F3 Knoxville

Tag: Butters

I-Beam Wake Up Call

THE SCENE: 40’s, no rain which was kinda nice
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH

Rockets

Merkins

Mosey around the AO parking lot

THA-THANG:
At each light along the path do the following (14 lights)

  • 5 burpees
  • 5 merkins
  • 10 BBS
  • 10 Squats

Omaha about half way and did the exercises at every other light to save time

11’s at the bathrooms: underhand grip easy ups and merkins at end of parking lot adjacent to Watt Rd.

Battle Buddy, at playground 1 buddy does close grip lat pull ups while partner runs to end of lot and does 5 – 8 count man makers, switch and repeat 2x.

Mosey to AO

MARY:
Flutter kicks – Swirly/ Shooter

Side crunches – Ratchet

Shoulder Blasters – Ratchet
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Insert the WORD here.
MOLESKIN:
Special thanks to I-beam for the wake up call at 0500!  We almost got Boulder to post again but I failed to tell him we started at 0600 instead of 0700.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

Mules

THE SCENE: 43, little gloomy
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
With rucks on

10 merkins

10 shoulder press

10 rows

Ruck 60# and 80# sand bags to Watt rd field switching as needed

THA-THANG:
2 teams, 2 pax each team

Team 1 is to move coupons across field by bear crawl sandbag pulls (80#), sandbag toss (60#), switch as needed.

Team 2 do the following exercises, 10 reps each and repeat circuit as needed

  • Alternate shoulder press
  • Some weird low, pass through lunge thing
  • Rows
  • Halo’s

Teams switch and repeat

Next evelution for the teams;

Ruck coupons the length of the field.   Do 10 calf raises with coupon at each end.   Switch coupons after calf raises.

Team 2 exrrciexe;

Curls

Lion Kings

Plank – pull through ruck

Squats

Ruck coupons back to the ao.

MARY:
Ruck a lap without coupons

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Insert the WORD here.
MOLESKIN:
Pray for healing and patience for Wall Ball.

Butters put a good whoopins’on us.   He adjusted very well to the coupons that were available.   A true HIM and leader.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

Look mom, no ‘merkins

THE SCENE: low 30’s but not too cold – no wind

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH x 20
  • Tempo Squats x 10
  • Upper body stretches OYO

THA-THANG:
8 stations:  7 in a circle with 1 in the middle.  Middle exercise is Turkish Getups and is the pace setter.  PAX doing Turkish performs 8 per side.  When they are done entire PAX run to the grass and back as a group and shift exercises.  Rinse & repeat as you progress around the circle.  We had time for 2 circuits.  Stations were as follows:

  • Curls
  • V up, Roll up
  • Squat Press
  • Tricep Extension
  • Side Deltoid raise
  • Slam Ball
  • Kettlebell Swing
  • Turkish Getup

MARY:
LBCs x 50

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 total:  Junk, Butters, Cosmo, Woodshack, La-Z-Boy, Farva, Toebox, Bartman.  Frosty also gets credit for the drive-by honk.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Short and sweet today.  Question:  Is the culture in your workplace the way you want it to be?   If not…what are you doing to change it?

MOLESKIN:

Cosmo pointed out that we may have set an F3 record of sorts….we didn’t do any merkins!  It wasn’t intentional, but that’s how it worked out.   Does it really count as an F3 beatdown if you don’t do any merkins??

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Nothing Fancy – just grind it out

THE SCENE: upper 40s and clear

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH x 20
  • Tempo Merkins x 10
  • Tempo Squats x 10
  • Outhouse mosey

THA-THANG:

  • CMU workout today.  Menu was written on the ground.  PAX worked through the entire list 5 times.
    • Round 1 = 25 reps
    • Round 2 = 15 reps
    • Round 3 = 10 reps
    • Round 4 = 5 reps
    • Round 5 = 5 reps
  • Menu consisting of the following items
    • Blockies
    • Curls
    • Bent over rows (each arm)
    • Squat Press
    • Kettlebell Swing
    • Nose Wipers
    • Calf Raises
    • V-up/roll-up
    • Outhouse run

MARY:
N/A – plenty of abs in the main workout

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 strong!  Farva, Swirlie, Mayberry, Butters, La-Z-Boy, Doubtfire, Frosty, Cavalier (FNG), Bartman

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

One good thing about Qing yesterday and having no repeat PAX today….I can recycle the BOM!  It’s still applicable!

We talked about resolutions for the new year.  New year’s day is a good time to reflect on the past year and put plans in place to make yourself better in the coming year.  2 Corinthians 5:17 says that anyone who is in Christ is a new creation; old things have passed away and new things have come.  This is refreshing to hear as we begin a new year.  We all have parts of 2018 we’d like to forget.  I challenged the PAX today to center their resolutions around being more like Christ in 2019.  If we draw closer to Christ and become more and more like him each day, the “normal” resolutions of physical fitness, time management, diet, fiscal responsibility, etc. will take care of themselves.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Presents for Everyone

THE SCENE: Cold and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
THA-THANG:
Handed out some presents early – 25 envelopes, each containing an exercise. We went through our gifts in sequential order:

  1. 25 SSH
  2. 10 Tempo Squats
  3. 10 Tempo Merkins
  4. 12 Baby Arm Circles (forward and reverse)
  5. Bear Crawl across the parking lot
  6. Crawl Bear across the parking lot
  7. 20 Derkins
  8. 20 Bench Rows
  9. 10 Burpee Box Jumps
  10. 15 LBC’s (4 ct)
  11. 20 Tuck Jumps
  12. 15 Hand Release Merkins
  13. 10 Lunges (10 each leg)
  14. 20 American Hammers (4 ct)
  15. 10 Dive Bombers
  16. 10 Iron Mikes (4 ct)
  17. 15 Sweat Angels (4 ct)
  18. 15 Diamond Merkins
  19. 20 Squats (4 ct)
  20. 20 Flutter Kicks (4 ct)
  21. 20 Dry Docks
  22. 20 Jump Squats
  23. 15 Box Cutters (4 ct)
  24. 10 Burpees
  25. 1 Time All You’ve Got up Little Baby Hill

MARY:

Just enough time for some plank work and Cap’n helped us cash out with some ATM’s

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
33 HIM’s – no FNG’s

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Especially this time of year, it’s easy to get caught up in the busyness – getting things wrapped up before the new year, planning for next year, finishing up the Christmas shopping, figuring out logistics for the holidays, etc, etc. Sometimes the most difficult task is to just slow down and enjoy the moments, the memories.

I’m as guilty as anyone when it comes to getting caught up in the “hamster wheel of life” – creating my list of things I need to get done, worrying about what’s to come tomorrow, and simply not slowing down to appreciate the moments right in front of me. I was reminded of this last night when I was getting ready for the Q this morning. I was preparing the envelopes for the workout (just another task that I needed to get checked off my long list of things to get done over the next couple days), but my 4 year old son was so excited when I asked him to put some stickers on the envelopes. He swelled with pride knowing that Daddy needed his help, and he quickly plopped down next to me and began meticulously placing his Christmas stickers on each envelope. It was just a little moment – inconsequential in the grand scheme of things – but I cherished that time with him. He won’t always be 4 years old, and he won’t always want to help his Dad with those silly projects.

Cherish the moments.