F3 Knoxville

Time keeps on ticking!

THE SCENE: We had a little fog with temps around 65
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Side Straddle Hop, Tempo Merkins, Willie Mayes Hayes, LBC’s, Moroccan Night Clubs, Knoxville Cherry Pickers and we were ready to go.
THA-THANG:
Workout area was set up like a clock with each hour of the clock identified with a placard identifying the hour and the exercise to go with it.

12 o’clock- Merkins, 1 o’clock- heavy squats, 2 o’clock- low planks, 3 o’clock – Hello Dollies

4 o’clock- curls, 5 o’clock lunges, 6 o’clock – high planks, 7 o’clock box cutters

8 o’clock- triceps extensions, 9 o’clock 8 count body builders, 10 0clock- mtn climbers, 11 o’clock Freddie Mercury’s

The Q kept the time of 1 minute increments continuously running.  Each HIM was on a different exercise and when the timer was started the first round, each person would do the exercise for 40 seconds and then move to the next exercise within 20 seconds.  This was done until the round was completed (12 minutes) and then time stood still as we ran appx 200 meters.

Once the group was back in position, the Q started the clock and the group repeated the trip around the clock with 50 seconds of exercise and 10 seconds to move to the next exercise.  This was done until the round was completed (12 minutes) and then time stood still and we ran appx 200 meters.

For the 3rd round, we took turns picking out an hour on the clock and doing the same exercise as a group until 6am.

MARY:
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Rampart had 6 HIMs beat the gloom and utilize our time that we were given to strengthen our F3″s
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
The word came from Luke 13:6-9.  The story of the gardener that took care of the owners fig tree.  The owner comes and sees that the tree once again has not produced fruit (after 3 years) and tells the gardener to cut it down “Why should it use up the soil”!  The gardener asks for another year to fertilize and care for the tree.  It in one years time it has not produced fruit, it will be cut down and replaced with a tree that will produce fruit.

As we emphasized the use of time and the importance of utilizing the limited amount that we are given, we must look at this parable and see that we are given a specific amount of time on this earth to produce fruit.  If we don’t produce the fruit, God will use another to fulfill his will and we will have missed out on the opportunity he has given us.  At the end of our life we will be judged.  We will not enter Heaven by our good works (our fruit) but by the mercy and grace given to us freely by God and the sacrifice of Christ.  It is because of this mercy, grace and sacrifice that we should strive to utilize every second that we have to produce good fruit.  This can be leading people to Christ or just showing the love that Christ showed to others.  Our clock is ticking, utilize every moment.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
AED and med kit familiarization on Saturday, July 1.

Awkward Carry

THE SCENE: Cool, dark, steamy from the pre ruckers.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Slower paced with more focus on stretching and core stability.
THA-THANG:
6 Rounds

12 CMU deadlifts, 9 CMU curls, 6 over head presses

After each completed round carry your coupon down the parking lot and back using the specific carry method.

  • Rifle
  • Farmer
  • Bear Hug
  • Zercher
  • On Shoulder

Final round we formed a fireman’s bucket line and passed the 100# sandball down and back.

Then we spaced out walking three feet for each hand off.

Then we each took a turn full distance carrying, handing off to next each trip.
MARY:
Circle up at the start for ab blast.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

  •  Lucille
  •  Skewer
  •  Skeletor
  •  Feeny
  •  Candy Crush
  •  Piston
  •  Michelin Man
  •  Ride Along
  •  Foghorn Leghorn

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Why are you doing what it is you are doing? Self evaluation for our motivations in life.
MOLESKIN:
Very happy to jump in and cover for Wilbur. Extremely proud the group handled that weight as well as they did.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Taco Ruck this Saturday at 5:30!

Heavy Grumble, Grumble Part 2

THE SCENE: Muy Muy Bueno
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

Given and received
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH: 10 x 4 IC
  • Tempo Merkin: 5 IC
  • Mountain Climber: 5 x 4 IC
  • 4 count cherry pickers
  • Tempo Squat: 5 x 4 IC
  • Baby Arm Circles: 10 x 4 F & 10 x 4 B
  • Moroccan night club 6 x 4 IC

THA-THANG:

Carry heavy things as a team or individually to each post.

  1. Mosey to dugout 1
  • 1/2 group “peoples chair” as long as it takes for the other half to finish 20 squats
  • 1/2 group 20 heavy squats

Switch Rinse repeat until everyone gets 100 squats

2. Mosey to track dump heavies

  • @ track 5 burpees
  • @playground 5 burpees

Rinse and repeat to 4, 3, 2, end at 1 on the track.

3. Mosey with sandbags to top of track

  • 5 merkins
  • 5 big boys

Rinse and repeat to 4,3,2,1

4. Mosey with sandbags to bottom of track

  • 5 – 4 count American hammers
  • 5  – 4 count flutter kicks

Rinse and repeat to 4,3,2,1

Lap #2

5. Mosey to mid field with sandbags

  • Pax in a single file line, plenty of space between. 1st man deadlifts the 60# sandbag and toss over head for the next man, then drop to plank the heavy bag travels to the end of the line. When all men are in plank, drag 40# sandbag under your body with opposite arm to the next man.
  • Recover, rinse, repeat. Modify to hold Al Gore, and drag the bag back up to first man between the legs of each man. 

