F3 Knoxville

Dead frog and a huge worm

THE SCENE: Rain held off to just a drizzlie mist. Quite nice actually. The Circus maximus was nice and dry.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

warmup stuff

THA-THANG:

if it ain’t broke…don’t fix it. So I’m rehashing my workouts from this week. Laziness…I think not.
Start at first cone. Do qty of 1 of 1st exercise. Move to next cone, do qty of 2, next cone qty of 3 etc. Total of  10 cones down one side of the Circus Maximus. Run a lap around the lot after completing all cones and go back to where you left off doing same exercise adding up again back to start.  switch to second exercise, then 3rd,4th. While waiting on the six, do LBCs or Al Gores.

exercises with travel movements are:

  • Merkins with runs
  • Squat jumps with bear crawls (every other cone)
  • Dry docks with low Bernie Sanders

apparently the circus maximus is bigger than I thought. We only got through three exercises this time around. Mosey back to the AO for some ab work

MARY:
Freddy mercury‘s, side crunches, LBCs
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
14 pax
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

“Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have laid dormant” Horace (Roman Poet)

we talked about our nation’s wounded veterans and first responders and how they overcome adversity With the help of operation enduring warrior. We discussed the Hardship Hill and how they can get involved.

MOLESKIN:
I missed coming out to the asylum. Great park, great guys, and I love the circus Maximus service. Great mumble chatter this morning as well. Need to come back more often. Don’t have a whole Lotta time for random comments so I’ll leave it at this. Don’t let this be your definition.

Tomorrow: A mythical land where 99% of human productivity, motivation and achievements are stored.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill , Wesley House snacks

 

Pleasure Cruise

THE SCENE: Not bad. Mid 60’s at circle up
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Start with 25 SSH then mosey to lower parking lot for some Baby Arm circles forward, backwards, overhead claps, and front claps all on 4 count. 12 reps apiece.  Then a mix of a Rockette and Windmill.
THA-THANG:
Mosey to hill on the dragon.  Pulled random cards of Hill Sprints, Merkins x25, Bear Crawl up and Crawl Bear down, Mosey to AO Flagpole and back, 20 Dry Docks, More Sprints

Mosey to Overlook.  Random cards there too?  25 Merkins, 3 laps around circle, 20 squat jumps, 25 4ct flutters, 20 4ct lbc, OH Claps with a lap

Mosey to Cloud.  What do you know? Random cards there as well!  Run to pavilion for 20 table rows then back to plank, 25 dips, 20 step ups, 20 4ct LBC, 25 merkins, 20 4ct Hello Dolly, then Repeated a few then 10 burpees

Back to AO for…

MARY:
20 4ct Freddie Mercury, 20 4ct Flutter, finally 12 tempo Merkins to close out
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Talked about Obama’s Birthday Today and his quote:

 

Take of your bedroom slippers. Put on your marching shoes…shake it off.  Stop complaining.  Stop Grumbling. Stop Crying.  We are going to press on.  We have work to do.

Barack Obama

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
I

Nice And Threesy

THE SCENE: Hot and Sticky.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Welcome back Cat Gut – you are here on your own volition
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x 25 IC
BBQ Squats x10 IC
Tie Fighters 12 + 12 IC
Pickle Pounders x 15 IC

Mosey to the Baseline
High Knees / Mosey back
Butt Kickers / Mosey back
Skips / Mosey back
Bear Crawl / Mosey back
Side to Side / Mosey to Circus Maximus

THA-THANG:
Gather into groups of three for exercises at 2 stations.  PAX 1 does the first exercise at station 1.  PAX2 runs to take over at the next station.  PAX3 then runs back to station 1.  Exercises are AMRAP till your buddy appears.  The two stations were at either end of Circus Maximus.

  • Station 1
    • Merkins
    • Squats
    • Big Boys
    • Plank Jacks
    • SSH
  • Station 2
    • T Claps
    • Lunges
    • American Hammer
    • Windmills
    • Flutter Kicks

MARY:
We stopped for Rocky Balboas on the way back, then closed out with a bicycle race.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
A perfectly divisible by 3 total of 12.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
A friend of a friend passed and that reminded me to live every day as if it is your last.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

6-28-21 4-140

THE SCENE: Humid and sticky.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Started with SSH 20 ON 4CT, Baby Arm Circles front and back x12 on 4ct, Front Claps same rep count, Windmills x12 4ct then to curb for mosey down for 20 4ct plank jacks and mosey back.
THA-THANG:
Lower parking lots served as the 4 corners.  Hit every corner perform both (2) exercises at each spot doing reps of 50,40,30,20.  50 first time, 40 second time and so on…

After completing a round of the 4 corners run up little Everest and perform 5 burpees at the top.

Corner 1. SSH and Plank Jacks

Corner 2. OH Claps and Freddie Mercury

Corner 3. Merkins and LBCs

Corner 4. Lunges and Carolina Dry Docks

MARY:
Had enough time for 18 4ct Freddies
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Insert the WORD here.
MOLESKIN:
Talked about “Grit”.  A book by Andrea Duckworth of the same name.  discussed her take on how success is determined more on your effort and hard work than mere talent.  It’s a mindset.  Setting good habits.  We talked about being disciplined and how we need to display grit in all areas of our life.  To not be complacent.

Nice Hat

THE SCENE: It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: I’m not a professional.  You can spit on each other if you’ve been vaccinated.
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 25
BBQ Squats x10
Tie Fighters 10 + 10
Plank Jacks x 20
Cherry Pickers x 5
From the baseline:

  • High Knees across the lot,
    • then down the slope to the edge of the baseball field.  Feel the dewy grass on your face with 5 Merkins.  Up the slope for 20 Big Boys.  Mosey back across the lot.
  • Butt Kickers
    • 10 Merkins down, 15 Big Boys Up, Mosey back
  • High Skips
    • 15, 10, back
  • Bear Crawl across the lot
    • Bear Crawl down the slope for 20 Merkins, 5 Big Boys.  Mosey back
  • Side to side across the lot.

Find a battle buddy to close out the warm up.
THA-THANG:
Mosey to block paved parking lot.  One pax heads clockwise around the lot, buddy heads counter clockwise.  Do 10 partner Merkins when you meet.
Then 8, 6, 4, 2.

Assemble at the bottom of Pickets charge, by the lacrosse field.
Throw out 5 Froggy Squats and head up Pickets.  At each flat, do 10, 15,… Froggy Squats.  We got to 25 at the overlook.

After admiring the sunrise for the 6 we offered 15x4ct Plank Jacks to the view, followed up with 10 Inchworms/stargazer combos and 20+ Dips, finishing on the 6’s count.

On the Mosey, we broke off the onramp to the far side of the Asylum for 10 Tempo Merkins, then Moseyed down the hill to the Rock for 10x4ct “English Cucumber” pickle pounders, before a light Mosey back to the AO.

MARY:
The Wind Cried Mary – Slow LBCs to the sounds of Jimi.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
13 Strong!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
F3 is lots of opportunities to have adventures. Slipping and sliding on Skunk hill in the snow. Running up and down Everest and dragging logs around the parking lot with mumblechatter and stargazers. I do all these things not to keep fit, but to say that I’ve done it. And to have done it next to you guys. Because that makes us friends. And those adventures makes us the sort of friends who’ll say “Nice Hat. You look like a Dickhead.”
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Wesley House tomorrow.  Dog Pound CSAUP next month.