F3 Knoxville

A Wet Wednesday

THE SCENE: Mid 60’s and a gentle rain
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Tempo Merkins, Downward dog, Upward Dog, cherry pickers, and a Jane Fonda Demo
THA-THANG:

Four Corners
Battle Buddy up, with someone who is similarly paced
Mosey to each corner and perform exercises at each location, rinse and repeat
Location 1 20 Merkins, 20 curb dips
Location 1a 10 Swing set pullups
Location 2 Grab a CMU, 20 Thrusters, 20 CMU Presses, 20 Curls
Location 3 20 Squats, 20 Lunges, 20 Calf Raises
Location 4 20 Snow Angels, 20 Jane Fondas, 20  LBC’s
We will do one lap together and they go at your own pace

MARY:
3 variations of Jane Fondas until time expired
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Do your priorities match how you spend your time?  Time is arguably our greatest commodity.  It’s easy to say what our priorities in life are, but how we spend our time reflects the true importance.  Does your time spent on life activities reflect your priorities?  If not, how do you reconcile that?  I have teenage daughters that will be moving to college in the next few years.  Spending time with them now is a priority, but why do we waste time on smartphones and social media when the most precious things are right in front of us?  My challenge for myself, and anyone willing to take up the challenge would be to reconcile your goals and priorities against the way you spend time, and see if it is a true reflection, or needs some adjusting.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence planning, F3 in the Nude

Forg3 2023 Tour: Shamrock

The Scene 

  • Shamrock AO
  • 5:30am – 6:15am
  • Weather, etc


F3 Welcome + Disclaimer

  • Welcome to F3: Fitness – Fellowship – Faith 
  • My name is Steam and I’ll be your Q this morning 
  • A few things before we begin: 
    • I’m not a professional 
    • You’re here on your own volition
    • You know your injuries if you have any so if you need to modify anything we do today feel free to do so, but push yourselves and the men around you. They deserve it and so do you. 
  • FNGs?

Warm-o-Rama

  • SSH: 10×4 
  • Squat: 10×4 
  • Merkin: 10×4
  • Plank Jack: 10×4
  • Cherry Picker: 5×4


The Thang 

(What went down during the workout)

(Mosey to the CMU pile)

1 — Quarter Pounder 

  • Grab a CMU
  • 2 POC: Here and the road 
  • 4 Xs total / 2 at each POC
  • Here
    • Curls
    • Presses
  • Road
    • Rows
    • Triceps 
  • Everything is 25 reps on a 1 count
  • Traveling between POC: Murder Bunny Merkins
    • Murder Bunny + a Merkin 

(Finished: Put CMUs back down in the pile)

(Mosey around the building to the big parking lot)

2 — Battle Buddy Core 4 Dora 

  • Battle Buddy up
  • There and back again core 4
    • C1: Flutter Kicks 
    • C2: LBCs
    • C3: American Hammers
    • C4: Cockroaches / Dead Bugs
  • All Xs are to be continued until your BB gets back 
  • The BB that is not at one of the 4 corners, will run to to the other side of the parking lot
  • Execute 1 burpee
  • Come back and recover his BB 
  • Rinse and repeat until you and your battle buddy have completed 1 full circuit of the core 4 corners 

(Mosey back to the CMU pile)

3 — The FP: The Final Push

  • Get a CMU
  • Rifle carry for 10 paces
  • 10 curls
  • All the way across the street to the other side of the parking lot

A CMU broke into two pieces – 20 burpees

Mary 

(Insert information about any additional post-Thang work)

  • Mosey back to the 🇺🇸
  • SWS


COT (Circle of Trust)

Count Off

  • 13

Name o Rama

Word — Forg3 Invitation 

  • Forge (v.) – to shape and mold into a new condition, by heating in a fire / to move forward gradually and steadily.
  • Forg3 is a weekend retreat created for F3 men, by F3 men. 
  • Forg3 (n.) – an invigorating 40-hour weekend retreat to challenge and encourage F3 men in their pursuit of high impact manhood. You can expect to engage with other men in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd F sessions, to better understand who you are, whose you are, and the High Impact Man God has called you to be. You’ll have opportunities throughout the weekend to seek adventure, to rest, and to sharpen iron with other F3 men physically, mentally, emotionally, relationally, and spiritually.

We want to engage together for a purposeful and relationally-driven weekend to step further into the men God has called us to be. And I want to invite you into this experience with us.  

