F3 Knoxville

Category: The Dog Pound

Get Low

THE SCENE: Low 50s and slightly overcast.  A number of hoodies present… Must be expecting a pretty low-key beatdown.  YHC came in on two wheels due to unplanned meeting with John, but at least Stu didn’t show up during the beatdown.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
A bit abbreviated, but mostly there. No FNGs… Let’s Get Low
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH Smurf Jacks x10 IC
Cherry Pickers x6 IC
Peter Parkers
Failure to Launch x8 IC
Freestyle Swims x15 IC
Hand Release Merkins x10 OYO

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the lowest point of the AO at the bottom of the stairs by the docks.
30 Merkins
Up the first set of stairs
60 BBS
Up to the rock
90 Overhead Claps

Mosey to the base of the Matterhorn
Balls-to-the-wall sprint to the top to earn 30s stargazer

Gather in the Pavalon and partner up for some Dora:
30 8-Count Body Builders
60 Super Mario step-ups (60 each leg)
90 6″ LBCs (hold feet 6″ off the ground)
Partner Gets Low and crawls under picnic tables Audible: lots of glass on the floor. Run to top of hill and back

Mosey back to the rock for:
30 Bobby Hurleys
Down to the landing
60 Single-ct shoulder taps
Down to the bottom
90 SSH Out of time! Mosey back to the AO.
MARY:
Just enough time for about 20s of low plank.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 HIMs this morning
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I must admit, as research for this Q I checked out the video for the “song” Get Low.  I can’t say there was much of anything of value there.  But, God actually has quite a bit to say about getting low. Here’s just one of them:

    Mark 9:33-35

And they came to Capernaum. And when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?” But they kept silent, for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest. And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, “If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.”

This isn’t some sort of weird race where the slowest person who happens to be last is unexpectedly declared the winner at the end. This is a conscious choice, a decision to humble yourself and serve others. Get low. As usual, we get the ultimate example:

    Philippians 2:5-8

Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

How will you Get Low today?

MOLESKIN:
When I was planning this Q, the whole “Get Low” theme started with the idea of low-crawling under the picnic tables.  And that’s the one exercise we didn’t do… Next time I’ll bring the leaf blower to the Pavalon…
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 Cleveland Launch next week! Also, Mend House workoutreach Monday at 6. May parlay into Fountain City AO…

Station Work

THE SCENE: 45, clear, dark

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Warm up was explaining the exercises

THA-THANG:
Seven stations in a circle.  Do 25 reps at each station, then run a lap around the outhouse.  Rinse and repeat while dropping 5 reps each circuit until your last circuit is 5 reps per station.

  1. KB Swing:  several size KBs
  2. Squat Press:  20# slam ball, 25# med ball.  Hold the ball, squat down and press it as high as you can throw it.
  3. Curls:  25# & 30# dumbbells
  4. Squats:  60# sandbags
  5. OH Press:  35# dumbbells, golden cmu
  6. Bent over rows:  barbells with 35# on one end
  7. Lunge:  35# weight plates.  Lunge out & back.

MARY:
none

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
I-Beam, Mayberry, Bueller, Junk, Swirlie, Tweet-E, Butters, Abacus, Bartman

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Spoke from Matthew 14.  The story of Jesus walking on water.  Prior to walking on water, Jesus told the disciples to get into a boat and go out on the sea.  Later on, while they were on the water a storm came up and they were afraid, then Jesus walked out to the boat and calmed the storm.   This mornings point was that the disciples did exactly as Jesus told them to do, yet they still encountered a storm.  Life is this way – Jesus told us the Christian life would be difficult.  Do not believe the lie that says storms only arise in your life because you are outside of the will of God.  Quite the contrary, storms are often the mark of a Christian following God’s commands.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

High Wind Advisory Stand In Q

THE SCENE:

