F3 Knoxville

Category: Asylum AM

Founding AO

Birthday Q

THE SCENE: Dry and hot 89F weather.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

Welcome to F3, Fitness, Fellowship and Faith. F3 is a free workout program designed to improve fitness, share some camaraderie, and foster male leadership in the community. I’m Jetlag and I will be your Q today.  I am not a professional, and I do not know your fitness level or injury history.  Please push yourself, but modify the workout as necessary to avoid making any existing injuries worse.  The goal is to get better together!


WARM-O-RAMA:
Raise the roof
Grady corns
Tempo Squats

Imperial walkers

Tempo Merkins

Plank Jacks

THA-THANG:

Mosey to bottom of Everest

11 no touch merkins

11 dry docks

11 high knees 4ct

Workout 1:

11 forward lunges

11 burpees

11 bear crawls 2ct

11 side straddle hops at the top

Mosey to bowl:

Workout 2:

Squat jump shots on top 11x

Mountain climbers on the bottom 11x 4ct

Burpee Indian Run up to AO: 2 burpees everytime a person reach in front of you.

Ultimate Basketball: ultimate frisbee rules using basketball. 2 burpees every turnover

MARY:
NA.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
19 HIMs.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Age will always just be a number. Don’t let your age define what you can or cannot do. And don’t let it be a base measure of success. All of us are unique and take different paths. Success is relative and should not be compared.

“The greatness of a man is not how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.” – Bob Marley

MOLESKIN:
Prayers for Drum Major’s daughter as she prepares for an acl surgery; Corona weight’s brother has been sober for 3 months now and have been away from trouble.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Steam and Guppy in partnership with heart and soul church will be serving Girls Inc. by painting, cleaning, landscaping, donating and more on August 12 in Oak Ridge.

Seeing Beyond

THE SCENE: Partly cloudy, but lots o’ sunshine, hot, 92 degrees.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

Welcome to F3, Fitness, Fellowship and Faith. F3 is a free workout program designed to improve fitness, share some camaraderie, and foster male leadership in the community.  I’m Pele and I will be your Q today.  I am not a professional, and I do not know your fitness level or injury history.  Please push yourself, but modify the workout as necessary to avoid making any existing injuries worse.  The goal is to get better together!


WARM-O-RAMA:

-20 Side Straddle Hops (4-ct), in cadence

– 10 Hillbilly Squats (4-ct), in cadence. (Q is a knucklehead, and screwed up the motion and cadence for this, resulting in a mulligan)

– 10  Windmills (4-ct), in cadence

– 10 LBCs forward and backward (4-ct), in cadence

Little of this and that

THA-THANG:

AMRAPS Galore! Mosey to Stop Sign to northeast of admin building.  Do 30 seconds of the following 4 exercises.  Rinse and Repeat.

  • Plank Jacks
  • Peter Parkers
  • Mountain Climbers
  • Merkins

Mosey to ROCK pile.  Get a ROCK.  Do 30 seconds of the following exercises.  Rinse and repeat.

  1. Overhead Press
  2. Curls
  3. Rows
  4. Squats

Mosey to Parking lot by Area 51.  Do 30 seconds of the following 4 exercises.  Rinse and Repeat.

  1. Froggie Jumps
  2. Lunges
  3. Bobby Hurleys
  4. Smurf Jacks
  5. We may have done one more leg exercise here?… Q was getting delirious from the heat

PAULA ABDULS in same parking lot.  Burpee Broad Jumps for 2 cones, then El Capitan back 1. I’m not sure High Heels ever figured this pattern out… :))

MOSEY to shaded tree by stop sign south of Admin building. Do 30 seconds of the following 4 exercises.  No Rinse and Repeat due to time.

  1. Big Boy Situps
  2. American Hammers
  3. E2K Left Side
  4. E2K Right Side

MOSEY to Stop Sign to the southwest of admin building.  Finish with CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (Partner 1: BERNIE SANDERS, Partner 2: 5 STAR JUMPS, then sprint to catch up) to AO.

MARY:
Didn’t have time for ol’ Mary.

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

A few years ago there was a video going around the internet.  Viewers were shown a group of people on a basketball court.  Half are in black shirts, half in white shirts.  The viewers were asked to count how many times someone in a white shirt passes to another in a white shirt.  When the video is over, they threw out numbers as guesses.  Then they’re asked, “So… who saw the gorilla on the court?”  There was actually a gorilla in the video that walked into the circle, stood there for a few seconds twirled around, then walked away.  70-85% say they didn’t even see it.  We are trained to see what we are asked to see.  We are clouded by our preconceived notions, expectations, biases, etc.  We don’t see something that’s right in front of us because we aren’t EXPECTING it.  We explain it away.  This happens even more readily in today’s age of science, sophistication and knowledge we tend not to believe in magic, or miracles in the literal sense.  So how do we expand our vision, revisit and put our pre-conceived notions aside so that we can see the miracle of God?  The difference between Biblical Truth and Fact.  The Bible is the Truth.  Some people would argue that some of the FACTS described in it are a bit debatable, but in the end, the Truth is what matters.  For example, whether or not Jonah was swallowed by a great sea creature is immaterial.  But the story has TRUTH.  French have a word, BRECOLLAGE (sp?), which means seeing what is in front of you, but also seeing beyond it. We need to remind ourselves to see not only what is obvious, and also the “beyond”, the workings of God in our everyday lives.  The key to witnessing God in our daily lives is not to demand to see burning bushes or columns of fire, or water bodies dividing in two.  It is to see BEYOND the obvious.  The buddy that calls you right at the moment you need to hear a friendly voice.  The neighbor who brings you dinner when you or someone in your family is sick.  The brothers in F3 who pray for a favorable outcome, like the wonderful turnaround with Corona Weight’s brother.  Are these coincidences?  Are they just random happenings?  Look Beyond.

