F3 Knoxville

Category: Big Ball

One more 18 beatdown

THE SCENE: Low 50s, perfect temp to sweat
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Windmills x12 IC
Shoulder taps x12 IC
Tempo merkin x12 IC
Tempo lunge x12 IC
SSH x31 IC
THA-THANG:
Collect keys and mosey out of the A.O. toward the amphitheater.  Run under the bridge and through the seldom used part of the park, pausing at the statue for a round of leg blasters.  20 squats, 20 lunges, 10 air squats all done in cadence and no break in between.  Shake your legs out and continue Mosey.  Cross Cumberland Avenue and run up Estabrook behind the engineering buildings until reaching the stairs of Mordor.

Partner up for a Dora workout.  One man performs exercise while the other runs to the stop of the stairs, performs two burpees, and runs back down the stairs to relieve his partner.  Flap jack, all exercises cumulative between partners. 150 reps of each exercise:

  • Bulgarian split squat (using benches)
  • Ranger merkins
  • American hammers on 4-count
  • Overhead claps on 4-count

Recover and 10 count.  Routine took up the entire workout (glad I didn’t say 200 reps of each) so we head back to A.O. for Mary.

MARY:
Flutter kicks x20 IC
Captain Thor up to 5:20
Q favorite of Boat/Canoe until time ran out
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
16 Strong including 2 FNGs: Swanson, Cowbell, Half Caff, The Voice, Stagehand, Passport, Reverb, Rousey, Soot, G6, Hot Topic (FNG), Amazon, Blackout (FNG), Jenner, Huey, Abort
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
New years always bring about resolutions of people trying to set goals, some of which are too vague or too difficult to be obtainable (nothing wrong with resolutions, or setting high goals).  During this time of year, challenge everyone to think of one word they can choose to try to improve different aspects of their life, this stolen from an F3 podcast I listened to.  Examples of words I heard or found were Present, Change, Joyous, Purposeful (what I’m leaning towards).

The point is to let that word improve all aspects of your life instead of just choosing one thing you may or may not do.  In my case, to be purposeful with what I do.  Move and workout with purpose, love those around me with purpose, perform my job with purpose.  LIVE with purpose.
MOLESKIN: Continue to pray for Butterfly and his wife Chelsea and she tries to figure out what has been causing her medical issues; pray for Soot, Huey, and Hot Topic as they return back to station and for Soot’s possible deployment; pray for the Corcoran family who lost their son in a car accident Saturday night; pray for Stagehand as he travels to Florida to be present with his family; pray for our community and our brothers as we close out this year and begin 2019.

Kraken of the Fountain

THE SCENE: Mid-low 40’s, overcast.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Tempo squats x 10 IC
1 burpee
Squats x 10 4-count IC
2 burpee
Squat touch jumps x 10
3 burpee
Tempo merkins
4 burpee
Merkins x 10 4-count IC
5 burpee
Clap merkins x 10
6 burpee
THA-THANG:
Kraken of the fountain
2 different sets of exercises to alternate each round:
First round
1. Merkins 2. Squat touch jumps 3. Mt climbers 4. Burpee 5. Lunge 6. V-up 7. Diamond merkin 8. Split squat
Second round
1. Dry dock 2. Squat 3. Ww2 sit-up 4. Derkin 5. Deadlift touch 6. BBS 7. Door frame pulls 8. Plank jack
Most of us got 3-4 laps around.
Sprints across the field x 7 with 20 LBCs at the end of each.
MARY:
Side v-ups 15 each side
Hello angel x 15 4-count IC
Repeat x 2
40 seconds of LBC
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 men woke and slayed the kraken of the fountain. Welcome to Huey from Rwanda!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go – T.S. Eliot

This is my mantra for 2019. I want to push myself way past my comfort level and break that voice in my brain that tells me to stop. This is mostly about physical endurance for me but if I can break through that wall in my brain I see it bleeding over into work and relationships. At work I want to push myself to be the most productive I can be in my time there. With my wife I want to push my vulnerability to her past my comfort level to the point we are one person in mind.
MOLESKIN:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Everyone loves Doras

THE SCENE: Insert info about the weather, etc.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
BAC x10 IC
Little bit of…
Sumo Shoulders x10 IC
Tempo Squats x10 IC
Monkey Humpers x10 IC
Tempo Merks x10 IC
5 Bodybuilders IC

