F3 Knoxville

Category: Asylum AM

Founding AO

In it for a Reason

F3 Welcome & Disclaimer

Warmup

  • SSH x25

  • Burpee Ring of Fire. Circle Up. Run in place. Each PAX takes turn calling “DOWN”. Pax Burpees. Progresses to next person.

  • Michael Phelps x 10

Set 1 – Dugout Hugout

Partner Up! Pax runs to Baseball Diamond.

  • Pax 1 – Pullups in Dugout
  • Pax 2 – 10 Burpees
  • Repeat until group hits 200 burpees

 

Set 3 – AbSprints on Parking Lot Hill

Partner Up!

  • Pax 1 – Sprint to Gate at Top of Hill

  • Pax 2 – Iron Cross. Flutter Kicks. BBS. (Only change when need to modify)

  • (Switch to Bear Crawl Up halfway through)

Set 2 – Pablo’s 11s

Pax runs to end of parking lot near ball field and lines up.

  • TOP: 10 Nipple Scraper Merkins

  • BOTTOM: 1 Never Cross Dollys

COT
  • Lesson in masculinity, courage and faith from Esther. Recognize you’re where you are “for such a time as this.” You’re in the job, family, time, body, community that you’re in for a reason. Live on purpose in light of that truth today.

Workout + Q101

THE SCENE
55 and cloudy

Welcome, disclaimer and explanation of day (workout + Q101)

THE THANG
COP
– SSH 4ct 30x (IC)
– Squats 4ct x20 (IC)
– Dive Bombers 15x (IC)
– Reverse Lunges x10 (IC)
– Arm Circles Forward 15x (IC)
– Arm Circles Backward 15x (IC)

Partner up with Battle Buddy and line up along the curb

Grinders
1st Battle Buddy lunges to the first cone, then sprints to second cone, does 5 reps of the exercise while Battle Buddy 2 is jumping air rope.  Switch.

Each round increase by 5 reps until each man does a total of 20 reps.  Three rounds:
– Rd 1 = Ranger Merkins (hands at should width, elbows in)
– Rd 2 = BBS
– Rd 3 = Froggy Squats

Mosey to field opposite the soccer fields

Nickel and Dime Hill Runs
Battle Buddies alternate between…
– 1st Battle Buddy raccoon crawl to the base of the hill, run up the hill, back down the hill, then run backwards up the hill and do 10 fairy jumps, run around back to the start (2nd Battle Buddy alternates flutter kicks and superman swims x15 each)
– Switch

Rinse and Repeat 4x (each man 4 trips)

Pyramid of Pain
Circle up.  We are going to do the following exercises together adding an exercise each round (ending with doing all 5 together).

Exercises (x20 of each):

  1. Narrow Squats
  2. Diamond Merkins

Run up hill!

  1. BBS
  2. Reverse Lunges (each leg counts as 1)

Run up hill

  1. Dry Docks

Mosey to SP

ABS
Dealers Choice…
Woodshack – Jay Lo & Pickle Pounders in honor of Hooker’s wedding!
Zygote – Boat Canoe

COT
Number off & Name-O-Rama (37 PAX, 3 FNGs)

BOM
As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend (Proverb 27:17 NLV)

Notes from Q101
Most important thing: It’s Not About You!
– Your #1 job as Q is the safety of the PAX.
– Men have shown up early and are trusting you to challenge them and keep them reasonably safe.

PLANNING
Not just the exercise, but the explanations, transitions and your BOM
– Explanations and transitions can make or break a workout!

Think through the following when planning your exercises:
– Weather (not just the day of, but the days before)
– Amount of day light
– Size of the PAX (make thing scalable)
– Fitness levels in the PAX

Equipment needs
– Cones, light sticks, CMUs, etc.

ELEMENTS
Strength
– Push, pull, core and leg
– Goal: tax each of the four major muscle groups

Cardio
– Sprints and distance
– Goal: elevate the heart rate and maintain it

PRACTICE
Make sure YOU can do the exercises properly

PRACTICE, OUT LOUD, THE CADENCE!

EXECUTION
Talk up the morning on GroupMe. Let the PAX know you are excited to lead them.
Show up early!
Be energetic (you don’t have to be Richard Simmons, but
Always wear a watch
USE PROPER CADENCE
This seems small…it isn’t. The cadence creates a very real synergy for the group.
Proper cadence is:
– “The Next Exercise is ______________________”
– Clear and concise command
– PAX repeat exercise name to demonstrate understanding
– “Starting Position … Move”
– “Starting Position” is the information
– “Move” is the command
– Pause between info and command, to assist with understanding
– “In Cadence … Exercise”
– “In cadence” is the information
– Not all exercises are in cadence
– PAX repeat back “in cadence” to demonstrate understanding
– “Exercise” is the command
– Signals PAX it is time to begin
– Pause between info and command, to assist with understanding
– “1, 2, 3” then PAX calls rep
– Your cadence MUST match the called exercise
– Not all exercises are performed at the same cadence
– Your count matches the body movement
– PAX call the rep number in place of “4”
– Change your voice inflexion on last rep
– Signals to the PAX that we are ending
– Important to keeping morale and order
– “Recover”
– At the end of the called exercise you call “Recover”
– Important command to let everyone know we are finished
– During the workout, engage the PAX
– Have PAX count off for rest times
– Use men’s F3 names
– Laugh, remember…this is supposed to be hard, but it’s also supposed to be fun.
– If you can’t do it, don’t Q it.
– This doesn’t mean you have to be the strongest and fastest, just that you can execute the exercise properly

– NEVER leave a man behind
– This is important when moving around the AO. If the PAX gets stretched out we loose cohesion.
– If you feel the group stretching out, circle back (i.e. wagon wheel) or stop and do a few reps of an exercise (i.e. merkins, squats, etc.)

