F3 Knoxville

He’s Not Heavy, He’s My Brother

THE SCENE: 60s and awesome.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Tennessee Rocking Chair – IC x11
  • Tempo Squat – IC x10
  • Monkey Humpers – IC x10
  • 30 Second Plank
  • Merkins – IC x10
  • 30 Second Plank
  • High Knees / Butt Kickers
  • Jog Down / Bernie Back

THA-THANG:

    • Jump Squats – x25
    • Carry a mix of Buckets, Sandbags, Water Jugs, or CMUs to the V in the Trail. 160yd
      • Penalty for Stopping – x5 Burpees
    • Walking Lunge to next Cone in Trail and Back. 100yd
    • Carry the Buckets, Sandbags, Water Jugs, or CMUs back to the Start. 160yd
      • Penalty for Stopping – x5 Burpees

AMRAP (10 Min or Less) – Bench Jump Overs, Burpees, Leg Rises

  • 10 Box Jump Overs
  • 10 Burpees
  • 20 Leg Rises

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 Pax
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I gave a part of my testimonial and spoke to how thankful I am for quality friends and how F3 and the Pax have filled that void in my life.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Volition

THE SCENE: Clear skies, 51 degrees F, 90% humidity
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH, Glute marches, Baby arm circles (forward/backward), Imperial squat walkers.

Length of grinder jog, Bernie, skip, and karaoke.
THA-THANG:
Partner up.  #1 overhead CMU carry toward Mt. Crumpit by way of the fountain.  #2 does 5, WWII sit-ups, runs to catch #2 and overhead carries CMU while #1 does 5, WWII sit-ups.  Continue to alternate until reaching the base of Mt. Crumpit.

At Mt. Crumpit #1 run up to back side of tree, performs 3 burpees, and runs down to pick up where #2 left off on the following exercise reps.

100 CMU Squat thrusts

200 Derkins

300 OH CMU Flutter kicks (single count)

200 One arm dead lifts (alternate arms after 10x)

150 Curls

200 Bent rows

200 Dips

When time requires, return to AO with OH CMU carry/WWII sit-ups described above.

MARY:
Glute marches, Box cutters, LBCs.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 HIMs.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Today we spent time on “voliltion.”  What got me thinking about it was a photo on social media that I saved a few years ago.  It was a picture of the football field with Army and Navy playing.  The caption said something about it being the only game that day where every player on that field was willing to die for me and my freedom.  I also thought of my son-in-law, Travis.  During one of his 8 tours of duty he received the Bronze Star for Valor because he chose to live by the Ranger creed to leave no man behind, put himself in harms way, and drag his wounded teammate to safety.  Sua Sponte!  I mentioned one of the last scenes of the movie, Saving Private Ryan, when Captain John Miller (a Ranger) tells Private Ryan to “earn this.”  This disappointed many Army Rangers because they believe that a Ranger would not say something like that.  Rangers don’t expect their service to be “earned”, there service is their own volition.  Sua Sponte!

We celebrated Christ this past week.  He chose to obey his Father on His own volition.  Yes, in His prayer in the garden He did ask if there was some other way to accomplish His mission but he always came back to say that He would do the will of His Father.  Jesus didn’t ask us to earn it.  He did it by choice so that our sins would be forgiven, we would be declared justified in God’s eyes, and redemption could be ours.  We don’t have to earn it.  We only need to repent, profess Christ, obey, and follow.  Not easy, but at least we know the way to everlasting joy and peace.

MOLESKIN:
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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Columbian neck tie mission complete

THE SCENE: 45, windy and crisp w a slight drizzle
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Tempo squats x10

tempo merkins x10

proton Parker’s x10

jog the grinder a few times

imperial squat walkers x 23 ic
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the base of kiddie slope for Columbian neck tie

  • Run to the first cone run back to base and do 1 neck tie
  • Run to cone 2, run back to base for 2 neck ties
  • Continue until up to 20th cone , run back for 20 neck ties
  • Total of 220 Columbian neck ties and close to 4 miles of distance covered

