F3 Knoxville

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Having the right stones

THE SCENE: Clear and 60’s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Cherry Pickers, SSH, Windmills, Tempo Squats, Toe Merkins.  Basically anything to avoid getting on the pavement and goose poop.
THA-THANG:
Choose your rocks wisely then a slow march around the parking lot while doing: Overhead claps, seal claps, curls, triceps, and holding T pose.

Incline, Decline Merkins, BBS run a lap x 3

Mosey over to big parking lot and Lunge to light 50 Squats, run to next 50 LBC, bear crawl to end and then reversed back with crawl bear, bernie and reverse lunges.

Mary in the poop free parking lot and jog back to flag.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Watch our tongues, it can do harm or build people up.  Make sure we are using them for good.
MOLESKIN:
“what did you gain by regularly praying to God?” the man replied, “Little. But, let me tell you what I lost: anger, ego, depression, insecurity and fear.”

Sometimes the answer to our prayers is not gaining but losing.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Iron pax is starting on Fridays in September.

A la Mexicana

THE SCENE: 69 and a little foggy.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Overhead claps x 10.
  • Seal claps x 10.
  • Side straddle hops x 10.
  • Cherry pickers x 10.
  • Mountain climbers x 10.
  • Tempo merkins x 10.

THA-THANG:

Played a game with boxes and tennis balls. The objective was to score in the opposite goal. In order for the team to score, the player had to do one of the below exercises and throw a tennis ball in the goal.

  • 10 Burpees.
  • 10 Heels to heaven.
  • 10 Lunges (2-ct).
  • 10 American hammers (2-ct).
  • 10 Freddy Mercuries (2-ct).

The team that scored more goals decided what exercise we all would perform at the end as a group (Flutter Kicks x 20).

Mosey to the CMU piles.

We kept the same two teams than in the previous game and we ran a circuit starting at the CMU piles going to the small hill all the way to the pull-up bars and down the stairs. During this small loop there were different exercises that should be completed as a team to add up 200 reps of the following:

  • Bicep curls x 2.
  • Triceps extension x 2.
  • Overhead press x 2.
  • BBS.
  • Squats.
  • Pull ups.
  • Merkins.

MARY:
Hello Dollies X 21.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 Hombres Valientes.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Reflected about the importance of having a balance in our life and try to plan things in advance to meet our goals. Also commented about over planning, that is the other extreme of the equation, so depending on where we are, we should lean towards one end or the other.
MOLESKIN:
Prayed for our kids and the return to school, our families and dear friends.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
IPC.

The Switch Up – Leaders must serve others…

THE SCENE: 73 degrees and in between storms…
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

• Side Straddle Hops (IC) X 10
• Cherry Pickers (IC) 4 CT X 10
• Overhead Claps X 10 (IC)
• Baby arm circles F & B X 10 (IC) with Michael Phelps
• Tempo Squats (IC) 4 CT
• Hand Release Merkins X 10
• Mosey to get CMUs

THA-THANG:

Coupon Work – Back & Biceps
• 25 curls
• 30 Single Arm Bentover Row (15 Left & 15 Right Arm)
• Run the stairs & do pull-ups or hang for 25 seconds
• 25 curls
• 25 lying lat pullovers
• Run & do pull-ups or hang for 25 seconds
• Rinse & Repeat
Dice Game
• Exercises included skaters, planks, mountain climbers, sumo squats

MARY:
Freddy Mercury x 25; Hello Dollies x 25; Big Boys x 10

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
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CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Leaders must serve others…

“But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be a servant, and whoever wants to be first among you must become your slave. For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and give his life as a ransom for so many.” Matthew 20:26-28

I am extremely thankful to be a part of this group. I was lured in by the first F Fitness, but the third F Faith is was what I needed, and the second F Fellowship was the glue that kept me coming back.

F3 is such a great organization to be a part of. You guys challenge me on and off the court! Your workouts are hard (sometimes CSAUP), but the challenges you lay down at the end, your words, your actions, your prayers, that’s where the magic is!!

You challenge me to be a better man. To be a better husband, a better father, a better leader in my home and in my community. To serve others and be what God has called us to do.

I’ve got a lot of room for improvement, but I want to thank you for the push!!

I encourage you to look for opportunities to serve : things like Work Day, volunteering at the homeless shelter, donating blood, etc

MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Welcome Bus Stop!!

JUCO UNO and Lazy Visionaries

THE SCENE: Hot and muggy as expected
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

properly administered
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Cherry Pickers
  • Harry Rockets
  • Tempo squat
  • Hand release Merkins
  • LBAC forward/back

THA-THANG:

Mosey to the parking lot by the Haslam science building to do some accelerating/decelerating sprints. After 2 round continue on to the benches by the entrance for some JUCO UNO.

