F3 Knoxville

Category: JUCO

Being a Light in a World of Darkness

THE SCENE: 30’s, Hard to Breathe, Great day for F3.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSHs, Cherry Pickers, Moving Warm-o-Rama: SS, Mosey, Bear Crawl, Mosey, Inch-Worm, Mosey, Bernie, Mosey to NE side of JUCO
THA-THANG:
#1 – Route 66 style grinder: 10 lightpoles along road, stopping at each one for “snacks” – 5 Wide Merkins, 5 Diamond Merkins, 10 plank Jack’s, 10 Bobby Hurley’s. (It got really quiet at about pole 6.) Mission Complete – Mosey to large lightpole in middle of NE parking lot…

#2 – “Wheel of Fortune” to boost morale: PAX form circle around pole, each approx 10 yards from pole. One by one each PAX calls out an exercise, circle completes 20 reps of said exercise before bear crawling to pole and crawl bearing back.  Rinse and repeat. (Picks: 4ct Flutter Kicks, 4ct Russian Twists, Merkins, Squats, Hello Dollies, Crabettes, Burpees (UGH), Carolina Drydocks). Mission Complete – long Mosey to creepy loading dock area.

#3 – Grab a CMU, complete 30 Woodchoppers w/CMU, 20 Squats w/CMU….Mission Complete – Mosey back to AO.

MARY:
No Time.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Bagger, Booster, Chaco (respect), Spotter, Snaggletooth, Trolley, Crotch Rocket, and Judge Judy
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
QIC shared a story of a friend “Rick” who lost his young child in a swimming pool drowning accident. At the hospital, while his child was taking his last breaths, the wife was bedside and uncontrollably grieved. When the husband arrived and came into the room, the wife’s testimony was that upon seeing her husband – who was extremely calm – she immediately felt his presence, warmth, and calmness and stated she literally changed in an instant and just knew everything would be okay.  We all know people that have that presence. They are the people you call to get Godly counsel in the midst of tragedy, the person you seek out when trouble comes. Are you that for your wife, children, friends, co-workers? I’m convinced, the only way to have that warm, inviting, calm presence (which we and others all need) in hard times is to have a deep, personal relationship with the one who will make all things right one day, Jesus.  If you have that, you can’t help but see tragedy as God does – temporary. BE that person and you will be a blessing to others and leave behind a legacy that points to Christ.
MOLESKIN:
Trolley arrived on two wheels with his gas foot thru the radiator and hair blown back but he made it.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Praise for Booster’s dad’s successful surgery. Prayers for all traveling in the coming days.

Wallom

THE SCENE: Somewhere north of freezing… Overcast, impending rain… Great day to get better!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
15x Left-straddle-hops IC
15x Right-straddle-hops IC
10x Smurf Jacks IC
15x Crab Kicks IC
30x Mountain Climbers IC (10x std, 10x hands back, 10x hands fwd)
8x Failure to Launch IC
10x Burpees OYO

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the courtyard. Pair up in threes.
7 cones set up on the wall.
Weinke with 4 exercises at each end of the sidewalk.
One PAX at each end, one running. Runner relives PAX upon arrival at the end.
When running toward the atrium, slalom hop over the wall between cones.
When leaving the atrium, Crawl Bear up the stairs.
Perform exercise at each end 2 times, then move to next.
At the atrium:
-Lunge
-Side Lunge
-Box Jumps
-Crabettes

At the courtyard:
-LBCs (left-right-center)
-Gas Pumpers
-Alternating wide/diamond merkins
-Carolina Dry docks

Almost finished, but ran out of time during Crabettes/Dry Docks.
Mosey back to the AO – Arrived 6:15 on the dot!
MARY:
No time today.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 HIMs. Extra credit for Erector, Judge Judy, Doubtfire, Bagger, and YHC for the Full Smokey Tortoise/Hare pre-run/ruck
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Not much to say today, although a full heart from a weekend spent with family/friends camping in Joyce Kilmer. Treasure these opportunities. Thank God for them when they come.
MOLESKIN:
Thanks to Doubtfire for leading the pre-ruck! Finally got the Full Smokey completed. Now just have to beat Erector the Hare.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 Cleveland launch this weekend! Make the trip if you can. Check GroupMe for carpools! Also watch GroupMe or the weekly email for info about the Holiday Beatdown Schedule. Mend House Workoutreach postponed until the 26th (Thanksgiving Monday)

True HIMs don’t quit in the rain

THE SCENE: Temp in the low 50’s and oh the rain! Loved it!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

No a professional, but the PAX looked like it this morning!
WARM-O-RAMA:
15 SSH, 15 mountain climbers, 15 Peter Parker’s, 10 Spiderman (Peter Parker’s down at 6″), 15 imperial walker, 10 windmill
THA-THANG:

Mosey a short distance a line up for the Bataan Death March.  This was slightly modified.  The PAX at the back did 3 burpees instead of 5 and then ran to the front of the line (Indian run style run).  Finish the march at the sophomore.

At the sophomore, it really started to pour down rain, so why not be on the ground for most of it (not an audible; it just worked out that way).  Start with 20 merkins in the first corner and then Bernie Sanders up the hill.  Lunge walk getting 10 lunges each leg.  At the next corner, do 20 flutter kicks on a four count.  At the final corner, do 10 burpees and then return to the beginning for one more round of the same.

