F3 Knoxville

Category: Asylum AM

Founding AO

4th Tuesday In October

THE SCENE:

Chilly and foggy, about 45 degrees

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Started out with 25 SSH (4ct), 10 Tempo Merkin, 10 Tempo Squat

Slowsey to middle parking lot- Cherry Pickers x8 on sidewalk then mosey down to end of parking lot and back with 2 burpees in middle.  Big Arm Circles Front and Back with mosey down to end of parking lot and back with 2 burpees in middle.  Mosey to playground
THA-THANG:
11’s On the Playground

3 Set’s of 11’s- 1. Box Jumps and Dips 2. Derkins and Incline Merkins 3. Squats and 4ct Flutters

Mosey down to end of parking lot and back with 2 burpees in the middle of parking lot after finishing every set of 11’s

Mosey to Cardiac…

Up cardiac stopping at each bend for 10 CDD’s hold at top.  Once 6 was up knock out 15 American Hammers then back to AO.

Cash out at AO with ATM’S
MARY:

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 PAX PACMAN, SNITCH, GIBBLER, KENTUCKY, BLUEBIRD, CRABLEGS, SHARKY
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Spoke about the Tennessee/Alabama game and how Tennessee and it’s team resembles our lives a lot more than Alabama.  That sometimes our hard work doesn’t turn out the way we desired.  That obstacles and hardship don’t mean we’re being punished.  God just asks us to show up and be faithful.  To trust him no matter what is going on at any given time.  That he has a plan and sometimes it doesn’t look the way we wanted or thought might be best for us, but God sees the whole picture.
MOLESKIN:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Monday = Tabatas, Bear Crawls and Burpees

THE SCENE
34 and Clear

Welcome & Disclaimer

 

THE THANG
COP
SSH x30 (IC)
Tempo Squats x15 (IC)
Tempo Merkins x15 (IC)

Line up on curb
Run to far curb, stop half way and do 3 burpees, run back
4ct Diagonal Lunges x14(IC)
Run to far curb, stop half way and do 3 burpees, run back
Dive Bombers x15 (IC)
BAC Fwd x12 (IC)
BAC Bkwd x12 (IC)
Run to far curb, stop half way and do 3 burpees, run back

 

Tabata Terror
Divide up into 4 stations.  At each station, complete the exercise listed using at Tabata format (8 rounds, 20 seconds on 10 seconds off).  After eight rounds rotate counter-clockwise all the way around the parking lot and to the next station.

Exercises:

  • Station 1: Merkins
  • Station 2: Froggy Squats
  • Station 3: Dry Docks
  • Station 4: Tuck Jumps

 

Bearway to Heaven
Bear crawl suicides in the parking lot with burpees in the middle of each suicide.

Bear crawl to first line perform 7 burpees, bear crawl back.  Bear crawl to second line, 6 burpees, bear crawl back.  Continue until you get to 7th line, perform 1 burpee and bear crawl back to start.

 

MARY
American Hammers – x20 (IC)
4ct Flutter Kicks x20 (IC)

 

COT
Number off and Name-O-Rama – 27 PAX

 

BOM
“Never mind likes and dislikes; they are of no consequence.
Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.”

– George Bernard Shaw

I’m convinced that our culture’s relentless pursuit of comfort and convenience has robbed us of any sense of significance and meaning.  A life lived for self eventually implodes, leaving men empty and filled with regret.  We are not created for comfort, we are created for purpose and impact.  The pursuit of comfort and convenience breeds complacency.  The pursuit of purpose and impact fuels greatness.  We were made for greatness.

The thing is, we’ve confused greatness with success.  Martin Luther King Jr revealed the secret to greatness, “Everyone has the power for greatness, not for fame but greatness, because greatness is determined by service.”  It’s not what we get, it’s what we give.

Every day we wake to multiple opportunities to serve, opportunities for greatness.  Keep your eyes and hearts open brothers.  When you see the opportunity…seize it!  If it’s hard, embrace it!  The world is waiting for men of integrity and courage to assume their roles and lead.  You don’t need permission, you have already been commissioned.

 

Submitted by Cap’n Crunch

Jumpin’ Jack Flash Route 66 and Suicides

THE SCENE: 7 am, 42 degrees, humid, partly cloudy
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Side straddle hops, cherry pickers, baby arm circles forward and backward, tricep stretches, .
THA-THANG:
Route 66 – 4 rounds

  1.  Plank jacks (4 ct)
  2. Smurf jacks (4 ct)
  3. Crab jacks (4 ct)
  4. Star jacks (single ct)

Bernie Sanders uphill between rounds 2 and 3

Mosie to dock area

  • 20 decline merkins
  • 20 Hello Dollies (4 ct)
  • 20 Superman swims

Mosie to small hill – crawl bear up hill

Mosie to soccer fields for 3 rounds of suicides:

  1. Apache – run to quarter field, backpedal to baseline, run to mid field, backpedal to baseline, run to 3/4 field, backpedal, run full length, backpedal full length.
  2. Bear crawl to quarter field, lunge to mid field, broad jump to 3/4 field, bear crawl to baseline, run back
  3. Regular running suicide, quarter, mid, 3/4, opposite baseline and back.

