F3 Knoxville

Carpe Diem

THE SCENE: Chilly 30’s; started to snow during COT

WARM-O-RAMA:

4ct SSH x 20 (IC); 5 Burpees (OYO); 4ct Tai Fighters x 10 Forward and Reverse (IC); 5 Burpees (OYO); Temp Squat Jumps x 5 (IC); 5 Burpees (OYO); 4ct Starfish Crunches x 10 (IC); 5 Burpees (OYO)

THA-THANG:
Mosey to CMU pile in alley; 4 corners with CMU; Start at 20 reps at all 4 corners for first lap… 19 for second lap… 18 for third lap… and so on until beat down ends; Corner 1 exercise is Rifle Hold Squats; Corner 2 is Alternating Merkins (one hand on block); Corner 3 is Rifle Hold 2ct Flutter Kicks; and Corner 4 is Kettle-Block Swings; Return CMU to pile; Mosey back to AO

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Mentioned Dead Poet’s Society movie and the phrase Carpe Diem that took on importance to me as a young adult; Phrase literally means “Pluck the day” but more commonly known for “Sieze the Day”; While a great motto and good mindset to attack each day, I felt it a bit short or misguided unless married with God’s wisdom in James 4; Read James 4:13-16 and noted the important perspective that God is in control and it is wrong to assume on His will; Read Romans 12:2 speaking to how we can know God’s perfect will; so I encouraged the PAX to Sieze the Day – If the Lord wills!

MOLESKIN:
See Shamrock prayer request channel on Slack to pray or drop new requests

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.

New Year’s Leg Day & Burpees

THE SCENE: The threat of rain, but nothing more than a sprinkle
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Cherry Pickers, Side Straddle Hops, Baby Arm Circles Forward, Backward, and seal claps.
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the covered area near the Church.  Everyone find a column.
20 lunges, followed by a 30 second wall squat
19 lunges, followed by a 30 second wall squat
18 lunges, followed by a 30 second wall squat
17 lunges, followed by a 30 second wall squat
Etc, all the way down to 1.

A total of 210 lunges, and 10 minutes of wall squats.
The remainder of the workout was running, and doing burpees to 80, while mixing in some Ab exercises to break up the burpee monotony.

MARY:
The Mary was included in the burpee bonanza.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
The challenge was to grow the second and third F’s for F3 Knoxville in 2021.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

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