F3 Knoxville

Stairway to Heaven

AO: shamrock
Q: slappy
PAX: Anchorman, Honeydew, Lizzy, Mermaid, slappy, Skidmark, Stitch
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
Warm Up
– 10x SSH
– 1 burpee
– 5x failure to launch
– 1 burpee
– 10x Grady corns
– 1 burpee
– AMRAP Twistys
– 1 burpee
– Up dog/calf stretches/down dog/runner stretches
– 1 burpee

Mosey to stadium steps

The Fun
We ran the bleacher stairways starting on the left side and ending on the far right side. At the bottom of each stairway did named exercise. We changed exercise on the way back running this time from right to left and always stopping at the bottom of steps for exercise.
– 10 dips
– 10 flutter 2ct
– 10 derkins
– 10 Freddy’s 2c
– 10 irkins
– 10 shoulder taps
– 10 gas pumpers
– 10 American hammers & 1 burpee

Ran overtime by about 5 min by the time we did name o Rama.

COT
“The power of No”

I’ve recently struggled with integrity issues involving commitments. I find it easy to over commit and under deliver. It’s easy to say yes to everything but not to think about the cost of saying yes. I shared examples of how liberating it was when I recently said no to two “good” things (hanging Christmas lights & Son’s sport team).

“Wielded wisely, no is an instrument of integrity and a shield against exploitation. It often takes courage to say. It is hard to receive. But setting limits sets us free”

Things that don’t get cold

AO: the-farm
Q: Bartman
PAX: Aladdin, Choir Boy, Einstein, Pew-pew
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WARMUP:

THE THANG:

7 of Diamonds. Run lap around parking lot stopping at each corner for exercises.

Lap1: 7. Burpees & Big Boys
Lap2: 14. Squat Jumps & LBC
Lap3: 21. Merkins & Hello Dolly
Lap4: 28. Iron Mike & Freddie Mercury
Lap5: 21. CDD & Hello Dolly
Lap6: 14. Squat Jumps & LBC
Lap7: 7. Burpees & Big Boys

MARY:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

Christmas is the easiest time of year to share your faith with others. Don’t miss the opportunity.

“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5‬:‭14‬-‭16‬

Q Picks the Destination – PAX picks the Journey

AO: asylum-am
Q: Charmin (John Willis)
PAX: Gibbler, Double Wide, Kentucky, Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Hands, Love’s, P3, Rainbow, Waffle House (Brady Greene), Patty Melt (Parker Greene), Passport (Ryan Matthews), Charmin (John Willis)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WARMUP: Remember that the Q does not show up late. He does not show up early. He shows up exactly when he means to. So, despite the time being 5:30:59, the Q had to quell a Gibbler led mutiny. After that, it was quick work with SSH, a bit of a stretch, This and That, and Abe Vagodas.

THE THANG:

Mosey to Circus Maximus and partner up.

The PAX was charged with the following:
– Run 12 laps of Circus Maximus
– 25 Burpees
– 50 SSH (4 count)
– 100 Merkins
– 150 Curls (with coupons from the closest rock pile)
– 100 OHP with coupons
– 50 Weighted Squats
– 25 Man Makers

How and in what order they accomplished their goals was up to them.

Q calls recovery and mosey back to AO

MARY: was AWOL

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Solstice Sunrise Hike is ON! Details to follow.

COT: We all love to be footloose and fancy free. But, as the song goes:

“I don’t mind getting older.
You get smarter when you do.
The burdens that you shoulder
Are what define you. “

Or as Paul says: “Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.”

Don’t shy away from the burdens of responsibility. Lean into them. They define us as an instrument of God.

It’s getting hot in herrre!

AO: juco
Q: Mailbox
PAX: Pelican, Zerolingo, Waffles, Lt. Dan, Fetch, Mailbox, Guardrail, Love Shaq, Wanderer, Booster, Windex
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
Warmup: SSH, mountain climbers, tempo merkins, Grady corns, tie fighters

The Thing:

Mosey to big lot

Quick paced jog (similar to run) across lot – 25 toe merkinss at the end, run back
24 squats
12 lunges 4ct
12 Bonnie Blair’s 4ct
12 Bobby Hurleys
Repeat

Mosey to inner campus knee wall
24 explosive stepups with knee to chest
12 split squats left leg
12 split squats right leg
12 curtesy lunges 4 ct
Run lap around inner campus and repeat

Mosey to coupons
Snow plow across street and do 10 overhead presses, snow plow back and due 9 work your way down to 1

Wall sit coupon pass…after pass coupon go to end of line and continue all the way along the wall

Finished with a ring of fire to warm up

COT: Talked about my injury and the clarity of hindsight and all the things I knew to do differently before hand but failed to do them in the moment. Encouraged everyone to slow down and try to have the clarity of hindsight in the moment during this holiday season. What is that relationship or conversation you wished to have, what is that act of kindness or generosity you might miss, what is that error in judgment that you might be tempted with. Don’t wait for hindsight to have clarity in your actions.

Happy Abvent and Merkin Christmas

AO: bigball
Q: vanilla
PAX: Postman (Scott Colby), Drive-thru (Mikel Towe), vanilla, G-6 (Rick Kuhlman), Super Size
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WARMUP: this n that

THE THANG: TABATA ABS (5 min)
Flutterkicks
LBCs
AmHam
V Ups
Plank

Lap – Halfway 25 Merkins

TABATA ABS (5 min)
J-Lo
BBS
Freddy Mercury
Penguins
Plank

Lap – Halfway 25 T Merkins

TABATA ABS (5 min)
Hello Dolly
LMRM
Box Cutters
Pickle Pounders
Plank

Lap – Halfway 25 Inchworm Merkins

TABATA ABS (5 min)
J-Lo
BBS
Freddy Mercury
Penguins
Plank

Lap – Halfway 25 Diamond Merkins

MARY: 25 Dips

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Fellows traveling, Super Size’s family mourning death of his great uncle.

COT: Find Hope