MARY:
None

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

That was a hard thing gentlemen. THANK YOU FOR GIVING YOUR ALL. Most men are still asleep waiting to face the day. You have already went to battle and won. The COT today is brought to you by the Apostle Paul.

Key verse Eph 5:20

Eph 5:18  And do not get drunk with wine, for that is excess, but be filled with the Spirit,

Eph 5:19  speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;

Eph 5:20  always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;

Eph 5:21  and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ.

It’s easy to have a melody in your heart singing to the Lord when things are all good, but when things go wrong our flesh desires to rebel. Instead of focusing on the negative aspects of your situation, thank the Lord for your trials and trouble.

I love the closing thought in verse 21 as well. How do we as brothers ensure that we are holding this standard of giving thanks to the Lord? Be subject to one another in the fear of Christ. That’s accountability right there. That’s why F3 exists to be a helper for your brothers.

Rom 8:35  Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

Rom 8:36  Just as it is written, “FOR YOUR SAKE WE ARE BEING PUT TO DEATH ALL DAY LONG; WE WERE CONSIDERED AS SHEEP TO BE SLAUGHTERED.”

Rom 8:37  But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us.

Give thanks to Him for the good, for the bad, for the mundane, for the Joy. He alone is worthy. THANK YOU LORD.

MOLESKIN:
This was a repeat of my VQ, still an honor to Q at Rampart. Looking forward to many more.

welcome back Ride along!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

pathfinder ruck training beginning soon

F3 in the nude?? What’s that about? 

Q calendar openings have been filled, thank you men.

Grab Bag

THE SCENE: Perfect weather
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

Check
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH, Willie Mays Hayes, Knoxville Cherry Picker, LBAC-F, LBAC-B, Moroccan Night Club, Hallelujah, SSH
THA-THANG:
Grab Bag

Chips reading:

  • Merkins
  • OHP
  • Curls
  • Heavy Squats
  • Heavy Toe Merkins
  • Heavy lunges
  • Plank Pull-through
  • Tricep Extension
  • Blockee
  • Dips
  • Plyo-Merkin
  • Big Boys
  • LBC’s
  • Heels-to-Heaven

All go into the bag, one member pulls a single chip from the bag, that’s the exercise. Then one representative from each team look at the opposite team and guess a number they think the other team can accomplish in 3 minutes, write it down secretly. Both teams push out as many reps as possible on the given time, the leader who guesses the closest to actual number wins a point for their team. The team with the most points get to flex biceps in the photo.

We went through

5 rounds

Curls, OHP, Tricep Extension, Dips, Heavy Squats

Team Lucille beat team Skeleton 2-3.
MARY:
No Time

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭8:18‬
Bring your focus off of the temporary life challenges, and look to the Lord whom you will spend eternity with.
MOLESKIN:
What a great day to be at Rampart. You men showed an extreme amount of grit this morning. To start with 10 mile ruck, and go straight into a beatdown shows what our bodies are capable of. All this exercise business is a mental game, YOU CAN DO IT.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill, Flag Hand off, Ghost Flag,

Finish the Work

THE SCENE: 58 degrees and recovering from the storms the night before
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

10 reps each of:  SSH, tempo squats, LBAC (forward/backward), tempo merkins, TN rockin chairs, Moroccan night clubs, mountain climbers, OH claps, WMH, Imperial Walkers, end with projectovators.
THA-THANG:
Mosey to middle light pole in parking lot (short mosey).

  • 6 rounds
    • 50 Squats
    • 25 Merkins
    • Run “approximately” 100 meters (to sign)
    • Bernie up to ball field fence
    • Run “approximately” 100 meters
  • Modified to 4 rounds and went back to circle
  • Using 2 dice:
    • 1st roll determined exercise: 1=Burpees, 2=Merkins, 3=Squats, 4=LBC, 5=Bench Dips, 6=SSH
    • 2nd roll determined reps x 10:  6=60 as an example
    • Everyone rolled around the circle of 9, made sure we did every exercise at least once.

MARY:
Shoulder Mary for 4 minutes:  Chattanooga Cherry Pickers, Seal Claps, Drummers, and held Sampson for 1 minute 15 seconds
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 PAX including 1 FNG that was later named “Spare Key”
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Text to meditate on as we move into the Easter season:  John 19:30 “When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, ‘It is finished.” Then bowing his head, he gave up his spirit.”

Jesus was given direction to complete from his father.  He made sure that he accomplished his work before dying.  We, following his example, as HIMs should strive to complete our tasks in the same way.  Whether in our home life, our jobs, our personal walk, or in the community.  High impact men strive to finish what they start.

MOLESKIN:
Prayer requests for those impacted by the storms, Bobbit’s friend Jamie, those on DL or DR.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Discussed Q schedule over the next week.  Invited HIMS to join Hardship Hill team.  Discussed Shield Lock Alpha group and when Bravo will start (after Easter).  Named FNG and got that pic.