F3 Knoxville

Tag: Amazon

No fear of the forecast

THE SCENE: 45* and despite the 80% chance of rain from Steve, relatively dry after the warmup
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Static stretches L R M
  • Prisoner squats
  • Windmills
  • Moroccan night clubs
  • Tempo merkins

THA-THANG:

Mosey to amphitheater for Octagon of Pain. Cones set up on stage and ground with an exercise at each.
  • Lion Kings with Ruck plates
  • Wide merkins
  • Squat jumps
  • American hammers on 4 count
  • Cobras
  • Lunges each leg
  • 8 count bodybuilders
  • Heels to heaven
16 reps of each exercise, bear crawl to next exercise. Once back to start cone, bear crawl to middle and plank. I asked one member of the PAX to admit a fear of his. He said he feared to let people down, or disappoint others.
Quick mosey to bridge underpass for elevens with WWII sit ups at the bridge and rows on handrails at the top of the amphitheater.
Asked anyone else if they wanted to admit a fear. Fear of relapsing and putting a strain on his marriage; fear of finding the right person to spend his life with; fear of falling back into compulsive actions and habits.

MARY:

  • Flutters x10
  • Hammers x 11
  • Flutters x12
  • Dolly x13
  • Flutters x14

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
5 strong: Huffy, Walrus, Postman, Amazon, Abort
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
My fear is that of failure. I can recall the feeling in college of being so afraid of doing poorly on an exam that I wouldn’t even go take it. By doing so, I guaranteed failure, but somehow in my head that disconnect was there of not being present meant not failing. I have this fear also of letting people down with my failures. But to not show up is no longer acceptable, I have to be present and if I fail, I will at the very minimum feel that sting and learn from it.

I also stole a little wisdom from the 43 Feet podcast about the subject: “Fear.  We all have fears, and we have to deal with fear every day.  Fear isn’t necessarily bad, as fears of things have helped keep us alive up to this point in our lives.  However, constantly giving into fears makes us cowards.  Constantly ignoring fears would make us insane.  The key is to listen to our fears and decide whether to give into them or stand up and turn that fear or hardship into grace.”

All Truck and No Stop

THE SCENE:  mid 60’s and warm….weird weather for January

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • mosey around the island
  • SSH x 10
  • Squats x 10
  • Rockettes x 10
  • Tempo merkins x 10
  • Cherry pickers x ?  just do some ’till your ready.

THA-THANG:

  • Start out on the track.  Route 66 burpees at each light pole going the long route to the other side of the park.  13 poles total.  Lots of burpees
  • Kraken style run around the island with 6 stations.  Start with 5 Merkins and 5 Iron Mikes (each leg) at the first station and increase by 5 each lap. Reps = 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 at each consecutive station.
  • Mosey to the long hill by Watt Rd.  Battle buddy up for DORA 1,2,3.
    • 100 squats, 200 Big Boys, 300 Flutter Kicks
    • Partner A does exercises while Partner B runs to top of hill and does 2 Diamond Merkins
  • The short steep hill by the concrete bleachers was feeling left out so we stopped there on the way back to the AO.   Box jump up the bleachers, run to top of hill, do 5 burpees, come back down.
  • Mosey back to AO

MARY:

  • Dealers choice
    • BBS x 20 – Frosty
    • Peter Parker – Driftwood
    • American Hammers – Finger Food
    • Hello Dolly – Butters

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Frosty, Butters, Finger Food, Abort, Sparky, Driftwood, Amazon, La-Z-Boy, Mayberry, Charger, Bartman

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Shared some of the challenges I’ve faced this week with my son and the fact that no matter how much he pushes my buttons there is always some grace left in the tank to show him.   It’s a reminder of the grace that Jesus has shown me over the years.

MOLESKIN:

We hit the ground running and never let up this morning.  Great work from all 11 today.  Also, shout out to Amazon for being out in the gloom shortly after knee surgery.  Dude was giving 100% and modifying where he had too.  That was motivating!!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Post Christmas Calorie Burn

THE SCENE: Cold but clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, Overhead claps, Manly Arm rotations, Shoulder taps
THA-THANG:

Mosey to Sunsphere for a game of luck of the draw: either 10, 20, 30, 40, or 50 reps depending on what was drawn.

