F3 Knoxville

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Carry the Weight

THE SCENE:  Mostly clear with some chalk.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Imperial Walkers x 15 IC
SSH x 15 IC
Windmills x 15 IC
Cherry Pickers x 10 IC
Mountain Climbers x 15 IC
Hand Release Merkins x 15 IC
Squat x 15 IC
THA-THANG:
“Gunny”
For time: SCALE AS NECESSARY
1-mile weighted run
50 ‘merkins
50 sit-ups
1-mile weighted run
50 ‘merkins
50 sit-ups
1-mile weighted run
Wear a ruck, weight vest, body armor, loaded pack or whatever is needed to load yourself with 50 lb. for the runs.
MARY:
Mary didn’t show as the workout tapped out the PAX
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Command Sgt. Maj. Martin “Gunny” Barreras, 49, of Tucson, Arizona, died on May 13, 2014, of wounds he sustained during an attack on his unit on May 6, 2014. Barreras was well known for his contributions to the successful rescue of Jessica Lynch in 2003. He joined the Marine Corps in 1983 and the Army Rangers in 1988. He was the senior enlisted adviser in the 2nd Battalion, 5th Infantry, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss, Texas.  He is survived by his wife, Melinda; daughters, Amice and Victorria; and son, Calvin.

The take-away here today was leave your burdens here – the PAX together can bear them.
MOLESKIN:
We had some initially apprehensive PAX, but the shouldered the weight and surprised themselves with how much they could carry.   I left impressed!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • 2F on 11Aug18, “The Outlook” downtown 08:30
  • Kickball tournament 18Aug18
  • Truckin’ to the Pound 25Aug18
  • 3rd Anniversary of F3 in Knoxville – early November

Circuits

THE SCENE: 70, lower humidity, VERY NICE
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
15 SSH

10 Cherry Pickers

10 Baby arm circles forward and back

10 Tempo squats

10 Merkins OYO
THA-THANG:
Circuit around the AO on the outer paved loop.  1 lap = 1 mile

Exercises along the loop;

  • 25 werkins
  • 25 CDD
  • 30 Squats
  • 20 dips
  • 20 merkins
  • 20 lunges – 10/leg
  • 20 easy ups
  • 20 flutter kicks, 4 count
  • 20 derkins
  • 40 step ups – 20/leg
  • bear crawl parking lot to the flag (~40 yards)

some Pax got 3 loops, some got 2-1/2 loops

MARY:
LBC

Box Cutters

Squat jumps
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Insert the WORD here.
MOLESKIN:
Cosmo got 3 laps!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Trucking to the pound CSAUP

F3 anniversary and family picnic

Truck stop ruckers

THE SCENE:  pleasant
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Ruck to the soccer field
THA-THANG

We started at the corner and did lunges with ruck over head for 50 yds. Every 5th step we did 5 over head press. Then 20 upright rows and 20 curls. Rinse and repeat.

Then bear crawl 25 yrs followed by 20 ruck swings and 20 lion kings. Rinse and repeat.

Then we did fireman carries (50 yds. Each) followed by 2-man carries (50 yds. Each)

one lap around the field (rest ruck)

we then did decline ruck merkins, 5 reps followed by 10 sec plank (5X) with the last set to failure

then 5 4ct flutter kicks ruck over head then hold 6″ for 10 sec (5X) last set to failure

then 5 squats with ruck held out in front the 10 sec electric chair (5X) last set to failure.

and cap it all off with a nice relaxing 1.5 mile ruck.