Get in groups of 2 or 3 and pick a set of exercises. There are 6 stations with uno cards. Draw a card and perform the exercise per the rules below.

  • # Card * = Exercises x multiplier
  • Color on Card = Exercise
  • Reverse = Repeat any card you’ve already drawn
  • Skip = Save to pass on a future card of your choice. Draw again.
  • Draw 2 = Reps x 2. (max 12)
  • Wild = any color exercise. Reps x 10
  • Wild Draw 4 = All 4 colors. Reps x 3
    * 0 card = 10 Reps (nice try you know who you are)

After completing a set take a lap around the build.

Complete sheets for JUCO UNO: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YHD3so-aqxcXJgUAJ0gNEcP-mmsRtWqTaZzENAsw3z4/edit?usp=sharing

After 6 or 7 rounds, mosey to the courtyard for some 8/8/22’s.

Round 1:
8 Dips
8 Derkins
22 Lunges

Round 2:
8 Dips
8 Box Jumps
22 SSH

Round 3:
repeat round 1

Head to the flag

MARY:
Flutter kicks, plank with bird dog mixed in

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Continuing some little known facts about laziness.

Review: #1 They are good at risk assessment. https://f3knoxville.com/little-known-facts-about-laziness-1/
#2 They don’t know they’re lazy! https://f3knoxville.com/juco-lazy-morning-2/

Little known fact about laziness #3: They are visionaries!

Proverbs 13:4

The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.

Proverbs 21:25-26

The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.
All day long he craves and craves, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.

The lazy have desires and a vision for change or improvement. They crave and have ideas and plans but come up empty. A vision or idea by itself is good and important but ultimately means nothing. It usually takes hard work, dedication and persistence to bring about a vision.

Recently I was challenged with a study to work on for my marriage and family. I signed up for it but now realize how much work it is going to be. It’s going to be hard and challenging. It’s going to take some work and dedication.

My challenge and the challenge for all of you, is to not just have a vision. Follow through, take a look at yourself and see if you’re one of the lazy.

DORA and Spinning Dragons

THE SCENE: 71
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Administered 
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH IC x 20
Cherry Pickers IC x5
Arm Circles Forward and Back IC x 10 each
Dive Bombers IC x5
Squats IC x10
Mountain Climbers IC x15
30 Seconds OYO

THA-THANG:

Mosey to the triangle and get lost in the Bearmuda Triangle:

  • 3 Burpees, bear crawl to next corner
  • 6 Burpees, bear crawl to next corner
  • 9 Burpees, bear crawl to next corner

Mosey to the coupon pile and partner up for a DORA:

  • 100 curls
  • 200 overhead press
  • 300 rows
  • Partner runs to parking lot and performs the following:
    • Round 1: 4 Jump squats
    • Round 2: 4 BBSUs
    • Round 3: 4 SSH

Mosey towards the duck pond

  • Stop for 25 flutter kicks administered by Kick-Flip

Perform the following at the parking lot just west of duck pond (named “Spinning Dragons” during workout):

  • Start in plank position and perform 1 shoulder tap, 1 merkin, 1 plank jack
  • Rotate to “3 o’clock” staying in a plank position and perform 2 shoulder taps, 2 merkins, 2 plank jacks
  • Rotate to “6 o’clock and perform 3 should taps, 3 merkins, 3 plank jacks
  • Rotate to “9 o’clock and perform 4 shoulder taps, 4 merkins, 4 planks jacks
  • Rotate to “12 o’clock” and perform 5 shoulder taps, 5 merkins, 5 plank jacks
  • Now go back down to 9, 6, 3, and 12 o’clock. Decrement reps by 1 each time (4, 3, 2, 1)

1 round of jelly legs (30 seconds is all we had time for) then Mosey to the flag with a jailbreak from Butterknife to close us out.

MARY:
No time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
13 strong with a FND (friendly new dog)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

There are some incredible fathers in this circle today. I’m inspired every time one of you brings a 2.0 to a workout.

Kids are little sponges and they soak up a lot more than we feed to them. Lately, my son has been getting “dressed” to go to work. It’s my ritual. It’s my religion in some ways. He wants to be just like his dad and at just 3 years old, he’s already starting to see my habits, my religion, and trying to make them his own. What religion are your kids picking up on?  

It’s the things we do that our kids are learning. It’s not the things that we say. 

MOLESKIN:
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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