Mosie to baseball diamond – 10 pull-ups in dugouts, 1 trip around the bases.

Mosie to pavillion – 20 pull me ups on picnic benches

Mosie to playground – 20 American hammers (4 ct) 20 flutter kicks (4 ct)

Mosie up hill to AO.

MARY:
See 2 rounds on playground.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
With the hearings for Judge Cavinaugh, it had me thinking about my past.  We have an accuser against us every day, bringing up our past, trying to bring us down.  But we also have an advocate.  Jesus stands with us, and says Yes, he does have this in his past, but I paid his debt, and now he is free to be the man, husband, father, leader, etc. that I created him to be.  So walk with that in mind this week that despite our past, Jesus has made a way for us to be HIMs.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 3 yr anniversary, F3 Cleveland launch.

AMRAP at the Asylum

THE SCENE: Nice and cool at about 44°F.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
15 mountain climbers, 10 tempo merkins, 15 SSH, 10 windmill, 15 imperial Walker, 15 Moroccan night club
THA-THANG:
AMRAP style course

1st stop at the pavilion

  • 15 diamond merkins
  • 15 Carolina dry docks
  • 10 pullups

Next stop at base of cardiac hill

  • Bernie Sanders to first corner and complete 20 squats
  • Bernie Sanders to next corner and lunch walk to the base of the small hill.

Final stop back the shovel flag

  • 10 burpees
  • 15 Freddy Mercury (4 count)
  • 20 mountain climbers (4 count)

AMRAP

MARY:
No time! YHC gave no instructions to gather back together and we got more separated then intended.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
19 total today
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
The WORD came from James 4:1-10. It is difficult sometimes to be humble and keep our focus on God rather than worldly gain. “Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.”
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 Knoxville anniversary coming up November 3 and 4.

The Pumpkin Post

THE SCENE: Picture perfect, clear, low 60s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER 

Yep

WARM-O-RAMA:
Motivators, Cherry Pickers x10 IC, Lateral Hops x 20 IC, little of this, little of that

THA-THANG:
Mosey down from the Admin building to the Lyons View Pike entrance.  Do PAULA ABDULS along the path towards Northshore, running two lights and Bernie Sanders back one light, stop and do 5 BBS/5 Shoulder-tap Merkins.  Continue to base of Everest

PYRAMIDS up to big tree on Everest.  Run up hill to tree 3 times, when we return to the path we will do the following:

  • 10 Burpees
  • 10 Burpees/10 Mountain Climbers (4-ct)
  • 10 Burpees/10 Mountain Climbers (4-ct)/10 Diamond Merkins

Run back up to the base of the summit and finish the pyramid:

  • 10 Mountain Climbers (4-ct)/10 Diamond Merkins
  • 10 Diamond Merkins.

Run to top of summit and meet at AO.

KICKBALL PRACTICE!

From F3 flag, kick the kickball into the field, where cones with numbers are laid out.  Whatever number is closest to the ball is the exercise we do.  The exercises are:

  1. 10 burpees
  2. Captain Thors (1 BBS/4 American Hammers increasing to 2/8, 3/12, 4/16, and 5/20)
  3. 15 Pickle Pounders
  4. Jump Squat Holds (10 jump squats + 10 second Al Gore, then 9/9, 8/8, etc.)
  5. Boat/Canoe with 30-second holds, x2
  6. 10 scorpion Dry Docks (5 with one leg up, 5 with the other)
  7. 10 body builders (Burpees with plank jack in there).
  8. Superman (on stomach, arms/legs out)/Reverse Superman (on back, arms and legs up)
  9. 15 patty-cake merkins
  10. 20 windshield wipers (4-ct)

(we got to all of these except the Jump Squat Holds)

MARY:
Imperial Walkers x20 IC

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 men strong (couldn’t tag Quikrete)

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Ran across something that compared being a Christian to being a pumpkin.  It was kind of “quaint”, but seemed seasonally appropriate.  God:

  • Picks you from the patch and brings you in (John 15:16)
  • Washes all the dirt off of you (2 Corinthians 5:17)
  • Opens you up and scoops out all the bad stuff, removes the seeds of doubt, hate, greed, etc. (Romans 6:6)
  • Carves you a new smiling face (Psalm 71:23)
  • And He puts his light inside you to shine for all the world to see (Matthew 5:16)

MOLESKIN:
Prayers for a safe and successful Tough Mudder competition to all our F3 brothers going to Atlanta! Good luck guys! Prayers of Thanks for the scholarship that Jenner received (Congrats brother!), and prayers that Mr. Jinxy’s work situation will develop favorably and all be part of a larger plan.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Tough Mudder this week-end!