F3 Knoxville

[the-pulpit] CMU Surprise

AO: the-pulpit
Q: Voodoo
PAX: Neon, Sawdust, Charmin (John Willis), Fabio (Joe Hamilton), Leland Robbins (Geiger), Eliza, Betty, Rougarou, Smoked Pickle, Trojan
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WARMUP:
Plenty of stretching

THE THANG:
I came bearing gifts…CMUs

Partner up. One partner farmer carries CMU down US parking lot. Other partner does 3 BBS and runs to catch partner, then switch.

Stationed at LS cafeteria. Dora-style workout. One partner completes exercise while other moves to bus and back. One twist – both partner’s CMU must be used at all times.

Exercises were:
-rows
-walls sits
-OH press
-toe merkins
-curls

Completed two rounds then slowesy to mid point of parking lot where we resumed our first exercise making our way up behind the US to the resting place for the CMUs under the softball ramp.

Stopped at the turf for 10 no handed getups. Moseyed back to the flag for a few merkins

COT:
Discussed some takeaways from the book “Into the Wild.”
-life with less can be more fulfilling
-experienced are best when shared
-document your own life with pictures and/or journals
-Subject of the book blindly trusted so many strangers for rides, shelter, employment, etc and received a lot of help. What would happen if we all gave people we don’t know the benefit of the doubt? Gave them compassion, love, and respect as the default?

Worth a read, there is also a movie.

We’ll see what happens!

AO: shamruck
Q: Eliza
PAX: Dumpster Dive, Glamper, Tonka, Betty, Brick, Commission, Eliza, KickFlip, Lizzy, Mermaid, The Situation, Steam, Free Fall (Justin Whitaker)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
WARMUP: 4 corners around the Dutchtown Loop starting with Weigels Hill. We travelled various sandbags and Jerry cans stopping to do 10 squats and 10 merkins at each corner.

THE THANG: Ruck retention pond loop down the hill from the fire hydrant across and up the other side. At the top do one 40lb sandbag burpee. Repeat adding an extra burpee til you get to 5.

Finished with another heavy mile.

MARY: Flutters with Ruck, Ruck sit-up and press, LBCs, Rows, OH press, curls.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: GTE in April

COT: sometimes we can be stubborn and resistant to change. Be open to trying to new things and going along with change. I made an open invitation to the PAX to grab a Q and let’s do more of this heavy stuff/PT as they wish at Shamruck.

[karns-otb] Pictionary AMRAP w/ Friends

AO: karns-otb
Q: Sawdust
PAX: chris, Ryan Marcantel, Soot, Squealer, Leland Robbins (Geiger), Smoked Pickle, Betty, Voodoo, Striptease (Chris Miller), Roux-Ga-Roux (Josh Marcantel)
FNGs: 2 Striptease (Chris Miller), Roux-Ga-Roux (Josh Marcantel)
COUNT: 9
PRE-RUCK: Sawdust, Smoked Pickle & Betty :pre-ruck: for 1.5 miles before the beatdown

WARMUP: SSH, Tempo Merkins, Cherry Pickers, Windmills, Rockettes (Bunny Style), Tie-Fighters, X-Wings & 5 Burpees

THE THANG: Two (2) rounds of Pictionary AMRAP with a farmer carry around the Field House:
– Round 1 Stations:
– Iron Mikes
– Mountain Climbers
– Little Baby Crunches
– X-Factors
– Lt. Dans
– Bonnie Blairs
– Gas Pumpers
– Bobby Hurleys
– JOKER ALERT:
– Everything was going swimmingly, until AC/DC’s Thunderstruck came over the speaker. The Q made the PAX do SSH through the song and a Burpee every time Angus and the group said “Thunder”. It was about 53 times, if we did it right.
– Round 2 Stations:
– Pickle Pounders
– TN Rockin’ Chairs
– Froggie Squats
– Hello Dollys
– Sumo Squats
– Big Boy Sit Ups
– Carolina Dry Docks
– Imperial Squat Walkers

MARY: We were out of money, so we went to the ATM

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Escape from Haw Ridge, Hardship Hill and a possible Convergence at the asylum-am are up and coming.

COT: Our Charge – 2 Timothy 4:1-5… As followers of Christ we will do things not popular in society, but we should stay the course.

[karns-otb] Pictionary at the Ram

AO: karns-otb
Q: Sawdust
PAX: Voodoo, Betty, Neon, Leland Robbins (Geiger)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WARMUP:
SSH, Tempo Merkins, Cherry Pickers, Windmills, Rockettes (All In A Line), Tie-Fighters & X-Wings

THE THANG:
Four (4) Stations With Pictionary Cards in A Ladder Exercise:
– Station 1:
1. Sumo Squats
2. Plank Jacks
3. Mountain Climbers
4. Junk Science (40 Merkins)

– Station 2:
1. ATMs
2. Imperial Squat Walkers
3. Freddie Mercury
4. Grady Corns

– Wild Card Station: Bearpees

– Station 3:
1. Lt. Dans
2. LBCs
3. Carolina Dry Docks
4. Monkey Humpers

Station 4:
1. Pickle Pounders
2. Bobby Hurley
3. Big Boy Sit Ups
4. Hello Dolly

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Convergence at @bigball rescheduled for 17-Feb-24.

COT: Reviewed the poem that Bear Bryant kept in his wallet. Make the most of the day, don’t waste it and live for Him, not yourself.

Core Shredder and mini laps

AO: shamrock
Q: slappy
PAX: Mermaid, Anchorman, slappy, Honeydew, Skidmark, Stitch, Commission, Betty, VooDoo
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP:
SSH
Baby arm circles
Tempo merks
Cherry pickers
Twisties
Tempo squats
Calf stretch
Butt kickers
High knees

THE THANG:
1. Coreshredder
We did 10 core exercises in 3 rounds. Do 3 merkins between each exercise. Round 1 – 15 of each, round 2 – 10 of each, round 3 – 5 of each. We got to hear some of my Friday fun track until my speaker died. (Lame)

2. Mini loops
We had 2 cards with 6 different exercises each. Do 10 of an exercise and take a quick mosey lap move on to the next exercise on list followed by a lap each time. We were able to finish both cards and have a friendship mosey back to the flag ending exactly at 6:15 thanks to my superior planning skills.

MARY:
Nope

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
-Convergence was moved
-sign up for GTE
-next week Stitch, Crawlspace, and Mermaid

COT:
Read John 1:1-3
These words are pretty crazy when you think about it. Jesus is God. Jesus was there at the beginning. Jesus actually was the one who made everything. There’s no getting around it this is a crazy truth that Christians must believe. We are not given an option in scripture to accept Jesus as only a great moral teacher in a pluralistic group of other religions. Jesus believed that he was God and savior of the world and so did his first followers. What do you think about this? Have you ever considered it from this angle? He was either crazy or who he said he was. If we believe Jesus is who he said that he was, we believe in something pretty wild and crazy. But just because something is crazy doesn’t mean it isn’t true.