F3 Knoxville

Ode to Bagger/Copyright Infringement

THE SCENE: 43 degrees. Perfect weather!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

10x Cherry Pickers, 20xLBAC Forward/Backward, 10xTempo Merkins, 10xTempo Squats

Chumbaburpee! – Performed to the song “Tubthumping” by Chumbawampa. Perform SSH for the entirety of the song and perform a burpee every time the song says “I get knocked down”. There’s no doubt we were all warm after this!

THA-THANG:

Paying homage to Bagger at the first Q since he left, I copied my favorite workout that he Q’ed

Mosey to JUCO Lake.  Do a Burpee Mile (12 Burpees followed by 1 Lap around the lake x 4) JUCO Lake is close to a half mile so it ended up being the Burpee Double Mile.

Mosey to large West side parking lot.

4 Corners of Fun

At each corner of the parking lot do:

  • 20 Merkins
  • 20 Big Boys
  • 40 Mountain Climbers
  • 5 Burpees

Mosey back towards AO

MARY:
No time today
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 HIMs got better today

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

What’s your legacy?  Today marked one year since my grandmother passed away. She was an amazing Christian woman who was always looking to help others. When I think of the legacy that she left behind, I think of being a humble servant. My grandma was 80 years old when she passed away, still push mowed her one-acre yard, made meals every Tuesday for the shut-ins at church, went on mission trips to Honduras every year, and much more. She never let her age, and sometimes her health, get in the way of serving others. She was a remarkable woman and example to our family.

MOLESKIN:
Shoutout to the PreRuck crew Jude Judy and Spotter and Erector for the PreRun.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Wesley House workout tonight. Launch of the Quaken AO on Friday AM.

Discovering the Project

THE SCENE: Just above freezing and clear.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

15 mountain climbers, 10 tempo merkins, 10 imperial walkers, 10 windmill, 15 Moroccan night club
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the playground and note the dip bars along the way.  We have got to use these!  Perform 3 rounds of the following:

  • 10 pull-ups
  • Run to the dip bars and do 10 dips
  • Run to the amphitheater and do 10 box jumps
  • stay at the dip bars on round 3 and do squats until the 6 gets in.

Long mosey over to the high school main entrance.  These are nice walls with a varying height for PAX of all sizes!  We have got use this!

  • 10 quasi-muscle-ups on the wall
  • 10 donkey kicks
  • 10 merkins
  • lap around circle in front of the school
  • repeat exercises and hold plank until the 6 finishes.

Mosey to the track for one more round of fun.  After a little detour to find an open gate, we assembled one the track for “Catch me if you can”.  One PAX Bernies while a partner does the called exercise.  When the partner completes the exercise, sprint to catch the other PAX.  Once caught, the partner that was running drops and does the exercise.  One full lap of doing 10 diamond merkins and one doing 5 burpees.  Mosey back to the shovel flag.
MARY:
No time.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
5 representing The Project today.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Isaiah 40:25-31  Be humbled by the awesome power of God.  We may “grow weary and tired” in this life and “stumble badly”, but “yet those who wait for the Lord will gain new strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not get tired, they will walk and not become weary”.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
3rd F opportunity coming up.  Sign up for Hardship hill in May.

A JUCO Farewell

THE SCENE: 31 degrees but no precipitation! A beautiful morning!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH (IC) x 20, Tempo Merkins (IC) x 10, Moroccan Night Club (IC) x 10, Cherry Pickers (IC) x 8, Tempo Squats (IC) x 10

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Sophomore Hill Bataan Death March Style (Indian run with PAX in back doing 3 burpees before running to the front).  Dora Style Workout with 100 Body Builders, 200 Merkins, and 300 Squats.  PAX not performing exercise will Bernie up the hill and do 5 Big Boys.  When your group is finished do Body Builders until 6 is finished.

Mosey back towards AO

MARY:
Cash out with a game of 11’s starting with 10 Calf Raises and 1 Burpee

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

12 HIMs crushed it today!

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

1 John 4:18 – There is no fear in love.  But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment.  The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

Today will most likely be the final time I Q in F3 Knoxville.  This week, my wife and I will be moving to the Atlanta Metro area to start a new chapter in our lives.  As the verse says above, we do not fear this change and are looking forward to it because everything has worked out how it was meant to.  The process for us to get to this point our lives has been very frustrating and stressful at times.  However, if things hadn’t worked out the way they did, I would have never been exposed to F3 and had the opportunity to meet and get better with all of you over the last few months.  For that, I am extremely grateful and consider myself lucky to have had that opportunity.

