F3 Knoxville

Rock elevators

THE SCENE: 32…slight breeze….COLD!

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH x 20 IC
  • Merkins x 20 IC
  • Squats (4ct) x 20 IC
  • This/That stretch

THA-THANG:

  1. Mosey to the corner below Asylum building.
    • Burpee Mile – start with 1 burpee at first light pole and +1 at each successive pole.   Stop at the white trailer at the base of Everest.   Total of 14 poles = 105 burpees!
  2. Mosey up Everest….forward first half, Bernie Sanders 2nd half
  3. Circle up and each man grab a rock for some elevators on the long hill.
    • Stop 1:  25 curls
    • Stop 2:  25 curls, 25 OH Press
    • Stop 3:  25 curls, 25 OH Press, 25 Goblet Squat
    • Stop 4:  25 curls, 25 OH Press, 25 Goblet Squat, 25 Merkins on your rock
    • Stop 5:  25 OH Press, 25 Goblet Squat, 25 Merkins on your rock
    • Stop 6:  25 Goblet Squat, 25 Merkins on Rock
    • Stop 7:  25 Merkins on Rock

MARY:

  • Flutter kicks x 25
  • Hello Dolly x 25
  • Slutter kick x 25
  • 1 minute of AMRAP LBCs

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
16 PAX:  Quickbooks, Archie, Umbro, Rainbow, Neutron, Pusher, Bluebird, Booster, Streak, Doublewide, Snitch, Catgut, Cheatsheet, Rusty, Bunny, Bartman

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Yesterday was Pearl Harbor day….which means to today is the day President Roosevelt addressed our nation and declared that we were officially at war.   Yesterday our country was caught sleeping, but today we began to pull ourselves up out of the ashes and prepare for what is likely our finest hour on the world stage.  The bible is full of characters who had to pull themselves out of the ashes as well:  Joseph, David, Moses, Job, Peter….the list goes on.   The challenge for you today is:  what are you going to do about challenges you face on a daily basis?   Are you going to wallow because of yesterday’s failures and hardships or are you going to pick yourself up, be a man, and do something about it?   The choice is yours.

MOLESKIN:
Special prayer for Ratchet’s family as they’re dealing with the loss of their home in the California fires.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
3rd F event tomorrow at the Outlook…..be there!!

Ape (Couldn’t) Escape

THE SCENE: Ridiculously warm for November. Sweating anticipated.  Promise of rain… eventually.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Windmills x15 IC
  • 2 Burpees OYO
  • LBAC x20 IC fwd and back
  • 4 Burpees OYO
  • Imperial Walkers x15 IC
  • 6 Burpees OYO
  • Cossack Squats x10 or so
  • 8 Burpees OYO
  • Pickle Pusher Merkins x10 IC
  • RIP Bartman’s shoes
  • Hand clap under high knees x20 IC
  • Finish out the warmup: 10 Burpees OYO

THA-THANG:
Mosey toward the maintenance building. Stop halfway in the parking lot, use lines for

  • Lunges
  • Bear Crawl
  • Crab Walk
  • Sprint

Continue mosey to the retaining wall behind the maintenance building

  • Ape Escape: Feet on the wall, grab the bottom of the fence and traverse the entire wall sideways.
  • Dang, that’s way too hard! No apes gonna escape today.
  • Drop to the ground, bear crawl to the end of the wall instead.

Grab a landscaping CMU and head to the top of the stairs

  • Curls x30
  • Lying CMU pullovers x20
  • Weighted BBS x20

Head back downstairs and grab another CMU for Round the Block Merkins: Set CMUs with rough sides facing outward, wide merkin width apart. One merkin with hands on blocks, then maintain plank and flip blocks on side, one merkin. Flip blocks forward to angled side, one merkin, flip blocks backward to other angled side, one merkin. R&R some number of times.

20 OHP, and it’s time to return the CMUs. Mosey to the grassy hill, Bernie up for 20 more BBS, then mosey back toward the AO, stopping halfway for 20 dips.

MARY:
4 rounds of Row Row Row your Boat (simultaneous Boat/Canoe and American Hammers)
Hello Dollys x21 IC
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
5 PAX today
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I’m heading to Washington DC tomorrow with a couple busloads of 7th graders from CAK for their big field trip.  Supposedly I’m one of the adults… It’s a great opportunity for the kids to go and see where decisions are made that affect the entire country, and even the world.  To some degree, our ability as individuals to affect those decisions doesn’t seem so great, but the Bible says that the fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.  Throughout scripture and history we can see how God can work His will through kings and other leaders, even those who are intentionally trying to go against Him.  Don’t forget to lift up our leaders daily in prayer.
MOLESKIN:

The rain held off just long enough for us to get done, with a little bit of cooling sprinkle coming in on the BOM.  Just my second visit out to JUCO, and look forward to many more beatdowns out there.  Love to see the puddles of sweat that accumulate under brothers working hard to get better together!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Prayer: Safe travels for CAK group and for Bartman’s son on a band trip. Booster’s friend JJ (sp?) who is losing a leg to arthritis.
Announce: Abscess and Steam leading LeConte hike next weekend.

