F3 Knoxville

Heavy Pyramid Scheme

THE SCENE: Low 70s, but feeling cooler. Still gloomy as all get out.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • High knees
  • Projectivators
  • Tempo squats
  • LBACs
  • Michael Felps
  • Tempo Merkins
  • Newton’s cradle

THA-THANG:

  • Pool Wall – 10 Wallpees
  • Play ground – 10 pull ups
  • Mosey to recruiting center, Grab a block, two if available
  • 10 of each exercise, move two parking spots between each, return to start and repeat with 20, then 30 reps.
  • 1 minute plank
  • Lunging no cmu
    • Squats
    • Merkins
    • LBCs
  • 1 minute plank
  • Cusack with one cmu
    • Heavy squats
    • Curls
    • OHP
  • 1 minute plank
  • Farmer carry two cmus
    • Stacked squats
    • Elevated, deep Merkins
    • Double bent over rows
  • RTF

MARY:
One more minute of plank.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

On Tuesday, Skewer was playing music from Mega Man, and it reminded me of a cool story that I wanted to share. The first Mega Man game was released in 1987 and was universally considered a failure. It sold poorly, it reviewed with mild enthusiasm, and if you have ever played it, you know that this was because it was just not that good. Interesting elements, but nothing came together, generally poorly executed. Consequently, Capcom had not planned to make a sequel, but the director convinced the company to allow them to make the game as long as it didn’t interfere with their other work, i.e. on their own time. So a small team of passionate creators went to work, and one year later released Mega Man 2, which remains the highest selling game in the franchise. This quote sums it up: “So we, of our own accord, got together, spent our own time, we worked really, really hard, you know, just 20-hour days to complete this, because we were making something we wanted to make. Probably in all my years of actually being in a video game company, that was the best time of my working at Capcom, because we were actually working toward a goal, we were laying it all on the line, we were doing what we wanted to do. And it really showed in the game, because it’s a game, once again, that we put all our time and effort and love, so to speak, into it, designing it.”

To me, this is a great story that expresses the power of a small group of people working with passion and commitment on a project. The idea that you need a massive organization with massive funding to accomplish great things seems to be deeply engrained in our cultural psyche, in spite of the niche creator culture that thrives online. So I think it is a good reminder of the power that a Team can possess, unified in purpose, with members freed to lead in their areas of expertise. Big organizations with design teams and bureaucracy can only produce the milk-toast junk that occupies 95% of the modern market, relying on people’s addiction to novelty just to break even.

Real success, resulting from innovation, comes out of a Team. And as Mr. Inafune points out above, it’s the best environment to work in.

MOLESKIN:
Awesome to see Snaggletooth out again, even if he had to jet early.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Family workout Sept. 3rd. Flag handoff Aug 23rd. Iron Pax Challenge in September – Get Ready.

If It Weren’t For the Humidity, It Might Just Be Pleasant

THE SCENE: Quote from the Gloom… “If it weren’t for the humidity, it might just be pleasant.”

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Done ok-ish

WARM-O-RAMA:

25 SSH IC | 10 Grady Corns IC | 5 Cherry Pickers IC

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Bottom of Dwayne’s Mountain. Partner up, one partner completes an exercise, and the other runs up the hill and does 1 Burpee at Dwayne. Repeat for all listed exercises. 

  • Merkins
  • BBS 
  • Imperial Squat Walkers
  • Carolina Dry Docks 
  • Flutter Kicks 
  • Jump Squats
  • Mountain Climbers
  • Freddie Mercury
  • Monkey Humpers 
  • Jingle Balls

Fellowship Mosey™ to the BathHouse and AMRAP 10 Incline Merkins, 10 Box Jumps, 10 Decline Merkins for 5 mins until time is called

MARY:

There just wasn’t enough time 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

10 HIMs; 0 FNGs

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Being a “Good Man” is something you do, not something you are.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

IPC will be done on Mondays at the Equalizer during that horrific time

 

Best Day ever

THE SCENE: 70’s, Humid, a sweaty mess of a gloom.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
LBAC x 10 (forwards and Backwards)

Cherry pickers x 8

Overhead claps x 24ish.
THA-THANG:
A wonderful Dora style work out. While one partner did the exercises below, the other carried their CMU, aka their block of woe, to the far end of the grinder, where they proceeded to do a russian overhead press (think a press with a twist here). On their return, they followed the cones to a stairwell and ran the stairs. When they returned the partners swapped off. Exercises were…. (see below)

  • 100 Atlas squats ( 2 count)
  • 200 Curls
  • 300 Overhead press
  • Restart if needed.

