F3 Knoxville

Category: The Dog Pound

Sharpening

The Scene: 35 and clear

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

THE THANG
COP –
SSH 15 IC
Tempo Squats 15 IC
LBAC IC – 10 forward, 10 reverse
Little “Some of this/that”
Calf raises 20/stretch/20/stretch

Mosey to the boats and back to the coupon pile
Count off by 3’s
Alternate groups running to the boats and back, the rest cycled reps over, and over, and over

Merkins 10
Dips 10
SSH 10
Curls 10
Overhead 10
Crunches 20

Rinse and repeat for 37 glorious minutes

BOM:
IRON SHARPENS IRON
We hear this phrase used frequently, particularly in Christian circles and almost always in relation to men. As I ponder this concept, several things occur to me. The first is about how iron sharpens iron. While it sounds cool to visualize, iron does not sharpen iron by smashing against it. Two swords clashed against each other over and over again will not sharpen each other. Much the opposite, they both will become dull, and in fact quite jagged.

Iron sharpens iron in much the same way that anything else sharpens. That is, through precise, purposeful and repetitive motion in close proximity to one another. I don’t know that there could be a better description of the concept of F3. Purposeful repetitive interaction in close proximity. Today we all ran at our doable pace and not one of us took the identical footsteps to someone else. However at the top and back of each loop we regrouped and worked together. That way none of us felt as if we were truly running alone, even slow guys like me were still running near a brother. Add to that the hundreds of repetitions of exercise that we did together, all in cadence, so that no one fell off the beat, was tempted to quit or needed to show off by doing more faster. We worked hard together and we got better together. This is a great model of how we need to handle ourselves spiritually and emotionally together as well. We need to place ourselves in close proximity to each other at regular intervals, and not just when we are working out, but also in down times. That’s why we have 2nd F. We also need to sharpen each other as we draw closer to the Lord. 3rd F. I encourage you men to practice this during your time together and your work time – see it as sharpening. Recall that no discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on however it produces a rich harvest. Let’s keep working toward that rich harvest of sharp iron.

Moleskin:
It was cold today and the men worked very hard. We had a great time working in tandem and the reps were brutal for the arms while the running was solid for the legs. We benefited from excellent team leadership as we handed off the responsibility for calling the cadence every few minutes.

You know how to count to eleven, right?

Scene – 26deg Cold and Gloomy (Shorts weather for some)

F3 Welcome & Disclaimer

Warm-o-Rama:
2 Laps around the outhouse
25 X SSH IC
5 X 2 X BA CIR FWD/BACK IC
OYO BigAuntThelma
15 x Tempo Merk IC

The THANG:
Mosey to Baby-Everest
You know what 11’s are, right?
Burpees at the Top
4 Count Rock Climbers at the bottom

Mosey to the Parking Lot above…find a partner!
Wheelbarrow Derkins
Wheelbarrow w/ partner to each line and perform 5 derkins
Switch w/ partner
Rinse and Repeat-o

Mosey to the Pavi-lawn
You know what 11’s are, right?
Dips & LBC’s

Back to the AO for Dealer’s choice Mary
Mayberry – American Hammers
Frosty – BBS
Ratchet – Boat/Canoe

Count off and Name-O-Rama

BOM:
We were challenged by Mayberry on his last BOM to put ourselves 3rd. God, Friends/Family, and then us. 2 Things we can do to make small steps towards that are: 1. Carve out the first 5 minutes of your day to be with the Sky-Q. Ask God, What is it that you would have me do for you today? 2. Be present in the moment. Be in the conversation and not lost in your own thoughts.

Moleskin:
This was a challenging workout for me to lead. My comfort zone lies in lifting CMU’s! I wanted to lead a workout beyond my capacity. With the support of the PAX we managed to get some pretty good work in and complete on time. Our thoughts and prayers are with the PAX that couldn’t be with us today.

What 25# Plate?

F3 Intro and Disclaimer

Warm-O-Rama
Around the Worlds
Figure 8s
Halos
Russian Swing
American Swing
Merkins
30 Jump Ropes

The THANG
Mosey to Outhouse with ‘Bells
Repeat 5x
– 20x American Swing
– 20x Box Jump
– 10x each Single Swing
– 20x Overhead Lunge (Weighted) – walking out
– Walk back to Kettlebell (OH)
– 50x Jumprope

MARY
Flutter Kick
Side Crunches
Boat-Canoe

WORD

I shared a story about Polish Independence day – November 11, 1989. Don’t take your freedom lightly.

