F3 Knoxville

Leg Day in the Dry

THE SCENE: Pouring rain when I woke up, but it cleared off before the beat down.  Mid 50’s and wet
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Motivator from 8
Cherry pickers 5
Weighted arm circles forward/backward
Weighted candy corns 10
Tempo Merkins 10
Temps Squats 10
Burpees 5

THA-THANG:

Mosey to the church, where we can work under cover in case of rain
Find your own column, this is your workspace for the day
20 lunges hold a 30 second wall squat
reduce by 1 lunge each time, and maintain 30 seconds on the wall until we reduce all the way to 0
Take a short lap to loosen up the legs
Attempt Balls to the Wall Merkins
5 merkins feet on ground
5 merkins feet on wall
5 merkins with feet at 45 degrees
5 merkins near vertical with feet as high as possible, just hold plank if no merkins
5 each side, merkins with one hand on the column

MARY:

20 BBS
20 LBC’s
20 Hello Dollies
20 Pickle Pounders
20 4 count flutters in cadence

We did this under cover where we worked out before heading back to the AO
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

God Sized Risks
Matthew 14:22-33
Peter took a risk, and when he fell, he reached for Jesus.

We should all take some faith based risks like Peter did when he walked on water.  When he lost faith, he started to sink and Jesus reached out to him.  We should follow Peter’s lead and be willing to go out on faith, to take that first step.  If we are following Jesus, and we trust him when he says “come”, then he will be there to catch us when we fall.

MOLESKIN:
Pray for Willow (Cheat Sheet’s daughter)
Pray for Baby Boomer’s daughter as she has surgery today
Pray for Hooptie’s friend who lost his battle to cancer
Pray for Shawn, Commission’s friend who is celebrating one year of sobriety
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
We need HIM’s to step up and fill the Q calendar.
Coffeeteria will be Friday at Dunkin after Anchorman beats us down.

WHEEL! OF! FORTUNE!!!

THE SCENE: We were like Moses parting the Red Sea. The rain stopped just before we began and opened back up 5 mins after.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, Merkins, big arm circles and this and thats
THA-THANG:
We moseyed up to the splash pad and played a little Wheel of Fortune. I had a little spinning wheel of my wife’s with several exercises written on it. We would spin the wheel, do the exercise and qty and then run down to the intersection and back up the snake to the splash pad. The exercises were:

  • 20 Merkins
  • 30 Dry Docks
  • 25 SSH
  • 5 round the clock merkins
  • 5 burpees
  • 25 imperial walkers
  • 30 squats
  • 20 seconds of rest

we mixed it up some and did some bernies, pull ups, extra running etc in each run.

MARY: imperial walkers and standing side crunches

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 pax
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
We talked about being the same person everywhere you go. If you are a Christ follower, be one in every crowd you’re in.
MOLESKIN:
Didn’t see any moles, but it was a bit suspicious that Doubtfire was sore from his own Q and didn’t show….???? He may be the mole.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
None

Hang in There

THE SCENE: Drizzly
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH IC x 20
  • Windmill (4ct) IC x 10
  • Imperial Walker (4ct) IC x 15
  • Merkins (4ct) IC x 10
  • DogPound Classic – Cherry Picker IC x 5 <- On a 4 ct

THA-THANG:
Grab a CMU

  • Mosey to the “Boat”
    • COLT 45’s
  • Mosey to base of Matterhorn
    • 20 Tri-cep extensions/20 Merkins on the block
  • Mosey to the Pav-a-Lon
    • COVID caution Partner Workout “Hang in there”
      • EMOM Work out
      • Partner A – 5 Burpees/5 Thrusters w/ personal CMU
      • Partner B – Hangs from the rafters
      • Switch every minute for 16 minutes
      • Modified a couple of rounds to 7 & 7, then 10 Thrusters/5 Burpees & and then to plank w/ feet on the block instead of hangs
  • Mosey to base of Matterhorn
    • 20 Merkins on Block
  • Mosey back to AO

MARY:

  • Heel Tap Mountain Climbers OYO x 25
  • Merkins OYO x 10

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Work has been thrust into hyper drive lately and has taken a considerable amount of energy to manage. It’s a great reminder of how easy it is to allow work to become the center of our Concentrica. It will push out God, our M, our 2.0’s and our friends if we allow it to. An after thought I had is that we will never be in perfect balance all of the time. There will certainly be times that one thing or another will require a significant amount more of our time and attention. We just have to recognize it and realign ourselves with our most important relationships first.

