F3 Knoxville

The Dirty Dozen

THE SCENE: nice, clear, and perfect temp for a beatdown at the Project.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

15 SSH, 10 Windmill, 15 mountain climbers, 15 Moroccan night club
THA-THANG:
The burpee mile: 12 burpees followed by 1 lap around the track. Repeat for a total of 48 burpees and 4 laps, 1 mile.

The dirty dozen. 3 exercises at each corner of the walk path next to the main parking lot of the AO.

1st lap:

  • 12 merkins
  • 12 squats
  • 12 Freddie Mercury IC

2nd lap:

  • 12 diamond merkins
  • 12 sumo squats
  • 12 Flutter kicks IC

3rd lap:

  • 12 Carolina Dry Docks
  • 12 iron Mike’s each leg
  • 12 heels to Heaven

MARY:
Hello Dolly and LBCs
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
7 strong again this morning
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Ephesians 5:1-5: be imitators of God. Be in the world but not of the world. We are called to be different in the way we act and live our lives. We are called to be Christ-like. Consider this when doing anything: “would Jesus be sitting beside me supporting this?”
MOLESKIN:
Hard work by all the PAX this morning!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Abridged this Thursday. Hardship Hill on May 18th. Last day to get JUCO shirts.

Criss-Cross

THE SCENE: 60 with Misty Mountains
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
Apologies for the mislabels, and mis-anything.

WARM-O-RAMA:
A few of these, a few of those.  Pre-cursers of criss crossy things to come.

THA-THANG:A

At base of JUCOManjaro.  Each HIM within a team of 4 takes turns carrying a CMU to the top of JUCOManjaro.  As they carry the CMU to the top they cross over to the other side of the road where they will find a orange cone with a exercise on it which they will do.    There were 9 stations to get to the top which were labeled:

  • 50 Imperial Walkers
  • 25 Cross Toe Touches
  • 50 Freddy Mercuries
  • 25 Mountain Parkers
  • 50 Scissor Kicks
  • 25 Plank Destroyers
  • 50 Travoltas
  • 50 Windmills
  • 50 American Hammers

As the group finishes, do American Hammers with the CMU’s being passed from HIM to him in a back facing circle of HIM’s on their six.  Keep doing CMU American Hammers until the whole group is in the circle.  Switch directions a couple times.

MARY:
Take CMU’s back down to the A.O.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

Had a fun time naming our FNG who is now Blackbox.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+1&version=NIV

Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome[a] it.

Fellowship reference: https://fellowshipknox.org/wl?c=1 (5/5/2019)

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill coming as well as Bridge.

Don’t slow your roll

THE SCENE: Plenty warm to work up a good sweat. Mostly clear. Air stinks kinda bad for some unknown reason…
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x25 IC
Cherry Pickers x6 IC
Crabettes x15 IC
Outside plank heel touches x15 IC
Inside plank heel touches x15 IC
Tempo Merkins x10 IC
Tempo Squats x15 IC

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the restaurant courtyard by the Poke Bowl place.

Split into 2 teams. Each team has an identical pile of exercise cards.
One extra-large size die with numbers 1,2,3.
One team rolls the die. That’s the number of laps up the stairs and back around.
While that team runs the laps, other team works through the pile until laps completed.
When entire team returns from laps, other team rolls.
When pile is complete, set up a cone as a counter and start again.
See how many times each team can work through the pile.
Pile exercises:
15 Merkins
15 4-ct Monkey Humpers
10 Iron Mikes (each leg)
10 Squat Jumps
10 Burpees
20 Flutter Kicks
15 Carolina Dry Docks
20 BBS
20 4-ct Mtn Climbers

The die seemed weighted to roll 3’s… Lots of stairs for us!
Each team completed two trips through the pile, came out pretty even when time ran out.

Mosey back to the AO, stopping halfway for 15 4-ct Monkey Humpers on Hardin Valley Rd.

