F3 Knoxville

Category: Shamrock

Progress has to be measured

THE SCENE:

Perfectly chill with a touch of mist (mid 40s)

WARM-O-RAMA:

Some SSHs in honor of Pool Boy; Tie Fighters because they are the best; Squatting Grady Corns; a few Merkins; a jog to touch a light pole (any will do); and some Cherry Pickers

THA-THANG:

Fitness Test: recorded number of reps for each PAX doing 5 different exercises (will keep and check in again later to see progress); exercise 1 was 2 minutes of T-Merkins (AMRAP); exercise 2 was 2 minutes of bear crawling scoring 1 for each parking space passed through; exercise 3 was 2 minutes of Big Boy Situps (knuckles to pavement up and over to touch toes – AMRAP); exercise 4 was 2 minutes of Back-n-Forths (running from one spot to another and back like suicides – about 25 yards, scoring 1 for each length ran); exercise 5 was 2 minutes of Lunges (each leg counts as 1 – AMRAP).

Keeping anonymity the following scores were captured… showing first initial of name with scores in order in parenthesis… B (45,12,40,12,56); M (41,22,42,15,65); B (38,21,41,14,68); S (50,23,59,15,62); A (52,37,62,16,62); P (19,21,27,16,75); B (17,16,39,12,39); P (36,27,50,15,60); S (29,22,31,14,50); C (40,22,40,14,57); D (40,32,64,15,70); O (48,27,60,15,63); C (29,22,40,15,49)

Mosey to CMU pile for some 4th quarter closeouts… Rifle Holds; Curls; Bent Over Rows; Dead Lifts; Bench Presses; and Face Smashers

MARY:

Mosey back to starting point and finished with some dealers choice core exercises!

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

13 HIMs with no FNGs

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Reflecting on encouragement from Jesus in Matthew 7 to remove the log in our own eye to better serve our brothers who need help with a speck in theirs… encouraged the PAX to set goals, share them with others, and then measure their success or failure to achieve.  We all need to strive to progress in our fitness, fellowship, and faith and we all need accountability to help us along the way.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Christmas party and parades coming up

Easy Black Friday @ Shamrock

THE SCENE: 50’s and light rain
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Side Straddle Hops
Cherry Pickers
Arm Stretching
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the school covered area for the warmup, then Mosey to the covered area at the church for the following:
Max Hand Release Merkins in 2 minutes
Max Big Boy Sit ups in 2 minutes
Set a 10 minute timer and hold plank as long as possible, every time you break plank perform 10 burpees, 10 lunges, and 20 high knees, then resume plank.
After the 10 minutes, we moseyed to another long wall near the church for a 2 minute wall squat.
We then proceeded to the pull up bars where we all did 20 pull ups.

MARY:
With about 5 minutes remaining we went through an assortment of ab exercises
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
We had Patch Down Range from Nashville, with his brother Monstar who hails from the Truck Stop.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Since we just had Thanksgiving, I expressed my gratitude and Thanks for F3 and the guys that make the commitment to working out with us and how it improves my life.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Filling in for Anchorman

THE SCENE:  Cold, unseasonably so for October 19.  Feels like 30 degrees
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Motivators from 6
cherry pickers
baby arm circles
then get on the move to combat the cold
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the football field
Set up 4 corners, from the back of the end zone to the 30 yard line.
At corner 1, perform 40 reps, corner 2 perform 30 reps, corner 3 perform 20 reps, and corner 4 perform 10 reps for a total of 100.
We went upper, lower, abs, then repeat that sequence and a total of 10 rounds.  We ended up with 400 upper body reps, 300 lower body reps, and 300 abdominal reps of various exercises.

MARY:
no time for Mary today
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
We talked about the Lord’s Prayer, praying, and the importance of the praying in general.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

ABsolutley fABulous ABdominal workout

THE SCENE: Unseasonably warm for November, low 60’s and a slight rain
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
15 Side Straddle Hops because Pool Boy was not in attendance
5 Cherry pickers
9 Tie Fighters
Arm Stretches
Quad Stretching

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the football field
1st round
Pair up with a partner, and 5 yards one partner does 5 merkins, at the next line the 2nd partner does 5 V ups, and rotate in this fashion until you reach the goal line.  At the end, swap exercises and work your way back.
2nd round
Same format as before, but 10 squats while the partner does 10 LBC’s
3rd round
Same format but one partner did 15 Shoulder taps, while the other partner did 5 BBS

Due to the light rain, we moved to the covered area at the school.
We set a timer for 10 minutes.
The goal was to hold plank starting on your elbows for as long as you could.  When you break plank you perform the following:
10 Burpees
10 Lunges (5 each leg)
20 High knees
then resume the plank position.  It was ok to modify to planking from your hands.

Repeat this until the timer sounds at 10 minutes.

MARY:
10 starfish
10 hello dollies
10 pickle pounders
10 heels to heaven
hold the cobra position for the remaining 30 seconds to stretch the core
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I am appreciative of this group for the support, stress relief, and genuine friendships formed in the gloom.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

“What we do with our dash matters”

THE SCENE:   50ish and clear.  Perfect for a beatdown.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER:  Administered
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Phelps
  • RFTS/LIH
  • Finkle swings
  • Willy Mays Hays
  • Merkins
  • Down/Up dog
  • Quick mosey

THA THANG:

11s at the hill.  Star jacks, up the hill, derkins

 

Mosey to the field

Starting in the endzone – 10 burpees, 10 merkins, 10 (4-ct) LBCs.

Sprint to the other endzone and decrease rep count by one – 9 burpees, 9 merkins, and 9 LBCs

Repeat until you finish 1 burpee (10 rounds).

 

Mosey to the 50-yard line.  Guantanamo

 

Mosey to the 20-yard line:

  • 5 monkey humpers
  • 4 shoulder taps
  • 3 diamond merkins
  • 2 donkey kicks
  • 1 broad jump
  • Repeat until you get to the endzone.

Jelly Legs:  30 second Al Gore, 30 squats, sprint.  20 second Al Gore, 20 squats, sprint.  10 seconds Al Gore, 10 squats, sprint.

Bear crawl

MARY:

Mary – PAX choice

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

Me and 9 of the best men I know.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

The inspiration for the Word came from Caveman.  Last time I led at Shamrock, I talked in the BOM about legacy.  Living in such a way that we leave the legacy that we want to leave.  After the workout, he made the comment, “What we do with our ‘dash’ matters….”.  What was he talking about?  He meant, that one day your body will be ash and there will be a tombstone with your name on it.  It will have the day you were born and the day that you died – and in between, there will be a DASH.  That dash represents today, this week, this year.  You are living that DASH.  What we do with our ‘dash’ matters.

  • Are you doing your utmost to use your precious few years wisely?
  • Perhaps there is a hatchet that needs to be buried
  • Perhaps there is a neglected relationship that needs investment.
  • Perhaps there is a bad habit you need to put to death
  • Perhaps there is a good habit you need to build into your lifestyle
  • Are you using your precious few years wisely?

Psalm 39:4-5, “Lord, remind me how brief my time on earth will be. Remind me that my days are numbered— how fleeting my life is. You have made my life no longer than the width of my hand. My entire lifetime is just a moment to you; at best, each of us is but a breath.”

Psalm 90:12, “Teach us to number our days carefully so that we may develop wisdom in our hearts.”

MOLESKIN:

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