First Hot Dip of the Spring

WARM-UP
20 Jumping Jacks
15 Imperial Walkers
15 Mountain Climbers
10 Cherry Pickers
10 Gradual Squats

Mosey to Area Above Stairs Going Down To Trail of Steps

25’s starting with 20 Big Boys at Top of Hill and 5 Merkens at Bottom
Do Baby Crunches afterwards at trail until everyone finishes.

Mosey to Trail Area Above Ball Fields at Benches
25 Box Cutters
25 Star Jumps

Mosey to Bottom of Cardiac Hill
10 Hello Dollies

Run up Cardiac Hill two times

Do 50 Baby Crunches at first turn
Do 40 Baby Crunches at second turn
Do 30 Bench Squats at top
End with Big Boys while waiting for others

Mosey to Bottom of Road Leading Up to Starting Point
25 Lunges
25 Squat Jumps

Mosey to Rock Pile by Parking Lot
Grab Large Boulder
25 Overhead Presses

BOM

Filling our Holes
Void in My Heart by John Mellancamp
We all have holes in us, all are incomplete.
God made us this way.
We are insufficient on our own.
We try to fill our holes with the wrong things.
We need to be filled.
I find it comforting to know there is a void that only God can fill.
It means that I am not alone in having this void.
It means that each man, no matter how confident, how physically strong, how rich, needs something more.
It means we can all help each other in our journey to fill the void.
We can lead each other to Christ, to our Lord, when we see the chips are down for our brothers.

Free to Lead

F3 Welcome & Disclaimer

5:30 COT

  • Side Straddle Hop x 20
  • Michael Phelps x 20
  • Speed Skaters X 20
  • Sky Hawk Merkin x 10
  • Two Laps around the lot

Bermuda Triangle – 2 Second Hold-  3 Stations. 1- Pull-up, 2 Rows, 3- Wall jumps/step-ups.

Break up into three groups and run to each station. Every time you pass the Flag Pole do 10 Burpees.

  • 20 Pull-Ups x 3 rounds
  • 20 Picnic Table Rows & 20 Mekins (reduce to 10 or 15 with 2 sec hold after first round). x 3 Rounds
  • 20 Wall Jumps or step up x 3 Rounds

Aiken Legs x 3           

  • Done in succession with no rest – 20 Box Jumps, 20 Mary Catherine Lunges (10 each leg), 20 Squats, 20 Reverse Lunges (10 each leg forward).
  • Crawl Bear up to the entrance
  • Repeat

Hill Runs

  • Bernie
    • 15 Merkins on the 4 count
  • Sprint
    • 10 Merkins on the 4 count
  • Devin Hester
    • 10 Merkins on the 4 count

Aborama

  • Hello Dolly x 25
  • Captain Thor x 20

“Told To Follow Freed to lead”

We are programed by the world to solve every problem and work it out on our own power.   This can be a frustrating endeavor  because many of life’s challenges are out of our control.  We can become distracted trying to see into the future and fail to lead in the areas of life that God has called us to because of the distraction.    God has simply calls us to follow him. He is in control and is in and before all things.   Proverbs 3:5-6 says Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. When we follow him and trust that his has our present and future in his hands we are freed to lead in the areas of like that he puts in front of us.   Let’s be men of impact that follow Christ and therefore are feed to lead.

What Goes Up Must Come Down

F3 Welcome & Disclaimer

5:30 COT

  • Windmill x 15
  • Imperial Squat Walkers X 20
  • Arm Circles x 25 each way
  • Peter Parker Push-ups
  • Burpo’s – 5

Mosey Lower Parking Lot and grab CMU’s – Partner up

Forties – High rep version of 11’s. Always add up to 40 subtracting 5 each time:

Merkins and Curls

  • 30 Curls, Devin Hester 10 Rows
  • 25 Curls, Devin Hester 25 Rows
  • 20 Curls, Devin Hester 20 Rows
  • 15 Curls, Devin Hester, 25 Rows
  • 10 Curls, Devin Hester, 30 Rows

4 Corner Escalator – 10 burpees, 20, Squat Jumps, 30 merkins, 40 squats

  • 10 reps, run to next corner, 10 reps+20 reps next exercise, run, 10, 20, 30 reps, run, 10, 20, 30, 40 reps, run to start. Can go back down escalator: 40, 30, 20, 10, run, 30, 20, 10, run, 20, 10, run, 10. 

Aiken Legs    

  • Done in succession with no rest — 20 Squats, 20 Box Jumps, 20 Mary Catherine Lunges (10 each leg), 20 Reverse Lunges (10 each leg forward).

Aborama

  • Flutter Kicks x 30
  • Box Cutters

James 1:19 Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger;

  • Anger is an emotion created by God and although often directed in the wrong places is a Godly trait.
  • “Anger is energy aroused in defense of something good and related against something evil.   If you see someone oppressed and you don’t get angry you are not like God.”  
  • What am I Defending and what am I attacking?