MARY:
– chest press x 10

– hello dollys x 10

– tempo chest press x 10

– Grady Corns for time.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
2nd Kings Chapter 20 tells the final story of Hezekiah. Two issues we see in his life are: he didn’t finish well, and perhaps his prosperity was his downfall. If you are unfamiliar with the story, the Lord grants him 15 extra years to his life after informing him he was going to die. Instead of spending them wisely, he ends up showing off his possessions to envoys from Babylon. Isaiah comes to him and prophesies that the same people will eventually destroy/conquer/deport Israel. King Hez’s response to this new is what is so disturbing. 2nd Kings 20:19 says, “Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, ‘The word of the Lord that you have spoken is good.’ For he thought, ‘Why not, if there will be peace and security in my days?'” The moral of the story is really if you want to finish well, then don’t focus on yourself and don’t get distracted by the physical possessions you have. Finishing well means preparing the next generation, and not just living for yourself in the here and now.
MOLESKIN:
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

The Switch Up – Leaders must serve others…

THE SCENE: 73 degrees and in between storms…
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

• Side Straddle Hops (IC) X 10
• Cherry Pickers (IC) 4 CT X 10
• Overhead Claps X 10 (IC)
• Baby arm circles F & B X 10 (IC) with Michael Phelps
• Tempo Squats (IC) 4 CT
• Hand Release Merkins X 10
• Mosey to get CMUs

THA-THANG:

Coupon Work – Back & Biceps
• 25 curls
• 30 Single Arm Bentover Row (15 Left & 15 Right Arm)
• Run the stairs & do pull-ups or hang for 25 seconds
• 25 curls
• 25 lying lat pullovers
• Run & do pull-ups or hang for 25 seconds
• Rinse & Repeat
Dice Game
• Exercises included skaters, planks, mountain climbers, sumo squats

MARY:
Freddy Mercury x 25; Hello Dollies x 25; Big Boys x 10

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
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CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Leaders must serve others…

“But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be a servant, and whoever wants to be first among you must become your slave. For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and give his life as a ransom for so many.” Matthew 20:26-28

I am extremely thankful to be a part of this group. I was lured in by the first F Fitness, but the third F Faith is was what I needed, and the second F Fellowship was the glue that kept me coming back.

F3 is such a great organization to be a part of. You guys challenge me on and off the court! Your workouts are hard (sometimes CSAUP), but the challenges you lay down at the end, your words, your actions, your prayers, that’s where the magic is!!

You challenge me to be a better man. To be a better husband, a better father, a better leader in my home and in my community. To serve others and be what God has called us to do.

I’ve got a lot of room for improvement, but I want to thank you for the push!!

I encourage you to look for opportunities to serve : things like Work Day, volunteering at the homeless shelter, donating blood, etc

MOLESKIN:
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Welcome Bus Stop!!

Ink Blot Testing at the Asylum

THE SCENE:  It was 64 degrees with 90%+ humidity.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Yes, all the things.
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, Tie Fighter, Tempo Merkins, T-Merkins, Downward Dog Stretch, Sumo Squat, Windmills, Rocky Balboas, Loop Around the Parking Lot.

THA-THANG:

  • 10 Boxcutters at the bottom of Baby Everest Run to the Top for 3 Man Makers
  • Route 66
    • Big Boy Sit-ups – going up
    • Froggy Squats – going down
  • A Pictogram Circuit BLIMPS Progression – Parking Lots to Circus Maximus
    • Six (6) Stations that Add a Workout to the Series:
      – Bearpees (5)
      – Lt. Dan’s (10)
      – Imperial Squat Walkers (15 – 4 Count)
      – Merkins (20)
      – Plank Jacks (25)
      – Sumo Squats (30)

MARY:
Not needed.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
12 HIMs, Including an FNG named Elmer
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Isaiah 57:14 – “…Remove the stumbling block out of the way [of the spiritual return] of My people.” – In other words, we should get out of the way of God’s plan and work to further His Will. Less me and more Him.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: