F3 Knoxville

The Burden of Men

THE SCENE: 30’s White and Warm!

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:

Imperial Squat Walkers (ICx15)
Cadre Dan’s Cherry Pickers (ICx65)
Overhead Claps (ICx15)
Little of This / Little of That
Some of These / Some of Those
Iron Mike’s Lt. Dan’s (Ratio = 1 Squat; 4 Iron Mikes. Worked up to 5 Squats; 20 Iron Mikes)
Merkin Rolls
Howling Monkeys (Ring of Fire)

THA-THANG:
Bataan Death March (2 Burpees) To The Educator!

Teams of Three, One member working at bottom of hill (roll dice for movement), One member burden carry two 5gal. buckets up or down the path of the hill. One member working at top of hill (roll dice for movement). Once the bucket gets to the top, replace team member, the team member that rolled the dice and was working out is now carrying the bucket down the hill and will replace team member at the bottom. Continue for time.

Bottom of the hill (Roll the Dice) Movements:

  • 1. Hill Sprints
  • 2. Decline Merkins
  • 3. Incline BBS
  • 4. Squats
  • 5. Bernie Up Hill
  • 6. Flutter Kicks

Top of the Hill (Roll the Dice) Movements:

  • 1. Walking Lunges
  • 2. Suicides
  • 3. Squat Tuck Jumps
  • 4. Run Laps
  • 5. Single Leg Curb Dips
  • 6. Merkin Curb Walk

PAX were unaware that each bucket was filled with 11″ of water and a small mark was made inside the bucket of where the water was when started.

**PENALTY**
For every inch of water lost = 1 Round of:

  1. Bucket Shoulder Shrugs (x10)
  2. Reverse Bear Crawl Up Hill

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 PAX

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
As men we tend to take on a heavy load. We are confident in our broad shoulders and feel as though we can take on more responsibilities. (This is like the full buckets, the beginning of the workout, when we are fresh and eager to achieve). For some of us it might feel more difficult to say no or admit we can’t take on any more (tasks, responsibilities, job functions, people to manage) whatever it may be (in your life).

As we take on more weight, we become sloppy, we don’t focus as intently because we are spread thin trying to please several different people or complete several tasks that each one individually require and expect a substantial amount of effort, time, love, thought, care and so on…(This is the middle of the workout, now we begin focusing on other tasks, losing sight of the amount of attention required or expected of the original task; now we are concentrating with wondering what workout will I do at the top or bottom of the hill, losing focus on the buckets and beginning to spill more water).

Things outside our control will happen, we don’t know what, or when, but life will get in the way and throw a curve ball once in a while. (This is the dice; we don’t know what life is going to throw at us). Because we have now lost the concentration required to achieve our original task; we are penalized. We had to force ourselves to stop all other tasks in order to focus all of our time, attention, resources, and thoughts on how to make up for being sloppy and losing our concentration. (This is the penalty; 10 shoulder shrugs and reverse bear crawls, this was the required effort needed to complete and make up for the lack of concentration during the duration of the task.

MOLESKIN:
Highly enjoy getting out in the gloom with these men and this wonderful AO. I can’t get enough. Thank you all for being the HIMs that you are, and pushing forward every day!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Saturday the 30th beatdown will be held at the Alcoa Municipal Building (223 Associates Blvd, Alcoa, TN 37701)
Alcoa CSAUP February 24th 2018!

All The Things Go On The Shelf

THE SCENE: Low 50’s, quite pleasant for December
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH x 20
  • Imperial Squat Walker x 15
  • Single Leg Burpees x 10 each leg
  • Cherry Pickers x 10

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Waxjob’s hill. Last PAX 5 Diamond Merkin, other PAX Heel-up lunges, Last PAX Sprint to front. Indian style.

4 rounds, 3 exercises,  12 4 count reps IC. Jailbreak down hill and Bear Crawl back up after each exercise.

1)Tempo Merkin, Single Leg Squat-Touch rt, Flutter Kicks,

2)Wide Tempo Merkin, Single Leg Squat-Touch lt, Roll up V ups,

3)Tempo Military Merkin, Double Step Heisman, In and outs,

4)Tempo Plange Merkin, Smurf Jacks, Bicycles.

