then proceeded to the pull up bars where we all did 20 pull ups.

MARY:
With about 5 minutes remaining we went through an assortment of ab exercises
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
We had Patch Down Range from Nashville, with his brother Monstar who hails from the Truck Stop.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Since we just had Thanksgiving, I expressed my gratitude and Thanks for F3 and the guys that make the commitment to working out with us and how it improves my life.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Mailbag Monday

We properly disclaimed!
Coolio bears all responsibility for anything that happens out there.
THA-THANG:
Today’s workout was sponsored by the pax and all the post-Thanksgiving mail that was received. It was an eventful long weekend and we were able to explore some of the more interesting details.

It’s true that none of us can outrun mortality, but practitioners of Junk Science can rest easy knowing that they’ve certainly, definitely, allegedly bought themselves a ten year delay.

Side straddles were hopped, shoulders were blasted, yoga-pose stretches were bungled, but with sincerity.

The Cloud awaited and on it we 5/10/15ed some Box Baby Box Rows.

Things got serious. We visited the Dark Webb. We made it all the way down to the famed Eighth Level, where the Q was beyond his ability to lead. It was the perfect time to Have a Nice Day.

We Curlsed for the girls, and then we got on the TB Rocket Ride, which is a little excursion on Cardiac in memory of certain Thanksgiving deprivations some of us may have endured in the past.

I had planned some bear crawling, but we ran out of time. Next Q.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
A rabid HS football fan has me praying for justice and mercy.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
DM Hands and tell him you’re coming to the Rocky Hill parade on Saturday!

Ladder Drills & Attention to Details

THE SCENE: 48 degrees with a mysterious mist that made for the gloomiest of glooms.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Professionally professed in a manner most unprofessional.

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH x15
  • Knox Cherries Picked x5
  • Willy Mayes Hays x6
  • Tennessee Rocking Chair x10
  • Tempo Squats x10
  • Tempo Merks x10
  • LBAC x10
  • RLBAC x10
  • Seal Claps x10
  • OH Claps x10
  • Hallelujahs x10
  • Moroccan Night Clubs x10
  • Chatty Pickers x10
  • Hold Samson until QIC gets tired (which was not long)
  • Michael Phelps
  • Stretch ’em If Ya Got ’em (OYO)

THA-THANG:
PAX performed ladder exercises which went as follows: station 1 & 2, mosey back to 1; station 1, 2, & 3, mosey back to 1; station 1, 2, 3, & 4, mosey back to 1; station 1, 2, 3, 4, &5, mosey back to 1; station 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6, mosey back to 1. Exercises were as follows…

  • 10 Burpees
  • 20 BBS
  • 30 Merkins
  • 40 Squats
  • 50 Flutter Kicks (Double Count)
  • 60 Toe Merkins

PAX went back to pick up the 6.

RTB. 10 Count.

Mosey to the fort for Mary.

MARY:

  • LBCs x15 IC
  • Tempo Merkins x10 IC
  • Tempo Squats x10 IC
  • Freddie Mercury x15 IC
  • 30 Second Plank
  • High Knees x10 IC …sort of. 🙂

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

YHC has been sensing the Lord pressing on something lately. YHC can be more of a big picture thinker than  details guy. YHC tended to be more of a project starter…not really a huge finisher when younger. ADD can cause YHC to easily move on to other things, especially if there is more energy behind it. To get around this, YHC will often keep details people around to help with this shortfall.

“Attention to Details” can be a challenge.

Admiral William McRaven, former US Navy SEAL, gave a graduation speech at University of Texas. Point one: Make Your Bed. He eventually wrote a book outlining the 10 principles he gave in his speech (see a video of it here). He says in his book, “Sometimes the simple act of making your bed can give you the lift you need to start your day and provide you with the satisfaction to end it right. If you want to change your life and maybe the world—start off by making your bed!”

John Wooden, the legendary UCLA basketball coach, wouldn’t let his players hit the court until they put their socks on right. These were the best recruited players in the country and he was teaching them to put their SOCKS on! “Championships are built on a solid foundation. And there’s nothing more fundamental for a basketball player than putting on your socks right. If you can’t slow down long enough to do that right, you’re in trouble.” Coach Wooden won 9 Championships over the span of 10 years. Seven of them were consecutive. Three of those seasons were completely undefeated. Ok! Socks it is!

Kobe Bryant was often caught putting in extra practice. What was he practicing? Elementary ball-handling skills. The kind you teach kids! He did this for hours! Why would a pro spend time on such fundamentals?
That’s where Championships are won.

Men, we need to take care of the fundamentals; in marriage, in fatherhood, at work, out in the gloom. That’s where real growth happens.

Luke 16:10 Jesus says,

“Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.”

We have a tendency to say it doesn’t matter. The saying, “Don’t sweat the small stuff…and it’s all small stuff” may not be helpful. Sweat the small stuff and I bet you can handle the big stuff much better. It might be he difference between getting better and being stagnant.

MOLESKIN:

Prayers for Olive Oil, Foghorn, Sickness, Pax Traveling, and surgery for Spielberg’s M coming up.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Parade is happening tonight! Meet at Rampart at 5:30!
Christmas Party on Dec 3. See slack for details!
Go30 starts another round! See Wingman for details!

Stolen Volvo? Just another Monday at The Equalizer.

THE SCENE: Met at bathhouse due to abandoned Volvo & the associated sheriff’s deputies. 

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Windmills | SSH IC | Rockettes
  • cherry pickers IC

THA-THANG:

  • Bearmuda Triangle – THREE rounds, drop five reps on each round
    • 20 Merkins, bear crawl to next corner
    • 20 BBS, crawl bear to next corner
    • 20 Squats, mosey to next corner
  • Splash Pad – Playground – five rounds, drop reps each round, lunge back
    • 25 Dips
    • 25 Step-ups
    • 25 V-ups
    • Run to playground, perform 5 pull-ups, return to splash pad

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

PRAYER

Christmas Is In The Cards

THE SCENE: Low 50s and clear

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x20 IC; Tempo Squat x10 IC; Mosey to Oval Office with CMUs

THA-THANG:
Draw a card and do the exercise that matches. Keep drawing cards until recover is called. All number cards are x2.

  • Diamonds – Australian Snow Angel
  • Clubs – Elf On A Shelf
  • Spades – Dancing Polar Bear
  • Hearts – Coal Digger
  • All Jacks – Workshop Stairs x5
  • All Queens – Polar Bear Crawl
  • All Kings – Santa’s Toy Sack x15
  • All Aces – Burpees x20

MARY:
Overhead Clap x50 IC;  Seal Clap x25 IC; Grady Corn x25 IC; Boxer Jack x10 IC; Burpee x10 OYO

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 HIM for the beatdown plus a Pinocchio sighting getting some ruck work in!

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Isaiah 9:6

“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”

‭‭Keep our minds focused on Christ during this busy time of year.

MOLESKIN:
Smuggler’s mother-in-law having breast cancer surgery on Thursday

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Maryville Christmas Parade on 12/3; Ugly Sweater Beer Ruck on 12/10