MOLESKIN:
Good turn out today, Betty was visiting from JUCO & Gibbler was drifting through sporting a new “COVID-Goatee” while making his rounds as per usual. Junk came in clutch with the Co-Q to keep it fresh. Noted: WaxJob doesn’t like rain jackets.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Murph Challenge on Memorial Day 6a — Check email for Tennessee Convergence, National Convergence, etc

Wet to Dry

THE SCENE: Wet, rainy, puddles abound
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Started with a Capri lap around the p-lot, 25 SSH IC, 10 Chinooks each direction, 12 seal claps, 12 OH Claps, 11 Morroccan Night Clubs and 10 Tempo SQTs
THA-THANG:
We partnered up except for me since there was just 5 of us bro’s.  Ran to the Splash Pad shelter and P1 started on 50 Pull ups, 100 Dips & 200 SQTs while P2 ran in rain to rock pile to choose a rock and return with it overhead and pass to P1, repeat until Exercises complete. Each partner could return with a rock of their choosing, as large as they could (Fast N Easy took advantage as did A-Rod).

We then ran in rain to First Horizon back shelter under video surveillance.  P1 performed exercises from one of the 4 cones while P2 ran to AO to perform the exercise listed on one of the 4 cones there.  After completion of each cone, they ran back in the rain & swapped places choosing a new cone.  Some (ALL) folks had problems with instructions.  Cone Ex’s:  Sumo Sqts with leg lifts x 20, BBS x 15, Burpees x 10, 8 ct Man makers x 10, 4 Ct. Mtn Climbers x 20, Carolina DD’s x 25, American Hammers x 20, Plank Jacks x 20 4 ct, , Punishment led to another round of 8 ct. MM’s.  Ran another capri lap, stopped midway for 10 MKNS and last 25 yards were crab walks in the rain.

Planter Box 11’s of Box Jumps and Bulgarian Single leg sqts

MARY:
Freddy Merc’s x 25, Good Morning Abby x 10, Monkey Crunches x 20, Flutter Kicks x 25, Hello Dollyx 25, Boat Canoe x 3 min.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Heavy Hitters: A-Rod, Fast-n-Easy, Herbie, Biohazard & Natty
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Discussion on dealing with things about people that irritate you.  Followed by Proverbs 10:26 & 19:13.  The men were not too talkative, so I assumed I irritated them.
MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

Burpin’ Bernie is still kickin’ butts

THE SCENE: 40ish, just about perfect.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • 10-Cherry Pickers
  • 10 – Windmills
  • 10 – Hairy Rockettes
  • 15 – lbac forward/backward
  • 10 – Tempo Merkins

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the hill adjacent to the large parking lot.

11’s with Diamond Merkins at the bottom of the hill and squat jumps at the top

Mosey to the large parking lot for the return of an old friend.

Burpin’ Bernies

The large parking lot has 10 parking rows. Starting on the West side of the parking lot, run to the first row (Level 1) and perform 1 burpee, Bernie back to the start and perform the level 1 exercise, run to the second row (Level 2) and perform 2 burpees, Bernie back to the start and perform the level 2 exercise. Complete until finished with level 10.

  1. 10 – Carolina Dry Docks
  2. 20 – Monkey Humpers
  3. 30 – Plank Dips
  4. 40 – Merkins
  5. 50 – Smurf Jacks
  6. 60 – Flutter Kicks
  7. 70 – Shoulder Taps
  8. 80 – Air Squats
  9. 90 – Freddie Mercuries
  10. 100 – Side Straddle Hops

In total there were 550 reps of the level exercises and 55 burpees. We ran 3/4 mile forwards and 3/4 mile backwards. I think we had 4-5 HIMs finish all ten levels.

MARY:
No time.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
14 HIMs. One FNG, Welcome Glass Joe!

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Be considerate of others opinions and beliefs. They are often based or constructed around personal experiences that we may have never had. It’s essential during this time of uncertainty to repect those around us even if we do not agree with them. This is not the time to be pedantic by trying to always be “right”. Ultimately, the only thing that matters in this life is that we lead others to Christ. Let’s let our Christian lights shine in a way that points to the things above and does not push others away due to things of this world.  

MOLESKIN:

It’s been great to see the JUCO HIMs come back out in force.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
None