MARY:
I recently attended operation red wings Go ruck lite, so in the keeping with the spirit of these brave warriors (who refused to give up until they were killed) we had minimal rest between exercises.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

MOLESKIN:
Well done wall ball and frosty!!!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Launch Party/Change

THE SCENE: 75 and ready for Launch
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Money to Flag

SSH x 20 IC

Imperial Walkers x 20 IC

Michael Phelps OYO

THA-THANG:
Launch Party included a view of almost all that our new AO “The Equalizer” has to offer:

  • DORAs on Soccer Field- 200 Merkins & 200 Squats
  • Mosey to the Boat Launch/Dock/Pier
  • 7s from Dock to Playground- LBCs & Pull-Ups
  • Mosey to Splashpad- Proton-led Flutter Kicks x 25 IC, Pfeiffer-led Hello Dolly’s x 25 IC, Partner BBSU x 20
  • Mosey to Trail Running path- 11s- incline/decline Merkins (modified for time)
  • Mosey to basketball court- 5-10-15-20 Rounds of Burpees with cross court running between each set.
  • Partner run of loop x 1.5

MARY:
Abs
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Great response for the new AO Launch at The Equalizer (formerly known as Carl Cowan Park).

Brief rundown on the history of Carl Cowan and his fight for equality in Knoxville. Change is inevitable, be ready, get ready, be in charge of the change you want in your life. Evolve- do not be the same man you were last year, 5 years ago… be better.

F3 Knoxville experienced change today- new AO & it was a wonderful morning.

MOLESKIN:
S/O to Frosty, Mayberry, Junk, and Abacus for being with us in the SuperOcho/NirvanaNine quest. Awesome work men! We welcomed “Central Park” to the group and he came in with some respect!

We prayed for Landline and his family as they transition to St. Thomas. Yes, the Virgin Islands. Godspeed brother!

We prayed for Sliderule and his family and for Abacus’ Aunt.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The Equalizer will meet on Saturdays only for now but vibe was to expand the schedule. More info soon. Coffeteria at Dunkin Donuts was only letdown of the morning. New spot coming next week.

Christmas in July

THE SCENE: 70ish degrees
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x20 IC
LB Arm Circles x12 each side IC
Squats (low and slow) x15 IC
Cherry Pickers x10 IC
THA-THANG:
Half the HIMs grab a CMU and mosey over to Mt. Crumpet with a stop for 5 road block burpees. Bring the CMUs to the top and then grab a partner. First partner decorates the tree (City of Alcoa already had lights on there for us) while the second partner does exercises at the bottom of the hill.

On Crumpet:
Round 1 – Bear crawl up and start decorating with putting the CMU on the shelf (8 each side)
Round 2 – Bernie up and get the higher spots with overhead presses (x20)
Round 3 – Bear crawl up and get even higher with squat jumps (x20)
Round 4 – Bernie up and do Upright rows (just because) (x20)
Round 5 – Bear crawl up and get the ornament you dropped under the tree with 20 4 count flutter kicks
Round 6 – Bernie up and carefully lunge in to the tree to fix those last details (x20)

Bottom of Crumpet: (Do these exercises until your partner gets back)
Round 1 – Sprint to the road, lunge back
Round 2 – Merkins and Squats (20 and 20)
Round 3 – Sprint to road, inchworm merkin back
Round 4 – Shoulder taps and BBS (20 and 20)
Round 5 – Plank Jacks and Mountain Climbers (20 and 20)
Round 6 – Run to fountain and back, then do ankle touches

Grab the CMUs and mosey back to AO for Mary with another stop for 5 more road block burpees.

MARY:
Captain Thor up to 5 and 20
Boxcutters x30 IC

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
15 men strong including men doing the OCHO! No FNGs.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I hear people talking about Christmas in July every year and they seem happy thinking about the euphoria that they feel at Christmas time and the food they want to eat and the presents and, of course, the sales. When Christmas time rolls around, you’ll hear people talking about “the reason for the season” and they will try to focus on Christ. I don’t hear people saying that in July. Statistically, church attendance goes down in the summer months as people go on vacation and focus on having kids home from school and places to go and people to see. I haven’t seen any statistics on this, but I imagine that prayer declines in the summer months as well. Christmas and Easter are the two most important days for a Christian. The day our savior was born, and the day that He gave his life on the cross for us. Just because those are the two most important days does not mean that we should be slacking the rest of the year. To me, Christmas in July is a reminder that we should be preparing ourselves to meet Christ. We need to focus throughout the entire year to get ready for his coming, not just two days.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: