F3 Knoxville

Selection Quality

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We ran to the movie theater stopping 10 times for 10 hand-release merkins and 10 ruck on feet selection quality sit-ups. We then rucked up to Trader Joe’s for cookie butter. Since they were closed we did 10 hand release merkins and 10 selection quality sit-ups. When we got back to the trucks we found we had time for one more round of PT.

BIZ NAS time

THE SCENE: Asylum, moist and delicious
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSHx20, cherry Pickersx5, donkey kicks x5

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the paver parking lot.

8 stations, start with reps of 15 each exercise. After each lap remove one rep. Audible: substrat 2 reps. Go till Tank says stop

  • Low Squat Jumps
  • Merkins
  • Lunges
  • Inch worms
  • Rocketttes
  • Shoulder Tap merkins
  • Side lunges with a hop
  • dry docks

mosey to da playground…ya know

box jump burpees for 1min, 10 sec rest, incline merkins 1 min, 10 sec rest, dips 1 min. Repeat

mosey to AO

MARY:
Flutter kicks x25 and slutter kicks x15

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
24 In attendance
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
White lies, although we think that they are not harmful, they dissolve trust with others including our coworkers, friends and spouses. Challenging the PAX to cut out the white lies and be honest in all that we do.
MOLESKIN:
Apparently I didn’t get the message about it being a casual dress code today. 🙁
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Prayers for cheatsheet and his daughter, and friends struggling with chemical dependency.

Practicing Mental Toughness

THE SCENE:
Low 20s C.  We were tough enough to handle the humidity.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
Mosey to the flag & Good Mornings
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • 20 SSH
  • 20 Rockettes
  • 20 Squats
  • 20 Plank Jacks
  • 10 + 10 Super Baby Arm Circles
  • 5 Cherry Pickers

3/4 lap with some High Knees, Butt Kickers, Skips ending at the playground

THA-THANG:

30:4:30’s (5 here, 25 there; then back for 10, 20; etc…  For a total of 30 each time.)

  • Exercise 1 – Swtichfoot/Toe Tap 4ct @ playground kerb.
  • Bernie up the slope to the lil path.
  • Bear crawl to splash pad
  • Exercise 2 – Flutters 4-ct @Splash pad
  • Mosey out the back of the pad, round and back down.
  • Hold plank for the 6.

Mosey back to flag.  Rainbow gave us a 10 count while we paired up.

  • 10 Hand Release Merkins – high 5 buddy
  • 20 Big Boys – high 5 buddy
  • 30 Dolly Partners – Hello Dolly tapping feet with Buddy
  • 20 Squats
  • 10 Dips
  • 1 lap (sprint up the hill to flag for extra credit)
  • Rinse and Repeat.

We managed four laps before we decided to hit Mary a little early.
MARY:

  • 20 Freddie Mercury
  • 20 LBC Chasers
  • 20 Superman
  • Bunny lead us in some Captain Thor’s up to 6
  • 10 BBQ squats (Low and Slow)
  • 20 Plank Jacks
  • 40 SSH to take us to the hour

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Seven strong today.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I saw a video on Social Media featuring Nick Saban talking about Mental Toughness.  He defined Mental Toughness as “What does it take to break you?”  Are you frustrated, what does it take to make you give in? Is it too hot.  Do you have a little knock?  Does that break you?  Does it make you lose focus?

The video made me think about other areas of my life.  What is it that the kids can do to break you?  (“Just get in the CAR!”)  What does it take to make you give in on being a Dad for a minute/hour/rest of the day?  Make you check out mentally? What makes you frustrated at work, makes you lose focus and take it out on someone else?

I don’t have any quick fixes – no medicine that can give you more Mental Toughness.  It’s all about self-discipline.  That thing that makes you come out early and do first F.  I think that F3 can help you to exercise your mental toughness muscle so that when the time comes you have the discipline to do what you need to do, when you’re supposed to do it, the way it’s supposed to get done.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

45 Minutes by the Rock Pile

THE SCENE: Humid, Gloomy, Dark
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Nordic Tracks, Side Straddle Hops

THA-THANG:
2 line mosey to the rock pile where we completed a Tabata style work out, 45 seconds of work, 15 seconds of rest. 4 rounds of each exercise

  • Plyo Wide Squats with a Rock
  • Mericans with a Frog
    • 3 rounds of 8 pulse squats, 4 regular squats, 2 jump squats
  • 4 lunges forward with the rock above the head, 4 reverse lunges with an overhead press
  • Plank alternating one leg pull in, crossover, extend out
    • 3 rounds of 8 pulse squats, 4 regular squats, 2 jump squats
  • Burpees
  • Dips
    • 3 rounds of 8 pulse squats, 4 regular squats, 2 jump squats

Indian Run back to the AO

MARY:
No time for mary

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Growing in Christ and becoming a Man after God’s on heard begins in everyday small decisions of obedience and discipline.

