F3 Knoxville

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Perfect East Tennessee Morning

THE SCENE 70 and clear

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

THE THANG
COP
forward arm circles x5 IC
reverse arm circles x5 IC
Michael Phelps x5 IC
Imperial Walkers x 10 IC
Squat x 15 IC
Lunge Matrix
Plank Matrix
Merkins x 10 regular
Sun Dial x 20 IC

Grab CMU, Battle Buddy and circle up.

Battle Buddy CMU Circut
– 100 Bench press with CMU (P1 does 10 while P2 holds over chest)
+ Modify: Merkins
– 100 LB crunches (P1 does 10 with P2 holds sun dial)
– 100 lunges (P1 does 10 while P2 holds Al Gore. Every step counts as 1)
– 100 shoulder press with CMU (P1 does 10 while P2 holds CMU at chest)
+ Modify: Carolina Dry Docks/SSH

Mosey to hill in front of Asylum

10s
1 rep at bottom, 9 at top; then 2 at bottom 8 at top…
burpees at the bottom
sprint up hill
squat at top of hill

Do core work OYO while group finishes

Mosey towards Mt. Fuji (I named it today). Along the way:
– Derkins (merkin w/ feet on curb) x10 IC
– Dips (hands on CMU) x20 IC

Mt. Fuji w/Battle Buddy
R1: Run up hill. Partner does CAROLINA DRY DOCKS. Switch. Repeat for 1 minute.
R2: Run up hill. Partner does flutter kick. Switch. Repeat for 2 minutes.

Mosey to base of Everest

At the base of Everest, X-Factor x 10 IC (on your 6 with arms and legs spread out like an X. right arm touching left shin, down then V up again left arm touching right shin.)

Everest Sprints
Sprint up Everest. Jog down. Do 1 merkin. Repeat, adding 1 merkin each time. 5 minutes AMRAP.

Mosey back to the flag.  Along the way, stopped for Sun Dials OYO, and a little plank combination to help keep the PAX together.

MARY
LB crunch with CMU overhead x20 IC
American Hammer with CMU x20 IC

COT
CountORama // NameORama

BOM
I’ve recently been listening to The Minimalists’ podcast. I’m guilty of cluttering my life with things. Consumerism isn’t the problem. We must consume. Food. Clothes. Gasoline. Air. Impulsive consumption is the problem. Buying things we don’t need with money we shouldn’t spend. Someone important said something like that, I think.

Last night I watched The Minimalist’s documentary with some friends. We watched it on our big TV. With surround sound. I downloaded it on my laptop. Tried mirroring it from our iPad. When that didn’t work, we streamed it from our AppleTV. At one point I had 5 devices within arms reach, trying to get a documentary about simplicity to work. The irony was thick. And healing. Like a Heimlich to my conscience.

Goal for the Week: Eliminate ONE THING from your life that doesn’t add value to your life.

For example, you might walk around the rooms in your house. Look at the items you have stacked in the corners. The sofa no one ever sits on. The chair whose only purpose is to hold pillows. Look in your closet. Consider the items of clothing that you don’t wear because A. they don’t fit, or B. you don’t like them. Consider any habits or routines in your life that are a drain on your time or energy. Do you really need to check emails at 11:30pm? Are you honestly that important to the world? Probably not.

“Love people, use things. The opposite never works.” http://www.theminimalists.com/people-things/

 

99 Problems…

THE SCENE 64 degrees, dark and cool!

F3 Welcome & Disclaimer

THE THANG
COP
SSH                           ICx20
Squats                        ICx10
Baby Arm Circle         ICx11
Reverse Arm Circle    ICx11
Side arm stretch
Huggers
Merkins                      ICx10

PAX moseyed from the AO down thru the playground parking lot.  Stopped by the coupon pile on the way back to the AO to commence the workout.

99 Problems
99 repetitions of the following exercises:
– Merkins
– Squats
– Coupon curls
– LBC’s
– Star Jacks
– Overhead press (w/coupons)
– Squats

In-between each set was a run from the AO through the playground parking lot- returning to the AO.

Upon completion, PAX did a four-corner set of exercises around the parking lot.  Lunging to one corner (10 merkins), backward shuttle run to the next corner (10 merkins), lunges to the next corner (10 merkins) and shuttle run to the final corner (10 merkins).

Merkin Ring of Fire
PAX completed a Merkin Ring of Fire, starting at 5 merkins.

MARY
American Hammer    (Mayberry)
Hello Dolly                  (Roadshow)
Freddie Mercury       (P-nut)
ATM’s                         (Cap’n Crunch)

COT
Number Off and Name-O-Rama

BOM
P-nut reflected on the origin of Labor Day and discussed that when it comes to doing the work of the Lord- our work is never done.  We can find rest, peace and comfort in Jesus, however.  Matthew 11:28
P-nut then prayed us out- including a prayer request for our marriages.

MOLESKIN
P-nut was a little anxious about attendance on this Labor Day (lots of temptation to fartsack), but was pleasantly surprised to see all the headlights descending upon the AO.  Great effort by all the PAX.

