F3 Knoxville

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After the Plunge

THE SCENE: Clear, mid-twenties.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

20 Side Straddle Hops, 10 Slow Timed Merkins, 10 Cherry Pickers, Little of This and Little of That.

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Baseball Field

Football short steps following Q leader with jumps to right and left as well as burpees.  Follow that with suicide runs to each line, always having bear crawl to first line and always doing ten big boys each time we come back to the starting line.

Mosey to Flag Pole

We will do a circular run to four different areas, stopping to do the following exercises at each of the four areas:

  • At flag pole:  30 Baby Crunches
  • At benches:  10 Bench Jumps
  • At dug outs:  10 pull ups
  • At picnic tables:  20 pull ups
  • Do above three times

Mosey to Serpentine Sidewalk

We will run to every other light and pyramid down on the following (BLIMPS) exercises, starting with seven at the second light and going down to one at the 14th light:

  • Burpees
  • Lunges, both legs equaling one lunge
  • Imperial walkers
  • Merkens
  • Pirouette Jumps (Jump half circle, then another half circle to complete one jump)
  • Smurf Jacks

Mosey Back to AO

 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Six men.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Through F3 we learn that it takes commitment, discipline and encouragement to achieve our goal of becoming healthier men.  In our relationship with God, we also need commitment, discipline and encouragement.  If we want to grow closer to God, we should not just sit around and wait for it to happen.  Jesus says in Matthew 16:24, “if anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross to follow me.”  We must discipline and push ourselves through solitude time with God, through reading scripture, through prayer, through worship.  And while solitude time with God is important, we also need encouragement.  That comes through spending time in worship with our brothers and sisters.  As Jesus said, He is there “wherever two or more are gathered in my name.”
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Intentional Beatdown

THE SCENE: Dark and chilly into a beautiful crisp TN sunrise over the water.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
-Side Straddle Hop x25 IC, -Monkey Humpers x10 IC, Baby Arm Circles F/R x10 IC, Side Straddle Hop x 25 IC

THA-THANG:
PAX form two lines and mosey to flag pole at by The Pavalion. Grab a battle buddy and AMRAP for 15 mins the following…

“AMRAP”

  • candlestick burpees (overhead clap at end) x10 reps
  • 10 pull-ups at baseball dugouts
  • 10 box jumps at playground area

PAX circle up and do 20 squats IC and head to AO…Once at AO split up 11 PAX on both sides of AO for spacing purposes and complete the following…

“BEAR W/ ME”  Complete this circuit 3 times

  • Bear crawl 12 yards to cone and do 20 Pickle Pounders
  • Bear crawl 12 yards to next cone and do 20 Merkins
  • Bear crawl 12 yards to next cone and do 20 Squats
  • Bear crawl 12 yards to next cone and do 20 Carolina Dry Docks
  • Bear crawl 12 yards to last cone and do 20 Flutter Kicks on a 4 count

PAX Circle up and complete 25 Side Straddle Hops IC and mosey to bottom of Baby Hill with their battle buddy…

“Baby Hill Pain” PAX complete 4 rounds of the following

  • Partner A sprints the hill and does 25 Derkins while Partner B awaits at bottom jumping rope.  Partners interchange.
  • Rounds 1 and 3 PAX do Derkins
  • Rounds 2 and 4 PAX do Incline Merkins

PAX mosey to AO and circle up…

MARY:
Hello Dolly x20 IC, American Hammer x20 IC, Pickle Pounders x12 IC, Flutter Kicks x20 IC
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
22 PAX Count & 0 FNG’s
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Everyone wants to make New Year’s resolutions and those imo are pointless.  Resolutions are a hopeful map that leads to disappointment.  As HIM’s at home, work, our workouts, etc. we have to focus on intentionality and specific goals to have the right direction toward our purpose as leaders in our respective homes and environments.
MOLESKIN:
Quick Picture
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Cofeeteria announcement

Beerventure

THE SCENE: Cloudy, mid-fifties.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
20 Side Straddle Hops, 10 Burpees, 10 Cherry Pickers, 10 Windmills, 10 Michael Phelps

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Large Parking Lot Adjacent to Serpentine Sidewalk

We will have an exercise at each of the four corners of the parking lot.  Men, on their own, will run to a corner, do the exercise, then run to next corner, etc.  After having completed the exercises at each corner, men will run around the entire parking lot, then go back to corner one to rinse and repeat. The four exercises are:

  • Corner one:  20 Star Jumps
  • Corner two:  20 Big Boys
  • Corner three:  20 Squat Jumps
  • Corner four:  20 Merkens

Mosey to the outdoor chapel. 

Each man will do elevens in the chapel.  At the stage we will do decline merkens.  At the other end of the chapel we will do mountain climbers (four count or twice each leg).

Mosey to beginning of Serpentine Sidewalk. 

We will hop to first light then run to fifth light, hop to sixth light, run to tenth, etc. in patterns of five lights until we reach the end of the serpentine sidewalk.  Afterwards we will repeat the same pattern back down the serpentine sidewalk until we hit the roadway.  The only difference is that we will replace hops with lunges.

