F3 Knoxville

The Two Brysons

THE SCENE: 49 (perfect!) and no rain (for a change)
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x 15

Cherry Pickers x 10

Mosey the route to be repeated later on

Merkins x 30

Tie Fighter BAC x 10, forward and reverse
THA-THANG:
Divide into 5 groups for some station work:

STATION  #1

GRAB A CMU

CURLS x 20

ROWS x 20

SQUATS (W/CMU) X 20

Repeat until bumped

STATION #2

BURPEES x 10

Hello Dolly (4 CT) x20

Sumo Squats x 20

Repeat until bumped

STATION # 3

Single leg calf raises x15 each leg

Car. Dry docks x 20

Flutter kicks (4 ct) x20

Repeat until bumped

STATION #4

Bear Crawl across parking lot to last line

merkins x 20

Lunge back to beginning

Amer. Hammers x 20

Repeat until bumped

STATION #5

RUN

RABBITS WAGONWHEEL TO THE 6.  FINISH TOGETHER.

START AT STATION #1

Each group made it through about 1 1/2 times

MARY:
Ring of Fire with leg lifts, Capt. Thors, and ATMs
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
My connection to God and to my fellow man is strongest when I have the courage to lower my defenses and allow myself to be vulnerable with others.  When I risk getting hurt is when I gain the most.  Do not be afraid to show weakness.  God said to Paul “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”  (2 Cor. 12:9).  I pray that I have the courage to acknowledge my weakness to others and make myself vulnerable.
MOLESKIN:
2 FNGs today, both named Bryson.  Welcome Churro and Overachiever.  Prayers for Weezy and Gardener and their family as they move to Athens.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Burpees, 11s, and round-house kicks in the throat

Asylum 4/25
THE SCENE: Finally dried out. 50s. Couldn’t be better.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 25 IC 4 CT
This and That
2 Burpees OYO
Tempo Squats x 20 IC 4 CT
Michael Phelps
4 Burpees OYO
Merkins x 10 IC 4 CT
1 lap around the parking lot
6 Burpees OYO

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the playground, find a bench
11s: Dips and BBS
11s: Box Jumps and Derkins
Mosey to the open air chapel, plank
Mini Grinder, 4 stations per loop
Chapel: American Hammers 4CT
Cloud: BBS
AO: Burpees
Top of Baby Hill: Merkins
Lap 1: 20 reps/station (then laps of 15, 10, 5)

MARY:
Called it just in time for 1 more thing, the hill
Sprint to the top, 2 burpees OYO, back to the AO

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
25 got better today.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Don’t take your days for granted. If you love your family, if you love your friends, TELL them. Words have power. I love the men of F3, and it’s an honor to lead as we push ourselves to be better in all areas of life.

Credit to Creeper for the title.

100% Dry Beatdown.

THE SCENE: Warm-ish/light rain
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

Welcome to F3: Fitness – Fellowship – Faith. 

My name is Steam & 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 feel free to do so BUT
Push yourself and those around you


WARM-O-RAMA:

  1. Side-Straddle Hop (SSH): 10 x 4 in cadence
  2. Flutter Kick: 10 x 4 in cadence
  3. SSH: 15 x 4 in cadence
  4. Little Baby Crunch: 10 x 4 in cadence
  5. SSH: 20 x 4 in cadence
  6. Merkin: 10 x 4 in cadence

THA-THANG:

Steam & Frank identified the 2 options for PAX

Steam: Cardio intensive workout \\ Frank: Core intensive workout

Steam’s Group

  • Mosey to Rock Pile @ Asylum Building
    • Every stop sign = 10 merkins on your own (1 count)
  • 12s @ Rock Pile
    • TOP (Rock Pile) = Rock Chest Presses
    • Bottom (Big ol Tree) = Burpees
    • 1 Rock Chest Press \\ 11 Burpees
  • Proton led PAX in squat circle until all recovered
  • American Indian style mosey back to AO
    • Every stop sign = 10 merkins on your own (1 count)
  • Last .25 mile –> sprint to the AO

