F3 Knoxville

Getting warmer out there

THE SCENE: Sunny with temps close to 80.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

20 Side-straddle hops, 10 Plank Reaches, 10 Pickle Pounders, 10 Imperial Walkers, 10 Windmills
THA-THANG:
Mosey to stop sign at southeast corner of Admin Bldg.  20 American Hammers, 20 Squat Jumps

Mosey down hill by stop sign at road by south side of park.  We will do 30’s starting with 5 Diamond Merkins at bottom of hill and 25 Big Boys at top of hill.

Mosey to Outdoor Chapel.  We will do sevens starting with 1 x 2 Decline Merkin at stage and six Burpees at other end of chapel.  Merkins will be multiplied by two each time.

Mosey to start of Serpentine Sidewalk.  We will hop to first light, run next four lights, hop to next light, run next four, etc. until we hit perimeter trail by river.

20 Hello Dollies, 20 Shoulder Taps

Mosey to start of Cardiac Hill.  Run up hill doing the following exercises:

  • First turn:  20 Carolina Drydocks
  • Second Turn:  20 Squats
  • Third Turn:  20 Decline Merkins
  • Benches:  20 Bench Lifts

Mosey to Stop Sign at northeastern corner of Admin Bldg.  20 Ice Skaters, 20 Dive Bombers

Mosey to Rock Pile.  Grab boulder.  Do 20 Overhead Presses, 20 Curls, and 20 Rows on own.

Mosey to AO.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Seven men.  No FNG’s.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
We all suffer and when we suffer we sometimes think we are alone.  We question God.  We ask why God could allow such suffering to occur.  We need to remember that we have a God who suffered for us.  He died on the cross for us.  He was stripped of his clothing, he was beaten, he was spit upon, he was lashed.  He carried the cross he was to die on.  He was cursed, teased, taunted on the cross.  He wore a crown of thorns and had nails in his hands.  This God, the one that everyone was expecting to come as a strong, mighty king, was a bloody mess.  We need that we have a God who knows what suffering is.  He has done it for us.  He is not a distant statue like God who knows nothing of the human condition.  He hurt, cried, suffered, just like us.  And, he died for us.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill on May 19.

Trail of Tears

40 Strong and 1 FNG take the day start the day off right at the Asylum!

  • Side Straddle Hop X 25
  • Little baby arm circles Front x 15 and back x 15
  • Merkin x 20
  • Imperial Squat Walker x 20

Trial of Tears – 15 Min

  • Burpees x 5
  • Squat Jumps x 10
  • Thrusters x 15
  • Merkin x 20
  • Squats x 25
  • Burpees x 5

Mosey to Everest -15 Min

  • Run to the top
  • Rock Pile Curls to Press 2 – 16

Burpee Dan with Core Team

Core

  • 11’s
    • Body builders top of lot and flutters 4 cr bottom.
  • Mosey to bottom of the dragons tail for rt 66
    • Hand release merkins
    • LBC 4 ct
    • Star Jacks
    • Squats
    • Dry docks
    • CMU curls and tris w CMU
  • Mosey back to PLot and burpee Dan , go touch the fence , Bernie up, repeat …

Aborama – 5 min

  • Flutter Kicks x 25
  • Peter Parkers – Cadence

Empathy
1- Considering that someone has a life outside of the situation
2-Everyone is right. if you understood what the other person wants and why they want it you would likely want it too.

“”All things are lawful,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful,” but not all things build up. Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor.”
‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭10:23-24‬ ‭ESV‬‬

LMQ

THE SCENE: Mid 50’s and lovely.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

25x SSH IC
15x Tn Rocking Chairs IC
10x Travoltas (each side)
17x LBAC fwd and back
Calf Killer (20x Calf Raise on curb, 25% mosey across the lot. 20 more and 50%, 20/75%, 20/AYG, 20 more to make 100)

THA-THANG:

Picked up this Q last-minute, so I got lazy and recycled this month’s “Memory game” Q to yet another AO…

PAX take turns flipping 2 cards. If the cards don’t match, all PAX do BOTH exercises.
If the cards match they’re removed, and PAX just do that exercise followed by running a lap around the parking lot.

