F3 Knoxville

Category: Quacken

tightrope walking

THE SCENE: 66* and a little muggy, perfect sweat angel weather
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Shoulder taps x15
OH Claps x15
Merkins x10
Hillbilly’s x12
Tempo squats x12
SSH x15
THA-THANG:
Mosey out of the start point towards parking lot, make a left and head towards Broadway.  Didn’t have to wait long at the light, crossed over Broadway and through the Commercial Bank parking lot over to the back parking lot of Regions Bank.

Four cones spaced out in the parking lot, paying homage to Magic Mic’s beatdown at BB from last week.

Round 1: Lunge walk between cones, perform jump squats at cones increasing reps 4, 6, 8, 10.  Mosey back
Round 2: Crawl bear between cones, perform merkins at cones increasing reps 5, 10, 15, 20. Mosey back
Round 3: Frog jump (hands must touch ground) between cones, perform (someone said you like) burpees at cones increasing reps 2, 4, 6, 8.  Mosey back.

10 count breath snagger and then mosey up Lynnwood Drive a few buildings until we reach the parking lot with the coupons.  Everyone grab a rock, start the music up and run through as many rounds as you can in 10 minutes.

  • Boulder squats x15
  • Curls x20
  • OH Press x20
  • Rock swap merkins x10
  • Run at 80% pace to the brick wall and return.  Lather rinse repeat until timer goes off.

Quick mosey back down Lynnwood to the Regions parking lot again and circle up.  Amazon style swapper, two exercises back and forth with no rest between, decreasing reps each round.  Also, a different PAX leads the round each time.  Rep counts were 10, 7, 5 for each exercise.

  • Four count merkins
  • Tempo squats

Mosey back the way we came, through the bank parking lot and back across Broadway to the church parking lot to finish up.

MARY:
CASH OUT WITH ATMS!!!
American hammers x15
Flutters x10
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 Strong: Duggar, Swanson, PDA, Filter, SpaceX, Magic Mic, Walrus, Herbie, Puck, Abort
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I asked if anyone knew who Karl Wallenda or Nik Wallenda are, which Filter did (I forgot your Applebee’s trivia gift card).  Karl Wallenda was a pretty famous tightrope walker who began his career in the 20s.  The Ringling Brothers added him to their circus, and he helped create some crazy stunts including the pyramid of people walking on a tightrope (which did kill a few members of his team in one accident).  Karl was killed as well while attempting to walk between two hotels in Puerto Rico.

Later on, his great grandson went back to the same spot and accomplished the walk.  Funny enough, earlier this year he walked 1800′ across an open volcano that took him over 31 minutes to cross.  Why would someone go back to the spot that killed their ancestor and attempt the same thing?  Legacy.  He wanted to keep the family legacy alive.  I hope that I am capable of something that will inspire someone else to come behind me and repeat, or even elevate to another level.  And I sincerely hope if I can that its something worthy of being referred to as legacy.

Team Building at the Quacken

THE SCENE: Upper 50’s, clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 25, Arm Circles x 10 forwards and backwards, Shoulder Taps x 10, Tempo Squats x 10, Imperial Walkers x 10
THA-THANG:
Ran a lap around the park, then ran up to Gresham. Here we got into two teams of three for doras, but instead of each team working on their own with one partner running while the other did exercises, we had one team doing exercises in cadence while the other team ran together. So all the exercises were added amongst all of us, but each team of three did the workout together in cadence. We ran from the front of the school down to the loop at the bottom of the hill and back while the other team did exercises. The exercises were 100 x burpees, 200 x squat jumps and 300x LBCs

MARY:
Ran back to parking lot across from AO and did a ring of fire with merkins, starting with 1 rep and ending with 5
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Welcome to SpaceX
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Been reading The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, which opens by saying “Not finance. Not strategy. Not technology. It’s teamwork that time and again proves to be the ultimate competitive advantage both because it is so powerful and so rare.” From experience we can all say that being on a team that is “rowing in the same direction” is a huge game changer. If I had tried to do this workout on my own I probably would have done 5 burpees and called it quits. My word of encouragement was to consider the teams we’re a part of, at work, home and anywhere else, and how to work together with them and “row in the same direction”

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CSAUP coming up July 18th

Gambling Animals

THE SCENE: Hot-n-Steamy 
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, Tempo Squat, etcetera, etcetera.
THA-THANG:
Animal Style Black Jack.

