F3 Knoxville

Category: Big Ball

Roots

THE SCENE: 39 degrees, cloudy, a slight pleasant drizzle
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Cherry Pickers x 10

SSH x 25 in cadence

Tempo Merkin x 10

Tempo Squat x 10

5 burpees on your own
THA-THANG:

  • Mosey to the Big Ball
  • Morning Call:  Pax split into 2 groups, first person does 5 Big Ball pull-ups, rest of the Pax in plank position, as first person calls out his pull ups, Pax performs 5 merkins, switch and repeat until everyone has completed pull-ups.
  • Split into groups of three, mosey towards Volunteer Landing, each group picks up one rock along the way.  Share the load until we reach Volunteer Landing.
  • In our teams of three, partner 1 does shoulder presses with rock while partner 2 performs  WWII sit-ups at other end of the Landing, partner 3 runs between performing 5 burpees in the middle.  Switch until each partner has completed both exercises.  Repeat with curls/flutter kicks, squats with rock/sweat angels, triceps extensions/American Hammers.
  • Mosey back towards the AO with rock, putting it back along the way.
  • Out of time

MARY:
No time for Mary today.  We had already put in a bit of overtime.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
17 strong this morning planting good roots.  No FNGs today.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Jeremiah 17:7-8 But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in Him.  They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream.  It does not fear when the heat comes; its leaves are always green.  It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.

Where are your roots?  What do you place your trust and confidence in?

Jeremiah 17:5-6 Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who draws strength from mere flesh and whose heart turns away from the Lord.  That person will be like a bush in the wastelands…

Assessing our roots:  What is your first response when tribulations or calamity strikes?  If your response is stress, fear, worry it may indicate we have faulty roots.  In trials are we life givers or takers?  In the midst of struggles are we continuing to bear fruit and breath life into others?

It’s Raining HIMs!!!!

THE SCENE: 40 degrees with a chance of rain

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

Phiffer and Zygote got 15 HIMs ready to tackle the day!

WARM-O-RAMA:
Side Straddle Hops x 25 IC

THA-THANG:

11’s at the stage  ( Derkins & Rows )

8 to 1’s in the 11th Street Garage

  • Catalina Wine Mixers
  • WW2 Sit-ups
  • Sumo Squats
  • Flutter Kicks

Abs to finish

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
15 HIMs accounted for at the big ball this morning.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Matthew 6: 1-18
MOLESKIN:
The PAX kicked some serious butt this morning and got better together! Way to go guys!

The Long Lap

THE SCENE: 0530, 30s, not quite character building weather, but not hot either

“Is it going to be warm?” —- “No. But it will be good.”

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER : 

“Welcome to F3: Fitness-Fellowship-Faith. My name is Steam and I’ll be your QIC for the next 45 minutes. I am not a professional, and you are here on your own volition, which means if you need to modify any of the exercises we do this morning – feel free to do so but push yourselves and the men around you. You came here to work and get better so let’s get after it.”

WARM-O-RAMA:
1. Side-Straddle Hop (SSH): 25 x 4 (in cadence)

2. Rockette: 15 x 1

3. Cherry Picker: 10 x 4 (in cadence)

4. Slow Baby Arm Circles: 10 x 4 Forward || 10 x 4 Backward (all in cadence)

5. Backwards Lunge: 2x for each leg –> hold for 5 seconds each rep
THA-THANG:

  • Mosey to Big Ball Amphitheater
    • Flag out front, carried by FNG Daniel Anders (Now “Soot”)
  • PT
    • Assemble battle buddy teams
    • Que hype workout music via bluetooth speaker
    • (1) Each BB team sprints to the top of Big Ball amphitheater
    • (2) Each person executes 8 pull-ups (overhand/underhand)
    • (3) Each BB team sprints around the perimeter of the Big Ball pond = The Long Lap
      • 75% speed of higher
    • (4) Upon return to Big Ball amphitheater stage –> 25 x 4 LBC (Little Baby Crunches)
    • (5) Hold plank position until QIC says “Recover”
    • Rinse & Repeat 5x
    • Mosey American Indian Style to parking lot adjacent to UT’s The Hill
      • Sporadic squats 3x en route
    • Mosey Back to AO
      • Take the Field: Sprint the field separating PAX from Big Ball AO startpoint

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 PAX + 2 FNG = 13 total

PAX: Abort, Cowbell, G-6, Petey, Pfeiffer, Plunger, Quarantine, Rascal, Rousey, Swanson, Steam

FNGs: Daniel Anders – 22 – Soot & Eric – 21 – Stagehand
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Hijacking the song “Pray For Me” by Kendrick Lamar & The Weeknd

Hijacking a song = taking a song’s lyrics and “hijacking” them to fit for your own life or have deeper meaning

“I’m always ready for a war again, go down that road again, it’s all the same.” “Tell me who’s gon’ save me from myself, when this life is all I know.” “Tell me who’s gon’ save me from myself, when this life is all I know.” “Tell me who’s gon’ save me from this hell, without you, I’m all alone.”

