F3 Knoxville

Category: Big Ball

Crossfit Crossfire

THE SCENE: Clear skies and warm
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Babay Arm Circles F/R x12 IC, Tempo Squats x10 IC, Tempo Merkins x10 IC, Side straddle hops x20 IC, 5 Burpees OYO
THA-THANG:

  • 11’s of Dips and Box Jumps at the benches in the World War Memorial section of WFP.
  • Ascending Curb Crawl of Merkins in L&N Stem Academy parking lot (PAX bear crawl from curb to curb back and forth increasing in reps by one at each curb starting at 1 merkin until you reach 13 merkins)
  • PAX did Big Boy Sit-Ups until everyone finished
  • Mosey to Big Ball Steps for Mount Flutter Kick
    • Sprint to top of WFP steps and do 10 Flutter Kicks on 4 ct., do 9 at the bottom, rinse and repeat up and down the steps decreasing each rep count by 1 until you reach 1 rep on a 4 count at the bottom of the WFP steps.
  • Mosey to Parking lot beside Neyland Stadium across from The Boat House
    • PAX partnered with a battle buddy to perform the following:
      • Partner A sprints to 3rd light pole and performs 2 burpees while Partner B does jump rope in place. Partners switch roles and rinse/repeat until each battle buddy has completed 10 burpees at the light pole (rep count of burpees increases by 2 each trip (EX: 2,4,6,8,10) also every other interchange at the baseline alternates between jump rope and air squats
      • PAX performed the same format for the next evolution except instead of burpees the exercise was the Carolina Dry Dock.
  • PAX performed ab work in the same parking lot
    • Flutter Kicks x12 IC
    • Am Hammers x12 IC
    • Hello Dolly’s x12 IC
  • Mosey back to SP.

 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 Total PAX 0 FNG’s
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
This week I had a flurry of events personally. My brother (Truffle) and his wife just had twins, my parents were in from out of state, bball is in full swing. I kept focusing on the next task that needed to be accomplished amidst everything going on and by week’s end I realized that I had done a very poor job of just soaking up the moment and enjoying it to the fullest.  Always be present in the moment!
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Sweating in the square

THE SCENE: 70* and clear, maybe a tad humid
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Tempo squats x10 IC
Windmills x10 IC
Baby arm circles forward x10 IC
Baby arm circles reverse x10 IC
SSH x8 IC
THA-THANG:
Mosey towards the Big Ball and up the stairs towards pedestrian bridge.  Bear crawl across pedestrian bridge, each time a PAX stops to rest results in penalty of 5 prisoner squats at the end of the bridge.  Q took the six and no one was doing squats, so the entire group did 10 prisoner squats on four count in cadence.  Continue mosey to Market Square.  PAX assemble at the stage end of the square in front of the TVA building.

Routine is a variation on the Dirty Mac Deuce.  Four rounds of three exercises, 20 reps each, once a round is completed PAX take a lap around Market Square and move on to next set.  Exercises as follows:

  • Round 1: Derkins, lunges, superman swims
  • Round 2: Incline merkins, jump squats, Edward scissorlegs
  • Round 3: Wide merkins, calf raises, side crunches
  • Round 4: Dips, pistol squats, American hammers

Jack rabbits repeat round 1 after finishing while waiting on the 6.  Recover and 10 count.  Begin mosey back to start point for Mary.

MARY:
Flutter kicks x20 on four count IC
Q Favorite Boat/Canoes and variations for painfully long time
Box cutters x10 on four count IC
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
17 Strong: Careless, Cowbell, The Voice, Casper, Half Caf, G6, Delilah (FNG), Pfeiffer, Doolittle, Rousey, Filter, Preacher, Dugger, Roto, Operation, Bob Ross, Abort
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“Pay attention to what is in front of you – the principle, the task, or what’s being portrayed.” How you do anything is how you do everything. How you handle today is how you handle every day.  How you handle this minute is how you handle every minute.  Leave no doubt.

Big 🏀 Biscuit

THE SCENE: 66 degrees, overcast.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Baby arm circles x 12 forward/back (4 ct)

Cherry Pickers x 10

A little this/that

Michael Phelps

SSH x 20 (4 ct)

THA-THANG

  • Big 🏀 Biscuit:  10 burpees, 20 merkins, 30 squats then 1 lap around field; 10 burpees, 20 merkins, 30 squats then 2 laps around field; 10 burpees, 20 merkins, 30 squats then 3 laps around field; 10 burpees, 20 merkins, 30 squats then 4 laps around field; 10 burpees, 20 merkins, 30 squats then 3 laps around field; 10 burpees, 20 merkins, 30 squats then 2 laps around field; 10 burpees, 20 merkins, 30 squats then 1 lap around field.
  • Jack Rabbits circle around benches with dips, decline merkins, lunges while others finish

MARY:

Flutter kicks x 20 (4 ct)

American Hammers x 15 (4 ct)

LBCs x20

Boat Canoes

Hello Dolly’s x 20 (4 ct)

