F3 Knoxville

What are you gambling on in your life

THE SCENE:
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

This was a brief warmup, only a couple of minutes and we got moving to avoid the cold/wind.
THA-THANG:
The entire workout was performed under the cover near the school entrance close to the baseball field.
We used workout dice, two with exercises and one with reps or time limits.
WE would roll all three, and do the two exercises by the number of reps or time rolled.  At one point we rolled 90 second intervals 4 times in a row, and the workout was way more challenging than anticipated

MARY:

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
What are we gambling with in our lives?  The entire workout was left to chance with the dice.  We are taking some of those same chances with health, jobs, relationships, etc.  Don’t be passive, take ownership of these, and make it happen, don’t wait.
MOLESKIN:
I made a Dr’s appt that I have been putting off for a very long time.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Cardinal’s memorial workout this Saturday

Shamrock – Living House

THE SCENE: Foggy 49F
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Run in circles

Side shuffle then reverse 

High knees

Butt kicks

Tie Fighters X10 

Cherry Pickers  x3 

Side Straddle hop (IC) 4 CT x 10

Quad Stretch

THA-THANG:

Mosey to rock pile 

Grab 2 rocks

Butterflies – 60 seconds

Twinkletoes with rocks held out – 60 seconds 

Butterflies – 30 seconds

Curb squats – rocks out in front – 60 seconds 

Drop the rocks and mosey to the middle school across the street

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Stop halfway for 50 curb dips 

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Battle Buddy

#1 does line hopping while #2 runs up and down the stairs

Switch, then hold plank for the 6 before we move to the next round

#1 does flutter kicks while #2 runs up and down the stairs

 Switch, then then hold plank for the 6 before we move to the next round

#1 does Big Boys while #2 runs up and down the stairs

Switch, then then hold plank for the 6 before we move to the next round

#1 does LBCs while #2 runs up and down the stairs

Switch, then then hold plank for the 6 before we move to the next round

#1 does American Hammers while #2 runs up and down the stairs

Switch, then then hold plank for the 6 before we move to the next round

#1 does a 6” leg lift while #2 runs up and down the stairs

Switch, then then hold plank for the 6 

Head back to Catholic  – Stop halfway for 50 more curb dips

CMU work on the way back

* AMRAP: CMU bench press, curls, then rows. 

Walk back halfway then run at 75% to the flag. 

MARY:

Buns of Steel each leg x10-4-count 

Word: 
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
14 – Baby Boomer, Tailhook, Tuba, Voo Doo, Skid Mark, Caveman, Curry, Betty, Mandolin, Honeydew, Slappy, Mermaid, Anchorman, Shuttlecock
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Quote from CS Lewis about God’s work in you. God’s work in you can be painful and not easy. The work shows that he cares. He is 100% holy so he builds a palace worthy of his holiness. 

“Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on; you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently He starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make any sense. What on earth is He up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of – throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were being made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it Himself.”

― C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

“Friendship … is born at the moment when one man says to another “What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”

― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

 

Shamrock – Blast from the past

THE SCENE: 59F rain tapering off
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

10 Smurf Jacks

“Big” Baby Arm Circles forwards

Baby Arm Circles backwards

10 Merkins OYO

Cherry Pickers: 5

10 Smurf Jacks

10 Merkins

Tie Fighters

10 – 4 count twinkle toes 

Stretch: quads, hams, calves

Quick lap to grab more rocks 

THA-THANG:

We did 3 rounds of this….

5 Burpees

10 Overhead press 

15 Big Boy Sit-ups

20 Merkins

25 CMU Calf raises (Rain – 50 with rocks) 

30 Freddie Mercury – 2 count

35 Curls – (Rain – Butterfly with rocks) 

40 American Hammers – single (Rain – 1 rock if you desire) 

45 LBC’s 

50 Shoulder taps – single 

Mosey to return rocks then mosey around campus to knock out 4 sets of 25 curb dips 

MARY:

15 snow angels, 15 – 4 count flutter kicks, 15 pickle pointers, 20 monkey humpers, cobra stretch, 45 seconds of merkins and 15 second plank. 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Honeydew, Betty, Mermaid, Curry, Voo Doo, Anchorman,
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

The Priestly Blessing: Numbers 6

22 The Lord said to Moses, 23 “Tell Aaron and his sons, ‘This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them:

24 

“‘“The Lord bless you

and keep you;

25 

the Lord make his face shine on you

and be gracious to you;

26 

the Lord turn his face toward you

and give you peace.”’

27 “So they will put my name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.”

Text from a friend on New Years Day. 

Praying the Lord’s blessings run over your cup in this new year!

After my friend sent that short text to me I did a quiet time meditating on the verses from Numbers.  The thought I ended with was this. 

Who will I share that blessing of hope and peace to? There are people in our lives who need to hear words of encouragement. If God puts a name on your heart, drop what you are doing to text or call them.

MOLESKIN:
Pray for Mermaid’s MIL who lost a family member.

The Return of the Flight of the Blue Falcon

THE SCENE: High 30s clear and dry
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH
Tempo Merkins
Tempo Squats
THA-THANG:
Mosey to CMU Pile
Grab the two new blocks that are … heavy
Return of the flight of the blue falcon
Two Pax have large blocks, call an exercise and start counting to 10 while the remaining Pax run.  At 10 they yell halt, and the running pax perform the called exercise until the pax carrying blocks arrive.  The blocks are passed to different pax, and this process is rinsed and repeated for the duration of the workout.  One of these blocks is near 50 lbs, and one is greater than 50lbs

MARY:
For the last three minutes, we performed flutter kicks, snow angels, and LBC’s
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I recently cleaned out my closets and donated many items.  It was the inspiration to wear some of the “GEMS” I rediscovered when I was cleaning to the workout this morning.  We talked about the importance of donating some of the things that we are not using to others who could put them to use.  In addition, I asked that we consider to be vulnerable and share our struggles as well as our experiences.  Others in the group may find value in the struggles and experiences we share.  We build a community and bonds when we share these experiences, and as men we sometimes hoard our feelings and emotions, and this is a safe space to share them.
MOLESKIN:
FNG Teamster needs to be added when a tag is created.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

It was Monday and we made it

THE SCENE: 45 deg, calm, actually not raining
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH, cherry-pickers, rockettes, butt kickers, high knees, some stretches
THA-THANG:

The place was a dump. So, we grabbed some trash laying around and mosied to the dumpsters. Then we continued our mosey mixing in exercises.

15 stations were setup in a circle with some toys. We hit the whole body… 60lb carry, shoulder raises, balance board, lateral jumps, weighted flamingos, blockees, slosh pipe squats, big boys with weight, shoulder taps, skaters, crawl bear up hill, flutter kicks while holding weight overhead, tuck jumps, and arm curls.

MARY:
N/A
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Matthew  16:24  – Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.”

“If your Jesus doesn’t ask everything of you, you’ve probably got the wrong Jesus.” – Christopher Yuan
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: