F3 Knoxville

Fun with the Alphabet

THE SCENE:

Partly Cloudy Temperature Humidity Feels like Wind Speed Wind Direction
39 ℉ 85% 36 ℉ 4.6 mi/h NE

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER.
I am not a professional.

WARM-O-RAMA:

The entire workout is based on this list:

A – Burpees x 15
B – Little Baby Crunches x 30
C – Jump Squats x 20
D – Merkins x 20
E – Squats x 25
F – Plank x 60 seconds
G – Lunges x 30
H – Carolina Dry Docks x 25
I – Side Lunges x 30
J – Freddie Mercury x 50
K – Iron Mikes (Jump Lunges) x 25
L – Military Toe Touch Situps x 20
M – Single Leg Squats x 20 (10 each leg)
N – Dips or Diamond Merkins x 20
O – SSH Jumping Jacks x 50
P – Hello Dolly x 20
Q – Box Jump x 16 or Cross Country Skiers x 30
R – Flutter Kicks x 50
S – High Knees x 50
T – Mountain Climbers x 50
U – Bobby Hurleys x 20
V – Wide Merkins 20
W – Monkey Humpers x 25
X – Shoulder Taps x 40
Y – Supermans x 20
Z – Heals to Heaven x 20

For warm-ups, pick a member of the PAX who is absent and use their name or use the first name of a present PAX’s hospital name. Perform the exercises associated with the first 4 or 5 letters of that name. You can vary the totals to make this more of a warm-up. Like 20 Freddie Mercuries instead of 50.

THA-THANG:
Using four variations of the above alphabet/exercises. Before starting, place one alphabet/exercise list in four corners of a square parking lot or field. Mosey towards the parking lot/field. Divide into 4 groups. Each group goes to a corner. Using the alpha-list, the group selects a PAX name from their group and performs all of the exercises associated with that name. So, everyone in the group does the exercises for just one of their names. The whole name. After the group finishes, they mosey as a group to the next corner. Pick another name, do the exercises associated with that name using the list available at that corner. Then move to third corner. Rinse and Repeat. To fourth. Rinse/Repeat around the square. If the group finishes all the names of their group before the other groups, that finished group runs to an unfinished group and joins them. At the end, it should be one big group or everyone finishing at the same time.

There wasn’t time for this.  But if there is time, use two lists for entire group and pick two locations about 50 yds apart. Have the group, pick different AOn names and perform those exercises. For example, do ‘Shamrock’ at one side, then ‘Asylum’ at the other, then back for ‘JUCO’ etc.

Then Mosey back to AO.

MARY:
Using various lists, use the word ‘Mary’ (and maybe others like ‘Core’, ‘Ab’,’Stomach’). Only with these, find the letter of the word and if the exercise is not an ab/core exercise, go to the next exercise in the list. For instance, in the above list, ‘M’ = Squats. You don’t want to traditionally do squats during the Mary, so go down list. Not Merkins, Not SSH, But Yes to Hello Dollys. Obviously, Q can say what exercise is a Mary exercise.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
12 Brothers.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

“For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”

 

MOLESKIN:
Prayers for the wives recovering from and going into surgery.  For the kids struggling with issues at school.  For our brothers battling illness.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Weather Advisory

The Scene

36 degrees and wet

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

Fitness, Fellowship, Faith, Free, Modify, Not Professional, Own Volition, Social Distance, Phone

Warm-O-Rama

Motivators from 8

Squat to kneel and back up (6-count)

Hairy Rockettes

Cherry Pickers

Ankle to hands 

 

Tha-Thang

Curb on CMU Mosey Way

Squat to curb tab

Hold Session 50 seconds of work 10 seconds of rest

Single Arm Hold -L

Single Arm Hold -R

Hollow Hold

Plank Hold

Glute Bridge

Side Plank -R

Side Plank -L

 

50-40-30-20-10

Seasaw lunge

CMU Curl Press Tri-Ext

Predator Jacks

V Up’s 

CMU Single Arm Row

 

Got through 50 of each and 40 of lunges and curl/press/tri ext

On the way back to CMU pile we switched between rifle carries, one arm overhead carries, suitcase carries and zombie carries. 

