F3 Knoxville

Be Where your feet are…

AO: asylum-am
Q: Gibbler
PAX: P3, Matlock (Bill Maddox), TRC/Crab legs, Hot Tub (John Muller), Bunny, Love’s, Waffle House (Brady Greene), Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Cinco (Scott McGuire), Double Wide, Gibbler, Pac-man, @Newton, @Archie
FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
WARMUP: Rocky Balboa on the curb with super Mario and runs and karaoke in between

THE THANG: mosey to overlook for 25’s with merkins and froggy squats. We worked in toe merkins and crunch frogs too.

3 rounds with a 5 burpee buy in for each round of chain merkins and Bulgarian squats

Cosmo 2 was a no show. No Q fails today and instructions were clear. Houston, we found the problem.

MARY: lots of time on the cloud for stretching and abs

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT: be where your feet are

1000 Reps

AO: asylum-am
Q: Cat Gut (Mike Davis)
PAX: Matlock (Bill Maddox), Double Wide, Cinco (Scott McGuire), Gibbler, Waffle House (Brady Greene), Cosmo 2, Kentucky, Hands, P3, Bunny, Cat Gut (Mike Davis), F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom), Pac-man, Archie, Hot Tub, Techmo
FNGs: None
COUNT: 16
WARMUP:

THE THANG:

MARY:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

Chest Burn & Core

AO: juco
Q: Lt. Dan
PAX: Mailbox, Butterknife, Starlink, Guardrail, Fetch, Archie
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
1. WARM-UP (5 minutes)
All IC (In Cadence):
– Side-Straddle Hops – 25 IC
– Windmills – 15 IC
– Imperial Walkers – 20 IC
– Arm Circles (Forward & Backward) – 10 each
– Slow Merkins – 10 IC
– Jog a lap or 2 minutes of shuttle runs
2. MAIN WORKOUT (32 minutes)
Format: 4 rounds x 8 minutes
Each round includes strength, core, and running.
Rest/modify between rounds as needed.
Round 1 – Chest & Core Primer (Revised)
Merkins – 1 minute
LBCs – 1 minute
Merkins – 1 minute
LBCs – 1 minute
Run – 2 minutes (~400m or shuttles)
Active Recovery (High Knees in Place / Lunges) – 2 minutes
Round 2 – Wide & Flutter
Wide-Arm Merkins – 1 minute
Flutter Kicks (4-count) – 1 minute
Wide-Arm Merkins – 1 minute
Flutter Kicks – 1 minute
Run – 2 minutes
Active Recovery – 2 minutes
F3 Workout Q Sheet – Chest Burn & Core Blast
Round 3 – Diamonds & Big Boys
Diamond Merkins – 1 minute
Big Boy Sit-ups – 1 minute
Diamond Merkins – 1 minute
Big Boy Sit-ups – 1 minute
Run – 2 minutes
Active Recovery – 2 minutes
Round 4 – HR Merkins & Twists
Hand-Release Merkins – 1 minute
American Hammers (4-count) – 1 minute
Hand-Release Merkins – 1 minute
American Hammers – 1 minute
Run – 2 minutes (Try a backward run for intensity)
Active Recovery – 2 minutes
3. CORE FINISHER (5 minutes)
2 rounds (30 seconds each):
– Plank
– Left Side Plank
– Right Side Plank
– Boat Hold (V-sit)
– Low Flutter Kicks (20 count if 4-count IC)

MARY: Ring of fire Merkins, Flutter, Hobo thing, squat

ANNOUNCEMENTS: n/a

COT Word: “Accountable to the Standard”
Men, we live in a world that constantly pushes the idea of autonomy, of doing your own thing, of answering to no one. But in truth, we were never meant to walk alone. The Word of God is clear—real growth, real strength, and real transformation happens when we are accountable to something greater than ourselves, and when we are willing to let other men speak truth into our lives.
Key Point 1: Accountability is Biblical
We often associate accountability with weakness or being policed, but God designed it as a tool for strength and protection.

Proverbs 27:17 – “As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.”
You don’t sharpen iron by tapping it softly. It takes pressure. Friction. Heat. And so it is with brotherhood. We need brothers willing to call us up—not out—to the standard God has set for us.
Challenge to the PAX:
As we leave this circle today, ask yourself:
– Am I hiding anything in the dark that needs to be brought into the light?
– What am I doing to help sharpen the man to my left and right?
Don’t be a lone ranger. Accountability isn’t weakness—it’s wisdom.
Closing Prayer:
Lord, thank You for the men around us. Give us the courage to be honest, the humility to be corrected, and the strength to walk in integrity. Teach us to be accountable to You first, and then to one another as brothers. Sharpen us. Strengthen us. Use us. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Tour de Fun

AO: asylum-am
Q: Gibbler
PAX: Fabio (Joe Hamilton), Matlock (Bill Maddox), Tropicana, Hot Tub (John Muller), Bunny, Hands, Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Cinco (Scott McGuire), Double Wide, Gibbler, Kentucky, Love’s, Waffle House (Brady Greene), @Newton, @Archie, @Possum, @Backflow
FNGs: None
COUNT: 17
WARMUP: SSH and tempo squats and merkins and Grady corn and TN rocking chair with a mosey

THE THANG:
After getting over the disappointment of not having a Love’s Q we settled into the normal complaining.

Pickleball steps with merkins and dry docks and bear crawls down the steps. 3 rounds of fun

Turf baseball field for burps at each base and home plate with step ups and dips. 3 rounds of fun

Soccer field for shoulder taps and froggy squats on either side. 3 rounds of fun Soccer field

Junk science of sprinting 2x across the field. Adds years to your life. It’s science and can’t be denied.

MARY: mixed in after each station

ANNOUNCEMENTS: happy birthday Hands. Haw Ridge and Spring Break

COT: if you want to go fast go alone. If you want to go far go together.

Humble Rocks (squats)

AO: juco
Q: Guardrail
PAX: Booster, Archie, Starlink, Mailbox, Butterknife, Windex, Love Shaq, Fetch
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP: High needs, butt kickers, pitifully lead demotiviators, Tempo merkins, Harry Rockets

THE THANG: Rock paper scissors to get across the big lot, F3 style: Squat, Burpee, Star jump. Winner advances to the next line. Last man at the back bear crawls to the next opponent.

4 corners with 35,30,25 and 20 (goal was 100, but the Q didn’t know how to math) OHP& curls at corner 1, Merkins & Squats at corner 2, 4ct Mountain climbers at corner 3, choose your own core exercise at 4.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Sign up for Escape from Haw Ridge

COT: All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the Lord. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word. Isaiah 66:2 ESV

– F3 focus on leadership
– But not just to lead or be great
– But to do Great things for God
– To fail at that: Think of yourself more highly than you ought
Read King Uzziah. Great for God, but “he was strong, he grew proud, to his destruction.”
– To be useful for God, have a humble heart
– Don’t think less of yourself, think of yourself less; think of others more.
– Be a great Friend: Be a 2AM friend. Be a better friend and get more of them as we age.


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