F3 Knoxville

The Little Things

AO: asylum-am
Q: Charmin (John Willis)
PAX: Backflow (Wesley Hunt), Bunny, Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Charmin (John Willis), Cinco (Scott McGuire), Code Brown, Cosmo 2, Farley, Gibbler, Love’s, Matlock (Bill Maddox), P3, Pac-man, Patty Melt (Parker Greene), Sawdust, Waffle House (Brady Greene), Kentucky, Breaststroke (Will Duncan), Tecmo, Shotgun, Newton, White Belt
FNGs: None
COUNT: 22
WARMUP: SSH, Abe Vagodas, Tempo Merkins, lap @ the AO, ISWs

THE THANG:
Mosey to Circus Maximus for 25s with partner running (Merkins and BBS)

Mosey to loop at the dock for bump drill with stations of squats, merkins and BBS

Mosey to Cardiac with 25s of Carolina Dry Docks and Iron Mikes, at each stop, with a Bernie up the to the first curve.

Mosey back to the AO

MARY: no time.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 2nd F lunch at Dead End BBQ

COT: take time to notice the beauty in the mundane. Say hi to a stranger. Wave to someone. Slow down and pay attention to the world around you. As Kurt Vonnegut says, we’re dancing animals.

You Only Get Wet Once

AO: asylum-am
Q: Sawdust , P3
PAX: P3, Breaststroke (Will Duncan), Cinco (Scott McGuire), Double Wide, Love’s, Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Hands, Cosmo 2, Bunny, Fabio (Joe Hamilton), Tropicana, Gibbler, Rainbow, Backflow (Wesley Hunt), Hot Tub (John Muller), Matlock (Bill Maddox), Shotgun, Tecmo
FNGs: None
COUNT: 19
WARMUP:
– SSH
– Tempo Merkins
– Stretching
– Cherry Pickers
– Windmills
– Rockettes (Bunny Style)
– Tie-FIghters
– X-Wings
– Burpees (until the PAX confirmed they were warm)

THE THANG:
– Phase I: Get to the Top
– Peter Parkers at the Base of Baby Everest
– Run to the Summit of Baby Everest
– Manmaker at the Summit of Baby Everest
– Phase II: Stop, Drop & Mosey
– Travel from the Base of Baby Everest to the new Roundabout
– Stops for Big Boy Sit Ups & Merkins
– Phase III: Roundabout Abs
– Pickle Pounders
– Flutter Kicks
– Hello Dollys
– Box Cutters
– Gas Pumpers
– V-Ups
– Sawdust handed the Q off to P3
– Phase IV: Pickled Elevens
– Mosey over to the Pickle Ball Courts for Elevens
– Started with 10 ‘Easy’ Burpees to 1 Iron Mike and went the the 6 was done.
– Phase V: Stairway to Awesome Calf Muscles
– Toe Merkins – Straight Ahead
– Toe Merkins – Pointing Toes Inside
– Toe Merkins – Pointing Toes Outside
– Phase VI: Parking to Crunch on Some Derkins
– Mosey a 1/3 of the way back to the AO
– Three (3) Rounds of Derkins & Crunches

MARY: Final Stretching

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– 2nd F Lunch scheduled for 11/8. Location & Time TBD)
– 9th Anniversary Convergence scheduled for 11/16 at the asylum-daybreak

COT:
– Sawdust handed the :shovelflag: officially off to P3 & P3 shared a little bit of his journey from FNG to AOQ, with a little help from Pac-man.

Muscle Up

AO: asylum-am
Q: Gibbler
PAX: Bunny, Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Charmin (John Willis), Cinco (Scott McGuire), Cosmo 2, Double Wide, Gibbler, Hot Tub (John Muller), Kentucky, Matlock (Bill Maddox), Pac-man, P3, TRC/Crab legs, @passport, @tecmo, @baxkflow
FNGs: None
COUNT: 16
WARMUP: SSH and a deep squat for Coolio (Greg Fox)

THE THANG: mosey to muscle beach. Partner workout and rotate through all the equipment for a total body beatdown. Parter that runs to the end of the parking lot does a burpee

MARY: 100 flutter kicks

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT: habits of productive people

Prime Day

AO: asylum-am
Q: Code Brown
PAX: Bunny, Waffle House (Brady Greene), Charmin (John Willis), Tropicana, Double Wide, Rainbow, Matlock (Bill Maddox), Sawdust, Code Brown, Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Loves, Cinco, Newton, Pac-Man, Backflow
FNGs: None
COUNT: 15
WARMUP:53 SSH

THE THANG:woking down thru all the prime numbers in reps of exercises
47 Ricky balboas
43 merkins
41 squats
37 BBS
31 step ups
29 dips
23 press
19 curls
17 tie fighter bombers
13 up and overs.
11 rows/bbs
7 incline markings/butt touchers
5 burpees
3 man makers
2 laps

MARY: 16 hello dollys. LBC, box cutters and bbs.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT: quotes from Sam Gangee.

That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo… and it’s worth fighting for.
Samwise Gamgee

Romans 12:12

[12] Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

Thunder Islands

AO: asylum-am
Q: Hands
PAX: P3, Love’s, Rainbow, TRC/Crab legs, Grandslam, Double Wide, Waffle House (Brady Greene), Bunny, Newton,Backflow
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
WARMUP: THUNDERSTRUCK!!!, cherry pickers, tie fighters

THE THANG: Choose a rock and relocate it to Circus Maximus. Rifle carry to first island, 10 Merkins, run back to start, run back to rock, rifle carry to next island. 10 Merkins, 20 jump squats, broad jump back one island, run back to start, then back to rock, rifle carry to next island. Surprisingly less confusing in actuality than it reads.
Exercises were:
10 Merkins
20 jump squats
20 BBS
20 CDD
20 2 count Iron Mikes
20 Supermans
20 Dips
20 Lt. Dan’s
We mixed in some Super Mario, right foot hop, and left foot hop as MOTs after the even-numbered islands.

MARY: About a minute of Gas Pumpers

ANNOUNCEMENTS: They were really good and important, too bad the ruckers weren’t there for them.

COT: Tell yourself “no” today. Deny yourself something. It’ll be OK, I promise.