Mosey back to shovel flag just in time

Mary

No Time

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

9 HIM’s

COT/BOM

Watch this: “Good”- Jocko Willink

If you follow Jocko at all you have surely heard him say “Good” in response to almost every situation, especially when things do not go as planned. The video is linked up above and is sure to fire you up. 

With all of the stuff going on around us we can ultimately only control how we respond to things. I have found it beneficial to respond with “Good” and go from there. It helps me remember to take things in stride and take a lesson from every situation and get better no matter what happened. Good can come from any situation if we look hard enough. 

Ultimately, if you are a believer, you can say “Good” in everything because we know that the Lord is with us and He is ordering our steps. 

Joshua 1:9“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

 

 

 

 

Shamrock – When God speaks, listen!

THE SCENE: 30F
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

5 Burpees

Tie Fighters x10 both directions

Side Straddle hop (IC) 4 CT x 10

Cherry Pickers 5

5 Burpees

Snow Angels x25 OYO

5 Burpees

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Block Pile 

5 Burpees

Twist with CMU and walk

Rifle carry 

Repeat 

Go to the brick circle 

5 Burpees

20 Dips

10 Step ups

5 Derkins

X 3 rounds

5 Burpees

Mosey with Blocks towards pile

Stop at chalked area

5 Burpees

50 Bench Press

25 Block Squats

Run a full lap around rear parking lot

5 Burpees

50 Curls

25 Rainbows

Run a full lap around rear parking lot

Repeat both sets as many times as you can. I believe most people did 2 full rounds of each variation. 

Return CMUs

Gas Pumps

Mosey back to AO.

MARY:

Flutter Kicks

Monkey Humpers

Freddie Mercury 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Osteen, Patsy, Clickbait, Hurl, Jenner, Crawl Space, Baby Boomer, Betty, Mermaid, Curveball, Waxjob, Dumpster Dive, Cheatsheet, Anchorman
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

When God speaks, listen.  I am often discouraged when I go so long without hearing or feeling like God is trying to speak to me or teach me something. 

I went for a run this weekend by myself and listened to the last 10 chapters of Job. Not the most feel good pump you up thing to listen to while you run, but I am behind on my daily readings so I needed to catch up. It was actually very powerful and revealing to me. I loved hearing God’s reaction to Job at the end. God really laid it all out for him and Job just sat there, probably trembling, and listened. 

After I finished Job I had a thought pop into my head. I need to spend more intentional devotional time with my kids. I prayed that God would give me more opportunities to spend time in the Word with my kids. 

10 Minutes after I got back home Saturday morning my 8 year old daughter woke up and came downstairs. We sat and talked a few minutes and then she ran upstairs to get her daily devotional book. She read it then asked me to look up a few verses that were mentioned at the bottom and we discussed what they meant. Then she wanted to try to find a Christian cartoon on Right Now Media to watch. One of the 1st things that popped up was an episode about Job. She didn’t know anything about Job and wanted to watch it. It led to more discussion during and after the show. 

So within 1 hour of my Saturday morning; God laid something on my heart, I prayed about it and He answered it. It’s like God was making Himself known to me in a tangible way. So I’ll end where I started by saying, when God speaks, listen. 

MOLESKIN:
Pray for: Cheat Sheet’s family, Mermaid’s friend Joe with a broken leg. Jenner’s med school acceptance and paperwork issues.

