F3 Knoxville

Tag: Butterfingers

Hills, Hills, and More Hills

THE SCENE: 60⁰ a bit Chilly compared to 95⁰
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH X11

ARCHER SQUATS X10

TEMPO LUNGES X7

MOSEY OVER TO MTN VIEW
THA-THANG:
BERNIE UP TO STOP SIGN AND PYRAMID 15, 10, 5, 1, 1, 5, 10, 15

BURPEES, X-FACTORS 2 COUNT, BOBBY HURLEYS

RUN UP MTN VIEW TO CONES AND ADD CONE EACH ROUND

MARY:
MOSEY BACK TO THE GRINDSTONE
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Use the TAGS on right-side to record PAX (BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOURSELF) in attendance. Be sure to select the AO in CATEGORY above TAGS and then delete these notes!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
ROCKY 3 IS GREAT BECAUSE YOU SEE HIM GO FROM BEING ON TOP TO BEING LOW. HE EVENTUALLY ADAPTS AND CHANGES HIM SELF AND GROWS FROM IT. THERES A QUOTE FROM ROCKY BALBOA THAT SUMS IT UP

“Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done!”
MOLESKIN:
I’VE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH STRESS AND LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES SINCE APRIL, AND IT’S TIME TO START ADAPTING AND WORKING TO GET OUT OF THIS RUT
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

It was all by chance

THE SCENE: Another perfect gloom. Humidity was slightly less than it has been.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
coin flip to determine our fate. Moses got the honors, tails so we went to spaghetti hill.
Mosey to Spaghetti hill. some Frankenstein quad stretches and little baby arm circles as we ran. Cherry pickers in the valley

THA-THANG:
Start at valley

  • 10 HR merkins
  • run to top of Spaghetti hill
  • 10 sc Iron Mikes
  • when you pass another pax on the hill you both have 5 burpees.
    repeat for time
  • it was getting very grueling, Q called for a 5 min burpee pause about 20 min in. Finished one last round with burpees before we hit recover.
  • pac ran up Heartbreak hill together. 20 BBS at top
  • mosey to base of Mt Wombo
  • 20 BBS
  • run to top of Wombo hold plank for 6
  • mosey back into park to GS

MARY:
2 arm Superman’s ic, flutter kicks ic with a couple of leg holds, hip raises ic
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“Did you hear about the rose that grew
from a crack in the concrete?
Proving nature’s law is wrong it
learned to walk with out having feet.
Funny it seems, but by keeping its dreams,
it learned to breathe fresh air.
Long live the rose that grew from concrete
when no one else ever cared.”Tupac Shakur

MOLESKIN:
Very cool to meet Veeps brother in law Lassie posting DR from Soul S.Korea
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
June 25th 2.0 workout at BS 8:15

July 6th Convergence

July 16th Beer Mile at Moses

 

Circle of Death

THE SCENE: ~72 degrees – warm and humid !
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Cherry Pickers – x10 (IC)
  • Windmills – x10 (IC)
  • Tempo Squats – x15 (IC)
  • Mosey around the grindstone.

THA-THANG:

There were 5 exercises marked around the grindstone:

  1. CMU Curls
  2. Dips on bench
  3. CMU OH Press
  4. Decline push-ups
  5. Step-ups on bench

The 6th exercise was the “circle of death (COD)” –> The PAX in the middle had to complete the following exercises below:

  1. 10 burpees
  2. 15 SSH
  3. 20 squats

The other PAX completed their respective exercises and couldn’t move on to the next exercise until the COD PAX finished. Once completed, then each PAX rotated clockwise to the next station.

After each PAX completed one round in the circle, then the group took a mosey & completed two rounds of the Bataan Death March (3 burpees per round).

Returned back to the grindstone and completed another round of the exercises above. The COD was revised for round 2:

  1. 5 burpees
  2. 10 SSG
  3. 15 squats

MARY:

  • ABCs (stopped at K)
  • LBCs
  • OH claps x25 (IC)

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Philippians 2:5 – Adopt the same attitude as Christ Jesus.

MOLESKIN:
None
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • 2.0 Workout at Bomb Shelter at 8:15am on 6.25
  • Convergence on 7.2 at JUCO

June EMOM Kraken

THE SCENE: 68 and Wet
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH’s 15, Tempo Merkins x 10, Windmills 4ct x 10, 3 Burpees, 3 Burpees

THA-THANG: Kraken EMOM

Every minute on the minute work move to the next exercise.  After completing all 8 exercises run 1 lap and begin the Kraken again. (We made it through 4 rounds)

  • 1- Rope Throws
  • 2- Power Clean 50 lb sandbag
  • 3- Turkish Getups 20 lb kettlebell (Switch arms each round)
  • 4- Burpees
  • 5- Rope Waves
  • 6- Kettlebell Two Arm Swings 35 lbs
  • 7- Kettlebell Squat Push Pull 20lbs
  • 8- Box Jumps
  • Run a lap and start back at the beginning

MARY:
Bring Sally Up Bring Sally Down – Fragmented Burpees

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Baby Weight, Butterfingers, Belding, Smuggler, Scoutmaster, Swerve, Walt
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Over the last couple of weeks I made my tour of Sweden and Germany. It was a work trip and definitely not a vacation.  Over the 8 days we stayed in 6 different hotels and caught just as many flights.  However, we were fortunate to have a friend and business acquaintance take us on a weekend tour of Stockholm.  One thing really stuck out from my conversation with Andreas.  He had once owned a gym and had competed in several triathlon type events in the past.  He brought up this idea of getting a group of men together and having a workout out at local park.  So of course I began to tell him about F3 and what we do.  Not sure if we are going to have a Sweden launch anytime soon, but I think this speaks volumes to the mission of F3.

In 2015 right after the birth of my second child I was running the greenways on my own, doing merkins, lifting rocks, and other stuff.  I thought, wouldn’t it be great to get some other guys out here and do this same kinda thing.  Anyway, my experience and Andreas experience aren’t unique.  The reason F3 has been successful is because it speaks to something in every man.  What ever that thing is might be hard to describe, but rest assured we’ve found it.

EMOM Kraken Wednesday

THE SCENE: Cool and clear 55F
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Tempo Side Lunges x 10, SSH’s 10, Cherry Pickers 4ct x 10, 3 Burpees, 3 Burpees, 3 Burpees, 3 Burpees

The real-life origins of the legendary Kraken

THA-THANG: Kraken EMOM

Every minute on the minute work move to the next exercise.  After completing all 8 exercises run 1 lap and begin the Kraken again. (We made it through 3 1/2 rounds)

  • 1- Rope Throws
  • 2- Power Clean 50 lb sandbag
  • 3- Turkish Getups 20 lb kettlebell (Switch arms each round)
  • 4- Burpees
  • 5- Rope Waves
  • 6- Kettlebell Two Arm Swings 35 lbs
  • 7- Kettlebell Squat Push Pull 20lbs
  • 8- Box Jumps
  • Run a lap and start back at the beginning

MARY:
LBC’s x 20 x Crunchy Frog 4ct x 10, Flutter Kick 4ct x 20, WW2’s x 20
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Babyweight, Butterfingers, Pinnochio, Smuggler, Veep
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

“The outer conditions of a person’s life will always be found to be harmoniously related to his inner state…Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are.”

-As a Man Thinketh – James Allen

https://bookroo.com/quotes/as-a-man-thinketh

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