F3 Knoxville

Tag: Butters

Bear golf

THE SCENE: 37 and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
IC x 20 4ct Imperial Walkers

IC x 20 4ct BBS

IC x 20 4ct Side lunge

IC x 20 4ct Floor Wipers

IC x 20 4ct Groiners

IC x 20 4ct Gas pumpers

THA-THANG:

Mosey the long way to the top soccer field,

IC x 50 4ct Flutter kicks

Golf ball sprint team race.

Each team starts at the opposite sides of the field, while one person runs to the middle and grabs a golf ball, the rest of the team completes the exercise.

1st 10 golf balls = Lunges

2nd 10 golf balls = BBS

3rd 10 golf balls = Squats

4th 10 golf balls = V-ups

5th 10 golf balls = Thrusters

6th 10 golf balls = LBC

 

Bear-golf – one team memeber tosses a golf ball, the team bear crawls to that golf ball does 10 squats, then the next team member tosses golf ball.

 

OYO x 50 box jumps

IC x 20 Thrusters

Mosey back to the AO

MARY:
Worm Crunch

Macerana

American Hammers

World’s Greatest Merkin

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Easy message.  Don’t be selfish.

Make time for God first.  Make time for you family.  Make time for others. Then make time for yourself.  Stop being so selfish and begin being selfless.  I had a good friend, and member of the PAX point out that if he helped do the dishes or laundry at his house, how quick he was to point it out to his wife.  When in reality his wife is the one that does all the laundry and dishes at the house, so why should she be impressed that he helped once.  Even though he was doing an act to try and help someone else, he still wanted his “thanks” or “atta boy” for doing it.

God did not create you to be awesome in your own little world.  He created you to:

  • Have a relationship with him.
  • To spread, multiply, and grow God followers
  • To love one another

The Bomb Shelter Run (C.S.A.U.P. Event)

THE SCENE: Low Mid 60’s with some light rain
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Drifter Q:

start things off with the Disclaimer (He is NOT a professional, refers everyone to take notice of how he is dressed; clearly NOT a professional…1 PAX member commented that Drifter must have had a Blink182 concert to attend after the event…

SSH (IC) x10 slow / x10 fast
Boxer Jacks (IC) x10 slow / x10 fast
Mosey to Grinder:
Lunge forward then backwards
Inchworm Merkins w/hand release
Quad Stretch
Cherry Picker Stretch (fists on ground, walk legs out to the side and back in)
Merkin Ring of Fire, but as a Wave!
Mtn Climbers (IC) 10x slow / 10x fast

THA-THANG:
1st leg was approximately 3.2 miles of running until arriving to the Beatdown:

Mayberry Q:

21 Jump Street:

  • 21 Pull-ups (side of the Alcoa bridge)
  • 21 Burpees (middle of bridge)
  • 21 handstand push-ups (far side of bridge)
    Run back to start and drop 1 rep. (15 min time limit)

2nd leg was approximately 3.2 miles until arriving to the Beatdown:

Snorkel Q:

Split up into 2 groups and then partner up. Near side of Bicentennial Park bridge do:

  • 10 Plank Tri Ext & Derkins Then Wheel Barrel Half of Bridge Switch and come back
  • 8 Plank Tri Ext & Derkins Then Wheel Barrel Half of Bridge Switch and come back
  • 6 Plank Tri Ext & Derkins Then Wheel Barrel Half of Bridge Switch and come back
  • 4 Plank Tri Ext & Derkins Then Wheel Barrel Half of Bridge Switch and come back
  • 2 Plank Tri Ext & Derkins Then Wheel Barrel Half of Bridge Switch and come back

Far side of Bicentennial Park Bridge Partner 1 Wall Sits until Partner 2 completes 15 side to side Merkins.
Partner 2 then monster tire walks to replace Partner 1; Partner 1 bear crawls to area to complete side to side Merkins.

3rd leg….who cares how long, we were too far away to quit and had to get back to the car somehow…(another 3… something miles…felt like 10; here we go!).

Waxjob Q:

Split into 3 groups. 1st man plank, 2nd man bear crawl ahead and plank, 3rd slalom bear crawl to front. Remaining PAX continue to slalom bear crawl to the front until team reaches 50 yard line.
Reverse the process, planking person is now facing the sideline while the PAX in motion jump over the planking PAX.
Mosey to jungle gym:
15x Partner reverse-merkins/OHP on monkey bars
15x Squirkins
10x Over/Unders
15x Leg Throwdowns

4th and final leg was very short, no lies, really short…more like a mosey.

