F3 Knoxville

Tag: Bunyan

Showing Up is 1/2 the Battle

THE SCENE: Chilly, but clear and no wind. No sign of the moon

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Done 

WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH IC x20 | Windmills IC x10 | Cherry Pickers IC x4 | Tempo Squats IC x10

THA-THANG:

Tennis Court Battle Buddies: One partner works through rep count, the other does a suicide, then switches until all reps are finished. 

  • 100 Merkins 
  • 200 BBS
  • 300 Squats 

Mosey To Flagpole 

  • 5 Burpees on your own

Mosey to Dock. Loop consists of: 

  • 20 CDD at Dock
  • 10 Goblet Squats at Rockpile
  • 5 Pullups at BathHouse
  • 10 Curls at Rock Pile

Rinse and Repeat until time 

Fellowship Mosey to AO 

 

MARY:

25 FlutterKicks IC led by Trunk

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

10 HIMs; 0 FNGs; 1 Kotter 

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Showing up is half the battle. The first community that men to be active in is their family. The indispensable building block of humanity. The evidence is clear that children benefit greatly and prosper when parents are active in their lives. 

Everyday is a gift and each day will present opportunities for love and care in the family. Love your children and change the world. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

CSAUP 2/26 at the Asylum 6:30-9:00 am. There will be snacks. 

Dirty Dozen

SCENE: 60ish & pleasant

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Cherry Pickers
  • BACs | Windmills IC 
  • SSH IC

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Tennis Court. Twelve exercises on the whiteboard of fun. Do 12 reps of each and then take a lap. Go at your own pace & push somebody. Exercises were:

  1. Squats
  2. Box Cutters
  3. Diamond Merks
  4. Calf Raise
  5. Inch Worms
  6. Single Leg Bridge
  7. Hello Dolly
  8. Plank Jacks
  9. Hand Release Merks
  10. BBS
  11. Flamingo
  12. Dry Docks

MARY:

  • American Hammers IC
  • Australian Snow Angel
  • Cobra Kai

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

“So, friends, we can now—without hesitation—walk right up to God, into “the Holy Place.” Jesus has cleared the way by the blood of his sacrifice, acting as our priest before God. The “curtain” into God’s presence is his body.

So let’s do it—full of belief, confident that we’re presentable inside and out. Let’s keep a firm grip on the promises that keep us going. He always keeps his word. Let’s see how inventive we can be in encouraging love and helping out, not avoiding worshiping together as some do but spurring each other on, especially as we see the big Day approaching.”

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭10:19-25‬ ‭MSG‬

It always irritates me when I go out of my way to take my kids somewhere fun & they end up complaining, because there is nothing standing in the way of them having a good time but their attitude; they are squandering an opportunity 

But when I think about why I’m out here, the three Fs; I’m guilty of the same thing sometimes.

My fitness is not what I want it to be. Mostly because I like cookies. There’s nothing standing between me & fitness but me.

Fellowship: there’s plenty of times that I pass up real fellowship in favor of keeping my head down and being too nervous or lazy to open myself up.

And faith. We read the passage; there’s nothing standing between us and a deeper, nearer relationship with Jesus but us.

The question I’m asking myself today is “how do I want to be growing and how do I need to get out of my own way?”

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Timed Rounds at the Splash Pad

THE SCENE: Fiftyish. Sprinklyish. Breezyish.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Choir Boy led us in a number of pleasantries, including 50 4-count side straddle hops.
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the splash pad and do timed sets of various exercises—typically 30-40 secs.—with three rounds of each exercise & a lap or other method of locomotion (bear crawl, crab walk, bernie, etc.) every few rounds. Exercises included:

  • Dips
  • Big Boy Situps
  • Squats
  • Pull-ups
  • Imperial Walkers
  • Lunges
  • Incline Merkins
  • Flutter Kicks

 

MARY:
Freddie Mercurys. 0 LBCs.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 PAX including FNG Hans
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Prov. 18:24, or some mutilation thereof.
MOLESKIN:
Great work from the PAX this morning. Good mumble chatter. And great to have Hans out.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Big Ball Convergence. Dog Pound CSAUP. And The Equalizer’s first shirt.

Weighty Words & A Kraken

SCENE: Great weather for standing around. Mid 60s. Breezy. Some PAX actually missed the cold weather.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Windmills IC | Grady Corns IC
  • SSH IC | Cherry Pickers IC

THA-THANG:

Mosey to the top of the Equalizer. Kraken. Pick station, complete 25 reps of the prescribed exercise, then run a full lap around the course to the next station. Rinse and repeat. On each subsequent round, drop 5 reps from each exercise. Push yourself & push each other. Try to catch the guy in front of you. Stations included:

  • Lunges
  • BBS
  • Dips
  • Box jumps
  • Diamond Merks
  • Flutter Kicks
  • Burpees
  • Squats

MARY & STRETCHES:

  • Fellowship Mosey ™️
  • 40secs of OYO Stretching

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Been thinking about words lately. I’ve got relatively young kids, so the past six years have been a lesson in how my words can affect another human being. As a dad & as a husband, I am a leader in my household; as a leader, my words have weight. Usually I see this when I let out a sarcastic comment at breakfast that manages to set an awful tone for the whole day, but every once in a while it works the other way too.

In my work, I’ve been with the same organization for years, but after joining the leadership team last year, I have learned that as a leader, my words have more weight.

F3 is a peer-led workout. Out here, we’re all leaders. Whether your the AO Q, the Q in charge that day, or just a guy posting to a workout—you are a leader; because even if you’ve only been around for a couple weeks, once the next FNG shows up you are a leader setting an example. And your words have weight.

One thing I really appreciate about Doubtfire is his positivity and his ability to make everyone feel welcome, even while pushing us to be better.

That tone that Doubtfire has set here at The Equalizer ⚖️ is the reason I can count on my hands the number of times I’ve missed; it’s the reason that I keep coming back and it’s what I want The Equalizer ⚖️ to continue to be known for. And I’ve come to realize that means I’m going to need to work on that; I need to be more positive, I need to be more encouraging, push more of the guys around me to be better—and I need y’all to not just join me in that pursuit, but hold me accountable to it.

 

MOLESKIN: Great PAX this morning

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check out the upcoming kickball tourney & grab a Q