F3 Knoxville

Barkley Returns!

THE SCENE: 48 Degrees with a slight breeze. Very Nice!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

1. Cherry Pickers IC x 10

2. Baby Arm Circles IC 10 front and 10 back

3. SSH (aka Jumping Jacks LOL) IC x 10

4 Imperial Squat Walkers IC x 10

5. Lap around the AO x 1
THA-THANG:
Mosey towards gate to start Barkley.

Stopped half way to start of Barkley and did 10 burpees OYO

We did three loops of the Barkley. Each lap had 4 stations.

Round 1: Station 1 – 20 merkins, Station 2 – 20 curls with rock and 20 rows with rock, Station 3 – 20 Carolina Dry Docks, Station 4 – 20 Dips

Round 2: Station 1 – 30 Starjacks, Station 2 – 30 rock squats, Station 3 – Reverse lunges x 15 each leg, Station 4 – 30 Monkey Humpers

Round 3: Station 1 – 40 LBCs, Station 2 – 40 Hello Dolly’s, Station 3 – 40 American Hammers SC, Station 4 – 40 Flutter Kicks 4 count

Finishers rotated through 15 shoulder taps, 15 squats and 15 big boys until pax finished.

Mosey back to AO.

MARY:
Coolio led the group in American Hammers to finish out the workout.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
34 PAX today including 2 FNGs. Nicholas Generaux (Ponder) and Anderson Olds (Tinder)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Share today about working in faith. It is easy to think about achieving in terms of oneself. I did this or I did that and this happened or that will happen. But just like the farmer who plants we cannot control the out come…only God can. We must work in faith for God!
MOLESKIN:
None today
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Tank and Tinder shared about an F2 event for inner city kids on December 3rd. Tank has details.

Lighting the Fire

THE SCENE: Cold but beautiful Autumn morning.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

20 Side Straddle Hops, 10 Windmills, 10 Cherry Pickers, 10 Little Baby Arm Circles Forward and Ten Backward
THA-THANG:

In Base Camp Parking Lot, each man will find a partner.  All men go to one end of parking lot.  There will be a set of bricks for each team on that side of the parking lot.  While one partner sprints to other side of parking lot (to do one of four listed exercises) the other partner will do one of four exercises with the bricks.  He does the first exercise while his partner sprints, does his first listed exercise, and sprints back.  Then the partner who sprinted takes the bricks from his partner and that partner will sprint.

The four exercises with the bricks are:

  1. Curls, right hand then left, repeating until the partner returns
  2. Overhead presses, right then left, repeating until partner returns
  3. Lifts from side, right then left, repeating until partner returns
  4. Punches from chest, right then left, repeating until partner returns

The four exercises on other side of parking lot (where partner sprints to) are:

  1. 10 Burpees
  2. 10 Mountain Climbers (4 count)
  3. 20 Star Jumps
  4. 20 Squat Jumps

Mosey to Roadway below Administration Bldg.

Each man, at own pace, will run counterclockwise on roadway that circles the Admin Bldg.  Cones designate stations along the way.  There are eight stations:

  1. Located at first set of stairs to left of road.  Go down and up stairs three times.
  2. Located at second set of stairs to left of road.  Go down and up stairs three times.
  3. Located shortly after stop sign on southeastern corner of roadway circle.  Do 15 Hello Dollies, 4 count.
  4. Located at Boulder Pile by Admin Bldg parking lot.  With Cinder Block Weight Boulder do:  15 Overhead Presses, 15 Curls, 15 Squats, 15 Bench Presses
  5. Located by cone just past admin parking lot on west side of Admin Bldg.  Do Bear Crawl to next cone.
  6. Located about 25 yards from Cone 5.  Do Hop to next Cone
  7. Located about 25 yards from Cone 6.  Do 15 Box Cutters, 4 count
  8. Located at stop sign on northeast corner of roadway circle.  Do 15 American Hammers, 4 count

Repeat above

Mosey to Playground for “All My Benchs.” 

At benches each man will do 25’s with a combination of bench jumps and decline merkens.  We will start with 20 bench jumps and 5 decline merkens, then go to 15 bench jumps and 10 merkens, etc. until we end with 5 bench jumps and 20 decline merkens.

Mosey to Pavilion.

Each man goes to end of picnic table.  20 Picnic Table Pull-ups.

Mosey Back to Base Camp

MARY:
Slow Stretching

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
12 Attended.  Two FNG’s:  Mario Azevedo (Counselor) and Michael Underwood (Jarvis)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
God created men to enjoy adventure and battle.  We like to push ourselves in F3 as we are battling fatigue and pain in an effort to win against ourselves.  Men need that challenge.  You see it in little boys.  My own son’s favorite Bible story was that of David and Goliath.  We would live that out in make believe a million times, with he (David) battling me (Goliath).

While men need battle and adventure with other men, they also need comfort, assurance and love.  We may get that from women such as our wives or girlfriends but we also need it from men.  We as F3 brothers can give that to others in need and when we are in need, we can seek it from our brothers.  We also need that loving comfort from God.  The best Hebrew translation of Abba, which is often a term used for God in the Bible, is “Daddy”.  God is our Father but he is also our Daddy.  We can go to him when we are wounded and weak.  He can lovingly and even gently comfort us.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Coffeeteria at Panera!

