F3 Knoxville

Le Kraken

THE SCENE:
57 degrees & storms-a-brewin

Welcome & Disclaimer

THE THANG

COP
SSH x 25 IC
High knees across parking lot
Little bit o’ this
Little bit o’ that
Butt kicks back across parking lot

Mosey towards the Kraken; wagon wheel at halfway point for 1 round of circle burp.

LE KRAKEN:

8 cones are placed in a circle.
Complete the exercise at one cone and then run around
the circle of cones to the next cone (i.e., one loop +
one cone). Rinse & repeat until you have completed
all exercises.

Dry Docks x 30
Narrow Squats x 30
4ct Flutter Kicks x 20
Star Jacks x 30
4ct Should Taps x 20
Reverse Lunges x 30 (each leg is 1)
4ct Hello Dolly x 20
Smurf Jacks x 30

Super 21s:

Perform 1 situp & sprint to opposite side of parking lot.
Perform 1 merkin & sprint back.
Rinse & repeat, adding 1 rep to each round until you perform 21 sit-ups & 21 merkins. (Total rep count is 231 of each exercise if you finish)

Mosey back to AO for Mary:

Shoulder blasters (1 round)
Box Cutters x 25 IC
Mountain Climbers x 25 IC

Number off & Name-o-Rama

BOM:

My wife and I were recently discussing the end of our 20s/beginning of our 30s and she commented that quite frankly she’s glad her 20s are over because they honestly didn’t start off very well. I found it to be an interesting note because it is so easy to remember “the good ole days”. We tend to relish in our past glory and forget the pain & angst that may have also been present.

Joshua Fields Milburn, 1/2 of the due known as “The Minimalists”, published an essay about this titled “30 is NOT the new 20”. Below are a few excerpts that echo what I’m getting at here:

“I officially turned 30 today…They say 30 is the new 20, but to be honest I’m glad that’s not true. I’m moving forward, not backwards.  I’m growing and I’m happy to be 30…today marks a new decade for me, a decade of opportunity…I will embrace this life, even though it scares…me at times. It is the only life I have. And I will love my life–a beautiful, terrifying, wonderous life–through the good times and the bad. Here’s to another 30 years, and then another”

(The full essay is here is anyone is interested: http://www.theminimalists.com/30/)

I think we are all guilty of some remorse when crossing into a new decade. Often we are not where we want to be financially or socially or emotionally or physically. It’s easy to think about how much better we could have been over the last decade if we’d only known what we know now. I challenge all of you, myself included, to focus on the present and plan for the future. Instead of looking backwards on what you haven’t done, remember to seize the opportunities that lie ahead and focus on what you CAN do now blessed to wake up and spend some time in the gloom with out brothers. Relish in that, and seize the day. Conquer the Kraken, and then move on the next one. AYE!

Leprechaun Hunt, 2.0s and Dads

SCENE: 52, sunny, and beautiful

Welcome and Disclaimer

Warm-o-Rama

IC SSH

OYO Hand release Merkins

OYO Hop like a kangaroo

OYO Walk like an elephant

The THANG

Leprechaun Hunt

Mosey to where the trees make it rain and do a reverse rain dance backwards around the trees x5 (splash pad)

Mosey to where the firemen slide and do your best fireman impression. (Playground)

Mosey to the place we have snack and walk the planks (Pav-a-lon)

Mosey to where we say the Pledge of Allegiance and hop like a frog x10 (Flagpole)

Mosey to Bend it like Beckham and plank while we wait on the PAX (soccer field)

Bear Crawl in traffic!  (Red light green light but the PAX bear crawls)

Leprechauns vs Shamrocks (sharks and minnows)

Mosey back to the AO

Kids choice of favorite exercise

5 burpees – Her Miney

10 BBS – Minnie

5 high kicks – Jaws

10 Merkins – Buckets

10 burpees – FNKid Wolverine

10 burpees – FNKid Wildcat

20 IC SSH – Charger

20 IC SSH – Blaze

10 Burpees – Slugger

5 Burpees – Haley

 

 

 