The cards:
15 Merkins
15 Dry Docks
10 Iron Mikes (each leg)
10 Squat jump
10 Burpees
15 Monkey Hump 4ct
20 Mtn Climber 4ct
Bear Crawl to light pole, Crawl Bear back
20 Flutter Kicks 4ct
20 Big Boys

I think we only cleared 3 of the pairs, but we saw every card at least once. The monkeys were humped quite thoroughly.

MARY:
Just got back to the AO in time for 25x Bicycles IC
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
7 HIMs at the Asylum this morning
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I’m often pretty enthusiastic and excited when I put the EH on a sad clown. I don’t care if he thinks I’m crazy or weird for working out at 5:30 with a bunch of other men. I’m much less bold when it comes to sharing Christ with others, even just for something as simple as inviting them to Church. As Paul said, bodily exercise profits a little, but Godliness is profitable for all things. Since the things of God are for eternity, how much more boldness and urgency should we have when sharing that with others?
MOLESKIN:
Great bunch of HIMs this morning put in some good work. Glad for the opportunity to jump in and burn some goo together!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Forgot to mention any of ’em! But don’t forget Hardship Hill. Check out Tank and Cap on WBIR.COM!

DerbyDay

THE SCENE: muggy yet vaguely inspiring
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • -Michael Phelps x10 IC
  • -SSH x20 IC
  • -Squats x20 IC
  • -Merkins x10 IC

THA-THANG:

Mosey down the path, through the lower parking, periodically doing the following: Lunge / Side lung / Bear Crawls / Merkins / American Hammer / Dips

Mosey to big field.

Derby Race. With a Battle Buddy. 1st Pax runs the lap. 2nd Pax does the exercise. Switch when runner finishes a lap. AMRAP 3 Minutes. Rest 10 seconds. Then repeat with new exercise.

  1. Squats
  2. Merkins
  3. Carolina Dry Docks OR Hello Dolly

Mosey to another hill with 3 tiers (“something something’s Charge?”)

At the base.

SSH x30 IC. Run up the hill. Jog down the hill. Plank until everyone is back.

Squats x30 IC. Run up the hill. Jog down the hill. Plank until everyone is back.

Merkin CHOOSE YOUR OWN NUMBER OF REPS, OYO. Run up the hill. Jog down the hill. Plank until everyone is back.

Then. Run up and down hill AMRAP in 3 minutes.

Mosey to steps in front of Asylum.

Derkins on the benches x10 OYO

Then run up the steps. Jog down the steps.

Rinse and repeat AMRAP, 3 minutes.

Mosey to AO

MARY:
5 minutes of Dealers Choice.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 brave souls
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

If you haven’t read it, I encourage you to read The Goal by Eliyah M. Goldratt (link below). If you’re not into reading, practice the art of asking yourself this simple question throughout your day in various situations, “What is the goal?” Whether it’s a difficult conversation with a spouse or deciding which task to tackle next at work. This simple question can help you dig through your personal biases and pay closer attention to the incentives and mental frameworks that are dictating your decision making. 

https://www.amazon.com/Goal-Process-Ongoing-Improvement/dp/0884271951

Around and around we go

THE SCENE: cool and comfortable
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • 2 laps around the parking lot
  • windmills
  • rockettes
  • tempo squats
  • tempo merkins

THA-THANG:
4 corners – increasing #’s for each of the below exercises 5, 10, 15 and 20 followed by running up the hill w/2 burpees at the top

  • wide merkins
  • LBC
  • CDD
  • squats
  • narrow merkins
  • iron mikes
  • flutter kicks
  • narrow squats
  • hello dolly
  • diamond merkins

merkin/bear crawl across parking lot and lunge back with a twist at each lunge

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
20 PAX
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
own what you need to own.  Don’t do a non-apology apology.  Be honest and transparent with people.  Have integrity and admit when you’ve messed up.  we all mess up and will again.  don’t be too big to ask for forgiveness