Steam’s Group & Frank’s Group Link Back Up @ AO

  • Frank led core work for all PAX at AO (5 minutes)

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
PAX Count = 31

FNG = 1 —> Dreamer
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

” I see you” – Jim Branch/God
– I recently had the pleasure of hearing Jim Branch speak and he talked about how God sees us.
– He volunteers as a chaplain for one of the high school football teams in Knoxville and he would see that during practice, one of the seniors who was on the sidelines would call out to the players on the field when they did something good that went un-noticed.
– And he would yell – “I see you – okay, I see you” – letting them know that the efforts they were making were not unseen or un-noticed.
– He went on to talk about his son running track in high school and seeing the other kids run around the track and feeling the excitement for them but when HIS son came around, he saw him from a distance and kinda stood up on his feet because he saw him. He saw his son coming around the track and was filled with so much joy!
– That’s how God sees us. He sees you and is so delighted and overjoyed because you are His son. I love that we have a heavenly father that sees us like that
– This week I want to challenge all of us to see each other. I challenge you to see someone this week. Be that voice of affirmation – “I see you” And also understand how our heavenly father sees us.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill is coming up men! Show out to rep F3 Knoxville in F3’s first OCR event in Knox! Here is the link!

https://www.visitknoxville.com/event/hardship-hill-obstacle-course-race/8079/

A Little Variety

THE SCENE: Perfect weather – mid 50’s, no wind

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH IC x 25

Tempo Squats IC x 10

Cherry Pickers IC x 10

Merkins IC x 10

THA-THANG:

Ring of Fire with a few exercises thrown in there that we seldom do. 10 stations set up in a circle; spread out evenly between the stations; do exercise listed at each station for 45 seconds and then rotate to the next station; 30 second rest in between. Threw in a couple moseys and some lunges to the middle of the circle for variety. Exercises at the stations were as follows:

  • Kraken Burpees
  • Sweat Angels
  • Around-the-clock Merkins
  • Box Cutters holding rock in the air
  • Bobby Hurleys
  • Punch-up Merkins
  • Iron Mikes
  • Flutter Kicks holding rock in the air
  • Diamond Merkins
  • Ski Abs

Run up Little Baby Hill twice. Do 2 burpees at the top each time.

MARY:

Side Crunches – 15 each side

ATM’s

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

32 strong – No FNG’s

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I was reminded of 2 important truths in my life during the Mountain Man Memorial March this past weekend.

  1. When I am focused on my own individual circumstances, I lose the ability to serve others.
  2. I need brothers surrounding me, especially during the difficult, painful times.

I was reminded of those lessons during the physical activity of rucking, but they are applicable to all aspects of life. If we are so focused on our own circumstances, we can’t be there to lift up our brothers. We can’t be present for our wives and for our children. We can’t serve others the way that God is calling us to serve.

During those difficult seasons of life, our natural tendency as men is to isolate ourselves. But more than ever, that’s when we need our brothers. We all experience peaks and valleys, and when we’re in the valley, we need a strong-hearted brother to help us get back up on our feet. As HIM’s, we need to be the men reaching out to help our fellow brothers………….and we should be humble enough to realize that we will inevitably find ourselves in the valley at some point and be in need of our brothers to lift us back up.

Rocking Friday Morning

THE SCENE: 42 degrees – 27 PAX – no wind
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

“Welcome to F3: Fitness – Fellowship – & Faith
– My name is Steam & 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. That being said, you know your bodies better than anyone so if you need to modify any of the exercises we do this morning feel free to do so BUT…..Push yourself and those around you – we will get better physically, mentally, and spiritually this morning.”