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

10 strong.  No FNGs

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

Century Hill

THE SCENE: 69 degrees.  Humid
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Baby arm circles forward/back x12 (4 Ct)

Windmill x 12 (4 ct)

SSH x 20 (4 ct)

Tempo Merkin x10

5 Burpees on your own

THA-THANG:

  • Aiken Legs:  20 squats, 20 box jumps, 20lunges (10 each leg), 20 plank jacks.  Rinse and repeat.
  • Mosey to Candy factory for Century Hill.  Run from Candy factory to top of hill.  10 of each exercise at top of hill, each lamp post and bottom of hill.  Should total 100 reps.  Run back to top and start round 2, etc.  Round 1: Merkins.  2.: WWII sit ups.  3: CDD,  4.   Flutter kicks.
  • Mosey back to AO for Mary

MARY

Captain Thors with 1:4,2:8,3:12,4:16,5:20 ratios

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
16 strong.  2 FNGs.  Welcome The Voice (Jordan Wright) and Patty Melt (Parker Greene)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“No person has the power to have everything they want, but it is in their power not to want what they don’t have, and to cheerfully put to good use what they do have.”
MOLESKIN:
Prayer requests:  Sam in Arizona battling cancer.  Greg in Knoxville who recently passed from cancer as well as for his family.  Marriages.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill this weekend.

Boulder Shoulders

THE SCENE: Beautiful sunny morning. No humidity. Perfect.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • BAC 10x ea way IC
  • Little bit of this & that
  • Hillbilly 10x IC
  • Tempo Squat 10x IC
  • Tempo Merkin 10x IC

THA-THANG:
Mosey out of AO around the infield loop then to coupon pile below STEM academy. Each PAX grab a large rock, or two small ones and mosey back to the AO start. PAX held rock(s) full extension overhead and walked as a team around the infield. Stopped at 1st corner and performed 10 mt climbers (4 ct) IC. Continued walk with rock held overhead. Stopped at next corner and performed 10 Peter Parkers IC. Continued walk. Stopped at end of infield and performed 6 mt climbers IC and 6 Peter Parkers IC. Mosey back and returned rocks to coupon pile.

PAX mosey to Big Ball stairs. Identify battle buddy.

  • Partner A: Sprint stairs to first flat and perform 2 burpees. Sprint to very top and do 4 burpees. Back to flat 2 burpees. Then back to bottom & tag partner.
  • Partner B: Various ab work: Flutter kicks, LBC’s, American Hammers, Bicycles
  • Rinse & Repeat 4 rounds each person

PAX mosey to Hill/Ayers Hall via pedestrian bridge. Stopped on pedestrian bridge for 10 tempo merkins IC. Continued to Ayers Hall

PAX circle up:

  • 20 flutter kicks IC
  • 10 merks OYO
  • 20 hello dolly IC
  • 10 merks OYO
  • 20 box cutters IC
  • 10 merks OYO
  • 20 LBC’s IC
  • 10 merks OYO
  • 20 American hammers
  • 10 tempo merks IC

Mosey back to AO

MARY:
Cashed out with ATM’s

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
15 deep. 4 FNGs. Had Soot’s father, uncle and cousin join us as well as Steam’s father.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I recently read Bryan Cranston’s memoir and he talked about an experience he had at the NYC marathon. He was leaning against a tree taking pictures of runners crossing the finish line and he thought to himself “There’s no way that I could do that.” Moments later, an elderly woman, likely in her 80s, crossed the finish line. Then a younger man with one leg. He thought that if they could do it he could too. So he took a leap and just decided to sign up for the following year. He trained for a year and finally entered the race. He breezed through the first 20-22 miles then hit a wall and his body started shutting down. He kept pushing through and just when he thought he was going to collapse, he saw the finish line. He said he never experienced such elation than he did in that moment. After he finished the race he vowed that he would never say the words “I can’t do that.”

This really resonated with me bc of two occasions:

  1. I was at a Friendsgiving dinner back in November and they were talking about running in the Knoxville marathon as a 4-man team. They needed a 4th so I just decided to sign up. I have never even ran in a 5k or 10k, but I took on the longest leg of almost 8 miles. I’ve always told myself (and others) “I can’t do that” when running for distance. However, I signed up and ran in the race and it was very fulfilling.
  2. Pfeiffer has been trying to get me to join F3 for about 1.5 years. By the way he talked about it, I always thought that it was 100% ruck workouts and I repeatedly told him “I can’t do that”. “There’s no way I can do that stuff.” Now we’re both signed up for the Star Course next week, and two tough events this summer. I’ll be forever grateful for Pfeiffer continuing to push me and introducing me to the fine folks of F3.

Don’t be your own roadblock. Don’t tell yourself that you can’t do something. Don’t listen to other naysayers around you. 

Quote from Benjamin Franklin: “I have met the enemy, and it is the eyes of other people.”

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Printshop Beer coming soon!