F3 Knoxville

Category: Bomb Shelter

Broken Ladder

THE SCENE: 23 degrees and a little snow left on the ground

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x20; Tempo Squats x10; Cherry Pickers x5

THA-THANG:
Was going to do a ladder workout but somebody broke my ladder and spread it around the AO so we went location to location to do the work.

  • Stop 1: Grinder for Burpees x10
  • Stop 2: Troll Bridge for Imperial Squat Walkers (4-ct) x20
  • Stop 3: Pavilion for Dips x30
  • Stop 4: Tennis Courts for Bobby Hurleys x40
  • Stop 5: Centerfield of Baseball Field for WW2 Situps x50

Rinse and repeat until recover was called, everyone was somewhere in the third round

MARY:
Boxcutters x20; Flutter Kicks x10; Big Boy Situps x10; LBCs for time

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
6 HIMs this morning

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Philippians 3:13-14

“Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”

These verses talk about how we are to grow in our faith. What are we each doing to grow? It is not enough to just grow our physical strength. We must work at being better fathers, husbands, and men as hard as we work to improve physically. We must work at our faith by reading God’s Word, praying, and spending time with fellow believers.

MOLESKIN:
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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New Year – New Men

THE SCENE: 70 degrees? What the…
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
20 SSH, 10 tempo merkins, 11 tempo squats. Grab your bricks and run to the school.
THA-THANG:

21’s (Man Makers and Box Jumps) at the bleachers.

11’s (Pull-Ups and V-Ups) at the Pull-up bars.

11’s (Side Kicks and Swing Thrusters) at the swings

Start at the bleachers with 20 Man Makers and 1 Box Jump.  Run to Pull-up bars and do 10 pull-ups and 1 V-up.  Run back to bleachers and do 19 Man Makers and 2 Box Jumps.  Run to the swings and do 10 side kicks and 1 swing thruster.  Run Back to bleachers and do 18 Man Makers and 3 Box Jumps.  Keep moving through the rotation until time is called.

MARY:
Make it back to the ao with the dang bricks…
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 PAX
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
With the new year, it is a good opportunity to reorient on what is important and make a plan to invest time in those important things constantly. It took me like 3 or 4 times of listening to my boss deliver the same time/life management class before it really sunk in with me to invest small amounts of time regularly in the important things in my life. I encourage you to think about what is really important and prioritize time invested in those things.
MOLESKIN:
What are the top 3 most important things in your life?

How should we wisely spend out time

  • In light of my past experiences
  • In light of my current responsibilities
  • In light of my future hopes and dreams
  • There is a cumulative value to investing small amounts in certain activities over a long period of time
  • There are rarely any immediate consequences for neglecting single installments of time in any arena of life
  • Neglect has a cumulative effect
  • There is no cumulative value to the urgent things that we allow to interfere with the important things.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Breakfast at Drifter’s on the 8th. And every 2nd Saturday of the month this year.

The L and L express

  • THE SCENE: Wet ground, thick fog, no rain, 100% humidity and 55. the gloom in dec in e.tenn now.
    F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
    WARM-O-RAMA:
  • 6 Cherry pickers
  • indian run to the top of ButterBilly hill, we took the back way to get to the top, Q was pleasantly surprised that the paxs was surprised to be at the top. We did some frankenstein’s and knee hugs during our run all OYO

THA-THANG:

  • Thang 1
    • Starting at top of ButterBilly, run down to bottom. at stop sign Bernie up.
    • We completed this two times.
    • The lead group held at the top after rd 2, then we went and picked up the 6 and finished their 2nd bernie with them to the top
    • Mosey back down and to the entrance to the fountain loop
    • Thang  2- L&L Express
    • 4 stops (cones) set up around the fountain loop , equally distributed.
    • Cone 1- Iron Rockets- 10 reps
    • Cone 2- Jungle boy squats- 15 reps
    • Cone 3- Imperial Squat walkers- 20 reps 1ct
    • Cone 4- Mountain climbers- 25 reps 2ct
    • Each lap starts with 5 kranken burpees. Complete burpees than run loop, loop goes behind fountain, stopping at each cone and completing exercises.
    • Continue for time.

MARY:
10 BBS 10 Vups for time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Excerpt from The Collision Learner blog by Dredd:

https://www.collisionlearner.com/post/the-force-that-divides

“It need only make Paul and John jealous of one another and convince Ringo that it was not his place to intercede. It need only have me raise my voice to my daughter and convince me in the morning that the crack I had caused would heal itself. And, for our nation, it need only persuade some citizens to turn away from some others merely because the color of their skin is different. And then convince the rest of us that this is a problem that will take care of itself without Leadership.

