F3 Knoxville

Twelve Days of Christmas – 22 Edish

THE SCENE: Cold, Dark and, Dry. Just the way I like it.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH IC x 25
  • Imperial Walkers IC x 15
  • Merkins (4ct) IC x 10
  • Stay in PLANK!!
  • Plank Jacks (4ct) IC x 10
  • Stay in PLANK!!
  • Cobra Stretch
  • Downward Dog – Peddle it out
  • Cherry Pickers (4ct) IC x 5
  • Burpees OYO x 10

THA-THANG:
Let’s Mosey

  • Take a break halfway to Matterhorn for BBS OYO x 10
  • Mosey to the Backbone
  • Perform workout, 12 days of Christmas Style.
    • Round 1 – Station 1
    • Round 2 – Station 1 & 2
    • Round 3 – Station 1, 2 & 3
    • R&R until Time or all 12 stations are completed
  • Stations are spread up and down Matterhorn at perfect spacing no matter what Blindside tells you. Evens go up and Odds go down.
  • Even Stations are Merkins. Count is the number Station you are at. Station 8 = 8 Merkins
  • Odd Stations are Squats. Same count as above.
  • Yes, that’s a lot of Merkins, Squats and Hill Climbs. These guys are Studs though.

MARY:
It’s bulking season, we don’t have time for Mary.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 Strong HIMs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

From the Book Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Highly recommend you familiarize yourself with the ideas in this book.

What is the opposite of Fragile? Most people say Robust, Hard, Sturdy, Strong, etc. Paraphrasing, Nassim says, that if Fragile means that the rougher that item is handled, the faster it breaks. Then the opposite of Fragile should be “Anti-Fragile” where the harder something gets handled, hit, etc., the stronger it gets.

Imagine a package that says, “Fragile, Handle with Care” – We can understand this idea.

What about a package that says, “Sturdy, Can take some hits but may eventually break”?

An Anti-Fragile package would say, “Kick me, throw me as much as possible because the more challenges I face, the stronger I get”. This is the idea of being Anti-Fragile.

Have you ever met anyone that was wearing a “Fragile, handle with care” label? Which label are you wearing today? What if we took that label off and wore the Anti-Fragile label?

I know that all of you Men reading this inherently understand what it means to be Anti-Fragile. That’s why you keep coming out at 530a in below freezing temperatures. Day after day, week after week and year after year. It’s important that we continue to remind each other of Anti-fragility. That way, when we come across a challenge we’re ready for it. We need to eat stress and challenges like Energy Bars.

The easiest way to remember comes from Brian Johnson. Remember your OMMS. Like meditation chanting OMMS.

Obstacles

Make

Me

Stronger

Or for us – MMMS

Matterhorn

Makes

Me

Stronger

MOLESKIN:

Pray for the Men of our PAX. We are called to be leaders in our families, work and communities. There will be a lot put on us at all times. Continue to pray for the ability to speak Truth when needed. Give grace in abundance and daily renewed strength to repeat this as many times as we are called.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Average Joe’s Worked on Being HIMs

THE SCENE: It started to get cold today, but no rain.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Done did it.
WARM-O-RAMA:
Some SSHs, Gradycorns, Tempo Squats, Rockettes, Cherry Pickers.
THA-THANG:
DODGEBALL!!!
Normal Dodgeball rules apply. Also since we don’t want to miss out on any 1st F, Additional Rules are below:
1. PAX is only allowed to hold the ball for a 5 Mississippi count. If caught for failure to release, offending PAX must complete 3 burpees on the backline and other team receives point
2. Every throw requires the throwing individual PAX to run to the backline, complete 1 burpee
3. If hit, PAX must run to backline, do 3 burpees
4. Scoring: Scoring team must mark the point on the whiteboard each time. Any player can add their point for the team. You are a live player and can get hit.
5. Whiteboard is on sideline, middle of court, against fence
6. Play each round to 5, winning team gets SSHs until losers are done with 10 burpees
7. Every 5 minutes an exercise is introduced for whole PAX. Q’s choice. Once completed, play is resumed.

This turned into a lot of running and burpees, and SSHs, and upright pickle pounders, and monkey humpers.

MARY:

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA 11 strong! No FNGs

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Grace.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence 1/7/23 for F3 Smokies Launch. Blindside is a Weasel Shaker. Just don’t get caught in public. Or is that the point?

Co-kraken

THE SCENE: perfect workout weather
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Warm up stuff
THA-THANG:

Carry 6 CMUs to upper lot
Kraken- run lap around after each exercise
stations
10 inch worms
30 squats
25 Merkins
20 Bobby Hurley’s
20 CMU American swings
30 dry docks
20 Russian dancers (1 per leg)
Bear crawl to center cone
25 CMU curl and press
Co Q Break for sprints and 10 struggling turtles x10
Return to AO

MARY:
Some flutter kicks
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
15 pax
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Trusting God
Story of Joseph, when he found out that Mary was pregnant after he was engaged, was not his plan. He was confused, upset and I’m sure heartbroken. But God had a different plan for him. God‘s plans were way different than his. And God‘s plan is perfect. an angel came to Joseph, and let him know what his plan was. That he should stay with Mary and take her as his wife.
There’s been many times in my life where my plants have gone to the wayside, and God has shown me that he is in control and that he always knows more. Job example. Trust in God is not always easy, it may be confusing or tough. But we must trust God that he has a plan for our lives, and we must let him lead.

MOLESKIN:
Welcome to Skewer from the project! He made us do some much needed sprints.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence on the 7th

It Was Paul’s Fault

THE SCENE: WE FINALLY SAW THE DADGUM MOON.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Administered accordingly
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH,Tempo Squats,Cherry Pickers, Gradycorns
THA-THANG:

Look: Y’all don’t realize that it was all Paul and Linda that broke up The Beatles. Yoko is wildly misunderstood and one of the greatest artists of the 20th Century. She gifted us some amazing songs and shared her husband’s (can’t remember his name) musical gifts with the world. You should all be thankful for her that he was able to continue on after Paul stole the band away and broke it up.

We had some Tabata at the Splash Pad benches to some Jingle Rock n’ Roll. 20 seconds of work, 10 seconds of rest, do it 8x then rest for a minute.

  • Dips
  • Step Ups
  • CDDs
  • Run from the splash pad, to the bath house, around stonehedge, then back to splashpad
  • Imperial Walkers
  • Merkins
  • Lunges

Mosey to the bath house for 50 second wall sits, then watch YHC fall flat on his keister.
Mosey to Flagpole for a 30 sec plank.
Fellowship(TM) Mosey to the #shovelflag. Will request to start implementing Friendship Mosey in the future. Ask Blindside what that is.
MARY:
Nada.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 PAX, No FnGs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Get your rest you animals. We can only be our best when we’re feeling our best.
MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.