  • Exercises:
    • Merkins
    • Squats
    • Flutter kicks
    • LBC
    • SSH
    • Burpee
    • Lunge
    • Am. Hammer
    • Calf Raises
    • Jane Fonda
  • Mosey to Amplitheater:
    • 100 reps total of
      • Merkins/Squats
      • Lunge/Dips
      • LBC/Step ups
  • Mosey back to fountains and divide into 2 teams.  Each team did Boat/Canoes while one team member ran with coupon down the street and back, tagged the next man, until everyone had carried the coupon.
  • Circled up with coupons for a ring of fire.
    • Held “Al Gore” while coupon was passed doing 5 overhead presses each x 2 rounds.

MARY:

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Use the TAGS on right-side to record PAX (BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOURSELF) in attendance. Be sure to select the AO in CATEGORY above TAGS and then delete these notes!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than a rich man who is crooked in his ways.” Proverbs 28:6
MOLESKIN:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Stay with me

THE SCENE: 35 on the dash for the drive out, nice and crisp
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Tempo merkin x12
Shoulder taps x12
Imperial walkers x12
Bend and squat x12
SSH x12
THA-THANG:
Mosey over to the sidewalk directly beside the lower entrance to the convention center and under the light to illuminate the chalk on the ground.  Routine is the escalator, which as Swanson pointed, out, we were in site of an actual escalator inside.  Though that one is less fun and less painful.  Start with the first exercise, run to the Big Ball for 5 pull ups, and run back.  Do first and second exercises, another run and 5 pull ups.  Etc. etc. adding an exercise each iteration.

  • SSH x20
  • Tempo merkins x10
  • Alternating shoulder taps x15
  • Y Ups x10
  • Wide merkins x10
  • Mountain climbers x20
  • Elevated foot crunches (legs straight out) x20

Ending count of 140 SSH, 60 tempo merkins, 75 shoulder taps, 40 Y Ups, 30 wide merkins, 40 mountain climbers, 20 elevated crunches and 35 pull ups.  And some running.

 

Mosey just around to the amphitheater stage so I can steal some of the more difficult (at least for me) ab exercise.  First was Butterfly’s oblique 45s (lay with knees to one side and crunch to 45) x10 each side.  Next from Passport were his grinders, which I struggled to count (left elbow to right knee while keeping left leg straight and off ground) x10 each side.

Stay With Me – Plank during the song “Stay With Me” by In Flames (about a 5 minute song), anytime those words are sang do one merkin.  The song is a lot of planking at the beginning and firing off lots of merkins towards the end.

MARY:
Flutter kicks x15
American hammers x15
Boat/canoe
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
6 strong: Swanson, Half Caff, Ariel, G6, Amazon, Abort
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
We were discussing Thanksgiving plans a few days ago and my mom told me that even though there are a few places I am supposed to get to, that I need to plan on eating and staying with her for a bit.  That really got me thinking about how we tend to rush through the holidays this time of year and try to get to four different places in one day.  That might be necessary for some, but you miss out on a lot by not taking that time and really being present if you’re just worried about getting to the next place.

Most of us will never regret the things that we did, rather those that we didn’t.  Don’t let your future self look back on this holiday and wish you’d spent more time with someone.  No one is promised tomorrow, so make sure you’re present and enjoy the privilege of family and friends.  Leave no doubt, aye.

Leg Day

THE SCENE: Cold, ~35 degrees, Sunny
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 25, Baby Arm Circles x 15 forward and x 15 backward, Tempo Squats x 10, Tempo Merkins x 10, Cherry Pickers x 8
THA-THANG:

  • Lunges across the festival lawn (forward, sideways and backwards, alternating every 10 steps)
  • Mosey to Sunsphere. 11’s at the stairs. Squats at bottom and BBS at top
  • Mosey towards parking lot. “Indian Run” on the bridge. Everyone does BBS in line while back of line lunges to the front until we’ve crossed the bridge
  • Doras at parking lot. 200 squats, 150 smurf jacks, 100 American Hammers (4 count), while partner runs to and from end of lot
  • Mosey to Amphitheater. Doras again. 100 squats, 100 BBS, 100 flutter kicks (2 count), while partner runs up and down stairs
  • Mosey back to AO, sprint across the festival lawn to end the workout

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Spoke about discipleship. We often look to Paul and Timothy for models of this relationship, but we also see it in Moses and Joshua. Moses brought Joshua to Mt Sinai with him, Moses passed leadership on to Joshua, Joshua sends spies into Canaan just like Moses did, and gives a farewell address similar to the one Moses gave. A lack of discipleship between the old and young generation in Canaan leads to a generation who knew neither God or the things He did in the wilderness. How are we playing a part in building up the next generation?
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
3rd F coming up December 7th, Wedding Singer is putting together a half marathon team for the Knoxville Marathon if you’re interested contact him