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The Equalizer De-Escalator

THE SCENE: Pretty chilly, most of the snow is now gone 

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Done and Done Well

WARM-O-RAMA:

Blindside’s Standard Warm-up: 

SSH IC x20 | LBAC x10 IC each way | Little of This, Little of That | Rockettes IC x10 | Tempo Squats IC x10 

THA-THANG:

Equalizer De-Escalator: 4 Stations; 3 Exercises per station; Do number of reps for all three; mosey to next station; Return to the first station and do the new amount of reps 

  • Dock (25, 20, 15, 10, 5 reps)
    • CDD 
    • BBS
    • Freddie Mercury
  • Rockpile (25, 20, 15, 10, 5 reps) 
    • Curls 
    • OH Press 
    • Rows 
  • BathHouse (10, 8, 6, 4, 2 reps)
    • Pull-ups 
    • Burpees 
    • Mountain Climbers 
  • Stonehenge (10, 8, 6, 4, 2 reps 
    • Box jumps 
    • Derkins
    • Imperial Squat Walkers 

MARY:

1 Session of Boat/Canoe

1 Session of Superman/Banana 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

6 HIMs; 2 Pre-Ruckers 

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Peter the Tentmaker. On top of the mountain during the Transfiguration of Christ with Moses and Elijah, Peter is the only Apostle that speaks. He tells Jesus that they should build three tents for each of them there. He wants to keep this moment forever. Peter basically word-vomits. He suggests something that doesn’t make sense for the situation. Much like Michael Scott from The Office. Starts a sentence and has no idea where it is going. 

We should have the faith that as long as we are honest and good-hearted, God will be pleased with our speech. Jesus does not rebuke Peter.

Baseball & Magnets

THE SCENE: Misty, slightly chilly morning. Perfect short sleeve hoodie weather…

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Done and done well. 

WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH IC x10 | LBAC IC x10 each way | Michael Phelps | Little of This, Little of That | Tempo Squats IC x10 

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Coliseum with a pit stop for 10 Merkins, 10 Squats, 10 BBS on the way

Ghostman Baseball at the Coliseum 

Partner up and one partner runs to first, completes the exercise, returns home while their partner does the Home exercise. Switch when running partner returns. Second round: Run to 1st, do the exercise, run to second, do the exercise, return home. Continue the pattern until you reach home. You do not need to run back from home. 

  • First Base (1st tree up the right side)
    • 10 Squat Jumps
    • Hello Dolly at Home 
  • Second Base (Steps of the Admin building)
    • 20 calf raises
    • Flutter Kicks at Home 
  • Third Base 
    • 30 Imperial Squat Walkers 
    • V-ups at Home 
  • Home Plate 
    • 5 Body Builder +’s 
    • LBCs at Home

Opposites Attract 

Partner up. 5 partner Merkins (facing each other, do a merkin and clap hands at the top, switching hands each time). Run to the opposite end of the coliseum, do 5 Burpees, race back to the middle. The losing partner has to do an extra Body Builder+ when returned to the middle. 5 Rounds, dropping 1 Burpee each round.

Fellowship Mosey transitioning to Regular Mosey back to the AO 

MARY:

SSH IC x10 | “Feet together down” stretch for the last 10 seconds before time is called 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

12 PAX; 0 FNGs

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Job 1:21 “The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away.” 

I have spent most of my life in comfort. In recent years I have had hard times (financially, mentally, spiritually, physically, etc.), but not near as difficult as those that are truly in need. Today, I saw the men of the Asylum AM step up for a family that they did not even know, for a guy who is a regular at a completely different AO across town. I put the word out last night that a family at my school was in need. They don’t have the resources to get their daughter to school in order to graduate. The nature of my school (which, while a Knox County Public High school) is that it has ‘less than ideal’ transportation options and this family does not have the means to buy gas in order to get their daughter to school. She is a senior on the cusp of graduation and needs to attend regularly to earn her diploma. The generosity of the PAX of the Asylum, both in attendance and not, was overwhelming to me. I will be able to present this family with a $250 gas card from Weigals tomorrow morning. 