At 4:30am, the alarm sounded along with a massive amount of noise from the heavy rain and high wind.  GroupMe messages started flying around to see if the QIC (Frosty) was going to cancel the workout.  A few shameful posts later and YHC drug himself out of the house in the now misty morning.  After arriving at the AO, YHC found no one in sight and again began the troll on GroupMe.  Many were attempting to arrive only to be turned around or forced back to the fartsack due to downed trees and blocked roadways.  Three vigilant PAX included YHC were able to post.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

Welcome and quick disclaimer due to lost time waiting on PAX to arrive

WARM-O-RAMA:
Short warm-up included the following:

  • SSH – IC x 20
  • Cherry Pickers – IC x 10

THA-THANG:
Due to the spontaneous Q to cover for Frosty, YHC pulled out the FitDeck Exercise Playing Cards.  Pulling one at a time, the PAX made it through around 30 cards before having to call it quits for the morning.  There was no shortage of soaking up the surrounding water, stretching out on all four sides getting better together.  A good amount of mumble chatter occurred along with the surrounding sounds of falling branches and trees.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
3 PAX including YHC (I-Beam), WaxJob and Bueller

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Listened to a good audiobook this week by Billy Crystal and Kevin Cline called “Have a Nice Day”.  The story told of a the final day of a man, actually the POTUS, who was contacted by the Grimm Reaper early one morning.  After some convincing, he was allowed to finish out the day to address some family matters that were incomplete.  The moral of the story was “live every day as if it were your last.”

Monster Mash

THE SCENE: Insert info
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
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THA-THANG:
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MARY:
Insert information about any additional post-THANG work (if applicable).
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
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CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
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MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

Trick or Treat

THE SCENE: Clear & 40

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Cherry Picker x 5
  • Mountain Climbers x 20
  • LBAC x 10 each direction
  • OYO Stretches

THA-THANG:
It’s time to Trick or Treat!   QIC had index cards in hand – each card had a Trick exercise and a Treat exercise listed.  PAX blindly chose “Trick” or “Treat” and then we did that exercise

  1. Warm Up Circle – TREAT
    • Shock & Awe Burpees.   10 Burpees, 9 Burpees, 8 Burpees….. all the way down to 1 Burpee
  2. Pee Rocks – TRICK
    • Pee Rock Inchworm Merkin.  Grab a rock and slide it forward…do a merkin on the rock…then walk your feet up to the rock.   Rinse & Repeat the length of the parking spaces and back to the start line.
  3. Baby Everest – TRICK was chosen but we quickly audibled and did the TREAT
    • TRICK:  backward bear crawl up the hill x 5.   Dumb idea…we could barely do it once….audible…
    • TREAT:  7’s on the hill.  Thrust Merkins at top – Starjacks at bottom
  4. Long Island – TREAT
    • 3 laps around the island.  At each end of the island do increasing reps of burpees:  3,6,9,12,15,18.  Time ran out…we didn’t make it past 12.

MARY:

  • TREAT
    • Captain Thor
    • Side Crunch x 10
    • Pickle Pounder x 15

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
12 brothers.   Tweet-E, Bueller, Wallball, Bluecross, Tonka, Ribbed, Waxjob, Podium, Judge Judy, Mayberry, Tank, Bartman

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Is your Christian walk a cruise ship or a war ship?   It is so easy to slip into complacency and comfort as a Christian in America.  The Bible continually tells us we are at war with the evil one – our lives should reflect this.  On a cruise ship the captain is the head entertainer, on a war ship the captain leads us into battle.  On a cruise ship the crew is there to meet your needs, on a war ship you are expected to hold up your brothers up and hold them accountable.  A cruise ship docks when the war begins, a war ship sails headlong into battle.  As men we should all have a warship mentality – Christ promised us this life would be tough if we chose to follow him.  I pray that you find your strength in Christ as you put on Gods armor and go headlong into battle each day.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

3rd anniversary celebration 11/3 & 11/4