F3 Knoxville

TCOB

THE SCENE: 40ish, windy
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Hillbillies x 15 IC
  • Tempo Diamond Merks x 10
  • Cherry Pickers x 8
  • Little this/that

THA-THANG:

Line up on the curb.

Partner up

Man carry Route 66. Alternate carrying each other between cones. Stop at every cone for increasing reps starting with 5 of:

  • Merkins
  • Thruster Merks
  • Burpees

Decrease reps by 1 on way back

Mosey to greenway hill

11’s

Iron Mike’s 4 count

Bernie up hill

Bicycles 4 count

Bear Crawl down

Mosey to AO

Global Warming

Everyone Al Gore in circle

AGT x 5 2 man at a time going in opposite directions.

2 passes

MARY:

  • Peter Parkers x 12 IC
  • ABCs on Q
  • Captain Thor 6:24 IC
  • Scissors for 1 min on Q

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
44 including 1 FNG – BVD. Also there was Kentucky but couldn’t tag him.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Your beliefs become your thoughts,
Your thoughts become your words,
Your words become your actions,
Your actions become your habits,
Your habits become your values,
Your values become your destiny.

-Ghandi

I can sometimes lose sight of what I’m working towards. Throughout the year I have to refocus myself because I’ve strayed from the path I wanted to be on. Whether because of some new shiney thing distracting me off to the side or because I backslid on my habits. I don’t have trouble making fitness and fun thing habits. Where I struggle to find my destiny is in work. Sometimes I just feel like I’m on cruise control and not actively thinking, acting and making habits. I think the hardest place to make habits and form our destiny is in the things that we like to do the least. Take some time this week to think of some place in your life you know you need to be taking care of business but haven’t been able to shape that destiny by making good habits toward that end. Make a gameplan to get it done.
MOLESKIN:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Boom!

THE SCENE:
54 and slight drizzle

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x25 IC
4ct Squat x15 IC
4ct Imperial Walkers x15 IC

Count off into teams of 5 and then mosey to the top of the hill next to the parking lot.

THA-THANG:
Bumper Circuit
One group at Stations 1-3, two groups at Station 4. When Q says “go” one team at Station 4 makes the loop to cone 1.  All other groups do the exercise at the cones, alternating between the exercises.  When the group running gets to Station 1 all the groups shift and the group at Station 4 runs the loop. Rinse and repeat.  All exercise are done in either x10, x15 or x20 rep sequences based on physical ability.

  • Station 1 (at new retaining wall on the trail)
    • Box Jumps & Dips
  • Station 2 (front parking lot)
    • Dry Docks &
  • Station 3 (side parking lot)
    • Wide Merkins &
  • Station 4 (Top parking lot)

MARY

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
38 PAX

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CSAUP – Bomb Shelter Run THIS SATURDAY!

Ribbed’s route 66 at the Dog Pound

THE SCENE: A Nice Cold 34 Degree and clear.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER 
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH 25x
  • Tempo Squats 15x
  • Baby Arm circles 14x
  • Some of these and some of those

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the parking area in front of the trailer.

  • Route 66 with Start Jax
    • waiting for the 6 with hello dollies
  • Ribbed’s 66
    • 10 Burpee’s at first list
      • backward lunge to next light
    • 10 tempo squats next light
      • hello dollies 10x
    • 10 American hammers 4count
      • High needs to the next light
    • 10 Burpee’s
      • berny sanders to the next light
  • Route 66 from the far side of the parking loop.
    • Iron Mikes
  • 11’s in the small loop
    • American Hammers out to Carolina Dry Docks

Mosey to the AO

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Parents, if your eyes ever see or your ears ever hear the sin and weakness of your children, it’s never an accident, it’s never a hassle, it’s never an interruption; it’s always grace.
-Paul David Tripp-

Not everyone has 6 inches

THE SCENE: Perfect… you know what that is

WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x 20 IC

Mike Phelps OYO

Arm Circles

Merks x 10 IC

Potty Mosey

30 secs of own choice

THA-THANG:
Indian Run to Matterhorn

Flutters IC….. car interrupted so idk how many

  • Partners   1 runs while the other does 20,20,20 (Merks, Squats, BBS) 3 sets
  • Mosey to lil hill
  • 7s  Burpees and Squats
  • Mosey to the court with a duck walk at the end

