F3 Knoxville

Category: The Dog Pound

Hills & Pyramids

THE SCENE: Low 50s….perfect F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Standard welcome….no FNGs today WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Run in place 20-30 secs
  • Butt kickers 20-30 secs
  • High knees 20-30 secs
  • SSH (4 ct) x 10 IC
  • Merkins (4 ct) x 10 IC

THA-THANG:

  • Indian run to baby everest
    • Battle buddy up.  DORA each of the following exercises while partner runs to top of baby everest and does 5 squats.  Move to other side of parking lot perform ab work while waiting on the 6.
      • 100 Thrust Merkins
      • 100 Carolina Dry Docks
  • Mosey to the long island
    • 8 cones set up around the island.  Run a lap around performing the following exercises x 2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16 at each cone.
      • Lap 1:  Burpees
      • Lap 2:  Iron Mikes
  • Mosey back to baby everest for some pyramids
    1. 20 tempo squats, run hill
    2. 20 tempo squats, 20 mountain climber, run hill
    3. 20 tempo squats, 20 mountain climber, 20 ranger merkins, run hill
  • Indian run back to AO

MARY:

  • LBC (4ct) x 50
  • Hello Dolly (4ct) x 20
  • Box Cutters x 15

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

12 strong:  Junk, Mayberry, La-Z-Boy, Tweet-E, Frosty, Sparky, Wagon Wheel, Crossbar, Butters, Smoker, I-Beam, Bartman

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:  My heart has been focused on my relationship to Jesus and whether or not I’m all in or not.   As Americans we tend to mold Jesus to fit our lifestyle and our comforts, when actually it should be the other way around.  Take a moment and ask yourself….are you living 100% for Christ or are you fitting him into your routine?   In Matthew 13 Jesus tells a parable which compares Heaven to a treasure that is found in a field.   The man who finds the treasure covers it up and then sells all he has to buy the field.  I’m sure the man in the parable faced ridicule from others who thought he was crazy to sell all of his possessions to buy the field, however he knew the value contained within the ground therefore he gladly accepted the ridicule.  That’s the perspective we should have…our faith in Christ should be such a treasure to us that we willingly accept ridicule, punishment, even death because we know that the prize is of so much greater value than anything this world can offer.

 

MOLESKIN: Prayer request made for anonymous PAX members struggling with their marriages

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Hardship Hill 5/19

Be Sweet

THE SCENE: Mid 50’s, not raining for once

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Jump rope on Q
  • High Knees on Q
  • Wide Knees on Q
  • Butt kicks on Q
  • Arm Circles Little and big on Q

THA-THANG:

Indian run to Matterhorn, last man dropping for 4 squats then sprint to the front

11’s on Matterhorn 1 Merkin/10 Burpees start at the top

Pavalon Dora P1 15 4-count SSH/BBS P2 200 side tri rise(10 per)

MARY:

  • Crunchy frog x 15 IC
  • Single leg touch x 15 IC each leg
  • Flutters x 15 IC
  • Dollys x 15 IC
  • Slutters x 16 IC
  • Superman 10 count hold x 5
  • Scissors 1 min to cash

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
15 Brothers

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Life is too short to get upset about stupid little annoyances in our lives. I have been working on this the past 6 months and my wife says I’m sweeter to her. I can tell we are closer and more loving when I’m not always trying to educate and correct her. She is my best friend and not identical to me. If I accept her as she is we lead a much happier life with a tight relationship.

MOLESKIN:
Thanks to locals for showing me around the park on a recon ruck. Nice place you got! Wall ball did some marathon training instead of the beatdown, but we enjoyed his mumblechatter when he passed by.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Can You Bear the Rain?

THE SCENE: 55 and raining, varying from “buckets” to “showers”.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
15x Windmills IC
21x SSH IC
10x 4ct Travoltas IC (each side)
15x 4ct Monkey Humpers
20x 4ct Mtn Climbers
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the base of the Matterhorn. Cones placed at 20yd spacings to the top.
Partner up and slingshot to the top. Stationary partner does Iron Mikes, movement Bernie Sanders.

Gather up in the Pavalon for:
5x Inchworm Superman
11’s: Hanging 4-ct side-to-side knee-raises and Diamond Merkins.
(planned to do merkins at the top of the hill, but decided to stay out of rain for a few minutes)

Head back to the top of the Matterhorn and slingshot down, this time BBS and bear crawls.
Extra effort modification: 20lb Soaked Sweatshirt Shot-Put by Wagon Wheel

Mosey back to the AO

MARY:
20x Hello Dollys
15x Side Crunch (each side).
Row your Boat (2 rounds)
Peter Parkers
Imperial Walkers until time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
7 PAX said, “rain hair, don’t care”. Well, come to think of it… I guess only 5 said that…
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Yesterday morning my family’s plans for this week got wildly upended. Nothing terrible overall, but just significantly different from plan. That kind of thing can be upsetting and aggravating, but I was reminded that God works all things for the good of those who love Him. I don’t know yet why that interruption came to be, but it’s an opportunity to trust that God is in control and has a greater purpose beyond our limited knowledge. When your plans get interrupted, take that moment to look around for what God is doing. Trust Him and look for opportunities to join Him in what He’s doing.
MOLESKIN:
Nothing like starting out the beatdown with completely soaked feet right out the gate… There was an unavoidable ankle-deep puddle at the entrance of the tennis court when I went to turn on the lights. Shoulda just warmed up in the dark…
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill! Sign up and volunteer!

