F3 Knoxville

The Velcro Mile

AO: the-equalizer
Q: Stripped
PAX: Bookman, Blindside, Stripped, mouthwash (Mike), Curveball, Snitch (Cory Beilharz ), High Heels (Henry Ritchie), Snowbird, Headgear, Madoff (Daniel Hereford), Ice Cold, Utah
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
THE SCENE: Almost Fall
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Cherry Pickers IC x5
SSHx30 IC

THA-THANG:
We took a trip around the track today. Stations included:

Dips x5 —
Flutter Kicks x5 —
Merkins x5
Plank Jacks x5
Pull-Ups x5
BBS x5
Squats

On each subsequent lap, we increased rep count by 5.

MARY
Box Cutters IC x10
American Hammers IC x10

STRETCHES

Forg3 2023 Tour – THE Equalizer

The Scene 

  • The Equalizer
  • 5:30am – 6:30am
  • High 60s + muggy


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?
    • No, but – we did have Trash Panda join us from F3 Franklin! Just moved to Knoxville and is looking to get plugged in.


Warm-o-Rama

  • SSH: 20×4
  • Rockette: 10×4 
  • Cherry-Pickers: 5×4
  • Baby Arm Circles: 10×4 F
  • Baby Arm circles: 10×4 B

The Thang 

  • Entry Ticket: 10 man-makers

(1) Tennis courts

  • — 4 Corners — 
    • 4 cones / 4 corners 
    • 2 cones in the middle 
    • Start in the middle – execute both Xs (10 reps on a 1-count)
    • Run to 1 corner + execute the X (10 reps on a 4 count)
    • Come back to the middle and rinse and repeat these two exercises before going to your next corner
    • Movement to each corner from the middle: bear crawl 
    • Movement from each corner to the middle: run 

(2) Splash pad w/benches

  • — 10s — 
  • 2 pavilions – left and right (facing away from the AO)
  • Right: Incline Merkins 
  • Left: Dips

(3) Bermuda Triangle 

  • — 3 POC – 3 corners — 
  • 2 cones at each corner 
  • All X reps are 25 on a 1 count 
  • When you complete 1 corner, sprint up to the top benches on the left, and execute 10 SSH and come back
  • Rinse and repeat for every corner 
  • Recover here with Al Gore

BTTW to the flag

Mary

  • Exit Ticket: 10 man-makers
  • Core 4
    • 25 LBCs (1 count)
    • 25 Flutter Kicks (4 count)
    • 25 Penguins (4 count)
    • 25 Hello Dollys (4 count)
  • SWS

COT (Circle of Trust)

Count Off

  • 12

Name o Rama

Word — Forg3 2023

https://f3knoxville.com/forg3-2023-registration-is-live/

We are rolling out our first F3 Knoxville men’s retreat this fall – Forg3! Forg3 was created with F3 men in mind – to strengthen the bonds we have with each other and our Creator, over the course of a weekend retreat.

Forge (v.) – to shape and mold into a new condition, by heating in a fire / to move forward gradually and steadily.

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.

If you love adventure of the heart, mind, body, and soul – Forg3 is for you. Forg3 was created for F3 men, by F3 men, as a way to engage together for a purposeful and relationally-driven weekend to step further into the men God has called us to be.

Here are the fast facts about Forg3 2023:

  • Dates: Friday, September 22nd (7pm) – Sunday, September 24th (11am)
  • Location: Doe River Gorge (Hampton, TN)
    • Situated in the F3 Northeast TN region up near Johnson City and Elizabethton, Doe River Gorge’s campus is tucked into the side of a mountain and offers incredible beauty, very clean and comfortable cabins by the river, and miles and miles of adventures to be had.
    • From Knoxville: only around 1.5 – 2 hour drive
  • Cost: $110 (Covers all of your lodging, meals, and retreat materials for the weekend)
    • Via Venmo or cash to Waxjob
  • Check out the #forg3 channel in Slack for more info

The Equalizer Kraken 5k

SCENE: Kraken at the Top – 2023-07

MILEGE: 3.1? miles

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH IC | Grady Corns IC | Windmills IC 

THA-THANG:

Mosey to the top of the Equalizer. Kraken. Pick station, complete 5 reps of the prescribed exercise, then run a full lap around the course to the next station. Rinse and repeat. On each subsequent round, add 5 reps to each exercise. Push yourself & push each other. Try to catch the guy in front of you. Stations included:

  1. Crab Toe Touches 
  2. Crunches 
  3. Imperial Walkers 
  4. Step Ups
  5. Mtn Climbers 
  6. Squats 
  7. Flutter Kicks 
  8. Single Leg Bridge 
  9. Shoulder Taps

STRETCHES:

  • Bend down & grab toes
  • Sit squat

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Proton Can Do More Burpees in 40 seconds…

THE SCENE: Exceptionally comfortable until we started working…

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Cherry Picker IC | Windmills IC
  • Grady Corns IC | Rockettes IC
  • SSH IC

THA-THANG:

40sec on each exercise. 20sec rest. Do a round, then take 3,2,1 CW laps around track. Stations included:

  • Lunges
  • Monkey Humpers
  • Squats
  • Burpees
  • Mountain Climbers
  • Flutter Kicks
  • Imperial Walkers

STRETCHES:

  • Bend down & grab toes
  • Sit squat
  • Knee to chest / Figure 4

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:  “Do the right thing, for the right reasons, and you will win in the end.” –Jocko

PRAYER

A Ruckin Good Birthday

THE SCENE: Getting muggy again
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Done.
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSHs,Gradycorns,Rockets,Lil Baby Arm Circles, Gradycorns, Cherry Pickers, and a lap around the parking lot
THA-THANG:
Rucking around the park plus:

Lower Body (3 sets of 12 reps for each exercise)
Squats
Ruck lunges
Bulgarian split squats

(3 sets of 12 reps for each exercise)
Merkins
Easy Ups
Pull Ups at the playground

Plank (3 sets, 30 seconds each)
Ruck American Hammers (2 sets x 12 reps)
Imperial Walkers (2 sets x 12 reps)
MARY:
Hello Dollys, Flutter Kicks, LBCs oyo
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
7 including 2.0 Charger!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

“As you get older it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary.”
Ernest Hemingway
“In the central place of every heart there is a recording chamber.  So long as it receives a message of beauty, hope, cheer, and courage – so long are you young.  When the wires are all down and our heart is covered with the snow of pessimism and the ice of cynicism, then, and only then, are you grown old.”  ~Douglas MacArthur

MOLESKIN:
Getting old.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill obstacle build at I-Beam’s on Tuesday.  Be there or Venmo if you can!