“Who’s gon’ pray for me? Take my pain for me? Save my soul for me?”

This song spoke on many levels to me. We as men all go face wars every single day that are unique to each one of us. I don’t know what war(s) you’re facing as a man right now, whether tit’s at home, at work, in your relationships or marriage, or wherever that may be for you. Sometimes the wars that we are in the midst of feel like hell, or like we’ve been down this road before, or that we’re all alone.

So when you’re in the midst of whatever war you find yourself in – sometimes you’re fighting yourself – only one thing can save you and make you a better man because of it – God’s grace and love.

Another level this spoke spoke to me through was how much pain Knoxville is in right now. There are so many people hurting because of sickness or whatever else is going on in their lives. High Impact Men make a difference. As High Impact men – let’s continue to pray for our city and share the load and burden that some of our brothers are carrying right now.

Fight the Good Fight & Keep the Faith!

A Love-Hate Relationship

THE SCENE: Perfect. 33 degrees, very little wind. Dark and crisp, time to work.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x 30 IC 4 CT
Cherry Picker x 10 IC 4CT
Merkins x 15 IC 4 CT

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the amphitheater for 11s
Derkins on the stage and Rows at the top

Mosey to Walnut Street (with a hill sprint en route) for a little Love-Hate Relationship building
Starting at the bottom of Walnut we worked our way up to a full sprint all the way up

  • Sprint up to the parking garage entrance, 30 LBCs, mosey to the bottom, regroup
  • Sprint to Hill Ave, 30 LBCs, 20 merkins, mosey to the bottom, regroup
  • Sprint all the way to the church, 30 LBCs, 20 merkins, and 10 burpees, regroup

Slow mosey back towards the AO with Plunger lunges across the catwalk over Henley
Stop under the Clinch overpass in the park, take a seat on the wall
2 sets of wall sits, the first one longer than the last while I regale the men with stories of foolish youth (that got me a name like Frenchie).

MARY:
Modified Gas Pumpers x 15 IC 4CT
Leg lift hold and some Hello Dollies
Boat Canoe

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
16 PAX this morning got some good work done, including 1 FNG, welcome Old Spice! (Ben Cox)

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Romans 8:18-30 makes clear:
The world is broken, humanity is broken. We should not be dumbfounded by suffering in this world.
We also need to be careful not to minimize the suffering of others. The encouragement we should give to others is that there is a day coming when their suffering will end! NOT that their suffering is illegitimate or self-inflicted.
Rather we must remember that this PRESENT and REAL suffering pales in comparison to the future glory we will experience with Christ.
But what about today? Here, now?
There are times when I don’t know what to pray. I don’t know what to say. In those moments, when I don’t know what to pray, when I’m heart broken and don’t understand. When I don’t know what to say to God, the SPIRIT himself intercedes for me.
God does not want to minimize our struggles. He’s reminding us that He draws near to us, that His Spirit is with us and comforts us at all times.

MOLESKIN:
My first time leading at Big Ball, what a place!

Pfeiffer and Abort, a couple of inspiring HIMs there. Rucking beforehand, and chewing up and spitting out everything a Q can dish out. Good work men.

As always, it’s an honor and a privilege to lead a workout.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The Maryville CSAUP event is coming up on the 24th, and the re-scheduled event at Wesley House is this Sunday, February 11th, from 2-3pm.

Stairs of Doom

THE SCENE:

A warm 40 and crystal clear sky
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Cherry Pickers x10 IC, Baby Arm Circles (Forward/Reverse) x10 IC, Side Straddle Hops x25 IC
THA-THANG:

PAX formed two lines of 7 and we moseyed to the backside of The Hill on UT campus for some work on a beautiful and brutal staircase.  The PAX picked a battle buddy to complete the following:

Partner A sprint to the top of the stairs and do 2 burpees while Partner B does 25 merkins and jump rope at the base of the hill.  Partners A & B interchange and this will be completed 4 times for both partners.

As a PAX we moseyed up the stairs and reformed our two lines.  We kept a tightly formed two lines and moseyed to the Humanities building outdoor Amphitheater and performed the following:

  • 11’s with Prisoner Box Jumps (Hands locked behind head) and Dips

The PAX then did a two line indian run around the backside of campus and headed back to the AO.  Along the way we performed 40 Flutter Kicks IC  on a 4 count and moseyed to the AO.  As we came to the infield across from AO the PAX did a jailbreak sprint and we circled up. 

MARY:
40 Flutter Kicks IC on a 4 count along the mosey back to the AO.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
15 PAX (3 FNG’s)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too. (NLT)” -Phillipians 2:4

We all as human nature would have it worry about ourselves.  I know that I do the same at home with my wife in regards to helping at the house or with the dog, etc. after a long road game or a stressful day but she needs my help as a teammate and spouse.  This is true for all of us in lots of areas, the challenge today is to see how we can be sensitive to other’s needs and adhere to them today.

MOLESKIN:
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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