Sons ‘o Fear and a Walk in the Park

THE SCENE
84 degrees and humid

F3 Welcome & Disclaimer

THE THANG
COP
Side Saddle Hop        ICx20
Baby Arm Circle        ICx15
Reverse Arm Circle   ICx15
Squats                        ICx15
Calf Raises                  ICx15

Quick mosey around the perimeter of World’s Fair Park and back to the grassy area near the fountains

Wrestle Mania 2016
PAX divided up into four groups and gathered at one of the four cones set up around the field.  Instructions were to bear crawl counterclockwise around the “ring,” stopping at each cone to perform the following:
10 burpees
20 merkins
30 squats

Rinse and repeat for 15 minutes

Mosey to stairs near Sunsphere

11’s on the Stairway to Heaven:
Increasing merkins (starting with one) at the base of the stairs; decreasing StarJacks at the top of the stairs (starting with ten).

Indian Run back to the AO

Burnouts:
Tricep dips                 20 OYO
Incline merkins         20 OYO

Rinse and repeat for four minutes

Ab-O-Rama:  Dealer’s Choice
Hello Dolly
Boat-Canoe
Lance Armstrongs
Flutter Kicks

COT
Number off and Name-O-Rama

BOM
YHC read from John 8:12.  He talked about the iconic Sunsphere and how it represented “energy” in the 1982 World’s Fair.  This passage from John encourages us to be a “light” to the world…and we should be lights in our community, our workplace, our church and our home.

YHC then prayed us out.

MOLESKIN
Wow!  31 PAX participated in the inaugural beat-down at the World’s Fair Park.  Lots of spirited mumblechatter and laughter.  This location offers much for future workouts, including lots of fields, stairs, water and greenway routes.

This AO will help us reach potential PAX both downtown and in East Knoxville.  No sadclown or fartsacker is safe in Knoxville, men.  Let’s keep it going.

Red Writer’s Greatest Hits

THE SCENE
70 and Clear

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

THE THANG
COP
SSH 25x IC
Imperial Walkers 15x IC
Dive Bombers 10x IC
Arm Circles fwd & back x15 IC

“GET UP OFFA THAT THING” (thanks Quickbooks)
Squats then a burpee every time James Brown says “GU Offa TT”

Find battle buddy, line up on curb.

NO PAIN NO GAIN SPRINTERS (thanks Cap’n)
Buddy 1 does 20 BBS while Buddy2 holds their feet
Buddy1 switches to wide Merkins Buddy2 sprints to cones.
—  1st cone – 5 burpees
—  2nd cone – 10 burpees
—  3rd cone – 15 burpees

Buddies switch, rinse and repeat

“BRING SALLY UP” (thanks Woodshack)
Buddy 1: Pull Me Ups on tables
Buddy 2: Wall Sits/ mumblechatter

(Switch places, rinse and repeat)

Mosey back to AO!!

“ATMS” (thanks Cap’n) IC with no rest (without leaving plank position)
15 Alt Shoulder Touches (4-ct IC)
10 Tempo Merkins (4-ct IC)
10 fast Merkins (single ct IC)

“ROXANNE” (thanks Lexicon?)
Alternate Superman to Banana every time the Police sings “Roxanne”
Modified to alternating plank positions (one arm up) and mountain climbers

Abs (Dealer’s Choice)
Flutter Kicks x20 IC
Boat / Canoe on Q
Hello Dolly x20 IC
Ab Circuit – x15 each LBS, Leg Raises, Rocking Chairs

COT
Count-o-Rama & Name-o-Rama

BOM
After Red Writer, our Q, was on all fours “calling the buffalo” during dealers choice abs… he was reminded of a verse that he shared in the BOM:
Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me. That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Just Keep Swimming

THE SCENE
72 and Clear

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

THE THANG
COP
SSH x15 IC
Rockette x10 IC
Merkin x20 IC
Flutter Kick x 20 IC
Merkin x20 IC
Hello Dolly x20 IC
Merkin x20 IC
Pickle Pounder x20 IC

Mosey to grab 2 coupons

Coupon Circuit
Curl x25 OYO
Row x25 OYO
Fly x25 OYO

Mosey to weekday AO and choose a line

Burpees
Burpee x10 on each side of line, jump over line each “up” count (OYO)

Mosey to bottom of cardiac hill

Cardiac Circuit
Bernie Sanders up cardiac: burpee x10 at 1st switchback
Run to 2nd switchback, merkin x20
Run to top, Jump Squat x20
Rinse and repeat

Mosey back to weekday AO

Indian Bearcrawls
Form two lines.  Bear crawl inch worm in two lines

Mosey to playground, find bench

Bench Circuit
Dip x20 OYO
Derkin x20 OYO
Step-up x20 each leg OYO

Mosey to parking lot on the side of the playground.

Suicide Sprints
Break into two groups and do 3 sets of suicide sprints
Mosey back to AO

Abs
BBS x30 IC
Side crunch x15 each side IC
Homer/Marge IC
Never cross dolly x10 IC
American Hammer x15 IC

COT
Number Off and Name-O-Rama

BOM
1 John 4:1-4 Let’s have the courage to stand up against the evils of the world, to test the spirits that are not from the Lord, to rebuke the sin and temptation that is so rampant in our nation and world as a whole, if we don’t fight it then we will be consumed by it; let’s be consumed by the SPIRIT OF THE LORD!
MOLESKIN
Glad to have some FNGs on a Saturday! Everyone was pushed and did a great job of finding their limits; not a single PAX gave up or slowed down past what was needed to keep going!