F3 Knoxville

Category: Bomb Shelter

The Very Nice List Returns

THE SCENE: Balmy 40s. Ground still pretty damp from all the frost and dew
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
25 SSH, Soccer warmup lap (high knees, butt kicks, etc.)

THA-THANG:
Ran over to Mt Crumpit. Found a mysterious wrapped gift under the big tree (in retrospect, probably from the Grinch). The gift had a deck of cards and a card that read (so we had to run back to the grinder for CMUs, my bad…):
♦ Burpees Regular
♥ OG Burpees (no push-up) with a tuck jump
♠ Blockees
♣ Mr. Spectacular
2-4 = Trips up the hill
Face = 10
A = 20

MARY:
10 of everything in cadence. Flutter kick/block press, Block up Hello Dolly, Rowers, knee to opposite elbow, superman pulse, monkey humpers, LBCs for time

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 PAX: 2 back from out of town, 1 down range, 1 FNG (Speed Racer)

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I’ve gotten flack over the years for telling my kids that Santa isn’t real in the mythical, delivers presence sense. This makes interactions with other kids awkward, but I have a reason. To me, the whole believing in Santa thing feels like a cheap knock off of the real thing to believe from this season. A truth much more profound and amazing than the Santa game (we call it a game of pretend in our house that many other people around the world like to play each year). It’s odd to me that we will get into discussions over Santa more quickly and fervently than reveling in the true story of God becoming a man. Just ask around for a little while and you’ll find that the vast majority of people do not believe in Santa, yet are willing to keep up the illusion for the sake of “Christmas Spirit”. I think of the whole quote from one of the Santa movies where the kid asks, “Have you ever seen a million dollars? Well than how do you know its real if you’ve never seen it?” The dude in the movie is stumped, but it’s a simple fix. He just asks around a small amount, and he could go see a million dollars if he really wanted to (or at least meet someone with access to a bank vault who could go have a peek and report back). Yet with the story of Jesus, we have eye witness account from hundreds of people, documented in some of the most historically validated documents in all of antiquity, and we don’t want to even talk about it? Okay, let me hop off my soap box now. The main point is this: I don’t perpetuate the Santa myth because something so much more interesting has happened. Myth became reality in the person of Jesus, born in Bethlehem, and changed the entire world. And more significantly, saved a wretch like me. Merry Christmas everyone. And happy holidays to those so inclined to have a faith in something different than I do (even Santa ;P)
MOLESKIN:
N/A
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Maryville Christmas Parade

Drifter’s 31st Birthday

THE SCENE: A crisp 25 and slight wind chill
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
31 SHH Hopes, plus a walking/jogging warm-up to get us to the first Tha-Thang.

THA-THANG:
First stop, Mount Suckmore, Northern face. 10 min timer. 31 shoulder taps at the bottom. 31 big boy sit-ups at the top (acorn massage!).

Mosey back to the Grinder to start the party!

Take turns tossing a ping pong ball into 1 of 6 solo cups on the other end of a picnic table. If you miss, PAX does 3 burpees. If you make it, dump out the water and do 31 reps of what is written on the bottom. Exercise included:

  • Diamond Merkins
  • Clap Merkins
  • Decline Merkins
  • Hand Release Merkins
  • Inch Worm Merkins
  • T Merkins

One last Tha-Thang: Movement Triangle. 3 cones set up in the grass. A different movement for each side of the triangle: Bear-crawl, Crab-walk, and Bunny-hops. (At first we did an overly complicated thing where you tried to tag the person in front of you and make them do a leg exercise until you came around again, but that concept needs some adjustment.)

MARY:
N/A

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
6 Party PAX

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I’ve had a bit of a rough time lately where the enemy is trying to isolate me mentally. I was reminded in Philippians 3 that all things are counted as rubbish (v.8) compared to knowing and being known by Christ. In my case, it is a total lie that I am alone and that no one cares about me. But even if it were true that no one on earth cared about me, it’s also not true because the King of Heaven and Earth loved me enough to die for me and give me his righteousness. Therefore, the more I draw closer to Him through the knowledge of his love through the Spirit and the Word, the more I draw closer into true relationship with others around me.

Challenge: do you Know Christ? How can you know him better? How can you know him to the point Paul knew him and valued that knowledge above all other things?

MOLESKIN:
Philippians 3:1-11
Finally, my brothers,1 rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is no trouble to me and is safe for you. 2 Look out for the dogs, look out for the evildoers, look out for those who mutilate the flesh. 3 For owe are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God2 and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh— 4 though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh also. If anyone else thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5 circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; 6 as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law,3 blameless. 7 But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. 8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith— 10 that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11 that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
We’ll be doing the Maryville Christmas Parade on the 3rd. Steer also needs help moving on that same day at 8am.

