F3 Knoxville

Levels of Burpin’ Bernie

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

  • 10-Cherry Pickers
  • 10 – Windmills
  • 15 – lbac forward/backward
  • 15 – Tempo Merkins
  • 20 – Tempo Squats

THA-THANG:
Mosey to rails. Battle buddy up and knock out 100 inverted rows as a team while one HIM runs down in back in the parking lot before relieving battle buddy.

Mosey to the large parking lot on East side of campus.

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. Shoutout to Erector, Judge Judy, and Trolley for making it all the way to level 10!

MARY:
No time. Arrived at AO with two minutes to spare.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
18 HIMs came out to support me for my first VQ! Love the JUCO PAX and their enthusiasm.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Don’t allow yourself to become complacent. It’s obvious that no one here is complacent with their physical self as we are all here to grow and push ourselves to the next level. It’s important that we apply that same desire to grow in all areas of our lives. Christ addressed the church in Laodicea in Revelation 3 saying, “‘I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth.” The church had become complacent with where they were spiritually and Christ reprimanded them for it. Let’s strive to be passionate about all that we do. To push ourselves to the next level physically, spiritually, and mentally. 

MOLESKIN:

Shoutout to Erector for knocking out a long pre-run and to Bagger and Judge Judy for joining me in the pre-ruck.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Bring snacks on Wednesday and Friday for the kids at the Wesley House.

For Wesley

THE SCENE: 40 and chilly
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
“Fake Rocky’s”, Burpee, Lunge, Imperial Walker, Merlin, Plank Jack, Squat, more “Fake Rocky’s”
THA-THANG:
BLIMPS…

  • Burpees: 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
  • Lunges: Same
  • Imperial Walkers: Same
  • Merkins: Same
  • Plank Jacks: Same
  • Squats: Same

10-8-6-4-2: Thrusters at half lap

9-7-5-3-1: “Fake Rocky’s” at start

Hello Dolly’s, Flutter Kicks, Extenders, and LBCs IC x 10 at midfield on soccer field.

On soccer field:

4-Corner Presses, 4-Corner Leg Extensions, and 4-Corner Thrusters/Overhead Press x 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 w/ sprints to midfield and do a merkin… 

MARY:
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COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Use the TAGS on right-side to record PAX (BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOURSELF) in attendance. Be sure to select the AO in CATEGORY above TAGS and then delete these notes!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Felt great to be out in the gloom. Cherish these moments. Don’t take them for granted!
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

S/O to Zygote on the birth of a healthy baby boy, Wesley!

Just 3 reps

THE SCENE: 38 degrees
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
20 SSH IC

10 squads ic

10 imperial walkers x10 ic

10 imp squat walkers ic
THA-THANG:
1/2 mile loop, do 3 reps of said exercise at each light pole. Only do one exercise per loop. Once loop is complete, lunge 33 times , then begin the next loop w the next exercise. Exercise were;

  • Merkins
  • bobby jacks. Combo of Bobby Hurley’s and star jacks
  • cmu curl/cmu row

MARY:
Doracides

100 Peter Parker’s 2ct

200 flutters /4ct

300 lbc

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
12 pax
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Friction, the right amount of friction is needed. Not enough, nothing happens , too much friction is counter productive.
MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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Toad in the hole

THE SCENE: 28 n cold
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
PARTNER up and sling shot ruck 1.5 miles. P1 takes off w the sand bg(60lb) at a brisk pace. P2 stays back and does 10 merkins/10 squats both with ruck on. P2 then ruck runs to catch P1. P2 takes sand bag and goes ahead while P1 stays back for the same 10 and 10 of merks and squats. repeat this until we make it around the loop back to the HOLE(pavilion down by the creek)
THA-THANG:

Toad in the hole ALL with Ruck ON

50 squats

10 body builders

40 big boys(ruck on front)

10 body builders

Lunge to cone(60 yards), run back

10 body builders

20 lion kings

10 body builders

Bear crawl to cone(60yds), run back

10 body builders

20 lion kings

10 body builders

Lunge to cone(60yds), run back

10 body builders

40 big boys

10 body builders

50 squats.

one lap up and around lovers lane

MARY:

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
7 pax kicked ass and swallowed the toad in the hole
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
New year to try new things.

