F3 Knoxville

Category: Bomb Shelter

I got your 6

THE SCENE: Warm, sunny, and muggy. Seems like we say that a lot right now.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Jog from end to end of Grindstone, 5 goofballs at far end, run back 5 more goofballs. Bernie end to end, 5 goofballs at each end.

THA-THANG:
Thang 1

Partner race- ( Q realized if you want pax to actually challenge themselves, racing may not always be best) – we did two rounds of this

  • Race starts at end of Grindstone, near pavilion.
  •  Bearbrawl from start to first cone, switch partners and bearbrawl till second cone.
  • From second to third cone, teams are doing partner plank jump overs. One partner holds a plank the other partner jumps over them and then goes into plank. repeat till you get to the end.
  • each pax then did 10 pullups or 20 body rows and 20 Derkins
  • Once each pax completed exercises, repeat the jump overs and bearbrawls, starting with jump overs.
  • This was intended to be a race, all three groups finished around the same time. Handed out burpees trophies- 5 for 1st, 10 for 2nd and 15 for 3rd

Thang 2

Pax split into two groups.

Group A had Hanging knee raises- 20 and Bulgarian split squats 20 ( 10 each leg)

Group B had Balls to the Wall for 30 seconds and a wall squat till 6 finished in group A.

Pax switched, completed two rounds.

Thang 3- Bucket Barraged- Picked up the biggest CMU at the BS and Indian ran from Grindstone to Mt. Crumpet taking the scenic route up the side of the mountain to the top.

Pax lined up arms distant apart. Q started off , handed CMU to next pax and than ran to end of the line, CMU moved down the Mountain in that fashion, pax handing off and running to end of the line. We completed 4 rounds, 2 down and 2 up rounds.

Pax transported the CMU back to the Grindstone via an Indian Run taking the long way back and going over the troll bridge.

MARY:
Wall Hold Push ups- Feet on wall 5 derkins, walk up wall two more steps 5 more derkins ( all done IC)

Pax choice on the rest of the Mary- Q apologizes i do not recall the specific exercises we did.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Value the time you have with your kinds now. i look back on my daughters younger years and hate that i put time with friends especially vacations over her. I wish i had those times back, relationships change, kids grow up and you cant get that back.
MOLESKIN:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Winners

THE SCENE: 73 degrees F, Mostly Cloudy, Humid

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, Windmills, Baby arm circles
THA-THANG:

A square with 15 yard long sides was established on the grinder.  The corners were marked with the following:

Alpha

  1. CMU Swings         OH Carry to Bravo 1
  2. Merkins                Lunge Bravo 2
  3. SSH (4 ct)            Inch worm to Bravo 3
  4. Release merkins    Crab crawl to Bravo 4

Bravo

  1. Mtn Climbers (4 ct)     Bear Crawl to Charlie 1
  2. CMU goblet squat       OH carry to Charlie 2
  3. Dry docks                  Lunge to Charlie 3
  4. Flutter kicks (4 ct)      Inch worm to Charlie 4

 

Charlie

  1. Plank Jacks (4 ct)         Crab Crawl to Delta 1
  2. Box Cutters                  Bear Crawl to Delta 2
  3. CMU Thrusters             OH Carry to Delta 3
  4. Squat Jumps                Lunge to Delta 4

 

Delta

  1. WWII Sit-ups             Inch worm to Alpha 1
  2. Shoulder taps (4 ct)    Crab Crawl to Alpha 2
  3. Dips w/CMU               Bear Crawl to Alpha 3
  4. CMU Curls                  OH Carry to Alpha 4

Run a lap to the amber street light, do 6 Burpees, return to grinder.

(Repeat)

All completed one round plus about half way through a second one.

MARY:
Didn’t leave time for Mary.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 HIMs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
In December 2012 a long distance race was taking place in Navarra, Spain. Ivan Fernandez Anaya of Spain was competing in the event as was Abel Mutai of Kenya. Late in the race, Abel was in the lead with Ivan a distance behind him. The race was just about finished when Ivan noticed that Abel began to slow down as he neared the finish line. Since Abel did not speak Spanish, it seems he got confused by the signs and thought he had already passed the finish line. Ivan saw what was happening and could have run past his opponent to win the race.

Instead of going on to win the race, Ivan guided Abel ahead to the finish line. Ivan came in second.  In that split second, Ivan showed what a true gentleman he was. He exemplified good sportsmanship and human kindness.

When questioned after the race about why he had pointed Abel towards the finish line, Ivan said: “I didn’t let him win, he was going to win. The race was his.  I was not supposed to catch him.  He was the rightful winner. He created a gap that I couldn’t have closed if he hadn’t made a mistake. As soon as I saw he was stopping, I knew I wasn’t going to pass him.”
Ivan also said: “My dream is that one day we can have some sort of community life where we push ourselves and also others to win.”

When pressed by a journalist about why he didn’t take the win since he was seconds away from the finish line, he replied: “But what would be the merit of my victory? What would be the honor of that medal?  What would my Mom think of that?”

Values are transmitted from generation to generation. What values do we teach our children and how much do we inspire others to learn? Most of us take advantage of people’s weaknesses instead of helping to strengthen them. Everyone wants to win, but sometimes there are more important things than being the winner.

MOLESKIN:
Prayers for healing of Drifter’s M with leg injury and for surgical repair of Postpone’s meniscus tear in a couple weeks.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Drifter speaking at Mt. Olive Baptist Church on August 14th and Dog Pound Unchained CSAUP on August 21st.

Modified Murph

THE SCENE: 67 degrees and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Short mosey to show the run course of the workout
THA-THANG:
Modified Murph workout, replacing pull ups with sit ups. Broken into 10 sets for the pt with a run at each end. The run totaled a little short of a mile each time

  • 10 big boy sit ups
  • 20 merkins
  • 30 squats

MARY:
Those who finished the thang early started another round. No time for Mary
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Use the TAGS on right-side to record PAX (BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOURSELF) in attendance. Be sure to select the AO in CATEGORY above TAGS and then delete these notes!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
A man was traveling India when he stopped at a village that used elephants for travel and other purposes. The elephants were tied up with ropes they could easily have escaped.

The man asked the villagers about this and was told that the same ropes were used from when the elephants were babies. They learned that the rope was too strong and by the time they were grown they accepted their limits and didn’t try to pull the rope anymore

Far too often we do the same. We accept limitations that we could overcome if we tried. It’s important to keep pushing ourselves and not accept limits

MOLESKIN:
Thoughts are with Postpone and Pinocchio’s family as well as with Nair’s friend Viktoriya
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
2.0 workout 8:30am Saturday at Arsenal

Today was the day

THE SCENE: 70’s & cloudy.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH IC x31, Imperial Squat Walkers x8, Overhead Claps x20 something, Tempo Merkins IC x8

THA-THANG:
Dora 3-2-1. One battle buddy does workout while the other moseys to 3rd light post for 5 burpees. We modified during the merkins to Iron Mike 2CT.

  • 300 Squats
  • 200 Merkins
  • 100 V Ups

Round The Fountain: partners start at the same point & bear crawl to opposite side until meeting again.

  • Around the world lunges (1 lunge =1) x300
  • BBS x200
  • Diamond Merkins x100

Q had brain fog from Taco’s Q how long the beat down takes & all groups were somewhere in Round 2 when Recover was called.
MARY:
20 BBS OYO, Hello Dolly 4 CT IC x1
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Use the TAGS on right-side to record PAX (BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOURSELF) in attendance. Be sure to select the AO in CATEGORY above TAGS and then delete these notes!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

If you want the life you want, it will cost you the life you have.

Proverbs 13:19- A longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but fools detest turning from evil.

New Living Translation- It is pleasant to see dreams come true, but fools refuse to turn from evil to attain them.

All change starts with telling the truth about how things are now. Observe your habits- what do you tell yourself, where are you or what are you doing when you mess up your goals. You live on brain patterns. We don’t know that we’re checked out until we check back in. It’s amazing what change you can drive when you do check in.

“You step in 0% of the dog poop that you see.”

  • Practice is a process, not a destination. Did you know self guided missles miss there target 90% of the time? They have an algorithmic called course correction.
  • Who do you want to be on November 20th? Set goals for your work, biological, and family self. Identify one goal for each that you can do this week

MOLESKIN:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
2.0 workout this Saturday at the Arsenal. Not stated but Special thanks to Moses for giving us a platform to practice the 2nd F.

Crazy 48s, Bomb Shelter edition

THE SCENE: Dry, but with the usual midsummer thick-as-pea-soup air.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
Pretty sure the disclaimer happened… YHC was a bit late getting down to Alcoa.
WARM-O-RAMA:
25x SSH IC courtesy of Drifter
5x Cherry Pickers
10x Rockettes
10x Imperial Squat Walkers
10x LBAC each way

THA-THANG:
Crazy 48s on the grinder:
24 merkins at Pavalon end, 24 at the Scrapyard for a total of 48
Half-lap mosey around the park (about a quarter mile)
12 merkins and 12 iron mikes at each of the 4 corners of the grinder for 48 each
Half-lap around the park
8 merkins, 8 iron mikes, and 8 V-ups at each corner plus the midpoints of the long sides. 48 each again.
Half-lap around the park
6 each of merkins, iron mikes, V-ups, and 8-ct body builders at each corner of a figure-8 around the grinder for the last 48.

MARY:
Just finished the last 48 right on time. No Mary today.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 came out to kick Thursday square in the jaw.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
My mother in law passed away from Alzheimers a couple of weeks ago. As the disease progressed and took more of her mind, she forgot who anyone was. But she never forgot the Lord, and still talked to Him and about Him to all of us. At her Celebration of Life service, we played the old hymn “It Is Well”, because even until the end she knew that it was well with her soul. Ended the COT by singing that hymn.
MOLESKIN:
Terribly sorry about being late. But those 48s would have been a bit crazier if I hadn’t turned around for a pit stop.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
So much to do! 2.0 workout next weekend, Off the Chain next month. Sign up!