F3 Knoxville

Bears on JUCOmanjaro

THE SCENE: 75* and half a percent less humid than usual. Nice surprise shower at the end to cool us off.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Yep
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • 10xCherry Pickers
  • 1xBurpee
  • 15xlbac forward
  • 2xBurpees
  • 15xlbac backward
  • 3xBurpees
  • 10xWindmills
  • 4xBurpees
  • 10xTempo Squats
  • 5xBurpees
  • 40xCalf Raises (Boosters)
  • 4xFailure to Launch

THA-THANG:
Mosey to JUCOmanjaro and partner up.

One HIM performs 10xMerkins, 10xSquats, 10xBBS while the other HIM bear crawls up JUCOmanjaro. HIM performing exercises sprints to catch the bear and they swap places. The PAX knocked this one out of the park and summited JUCOmanjaro in record time.

Mosey to Maple Street parking lot, stopping for 6 burpees on the way, and grab a different partner.

One HIM runs clockwise and the other counter-clockwise around the building. Short sides of the building were covered using burpee broad jumps and Frogs/Lunges. When you pass your partner on the front of the building perform 30 supermans as a team. When you pass on the back of the building perform 30 Heels-to-Heaven as a team. You get a freebie if you pass on the end caps.

MARY:
Nothing like a free shower to end the workout.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 HIMs gave JUCOmanjaro a bear hug this morning
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Being uncomfortable is necessary for growth. Don’t be afraid to step out of your comfort zone for the sake of getting better. Practicing those things that make you uncomfortable will make you better at them…like burpees and bear crawls.
MOLESKIN:
None
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

Coyote Ugly

THE SCENE:

65 degrees. Clear skies. Just right for a beatdown.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Cherry Pickers x10 IC
  • Tempo Squat x10 IC
  • Red Bull Smurf Jacks x20 IC
  • Nancy Kerrigans x10 IC one leg forwards, x10 IC other leg backwards
  • Happy Jacks x20 IC
  • Merkin Mania OYO (5 of each – diamond, normal, wide, crucible, staggered left, staggered right, tempo, hand release)

THA-THANG:

Mosey to picnic tables/railing area

Number off into 2 groups. Complete either Phase 1 or 2, then switch to other.

  • Phase 1
    • Partner up and do 5 Coyote Uglies on picnic benches. Switch with partner.
  • Phase 2
    • 20 pull-ups on railings, 20 LBCs 4ct., 20 London Bridges 4ct.
  • Phase 3 (Ring-o-Fire)
    • PAX runs to middle and completes 5 Abyss Merkins on picnic tables
    • Other PAX in circle complete various exercises (Side Straddle Hops, Jump Squats, Iron Mikes, Imperial Walkers)

Mosey to Large Parking Lot

Doracides – Partner 1 does 3 suicides to 3 cones (1 burpee at cone 1, 2 burpees at cone 2, 3 burpees at cone 3) while Partner 2 works on exercise reps. Then switch.

  • 100 Carolina Dry Docks
  • 200 Plank Jacks
  • 300 Rosalitas
  • 400 Moroccan Night Clubs (Called “Recover!” before we could start/finish Moroccan Night Clubs)

Mosey to AO

MARY:

  • Flutter Kicks x15 IC (led by Erector)
  • Howling Monkeys
    • Ring-o-Fire – PAX hold Monkey Humper position while each man completes 10 Monkey Humpers one at a time.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

12 HIMs: Onesie, Gump, Booster, Mandolin, Judge Judy, Sty, Cheatsheet, 5K, Erector, Spotter, Commission, Guano

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Philippians 2:3 – “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but rather in humility consider others better than yourself.”

MOLESKIN:

This was my last Q before moving to Greenville, SC. F3 has meant so much to me, and I’m blessed to be a part of such a great AO and region. I’m looking forward to coming back and visiting when I’m in town to visit my in-laws.

Prayer requests for different family members and a friend going through a life crisis. Pray that God brings his comfort and peace and uses these situations to bring people to himself.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

5K will be Q-ing this Friday at JUCO. The only question is if the JUCOnians will be able to recover before Friday after Monday’s and today’s workouts.

All For His Glory

THE SCENE: Steamy
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

LBAC (f)/(b), Tempo Merkins, MCs, Tempo Squats, Calve Raises
THA-THANG:
Mosey to East side of campus. 10 light poles (30yds-40yds apart) along road. Lunge to each pole, stopping at each one for 10 Werkins, 10 Merkins, 10 Diamond Merkins. PAX made 8 poles.  No walking or running allowed – only lunging.