THA-THANG:
Shoulder Shredder – (100 OH Claps + cherry pickers)

PAX mosey to steps behind the hill that connect to the large parking lot

Partner Up: Doras
50x – Bodybuilders
100x – Cobra Merkins
150x – Squats
Run down, across, then to top of stairs, 2x burpees

Mosey back near AO

Bear crawl / Crab walk ladder curb to curb
PAX line up along the curb. Bear crawl forward across, 1 merkin w/ hands on curb, crawl bear back, 2 merkins w/ feet on curb. Go to 5. Flip over for crab walk. Crab walk forward, 5 dips with feet on curb, crab walk backward, 4 dips with hands on curb. Back down to 1

MARY:
Shoulder shredder

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
15 including 1 FNG (Amelia)

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Sometimes you need to drag your friends out of bed to get them to F3. Keep bugging them. They’ll come around.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
2nd F on Wednesday

Christmas Tree Bragging Rights Secured!

THE SCENE: Cool and brisk with a threat of showers that were too afraid to show up
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x20 IC
Baby Arm Circles x 10 IC (reverse it)
Tempo Squat x 15 IC
Tempo Merkins x 15 IC
Mountain Climbers on a 4ct x 15 IC
Ta-dah! x 3 each side OYO (elbow to instep)

THA-THANG:
Long winding mosey from the Big Ball to Krutch park (just about .5 mile mosey!) Arrive at our big beautiful Christmas tree to find a present of 12 pains of Christmas.

Complete each “pain” and then start on the next number, working your way back to the top… Example: 1 lap.  Then 2 burpees, and 1 lap. Then 3 squats, 2 burpees, and 1 lap… So on and so forth…

  1. Lap around Krutch park
  2. Burpees
  3. Squats
  4. LBCs
  5. American Hammers (5 each side)
  6. 4 ct alternating shoulder tap from a plank
  7. Lunges (7 each side)
  8. Box Cutters
  9. Squat Jumps
  10. Carolina Dry Docks
  11. Flutter Kicks
  12. 8 Count Body Builders

Pause for a victory photo/Christmas card and then mosey on back to the AO.  Covered 2.2ish miles overall with 12 laps around Krutch, 22 burpees, 30 Squats, 36 LBCs, 40 American Hammers, 42 Shoulder Taps, 42 Lunges, 40 Box Cutters, 36 Squat Jumps, 30 Carolina Dry Docks, 22 Flutter Kicks, and 12 8 Count Body Builders.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 HIM
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Mentor once challenged me to “Work ON the organization. Not, IN the organization.” Its the time of year when we all get reflective and begin developing goals for the coming year.  Challenge everyone to take time to examine their lives from a 30,000 foot few and consider how they can impact those in their “organization” (family, friends, work teams, church, community) most positively with their new goals.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Nada… Should have mentioned 2nd F lunch on Friday downtown.

The pain train

THE SCENE: 34*, nice and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
No warm up, no time. Quick gear inspection and get the show on the road
THA-THANG:
Equipment list, everyone with rucks with challenge weight, water bladders etc. Three 60 pound sandbags (Sandy, Sandra, and Irene) and one big girl 80 pound sandbag (Betty).

Move out away from start point, rotating sandbags every 0.20 miles. At the end of your rotation, you have to pay a 5 squat transfer fee before handing off the sandbag. Transition can not allow sandbag to touch the ground. Head to Tom Black Track on UT campus, hitting every scrappy hill we can.

Once at the track, ground sandbags for PT. Circuit consisted of the following:

  • Atlas lift with 60 bag
  • Lateral pull merkins with ruck
  • Bent over row with 80 bag
  • Leg levers with ruck overhead
  • Reverse lunges with 60 bag
  • Shoulder loads with 60 bag

Last man bear crawls to cone and back, taking over at Atlas lifts and bumping everyone to next exercise. Go through circuit twice.

Recover and link the sandbags together with carabiners for the pain train (aka the floppy log) back.  Carry can consist of shoulder, farmer carry, whatever. Rotate as needed like an event. Due to time left, after a few rotations the pain train is broken back into individual bags as the train moves slower. Last quarter ro third mile sandbags had to be carried off shoulders. Get back right at 6:15.