WARM-O-RAMA:

1. Side-Straddle Hop (SSH): 20 x 4 (in cadence)

2. Rockette: 10 x 4 (in cadence)

3. Army Bend & Reach: 10 x 4 (in cadence)

4. Squat: 10 x 4 (in cadence)

5. Army High Jumper: 10 x 4 (in cadence)

6. Manly Arm Circles (we’re men – not babies): 5 x 4 forward & 5 x 4 backward (all in cadence) – full rotation of the arm and shoulder – 1 arm at a time

THA-THANG:
Mosey 15 feet out of the AO to the hill right beside AO parking lot

  • (1) Rocky Hill
    • Assemble Battle Buddy teams
    • 10 decline BBS (Battle-Buddy Sit-ups) each @ bottom of hill
      • 1 partner holds the other’s feet
    • Run up the hill
    • 10 rock chest presses
    • Run back down the hill
    • RINSE & REPEAT 3x – add 5 reps each time
      • 10 BBSs/10 RCPs — 15 BBSs/15 RCPs — 20 BBSs/20 RCPs
    • Recover @ the top of this hill
    • Code Brown leads flutter kicks until 6 is up
    • PAX executes 10 SSHs in cadence
  • Mosey to Asylum Playground with rocks
  • (2) Rockin Around the Asylum Playground
    • Stay in battle buddy teams
    • (1) Rock Flutter Kicks as a team = 110 total
      • Rock held overhead while executing flutter kicks
      • While other partner is doing
    • (2) Run to picnic tables = 5 decline merkins
    • Upon completion of 110 Rock flutter kicks 
    • (3) Rock Curls as a team = 110 total
      • While other partner is doing 
    • (4) Run to picnic tables = 5 incline merkins
    • Upon completion of 110 Rock Curls
    • (5) Rock Merkins as a team = 110 total
      • Rock under 1 hand — execute merkin — switch hands
      • While other partner is doing 
    • (6) Run to parking lot outside playground = 15 x 4 switchfoots
      • 1 foot on the curb/1 foot flat — quickly switch feet positions in a 4 count to 15
    • Mr Jinxy led PAX in 20 SSHs
  • (3) Rocking Back to the AO
    • Grab rocks and mosey to parking lot outside of playground
    • Set rocks in the middle — each PAX member finds a curb space
    • Execute 15 x 4 switchfoots in cadence led by QIC
    • Rinse & Repeat 5x
  • (4) Mosey Back to AO
  • Cheatsheet called upon to lead PAX in 20 x 4 SSHs in cadence
  • Hello Dolly: 15 x 4 in cadence
    • flip over to chest on ground
  • 10 – 1 count merkins
    • flip over to back on ground
  • Flutter Kicks: 15 x 4 in cadence
    • flip over to chest on ground
  • 10 – 1 count merkins
    • Flip over to seated position (on your 6)
  • 20 x 4 American Hammers

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COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
27 PAX

Cheatsheet – Ponzi – Big Bird – Triple A – Coolio – Rusty – Worm – Code Brown – Fabio – Rascal – Gibbler – Bunny – Rousey – Kentucky – Rainbow – Dogbite – Snitch – Pringle – Slide Rule – Mixtape – Blue Bird – Mr Jinxy – Pusher – Pacman – Foot Print – Cat Gut – Steam

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

On this day in 1917 = the U.S. entered WWI
– thousands of men were called into action – called into active duty service for their country.
What would it look like for us as high impact men to answer the call God gives us to go into active duty service as servants for HIS kingdom?
– ‎and you could say “man I don’t feel qualified to talk to my neighbor, coworker, friend, or family, about my faith or God.” Or “That’s not me, I’m not that guy”
– ‎but hear this: You are the guy. Because God doesn’t call the qualified, he qualifies the called.
Ephesians 6:19-20 (MSG) = And don’t forget to pray for me. Pray that I’ll know what to say and have the courage to say it at the right time, telling the mystery to one and all, the Message that I, jailbird preacher that I am, am responsible for getting out.