F3 Knoxville

Category: Rampart

What’s the count Dora?

  1. THE SCENE: Cold after the rain
    F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
  • Welcome to F3: Fitness/Fellowship/Faith
  • My name is Skeletor
  • Couple of things before we begin:
    • Not a professional
    • This is a free workout
    • You’re here on your own volition
    • I don’t know the injuries you may or may not have – so modify as you need. Push yourselves don’t hurt yourselves and push the men around you when they need it.

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH
  • Tempo squats
  • Tempo merks
  • Knox Cherry Pickers
  • Willy Mays Hayes
  • LBAC -F
  • LBAC – B
  • Moroccan Night Clubs
  • Hallelujahs

THA-THANG:
PAX are separated into two teams to compete

One PAX will Dora to the fort and back while carrying a 40lb sandbag

The other members of the team will perform a single motion until Dora returns keeping count of total individual and team count. The sandbag will be handed off to the next member of the team for fort exploration until all members of the team have explored. Once all have explored the total score will be tallied and the winning team will get to stack one CMU by the flag, and the PAX with the highest count will also stack one CMU at the flag  most CMU’S at the end wins

Compete until 6:00

Exercises

  • CMU curls
  • CMU Squats
  • Big Boys
  • Burpees
  • Toe merkins

MARY:
None
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Ephesians 4:1-7
“Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love, being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all. But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift.”

Emphasis today on ‭‭verses 2-3, “with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love, being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.”

Lend a hand, a hug, or an ear for a brother in need. Be gentle with them, be patient with them, and bring peace to their situation.

MOLESKIN:
Big giant T-claps to Feeny as he was able to complete 24 days in December of 100 Merkins a day earning the GO30 patch, well done!

Awesome to hear that Rampart represented well at F3 Smokies Convergence. With 10 or 11 HIM’S in attendance, well done!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Can’t think of any…..

Motown Beatdown and Tabata Burpees

THE SCENE: A Bill Withers kinda morning. Rain and “Ain’t No Sunshine”. We met under the pavillion.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH – 15
  • Projectivator – 10
  • Abe Vagoda – 6 or 8
  • Knox Picker – No one knows. Tuba, this is your fault! 🙂
  • Tempo Merk – 10
  • Apollo Ono – 7
  • LBAC – 10
  • RLBAC – 10
  • Grady Corn – 10
  • Moroccan Night Clubs – 10
  • Hallelujahs – 10
  • Chattanooga Cherry Pickers © – 10
  • SSH – 15
  • 5 Burpees OYO

THA-THANG:

PAX performed a Burpee Tabata. 30 seconds of burpees with 20 seconds rest for 11 rounds.

  • Round 1: 1 burpee (hold plank)
  • Round 2: 2 burpees (hold plank)
  • Round 3: 3 burpees (hold plank)
  • etc.

11 rounds = 66

The “rests” became a cruel joke as we got into the higher numbers. Something about doing burpees while the timer clearly says to rest.

PAX then rolled dice for the following routine. Roll a 1, do 10 reps of exercise #1. Roll a 2,  do 10 reps of exercises 1 through 2. Roll a 6, you guessed it. Do 10 reps of exercises 1 through 6. Many 6’s were rolled to where PAX accused YHC of loading the dice. YHC had no comment.

    1. SSH
    2. shoulder taps
    3. hr merkins
    4. big boys
    5. basilisk
    6. bobby hurley

MARY:
Rejected! PAX had the choice of Mary or flipping the cards for more dice games. They chose to continue rolling the dice for the following exercises.

    1. climbers
    2. toe merkins
    3. monkey humpers
    4. undertakers
    5. dry docks
    6. heels to heaven

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

YHC might have misinformed the dear PAX of Rampart at a previous COT. The popular notion is that willpower functions much like a muscle and is prone to get tired. This might not be true. New research (see article here) says that your mindset matters more, when it comes to willpower. In other words, your attitude towards willpower affects willpower. The reasoning is as follows: If you believe that your willpower is limited, willpower is limited. If you believe willpower is unlimited, meaning you get strength from the victories of using your willpower, then you might still be able to use your willpower at full strength.

What does this mean for us? Celebration Matters. When you pass on the cookies don’t mope. Don’t act like you’re deprived. You just defeated that sucka! Celebrate! You might just find a deeper well for more willpower!