MOLESKIN:
Prayers for those suffering from COVID, prayers for the Philippines and the people there
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CSAUP coming up a week from this Saturday, Snack Drive, Hardship Hill, Iron Pax… busy month for F3!

Asylum Tour

THE SCENE:  Swampy
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Start with SSH x25 on 4ct, Tempo Merkins x10, Plank Jacks x10, Mosey to Curb for T Fighters x12 R Mosey to other side to finish them out. Mosey back down for Rocky Balboas then …
THA-THANG:

Mosey to the front of the Asylum for a little 5 burpees at every other lightpole.  Ended up with 9 light poles, so 45 burpees.  Mosey to steps up the Asylum for 25 4ct calf raises on steps, Mosey to Overlook for 2 rounds of 20 merkin, 20 carolina dd, 20 4ct flutter, 20 squat (run a lap after first set, SSH after second)

Next we did 7’s on the west side of the overlook doing burpees and 4ct LBC’s.  Running form middle of overlook to trash cans.  When done, down to steps for 25 more 4ct calf raises.  Mosey to stop sign for 20 merkin and 20 dd’s.  Mosey to crosswalk for 20 4ct flutter and 20 squats…then mosey back to AO.

MARY:
Had time for some Freddie Mercury and LBC’S
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Remember that the third F is an action as well.  Just like the first two.  Let people know our faith because of our actions.  Live out your faith.

Pleasure Cruise

THE SCENE: Not bad. Mid 60’s at circle up
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Start with 25 SSH then mosey to lower parking lot for some Baby Arm circles forward, backwards, overhead claps, and front claps all on 4 count. 12 reps apiece.  Then a mix of a Rockette and Windmill.
THA-THANG:
Mosey to hill on the dragon.  Pulled random cards of Hill Sprints, Merkins x25, Bear Crawl up and Crawl Bear down, Mosey to AO Flagpole and back, 20 Dry Docks, More Sprints

Mosey to Overlook.  Random cards there too?  25 Merkins, 3 laps around circle, 20 squat jumps, 25 4ct flutters, 20 4ct lbc, OH Claps with a lap

Mosey to Cloud.  What do you know? Random cards there as well!  Run to pavilion for 20 table rows then back to plank, 25 dips, 20 step ups, 20 4ct LBC, 25 merkins, 20 4ct Hello Dolly, then Repeated a few then 10 burpees

Back to AO for…

MARY:
20 4ct Freddie Mercury, 20 4ct Flutter, finally 12 tempo Merkins to close out
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Talked about Obama’s Birthday Today and his quote:

 

Take of your bedroom slippers. Put on your marching shoes…shake it off.  Stop complaining.  Stop Grumbling. Stop Crying.  We are going to press on.  We have work to do.

Barack Obama

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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Fitz Traverse

THE SCENE: Low 70s, but manageable humidity for a change
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Beefed up since “The Incident” involving Carney.
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSHs.  That’s it.  Quickly get on the mosey.  Brief interlude as we commune with one of the local skunks, who quickly demonstrated a keen attraction to Lebowski.  We’ve got things to do if we want to finish, so we move along.
THA-THANG:
We’re attempting the Fitz Traverse this morning.  Named after the “Fitz Traverse,” which means climbing each peak of the ridge line along the Fitz Roy Massif in Patagonia.

  • 1st peak: Guillaumet (Skunk Hill): Complete 50 Merkins or squats, climb hill as quickly as possible, 50 LBCs, descend;
  • 2nd peak: Mermoz (Cardiac): 40 Merkins or squats, Bernie to the first turn, slow Mosey to the second turn, sprint to the top.  Unless you’re Brick, then you just keep on running Forest Gump style.  25 Flutters (4 ct) at the top.  Continue Traverse toward Everest.
  • 3rd peak: Poincenot (Coolio Knob up to the top of the cave stairs).  50 CDDs or Lunges at the bottom.  25 4 ct American Hammers at the top. Mosey to the bottom of Everest.
  • 4th peak: Fitz Roy (Everest).  Bonnie Blairs at the bottom.  Pickle Pounders at the top.
  • 5th peak: Rafael Juarez (Grinch Hill).  Noticing the time, we skip the exercises, gather the forces and move on to the next summit.
  • 6th peak: St. Exupery (Pickets Charge).  Run from the main road at the bottom to the Colosseum.  Interrupt Edit and Roadshow trying to fellowship with some other guys.  Traverse back toward the AO
  • 7th peak:  Aguja De I’s (Baby Everest).  Sprint to the top and back down to the AO.

MARY:
No time for Mary.  Buckets has a long trip back to Harriman.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Here’s a quote to mull over:  “Only the mediocre are always at their best.”  Jean Giraudoux.  What this means to me is that I should never be satisfied with where I am or my effort.  Keep pushing, whether it is as a father, husband, friend, Christian.  I can always do better.
MOLESKIN:
Prayers for Buckets that his job interview went well yesterday.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Camp Run-a-muck!