MOLESKIN

signed up for Yoga, something I have never done before. I hate stretching but need to try something different because what I am doing now is not working! That’s just one thing I am trying that is new to me but not going to hold back on any new and different opportunities. Having said that, SHOUT out to BAGGER and SPOTTER for trying new things, posting at the BURBS! I think Bagger may have been a little apprehensive on posting at the burbs. Well, I can tell you Spotter and Bagger held there own. I think they realized perception is not always reality and you never know until you try something new. They both kicked ass and glad they stepped out of their normal AO to try something new. Yep, guilty of this too. Most of the reasons I hold back or elect not to do, is not believing that I can do it. Not something I want to do anymore, hold back on expanding my horizons, so to speak. Today was a great day and looking forward to tomorrow!

AYE

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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Invisible Pay Check, Invisible God

THE SCENE:  20’s, but hey, it’s Friday Yo!

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x10 (IC), 4ct Mountain Climbers x10 (IC), Groiners x10 (IC), Windmill x10 (IC), Morrocan Boat Clubs x20 (IC), Failure to Launch x5

THA-THANG:

  • 11’s – Mosey to East Parking Lot, 2 sets of stairs separated by a comfortable distance. Burpees, run down stairs to street and Boo Boo Bear Crawl 10 paces (switching legs at 5 paces) toward other set of stairs, mosey up stairs, Donkey Kicks. Head back – same route, same way. Rinse and repeat until grinder completed.
  • Mosey to CMU Pile on opposite side of campus: Grab a coupon – 30 Curls, 30 Push Press, 100 Calf Raises, Run stairs up to building, touch wall and head back.
  • Mosey to Sophomore Hill Parking Lot:  Route 66 – At every light pole (6 total): 10 Diamond Pushups, 10 Plank Jacks, 10 Bobby Hurleys

MARY:
Cheat Sheet gave us a tutorial of the proper way to do pushups to failure. Thank you, brother!

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

9 Strong

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Q shared his New Year’s resolution – to spend a year studying God’s character and trying to mimic Him in his daily walk.  He then shared the following excerpt from an article he researched on God’s invisibility…..

LIKE MY PAY CHECK THESE DAYS, WHY DOES GOD REMAIN INVISIBLE?

I don’t think there’s anything that makes living the Christian life more difficult than the fact that the Lord we serve is invisible to us. You know the expression in our culture “Out of sight, out of mind.” It’s very, very difficult to live your life dedicated to someone or something you cannot see. Often you hear people say that when they can see it, taste it, touch it, or smell it, they’ll believe and embrace it, but not before. This is one of the most difficult problems of the Christian life: God is rarely perceived through our physical senses.

On the other side of the coin, I would say that one of the greatest hopes set before the Christian church is the promise in the book of John, “Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is” (1 John 3:2). The Latin there means “as he is in himself.” That is to say, that which is totally concealed from our eyes right now we will see in heaven.

Scriptures tell us uniformly that no person shall see God and live; this is because God is holy, and we are not (see Exod. 33:20 and 1 Tim. 6:15). Even Moses, as righteous as he was, pleaded with God on the mountain to let him have an unveiled look at God’s glory. God only allowed him to catch a refracted glimpse, but he said to Moses, “My face shall not be seen.” Why is that? The problem is not with our eyes but with our hearts.

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus made the promise that someday a certain group of people would see God. Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Those who hunger and thirst shall be filled. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. It’s because we’re not pure in heart that God remains invisible, and only when we’re purified will we see him.  This can only happen thru faith in Christ.  

– Tough Questions with R.C. Sproul

MOLESKIN:
Thanks to Erector for the pre-run and good mumblechatter.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
None.