F3 Knoxville

Category: JUCO

Diamonds are JUCO’s best friend

THE SCENE: low 40’s & calm

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Tempo Merkins x 10
  • LBAC F/B x 10
  • Tempo Squats x 10
  • Imperial Walkers x 10

 

THA-THANG:

7 of Diamonds.   4 cones were set up in a diamond shape.  As a group, mosey around the diamond, stop at each cone and perform the following exercises.  All reps are a multiple of 7.

  • Lap 1 – 7 Burpees
  • Lap 2 – 14 Mountain Climber (4ct)
  • Lap 3 – 21 Iron Mikes (4ct)
  • Lap 4 – 28 American Hammers (4ct)
  • Lap 5 – 21 Merkins (4ct)
  • Lap 6 – 14 Monkey Humpers (4ct)
  • Lap 7 – 7 Burpees

MARY:

  • Flutter Kicks x 15
  • Hello Dolly x 15
  • Side Crunch x 10

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 strong:  Spotter, Waxjob, Erector, Snaggletooth, Kenjo, Sweeper, Rocket, Chaco, Bartman

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

1 Corinthians 9:19-23

In this passage Paul talks about becoming all things to all people in order to share the gospel.  I think this is pertinent today.  The message of Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection never changes – we should never water this down or sanitize it.  Lost people need to hear the truth.  We do, however, need to communicate with people in a way that they understand this message.  The next time you feel led to share Christ with someone, consider who you are talking to.  Are they older than you?  Younger?  Do they have the same interests as you?  What religious background do they come from?   Consider all of these things to help you communicate as clearly as possible so that they will comprehend what you are telling them.

B.O.M.B.S. OVER JUCO

THE SCENE: Low 40’s and gloomy – perfect weather to continually cut the wrong wire and set off a bunch of B.O.M.B.S. – No man was left the same this morning.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Cherry Pickers, Tennessee Rocking Chair, SSHs, Tempo Squats
THA-THANG:

  1. Mosey to Parking Lot – Route 66 style grinder: At each Pole (6 total) perform exercises.  First 3 poles – 15 Merkins, 15 Plank Jacks, 15 4ct Mountain Climbers.  Second 3 poles – 10 Merkins, 10 Plank Jacks, 15 Bobby Hurley’s.
  2. Mosey to the JUCO Gym (Coupon Pile behind creepy loading dock) and battle-buddy up.  Perform B.O.M.B.S. workout – each team performs 100 Burpees, 150 Overhead Tri-Extensions, 200 Merkins, 250 BBSs, 300 Squats.  While one partner is doing exercise, other performs weighted run up and around concrete border wall WITH a coupon.  Had to modify a tad because of time.  Most teams made it about halfway thru the BBSs before we trimmed the numbers down to 100 reps for each exercise.  No one made it to squats, so when everyone thought we were done – PAX did 50 squats in civilian cadence.
  3. Mosey back to AO, JAILBREAK for the last 150 yards of so.

MARY:
Cornucopia of Flutterkicks (IC led by Erector), Dead-Bugs (or something like that, IC, led by Bartman), Heals to Heaven (IC, led by the Q), and the 6inch Alphabet (led by the Q)
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 Strong
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
1) Be thankful to the Lord for what he has blessed you with.  2) Concentrate this week on turning from your own interests and paying attention to those people in your inner circle and their happiness, specifically, what you can do for them that might not only increase their joy, but might open doors to sharing the Gospel.  “The noblest art is that of making others happy.” – P.T. Barnum

MOLESKIN:
Bartman had a house full of young men over the weekend and 5 of them accepted Christ (after a full blown background investigation and polygraph by Bartman).  Now THAT is something to be joyful about!

Kudos to Waxjob for attending the Full Smokey Pre-Ruck.  We need more of you motherruckers to step out of your comfort zone and hike the tallest point in Florida every M-W-F,  wheels up from AO @0440hrs – contact Judge Judy with questions.

 

Tackling the Mountain

THE SCENE: Upper 30’s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
15 SSH, 15 mountain climber, 20 Moroccan night club, 10 tempo squat, 10 windmill
THA-THANG:

Mosey to the base of Jucomanjaro:

Lunge Walk 20 paces, run to cone, 20 squats, Bernie Sanders to cone, 10 burpee broad jumps, and run to next cone.

Wagon-wheel to the 6 and finish reps with the 6 and continue back to cone.

Lunge Walk 20 paces, Bernie Sanders to cone, 20 squats, run to cone.

Freddie Mercury IC to catch our breath. Then, mosey to the bottom.

One more time up Jucomanjaro:

Bearpees. OYO 1 Burpee followed up by 4 count bear crawl forward. Increase burpees by 1 each time and bear crawl by 4 (1:4 ratio). Go to 5 burpees and 20 count bear crawl. Do burpees until the 6 gets in.

Run to cone, 20 diamond merkins, run to cone, 30 count Bear crawl, run to cone, 30 crawl bear, and run to top.