Konquer the Kranky Kraken

THE SCENE: 35 degrees with a slight breeze
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH x 17 IC
  • Cherry Pickers x 10 IC
  • Mosey to CMU Pile and take it to the center of Kraken

THA-THANG:
While running in place, the PAX was instructed to keep moving for the entire workout. Running in place, moseying, and SSH were the only acceptable forms of rest. If you were called out by another PAX for being stationary, a 10 burpee penalty was assessed. (Side note: no burpee penalties were needed. Well done, gents!)

The Kraken consists of 8 cones in a circle. Each cone had an exercise & number of reps on it. The PAX was instructed to complete the exercise, run to center for 20 CMU overhead presses, Bernie Sanders back to the cone and perform the exercise a second time. Each PAX then completes a lap around the circle to proceed to the next cone. Lap 2 was performed in reverse order.

Exercises were as follows:

  • Smurf Jacks x 30
  • Star Jacks x 30
  • Reverse Lunges x 30
  • Dry Docks x 30
  • Flutter Kicks x 20 (4 ct.)
  • Hello Dolly x 20 (4 ct.)
  • Alternating Shoulder Taps x 20 (4 ct.)
  • Narrow Squats x 30

Return CMU to pile and circle up for MARY.

MARY:

  • Plank Jacks x 30 IC
  • Mountain Climbers x 30 IC
  • Ring of Fire (Merkins) until time expires

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Be intentional with every action you make.  

Recently my M and I were rushing to get out of the house on time for Easter Sunday with her parents. The added 1 hour commute to their church adds some extra effort towards an already busy morning with a 2 year old that really doesn’t understand the concept of “hustle”. We were already 15 minutes late and still not on the road when my increasing frustration boiled over. My patience was shot and I let her know it using a tone that, quite frankly, I wouldn’t like if someone else used towards my M.

What did I accomplish with that action?

My goal that morning was to help her, yet my actions didn’t reflect that. I reacted to a situation (poorly) rather than making an intentional effort towards getting us out of the house. What difference did I make by showing my frustration? If anything, it slowed our departure rather than speed it up. It certainly didn’t set a good example for daughter and it did not show my wife that I loved her. Even if I was right to be frustrated, my actions weren’t intentional. The only thing I accomplished was hurting her feelings and that was definitely not on list of goals for the day.

What should I have done instead?

Take a second before you act and make sure those actions are an intentional step towards your goals. Hasty reactions rarely yield the intended results, and if you aren’t moving forward towards your goals you probably aren’t being a good leader.

Be intentional with every action you make.  It sounds simple. We probably learned it in kindergarten, but we have to apply the lesson.

MOLESKIN:
I’m really glad 10 other knuckleheads showed up to work out this morning because the fartsack was tough to climb out of this morning. Thanks, PAX!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Sign up for Hardship Hill if you’re able to participate and/or volunteer!

#seadangacide

THE SCENE: T-Shirt Weather
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Squat IC x 15ish
  • Merkin IC x 10
  • SSH IC x 20

THA-THANG:
#seadangacide

Mosey to the speed bump at the base of Matterhorn and Partner Up

Run to the marked location, perform the chalked number of Star Jack Burpees and then return to the base of Matterhorn and perform number of Star Jack Burpees. Rinse and Repeat-o in suicide format. Burpees increase by 1 at each location.

MARY:
Star co-q’s Waxjob and Bartman handled as we gathered PAX! Thanks Men
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
24 HIM’s showed up to take on the challenge.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I tend to Q on days that have meaning. On Friday my oldest daughter turns 10. It’s big day for me because it’s a reminder of the first time I met her and really experienced unconditional love. I was told I may love a lot of things, but nothing will compare with how much you love and care for your children.

MOLESKIN:

After scaring the doo out of Flanders and Frosty in the morning, I learned how sketchy running on the backside of Matterhorn is by yourself. Sparky said it best, “Every sound back there is a Godzilla”. Seadangacide was inspired from Shooter’s Seadangus (also a bag of suck). If I were to do it again, I would call the PAX together sooner so we could all come back to the AO together.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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