F3 Knoxville

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March Madness Prep-work

THE SCENE: 34* (chilly after last week’s heat wave)
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Cherry Pickers, Rockettes, SSH, Tempo Merkins, Tempo Squats

THA-THANG:
Suicide Ladder down parking lot (approx length of basketball court)

Perform 5 Bobby Hurley’s on one end and 5 Merkins on the other end of the parking lot. Increase your count by 5 for each round completed until the last round consist of 40 Bobby Hurley’s and 40 Merkins.  Congratulations! You just scored 360 points!

Basketball Circuit

Four stations of exercises were set up and HIMs paired up for some battle buddy action. At each station one HIM performed the exercise while the other ran “skill drills” down the parking lot lines. Stations were:

  • Free Throws (20lbs wall balls)
  • I’m Open! (50lbs sandbag curls)
  • Defense! (20lbs sandbag tricep extensions)
  • Granny Shots (40lbs sandbag kettlebell swings)

After the circuit was finished we passed the coupons in a ring of fire both standing and sitting. (Sitting yielded a much better workout.)

To top off the workout we ran sprints down the parking lot and bernie’d back for four rounds.

MARY:
None

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
7 HIMs got ready for some B-Ball action
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Romans 8:28 New International Version (NIV)

28 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.

This is one of my favorite verses. However, I think it is often taken out of context. We are not promised an easy life on this Earth. Bad things can happen to good people, but this verse tells us that those things will be used by God to bring us closer to Him and ultimately closer to salvation. We also need to use this thought to help us keep our perspective in this world. Don’t allow trivial things to cloud your view of God. Keep looking upward.

MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

B.O.M.B.S. OVER JUCO

THE SCENE: Low 40’s and gloomy – perfect weather to continually cut the wrong wire and set off a bunch of B.O.M.B.S. – No man was left the same this morning.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Cherry Pickers, Tennessee Rocking Chair, SSHs, Tempo Squats
THA-THANG:

  1. Mosey to Parking Lot – Route 66 style grinder: At each Pole (6 total) perform exercises.  First 3 poles – 15 Merkins, 15 Plank Jacks, 15 4ct Mountain Climbers.  Second 3 poles – 10 Merkins, 10 Plank Jacks, 15 Bobby Hurley’s.
  2. Mosey to the JUCO Gym (Coupon Pile behind creepy loading dock) and battle-buddy up.  Perform B.O.M.B.S. workout – each team performs 100 Burpees, 150 Overhead Tri-Extensions, 200 Merkins, 250 BBSs, 300 Squats.  While one partner is doing exercise, other performs weighted run up and around concrete border wall WITH a coupon.  Had to modify a tad because of time.  Most teams made it about halfway thru the BBSs before we trimmed the numbers down to 100 reps for each exercise.  No one made it to squats, so when everyone thought we were done – PAX did 50 squats in civilian cadence.
  3. Mosey back to AO, JAILBREAK for the last 150 yards of so.

MARY:
Cornucopia of Flutterkicks (IC led by Erector), Dead-Bugs (or something like that, IC, led by Bartman), Heals to Heaven (IC, led by the Q), and the 6inch Alphabet (led by the Q)
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 Strong
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
1) Be thankful to the Lord for what he has blessed you with.  2) Concentrate this week on turning from your own interests and paying attention to those people in your inner circle and their happiness, specifically, what you can do for them that might not only increase their joy, but might open doors to sharing the Gospel.  “The noblest art is that of making others happy.” – P.T. Barnum

MOLESKIN:
Bartman had a house full of young men over the weekend and 5 of them accepted Christ (after a full blown background investigation and polygraph by Bartman).  Now THAT is something to be joyful about!

Kudos to Waxjob for attending the Full Smokey Pre-Ruck.  We need more of you motherruckers to step out of your comfort zone and hike the tallest point in Florida every M-W-F,  wheels up from AO @0440hrs – contact Judge Judy with questions.

 

Bruce Pearl Beatdown

THE SCENE: Seattleish, again…
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER ✅
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, Front Claps, “Bruce Pearls”, and a Team Mosey
THA-THANG:
Squats-Merkins-BBSU

  • 1-2-3 (S-M-BBSU)
  • 2-4-6
  • 3-6-9
  • 4-8-12
  • 5-10-15
  • run a lap
  • 6-12-18
  • 7-14-21
  • 8-16-24
  • 9-18-27
  • 10-20-30
  • run a lap and keep running until all PAX complete the reps
  • 8-Count Body Builders x 8 IC
  • Team Indian Run to the Trails
  • LBCs x 20 IC
  • Team Trail Run
  • 9-18-27
  • 8-16-24
  • 7-14-21
  • 6-12-18
  • Hill Run
  • 5-10-15
  • 4-8-12
  • 3-6-9
  • 2-4-6
  • 1-2-3
  • Hill Run and complete 8-Count BB OYO until all PAX finished.
  • Team Trail Run with 1 pit stop for 8-Count BB x 5 IC

