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Choices, choices…

THE SCENE: low 40s and rain

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH x 20
  • Merkins x 10 IC
  • Squats x 10 IC
  • OYO stretches

THA-THANG:

Today’s workout was all about making choices.

  • Choice #1:   Work in the rain  -or-  Go to the pavalon.
    • Pavalon wins…begin to mosey
  • Stop at street for choice #2:  Burpee broad jump to speed bump  -or-  Inchworm merkin to speed bump.
    • Burpees won….BBJ to the speed hump
  • Choice #3 at bottom of Matterhorn.  How to get up Matterhorn:  Frontwards  -or-  Backwards.
    • Backwards won….Bernie Sanders up the hill
  • At the pavalon, began a descending ladder workout.  Trying my best to keep everyone dry on a nasty morning.
    • 10 Burpees
    • 9 Iron Mikes
    • 8 Thrust Merkins
    • 7 Side Crunch (each side)
    • 6 Decline Merkins
    • 5 Pull ups
    • 4 Single Leg Squats (each side)
    • 3 Dry Docks
    • 2 Knee ups
    • 1 Dive Bomber
      • We got through 1 round of the ladder before the putrid smell of some dead creature arrived.  First it was manageable, then it got worse, then Tank started dry heaving….time to go….audible…

 

  • Choice #4:  stay or go….GO!

 

  • Mosey to the bottom of Matterhorn and turn left into the parking lot
  • Choice #5:  11’s  -or-  Route 66
    • Route 66 won.  Dry Docks & Jump Squats around the parking lot Route 66 style
  • Choice #6:  Grass hill  -or-  Cement hill
    • Cement hill won:  mosey back to bottom section of parking lot.  Run the stairs & hill up to the rock by the restaurant.  At top and bottom of each run do 5 burpees, 5 merkins, 5 jump squats.   4 sets total.
  • Mosey back toward AO
  • Stop at the road for Choice #7:   Forward to the speed bump  -or-  Backward to the speed bump
    • Forward won….bear crawl to the speed bump
  • Continue back to AO and cash out with Ring of Fire Merkins

 

MARY:

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Tank, Waxjob, Blue Cross, Flute Loop, Bowflex, Doubtfire, I-Beam, Bartman

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Joshua 24:14-15.  Now fear the Lord and serve him with all faithfulness.  Throw away the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.  But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living.  But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.

Choices matter.  Make wise choices for you and your family today.

MOLESKIN:
Props to Waxjob for showing up early with his leaf blower to clean off the pavalon.  T-claps bro!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Left vs Right

THE SCENE: Just like the perfect date. Not too hot, not too cold.  All you need is a light jacket!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Left and right theme today.  All excercises have delayed symmetry…
15x Left Straddle Hops IC
15x Right Straddle Hops IC
10x Travoltas (right side)
10x Travoltas (left side)
10x Buddy the Elf (left side)
10x Buddy the Elf (right side)
15x Sundials (left side)
15x Sundials (right side)

THA-THANG:
Mosey up to the Forbidden Parking Lot, line up on the curb…
10x single-leg calf raise
Mosey to other curb
10x calf raise on the other leg
Mosey back
R&R 3x, getting a bit faster each time.

Mosey on up the Matterhorn.
Stop halfway up and BooBoo Bear Crawl (bear crawl with one leg) for 25yd
Switch legs and continue BooBoo Bear Crawl for another 25yd
Mosey to the Pavalon

Perform the following exercises all on one side, run up the hill and back, then repeat with other side
10x Hanging Knee Tucks
15x Merkins – one hand and one foot on the bench
20x Step-ups (same leg)
15x One-sided LBC
10x One-handed Dips

Everyone made it through the list at least 4x (twice on each side)

Mosey back to the cones on the Matterhorn and BooBoo Bear Crawl back down.

Mosey on to the boats for 5x One-Handed 6-Count Body Builders (same as 8-Count but skip the Merkin) with each arm, then head back to the AO

MARY:
15x Side Crunches each side.
15x (or so) 4-ct Freddy Mercury
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
16 HIMs this morning.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
This politics season we have left and right duking it out as usual, which was what prompted this Left and Right Q, but as I worked on the details, God brought to mind a totally different left and right context in Matthew 6:

Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

Two points from the above… The first is the obvious one – Don’t do good stuff for recognition from man. Second is just one word – “When”, not “If”. It should be the default that we are going to help others – Be on the lookout for opportunities to practice “When”.

MOLESKIN:
Lovely concert during the beatdown from trumpet virtuoso Sparky!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 anniversary 11/3-4 – Sign up for picnic! Service ruck 11/17. Sign up online (links for both on GroupMe)

Monday = Tabatas, Bear Crawls and Burpees

THE SCENE
34 and Clear

Welcome & Disclaimer

 

THE THANG
COP
SSH x30 (IC)
Tempo Squats x15 (IC)
Tempo Merkins x15 (IC)

Line up on curb
Run to far curb, stop half way and do 3 burpees, run back
4ct Diagonal Lunges x14(IC)
Run to far curb, stop half way and do 3 burpees, run back
Dive Bombers x15 (IC)
BAC Fwd x12 (IC)
BAC Bkwd x12 (IC)
Run to far curb, stop half way and do 3 burpees, run back

 

Tabata Terror
Divide up into 4 stations.  At each station, complete the exercise listed using at Tabata format (8 rounds, 20 seconds on 10 seconds off).  After eight rounds rotate counter-clockwise all the way around the parking lot and to the next station.