Mosey toward the center of campus to the north parking lot of the area.  Using the parking lot aisles as markers, do a burpee suicide.  As Trolley pointed at, that is a very redundant title for a exercise!  Suicide style, run to the first aisle and do 5 burpees, return to start, run to the second aisle and do 10 burpees, return to start, run to the third aisle and do 15 burpees, and then finish the suicide doing burpees at each aisle as you decrease the count.

Mosey to the center of campus and find a wall to assist with ATMs.  Instead of traditional alternating shoulder taps, we did balls-to-the-walls shoulder taps.  Whole different ball game!

  • 10 balls-to-the-walls shoulder taps (in cadence)
  • 10 temp merkins in cadence
  • 10 fast merkins on your own

Continue the Bataan Death March back toward the AO launch point, but stop in the corner of the lot.  We still got time for more!  20 squats in cadence and then line up for the Indian bear crawl.  All PAX are holding plank while the one in the back is bear crawling to the front.  We went down to a 6″ plank a couple of times during this and we completed 2 full rounds before the fun was over.

MARY:
I guess the Indian bear crawl was our Mary!
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 PAXs crushed it this morning!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul”, Mark 8:36, “The conclusion, when all has been heard, is:  fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person.” Ecc. 12:13

Focusing on or putting first the concerns and pleasures of this world will gain us nothing in the end.  We would have received our full reward at the end of this life with no hope in the next.  But this life is but a vapor (James 4:14 – not Paul, sorry!).  Eternity is forever.  So, keep our focus on God and keeping his commandments and we will have treasure in Heaven for eternity!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Mend house workout, Monday at 6:00 pm.  Cleveland launch next Saturday.

I see a theme here…..

THE SCENE: 43 and warm ( rather quickly )
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
windmills 10

2 burpees

Imperial Walkers 10

4 burpees

tempo merkins 10

6 burpees

Lil baby arm circles 10

8 burpees

SSH 10

10 burpees
THA-THANG:

cones of “fun”  pretty sure that stood for ( F U Nate)

sprint 20 yrds  10 BBS

sprint 20 yrds 10 merkins

sprint 20 yrds 10 Freddie Mercury

sprint 20 yrds 10 CCD

sprint 20 yrds 10 burpees

Rinse and repeat

mosey to the side

Brickyard BearCrawl 10 ppl, so crawl to 10 merkins

5 burpees

Back to top of the cones of FUN

5 burpees Skip 20 yrds

5 burpees Lunge 20 yrds

5 burpees Hop 20 yrds

5 burpees Crawl Bear 20 yrds

5 burpees Burpee Broad Jump to the start

Mosey to the stop sign 5 burpees

mosey to the 5mph sign…5 burpees

light pole to light pole Bernie

mosey to the A/O 4 Corner

corner 1 5 merkins,

corner 2 5 mrks, 10 bbs

corner 3 5 mrks, 10 bbs, 15 Squats

corner 4 5 mrks, 10 bbs, 15 Squats, 20 mtn Climbers Sprint to Start

5 Burpees

MARY:
Flutter Kicks IC 10

Hello Dolly IC 10

Leg Raise 10
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 weirdos got after it today!!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
If you plan a goal, write it down!!!  if you write it down, you are 42% more likely to complete your goal

Proverbs 22:6  Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it
MOLESKIN:

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

25 Burpee Hill Races

THE SCENE: Post-rain wet goodness. ~55 degrees.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
I am neither a professional trainer or preacher.  Grace is appreciated.
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, Cherry Pickers, High Knees, But-kickers, Split Merkins, Lunges
THA-THANG: 25 Burpee Hill Races

2 Hims race against each other doing 10 Burpees at top and bottom of adjacent staircases with a final 5 burpees at the top of a hill that is 100 Meters away.   The remaining HIM’s engage in other various torture techniques such as

  • Crab Walks 25 yards
  • Bear Crawls 25 yards
  • Matching Burpees that the racers are doing
  • Bernee 25 yards
  • Sprint 25 yards
  • Lunge 25 yards

When one group of two hims finish their race, the next group of two HIMs pulls a burpee variation ball from the basket of burpee variation balls and commences their race.  Once everyone has raced, then the whole group races against each other for one final round.

MARY:
Push the burpee bucket back to the AO by taking turns doing a crab walk push, bear crawl push, bernee cary, mosey, side straddle (both sides).  Finish up with a Jail break.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

Welcome Spotter – new FNG!

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Capability Judgement Conviction – Please watch how you are prone to be judgmental not only of your wives looks but also of her accomplishments and capabilities. You might be aware of your tendency to judge visually but not only should you reject this attitude of the heart but also the judgmental attitude of their accomplishments.  Do not fall prey to the enemies (and worlds) comparison games – It is the way of death.  Choose life in the way of forgiveness, grace, and love.

Summerized all to well by Bartmans joke:

A man comes home and says to his wife when he comes home from work – “I’ve been at work all day and come home and the house is a mess and the laundry is not done – What have you been doing all day?” – To which she replies, “You’ve been at work all day and yet we’re still not rich – What have you been doing all day?”

MOLESKIN:
Apologies to FNG Spotter for a very steep ramp up to the burpee learning curve.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Congratulations to Judge Judy and all those who competed in the F3 Olympics