MARY:
Hey! We have some time for Mary this time!
20x 4ct LBCs
25x Hello Dolly IC
20x Flutter Kicks IC
4x Row Your Boat

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 HIMs made for 2 pretty evenly matched teams.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Even with the die rolling this morning, both teams came out pretty evenly in the end. I had no idea if it would work out that way or not. We don’t always know how things will turn out in life either, but rather than just random chance, the thing controlling our situation is an all-knowing God, who works things for our good. Even when we don’t understand what’s going on at the time…
MOLESKIN:
Great effort today! Both from the team-to-team competition aspect and the push within each team! Hitting those stairs really sucked, especially right after that opening sequence of Monkey Humpers, Iron Mikes, and Squat Jumps…
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill coming soon – If you’re not registered, you should be! Abridged OEW benefit night Thursday 5/9.

All Around JUCO

THE SCENE: Beautiful 50 something.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER  given
WARM-O-RAMA:

15 SSH, 10 tempo squats, 10 tempo merkins, 15 Moroccan night club
THA-THANG:
In an attempt to run around all of JUCO, begin mosey toward the Sophomore.  At the four corners,

  • 20 merkins
  • 20 squats
  • 20 mountain climbers
  • 20 Freddie Mercury

Continue run around the back of the maintenance building to the grassy hill.  Run up the hill 5 times while zig-zagging around each tree.  At the top, alternate with 15 diamond merkins and 15 lunges each leg. Squats at the bottom at the end until the 6 gets in.

Mosey to the small parking lot next to the pond and do 20 Flutter kicks IC.  Run around the walk path and stop as instructed to perform exercises:

  • 10 burpees OYO
  • 20 Hello Dolly IC

Cut off the walk path at the large parking lot northeast of the school.

  • 10 8 Count body builders IC

Run to the next corner of the parking lot towards Hardin Valley road.  Perform exercise at the intersections.

  • 20 squat jumps
  • 20 star jacks
  • 20 iron Mikes
  • 10 burpees back at the shovel flag

MARY:
LBC smoker:  10 of each of these LBCs, reverse LBCs (moving the lower body only), 6 inch LBCs (LBCs with legs straight and 6″ of the ground), and full-grown LBCs (regular and reverse together).
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
13 HIMS made it all the way around JUCO this morning!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Take time to appreciate the mothers and especially stay-at-home mothers in your lives.  They do not get the credit they deserve, but try your best to remind them how important they are.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
May 9th fund raiser for Operation Enduring Warriors at Abridged. May 19th Hardship Hill.

45

THE SCENE: Beautiful…50s and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

The usual…SSH, Merkins, Mountain Climbers, Tempo Squats, Cherry Pickers

THA-THANG:
Unexpected closure of my favorite pull-up place… so we found a wall with a good height for muscle-ups.

(15 muscle-ups+15 dips) x3 rounds=45 muscle ups and 45 dips

Moseyed over to K-2(5) – K2 like the summit and K25 like the nuclear facility – our modest hill along ORAU Drive (staying away from the ORAU parking lot as Spotter and I were told not to use it without permission).

Partner up for Doras to work on the following:

  • 45 burpees
  • 45 BBS
  • 45 lunges (2-ct)
  • 45 squats
  • started on merkins until time.

Partner runs up K-2(5): 1st time – sprint up, mosey down; 2nd time – bear crawl up, mosey down; 3rd time – bernie up, mosey down. Rinse and repeat until all exercises are complete.

MARY:
The usual: flutter kicks, Freddy Mercury, box-cutters – until time

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
7 HIMS worked on The Project today and got it DONE: Erector, Trolley, Rocket, Samaritan, Archie, FNG – Kick-flip (WELCOME), and Snaggletooth

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Turned 45 this weekend and feeling it! But we’ve found a way to renew our strength – even in old age!

He energizes those who get tired,
    gives fresh strength to dropouts.
For even young people tire and drop out,
    young folk in their prime stumble and fall.
But those who wait upon God get fresh strength.
    They spread their wings and soar like eagles,
They run and don’t get tired,
    they walk and don’t lag behind. (Isaiah 40:30-31, MSG)

MOLESKIN:
Make time – take time – spend time waiting/hoping/trusting in the Lord. Not multitasking our quiet time. Solid, one-on-one time with HIM. And you’ll find you have the strength for everything you are called to.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill and Abridged