Alligator 1/2 Inch worm 1/2 Lunge back

30 sec Wall Sit

We done

MARY:
I don’t know Mary well enough I guess.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

The last couple weeks I have felt a bit flat. Things for the most part of gone well. For some reason I have felt a little disinterested in things I usually like. I have been a little more cynical lately. I could not figure out why. I was listening to Joe Rogan’s podcast and he had David Goggins on the podcast. Goggins was explaining what went wrong in his life after he left the airforce, although I think he would say this was a theme of his entire life. He said, “The more comfortable I was, the more uncomfortable my mind was.”

I think that this is true for people. I know it certainly is for me. The last couple of weeks I have not been posting as much and I really think that is why I was feeling off. Getting up in the morning and embracing the suck makes everything better for my day. To make a lateral step I think it relates to the idea that being strong is not about succeeding, it’s about accepting the suffering continuously. So, I would like to thank all of you for posting and being a part of this great community. I am approaching a year in F3, and I think this has been one of the better years of my life. It would not have been without the opportunity to go out and suffer every morning with you all. Cheers!

MOLESKIN:

Podcast link with Goggins
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CSAUP Next Weekend Alcoa   Moses is your guy for that if you have Qs, or hit up one of those other Alcoa hunks for details

Listening in the Rain

THE SCENE: 50 degrees and raining

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH IC x 25

Cherry Pickers IC x 10

Tempo Squats IC x 10

25% Jog across the parking lot, 50% Jog, high knees, butt kickers, 75% Jog

THA-THANG:

Circuit Workout on the Grinder inspired by a workout Frenchie Q’d a couple months back.

Total of 4 stations (one at each of the corners) and then 5 Burpees at the top of Little Baby Hill:

  • Station 1: Superman Swims, 4 ct. American Hammers
  • Station 2: Merkins, Dry Docks
  • Station 3: Iron Mikes, Squat Jumps
  • Station 4: Box Cutters, 4 ct. Flutter Kicks

Pick a Battle Buddy and disburse evenly to the four stations. Pick whichever one of the exercises you feel like doing at each station (most people just alternated between the 2 exercises each round). Start with 20 reps of the chosen exercise at each station and complete the circuit. Next round decrease to 18 reps, 16 reps, 14 reps, etc.

When finished at Station 3, Bear Crawl to Station 4 (I forgot to Bear Crawl on the very first round even after making “fancy” signs but thankfully Proton was there to gently remind me).  After Station 4, run up Little Baby Hill and do 5 Burpees at the top. Mosey back down to Station 1. Rinse and repeat the circuit until time.

MARY:

Hello Dolly IC x 20

30 seconds AMRAP LBC’s to finish

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

24 strong on a rainy morning – no FNG’s today

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

We can be good at talking with God, but how much are we listening? My prayer life has grown tremendously in the course of the past year, but I do a really poor job of allowing God to respond. I pray and then rush on to the next activity in the day. Sometimes those are really good activities like reading Scripture or reading a devotional, but without taking a pause and listening for God’s response, I’m not allowing room for Him to do His work in me.

I-Beam shared this piece of his devotional with me a couple weeks back, and it really resonated with me:

“Suppose I go to the doctor and say, ‘Doctor, I have a lot of problems: I twisted my knee….my eyes itch…my finger is swollen…I have a backache….’ Then, having gotten through my list of complaints, I look at my watch and say, ‘Goodness me, time is getting on. I must be off.’ The doctor might want to say, ‘Hang on a second, do you not want to hear what I have to say?’

If we only speak to God and never take time to listen, we make the same mistake. We do all the talking, and we don’t actually listen to Him. But our relationship with God is meant to be a two-way conversation.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

The fine people at Abridged Beer Company have agreed to host a 2nd F “Fellowship” on February 15th at 6:30pm. $2 for every beverage will be donated by Abridged to our selected charity. This month…Operation Enduring Warrior. Come out, have some fellowship, and do good! See you all there!!