It won’t. Whether family or nation, the Force that divides wins if the fathers ignore the cracks.

Don’t listen to that voice telling you to be Ringo. That’s the Force that divides. Listen to the other voice, the one telling you that a cord of three strands is not easily broken, that a house divided against itself cannot stand.

That’s the Father’s voice. Listen that voice. And act.”

F3 is about leadership. We must acknowledge our role in helping to unite our community. As we move into 2022, its clear we can no longer sit back and expect the crack to fix itself.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Thank the Corp

THE SCENE: warm…
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Tempo Squats x15

Wall sits 20 count

Inch worm across grinder

X20 overhead claps

THA-THANG:
Marine Corp PT Test- sorry Scout!

  • 5 pull ups
  • 15 merkins
  • 30 BBS
  • Lap from grinder to wood bridge, to troll bridge & back up

MARY:
Tuba from San Antonio joined us this morning.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM: 

wanted to do the marine Pt test after discussing it at coffeeteria with Peach & Drifter. When at the Arsenal for Christmas Eve, I stayed quiet but those families who couldn’t be together for the holidays was heavy on my mind and wanted to bring that out today.

War brings out the worst and the best in people. Wars do not make men great, but they do bring out the greatness in good men.

Prayer notes:

Think about those serving and can’t be with their families during the holidays. Think about the children who don’t have families. Think about the parents who don’t have children.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hammy has Q Thursday. RadioShack made it out after a 4 month hiatus of nursing a baseball injury with Espy & Taco. Tuba plans to come back.

12 Daze Too

THE SCENE: Clear skies, calm wind, 27 degrees F.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, Windmills, Little baby arm circles
THA-THANG:

Mosey with a CMU to the trailhead by the pavilion.  At each of the upcoming light poles is a piece of paper.  Run to the first pole with the CME and do the first exercise.  Leave the CMU behind, return to start, and do 12 reps of exercise 1.  Run back to the first pole, pick up your CMU, carry it to pole #2 and do the second exercise and the first exercise.  Leave the CMU behind, return to start, and do 12 reps of exercise 2.  Continue the pattern until all 12 exercises are performed at light pole #12.  Finally return to the Grinder for a time of Mary.

12 Daze

1x Roll Over Merkin (all sides)

2x Blockies

3x OH Squat Press

4x On the Shelf (2/side)

5x CMU Swings

6x Upright Rows

7x Goblet Squats

8x Triceps Extensions

9x Curls

10x Lawn Mowers (per arm)

11x Bent Rows

12x Dips

Home Base Exercises

(12x Each)

  1. Dry Docks
  2. Iron Mike Squats
  3. Body Builders
  4. WWII Situps
  5. Shoulder Taps (4 ct)
  6. Squat Jumps
  7. SSH (4 ct)
  8. Plank Jacks (4 ct)
  9. Box Cutters
  10. Merkins
  11. Flutter Kicks (4 ct)
  12. Mountain Climbers (4 ct)

Unfortunately we ran out of time.  No one completed the 12 Daze.  Better suited for an hour long Saturday beatdown.

MARY:
No time for Mary today
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 HIMs including FNG Grouch (Danny Lupisella) plus 2.0 Webelo
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Julie has always made comments that the best gift is to have her family around her on special occasions like her birthday.  I was able to experience how much she meant that recently as she celebrated her 70th birthday last week.

My daughter, who lives in Northern Virginia with her family, organized a birthday party with her two brothers for Julie last Thursday, two days before her birthday on Saturday, December 18th.  We met at a nice local restaurant with our children, spouses, and 7 grandkids.  There were a total of 15 of us.  It was a total surprise to Julie as she walked into the room and, in an instant, I could tell that it meant the world to her.  As Julie has always said, it was the best present she could have received.

There were many great things about the evening but perhaps one of the more noteworthy is that I never saw anyone looking at or playing with their phones.  Everyone focused on Julie and each other.  Everyone was tuned in and enjoying each others company.

Most of us will have some sort of family gathering over the coming days.  Too often, and I’m a guilty party, phones and other electronic devices distract us and keep us from really connecting.  As HIMs lets not let that happen in our own behavior and as leaders lets see if we can make a difference in others around us.

Merry Christmas!  May the Lord bless you and keep you, may His face look down on you and give you peace.

MOLESKIN:
Prayers for Drifter as he travels over Christmas.  Prayers for 3 year Hunter recently diagnosed with cancer.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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