Say No, Shamrock

THE SCENE: Insert info about the weather, etc.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Little of this and that

THA-THANG:

Mosey to the football field.  Sprint across, rotating 90 degrees at each 10 yards.
Partner up.  2 min BBS
Sprint/rotate again
switch
Sprint/rotate again
2 min merkins
Sprint/rotate again
switch
2 mile run for time

MARY:
LBCs for the six

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
12!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Tagged onto Slappy’s message from Friday.  Say “no”.  Discussed Q 2.3, Missionality, and 1 John 2. 

MOLESKIN:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Let’s Just Get Through It

THE SCENE:
Low 50’s. Kind of quite perfect.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER.
Delivered as desired. I am not a professional.

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH 20
  • Willie Maze Haze/Cherry Pickers IC
  • Imperial walkers IC 20
  • Graddy Corns IC 20
  • Little baby arm circle IC 20
  • Reverse baby arm circle IC 20
  • Shoulder taps IC 20
  • Mosey
  • Sprint follow by Monkey Humper IC 20
  • Sprint follow by Burpees 10
  • Sprint follow by handstand merkins 10 with partner (2 rounds)

THA-THANG:

Mosey to pull-up bars.  Using pull-up bars as first station.  Add three more stations about 25 yards apart.  In a line so that 4th station is 100 yards out.  Then starting at pull-up bars.  Do the following:
1st – 10 Pull-ups
2nd – 10 Burpees
3rd – 30 Prisoner squats
4th – 30 Merkins.
R&R three times.

Mosey to pavilion (picnic tables). 2 rounds of 20 Dips, 20 Durkens, and 20 step-ups

Mosey back to flag.

MARY:

AMRAP ab exercises of: ”AWFL”  10 each 2 times through.
-American Hammer
-WWII Sit-ups
-Freddie Mercury
-LBCs

2 Supermans for last minute.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
15 Good Men.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

MOLESKIN:
For Anchorman’s Grandmother’s 80th birthday celebration; For my father’s loneliness and situation in Indiana; For Curry’s 20th anniversary and many more.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Shamrock – Wrestling

THE SCENE: 59F and dry
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER yup
WARM-O-RAMA:

Side Straddle Hops 20-4 count

5 Merkins

Cherry Pickers: 5

5 Merkins

Tie Fighters

5 Merkins

25 Calf Raises 

5 Merkins

THA-THANG:

Mosey to CMU pile then to the grassy hill “The Saddle” I think we have named it? 

10 Squat presses, but do 5 presses at the top before your next squat

Run down and then up

20 Hello Dolly 4-count 

Run down and then up

30 Lawn mowers – 15 each side

Run down and then up

40 CMU overhead press

Run down and then up

50 Alternating CMU Merkins

Run down and then up

60 American Hammers single count

Run down and then up

70 SSH single count 

Run down and then up

80 LBCs

Run down and then up

90 CMU Bench Press

Run down and then up

100 scissor kicks single count 

Run down and then up

Back to CMU pile

25 Curls – Run to end of parking lot – drag CMU back

25 Flutter kicks – 4-count 

25 Tricep Dips – Run to end of parking lot – drag CMU back

50 windshield wipers with CMU pointed up

Return CMUs

Mosey back to AO flag

MARY:
No time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
17 – Crawl Space, Curveball, Eliza, Caveman, Betty, I-Beam, Oscar Mayer, Kick-Flip, Rocky Top, Mandolin, Slappy, Curry, Mermaid, Skid Mark, Voo Doo, Honeydew, Anchorman,
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

What are you wrestling with? 

Sin? – That’s great news! That means that you have the Holy Spirit in you.

Your faith? – Again, great news! God knows that we have up and down moments in our lives that challenge our faith. Keep wrestling with God. That way is better than the alternative of walking away from him. 

F3?  – Is it just me? Some weeks I’m on fire for F3 and specifically Shamrock. Other weeks I’m like that Homer Simpson disappearing into the shrubs animation. I’ll just be checked out. Other weeks, I wrestle with F3. Why am I doing it? It is good for me? Physically? Spiritually? Mentally? Should I be coming out here 3-5 days a week?

Your marriage / kids? Same thing. If I’m wrestling with it, at least I’m engaged and fighting for it. 

Your job?  – I feel like this is also a constant. Am I supposed to be here? Am I making a difference? Am I happy? Will I have a job in 6 months? Does God want me to be here? 

So I will wrap it up by encouraging you to keep wrestling. It shows that you care. Just don’t wrestle with it alone. I know there are brothers here that would love to be your coach, cheerleader, friend to walk with you through your wrestling.