It also means that mumblechatter matters in the gloom. Ever notice when someone calls you out you seem to get grittier? We find more energy somewhere when other people talk us up. Mumblechatter and encouragement changes the atmosphere.

YHC would like to introduce the idea of zeal. That’s not a word we use a lot today. The thesaurus gives words such as devotion, determination, diligence, eagerness, fervor, gusto, intensity.

Romans 12:9-12
9 Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. 10 Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. 11 Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. 12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.

We should do faith with our heart! With zeal! Zeal for the Lord! W should do discipline with our heart! Zeal!
determination, diligence, eagerness, fervor, gusto, intensity. We should do marriage, fatherhood, work, leadership with our heart!

Attitude Matters!
Mindset Matters!
Outlook Matters!

Talk to yourself the right way… you may have a deeper well than you think.

MOLESKIN:

  • Welcome FNG-Wilbur!
  • T-Claps to the Project boys, Mathlete and Tuba for coming down.
  • Surprise visit from Airborne was nice. We thought you were DR.
  • Total Burpees for today was 76. The rest are on you.
  • Prayers for Cardinal and Feeny.

Playlist:

  1. Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell
  2. Express Yourself – Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
  3. Ain’t Too Proud to Beg – The Temptations
  4. I Want You Back – The Jackson 5
  5. The Tears of A Clown – Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (You’re better than this, Pam)
  6. Mr. Big Stuff – Jean Knight
  7. It’s Your Thing – The Isley Brothers
  8. Your Love Keeps Lifting Me – Jackie Wilson
  9. Get Ready – The Temptations
  10. Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours) – Stevie Wonder
  11. It’s The Same Old Song – Four Tops

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
MABA continues. Stay on it, men!
Convergence Saturday. Meet at Rampart at 0545.
QCal
Skeletor: Monday.
Cardinal VQ (!): Wednesday.
Wingman: Next Saturday.

The Orozco

THE SCENE: 41 degrees and not much wind.  HIMs debated on whether just wearing shorts would be too cold.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Started with SSH (22x), Willie Mays Hays (6x), Tempo Squats (6x), Tempo Merkins (6x), LBAC forward (10x) LBAC backward (10x), Chattanooga Cherries (22x), finished with a short 100meter mosey to workout area.
THA-THANG:
The Orozco workout was pulled from Jocko Willink, but it is a great way to help with MABA.

  • 7 Rounds
    • 12 burpees
    • 21 – 2 count mountain climbers
    • 22 Alternate Side Lunges (11 per side)
    • 50 foot bear crawl after every round.
  • We ran this workout as a pack and left no HIM behind.  If a HIM finished before someone else, held Al Gore until the group moved to the next exercise.
  • Finished the 7 rounds with enough time to do 16 more burpees to complete the MABA challenge for the day, if any RAMPART HIMs do more, THAT’S BANK BABY!

MARY:
Undertaker Sit-ups in cadence (10x), Fire Hydrants (15x per side), Monkey Humpers (100x on own), finished with Pickle Pointers in cadence (8x)

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
14 HIMs including two brothers from the Project.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I’m not much on “resolutions”, and the “new year, new you” stuff.  They tend to be too focused on self and mostly in a way that sets us up for failure.  But I do think Scripture does give us two directives to that can guide us in improving ourselves and helping others at the same time.

Matthew 22:37-40 states, “And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.  This is the great and first commandment.  And a second is like it:  You shall love your neighbor as yourself.  On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.””

If we resolve to 1) Look Up – toward Christ and 2) Look Out – toward others, we would be setting us up for success in 2023.

MOLESKIN:
RAMPART’s Motto is 1 Corinthians 16:13-14:  “Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.  Let all that you do be done in love.”

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Q Calendar up; going to ask guys to take some leadership roles; meeting Saturday for the convergence (No workout at RAMPART); Prayer requests and pictures taken!

Back to the Future

THE SCENE: A toasty 27 with some residual snow on the ground as a reminder of how cold it COULD be. Thanks nature.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Impartially implemented.

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH x15
  • Willy Mayes Hays x10
  • Knox Cherries x10
  • Tempo Squats x10
  • Tempo Merks x10
  • FLBAC x10
  • RLBAC x10
  • Seal Claps x10
  • OH Claps x10
  • Hallelujahs x10
  • Moroccan Night Clubs x10 (irony noted)
  • Chatty Cherry Pickers x10
  • Quick Tempo SSH x15

Mosey to the amphitheater.