I say it often, but it is ALWAYS worth repeating… The High Impact Men of F3 and F3Knoxville are the best men I know. Jumping at opportunities to make our community a better place. I don’t know where I would be without this group, and I know that if I ever need anything, an F3 HIM will be right there to help me along the way. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Continue donations to The Wesley House

Convergence at JUCO on July 2nd 

Bro-lympics coming in November 2022

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Just Another Merkin Monday…

THE SCENE: AB Morning with a slight wind

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Done and Done 

WARM-O-RAMA:

SHH IC x20 | LBAC each way IC x10 | A little bit of This. A little bit of That | Michael Phelps | Tempo Squats IC x10 

THA-THANG:

Ghostman Baseball at the Flagpole. Partner up and one partner runs to first, completes the exercise, returns home while their partner does the Home exercise. Switch when running partner returns. Second round: Run to 1st, do the exercise, run to second, do the exercise, return home. Continue the pattern until you reach home. You do not need to run back from home. 

  • First Base 
    • 15 Merkins 
    • CDD at Home 
  • Second Base 
    • 15 Diamond Merkins 
    • Dips at Home 
  • Third Base 
    • 15 Wide Merkins 
    • Incline Merkins at Home 
  • Home Plate 
    • 5 Body Builder +’s 
    • Pick up the SIX 

Fellowship Mosey through Hans Memorial Field to RockPile for a “Reacher Curl Circut” 

  • 25 Curls, OHPress, Tri Ext. → Mosey to BathHouse
  • 10 Pullups → Mosey back to RockPile
  • 20 Curls, OHPress, Tri Ext. → Mosey to BathHouse
  • 8 Pullups → Mosey back to RockPile
  • 15 Curls, OHPress, Tri Ext. → Mosey to BathHouse
  • 6 Pullups → Mosey back to RockPile
  • 10 Curls, OHPress, Tri Ext. → Mosey to BathHouse
  • 4 Pullups → Mosey back to RockPile
  • 5 Curls, OHPress, Tri Ext. → Mosey to BathHouse
  • 2 Pullups → Mosey back to RockPile

 

MARY:

There just wasn’t enough time.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

13 HIMs; 3 Pre-Ruckers; 0 FNGs 

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

The hardest day to read your Bible, work out, or do anything is the day AFTER you don’t do it. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

2.0 Friendly Beatdown at the Equalizer on Friday 2/18 at the normal time (5:30), no Pre-Ruck. Breakfast afterward. 

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Convergence 7/2 at JUCO 

Bro-lympics are coming back in November

Holiness is Not a Trait. It is a Result

THE SCENE: The weather outside is the weather. 

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Did this very well.

WARM-O-RAMA:

Blindside warm-upy things (I do the same warm-up every time I Q, pay attention). 

THA-THANG:

Tennis Courts: Each court has a different routine. Both are explained and PAX chooses where to begin. When one is finished, complete the other one. Repeat each routine 5 times. 

  • Routine 1: 
    • 5 Burpees to start 
    • Shuffle along baseline right to left
    • Sprint diagonally to net shuffle along net right to left sprint diagonally to far baseline
    • 5 Burpees 
    • Retrace steps, shuffling left to right this time
    • 5 Burpees at the start
  • Routine 2: 
    • 10 Merkins at the first corner
    • Lunge down baseline
    • Sprint to the opposite baseline along the sideline 
    • 20 LBCs at baseline
    • Lunge to net
    • Bear Crawl to the middle of the net
    • 10 Squats
    • Bear Crawl back to the sideline
    • Walk back to start

Tennis Court Kraken: Grab a CMU. Kraken consists of completing an exercise, taking a lap around the outside of the fence, passing your previous station, and going to the next. All exercises are 20 reps. 

