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THE SCENE:  54 and gloomy
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Imperial Walkers x 15 IC
Windmills x 15 IC
Cherry Pickers x 15 IC
SSH x 15 IC
Mountain Climbers x 15 IC
Plank Jacks x 15 IC
Squat x 15 IC
BLIMPS x 2 OYO
   Burpees x 5
   Lunge each leg x 10
   Imperial Walker x 15
   Merkins x 20
   Plank Jacks x 25
   Squats x 30

THA-THANG:

Quads v. Abs
Outhouse Mosey to across-the-street
Squat / Slap Ground / Jump x 10 OYO
Inchworm 20 yards
LBC x 25 IC
Duck Walk 20 yards
Chinook Squats – Chinook Arm Circles x 3 / Squat x 15 OYO
Ice Skaters x 20
WWII Sit-up x 15
Ice Skaters x 20
Copperhead Squat x 15
Karaoke Right Face 20 yards
Superman/Banana x 10 IC
Karaoke Left Face 20 yards
Gorilla Humpers – Wide Monkey Humper x 15
Backwards Run 20 yards
American Hammer x 20 IC
Fire Hydrants x 15 Each Leg IC
Frog Jump 20 yards
Rosalita x 20 IC
Frog Jump 20 yards
Happy Jacks – SSH x 5 / Jump Squat x 2
Inchworm 20 yards
Mosey back to AO

MARY:
Shoulder Blasters
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Just a quick story and encouragement around planning for the unexpected.
MOLESKIN:
We worked a few exercises that the men hadn’t seen in a while – kept everybody moving so there was little standing around.  I was glad to hear the mumblechatter this morning…
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
See you Saturday for the Convergence at the Asylum 7am!

Halloween Special

THE SCENE:   42 – cool & crisp

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH x 30
  • 5 Merkins IC
  • This/That stretch
  • Cherry Picker

THA-THANG:

Halloween special.  PAX got to choose either a Trick or a Treat at each location.   Exercise performed depended on what the PAX chose.  I have to give credit where it’s due, the whole “Trick or Treat” thing was fun but it wasn’t an original idea.  I borrowed it from P-Nut, who did this for last year’s Halloween workout!  Good ideas are worth repeating, thanks P-Nut!

  1.  AO Parking lot
    • Frankenstein lunges to the speed bump & back
    • Creepy Crawlers to speed bump & back
    • Trick or Treat #1:  Shock & Awe Thruster Merkins (10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1)
  2. Mosey to steep hill by the boats
    • Trick or Treat #2:  7’s on the Hill.   Burpees at the top / Squat Jumps at bottom
  3. Mosey to Matterhorn
    • Trick or Treat #3:  Suicides up the hill
      • Round 1:  Broad jump up & bear crawl down
      • Round 2:  Bernie Sanders up & bear crawl down
      • After 2 rounds complete Bernie Sanders all the way up & complete 10 Merkins and 3 Burpees OYO

MARY:

  • Trick or Treat #4
    • Hello Dolly x 25 IC
    • American Hammers x 15 IC
    • Peter Parker

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
18 strong including 1 FNG:  Coolio, Abacus, Tweet-E, Shooter, Tank, Bueller, Rainfly, Heisenberg, Flute Loop, Underhand, Detention, Peach Fuzz, Frenchie, Butters, Vanilla (FNG), Junk, Sparky, Bartman

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
BOM was more of a public service announcement:  today is Halloween which means kids will be Trick or Treating tonight.  Please be safe and drive slow as it gets dark this evening.  Watch out for little kids walking around neighborhoods and remember to check your kids’ candy before giving it to them.

MOLESKIN:
Great to see Tank back in action after several weeks on the sideline.   Welcome back brother!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  1. Saturday’s 2 year F3 Knoxville anniversary has been moved to First Baptist Concord gym due to weather.  This will mean less opportunity to cook-out so remember to bring a dish.   Also, remember to vote for the F3 awards – Tank will be posting something on GroupMe for those who haven’t voted.
  2. Saturday will be a Convergence workout at the Asylum at 7:00 to celebrate the 2 year anniversary of F3 in Knoxville.   Cap’n Crunch and Ratchet will be leading so bring your heart rate monitors!  On 2nd thought, you may just want to leave the HR monitors at home….with those two on Q you’ll probably be scared of the numbers you see.

The Story of TTTP!

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Truckin to the Pound (TTTP) F3 Knoxville’s first CSAUP event organized by the PAX is in the books!

The idea was hatched months ago around a campfire at Junk’s place. You know the kind of campfire, somebody makes a joke about running from one AO to the next, one guy thinks it’s a great idea, two guys think he’s crazy, the rest of the PAX in attendance join in and the pack mentally revealed a CSAUP event…  Of course it had to have a name, plus Swirlie said he’d only do it if he got a shirt, and TTTP was born.

Lots of planning, emails, text  and GroupMe messages, and laughter later resulted in a route being created. Q’s volunteered and were assigned their AO, date was picked, swim was added then just as quickly discarded. You see the event was planned for all the guys who want to go do an OCR or Ragnar relay or some other crazy event but due to time, expenses, responsibilities, or adulting can’t always make that happen.

The morning of the event was here and we were greeted by a cold, windy, and rainy morning. Perfect weather for a CSAUP event.  A little before the scheduled 0600 departure time, 28 PAX descended on the Truck Stop AO.  Pulling into the Truck Stop it looked someone bought all the reflective tape in Knoxville and was working to create their own runway.  There were guys in shorts and short sleeves, pants and sweatshirts, rain jackets, headlamps, hats, gloves, rucksacks, La-z-boy was sporting a poncho, and Ratchet had on a bra.  But if nothing else we were ready.

