F3 Knoxville

Tag: Betty

Watch your BACK

THE SCENE: low 70’s HUMID, light rain
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Baby Arm Circles forward/backward
Arm Stretching
Windmills
Cherry pickers
THA-THANG:
Slow Mosey to the CMU’s, and everyone takes one.
Take half the blocks to the swings, and half the blocks to the pull up bars.  Divide into two groups, one group has three guys to swing pullups, while the onlookers do rows.  Rotate in an out until the second group arrives to relieve you.  The second group is at the pull up bars.  Perform 10 Pullups or 10 negatives (jumping up and slowly coming down).  The onlookers perform lawn mowers.  After everyone does 10, rotate to the swings.  Rinse and repeat 3 times.  After three rotations, we did some curls and bench press with the CMU’s before putting them away.

MARY:
We went to the dry area near the high school (under cover) and did the following in cadence on a 4 ct.
25 Hello Dolly’s
20 Pickle Pounders
15 LBC’s
10 Flutter kicks
10 Pickle Pointers
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Dream big.  Jesus did more than was expected he saved lives, he performed miracles, he did more than anyone could even imagine.  The challenge for each of us to to step outside our normal thoughts and think bigger.  How can we dream big, what do we need to push out of the way to open our minds?
MOLESKIN:
Pray for Pom Pom as he has impending travel to Bulgaria
Pray for Anchorman’s family that has COVID
Pray for Mermaid’s family as the help make decisions about elderly are with aging grandparents with one who is currently hospitalized due to a stroke.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 Picnic Sunday 9/11

Shamrock – Walls of Jericho

THE SCENE: So humid
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Run in a circle, side to side, butt kicks, high knees, run, stop. 

Stretching – Quads

Mountain Climbers – IC – 15 – 4 count 

Cobra stretch 

Tie Fighter 4 CT x 10 each

Smurf Jacks – 20

Cherry Pickers x5

1-2-3 MerkBurpee (Wide-Standard-Tri) x 3 

THA-THANG:

Mosey to the CMU pile 

Grab a CMU – I set out 4 extra CMUs with a rope around 2, with 2 more stacked on top. 

Form a large circle for the Walls of Jericho

Round 1

1 man will walk backwards dragging 4 CMUs around the full circle, during which the rest of the men will:

–Curl CMU AMRAP until the 1st man makes it back to their spot

–Smurf jacks AMRAP while the next man drags the quad CMU around, 

  • 1-2-3 MerkBurpee (Wide-Standard-Tri) AMRAP
  • Start back over with Curls, then Smurfs, then 1-2-3 MerkBurpees. 
  • We had 11 men so this took a while

Round 2

Once everyone has had a turn we do it again, but with 3 different exercises. 

  • Jumping Spiders – AMRAP
  • Bobby Hurly – AMRAP
  • Tricep CMU – AMRAP

Round 3

  • CMU Twinkle Toes “Heavy Twinkie”- AMRAP
  • Alternating CMU Merkins – AMRAP
  • Bench press while doing flutter kicks “Flutter Press”? – AMRAP

We made it through all 3 rounds and had 5 minutes to burn at the retention pond gully. We ran up and down twice and did some long planks

 

MARY:

Dealers choice – BBS, Merkins, V-ups, flutter kicks

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 men – Nature Boy, Osteen, Fabio, Crawl Space, Pom-Pom, Waxjob, Betty, Dumpster Dive, Curry, Mermaid, Anchorman, 

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Resolution and Review 

Resolution – a firm decision to do or not to do something. Sound like a Yoda quote. 

From the devotions from Thomas a Kempis a 14th century Christian 

“In the morning make a resolution and in the evening examine yourself on what you have said this day, what you have done and thought, for in these things perhaps you have offended God and those around you. “

An example for a resolution to start your day – Pray that God would help you to consider others throughout the day more than yourself. Pretty easy to sit in bed at night to rewind and playback parts of your day. Was I self serving today or did I serve others? 

In the same devotional Thomas says “Just men depend on the grace of God rather than on their own wisdom in keeping their resolutions.”

 

Atomic Suicides

THE SCENE:
Awesome Morning (getting cooler)

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
The usual house cleaning talk

WARM-O-RAMA:
Full body stretches: neck rolls, tricep stretch, SSHs, cherry pickers, quad stretch, etc.