Cap’n Crunch Q:

Starting with 1 exercise, adding another exercise until all 5 exercises are completed in succession. then work back down until only the last exercise is left. 20 seconds per exercise:

  • Burpees (20 sec)
  • Burpees (20 sec) Dry Docks (20 sec)
  • Burpees (20 sec) Dry Docks (20 sec) Narrow Squats (20 sec)
  • Burpees (20 sec) Dry Docks (20 sec) Narrow Squats (20 sec) Diamond Merkins (20 sec)
  • Burpees (20 sec) Dry Docks (20 sec) Narrow Squats (20 sec) Diamond Merkins (20 sec) High Knees (20 sec)
  • High Knees (20 sec) Diamond Merkins (20 sec) Narrow Squats (20 sec) Dry Docks (20 sec) Burpees (20 sec)
  • High Knees (20 sec) Diamond Merkins (20 sec) Narrow Squats (20 sec) Dry Docks (20 sec)
  • High Knees (20 sec) Diamond Merkins (20 sec) Narrow Squats (20 sec)
  • High Knees (20 sec) Diamond Merkins (20 sec)
  • High Knees (20 sec)

MARY:
No PAX were interested in any ladies, specifically Mary by the end of this event!

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
38 PAX!!

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

BOM – CSAUP – Bomb Shelter Run (Cap’n Crunch)

I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders.

I ask not for an easier path, but for stronger feet.

I ask not for weaker enemies, but for a stronger self.

Jewish Proverb

Congratulations brothers, you did it.  You embraced the challenge and are victorious.  Take and let it sink in…you’ve earned.

I’d like to share something I’ve been thinking about for a while now.  F3 has been a life-changing experience for me.  Every morning I leave a workout I truly leave better than when I arrived.  Lately I’ve been thinking about why that is the case.  Here are my observations.

I believe there are two simple truths that we have lost as men:

  1. The opposite of manhood isn’t womanhood, it’s boyhood
  2. Manhood isn’t a destination or a journey, it’s a mindset

When we lose the distinction between boyhood and manhood our worlds begin to spin off kilter.  We become self-focused, self-protective, self-indulgent and self-reliant.  In other words, it becomes all about us.  As we reject passivity and accept responsibility for our lives we grow as men in all areas: physically, mentally, relationally and spiritually.  We begin to be others-focused, self-sacrificing and interdependent.  We begin acting like men.

In this world, three things serve as resistance to our growth as men:

  • Comfort
  • Convenience
  • Certainty

Overcoming these boils down to our mindset.  We have to daily set aside a boyhood-mindset and embrace a manhood-mindset.  We combat comfort with challenge, we set aside convenience for consistency and we abandon certainty and embrace camaraderie.  I see it as two contrasting mindsets:

A Boyhood-mindset seeks… A Manhood-mindset seeks…
Comfort Challenge
Convenience Consistency
Certainty Camaraderie

Every time we gather, the COP becomes our arena to consistently embrace challenge in the company of like-minded men.

But it’s not enough for us to do this physically.  We MUST carry this mindset to all areas of our lives, especially our relationships with our loved ones and with God.  Never stop striving for more brothers.  Keep embracing new challenges and keep any eye on the six so you can help the man who has stumbled.  Together we will make a difference!

Lots of Pee Breaks

THE SCENE: 44, little gloomy
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 43 IC, waiting on Mayberry

Windmills x 10 IC

Imperial Walkers x 10 IC

10 Burpees OYO
THA-THANG:
Break into 2 teams

Team 1 does 5 burpees while team 2 starts the mosey.

Team 2 Mosey long way to soccer field at Watt Rd.  Stop at each light and do 5 merkins (total of 80)

Team 1 follows after the burpees.  Team 2 did their 5 burpees at the field while waiting on team 1.

BLIMPS relay

One team member runs length of field and back while rest of team completes AMRAP of the following;

Burpees

Lunges

Imperial Walkers

Merkins

Plank Jacks

Squats

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11’s across width of field.  Derkins and Groiners

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Escalator variant – do exercise A, run a lap around the field, at same corner do exercise A and B, run another lap…repeat for the four exercises

A – Burpees x 5

B – Merkins x 10

C – Squats x 15

D – BBS x 20

Once complete we went down the escalator starting with 20 BBS, run a lap….repeat.