Leverage Your Resources

 

THE SCENE: Abnormally warm low 50’s light wind, and otherwise perfect weather
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

motivators form 7, but we stopped at 5.  I couldn’t wait to get into the workout and didn’t want to waste time
tempo squats (10)
thai fighters (12) front and back
Cherry Pickers (4) slow
THA-THANG:

Battle Buddies…
Station 1
Partner 1 does exercise while partner 2 double farmer carries blocks
balls to the wall
Elevated plank jacks (feet on wall)
derkin twist or derkins with your feet on the wall, if the twist eludes you (like it did me)
Station 2
Farmer Carry
Dirty Hookup, like shoulder taps, but you reach out and place your hand on the wall, place the second hand on the wall, then back to the ground.
Wall Squat
push up, one arm on wall, one arm on ground
Station 3
Rifle Carry
Vertical Bench press on wall
Step ups on same wall with blocks
Dips with the block in your lap
Station 4
Zombie Carry
Curls
Single arm rows from plank position
weighted bat wings

MARY:
20 pickle pounders in cadence to an audience followed by 10 merkins
20 flutter kicks in cadence followed by 10 merkins
20 LBC’s in cadence followed by 10 Merkins
10 Big Boys OYO followed by 10 merkins
20 Freddie Mercury’s in cadence led by Snaggle
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I shared an excerpt from a back blast I found on LinkedIn from the F3 Nation page, you can read it below.
Leverage Your Resources
MOLESKIN:
Curveball and his brother
Jenner and his med school situation
Cheatsheet pray against racism
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Consider doing the 43 day challenge.
January 1-February 12
1. Physical activity daily-preferably at a beatdown but can be done at home or yoga or hiking etc.
2. No alcohol
3. Drink 1 gallon of water daily
4. Eat healthy-not saying you have to do a diet but try to avoid sugars processed foods etc
5. Read 10 pages daily of something that will enrich your mind whether it’s Jocko, Goggins  read something.
6. Spend 5 minutes daily in uninterrupted prayer
7. Spend intentional time with your family or significant other daily and do something spontaneous once a week Guidelines:
Honor code
Find a Battle buddy that you trust to hold you accountable
Take before/after pictures

A Hill Worth Dying For

THE SCENE: Comfy mid-30’s and extra gloomy

WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH (IC) x 20; Tai Fighters (IC) x 10 per side; Hand Release Merkins (OYO) x 10; Temp Squat Jumps (IC) x 10

THA-THANG:

Mosey to hill below track; pick battle buddies (COVID-safe); HIM1 sprints to top of hill for hand release merkins (increase amount on each rep to 11); HIM2 does SSH while waiting; flapjack until 11 reached.

Mosey to lot beside baseball field (lunges at first then mosey); Karaoke to far end of lot and return; High knees half way and butt-kicks the rest; line up at hill for next session of fun.

HIM1 runs through trench and over hill to sidewalk along Fox Lonas for monkey humpers (increase amount on each rep to 8); HIM2 does big boy situps while waiting; flapjack until 8 reached.

Mosey to street corner near Weigel’s (lunges in middle of section); Jailbreak sprint to the top of hill at Park Village Rd; SSH at top while waiting for 6 to arrive; mosey back to bottom of hill.

Move into retention area behind baseball outfield fence; HIM1 sprints to top of hill for tree taps (like shoulder taps but tap trees along fence); HIM2 does squat jumps while waiting; flapjack until 8 reached.

Mosey back to lot beside baseball field; High knees half way and butt-kicks the rest; mosey to hill in front of high school drop off area.

Speed round… HIM1 precariously heads to bottom of steep hill and bear crawls back up hill; HIM2 does Rocky Balboas while waiting; flapjack one time.  Mosey back to AO.

@Pom Pom led the group in motivators starting at 10.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:

19 HIMs plus 1 FNG (Patsy)

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

COVID, masks, election, school decisions, sports, time with family, and holiday traditions… all relevant topics that can lead to disagreement and arguments.  We need to discern and determine which “hill is worth dying for” when it comes to disagreements.  Romans 12:18 encourages us to live peaceably as much as possible.

Isaiah 9 spoke of a people in darkness who were brought into the light.  A special child was promised to usher in peace and hope.  John 8:12 speaks of this Light of the world – Jesus.

Jesus came to die on a hill for us.  John 3:17  He came to reconcile God and man.  See Hark the Herald Angels carol… “God and sinners reconciled”.