F3 Knoxville

Category: Brickyard

New Year Celebration with Coupons

THE SCENE: Mostly Cloudy, 38°F, Feels like 37°F, Humidity 70%, Wind 3mph from S
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH 25x IC
  • LBAC Forward & Reverse 10x IC
  • Merkins 10x OYO
  • Burpees 10x OYO
  • Little of this, Little of that, Some of these, and Some of those

THA-THANG:

Mosey to the coupon pile. Pick a coupon that you can work with.
Mosey to the splash pad.

  • Decreasing Rounds – Start with 30x then 25x/20x/15x/10x/5x
  • Exercises:
    • Overhead Press
    • Tricep Extensions
    • Front raises
    • Curl
    • Squats
    • Rows
    • BBS
    • Press
  • When finished with a round Mosey around the splash pad, then start the next round.
  • Mosey to the coupon pile to return coupons, Mosey to the AO.

MARY:

  • Flutter Kicks 25x IC
  • Captian Thor 5x IC
  • Hello Dolly’s 10x IC
  • Bruce Lee’s 10x IC
  • Box Cutters 10x IC
  • Circle of Fire (legs)

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Herbie, Fast-n-Easy, Biohazard, Hamm, Belding, FNG – Boogaloo
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
It’s a new year. Time many make resolutions. Make concrete goals. Ones that are achievable but will take effort. A goal achieved through effort and hard work is better than one you just coast through. Set your goal, share your goal, have others hold you accountable, and then crush your goal.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Prayer Lessons ITG

Prayer Lessons ITG

Everyone knows the drill.  The alarm goes off, you get dressed, drive to the AO, put in work, name-o-Rama, pray. Rinse and repeat.

Pray.  Hmmm, that one stands out.

What I have seen and learned in my time at F3 is that we as men need male bonding, that is no surprise, but we also need God, and we need prayer. The male bonding part is easy, and I can honestly say my closest friends of all time are men I’ve met in the gloom. They’ve helped me grow, as a man and in my faith.  Many of them might not know it, but it wasn’t just going through the motions, it is how they live life, and how they pray. To see how they have walked with God is truly an inspiration.

No one ever said life was easy, and the men at DogPound have seen all the bad, divorce, overdose, car accidents, death, sick kids, sick wives, job loss, and most recently the ongoing battle with cancer. There has also been much joy to combat the bad which is always a blessing. However, what has stayed with me is how these men through everything good and bad, has been to pray.  Prayer has been a focal point in everyone of those situations. Praying together in gloom.  Praying alone about those in need.  A text message or post requesting prayer.  A reminder to pray for someone. Day to day through adversity, celebration, and whatever comes their way, they remain calm and steadfast not only in their actions, their undying trust in God,  their support of one another, but in how they pray.

I wanted to share because prayer hits home for me.  My biggest fear about leading my first Q wasn’t the exercises, cadence, not even the public speaking.  But public praying?  Well that’s not my thing. I’ll be the first to admit even now when I pray it still isn’t fancy. I’m not eloquent like Junk or La-z-boy.  I don’t have Bible verses come to me during prayer.  I still say “uh” a lot, and there are lots of awkward pauses. I’m basically still one step above the old faithful “Now I lay me down to sleep…”.  For me, I know I have never left the BOM thinking “dude, I rocked that prayer”.  But truthfully the men in my Wolfpack have taught me that doesn’t even matter.  What I’ve seen is that it’s not about how you pray, where you pray, what you pray, but it is to just to pray. Just pray. Taking time to speak with God. Thanking him for all that He has given you, good and bad, and then laying your joys and concerns at His feet.  Submitting, asking, and allowing for His plan for our lives.

I believe God always answers prayers. Always. It might not be the answer we want, and it might not be when we want it, but He answers. He opens doors while closing others. And because of that He just wants us to pray.

It took me a long time to understand that, and I am thankful for these men who have helped me.