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Mosey back to AO by way of the upper field, stopping at each light post and doing 20 Squats

MARY:
Ran out of time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

MOLESKIN:
Ratchet involved with organization that helps homeless teenagers and young adults, pray for them

Deadhead on job transition

United weekend being a blessing
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CSAUP next week

Womens Work

The scene: 40 and moist

Welcome and disclaimer

Warm o Rama

Mosey around the tennis court
10 Burpees OYO
Windmills
Merkins
Groiners
I Y T

The Thang

Mosey to the outhouse
30 box jumps

Partner Dora (suicide)
100 decline stacked Merkins
100 rotating lunges
100 stacked feet Merkins
100 cobra squats

Different partner
Mosey to the skate rink (long lap)
100 iron mikes
100 alternating BBS
100 flamingos
100 CDDs

Whose got wheels?

5 tennis court sprints with 10 Merkins

Mary
Worm crunch
London bridge
Werkins

BOM

Be a part of a men’s group and you will be a better believer. As part of mine I am leading a session on wives next week. My first thought was to go into the Word and see what God said about wives. He says:

Proverbs 18:22

“He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.”

Ephesians 5:25

“Husbands love your wife as Christ loved the church.”

I can honestly say I haven’t always been the best husband. Or at least the husband my wife deserves. Thankfully she hasn’t caught on that she could do better… but if I am supposed to love her like Christ loved the church, it means I’m supposed to be kind to her, fight for her, pray for her, lead her, and love her with all my heart. Thankfully God and wives forgive us when we don’t do as we should.

And while I believe that Valentine’s Day is a holiday made up by card, chocolate, and flower companies to offset their losses during the holiday season, we are supposed to show our wives how much we love them tomorrow, I encourage you to not let it just be tomorrow, but everyday.

We joke about the inspiration book for today, “Women’s Heath Little Book of Exeecises”, and the pictures in the book, we shouldn’t compare our wives to other women. It does us no good to compare our wives to 20 year 0% body fat cheerleaders. We need to stop looking at this pictures, or phones, or other women at all, and love our wives for who they are and what Christ sees in them.

So go home hug your wives and really tell them how much they mean to you and how much you love them.

Nice & Low Impact

THE SCENE: It was Cold!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH IC x 40
  • WGM (World’s Greatest Merkin) IC x 5
  • Rockettes IC x 15
  • Merkins OYO  – 2 Minutes
  • BBS OYO – 2 Minutes
  • Burpees OYO x 10

 

THA-THANG:

Circuit 1 –

  • Gorrilla Shuffle Line Dance- OYO
  • HR Merkins x 2
  • Gorilla Shuffle x 3 to the Right
  • HR Merkins x 2
  • Tuck Jumps x 2
  • Bear Crawl FWD x 10
  • Rinse & Repeat to the Left and Make your away across the Soccer Field
  • 10 Burpees and take a Hot Lap around the Field – Plank it up Center Field

 

Intermission

  • Rock Climbers IC x 15 (Not Mountain Climbers those are standing)
  • Plank Jack IC x 15
  • Dips OYO x 25 (4 Sets)

 

Circuit 2 –

  • Caterpillar Merkins OYO x 1 Ascending to 5
  • Add Lunge (ea leg) for every Merkin – work your away across the field
  • 10 Burpees – Take a Hot Lap

 

2nd Intermission

  • Plank it up Mid-Field
  • Absolutions – Hi Plank – Lo Plank – Lo Plank Jacks on a 6 count IC (I forgot the In-Out Motion)
  • Then 15 OYO (Cuz I can’t breathe)

 

Then my workout ran short … so we did 11’s

  • Start 0 – 11
  • Merkins Southside
  • BBS Northside
  • Lunge North
  • Run South

 

Back to the AO

MARY:
10 Burpees

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
The Gap between who you are today and the Man you are meant to be is called the Gap to Greatness. This can be overwhelming or motivating depending on how fiercely you are closing that Gap!
MOLESKIN:
Getting the Band back together again. We had a lot of old school guys come out that we haven’t seen in a while. Since Tank was making a comeback on his Tankle, we had to make sure we kept it nice and low impact. I did however not make good on my promise to keep it under a mile… Great work Men! Thanks for coming out