First 2017 Mosey at the Dog Pound

The Scene: 53 damp as the rain had just moved through

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

WARM-O-Rama:

Mosey to the bottom of Matterhorn

50 4ct x IC Mountain Climbers

25 4ct x SSHs

The THANG:

Up the Matterhorn, down the Matterhorn, and back up again

Circle back to pick up the 6 and Mosey to the Pav-a-lon

50 x OYO Pull-ups

50 x OYO Toes to Bar (sub Imperial Walkers when needed)

50 x OYO Squats

Mosey to the upper parking lot and Battle Buddy up

Baby DORA

50 x Burpees

100 x Domo Arigato Squats

200 x Merkins

300 x LBCs  (you only get wet once)

AB-O-Rama:

Merkin Ring of fire

Name-O-Rama

BOM:

With New Years here and everyone making New Years resolutions here is mine: “I am 3rd.”  While there are physical and personal goals I want to meet this year, the biggest and most challenging is to remember “I am 3rd.”  What that means in order is 1. God, 2. Family, friends, F3 Brothers, and strangers, 3. Me.  In our world where it is all about me, me, me, to put others before oneself is a challenge but what a wonderful blessing for the recipients, and prime example of Jesus.  We have been a recipient of Jesus putting God first, others even his enemies second, and himself third.  I can think of no better example to follow than his leadership.

Every time I go to read the Bible with my son, he wants to read his favorite verse.  He just turned 7. His favorite verse is Philipians 4:13 which is perfect for the strength we need to accomplish all our goals, but especially to remember to be 3rd

“I can do all this through Him who gives me strength”

Moleskin: Lots of F3 brothers either fartsacked due to the rain, or the pull-ups.  Prayer request for Amelia whose M will soon have a 2.0, and also for the family in Martin TN  who is suffering through the loss of 2 of their 2.0s in a house fire.

BEAR my burdens

F3 Welcome & Disclaimer

The Scene: 49 deg in the gloom

Warm-o-Rama:

20x SS hops

20x baby arm circles

Mosey to CMU pile

Return w/CMU overhead TO AO

Plank on CMU till ‘six joins

 

The Thang:

Mosey w/CMU to Kory Hill

Alternate 10 CMU curls and 10 CMU squats, while partner bear crawls up hill and bear crawls down the hill. Switch. Repeat twice each partner.

Curls and squats till ‘six finishes

Mosey to Matterhorn w/CMU

Wagon wheel to maintain contact with the ‘six

30 sec recover

Battle buddy up

Stations of 5 burpees, 10 SSHs, 20 squats

Staying together, one partner farmer walks with both CMUs one does bear crawl. Both do exercise and Switch at each station.

At last station leave CMU and run to top. Plank and 10 ‘merkins till the ‘six arrives

Mosey to “pavalon”, do 5 pull ups, 10 dips and 10 squats, repeat for two minutes. Mosey back to top

Plank and 10 ‘merkins until 6 joins

Mosey down get CMU and mosey to sign. One partner carries both CMUs while other actively moseys beside him. Switch after 50 yards. Then, two lines of Slow Indian run w/CMU back to AO.

At AO, 30 sec recover

5 burpees

AMRAP arm curls w/CMU while partner runs 40yards and back. Switch. X2

Mosey to CMU pile to return CMU and back to AO.

MARY:

Ring of Fire-Circle hold up legs ab crunch, each person pushes others legs down till complete circle. Repeat if time allows with jumping over planks.

Count off and Name-o-Rama

BOM:

Often times, especially with our busy lives, we don’t recognize when others need help. The Bible says:

Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.”

Galatians 6:2

The “law” that Paul is writing about in Galatians is most undoubtedly referring to “love your neighbor”

We need to look for ways to ease our neighbor’s burdens. To search out ways to serve our neighbor. Christmas time is a very stressful time for my M, she suffers from depression and anxiety and it is compounded during the holidays. I usually try and stay away from her and do everything possible at the house to ease her anxiety when she feels bad, but it doesn’t help always. A clean house…What I thought was her burden, was not, she needed affection and attention. As men we try to fix things the way we want or the way we think they should be fixed. My M doesn’t agree. She sometimes doesn’t even want it fixed! She just wants to vent about it.

The point is, we need to ease our neighbor’s burdens not what we think their burdens are.