Christmas Trap vs The Kraken

THE SCENE: It’s gettin COLD…. 32-ish but at least it wasn’t raining or wet
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x20 IC, LBAC x12 IC, Cherry Pickers x5 IC
THA-THANG:
The Kraken!  8 stations. Starting rep count = 10, increase by 5 after each full round.

  • Bent over Rows
  • Hello Dolly
  • Inch Worm Pushups
  • Storks
  • Reverse rows (hanging from bar at about 45 degree angle or less and pull body up to bar) or pull ups
  • Freddy Mercury
  • Reverse Lunge
  • Superman

MARY:
Guantanamo
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Nailed It, Toad, KY, Hydrant, Swerve, Woodshack, Domino, Grouch
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
1 John talks about false prophets and testing the spirits.  Beware false prophets.  Stay strong in any conviction from the Holy Spirit and let YHWH speak His truth through you.  While the church has done many great things, it has also done many bad things and we need to be better because Yeshua’s sacrifice for us was a gift and something none of us deserved so we should have the same heart for the lost as he did.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Grouch arranging for pickup and delivery of artificial Christmas trees for Emerald Youth to give to Woodlawn Christian Church to support families in Montgomery Village.

Maryville Christmas Parade on December 3.  Reach out to Smuggler for more info.

Wet and Wild

THE SCENE: Not so glorious.  37-ish and raining and wet and cold and quite miserable
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x20 IC, LBACs x10 IC, Cherry Pickers x5, Bataan Death March (i.e., single file run, last man does 3 burpees, runs to catch up with group and tags last man in line to do burpees then continues running to the front of the line)
THA-THANG:
7 of Diamonds.  Cones set up approximately 20 yards apart in a diamond/square.  Each round consists of the same exercise at all 4 cones with varying methods of getting to the next cone.  Rep count changes too.

  • Round 1, 7 burpees at each of the 4 corners, bear crawl between cones
  • Round 2, 14 4-ct flutter kicks at each of the 4 corners, crab walk between cones
  • Round 3, 21 merkins at each of the 4 corners, reverse lunge between cones
  • Round 4, 28 squats at each of the 4 corners, crawl bear between cones
  • Round 5, 21 Peter Parker at each of the 4 corners, reverse lunge between cones
  • Round 6, 14 Freddie Mercury at each of the 4 corners, crab walk between cones
  • Round 7, 7 Star Jacks at each of the 4 corners, bear crawl between cones

MARY:
None!  Tha-Thang for time.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Toad, Swerve, Hydrant, Grouch
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Time is a precious commodity.  Use it wisely and always remember to take time to spend with your Heavenly Father.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Grouch arranging for pickup and delivery of artificial Christmas trees for Emerald Youth to give to Woodlawn Christian Church to support families in Montgomery Village.

Maryville Christmas Parade on December 3.  Reach out to Smuggler for more info.

Beatdown starts with the letter B

THE SCENE: 7 am in November means a little crisp In the air and a beautiful sunrise
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Cherry pickers 8 4ct IC,

Bear Crawl Tabatta-4 rounds 30sec on 10 off, crawl to the left, hold, crawl right, hold, crawl bear, hold bear crawl forward

Step up/ Merkin Tabatta- 6 rounds 20 sec on 10 off. Switch between step ups and Merkins
THA-THANG:
Thang 1- B10 Shot

20 min AMRAP

Every pax needs 2 blocks

Place one block by pavilion other block just before the bathrooms

10 bench dips

15 blockies

Broad Bound burpee to cone

20 Bonnie Blair’s (sc)

Broad Bound burpee to 2nd block

25 BBS with CMU- arms extended over chest sit up and move arms over head 

30sec balls to wall hold

Work back towards the start going back to BBS first, increasing reps by 5 of previous set #. Move back through till timer goes off. Most of got through 3 times

Thang 2- Bodyweight blast

15 bodyrows or pull ups run down to apex 10 HR  merkins and back to steps bunny hop up stairs, 10 bodyrows run to apex 15 HR Merkins run back and bunny hop steps. 15 Bodyrows/pull ups – time was called

Thang 3- ButterBilly Bernie Blast

Start at base of ButterBilly- Bernie to the top, 10 Bobby Twerly ( Bobby Hurley but on jump rotate 180 degrees)- mosey back to base. Repeat for time
MARY
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Before F3 I saw failure as failure of myself and that I’m to blame. Having become closer to god and Jesus I’m learning that challenges and failures are gods way of challenging and testing our faith and willingness to persevere.
MOLESKIN:
When Q can’t get into the COT right away you know it’s a good beatdown
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
2nd F lunch 11/18- Maryville Corner Market 12pm

We are going to register to partake in the Maryville Christmas parade. More info to come.

See Grouches post about donating a Christmas tree for each AO.