Monday’s Rock

THE SCENE: The gloom was in full effect – not too cold, not too hot, just right.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

  • Welcome to F3: Fitness, Fellowship, & Faith. My name is Steam and I’ll be your Q this morning
  • I am not a professional – you are here on your own volition – which means I don’t know any injuries you may or may not have. So if you need to modify any of the exercises we do this morning – do it.
  • That being said: you’re not here for you, you’re here for them. Push yourself and those around you. 


WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH: 12×4 (in cadence)

Cherry-Picker: 8×4 (in cadence)

Squat: 12×4 (in cadence)

Merkin: 12×4 (in cadence)

SSH: 12×4 (in cadence)

THA-THANG:
Mosey to rock pile at the top of the OG Asylum and execute good PT

  • Every stop sign passed = 15×4 squats
    • Q chose 1 PAX member to lead each time
  • Every parking lot passed = 10 1-count merkins
    • Q chose 1 PAX member to lead each time
  • Mosey from AO to Rock Pile at OG Asylum
  • Rock Pile
    • battle buddies
    • 3 Rounds
      • R1
        • BB1: 25 chest presses & hold above head until relieved
        • BB2: sprint down to tree on right (.25/mile) & execute 5 squats –> sprint back and recover BB1
        • After both BBs complete 50 chest presses each = hold plank @ rock pile
      • Between R1 & R2: 20 SSHs led by called upon PAX member by Q
      • R2
        • BB1: 20 curls & hold in bent over row position until relieved
        • BB2: sprint down to tree on right (.25/mile) & execute 4 merkins –> sprint back and recover BB1
        • After both BBs complete 50 curls each = hold plank @ rock pile
    • Drop rocks –> 2 lines mosey
    • Peel = 2 men out front peel around and to the back of the PAX and call out for the next men to peel when they get back in formation (think reverse American Indian Run)
  • Pause at rock overlooking the new fields/river/mountains
    • Covered by fog/gloom
    • Q said mini-BOM: You can’t see it now but there are beautiful mountains in view and the river and the park when it is clear. But the gloom is preventing you to see this right now. Take this metaphor into your life. Do you trust Him that they’ll still be there when the gloom clears in your life? Even though you can’t physically see it right now, it’s there, more importantly, HE is there, do you trust that this week?
  • Mosey down to curved path leading into the parking lot across from AO
    • 7 light poles
    • With your battle buddy, alternate between BBS (battle buddy situps) & flutter kicks every light pole
    • On flutter kick poles –> Q appointed a member of PAX to lead the cadence
    • 10 BBSs/pole & 20 flutter kicks/pole
  • Back Home @ the AO
    • Motto cadence call led by QIC
  • 12 Man-Makers (8-count Merkins)

MARY:
Heavy breathing
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
43 HIM came out and crushed the Monday gloom (2 FNGs included)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
1) Know that you are fully equipped and capable of whatever mission the Lord tasks you with this week. Know your mission and that where he sends you this week, there you’ll be.

2) Don’t be afraid to Wagon-Wheel this week. I’m not good at it. My pride gets in the way. A key component of wagon-wheeling is dying to yourself and your own ambitions or work so that you can go back and bring those falling behind out of the gloom. Don’ the afraid to wagon-wheel this week – to be that voice of encouragement that circles back around to speak life into those that may have/are falling behind or that you’ve noticed need to be encouraged. When people see the F3 logo – that means something. The commitment to pursuing the Lord as HIM, as well as to each other is vital to the nature of F3.
MOLESKIN:
G-6 gave me encouragement this morning before things got kicked off – I always get nervous about my BOM because I don’t want to word vomit or get in my own way of sharing what God’s put on my heart/letting my words be far and His words be here & clear. G-6 gave me encouragement that went something like: God will put on your heart what he wants you to say/communicate when the time comes. That is important. And meant a lot. Because that means that we don’t have to worry or stress about saying the right thing or focus on how we sound – God’s got it already taken care of and He will put on our hearts what he wants us to say. A prayer I’ve been working on (and off unfortunately) for some time has gone something like this and when I remember to say it – man it hits home.

Lord, give me eyes to see like you, ears to hear your truth, lips to speak life, hands and feet to go and serve where you call me, and a heart to love like you.

Kinda just puts it in perspective of how much we need God to come into our everyday being and let the Holy Spirit allow us to be purpose-driven High Impact Men in everything we say and do.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Prayer Request from G-6: Lunch $’s (Jay Cobble) father died last night – keep their family in your prayers please.