F3 Knoxville

Tour de Lights

AO: asylum-pm
Q: Steam
PAX: High Heels, Drum Major, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Duggar, Doubtfire (Nick Bond), Rooney (Carl Whipple), Title IX (Christian Prescott), Brick, Pusher, CRISPR, Lilydipper, Sparkler, Swimmies (Nathan Chesney), Abacus, Tenderfoot, Whitey Titey, Gridiron, Cheetah Boy
FNGs: None
COUNT: 19
WARMUP:
– Mountain Climbers: 10×4
– Imperial Walker: 10×4
– Rockette: 10×4
– BAC: F + B — 10×4
– TN Rocking Chair: 10×4

THE THANG:
Mosey to the big lit up tree by the bathrooms
(1) Ring of Lights – Core 4
– Get in a circle around the tree
– Christmas Lights Fun Fact #1 — Prior to the 1880s, Christmas trees were lit by candles.
– American Hammer: 25×4
– Run to the sidewalk: 10×4 CDDs
– Back around the tree
– Christmas Lights Fun Fact #2 — After Edison patented the light bulb in 1880, Edward Johnson hand-wired 80 red, white and blue bulbs and strung them together around a tree in New York City, and then placed the trunk on a revolving pedestal. Then he called a reporter. A new fashion was born.
– LBCs: 25×4
– Run to the sidewalk: 10×4 CDDs
– Back around the tree
– Christmas Lights Fun Fact #3 — A string of 16 vaguely flame-shaped bulbs sitting in brass sockets the size of shot glasses sold for a pricey $12 (about $350 in today’s money) in 1900. But in 1894 President Cleveland put electric lights on the White House tree, and by 1914, a 16-foot string cost just $1.75.
– Flutter Kicks: 25×4
– Run to the sidewalk: 10×4 CDDs
– Back around the tree
– Christmas Lights Fun Fact #4 — There are an estimated 150 million light sets sold in America each year
– Gas Pedals: 25×4
– Run to the sidewalk: 10×4 CDDs
– Christmas Lights Fun Fact #5 — About 5,800 people are hospitalized annually for injuries involving falls while decorating their houses for the holidays.
– 25 SSH
Mosey across the street to the LAKESHORE lit up sign and/or trees
(2) The LAKESHORE Lit Workout
– All Xs are 25 reps on a 1 count
– L = LBCs
– 15 SSH at the small chapel
– Run back
– A: Alternating Shoulder Taps
– 15 SSH at the small chapel
– Run back
– K: Knerkin (merkin, but on your knuckles)
– 15 SSH at the small chapel
– Run back
– E: E2K (oblique crunch)
– Right ankle on left knee / switch after 14 reps or so
– 15 SSH at the small chapel
– Run back
– S: Squats
– 15 SSH at the small chapel
– Run back
– H: Hallelujahs
– 15 SSH at the small chapelq
– Run back
– O: Overhead Claps
– 15 SSH at the small chapel
– Run back
– R: Rockette Hillbillies
– 15 SSH at the small chapel
– Run back
– E: El Capitans to the chapel
– 15 SSH at the small chapel
– Run back
Mosey back to the big lit up tree
– Knock out Onstar’s 1st F Challenge today: 90 BBS
Mosey to the flag

MARY:
No time

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Starfish convergence at the Rampart AO this Saturday at 7am

COT:
Talked about my Spotify Wrapped overview from 2023 (see below for what it looks like). If you looked back at this past year:
– Who did you listen to this year?
– Where did you listen this year?
– What were you tuned into this year?
– Did you pay attention to what you were paying attention to?
The word “listen” occurs 195 times in 188 verses in the Bible (ESV)

Carry that Turkey – PM met at 9am!

AO: asylum-pm
Q: Doubtfire (Nick Bond)
PAX: Abacus, Brick, Kung Blue, Dung Beetle (Scott Kimsey), Convoy, Waxjob, Choir Boy, CRISPR, Rooney (Carl Whipple), @gridiron, @babygronk
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WARMUP:
SSH, tempo merkins, tempo squats, stretch
THE THANG:
Indian run with ruck with PT:
Last man did various PT and when completed had to run to the front.
Exercises at the back included:
3 burpees
5 merkins
5 squats

Stopped along the way to do moving Rocky Balboa’s, random acts of ab pain movements and a few things I forgot
MARY:
Stretching with Doubtfire
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

Thinking About Death Can Be A Key for Happiness

AO: asylum-daybreak
Q: Lilydipper
PAX: Brick, Lulu (Greg Huddy), F6, Waffle House (Brady Greene), Dung Beetle (Scott Kimsey), Qbert, CRISPR, Pele (Jon Lindberg), P3 (Jordan Simmons), Drum Major, Toto (James Smith), Pusher, Glamper, OnStar, Lilydipper
FNGs: None
COUNT: 15

WARMUP:
THE THANG:
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

War

AO: asylum-am
Q: Bunny
PAX: P3 (Jordan Simmons), Matlock (Bill Maddox), Brick, Cinco (Scott McGuire), Woodpecker, Welches (Leland Murphy), Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Bunny, WhiteBelt
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP:
SSHx20, Rocketts
THE THANG:
Mosey to the overlook
WAR: Split up into 2 groups
2 chairs, one table, one deck of cards….time to play war!
From each group Pax take turns at the table in a game of war. Highest card wins.
Winner Runs the loop.
Losing group does 10 burpees! Then does exercise on the winning Card while waiting
MARY:
Plank for 1 min
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
Think before you speak.
Proverbs 13:3
Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life;
he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.Abraham Lincoln said, ‘It is better to be silent and thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt!’

All You Can Ruck Tuesday #1

AO: shamruck
Q: Eliza
PAX: Glamper, Mermaid, Betty, Brick, Dumpster Dive, Eliza, Imaginary, Photograph, Ribbed, The Situation, Tonka, Toretto, Mailbox
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
WARMUP: Ruck to Track
THE THANG: Ruck as fast as you want as much as you want as heavy as you want with whoever you want for 45 minutes
MARY: none
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Brolympics, Ruck GTE training,
COT: “People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude” – John Maxwell