F3 Knoxville

Stop Staring at the Sky and Do Good!

THE SCENE: Great morning for a workout! Not hot, but on the humid side
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Done and done adequately 
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH IC x20 | LBAC IC x10 each way | Little of this; Little of that | Tempo Squats IC x10
THA-THANG:
Grab a CMU and Fellowship Mosey(TM) to Skatepark. Place at the other end and return for “100 Down”

Starting with 100 Reps, do each exercise the number of reps indicated, Mosey to your CMU after each exercise and do 10 Squat Thrusters

  • 100 SSH
  • 90 Flutter Kicks
  • 80 Shoulder taps
  • 70 Hello Dollys
  • 60 Squats
  • 50 Merkins
  • 40 Iron Mikes
  • 30 American Hammers
  • 20 Burpees
  • 10 Bodybuilder +

MARY:
5+ mins of PAX-lead Mary –> Flutter Kicks, American Hammers, Merkins, Cherry Pickers
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
4 HIMs; 0 FNGs –> Aladdin, Earmuffs, Zack Attack, & Blindside
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Last Thursday, the Church celebrated the Feast of the Ascension, marking the end of the time Jesus spent on Earth after the Resurrection. In Acts, the Apostles watch Jesus ascend into the heavens & kept staring up at the sky. Those passing by noted that they don’t need to keep watch, Jesus will return the same way. Like the first Apostles, we don’t need to stare at the sky awaiting Jesus’ return but put our focus on the world and all the good we can do.

More running than I thought

  1. THE SCENE: Insert info about the weather, etc.
    F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
    WARM-O-RAMA:

    Warm up stuff
    THA-THANG:
    Mosey up to the boat.
    start at light pole 1, do one of exercise . Run to light pole #6 and back to start. Run to pole #2 do two of exercise and run to pole #6  and back to start. Run to pole #3 etc etc until you hit Pole #6 with exercise. Audible: running was more than I thought so we went to just running back to last spot then to running ahead after exercise. Exercises are:
  • Merkins
  • Russian rockettes 4ct
  • Shoulder taps 4ct
  • Alternating pistol squats
  • plank toe touches 4ct

 

MARY:
A Ring of fire with hello dollies. Then LBC’s, Peter Parker’s, imperial Walker’s, imperial squat walkers.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
13
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Ask the pax what do they spend their time on, What is important that you work for? for all those things…

You can do better.

MOLESKIN: 

great to be back at the Dog Pound!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

july 2nd convergence at JUCO. Shamrock flag pass wed, June 11th kickball tournament

Skatepark Ladder of DOOM

THE SCENE: Beautiful morning!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER  Done and done goodish
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH IC x25 | LBAC IC x10 each way | Cherry Pickers IC x5 | Tempo Squats IC x10

THA-THANG:
Grab a CMU and head across the street. Leave CMU at the Parking Lot entrance, don’t worry, we will see them soon…

Mosey to Skatepark. Complete the exercises & reps. After each round, run up and over the wall (or around and do 1 Burpee), run along the wall and do 10 Squat Thrusters where you dropped your CMU, and return to Skatepark for the next round. Once down the ladder, go back up!

  • Sometimes
  • 100 SSH
  • 90 Imperial Walkers
  • 80 American Hammers
  • 70 Squats
  • 60 Hello Dollies
  • 50 Shoulder Taps
  • 40 Flutter Kicks (2 ct.)
  • 30 Merkins
  • 20 Lunges (each leg)
  • 10 CCD
  • 5 BodyBuilder+’s

MARY:
Ring of Fires (Led by Trunk):

Merkins from 3

Squats from 3

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 HIMs; 0 FNGs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

We only have 168 hours per week. 

“The happiest people spend much time in a state of flow – the state in which people are so involved in an activity that nothing else seems to matter; the experience itself is so enjoyable that people will do it even at great cost, for the sheer sake of doing it.” Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  1. Prioritize. 2. Be clear on what energizes us. 3. Stop making excuses and do what you need to do.

Why do some people get more done than others? They understand the difference between time management, which is a fixed amount & energy management which is elastic, malleable, and subject to change. Is what we are spending our energy on important? Is staying up an extra 40 mins worth that episode? Is focusing on menial, non-important tasks @ home or work worth being drained when it’s time to spend time w/ your M or 2.0s?

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

Under Cover @ The Dog Pound 4-26-22

THE SCENE: Early arrivals made their way to the Pav-A-Lon in the dry.  Those who were right on time got washed.  A couple of new exercises were introduced this morning.  Descriptions of each are included below.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

Done and done well.  Big welcomes to 1 FNG (I.C.P.) and to Jagged Pill for making it back for a second time.