THE THANG: Mosey from Truck Stop AO to Dog Pound AO about 8ish miles with 4 mini Qs along the way.

Kicking us off at the Truck Stop was Frosty:
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
Ssh x 20
Rockets
Windmills
Domo squats

10 squats, run to middle light
3 burpees, run to next light
5 thruster Perkins, Sprint back
3x

Mosey to Anchor Park where Swirlie steps up to Q
40 drydocs
Lunge parking lot
Bear crawl parking lot
Wheelbarrow parking lot

Mosey to the memorials on Evans Road

100 Merkins in honor of those who have sacrificed their lives for others.

Mosey to Anchor Park where La-z-boy lays the beatdown

Partner Workout
Partner A Lizard Merkins
Partner B Bear Crawls Reverse and Fwd
Imperial Walkers x 15 IC
PA – Flamingos
PB – Crab walks reverse and fwd
Merkins IC x 15
PA Mtn Climber
PB Gorilla Shuffle
Butt kickers for the win

Final mosey to the Dog Pound for Mayberry (who knew Concord Road had that big of a hill?)

Sandbag work, Pull-ups, Burpees, and squats

And it goes without saying that I think every member of the PAX was thankful we not only had vehicle support for waters, gear, and keys, but Junk patrolled the PAX shouting encouragement and blasting hair band music to keep us going.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
What stared as a crazy idea never would have happened without the help of my friends. God puts us where He wants us, and uses us as He needs us. What I also found out is how awesome the men who planned this are. Swirlie, Frosty, La-z-boy, and Toto all were instrumental in getting this thing going.  This event taught me to count on your friends, He puts us where He wants us, but He also puts them into our lives too.  Even with Frosty overly worrying about the details, none of this event would have been possible without good friends. I encourage each of you to go out and be the example of Jesus that He wants you to be, and allow Him to use you as He wants to use you.

We celebrated Swirlie leaving early to bring his baby girl home from the hospital after over a month in the NICU!  Our God is good.

Descending Ladder

THE SCENE: Low 40s & clear

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH x 30
  • Tempo Squat x 10
  • 4ct Merkins x 10
  • Cherry Pickers x 5
  • this/that stretch

THA-THANG:

  1. Descending ladder.

Each man OYO work your way down the ladder from top to bottom.  After each round run across the parking lot & down the hill to the ball field fence.  Rinse & Repeat eliminating the lowest remaining exercise each round.  Alternate bernie sanders each trip up the hill when coming back from the ball field fence.

  • 10 Thrust Merkins
  • 9 Reverse Lunges
  • 8 Box Cutters
  • 7 Burpees
  • 6 Squatjacks
  • 5 Superman Swims
  • 4 Dry Docks
  • 3 Iron Mikes (4 ct)
  • 2 Flutter Kicks
  • 1 Ultimate Merkin

 

2.  Bear Square Crawl.

Four cones set up in a square.  Crawl the square while always facing the same direction.  Stop at each corner & perform the following:

  • Round 1:  10 Merkins
  • Round 2:  10 Pickle Pounders
  • Round 3:  out of time!  One long crawl to the end of the parking lot & Crawl Bear back.

MARY:
No Mary today….plenty of abs in the workout.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
20 PAX:  Rainbow, Booster, Snitch, Abacus, Pusher, Cat Gut, Smalls, Fabio, Rusty, Bunny, QVC, Walkabout, Code Brown, Charmin, Toll Bridge, Passport, Gibbler, Cheatsheet, Ribbed, Bartman

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Repeat BOM from my last Q….it has still been on my mind.   Don’t let the cold weather make you a fartsacker!   Champions are made in the cold weather.  Keep setting the alarm, keep pushing….you’ll be glad you did once the spring arrives.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Truckin to the Pound – tomorrow 6am at the Truck Stop.

Remember Grace and Old Glory

THE SCENE: A cool, 44 degrees and clear and 31 men pull into the gloom that is the parking lot.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

Welcome and you are here on your own volition and you know your hurts, please take care but push yourself and use proper form.


WARM-O-RAMA:

  • 2 laps around the parking lot
  • 20 Side straddle hop
  • 15 Imperial squat walkers
  • 15 (each) Baby arm circles front and back
  • 10 Cherry pickers
  • Some of these and some of those

THA-THANG:

Form two lines
To the playground
Four rounds:
  • 20 Decline Merkens
  • 20 Box jump
  • 20 Squats
  • 20 Star jacks

 

  • The first man to the top of the poll competition Barby, Proton, Woodshack, and Smalls.
    • Then everyone did 5 Burpees
Run to new parking area
  • Four rounds:
  • 20 Merkens
  • 20 LBC’s
  • 20 Squats
  • 20 dry docks
Run to flag pole
  • Side Crunches Rt. x20 IC
  • Flutter Kicks x20 4ct IC
  • Side Crunches Lft. x20 IC
  • Hello Dolly x20 4ct IC

 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Thinking about the pain and sickness in our lives should remind us that this is not our home! We will one day stand before the Lord and hear those words, “Well done good, and faithful servant.” – we must remember that the Good and Faithful is not because we did those things, in fact, most of our lives are opposites of that. But Christ is the perfect sacrifice he died once and for all! It’s his perfect righteousness that we live under and are clothed by that God see! We didn’t earn it!