MARY:
None
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

14 pax
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
God will give you more than you can handle but he will be there to help you get through it.
MOLESKIN:
At the halfway point during the workout, I  hit a wall, I went dark and thought to myself , this is too hard , I don’t know that I can complete all 20 cones… I knew that we had 20 cones but a few only saw 17-18 cones, which created some mumble chatter once they saw that there was more to do ! Seeing ALL THOSE cones lined up the hill really puts your mind in a place you don’t want to be. Knowing what we went through today , suffering through the workout, we or let’s say I found a way to get through and complete the planned workout. Last time we tried , we fell short of time. We fell short on official F3 time but were so close to completing the mission ! I really appreciate everyone staying a few minutes past so we could complete the workout! Everyone persevered through the workout ! Thank you and rest assure, we won’t need to do it again now that we finished what we started!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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Time is on our Side

THE SCENE: Fabulous moon lit sky at 62 degrees.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH X 10

Arm Circles Front/Back X 10 each

Cherry Pickers X 10

Mosey to Mt. Suckmore and do sevens.  Burpees at the top and BBS at the bottom.  Alternate a run with bear crawl each time we go to the top. Mosey back to the grinder.

THA-THANG:

At Grinder- The old Kraken sprint around circle after each station is completed.

Station 1 – 20 Merkins

Station 2 – 20 single count Flutter kicks with CMU

Station 3 – 20 – 4 count Mt Climbers

Station 4 – 20 OH Press with CMU

Station 5 – 20 Monkey Humpers

Station 6 – 20 CMU Curls

Station 7 – 20 LBCs

Station 8 – 20 CMU Squats

MARY:

Box Cutters X 20

25 BBS OYO

Box Cutters X 10

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 HIMs Today
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Today’s word was about time.  As we age it seems to accelerate.  Use it wisely and don’t waste a second.

Time is free, but it’s priceless. You can’t own it, but you can use it. You can’t keep it, but you can spend it. Once you’ve lost it you can never get it back. Harvey Mackay

Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time. Jim Rohn

MOLESKIN:
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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Ranger Beatdown

THE SCENE: 59 degrees F with plentiful rain
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER  Hammy did the welcome and disclaimer before turning it over to Spook (Travis Elkins) for the Ranger Beatdown.
WARM-O-RAMA:

10 thoracic spine rotations/side
10 scap pushups
10 pushups
Plank rotations
Inch worms
10 bend and reach
10 Windmills
10 Squats
10 Side lunges
10 Walking knee hug
10 Walking glute stretch
10 Quad stretch with RDL
10 side step overs/leg
10 yards worlds greatest stretch (forward lunge w/side rotation, hamstring stretch, hip flexor stretch)
75 yard jog warmup

THA-THANG:

3 sets (15 mins)
⁃       1x Leg Blaster = 20x air squats +
20x in-place lunges (10x each leg) +
20x jumping lunges (10x each leg) +
10x squat jumps

⁃       Inchworm alligator clapping push-up x 5
⁃       Single leg RDL 10/leg

3 sets 
⁃       Pull-up ladder 5-1 x 3
⁃       Pike pushup ladder 5-1 x 3

Anaerobic conditioning (10 mins)
⁃       Run 75 meters and walk back

3 sets
⁃       Curls 21s w/block
⁃       Tricep extensions w/block x 20
⁃       Dead Bug leg lifts w/block x 15

3 sets
⁃       Single arm rows w/block x 15/arm
⁃       Glute Marching x 15/leg
⁃       Side star plank leg raise x 10/leg

MARY:COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 PAX, 1 guest Q (Spook – Travis Elkins), 1 FNG (Doghouse – Kevin Stephens)

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
1 Timothy 4:7-8Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths.  Rather train yourself for godliness, for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.

It is biblical that we should take care of our physical bodies and well being.  A strong body helps us to develop a strong mind.  F3 supports that aspect in the first F.  In the passage, the Apostle Paul, challenges that training in godliness of far greater value because it prepares us for the life to come, the everlasting life.  We should exercise the third F as it is of value in every way.  Holding ourselves accountable through the second F helps us progress in our third F.

MOLESKIN:
Thanks to Travis Elkins for joining us and for the leadership gift he provided this morning.  Rangers Lead the Way!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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