“pray without ceasing” 1 Thessalonians 5:17

Climb the Ladder / Brickwall

THE SCENE: Rainy as all get out
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Large arm circles 20 seconds each side, rotate torso 20 seconds (B), waist / trunk circles 20 sec, leg swings 20 sec (B). lunge drops 20 sec (B), boxer shuffle 20 sec, SSH
THA-THANG:
Increasing intervals of time (10, 20, 40, 50 sec active) followed by 15 sec rest doing a boxer shuffle:

  • L single leg burpee
  • R single leg burpee
  • side lunge pops L
  • side lunge pops R
  • mtn climber get ups
  • squat jacks
  • push up jacks
  • high knees
  • Repeat each full round increasing active intervals by 10 sec

MARY:
LBC;s, Freddy Mercury’s, Flutter kicks, Hello Dolly’s
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Natty, Herbie, Fast n Easy, soy sauce, Hamm, Chaucer, Tractor, Belding, Simmons, A-Rod
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
go with the flow, don’t sweat the small stuff
MOLESKIN:
I can’t remember I was getting sick at this point
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

Gifts from a Dry Bag on a Damp Day

THE SCENE:

Unseasonably warm (59 degrees) and very damp with rain looming and some drizzle

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER:

8 HIM’s were present with no FNG’s present. My name is Hamm etc. etc.

WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH’s, LBAC’s, Nolan Ryans, Dirty Reindeers, Reindeer Kicks, Bobby Hurley’s Cherry Pickers, Windmills.

Then we Nolan Richardson’ed to the setup where coupons and cones were located nearby.

THA-THANG:

There were two cones setup 20-25 yards apart.

There was a CMU and a 50lb Sandbag at the Gift Wrapping Station. While the rest of the PAX participated in the WOD, 2 HIMS were always manning the CMU and Sandbag as follows:

CMU: 25 Curls, 5 Brickees, AMRAP Monkey Humpers

Sandbag: 25 Curls, Cone2Cone Throws & Back, AMRAP Monkey Humpers

The rest of the PAX drew an exercise from the bag and performerd it in the manner of the Twelve Days of Christmas Workout. After each set a Mosey was taken around the AO and back to the designated area.

  • 1 – 8 Count body Builder
  • 2 – Plank Jacks
  • 3 – Mountain Climbers
  • 4 – Cone2Cone Lunges & Back
  • 5 – A Cone to Cone Bear Crawl & Back
  • 6 – Burpees
  • 7 – Shoulder Taps
  • 8 – Iron Mikes
  • 9 – Chain Breakers
  • 10 – Overhead Claps
  • 11 – Squats
  • 12 – Merkins

MARY:
HIMS instructed to MARY on their Own

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Hamm, Fast-n-Easy, Herbie, Biohazard, A-Rod, Manilow, Simmons, & Tractor

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

“When we love something it is of value to us, and when something is of value to us we spend time with it, time enjoying it and time taking care of it.” M. Scott Peck

How often do we find ourselves ignoring opputunity to invest in our children, significant others, or people in general because we are distracted or entralled by something else (i.e. social media, cell phone, etc.) We do well to reduce these distractions and to engage with our children and others by learning about them and relating to them. In some ways this goes against our nature which we have to learn how to defy in order to have the best quality in our relationships.

MOLESKIN:

We prayed for our ability to cope with holiday stress, career decisions, and the Mend House.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Manilow will be on Q Thursday. Other Q’s are still available in December.

Pearl Harbor Remembrance Workout

THE SCENE: Clear & Cool @ 39 degrees in Powell TN at the local High School
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

Was Done.

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, LBAC, Merkins, Cherry Pickers, Wind Mills, Stretching, Run a Lap .
THA-THANG:
Two teams of 3 were arranged, the yellow team & the orange. The orange team seemed to have more due diligence about themselves & prior knowledge about the subject matter than the yellow team. A question was read about Pearl Harbor by the Q while each team sent a HIM around the parking lot to grab a disc of their assigned color. The teams HIM who returned to the Q first with a disc in hand got to answer first. The team that lost had to draw a Royalty Card from the F3 Deck of Workout Card and perform 25 reps of said exercise while the other team drew a number card and performed the exercise 10 Reps. If neither team got the  correct answer an ACE was drawn and the PAX performed the exercise 100 Reps. This happened twice. The Orange team won most challenges & the Yellow team had to perform most of the Royalty Card exercises but the Orange Team demonstrated some grace by trading cards a couple of times. Some extra Burpees were performed because the Yellow Team tried to use a number card when they were supposed to use a royalty card.

MARY:

N/A abdominal exercises were interspersed in the workout itself.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

Hamm, A-Rod, Belding, Biohazard, The Colonel, Tuba, & Natty

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
We Picked up a Trashed parking lot.
MOLESKIN:
Be Kind. Be kind to the Q too.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
I don’t have anything.