Sugar High

THE SCENE: Perfect Day for a Mosey and some route 66 on the go.   26 pax left tha parking lot with a sugar high and burned off some Halloween goo!

5:30 COP

  • Imperial Squat Walker
  • High Knees 1/2 way across Lot then run it out
  • Skips 1/2 way across Lot then run it out
  • Squat 1/2 way across Lot then run it out
  • Karaoke 1/2 way across Lot then run it out
  • Shuffle 1/2 way across Lot then run it out

 Mosey to Route 66

  • Burpees – Circle to the 6

Head to long hill

  • Merkins – Circle to the 6

 Take Everest!

 Rock Pile – Dora

  • 3 trips each
    • Partner #1 15 Curls x 30 Rows
    • Partner #2 Run to the cones stopping half way for a burpee

Mosey to AO

  • Stops on the way
    • Squats x 20
    • Imperial Squat Walker x 20

Cash Out

  • Sprint to the top of the Hill next to the AO

Mary

  • Hello Dolly x 20
  • Flutter Kicks x 20
  • ATM’s
    • Shoulder tap x 15
    • Slow Merkin x 10
    • Fast Merkin x 10

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • 2 year convergence at the Asylum Saturday.   Engage EH
  • 2 year anniversary get together 2:00-5:00 at Concord Baptist

BOM

  • Seek a heart of Self-forgetfulness and look for the ways that God want to use you in the midst of life’s struggles  We are called to be salt and light all the time not just when it suits our schedule.

Descending Ladder

THE SCENE: Low 40s & clear

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH x 30
  • Tempo Squat x 10
  • 4ct Merkins x 10
  • Cherry Pickers x 5
  • this/that stretch

THA-THANG:

  1. Descending ladder.

Each man OYO work your way down the ladder from top to bottom.  After each round run across the parking lot & down the hill to the ball field fence.  Rinse & Repeat eliminating the lowest remaining exercise each round.  Alternate bernie sanders each trip up the hill when coming back from the ball field fence.

  • 10 Thrust Merkins
  • 9 Reverse Lunges
  • 8 Box Cutters
  • 7 Burpees
  • 6 Squatjacks
  • 5 Superman Swims
  • 4 Dry Docks
  • 3 Iron Mikes (4 ct)
  • 2 Flutter Kicks
  • 1 Ultimate Merkin

 

2.  Bear Square Crawl.

Four cones set up in a square.  Crawl the square while always facing the same direction.  Stop at each corner & perform the following:

  • Round 1:  10 Merkins
  • Round 2:  10 Pickle Pounders
  • Round 3:  out of time!  One long crawl to the end of the parking lot & Crawl Bear back.

MARY:
No Mary today….plenty of abs in the workout.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
20 PAX:  Rainbow, Booster, Snitch, Abacus, Pusher, Cat Gut, Smalls, Fabio, Rusty, Bunny, QVC, Walkabout, Code Brown, Charmin, Toll Bridge, Passport, Gibbler, Cheatsheet, Ribbed, Bartman

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Repeat BOM from my last Q….it has still been on my mind.   Don’t let the cold weather make you a fartsacker!   Champions are made in the cold weather.  Keep setting the alarm, keep pushing….you’ll be glad you did once the spring arrives.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Truckin to the Pound – tomorrow 6am at the Truck Stop.

No Jabronis Allowed

THE SCENE: Darkish, gloomy, the air was almost as cold as the ice in my veins.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

2 laps around parking lot

Baby Arm Circles x20

SSH x15

Tempo Squat x15

Tempo Merkins w/ pause x5
THA-THANG:

  • Mosey to the Cloud
  • ELEVENS
    • Deck Squat Burpees
    • V-Ups
  • Mosey to Pavillion
    • Battle Buddy
      • One does wall sit and holds other’s feet
      • Other does 10 merkins, then switch, then 8,6,4,2
  • Mosey to Cardiac
  • Escalators
    • 10 burpees
    • 10 burps, 15 plank jax
    • 10 burps, 15 plank jax, 20 merkins
    • 10 burps, 15 plank jax, 20 merkins, 25 squats
  • Side plank taps in cadence (10 each side)
  • Mosey to AO
  • Doras across parking lot
    • One parter does alternate leg burpees while other runs across lot, 6 tuck jumps, then runs back and switch.
    • Accumulate 75 total alternate leg burpees
  • Circle of Core
    • Hello Dollys in cadence x20
    • Suitcases in cadence x20
    • Tempo merkin w pause x3

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Guppy, Too Late, Smalls, Cap’n Crunch, Doublewide, Anchorman, Butterfly, Pusher, Snitch, Neutron, Booster, Big Bird, Ponzi, Proton, Quickbooks, Charmin, Rusty, Rainbow, Woodchuck, Code Brown, Ribbed, Star Brite, Cat Gut, Flanders, Fabio, Jenner, Compost, Umbro, Bunny, Gibbler, Frank, G-6
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

“Familiarity is a danger for the church even today. The moment we become comfortable and over-familiar with our own culture, we tend to disregard those who are foreign to our ‘family.’

In order to be a High Impact Man, you need to be out of your comfort zone

Challenge: Bring someone who you have nothing in common with to F3. If they won’t come, share a meal with them