WARM-O-RAMA:
Some leg stretching and tempo-merkins
THA-THANG:
EV.1 – Ab Circuit – 30 seconds work, 15 seconds rest, 4 sets of each exercise before moving to the next

1 – Elbow Plank

2 – Dead Bug

3 – Full Range Fred (Freddie Mercury where the elbow comes all the way to the knee and the foot goes all the way back to the ground to complete each rep)

4 – Sitting Single Leg Raise (seated position with back resting against picnic table bench and legs straight – raise your leg as high as you can without bending the knee, then lower it and repeat).

    • 2 sets for each leg
    • this needs a better name

EV.2 – 10 Minute E.M.O.M. – perform 10 reps for all exercises, every minute on the minute

1 – High-Steppers – Rocky Balboa using the picnic table bench as the elevated touch point (2=1)

2 – Air Squats

3 – Imperial Walkers (2=1)

EV.310 reps of each, together, for 3 rounds.  QIC calls the cadence, PAX calls out the rep count, 10-count between rounds

1 – Cap Gun (R) – bench-assisted pistol squat with the right foot grounded

2 – Cap Gun (L) – bench-assisted pistol squat with the  left foot grounded

3 – Bird Dog (2=1)

4 – Single Leg Step Down (R) – standing on the picnic table bench, perform a single leg squat so that your left foot is lowered below the bench and your right thigh becomes parallel to the ground, then stand back up

5 – Single Leg Step Down (L) – standing on the picnic table bench, perform a single leg squat so that your right foot is lowered below the bench and your left thigh becomes parallel to the ground, then stand back up

6 – Arm-Ups – similar to a shoulder tap – from high plank position in front of the picnic bench, move each hand from the floor to the bench, and then back down to complete one rep (left hand up, right hand up, left hand down, right hand down = 1)

MARY:
Windmills x 6 IC; 10 Merkins OYO
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 PAX, 1 with Respect, and 1 FNG
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Ancestral Mathmatics –

In order to be born, you needed:

2 parents

4 grandparents

8 great-grandparents

16 second great-grandparents

32 third great-grandparents

64 fourth great-grandparents

128 fifth great-grandparents

256 sixth great-grandparents

512 seventh great-grandparents

1024 eighth great-grandparents

2048 ninth great-grandparents

For you to be born today from 12 previous generations, you needed a total of 4,094 ancestors over the last 400 years.

Think for a moment – How many struggles?  How many battles?  How many difficulties?  How much sadness?  How much happiness?  How many love stories?  How many expressions of hope for the future? – did your ancestors have to undergo for you to exist in this present moment…
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CSAUP – Escape From Haw Ridge coming up May 6

Not All CMUs are Good CMUs

THE SCENE: Wonderfully warm(er than recently)
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Done and Done well… 
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH IC x25 | LBAC x10 each way | Cherry Pickers I[DP]C x5 | Tempo Squats x10
THA-THANG:

Grab a CMU & Colonizer Run with CMU Merkins to the bottom of Matterhorn. Partner up, 1st Partner AMRAPs the exercises while 2nd partner runs to the Backbone for 5 pull-ups, repeat until each round is over. Partners then run together up Matterhorn for 10 Burpees together, return and start the next round.

Round 1: Squat Thrusters, OH Press, Curls, Goblet Squats

Round 2: Left Arm Row, Right Arm Row, Flutter Kicks, CMU Pull Throughs*

*Time was called before we got here, returned to the AO, stopping for 25 dips on the way

MARY:
There just wasn’t any time left. Maybe next time.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
12 HIMs; 2 FNGs (!!)

Ski-Dog; Excitebike; Goat Dish; Mayberry; Ribbed; Submarine; La-Z-Boy; DriftWood; Inspector Gadget; Nole; Jagged Pill; Blindside

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

“Not all money is good money.” 

I heard this quote for the first time yesterday and it really made an impact on me. Hustling, grinding, and always searching for more financial success isn’t always a good thing. Would taking a promotion and a pay increase be worth more time away from my family? Maybe, but not often. This is something I need to remind myself as I have opportunities to add more hours or enter into a new position in Knox County Schools…ANNOUNCEMENTS:
2nd F event tonight at 6 pm at Admiral’s Pub in Farragut; CSAUP 5/9 9 pm-Midnight; JUCO Convergence 7/2