Mosey to Grinder

CMU set 4 rounds:

1)Pick it up and put it on the shelf with CMU x 20 IC alternate sides each round

2)Reverse curls with CMU x 20 OYO

3)Side Tri Rise x 20 OYO alternate sides each round

MARY:

  • Dr. W x 15
  • Scissors x 25 on Q
  • Big Boy Situps x 20
  • Superman/Banana

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
13 PAX and no FNGs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

The Leader and Stress

Have you discovered the difference between problems and facts? Problems are things we can do something about; we can solve problems. Facts are things we can do nothing about; therefore we do well not to worry about them. We apply energy only to those things we can change. We can feel peace and act with poise, because we no longer beat our heads against an unbreakable wall.

Psalm 23 reminds us of what God alone can control and what we can control. It distinguishes between problems and facts. It defines God as…

  • our possession (v. 1)
  • our provision (v. 1)
  • our peace (v. 2)
  • our pardon (v. 3)
  • our partner (v. 4)
  • our preparation (v. 5)
  • our praise (v. 5)
  • our paradise (v. 6)

Psalm 23

A psalm of David.

The Lord is my shepherd;
I have all that I need.
He lets me rest in green meadows;
he leads me beside peaceful streams.
    He renews my strength.
He guides me along right paths,
bringing honor to his name.
Even when I walk
through the darkest valley,[a]
I will not be afraid,
for you are close beside me.
Your rod and your staff
protect and comfort me.
You prepare a feast for me
in the presence of my enemies.
You honor me by anointing my head with oil.
My cup overflows with blessings.
Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me
all the days of my life,
and I will live in the house of the Lord
forever.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
3rd F event this Saturday 8:30 at the Outlook behind Stefano’s on the strip. G-6 Wardaddy has a word to share. Breakfast provided but bring a few bucks to chip in. We can carpool up from the Bomb Shelter for anyone interested.

Confucius Say…..

  • THE SCENE: Dark n stuff and what not
    F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
    WARM-O-RAMA:
  • Jog across parking lot x2, High Knee Skip x2, butt kicks x2, Karaoke x2
  • Squats IC x20, Hillbillies IC x20, SSH IC x20, Merkins IC x10, Burpos x10 oyo
    THA-THANG:
  • HAIRBURNERS!!. 10 minutes of Pushing plates back and forth. At one end PI is doing curls with CMU, The other end P2 is doing Bent over rows with the CMU, P3 is pushing plates between cones and alternated out pushing plates with P1 and 2 for 10 minutes. AMRAP on the reps of Curls and BOR, once smoked on the reps, switched up to triceps and/or presses with the CMU. PAX did not like doing it for 10 minutes straight so we stopped for a moment of Clarity to find out WHY we are out here trying to get better. We got motivated again and pushed through the last few minutes! GREAT WORK PAX!!
  • After the Hair burners, we needed a break so we did CAPN THOR. Actually not much of a break but a great AB smoker! We did all the way to 10 BBS: 40 American hammers. PAX killed it!
  • Mosey to Mount Crumpit! 7’s on Mt Crumpit. Merkins and BBS
  • Mosey back for some Mary/Abs. POWER T flutter IC x10, Iron Cross, Hello Dolly ICx10, Never Cross Dolly IC x10, JLO’s x10 IC, Hold Plank.
  • PAX CHOICE! Music or Cones? For some reason PAX always choose Music and they think it sounds easier than cones?? The word cones must relate to pain and suffering…Actually, Music is just as bad, they just did not know it! 🙂 PAX chose music so we did CUMBAWUMBA, I get knocked down song. SSH the whole song and when they say I get knocked down, do a Burpee. About 33 burpees and is a great Smoker/Cash out for the end of a workout! Again, the PAX killed it!
  • About 2 minutes left. FINS has not q’d yet so he lead us in some Boxcutters IC x20. He did awesome and now is ready to Q!!
    COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
    15 including FNG(SLUMLORD) Hugh Ladd
    CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
    Confucius Say……Better a diamond with Flaw than a pebble with out, The gem cannot be polished with out friction, NOR man perfected with out trials. You get it, IRON SHARPENS IRON!
    MOLESKIN:
    I love silly quotes, Confucius quotes, simple words of wisdom.etc..What is comes down to is that we are not perfect but if you think you are or you think you will never be, you will NEVER grow and get better as a man! A man with out Fault will never grow so don’t be afraid to fail. Last week, I asked the guys to think about their WHY? Why are you coming out to a free workout early in the morning? When it gets tough, what motivates us to push through the suck? WELL, Fins came up to me today after the workout and shared his WHY with me. I was grateful to hear his WHY. I just met FINS and he came to me an opened up to me. That means a lot to me and is what I love about F3. Being a part of F3, we all know and have an unconditional bond with one another, even if we don’t know each other(YET). I believe we all have a similar WHY. Thank you FINs for sharing with me and I look forward to getting to know you more.
    ANNOUNCEMENTS:
  • 2.0 workout tomorrow with TANK. Paying it forward with young men that do not have Fathers or Male role models in their life. Contact TANK for details.