Mosey to Playground

Elevens again, starting with ten bench hop and one bench lift, ending with one bench hop and ten bench lifts.

 

Mosey to AO

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Five men.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
In his excellent book, How to Read Literature Like a Professor, Thomas Foster states that many books are about quests, people searching for something.  Examples are King Arthur tales, Oliver Twist, The Wizard of Oz, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Star Wars.  Common themes in quest stories are that the hero faces adventure, learns more about himself on the quest, learns more about life, and often finds that he is actually seeking something different than what he originally sought after.  We can see such patterns in our own lives.  We may search for fame, for power, for money, but what we really need and eventually seek is God.  Further, in continually seeking God, we discover new things about ourselves, about life and about God.  We find God is different than what we originally may have thought.  Keep seeking God.  In doing so, you will shed old clothes and be renewed with new clothing, becoming new again and again.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
We shall gather for fellowship at the Abridged Beer Company immediately after we break.

Kraken and Everest

THE SCENE:

40°F, with a light misty

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Covered by Barbee while I finished setting up the Kraken…
THA-THANG:

The Kraken

Spread out to 8 cones.  Complete exercise at that cone and run around the cones counter-clockwise to the next cone (make the whole loop + one cone). Rinse and repeat until you complete the whole loop or until time is up.

  • Cone 1 – Dry Docks x30
  • Cone 2 – Narrow Squats x30
  • Cone 3 – 4ct Flutter Kicks x20
  • Cone 4 – Star Jumps x30
  • Cone 5 – 4ct Shoulder Taps x20
  • Cone 6 – Reverse Lunges (each leg counts as 1) x30
  • Cone 7 – 4ct Hello Dollys x20
  • Cone 8 – Smurf Jacks x30

Mosey to Everest

21s- Merkins at the bottom and squats at the top

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
25 PAX
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Joy of Restoration
“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.”
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭1:1‬ ‭ESV‬‬
http://bible.com/59/gen.1.1.esv

Then sin happened and now everything here is different from what it was originally intended to be.

Christmas marks the beginning of the restoration.

“The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; the desert shall rejoice and blossom like the crocus; it shall blossom abundantly and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the majesty of Carmel and Sharon. They shall see the glory of the Lord, the majesty of our God.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭35:1-2‬ ‭ESV‬‬
http://bible.com/59/isa.35.1-2.esv

MOLESKIN:
The guys were very gracious as I was a little late getting to the start point.

It’s Christmas Time at the Asylum

THE SCENE
23 and Clear

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA
SSH x30 4ct IC
Merkins x15 4ct IC
High Knees x15 4ct IC
Squats x15 4ct IC
Baby Arm Circles Fwd x15 4ct IC
Baby Arm Circles Bwd x15 4ct IC

Mosey along Greenway to the base of the Asylum and road

 

THA-THANG
F3 Christmas Tree

Start with the base of the tree, Route 66.

Along the Greenway at the front of the Asylum.  At the first light pole perform a Candlestick Burpee (at the end of the burpee, jump up like a candle, with hands straight up hands clapped above your head).  Add 1 rep at each successive light pole until you get to 11 reps.  When finished, run back to the beginning and plank until the 6 arrives.

Mosey to the rock pile behind the Asylum.  Grab a rock and perform the following exercises.  In between each round, run down to the tree and back:

  • Round 1 (x15 reps of each): Narrow Squats, Bent Over Rows, Forward Lunges, Overhead Press, Jump Squats.
  • Round 2 (x20 reps of each): Narrow Squats, Bent Over Rows, Forward Lunges, Overhead Press
  • Round 3 (x25 reps of each): Narrow Squats, Bent Over Rows, Forward Lunges
  • Round 4 (x30 reps of each): Narrow Squats, Bent Over Rows
  • Round 5 (x35 reps of each): Narrow Squats
  • The Star: 40 Merkins.

Mosey to the front of the Asylum, stop at the orange cones.

 

Elf Runs
In order for the big guy to have a successful night, the elves have to be ready to move fast and do some work.  Elf runs are one of their key off-season training tools.

Set up like suicide runs with a baseline and 5 cones in a row.  Run to the furthest cone and back, do 10 merkins. Then run to the second furthest cone and back do another 10 merkins. Rinse and repeat for each of the cones.

Mosey to hill on the right side of the Asylum.

 

The Grinch’s Legs
We all want the strength the Grinch gets when he saves Cindi on the sleigh right?  Perform the following, then run to the top of the hill and touch the curb

  • Jump Squats x10
  • Side Lunges x 10 each side
  • Reverse Lunges x10 each leg

Rinse and repeat.

Mosey to the SP

 

MARY
American Hammers x20 4ct IC
Hello Dolly x20 4ct IC
Side Crunches Rt x20 4ct IC
Side Crunches Lf x20 4ct IC

 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 PAX

 

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM
Deuteronomy 30:19 – “This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live“

This morning got up and enjoyed the crisp air with great men under a beautiful sunrise because we have a Creator who loves us and loves show us that love through his creation.  Every day we have the opportunity to enjoy those gifts, but we must make the choice to embrace them.  Seize every moment you can to pour life, love, grace and truth into those around you.