Stations:

  • Merkins
  • 4 ct. Flutter Kicks 
  • OH Press
  • 4 ct. Hello Dolly
  • Squats 
  • Calf Raises
  • LBCs
  • Imperial Walkers 

MARY:

Back and forth between Squat and Merkin Ring of Fire 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

20 HIMs; 1 FNG (Squeakers); 5 PreRuckers; 1 PreRunner; Several Kotters

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Holiness isn’t a trait. It is a result.

President’s Day Trivia at the Equalizer

THE SCENE: Above freezing, clear morning… how long until coffee?!?

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Done and Done

WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH IC x23 | LBAC IC each way x10 | Little bit of This/Little bit of That | Tempo Squats IC x10 | Rockettes IC x10 

THA-THANG:

Mosey to the Flagpole for 23 Derkins 

Mosey to Playground for 23 Rocky Balboas IC 

Mosey to Splash Pad for Presidential Trivia! 

Correct Answer = Do the exercise and reps on the cardboard

Incorrect Answer = Do double the exercise and reps 

  • 5 Burpees
  • 20 LBCs 
  • 10 Diamond Merkins
  • 30 Flutter Kicks
  • 20 Squats
  • 30 Mountain Climbers (2ct.)

3 Rounds; After each round Mosey to Dock for 25 CDD and Mosey to Rockpile for 21s Curls and 21s OHPress; Tricep Ext.; Rows 

Questions: ((Bolded questions were answered correctly))

Q: What does the “S” in Harry S. Truman’s name stand for?

A: Nothing 

Q: Which president made Christmas a national holiday?

A: Ulysses Grant 

Q: Who was the first and only U.S. president to serve non-consecutive terms?

A: Grover Cleveland

Q: Which president had turned down offers to play professional football?

A: Gerald Ford

Q: Which president was often mocked in the press for his unkempt appearance?

A: Abraham Lincoln

Q: Though three presidents (Adams, Jefferson, and Monroe) died on the 4th of July, which president was the only president to have been born on that date?

A: Calvin Coolidge

Q: Which president hated his painted portrait so much that he eventually burned it?

A: Theodore Roosevelt

Q: Which president and his wife hold the record for the longest-married first couple?

A: Jimmy Carter

Q: Who were the four presidents that were assassinated?

A: Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, and Kennedy

Q: What state produced the most U.S. presidents?

A: Virginia (8)

Q: Who was the first American-born president?

A: Martin Van Buren 

Q: Which president and his wife attended Napoleon‘s coronation at Notre Dame Cathedral?

A: James Monroe

Q: Who was the first president to have written a biography of another president?

A: After he left office, Herbert Hoover wrote a biography on Woodrow Wilson

Q: Which president donated all of his presidential salary (and his congressional salary before that) to charity?

A: John F. Kennedy

Q: Which president put up the first Christmas tree in the White House?

A: Benjamin Harrison

Q: Which presidents also served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court? 

A: William Howard Taft 

Q: Which president served as both President and Vice President without being elected to either office? 

A: Gerald Ford 

Q: Who was the youngest person to become president? 

A: Theodore Roosevelt; 42 at the time of inauguration. JFK was the youngest *elected* at 44. TR assumed office after the assassination of William McKinley in 1901 

Of the questions answered correctly (and it wasn’t many), High Heels was the HIM who answered the questions; Choir Boy answered 1 right. 

MARY:

Fellowship Mosey part of the way back 

Ring of Fire (Down from 3)

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

12 HIMs; 0 FNGs; 1 DownRange (Shoota from F3Franklin)

Stripped, Ribbed, Choir Boy, High-Heels, Trunk, Aladdin, Snitch, Head Gear, Mouthwash, Inspector Gadget, Shoota, Blindside

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

As I am coming up on my 1 year F3 anniversary, I have been reading through Freed to Lead for the first time and am really gaining a lot of knowledge about the initial creation of F3 and what it has done for men across the country. I am so completely thankful for this group and what it has done in my life this past year. If you are iffy about this whole F3 thing, please read Freed to Lead! 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

CSAUP this Saturday 2/26 at the Asylum at 6:30 am start HARD OUT at 9:00 am

Bring donations for the food and for The Wesley House

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