MARY:

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Use the TAGS on right-side to record PAX (BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOURSELF) in attendance. Be sure to select the AO in CATEGORY above TAGS and then delete these notes!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Todayxis my sisters birthday. She’s 5 years older than me and the toughest nut you’ll ever meet. She’s an inspiration. She’s a a great sister, sister-in-law, Aunt, wife, and mother. I love her dearly. Encouraged the PAX to be an inspiration to others today! Don’t just suck everybody else’s inspiration- create your own!
MOLESKIN:
We welcomed Whittler from Chatt and overlooked his War Eagle fandom and colorful socks. He is Rusty’s brother-in-law and It was great to have him at the Equalizer! We prayed for Rusty’s upcoming mission trip to Belize- his excitement for this is contagious. May God Bless all involved! Also, shout-out to Pfeiffer for helping me with the Q- it was brutal.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The Equalizer Expansion Project is underway. Time to stop crawling and start running! News to come.

Tackling the Mountain

THE SCENE: Upper 30’s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
15 SSH, 15 mountain climber, 20 Moroccan night club, 10 tempo squat, 10 windmill
THA-THANG:

Mosey to the base of Jucomanjaro:

Lunge Walk 20 paces, run to cone, 20 squats, Bernie Sanders to cone, 10 burpee broad jumps, and run to next cone.

Wagon-wheel to the 6 and finish reps with the 6 and continue back to cone.

Lunge Walk 20 paces, Bernie Sanders to cone, 20 squats, run to cone.

Freddie Mercury IC to catch our breath. Then, mosey to the bottom.

One more time up Jucomanjaro:

Bearpees. OYO 1 Burpee followed up by 4 count bear crawl forward. Increase burpees by 1 each time and bear crawl by 4 (1:4 ratio). Go to 5 burpees and 20 count bear crawl. Do burpees until the 6 gets in.

Run to cone, 20 diamond merkins, run to cone, 30 count Bear crawl, run to cone, 30 crawl bear, and run to top.

Flutter kicks IC. Then, mosey to the shovel flag.

MARY:
No time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 took JUCOmanjaro twice today!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
It is difficult hearing your 2 year old telling you “no” to a hug or a kiss.  I think the reason she says this is because she doesn’t see me as much or spend time with me as much as her mother.  Kids do tend to have there preferences as to which parent they want around them most.  This reminds me that spending time with family is important.  Make sure to make your family a higher priority than yourself.  Developing close relationships always takes time.
MOLESKIN:
Kudos to Judge Judy for the solo pre-ruck.

Dark Muddy Hills

THE SCENE: Cold, dark, muddy.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

i am not, but I know I AM.

WARM-O-RAMA:
No cadence, no transition, silent, continuous as called out.

  • SSH
  • merkins
  • LBC
  • Burpees
  • High Knees
  • merkins
  • ssh
  • Windmills
  • Leg lifts

Mosey to Stadium (via parking lot sprints)

Dark Muddy Hills:
Four rounds of

  • 50 Merkins on cement before tree
  • Do this to the tree up the muddy hill. (Round 1 -Lunge | Round 2, Broad Jump | 3 – Bear Crawl | 4 -Frog Jump )
  • Do this at the tree ( Round 1 – 50 LBC | Round 2 – 50 Hello Dolly | Round 3 – 50 Leg Extension Crunches | Round 4 – 50 Freddy Mercury
  • Run back down to cement and advance to in between the tree (lane, slot, place, location)
  • 10 second break, then sprint up the hill to the tree line (beyond the first row of trees) (sprinting two hills basically)

MARY:

  • 10 LBC
  • 10 Hello Dolly
  • 10 Leg Extension Crunches
  • 10 Freddy Mercurys’
  • 10 Burpees

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 Hims braved the cold dark muddy hills today.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Life is often filled with cold dark muddy hills that we don’t understand. Luckily we know the Creator who does understand it all. The most brutal of these cold dark hills can be our marriages – the closest most vulnerable and possibly most damaging relationships we have. Luckily again, our Good God is in control. I don’t know how it all works but when I invite him into the cold dark mud, he shines a warm light. I don’t know if I’ve ever “escaped” a cold muddy hill by calling on the Lord, but I do know that when I have called on him he has somehow leveled the hill, or allowed me to walk when I had nothing left to give. The mud this morning was 32 degrees and dark and very wet and slippery. We ran up it, in it, and down it. We did merkins in the valleys, we touched the trees at the top. I pray the Good Lord Jesus gives you strength to frog jump, bear crawl, lunge, or however possible, get up the cold slippery hill that you are climbing today. Whether it’s a tough boss, job, cousin, kid, wife, or struggle with the enemy against temptation. Fight the good fight, call upon Jesus, I believe you’ll find that he’ll jump right into the neck high mud with you. He’ll warm it up a little, he’ll lift your head, he’ll light the way, and get you going!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship hill comin.