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Football Field
Suicides on the Field

  • 10 Merkins in the end zone
  • 20 Mountain Climbers @ the 10 yd line
  • Repeat in 10 yd increments for 100 yds
  • 15 Squats in the end zone 
  • 20 LBCs at the 20 yd line
  • Repeat in 20 yd increments for 100 yds
  • 10 up-downs in the end zone
  • 20 Flutter Kicks at the 50 yd line
  • repeat in 50 yd increments for 100 yds
  • Circle up: 10 up downs, 20 monkey humpers, 1 min plank, 20 LBCs, 10 pickle pointers.
  • quick stretch, then back to the start.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

Curry, Anchorman, Pool Boy, Pom Pom, Curveball, Mermaid, Osteen, Voodoo, Betty, and Caveman

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Selflessness !!

MOLESKIN:
Special thanks to our SSH guest

It is NOT a Fitness Expo

THE SCENE:

Partly Cloudy Temperature Feels Like Humidity Wind Speed Wind Direction
69 ℉ 70 ℉ 99% 3.5 mi/h SW

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER.
Delivered as desired. I am not a professional.

WARM-O-RAMA:

Jack of All Trades. – Stolen from Blockbuster F3 Phoenix
Inchworm into plank
5 Plank Jacks
5 Peter Parkers
World’s Greatest Stretch
5 ranger merkins
5 fire hydrants each leg
Inchworm back to standing
10 backslappers
5 sweater squats – straight leg bent over for 5 count
stand up and pull sweater apart for a 5 count
5 seal claps
5 overhead claps
5 side straddle hops
5 heel raises

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Football Field. Moving on Field along mapped path. The path mapped the letter ‘F’ and number ‘3’. At each corner, small number of exercises where done. The F included burpees, merkins, and shoulder taps. The 3 included squats, monkey humpers, and calf raises.

Moved to track. As many laps as possible. Each lap had six stations, three at each end. So, sprint then A mosey B mosey C. Then the other half. Sprint A mosey B mosey C.
A: Merkins
B: Abs (LBCs or BBs)
C: Monkey Humpers or Squat Jumps
Sprint the straight sections and then mosey in between the stations in the corners. Rep counts where 20 first lap, 15 second lap, and 10 for every other lap. Most of the PAX completed four laps. Some more. Some fewer.

Mosey off track to picnic area. 20 Dips. 20 step ups.

Back to the flag.

MARY:
20 Flutter Kicks
16 Pickle Pointers
13 Pickle Pounders.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
13 better men.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

F3 is open to all men. I believe we, as individuals, should be too. Work to embrace the positive traits of all. Especially, those who don’t check all the same boxes as you do.

MOLESKIN:
For Baby Boomer and all those traveling this week.  And for all the sick and suffering.  For the unsaid prayers in our hearts.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
2nd F opportunity at Swan Cabin for the nights of the Sept 16th and 17th (Fri & Sat). See Waxjob.

Chasing Weighty Goals

THE SCENE: Just about perfect with low humidity and comfortable upper 60’s
WARM-O-RAMA:
PAX got to enjoy an immediate round of burpees as the QIC screwed up the F3 order; finished off with a round of SSHs, one tempo merkin, some tai fighters, and squatting Grady corns
THA-THANG:

Never ending pain circle… 4 stations (aka corners) with specific workout at each (1. CMU Squat Thrusters, 2. Alternating CMU Merkins, 3. CMU American Hammers, 4. CMU Kettle Bell Swings).  Start at 20 reps per corner in first round and drop by 1 rep in each subsequent round.  Perform exercise, sit down CMU and run a lap, rifle carry CMU to next station, rinse and repeat.

Overtime fun… mixture of murder bunnies, rifle carries, dock loading, and some curls to finish off before restocking those lovely cinder beauties.  (@Betty managed to run through his CMU doing a murder bunny… so we worked in a few burpees on the way back to the AO)

MARY:

Had time for a howler monkey circle as we closed out the sesh.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 HIMs started and finished the beatdown

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Setting goals… been thinking through my personal goals for the year and recent months and considering ways to improve my success rate.  Important to set S.M.A.R.T. goals (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time Bound).  But more importantly to share them with others to hold you accountable.  Dave Ramsey said that “a list of goals with no actions [or accountability] is just a wishlist”.  Encouraged the PAX to set goals, share them someone, and get after them!  Read Proverbs 21:5 “Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.” NLT

Prayer Requests:  1) @Dumpster Dive and @Charmin wisdom to make some key decisions at their practice; 2) @Longnoodle having some personal challenges and needs widsom, strength, and discipline; 3) @Pom-Pom’s 1 month old daughter having a medical procedure today – healing and recovery