Flutter kicks IC. Then, mosey to the shovel flag.

MARY:
No time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 took JUCOmanjaro twice today!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
It is difficult hearing your 2 year old telling you “no” to a hug or a kiss.  I think the reason she says this is because she doesn’t see me as much or spend time with me as much as her mother.  Kids do tend to have there preferences as to which parent they want around them most.  This reminds me that spending time with family is important.  Make sure to make your family a higher priority than yourself.  Developing close relationships always takes time.
MOLESKIN:
Kudos to Judge Judy for the solo pre-ruck.

Dark Muddy Hills

THE SCENE: Cold, dark, muddy.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

i am not, but I know I AM.

WARM-O-RAMA:
No cadence, no transition, silent, continuous as called out.

  • SSH
  • merkins
  • LBC
  • Burpees
  • High Knees
  • merkins
  • ssh
  • Windmills
  • Leg lifts

Mosey to Stadium (via parking lot sprints)

Dark Muddy Hills:
Four rounds of

  • 50 Merkins on cement before tree
  • Do this to the tree up the muddy hill. (Round 1 -Lunge | Round 2, Broad Jump | 3 – Bear Crawl | 4 -Frog Jump )
  • Do this at the tree ( Round 1 – 50 LBC | Round 2 – 50 Hello Dolly | Round 3 – 50 Leg Extension Crunches | Round 4 – 50 Freddy Mercury
  • Run back down to cement and advance to in between the tree (lane, slot, place, location)
  • 10 second break, then sprint up the hill to the tree line (beyond the first row of trees) (sprinting two hills basically)

MARY:

  • 10 LBC
  • 10 Hello Dolly
  • 10 Leg Extension Crunches
  • 10 Freddy Mercurys’
  • 10 Burpees

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 Hims braved the cold dark muddy hills today.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Life is often filled with cold dark muddy hills that we don’t understand. Luckily we know the Creator who does understand it all. The most brutal of these cold dark hills can be our marriages – the closest most vulnerable and possibly most damaging relationships we have. Luckily again, our Good God is in control. I don’t know how it all works but when I invite him into the cold dark mud, he shines a warm light. I don’t know if I’ve ever “escaped” a cold muddy hill by calling on the Lord, but I do know that when I have called on him he has somehow leveled the hill, or allowed me to walk when I had nothing left to give. The mud this morning was 32 degrees and dark and very wet and slippery. We ran up it, in it, and down it. We did merkins in the valleys, we touched the trees at the top. I pray the Good Lord Jesus gives you strength to frog jump, bear crawl, lunge, or however possible, get up the cold slippery hill that you are climbing today. Whether it’s a tough boss, job, cousin, kid, wife, or struggle with the enemy against temptation. Fight the good fight, call upon Jesus, I believe you’ll find that he’ll jump right into the neck high mud with you. He’ll warm it up a little, he’ll lift your head, he’ll light the way, and get you going!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship hill comin.

THIRSTY

THE SCENE: Low 50s and damp.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
(IC) – SSHs, Tennessee Rocking Chair, Cherry Pickers, Windmill
THA-THANG:
Mosey to CMU pile by loading dock, stopping halfway for some Burpee Broad-Jumps.

Perform the following exercises using CMU (except Monkey Humpers):

  • Monkey Humpers x30
  • CMU Squats x30
  • CMU Swings x30
  • CMU Curls x30
  • CMU Overhead Press x30
  • CMU Calve Raises x30
  • CMU Bent Over Rows x30
  • 10 Burpees (cash out)
  • Short Distance Run and back

Repeat rounds with amounts descending to x25, x20, 15, x10, x5 for each main exercise. Burpees and Run remain same.

Mosey to Large Parking Lot.  Partner up at line.  One partner runs length of parking lot while other is on six doing Freddy Mercuries at line.  When Partner returns from run, he locks arms underneath sitting partner, performs rescue carry/drag approx. 15 yards to next parking line, roles  repeatedly switch until teams make the length of parking lot.
MARY:
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COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 strong
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
QIC shared a story of being at Salsarita’s with his daughters and noticing all of the soda selections.  Point was made that only water truly quenches someone’s thirst.  Similarly, there are many options out there when it comes to “religion” but only one person can quench the thirst that is inside all of us for “something more”:  Jesus Christ who provides living water.

QIC shared an excerpt from a 60 minutes interview of Tom Brady back in 2005 where Brady stated his concern and exhaustion of constantly struggling with the thought that something more has to be out there for him but he doesn’t know what the answer is (even though he has everything: super bowl rings, married to a super-model, etc.).  The answer is Jesus.  We all have something inside of us that seeks and needs Him and are condemned, un-reconciled to God without him. Those of us that are in Christ know the peace and assurance that we have.  There is no struggle to find something more, His “yoke is easy and His burden is light.”  He is everything, the only essential in life, the only thing that will quench our soul’s thirst.
MOLESKIN:
Special thanks to Spotter for being present for the Pre-Ruck.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

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