Manhattan’s Double Nickel

The Scene: 60 Degrees Breezy

Welcome and Disclaimer

Warm-o-Rama

15 IC Baby Arm Circles

15 IC Reverse Baby Arm Circles

15 IC 4ct Cherry Pickers

15 IC 4ct Imperial Walkers

Calf Stretches – 55 Seconds

COP 

Mosey to Soccer Field

1 Lap around the trail

55 Bobby Hurleys

1 Lap around the trail

55 Big Boy Situps

1 Lap around the trail

55 Squats

1 Lap around the trail

55 American Hammer

1 Lap around the trail

55 SSH

4 sprints on the soccer field goalpost to goalpost

 Mosey to the AO

 Ab-O-Rama

55 Michael Phelps

55 Merkins

55 Scissor Kicks

5 Flip Flops with Woodshack

20 4ct Pickle Pounders

Name-o-Rama

 BOM: Transformation

Romans 12:1-2  “Be Transformed”

Proverbs 16:9 “In their hearts, humans plan their course, but the LORD establishes their steps

Impact of F3 Johnson City PAX and transformation from walking to running to leading a Q to losing 140 lbs by 2 members

My son’s spiritual growth at Milligan College

My daughter’s spiritual growth demonstrated by her daily desire for Bible Study

Moleskin: The PAX was awesome considering we had run 3 laps previously a month ago and today we ran 5; excellent chatter and encouragement with the “6” always supported – Awesome day at the Dog Pound!

Heart of a Warrior

The Scene:  50 Degrees.  Drizzly.  Gloomy.

Welcome and Disclaimer

The Thang: “Heart of a Warrior”

 COP

  • Side Straddle Hop X 50 (IC)
  • Imperial Walkers x 20 (IC)
  • Squats x 20 (IC)
  • Mountain Climbers x 20 (IC)
  • Lunge across parking lot.

 Mosey to Staff Parking

  • 11’s with calf-raises and squats, both in a 4 count.

Mosey to the Stairs and grab a coupon.

  • Run the stairs with coupon x 3
  • Squats with coupons x 10

Mosey to the Sophomore.

  • Bobby Hurley’s x 10
  • Burnie Sanders up
  • Bobby Hurley’s x 10

Mosey back to Start.

Abs: No time for Mary.

COT

Name-O-Rama: 9 PAX

BOM: Heart of a Warrior.

From the book, “Fight: Winning the Battles That Matter Most”, by Craig Groeschel, God has given us each a heart of a warrior. An inward, natural desire to stand up for what’s pure and true.  A warrior must have a cause to fight for or he will find the wrong thing to fight against.  You may not think of yourself as a warrior. You’re laid back. Everything is cool, no worries.  You may think you don’t even have a reason to fight.  Well, consider this.  “You’re already in a fight, whether you know it or not. Your spiritual enemy wants to take you out.  He’s a master at making strong men weak.  Sometimes he does that by making us comfortable, secure, and safe, resigned to a mediocre life because it’s familiar and doesn’t require much from us.  Is that really how you want to live.”  –Craig Groeschel

Remember this… God is in the business of making weak men strong.  If we call on HIm, He will equip his warriors with strength and purpose.

Moleskin:  The PAX showed up strong and mostly on time.  Pushed hard, encouraged one another.  Great morning at the JUCO!

 

Island Hopping

The Scene – 40 and clear

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

Warm-O-Rama
COP
SSH x 15 (IC)
LBAC Forward and Back x 15 (IC)
Cherry Pickers X 10 (IC)
Imperial Walkers x 15 (IC)

Tha Thang
Line up at fence for calf rasies.
Round 1 – 20 calf raises
Trip to outhouse
Round 2 – 20 calf raises with toes out, heels in
Trip to outhouse
Round 3 – 20 calf raises with heels out, toes in
Trip to outhouse

Pee rocks, tried a plank row with a pee rock but it didn’t seem to do anything good so we stopped it abruptly…

Battle Buddy and get 1 larger rock
One runs to the boat and back while the other does the following exercises with the pee rock. Switch after each trip to the boat
Tricep extensions – AMRAP
Curls – AMRAP
Overhead Press – AMRAP

Indian run to the base of the Matterhorn

4 corners of the loop, 20 merkins at 2 corners, 20 BBS at other 2 corners

Mosey to AO

Mary
Hello Dolly (Boulder)
LBC (Junk)
Planks with a TV Remote (Tank)

Count off and Name–O–Rama

BOM
Changes occur every day. We can either pitch a fit about them or adjust to them.

Moleskin
The new thing I warned about this morning was that Swirly was going to Q for me as his make up VQ. He had an accident last night and couldn’t make it. I believe it was a blessing in disguise because he shared his plans with me and it will be tough if he ever gets to do it!