F3 Knoxville

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Attack Resolutely

The Scene

34 degrees and beautiful

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

Fitness, Fellowship, Faith, Free, Modify, Not Professional, Own Volition, Social Distance, Phone

Warm-O-Rama

Side Straddle Hops

Seal Claps 4 count

Inch Worms w/ merkin

Tempo Squats

Imperial Walkers

Tha-Thang

Mosey to the church courtyard

ATM’s 

15 Alternating Shoulder Taps (4 count)

10 Tempo Merkins (4 Count)

10 Fast Merkins

Mosey to Cedar Bluff Rd entrance of Shamrock stopping for 10 4ct Monkey Humpers before crossing and heading to the Cedar Bluff Elementary Stairs.

Dora 1 2 3

Partner 1 performs exercises while Partner 2 goes up and down the stairs twice. 

100 Inch Worms

200 Heel Elevated Squats 

300 Little Mermaids (Lay on one side, one arm goes on the back of your head and the other on the ground.  Keep your legs together since we are mermaids and do a sideways sit-up where your elbow gets to your knees.)

Due to time, we called the Little Mermaids around 200 to make it back to the AO on time. We all took one more trip up the stairs for good measure.

Sneaky Gorilla the length of the parking lot headed back to campus

Mosey to Cedar Bluff Rd stopping for 10 more 4ct Monkey Humpers before crossing and heading to the AO.

BLIMPS once we are back to the AO

5 Burpees

10 Lunges (5 each leg)

15 Imperial Walkers (we did single count)

20 Merkins

25 Plank Jacks

30 Squats

Mary

No Time

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

15 HIM’s

COT/BOM

Quote from the book Battle Studies: Ancient and Modern Battle by Colonel Ardant Du Picq heard on Jocko Podcast 269

“Four brave men who do not know each other will not dare to attack a lion. Four less brave men, but knowing each other well, sure of their reliability and consequently of mutual aid, will attack resolutely.”-Colonel Ardant Du Picq

Since I joined F3 I have done many things that I never thought I could do because I was surrounded by men who knew I could and showed confidence in me. The “lion” that is referenced in the quote can be many different things; 3100 burpees in a month, a service project, a coat drive, donation to Street Hope, the list goes on. Alone we may not think we can do these things or make an impact in an organization but as a group (F3) we can take down any “lion” that comes across our path. I am so grateful for F3 Knoxville.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

STREET HOPE PROJECT

Help us support the fight against human trafficking.  Our collection for Street Hope TN house starts THIS WEEK. We have been asked to collect Copy Paper, Napkins, and 55 gal Trash Bags. Bring these items to the workouts and/or get them to your AOQs and we will collect from them. You can learn more about Street Hope TN at https://streethopetn.org

Let’s support our Blount county brethren on Saturday and have a good showing for our new AO launch. If you are in town make plans to join. See Slack for details. 

Mechanotransduction

THE SCENE: 35 degrees and slightly chilly
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
10x baby arm circles in cadence

10x reverse baby arm circles in cadence

10x cherry pickers in cadence

50x side straddle hops in cadence
THA-THANG:
Assfault’s AO Assault (4 rounds, 6 stations, 1 min work of 1 exercise at a station, 20 seconds to bear crawl to next station)

  • 8 count bodybuilders
  • Flutter kicks
  • Burpee mountain climbers
  • Burpee into squats
  • Hello dollys
  • burpees

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
18 men 2 FNGs Assfault mermaid Cheat Sheet Dumpster Dive Flower Pot Anchorman Fabio In and Out Brick Trolley Corona Weight Baby Boomer Betty Slappy Interpol Osteen Apollo 2(FNG) Vanna (FNG)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Mechanotransduction is any of various mechanisms by which cells convert mechanical stimulus into electrochemical activity. As members of the pax we introduce stimuli to each other at beatdowns and in our communities and stimulate growth. As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another Proverbs 27:17

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
AO launch March 6 in Blount county at the arsenal

Bear Crawl Chain gang

  • What @ Shamrock 5:30am  — rumors of bears roaming about.
  • Welcome: All free – All the time
  • Warmup:
    • 20 SSH
    • 10 Slow Werewolves
    • 10 very slow tempo – Peter Parkers
    • 10 very slow – good quality – “official” Iron Mikes
    • 10 very slow Rainbow Drops
    • 10 very slow Cherry Pickers
    • 10 slow Tennessee Rockin Chairs
    • 10 very slow – deep squat – Imperial Squat Walkers
    • 10 very slow to fast – Windmills
  • Workout:
    • Part 1: Bear Crawl Chain gang:
      • 90 seconds running, 30 seconds bear crawl, 30 seconds rest – Taking turns.
      • Everyone in a single file line.  The head of the line HIM decides where to run to for 90 seconds (Any direction).
      • That same HIM then leads the group in bear crawling wherever for 30 seconds.
      • Then we rest for 30 seconds as the HIM in the back of the line comes to the front for their turn.
      • Rinse and Repeat.
      • Bonus’ given to the craziest bear crawl path taken.  Started in bleachers – and then went down hill and off the reservation from there.  Good thing God was in control – cause I sure wasn’t. #hearding-cats
    • Part 2: CMU Pile Sprint Cleanup
      • As fast as possible in 4 minutes deconstruct the CMU pile with an eye towards neat re-stacking.
      • Then take the next 4 minutes to neatly restack them and clean up plaster.
  • Warm-down
    • 20 Captain Thors
    • Revers the Warmup (Windmils, Squat walkers, rockin chairs, cherry pickers)
    • 10 Captain Thors
    • Rainbow drops, Iron Mikes, Peter Parkers, … and that’s time.
  • Wrap Up
    • Discipline over motivation.  Will over feelings.  Quality over quantity.  You come here not cause you feel like it. You come because your will and discipline overpower the feeling to stay in bed.  Reminded the men today to go out and strive for Quality over quantity. Sure we only did 10 reps of these exercises, but we did them with excellent form and slow – they had good quality and that provided a great workout.  Quality builds stronger muscles, more flexible muscles, more agility, more balance.  Push and strive for quality today gentlemen.

