F3 Knoxville

Category: The Dog Pound

Ruck the Skate

AO: dogpound
Q: La-Z-Boy (Zac Smith)
PAX: Junk (Sam Yoakum), Madoff, Aladdin, Peacekeeper, I-Beam, Lightweight
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7

WARMUP:
SSH
BA Circ
Merkins
Tempo Squats
Cherry Pickers
THE THANG:
AMRAP
Ruck & Repeat
(thanks I-Beam)

5x Squat Thrusters
10x Blockees
15x Sh Taps
20x Squat
25x Canoe Press
30x Flutter
35x Rocky B
40x Mtn Climber

all with Ruck or Block

Run/shuffle to the port-o-john

MARY:

LBC
Sh Taps
Merkins

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

GTE – Convergence

COT:

What’s your mantra?

What can you fall back on when things get tough?

How do your remind yourself that you can do hard things?

Obstacles Make Me Stronger.

You can’t Break Me.

I’m Blessed and Highly Favored.

(Some of) The 11 Ladder

AO: dogpound
Q: Blindside
PAX: Mayberry, Madoff, Aladdin, Earmuffs (Dan Studt), Peacekeeper, Lightweight
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WARMUP:
Typical Blindside-y Warm-up Things

THE THANG:
Get a coupon, vest, plate, or ruck and make way to the Skatepark for the 11 Ladder.
Starting with 11 reps each, complete the 9 exercises, leave ruck/coupon/etc., run and climb over the wall (2 Burpee penalty if you go around it), and run around the Thunderdome back to the Skatepark. Drop to 10 reps for the next round, rinse and repeat.
Exercises:
Burpee Jump Overs
Goblet Squats
Ruck Mountain Climbers
Ruck Iron Mikes
Ruck Merkins
OH Press
WW3 Sit ups
Curls
American Hammers

MARY:
No time. But she says that she misses us.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Concord Trails I this Saturday at the Cove, see Slack for details.
Big Ball Convergence rescheduled for 2/17
Escape from Haw Ridge Friday, March 1st!

COT:
“If you ask God to move mountains, expect Him to hand you a shovel.”

Slow but Steady

AO: dogpound
Q: Unibráu (Nick Robinson)
PAX: Earmuffs (Dan Studt), La-Z-Boy (Zac Smith), Waxjob, Lightweight
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5

WARMUP:
Quick warm up, some were already warm from a pre-ruck.
THE THANG:
Modified Cindy Crawford, had some fellowship mosey because of ice.
MARY:
Completed.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
Prayers for the wife.

The Thunderdome 2024

AO: dogpound
Q: Ribbed
PAX: Junk (Sam Yoakum), Earmuffs (Dan Studt), Mayberry, I-Beam, Madoff, Paperclip, Lightweight, Ribbed
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP:
10 SSH
3 Cherry pickers
THE THANG:
Mosey to the thunderdome.
we have a ladder workout. 12 down to 1 and then do a lap around the thunderdome and back at it.

12- BBS
11- 2ct moutain climbers
10- 2ct shoulder taps
9- merkings
8- squats
7- 2ct flutter kicks
6- flutter kicks
5- step ups
4- 2ct hello dolly
3- imperial squat walkers
2- HR / ST Merkins
1- Burpee

mosey to the AO
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hot Toddy Triple Q 1/13 at Asylum Daybreak, 1/20 Convergence at Big Ball

COT:
Remember your creator this year.

Instead of Mayberry

AO: dogpound
Q: Madoff
PAX: Monstar, Earmuffs (Dan Studt), Utah, Unibráu (Nick Robinson), Colonel (Alex Wallace), Lightweight, Madoff
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WARMUP:
SSH – 20
Plank Marches – 10
5 burpees
Rockettes – 10
Tempo Squats in All Directions – 5 sets
Cherry Picker – 5
Run up the hill – 4 burpees, 20 dips, 3 burpees, 10 slow incline merkins, 2 burpees, run to steep hill in parking area

THE THANG:
5 Sets
Bear Crawl up steep hill, 25 calf raises, walk down steep hill, 10 rocky balboas 4 count
Run to Matterhorn
On the way 5 mucho Chesto
At Matterhorn

3 Sets
5 burpees pull-ups
20 LBC (2 count)
Crawl Bear down hill
Recover walk back to the backbone

Indian Run back to AO

MARY:
Box cutters – 20
Gas pumpers – 10 (4 count)
WWII Sit-ups – 5

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
None

COT:
Encouraged men to Q once a month and also shared some thoughts about feeling unworthy to lead but that F3 and the Dogpound is a safe place to try something you think you aren’t good at.