Bomb Shelter meets the Kraken

THE SCENE: low 40’s…warm enough for shorts, but still cool & clear

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH IC x 20
  • Tempo Squat IC x 10
  • 4ct Merkins IC x 10
  • LBAC forward/backward x 10
  • this/that stretch

THA-THANG:

Unleash the Kraken!  8 cones in a circle…exercises written at each cone.  Run a lap around the circle before advancing to the next cone.  This Kraken was On The Rocks so CMUs go wherever you go.  Exercises as follows:

Lap 1

  • Overhead Press x 50
  • Tricep Press x 50
  • Nose Wipers x 25
  • CMU Lunge 25 out & back
  • Goblet Squat x 50
  • Curls x 50
  • Diamond Burpee x 25
  • Bear Crawl around the circle

Lap 2

  • Mountain Climber x 50
  • Double Burpee x 25
  • Thrust Merkins x 25
  • Sumo Squat Press x 50
  • Hand Release Burpee x 25
  • Mr. Spectacular x 25
  • Ranger Merkin x 25
  • Squat Jump x 50

MARY:

  • Boat/canoe
  • Captain Thors

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
12 PAX including an FNG:  Flash, Snorkel, Drifter, Fins, Butterfingers, Raincheck, Hammy, Napster (fng), Mr. Rogers, Moses, Iceman, Bartman

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Apostasy:  The abandonment or renunciation of a religious or political belief.   I’ve been thinking about this term since hearing a sermon about it recently and have been using this to challenge the root of my decision making.  I’m not an Apostate, however when I know what Christ would have me do and I deliberately choose to do something differently I feel like there is an Apostic nature to my decision.  As a man who claims Christ as my savior I need to be keenly aware of this…often my areas of greatest disobedience are in my decision making.   My challenge to the PAX this morning was to be aware of the seed of Apostasy and prevent it from showing up in the decisions we make.

MOLESKIN:
Great first trip to the Bomb Shelter for me.   Next time I’ll use the parking lot entrance rather than the sidewalk to drive in.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Inner City 2.0 workout coming up December 3rd.  The workout will be held at The Wesley House (1719 Reynolds Street) at 2:00.  Tank has more information if you want to reach out to him.

Don’t forget your legs on the way out

THE SCENE: A chilly 30ish? degrees, Clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Cherry Pickers x 10 IC
  • SSH x 20 IC
  • Worst Merkin Ever x 5 OYO
  • Tempo Squats x 15 IC
  • Baby Arm Circles Forward x 15 IC
  • Baby Arm Circles Backwards x 15 IC

THA-THANG:

  • 10 squats IC, sprint across lot, 2 burpees, sprint back
  • 20 squats IC, sprint across lot, 4 burpees, sprint back
  • 30 squats IC, sprint across lot, 6 burpees, sprint back
  • 40 squats IC, sprint across lot, 8 burpees, sprint back

Mosey around park ~0.8miles with Q says (simon says) at random – drop down, plank, hot feet, burpee, continue mosey (about 10 times)

7’s on the Grinder! – CMU curl/press/tri, lunge to bathrooms, merkins, lunge back

MARY:

  • Protractor
  • American Hammer x 15 IC
  • Flutter kicks x 30 IC

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
PAX Count 14
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Jeremiah 31:2 — “The people who survived the sword found grace in the wilderness.”

Many of us face struggles frequently whether it be financial, work life, home life, etc, that makes us stumble or scared to move forward. If we can be persistent and push through our problems, we’ll always be rewarded in the end. Sometimes God tests our faith or wants to see how we’ll push through a problem to see what kind of person we are, and its our job to get through that test. He will reward us with grace in the end.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

SoKno event for Operation Enduring Warrior at 6pm(?) Wednesday