Exercises:

  • Station 1: Merkins
  • Station 2: Froggy Squats
  • Station 3: Dry Docks
  • Station 4: Tuck Jumps

 

Bearway to Heaven
Bear crawl suicides in the parking lot with burpees in the middle of each suicide.

Bear crawl to first line perform 7 burpees, bear crawl back.  Bear crawl to second line, 6 burpees, bear crawl back.  Continue until you get to 7th line, perform 1 burpee and bear crawl back to start.

 

MARY
American Hammers – x20 (IC)
4ct Flutter Kicks x20 (IC)

 

COT
Number off and Name-O-Rama – 27 PAX

 

BOM
“Never mind likes and dislikes; they are of no consequence.
Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.”

– George Bernard Shaw

I’m convinced that our culture’s relentless pursuit of comfort and convenience has robbed us of any sense of significance and meaning.  A life lived for self eventually implodes, leaving men empty and filled with regret.  We are not created for comfort, we are created for purpose and impact.  The pursuit of comfort and convenience breeds complacency.  The pursuit of purpose and impact fuels greatness.  We were made for greatness.

The thing is, we’ve confused greatness with success.  Martin Luther King Jr revealed the secret to greatness, “Everyone has the power for greatness, not for fame but greatness, because greatness is determined by service.”  It’s not what we get, it’s what we give.

Every day we wake to multiple opportunities to serve, opportunities for greatness.  Keep your eyes and hearts open brothers.  When you see the opportunity…seize it!  If it’s hard, embrace it!  The world is waiting for men of integrity and courage to assume their roles and lead.  You don’t need permission, you have already been commissioned.

 

Submitted by Cap’n Crunch

Muchas Grassyas

THE SCENE: Pretty standard late-summer atmosphere. Still hot and humid, but with an air of winding down .
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x26 IC
Cherry Pickers x10 IC
Buddy the Elf x10 each leg IC
Crabettes x20 IC
Mosey up to the boats
Failure to Launch (formerly Al Gore Tuck Jumps) x8 IC
Mosey back to AO
Plank Rolls for about 20yd. Created much more dizziness than anticipated….

THA-THANG:
Grab a CMU and head to the grassy field. Cones set up in a square about 16 yards apart.
Each cone has a card with an exercise.
Bears and Blocks to the first cone and do that exercise.
Bears and Blocks to next cone and do first cone exercise plus next cone exercise.
Continue to 3rd and fourth cone, adding exercises escalator style.
After adding the fourth exercise, switch to Blocks and Bears (backward bear crawl with block) to first cone. Drop that exercise, do the other three.
continue back down the escalator. Exercises:
10 Hand Release Merkins
30 Pickle Pounders
20 Carolina Dry Docks
16 Catalina Wine Mixer (8 each arm)

Guess what… Every card has a flipside! Repeat above, except crab walk carrying CMU on abdomen.
First round forward, second round backward. Exercises:
10 Prisoner Getups each leg
30 Monkey Humpers
10 Donkey Kicks
15 Squat Jumps

Pretty sure everyone made it around to at least get the Monkey Humpers in…

 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 PAX this morning, including FNG Unibrau (Nick Robinson)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
1 Timothy 2:1-4:
First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior

Looking around at what is going on with our leaders today, there’s not much you can describe as dignified in any way. However, no matter which side of the current issues you come down on, one thing we all have in common is that we’re called to pray for those who are in high positions. Notice, even thanksgivings is in that list of what we’re supposed to make for all people. Remember that God’s ultimately in charge, and He’s the one we’re responsible to.
MOLESKIN:
The grass this morning had a pleasant herby, minty sort of smell. Very refreshing when you’re nose-deep doing hand-release Merkins…
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
3rd Anniversary Extravaganza first weekend in November.

Wading through the Fog

THE SCENE: Foggy but otherwise pretty pleasant weather at the Asylum this morning
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
15 mountain climbers, 15 plank jacks, 15 SSH, 15 imperial walker, 10 burpees, 10 count windmill, and 15 Moroccan night club
THA-THANG:

Mosey to Greenway path south of launch

At first light, do 10 squats. Bear crawl to next light and do 10 merkins. Run past one light to the next light, repeat exercises until the path intersection. Turn and repeat with lunge walk and diamond merkins.

Mosey to cardiac hill. 10, 8-count body builders and then a strong effort up to the top.

Mosey to farthest corner of parking lot south of the launch for 2ish rounds. 10 Carolina Dry Docks (demonstration on proper form given) at parking lot, 10 box jumps/step ups at playground, 10 supine pull-ups at benches, and 10 squats at launch.

Recover to launch for a little Mary to finish up.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Be patient and a good example for your kids (and any younger than you for that matter).  I know I struggle on a regular basis with keeping my cool when trying to get the kids to listen and do as they are told.  I wanted to simply remind everyone this morning how much children model our behavior.  They will very likely lash out if that is what we do every time we get a little impatient and frustrated.  Take a step back, breath, and collect your thoughts before you respond.
MOLESKIN:
I really appreciate the opportunity to lead the PAX this morning for my first F3 Knoxville Q.  Thanks for sticking with me through the workout.  I look forward to my next Q.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Prayers requested for Dogbite.