THA-THANG:
Pax performed a Dora back to 1955. While Marty travels, Doc Brown does exercises.

Exercises were as follows…

  • 100 Shoulder Taps (double count)
  • 150 Merkins
  • 200 LBCs
  • 250 Squats

Travel was around the amphitheater, lunges from cone to cone, then return.

Once the routine was complete, pax had to return to 1985 or be stuck in 1955.

Exercises were in reverse…

  • 250 Squats
  • 200 LBCs
  • 150 Merkins
  • 100 Shoulder Taps

Travel was again around the amphitheater but lunges were in reverse.

Zero pax returned to 1985 and either disappeared from existence and/or had to kiss their mother. Better luck next time, Marty.

MARY:
Outatime! QIC was disappointed not to use the Flux Capacitor. We’ll have to wait for the sequel.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
A friend and YHC used to discuss the theory of time travel as the rules were written by BTTF I, II, and III. When the world seemed like it was going south, he said, “Is this Biff’s world?” Often times, life can begin to feel like Biff’s world where the bad guys win and life just seem unfair.

Many people try to cope  by escaping reality using drugs and alcohol, TV, Movies, games, daydreaming, etc. It’s important for HIMs to embrace reality as it is. It is also important to be present in the time in which we find ourselves.

Don’t live in the future. People spend a lot of time and energy worrying about the future. YHC’s M was worrying about the exit ramp while driving in the in the snow. “We’re not there yet.”

Matthew 6:34 says

“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”

 

Don’t live in the past. Ps 103 says,

As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

God doesn’t live in the past. We shouldn’t either. The present moment, even in suffering, is a gift and a blessing. Choose this timeline. Choose this reality. Choose to accept the situation as it is. Each moment of suffering is an opportunity to work with the guy next to you. Another moment, alive, no matter how long, sure, is an opportunity to exchange love; to give and/or receive love.

“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” Rom 8:28

God is able to work in the here and now. We should work to see it and trust.

MOLESKIN:

  • Many BTTF quotes were enjoyed.
  • Stetson has been assigned to watch BTTF I and II by next beatdown and is therefore exempt from taking down Christmas decorations until it’s done.
  • Soundtrack included:
    • “Back to the Future” – The Outatime Orchestra
    • “The Power of Love” – Huey Lewis & The News
    • “Marty’s Letter” – Alan Silvestri
    • “Johnny B. Goode” – Marty McFly and the Starlighters
    • “The Clocktower” – Alan Silvestri
    • “Back In Time” – Huey Lewis & The News
    • “Warmed Up” – Alan Silvestri
    • “Beat It” – Michael Jackson
    • “The Wallflower” – Etta James
  • Prayers for Skeletor, Wingman’s 2.0, Bink’s mom, Cardinal’s cousin.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • Welcome back Spieilberg!
  • Make America Burpee Again campaign starts in January! Get signed up! Details in Slack!
  • Go30 Challenge restarts in January! Get signed up! See Wingman. Details in Slack!
  • Cardinal’s VQ on Jan 11!
  • Skeletor on Q Saturday; Piston on Monday; Wednesday OPEN!
  • January 7 – Convergence @ F3 Smokies. See Slack for details!

Return Policy

THE SCENE: A brisk 17 degrees. Light wind so didn’t cut through us like a knife.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
In Cadence (everything a 10 count):  SSH, little baby arm circle front and back, overhead clap, seal claps, Moroccan night clubs, Chattanooga Cherry pickers, Willie Mays Hays, Knoxville Cherry Pickers, Merkins, Squats, Fire Hydrant (each leg) and finished with undertakers.
THA-Thang

6 Rounds

  • 5 Burpees
  • 15 Merkins
  • 50 Air Squats
  • Run 200 meters (round 1&2)
  • Crossover 200 meters (round 3&4)
  • Run 100 meters, Bernie 25 meters, sprint 100 meters (rounds 5&6)
  • Finish with 100 side-to-side line hops

MARY:
15 fire hydrants per leg, 15 undertakers, and HIM choose your own adventure.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
7 HIMS and no FNGs today.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Jeremiah 17:5-10 demonstrates the contrast between God’s way and man’s way. Strive to do things God’s way and take water to those who are in dry areas.
MOLESKIN:
Several of the #rampart HIMs need encouragement. Prayer and encouragements.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
MABA announced and encouraged, discussed Hardship Hill name and signups Q sign-up and VQ announced for Cardinal.