Duck walks, bear crawls, crab walks.

Merkins to BBS

MARY:
Flutter kicks, etcetera, etcetera

Leg Day in the Rain

THE SCENE: Warm, Humid, 70ish. Started raining about 10 minutes into the workout, stopped right at the end
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 20, Tempo Squats x 10, Rockettes x 10, Cherry Pickers x 5, Quad Stretches
THA-THANG:
Took a lap around the park, then went to the parking lot across the street

Parking Lot

  • Monkey Jumped (3 monkey squats followed by broad jump) all the way across the parking lot, then did 25 of each of the following: American Hammers (4ct), Big Boy Sit Ups, Flutterkicks (4ct), Little Baby Crunches
  • Lunged all the way across the parking lot again, then did 25 of each of the following: American Hammers (4ct), Big Boy Sit Ups, Flutterkicks (4ct), Little Baby Crunches
  • Duck Walked all the way across the parking lot again, then did 25 of each of the following: American Hammers (4ct), Big Boy Sit Ups, Flutterkicks (4ct), Little Baby Crunches
  • Side Lunged all the way across the parking lot again, then did 25 of each of the following: American Hammers (4ct), Big Boy Sit Ups, Flutterkicks (4ct), Little Baby Crunches

Street Next to Church

Lined up at the bottom of the parallel parking spots, did 5 reps of Get Ups (Big Boys plus standing up) followed by a sprint to the top of the parking spots. Did this two more times, but with 10 and 15 reps of Get Ups

 

Finished with another lap around the park

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Was reminded of this story of GK Chesterton, a well known Christian author of the early 1900’s. The London Times sent out a questionnaire to a bunch of authors asking “What is wrong with the world?” and Chesterton replied with a one sentence essay, “Dear Sirs, I am.” In times like what we’re seeing nationally right now I think its good for us to practice the same self awareness and humility that he did. Not to say that we shouldn’t hold others, especially those with power, accountable for their actions, but before we make judgments, condemnations or conclusions about someone or something, lets all remember Jesus’ rebuke towards our tendency to attack the sawdust in our brothers’ eyes and ignore the plank in our own

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 Morristown launch is tomorrow, pray for PDA as he has an interview today with the Knox County Sheriffs department

Ladder Day at the Quacken

THE SCENE: Overcast and Temp in the 60’s.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

Welcome to F3 (Fitness, Fellowship, and Faith).  You’re here on your own volition, modify if needed and maintain appropriate distance.
WARM-O-RAMA:
Started with a little SSH’s,
THA-THANG:

On the way to Gresham the PAX stopped at a corner lot to wait on the 6.  While waiting we got in some Al Gore’s, flutter kicks, and planks.  Once the 6 arrived we continued to Gresham for a little ladder work.  The ladder was as follows:

  • 10 Merkins, run to stop sign and back
  • 10 Merkins, 10 BBS, run to stop sign and back
  • 10 Merkins, 10 BBS, 10 Squats, run to stop sign and back
  • 10 Merkins, 10 BBS, 10 Squats, 10 2count Flutter kicks, run to stop sign and back
  • Then worked back down the ladder in reverse.
  • Finished off our time at Gresham with a little shoulder work (shoulder taps, overhead claps, and moroccan night clubs.

Mosey to park to utilize a shelter for possible impending rain.  Played the numbers game under shelter.  Pick a number from 1-10 then I chose number of reps.

1.Merkins

2.SSH

3.Flutter kicks

4.Squats

5.Decline Merkins

6.Run

7.Hand Release Merkins

8.Carolina Dry Docks

9.Lunge

10.Squat Jumps

 

MARY:

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
6 HIMs from the Mend House (2 of them FNG’s) plus myself
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
In Philippians chapter 1 Paul is writing from prison but still having an attitude of thankfulness and encouragement. Even in the midst of obvious trials, he still didn’t loose sight of what God wanted him to do and was thankful for the people he had to partner with him.  May we have that attitude and thank God for the people He has put in our lives to partner with us.
MOLESKIN:
Pray for all the guys at the Mend House.  One of their room mates died from an overdose last week.  Pray for their recovery.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.