F3 Knoxville

Category: The Dog Pound

A visit with Fat Amy

**The name “Fat Amy” is used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

The Scene: 53 degrees and calm

F3 Intro and Disclaimer

Warm-O-Rama
Imperial Walkers x 15 IC
Russian Rockette x 15 IC
Windmills x 15 IC
Cherry Pickers x 10 IC
SSH x 15 IC
Mountain Climbers x 15 IC
Plank Jacks x 15 IC
Squat x 15 IC
BurpeeCircle x PAX count

The THANG
Fat Amy:
50 Squats
– 10 Burpees
40 BBS
– 10 Burpees
Lunge to Cone, Sprint Back
– 10 Burpees
20 Star Jacks
– 10 Burpees
Bear Crawl to Cone, Sprint Back
– 10 Burpees
20 Star Jacks
– 10 Burpees
Lunge to Cone, Sprint Back
– 10 Burpees
40 BBS
– 10 Burpees
50 Squats

Dora’cides (Partner Up!)
Suicides – Incremental Burpees for each cone (1,2 & 3)
150 Merkins (Audible as we were running out of time!)
200 Jumping Squats (touch ground)
300 BBS

MARY
Flutter Kick
Marge / Homers
Shoulder Blasters

WORD
Intensity is important, but for short duration.  Forget the hour long meetings, hour long back-breaker workouts – strive for 10-20 minutes of high intensity every hour and make those moments count.  Do this in your “service” – to God, country, family, friends, and service for those who you don’t know, and yourself.

Farmer’s Carry 101

The Scene: 37 and Gloomy
F3 Intro and Disclaimer

Warm-O-Rama:

Around the Worlds
Figure 8s
Halos
American Swing
Russian Swings
10x ‘Merkins

The THANG:
20 min AMRAP
20x KB Swings then 20x Slide Squats
8x Sandbag Shoulder Toss (60# or 80#)
12x Burpees
1x Farmer’s Carry (Double 82# Jerry Cans or Double 53# KBs)

MARY:
Plank-O-Rama for a long while…
20x Flutter Kick
10x American Hammer w/KB

WORD: Just a quick note about “Find your voice” and “Know when to shut up and listen.”  As men we have to learn and practice when to use each of these effectively. Something to think about as we move through our day.

Resolution Restart

The Scene: 45 and no rain (some stench?!)

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer  (…at the Boat as we had to move the COP because Tank brought a skunk for show and tell)

WARM-O-RAMA
11 IC Cherry Pickers
30 IC Side Straddle Hops
15 OYO Merkins

THE THANG
Mosey to Sign
– 15 OYO Merkins
Mosey to top of Matterhorn
– 15 OYO Squats
Mosey to Pavilon for a “Christmas party”

  • Round 1: 5 pullups, 20 stair steppers, then run back up to the top and touch the gate and return back. (Rinse and repeat for 7 minutes)
  • Round 2: 5 decline push-ups, 10 squats, then run back up to the top and touch the gate and return back. (Rinse and repeat for 7 minutes)
  • Round 3: 5 hanging knee raises, 10 dips, then run up to the top and touch gate and return back (Rinse and repeat for 7 minutes)

Mosey back up to the top of Matterhorn

15 OYO Squats
– Mosey to Sign
10 Merkins
– Mosey to Boat
10 OYO Merkins
– Mosey to AO

MARY:
14 IC Flutter Kicks
Dealers Choice:
– IC Marge/Homers 1minute
– 20 IC American Hammers
– OYO Death by Burpees 3 Minutes

BOM:  “Resolution Restart”- learning how to restart after failing. LIFE- Learn, Integrate, Fail, Evaluate (Rinse and repeat)!

Moleskin:  So I show up with some of the PAX already there a few minutes early as you might expect.  I notice the skunk smell.  I say something.  I think Bartman points out to me that Tank parked his car far…and I mean FAR away from his normal parking spot.  “Tank hit a skunk on the way in this morning”.