MOLESKIN:

Bonus points to Judge Judy and Spotter for joining me on the preruck!  I encourage some new people to give the preruck a shot.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Boat’n & Canoe’n in the Rain

THE SCENE: SO WET & so much rain but 50 degress so it wasn’t bad at all
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Mosey to Pavillion at the back
  • Cherry Pickers (IC) 4 CT X 10
  • Moroccan Night Clubs X 10
  • Michael Phelps (OYO)
  • Windmills (IC) X 10
  • Tempo Squats (IC)
  • Tricep stretches (OYO)
  • Dips X 10 (OYO)

THA-THANG:

The Shed – Tabata Time (20 seconds of work & 10 seconds to rotate) 

  • AMRAP of Curls, Derkins, Burpees, squats, big boy sit-ups, overhead press
  • Rinse & Repeat X 3
  • AMRAP of Bentover rows, Dips, Bobby Hurleys (Chris Loftens), calf raises, LBCs, Tricep extension
  • Rinse & Repeat X 3

Loop

  • 10 merkins, 10 squats & 10 pullups at playground
  • Run to tennis court area
  • 10 CMU curls, 10 overhead presses, & 10 triceps extension
  • Rinse and repeat for 25 minutes

MARY:

  • Boat & Canoes led by Kentucky
  • Superman & Swimmer led by Kentucky
  • Flutter Kicks IC 4 CT X 20

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

8 HIMs – Abacus, Detention, Erector, Kentucky, Proton, Rocket, Rusty & Booster

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

“For All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23

“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 6:23

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16

I’m terrible at remembering scripture.  Actually, I’m terrible at remembering anything unless it has to do with football recruiting.  My goal is to read the Bible AND try to remember scripture.  One reason is because I obviously need to remember the Word but secondly I think it’s so cool when someone rattles off scripture.  I’m actually jealous but this kind of jealous is better than being jealous if someone’s got an awesome car or something.

I truly want to learn AND remember so I will hopefully live my life better AND be able to better share my faith with my kids, friends, and complete strangers when called to do that.  I bought a scripture memory guide book and these three passages are the first three of the Top 144 the book recommends that all Christians memorize.

I know I’ll never remember everything but I certainly won’t if I don’t try!  Let’s encourage each other to continue to try everyday like it’s our last because it could be!

MOLESKIN:

Thank you Proton for EH-ing me into trying F3!  I’ve lost 50 pounds of fat, gained 20 pounds of muscle, made lifelong friends and became more focused on my faith!  Thank all of you for welcoming me in October of 2017 and for welcoming every other FNG who comes along!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • Monthly Challenge – Burpees
  • Hardship Hill – May 18

JUCO Speedway

THE SCENE: 40ish and no rain, but plenty of water on the ground
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

20 mountain climber, 20 SSH, 15 Imperial Walker, 10 windmill, 15 Moroccan night club
THA-THANG:
Begin a mosey toward the bond with a few warmup drills:  high kneels, butt kickers, and b-skips.  The first part of the workout had three stops around the pond.  At each stop, perform 20 merkins, squats, and 4 count flutter kicks.  The next round had two stops (half the track between each).  At each stop perform 20 diamond merkins, lunges (10 each leg), and 4 count Freddie Mercury.  The final round was one full, hard lap around the pond, wagonwheel to the 6 and then do 10 tempo Carolina Dry Docks, 10 tempo sumo squats, and 15 hello Dolly IC.

Form a line and Indian run back to the shovel flag.

MARY:
Just enough time for Mucho Chesto:  10 merkins, 10 diamond merkins, 10 stagger left merkins, 10 stagger right merkins, and 10 wide-arm merkins.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 PAX this morning
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Consider what Cain’s response to God when He asked him “where is your brother”.  Cain responded with “Am I my brother’s keeper”.  God does call us to be our brother’s keeper.  The Word today is to pay attention to those around you and take note of changes in behavior.  Be an encouragement to others in their time of struggle.
MOLESKIN:
A lot of mubblechatter today about the “lazy Q”.  I started the workout by stating that I did put much time into the Q.  All in good fun.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Wesley house workout coming up.  Keep an eye out on GroupMe for 2nd F lunches.