10 15 20

THE SCENE: Dark and Kind of chilly
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Roxanne by the police. Everytime the song says Roxanne -Merican. Everytime the song says “put on the red light” jump your feet up to your hands while remaining in plank
THA-THANG:

10,15,20

AO parking lot beginning on baseline, PAX would do 10 reps of an exercise at the starting side, sprint to the other side doing 10 reps of that same exercise. go through all the exercises. Rinse and repeat rounds of 15, and 20

  • Merican
  • Squat
  • Dry Dock
  • Squat Jump
  • Burpee

Mosey in two lines to the Chapel for some leg work

  • Parrell Squats: 10 reps on a 4 count
  • Staggered Leg Squat, left leg out – 10 reps on a 4 count
  • Split Leg Squat, left leg out – 10 reps on a 4 count
  • Parrell Squats: 10 reps on a 4 count
  • Staggered Leg Squat, right leg out – 10 reps on a 4 count
  • Split Leg Squat, right leg out – 10 reps on a 4 count

Mosey in two lines to the AO

Crabwalk suicides. Crabwalk from the baseline to the first parking line and back to start. Crabwalk from the baseline to the second parking line and back to start.Crabwalk from the baseline to the thrid parking line and back to start.

MARY:
15 American Hammers on a 4 count

15 flutter Kicks on a 4 count

20 Big Boys on your own
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
34 no FNGs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
People are always watching, especially our kinds. Our actions and our reactions speak louder than words. They are watching and listening even when we don’t think they are or we wish they weren’t.

John 13:34-35

Sugar High

THE SCENE: Perfect Day for a Mosey and some route 66 on the go.   26 pax left tha parking lot with a sugar high and burned off some Halloween goo!

5:30 COP

  • Imperial Squat Walker
  • High Knees 1/2 way across Lot then run it out
  • Skips 1/2 way across Lot then run it out
  • Squat 1/2 way across Lot then run it out
  • Karaoke 1/2 way across Lot then run it out
  • Shuffle 1/2 way across Lot then run it out

 Mosey to Route 66

  • Burpees – Circle to the 6

Head to long hill

  • Merkins – Circle to the 6

 Take Everest!

 Rock Pile – Dora

  • 3 trips each
    • Partner #1 15 Curls x 30 Rows
    • Partner #2 Run to the cones stopping half way for a burpee

Mosey to AO

  • Stops on the way
    • Squats x 20
    • Imperial Squat Walker x 20

Cash Out

  • Sprint to the top of the Hill next to the AO

Mary

  • Hello Dolly x 20
  • Flutter Kicks x 20
  • ATM’s
    • Shoulder tap x 15
    • Slow Merkin x 10
    • Fast Merkin x 10

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • 2 year convergence at the Asylum Saturday.   Engage EH
  • 2 year anniversary get together 2:00-5:00 at Concord Baptist

BOM

  • Seek a heart of Self-forgetfulness and look for the ways that God want to use you in the midst of life’s struggles  We are called to be salt and light all the time not just when it suits our schedule.

Kraken’s Revenge

THE SCENE
32 and Clear

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA
SSH x25 IC
Tempo Merkins x15 IC
SSH x15 IC
Tempo Squats x15 IC
2 Laps around the parking lot and line up on the curb

THA-THANG
Warm-Up Sprints
Start on the curb at one side of the parking lot.  Lunge to the cones (approximately 1/3 of the lo) and do 2 buprees at the cone.  Then sprint to end of parking lot and do 2 hand-release mekins.  Sprint back and do 2 BBS.  Rinse and repeat the merkins and BBS each trip until you get to 10 each.

Mosey to new parking lot

The Kraken!
Spread out to 8 cones.  Complete exercise at that cone and run around the cones counter-clockwise to the next cone (make the whole loop + one cone). Rinse and repeat until you complete the whole loop or until tie is up.

  • Cone 1 – Dry Docks x15 or x20
  • Cone 2 – Narrow Squats x15 or 20
  • Cone 3 – 4ct Flutter Kicks x15 or 20
  • Cone 4 – Star Jumps x15 or 20
  • Cone 5 – 4ct Shoulder Taps x10 or 15
  • Cone 6 – Reverse Lunges (each leg counts as 1) x10 or x15
  • Cone 7 – 4ct Hello Dollys x15 or x20
  • Cone 8 – Smurf Jacks x15 or x20

Mosey back to SP.

MARY
American Hammers x20 IC
Hand-Release Merkings x10 IC
4ct Flutter Kicsks x20 IC
Diamond Merkins x15 IC
Hello Dolly x20 IC
Wide Merkins x15 IC
Side Crunches, Rt x20 IC
Side Crunches, Lf x20 IC
Ranger Merkins 15 IC
American Hammers x20 IC

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
29 PAX

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM
Often we measure our sense of security and significance by our external circumstances…where we “are.”  A stronger, truer expression is to look at the direction we are heading in.  Our circumstances may be tough, but if keep our eyes fixed on God, and seek to live with honor and integrity we will find a strength and resilience we didn’t know we had access to.  Conversely, we may be in a “good place” circumstantially, but if we don’t guard our heart and mind we will soon find life looses it’s joy and wonder.  Bottom Line: Life is a pursuit, not a destination!  What are your eyes fixed on?  How can you help someone in your life shift perspectives?

MOLESKIN
Cold weather is creeping into to K-Town, but the PAX greeted it head on and did strong work this morning!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • 2 Year Anniversary THIS SATURDAY! Workout in the AM and party in the afternoon.
  • Online Q-Sign Up is live.  Go to www.f3knoxville.com to sign up for November!