Slowsy to adjacent large parking lot.  P1 does ab exercise while P2 does distance run. P2 returns and rescue drags P1 to next parking lane. Switch and repeat across entire lot.

MARY:
Imperial Walkers, Pickle Pounders, Freddy Mercuries, “Row Your Boat” by Waxjob.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Lucky 13
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
1 Corinthians 10:31.  Everything you do, do for His glory.  You are either making Him look good, or making Him look bad.  Choose the former – be a good ambassador for the Lord. in everything we do.
MOLESKIN:
Spotter told me his legs were shot before the workout……..I’m so sorry.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Prayers for Commission and his friend who is battling alcohol addiction.

JUCO Mega Circuit

  • THE SCENE: 65 and muggy
    F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Yep
    WARM-O-RAMA:
  • 10xCherry Pickers
  • 20x Hairy Rockettes
  • 10xMerkins
  • 15xlbac forward/back
  • 10xTemp Merkins

THA-THANG:
Split into two lines and Indian run towards NW parking lot.

Stop at the stop sign for 5xBurpees OYO

Mosey to NW parking lot for some circuit training. 12 stations were set up for the circuit, each HIM grabbed their own station to start with. Perform the prescribed number of reps and run to stop sign and back before moving on to the next station. If the next station is taken, skip it and come back later. Stations were as follows:

  1. 10xSandbag Toss-overs w/60lbs sandbag
  2. 30xMerkins
  3. 30xCMU Swings
  4. 30xMountain Climbers 4-count
  5. 20xSlams w/20lbs slam ball
  6. 30xDiamond Merkins
  7. 30xCMU Squats
  8. 30xFlutter Kicks 4-count
  9. 30xSandbag Pull-throughs w/30lbs sandbag
  10. 10xBurpees
  11. 30xCMU Push Press
  12. 30xHeels to heaven

The PAX completed one full round plus 2-3 extra sets before it was time to head back to the non-existent shovel flag (missed you Booster).

MARY:
40xImperial Walkers, 26xHello Dollies

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 HIMs showed up to get better at JUCO this morning.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“WWJD” Many of us remember when the “What Would Jesus Do” fad happened in the 90’s. Although the fad was more about collecting bracelets and trying to look cool, the words are just as true today as they ever have been. We should consider this phrase every time we make a decision.

Romans 13:14

“But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.”

MOLESKIN:
Trolley’s beatdown on Wednesday was still fresh, so today’s workout was intended to allow each HIM to move at their own speed.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
None

Forgiving the Deck of Pain

THE SCENE: 9 brave souls came out today. Threats of rain, but dry-ish pavement in most places.  Wet grass and hills but a nice 70 degrees.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

  • CRISS CROSS: We’ll be criss crossing the campus today – somewhat of a campus tour if you will.
  • CROW FLYS: It’s up to you to find the shortest distance between exercise stations.
  • JAILBREAKS: We’ll be doing a jailbreak sprint between each exercise…

WARM-O-RAMA:
No cadence. Silent count, more by time. Keep going until I say the next one.

SSH, High Knees, burpees, merkins, hand release merkins, wind-mills, cherry pickers, slap merkins, burpees.

THA-THANG:  The DECK OF PAIN

Each person takes a turn picking a card from a deck of 18 cards.  These cards have an exercise that is specific to a location around campus.  Sprint to that location using any trail, path, or road possible and do the exercise.  Once several people have finished the exercise, some one counts off a 30 second count and then another card is chosen.

Of the 18 cards we completed:

  1. Burpee Base Run ( 1 burpee per base on baseball diamond)
  2. 5 Stadium Hill Runs (on Success way)
  3. 30 Guard Rail Derkins (behind Maple Street)
  4. 3 Reverse Bear Crawl loop in front of ERC Building.
  5. Alternating Side straddles in Parking Lot 05 (go one full lot length)
  6. Bernie two lengths of the Welcome Way Parking Lot.
  7. 40 CMU Push Presses.

To find out what the other 11 cards are you’ll have to show up to JUCO when we do the rest.

MARY:
Jailbreak back to AO was Mary enough.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Peter asked Christ how many times he should forgive his brother and Jesus said 70*7 times.  As we celebrated Fathers day last Sunday this can be a challenge for some of us who need to forgive our fathers.  But all things are possible through Him who strengthens us.  If forgiving someone seems way beyond your capability … way beyond what your heart wants to do.. way beyond what you think is deserved … Then ask your heavenly Father to give you strength, courage and grow your heart so that you can obey him and forgive others.  I believe Jesus enjoys answering that prayer.