Not only did Tank hit a skunk, but the STENCH really stuck with the car.  He must have squeezed that thing with a tire at just the right angle…it was enough to make you gag, repeatedly.  Tank’s nickname for the workout was “STANK”.  I’m wondering how many car-washes he’ll need to make it “go away”…  How is he going to roll up in a suit for work, with a car that smells like Skunk?

Ok, enough of that – Doubtfire’s VQ was excellent!  Good planning, great variety and he kept the PAX engaged and even added a little creativity! (Nice extra effort with the Christmas lights!)  TCLAPS!

Chalk Games

The Scene: 40 and clear

F3 welcome and disclaimer

Warm-o-Rama
10 IC forward arm circles
10 IC reverse arm circles
20 IC x 4ct Merkins
Mosey to hockey rink and BB up

The THANG
Hopscotch
1st round
burpees
1 partner does 20 SSH and 20 LBC while other completes the burpee hopscotch
Switch
When both finish take a lap

2nd round
Carolina dry docks/bear crawl
Domo squats
Switch
When both finish take a lap

Mosey to Pee Rocks
AMRAP
20 x Clean and press
20 x Squats
20 x Curls
20 x Tris
While partner sprints across the parking spots

3 rounds of Pinwheels (aka shuffle press in a circle)
Partner does Rocky Balboa until Pinwheel is complete

Ab-o-rama
Pickle pounders
BBS
American Hammers

BOM

This past fall I read a book by John Eldridge called “Fathered by God” and it spoke of how many men seek their strength from a woman instead of seeking it from God. By doing this it leads us to begin to resent the woman because the strength we as men need is not something we can obtain from her. That is something we must obtain from God. I’m sure I was partially doing this to my wife as well, but ever since reading that I have been trying to get my strength from God, F3 being a part of that, and providing my strength to her. You know what? It has helped our relationship and our family.

Tomorrow my wife goes in for surgery, and the last time she went in for surgery was about 4 years ago when she had an unplanned operation for an eptopic pregnancy. I didn’t realize the severity of the operation until the doctor came out and said “ok the chances she won’t make it, or that there will be complications are slim, but there is a possibility she could not return”. As I sat in the waiting room my mind raced, we had a 2 year old son at home, she was a stay at home mom, which means she did everything for him and me, and at that time the woman I had been gaining my strength from might not come back to me. I was freaked the fudge out, and I was a weak weak man.

As we approach this surgery tomorrow, I know we are in a different place, I’m giving her my strength instead of taking my strength from here and I know in my heart God is watching over her. However, I’m still a weak man. We now have 2 wonderful children and a 9 week old puppy at the house, her recovery time is 4-6 weeks and I’m scared of the wheels falling off the bus . I don’t struggle with the thought of losing my wife on this one, because that is in God’s hands. But daily I struggle with not being the husband she needs or the father my kids need.

I also know all of us here are all struggling with something or another, injuries, illness, divorce, death of a loved one, depression, loss of a job, possible move, etc. What we need to do is turn it to God. This is when God wants us to turn it to Him. It says so in:

2 Corinthians 12:8-10

“Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But He said to me “My grace is sufficient for you for my power is made perfect in weakness” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses so that Christ power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong”

I am a weak man. But I am strong because I know God is with me, and my M. I know he will watch over her, protect her, and bring her out of this better than before.

Sweet Sixteens

The Scene: 53 and clear skies
F3 Intro and Disclaimer
Warm-O-Rama:
Around the Worlds
Figure 8s
Halos
American Swing
‘Merkins
The THANG:
Sets of 16, AMRAP
– American Swings – Suicide Run + 16 ‘Merkins
– Goblet Squats – Jump rope 50x
– Burpee facing KB – Suicide Run + 16 ‘Merkins
– Sumo High Pulls – Jump rope 50x
MARY:
Plank-O-Rama
20x Toe Touches
20x Rockettes
20x Knee Holds
Shoulder Blasters!
Sit-Ups / V-Ups
WORD:
Q Shared a story about a member of the PAX needing someone to just listen.  You don’t always need to solve a problem, sometimes listening is the right thing to do.
Moleskin:
Tweet-E was back and the mublechatter was rich!  Three new guys to Ropes & Bells, and they put out!  Good to have you guys and we’ll see ya tomorrow!