Don’t Underestimate Today

The Scene

22 degrees and ice cold

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

Fitness, Fellowship, Faith, Free, Modify, Not Professional, Own Volition, Social Distance, Phone

Warm-O-Rama

  • Motivators
  • Bear Crawl (F/S/B/S)
  • Tempo Squat
  • Merkins
  • Imperial Walkers
  • Toe Tap Jumps

Tha-Thang

Mosey to CMU Pile and grab 2 coupons per person and head to the parking lot

Traveling to the four Corners we will use the following exercises:

  • Murder Bunny 
  • Rifle Carry with Blockee every 5 steps
  • Granny Drag
  • Bernie w/ CMU

At every corner abandon CMU and run back to corner one for work with your second CMU 

  • 10 CMU on Shoulder Split Squats (10 E/S)
  • 20 CMU to Knee Taps
  • 30 SSH w/ block
  • 40 Z press (Seated CMU Press)
  • 50 Opposite Foot Deadlifts
  • 60 Mt Climbers (2 Count)
  • 70 Side Jumps over CMU 
  • 80 Freddy Mercury’s 

Called recover and brought all CMU’s back to corner 1

2 minutes CMU holds (one CMU in each hand). We took turns telling bad dad/lawyer jokes to help the time pass. 

Recover, rack the CMU’s, Mosey back to AO sprinkling in some walking lunges and reverse walking lunges. 

Mary

No Time

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

13 High Impact Men

COT/BOM

I have a confession, on Monday I did the bare minimum at work all day long. I was feeling tired and unmotivated so I did just enough to fly under the radar until it was time to go home. I didn’t feel great about it but it really punched me in the mouth when I woke up on Tuesday morning. School was canceled for my wife and daughters and they got a “snow” day. My wife suggested I take a PTO day and spend time with them. My heart broke. I told her I had way too much to do and some lunch deadlines I had to meet (spreadsheets and reports that I could have done on Monday but…). I was sick over the time with my family I could have had but the “fart sack” on Monday led to a missed opportunity to get closer to my M and Shorties on Tuesday. Later that day I ran into this quote by John Maxwell that hit home and came with perfect timing. 

“We overestimate what we can do tomorrow, we over-exaggerate what we did yesterday and we underestimate what we can do today.” -John Maxwell

If we stay consistent about how we structure our “today’s” the yesterdays and tomorrows will take care of themselves. 

Today is the only moment we have, all we have is now. What is on your daily agenda? What are you putting off until tomorrow? Don’t wait, perform the tasks at a hand and do the best you can today. We never know what tomorrow will hold. 

MOLESKIN:

What is everyone’s go-to song/band right now? Comment under the backblast post in slack and share with the group. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

10 for 30 for 30 for Giving, Protecting, and Creating @ Shamrock

  • What: Today in 34 degrees of pre-dawn darkness, 10 Men came out to share some traveling exercises.
  • Where: Catholic High School of Knoxville – Area of Operation name Shamrock.
  • Welcome: Always totally free, we are not professionals. Be careful – it’s dark – we tired & sleepy.  We’re here to wake up!
  • Warmup:
    • 30 Side Straddle Hops, 30 Merkins, 30 Squat Jumps, 30 Mountain Climbers,
    • For 30 seconds think of your favorite spot on Campus
  • Workout: 30 for 30
    • Part 1:
      • We stay in a single file line the whole time. Running and doing exercises in a line.
      • The person at the head of the line decides where we will run to for 30 seconds.  We stop at 30 seconds regardless of if we get to where he wanted to get.  When we stop, we do 30 repetitions of the exercise of his choosing.  Then he goes the back of the line.  We repeat this process until 6:00 am.
    • Part 2:
      • At 6:00 am we mosey to the Cement Unit pile on campus and clean up the pile.
      • First we unload & dis-assemble the sloppy pile into a flat (1 level high) grid of blocks in the Parking lot – We do this for 5 minutes.
      • Next we take 5 minutes to assemble and VERY neatly stack the blocks we dis-assembled.  If the new neat block pile does not meet our cleanliness standards then we all do 100 burpees.  Luckily the pile was very neat.
    • Run back to Area of Operation home base – unfortunately they broke formation on the way back and received a 10 burpee penalty.
    • Jenner one the “Best location & exercise” vote and did not have to do the 30 burpees the rest of us had to do as a wrap-up.
  • Wrap-up
    • Today in 34 degrees of pre-dawn darkness, 10 Men came out to share some traveling exercises – and organize some blocks.
    • I encourage you today to go out there and Give, Protect, and Create.  If our evil enemy wants to Steel Kill and destroy, and I am sick and tired of the enemy, and I recognize the Good vs. Evil war we are already in, then I’d like to make some serious advances on the battle-front by doing direct things that are opposite of what the enemy does.  So go instead of Steeling – go out and Give today – Flex that giving muscle – it will get stronger.   Instead of Killing life – go out and protect a life (or create a life :), give money to a pro-life cause, go be a foster parent or big brother, protect our youth in some caring way – Nurture life in some way.  Instead of Destroying something – go out and use that creative brain and muscle that God has given you and create something – build something – design something.  Make advances for our Kingdom, God’s Kingdom!