F3 Knoxville

Rock Doras

THE SCENE: 20 degrees (in Kentucky units) and damp.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER:
Did that. Especially the disclaimer for the VQ.

WARM-O-RAMA:
25 SSH – IC
20 Rockette – IC
10+10 Baby Arm Circles – IC
10 Cherry Picker – IC
20 Squats – IC
Mosey to Light poles then alternate Mosey/Exercise up the hill so…
Mosey to next lightpole
Butt Kickers to next
Mosey…
High Knees…
Mosey…
Skip…
Mosey…
Bear Crawl…
then Mosey to top
(plank till 6 up)

THA-THANG:
Grab a BB Mosey to Rock Pile.  Wagon wheel for 6.

Take a rock and do some Doras.  While PAX1 does the exercise, PAX2 runs to Asylum steps and back.  Count up to a cumulative:

  • 100 behind head (tricep) curl
  • 100 up and out
  • 200 squats
  • 200 curl
  • 200 rows

Mosey to stop sign (Al Gore for 6).  Complete the following buddy/partner exercises:

  • 10 Hand Release Merkins (high-5 buddy with chest on the ground)
  • 20 Big Boys (sit up and patacake with buddy)
  • 30 Dolly Partners (Lie side by side, do Hello Dolly and tap feet)

Mosey to AO.

MARY:
Just a minute left for Boat-Canoe-Catamaran with some Paddling in cadence thrown in.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
29 PAX including one FNG – T-bone.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
When I’m with my kids I often blurt out the risk I see them taking – “don’t fall off that wall”, “don’t spill that drink”.  Telling someone not to fall makes them think about falling and usually leads to them doing the very thing I don’t want to happen.  Instead, to foster a Growth Mindset I should tell them the Mitigation – that thing they can positively do to protect themselves – “Watch where you are putting your feet”, “Carry your drink carefully”.

As HIMs we should try to affect the people around us positively and help them to get better by telling them the mitigation, not make them focus on the risk.

MOLESKIN:
This was my VQ.  Thanks to the PAX for following my lead and swinging those rocks.  From my post Q high, I’d recommend it to all the HIMS at the back to step forward and do it!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Everyone at the workout got their 100 squats in today.  Post them in the August challenge.

Circuit City

THE SCENE: Mid 70’s. Humid and Muggy. Does it ever change?
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER:  Check yo’ self before you wreck yo’ self.

WARM-O-RAMA:

21’s – Side Straddle Hop (Count 5 IC and the rest silent to 21. Everyone must stop on 21 exactly together or else..burpees as punishment!)
Cherry Pickers x 10 IC
BBS x 10 IC
Baby arm circles x 10 IC
THA-THANG:
Main Circuit (8 stations):
Circuit from AO start down to new parking lots by playground. Sprint/jog in between exercises:
  1. 15 merkins
  2. 15 BBS
  3. 15 Crunchy Frogs
  4. 15 Carolina Dry Docks
  5. 5 Burpee pull Up
  6. 20 Dips
  7. Decline merkins
  8. 15 Box Jumps
Rinse and repeat for 20 min or until QIC says recover
25’s (ex. 7’s or 11’s) on baby hill
Bottom of hill workout: Hands above head squat jumps
Top of hill workout: Hand release merkins
Partner merkins sets of: x 15, 10, 5
Circle of Pain (COP) Abs!
Bear Crawl clockwise until told to stop..bear crawl counterclockwise until told to stop.
Not So Lazy Boys (my personal fav)
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA: 27 PAX
Snitch, Dimples, Dog Bite, Rusty, Cheatsheet, Cat Gut, Woodshack, Possum, Fabio, Toll Bridge, Hot Tub, Compost, Carney, Umbro, Bunny, Lights Out, Mayhem, Flanders, Jenner, Gibbler, Slim Shady, Chaco, Pringle, Guano, Pusher
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Frustrated with kids?
Frustrated with wife?
Frustrated with job, friends, family, health?
Depleted? Tossed around by the waves of life?
Isaiah 40
Biblical times war = more than matter between nations but also deities.
Peoples of conquered nationals pqxs often adopted conqueror’s religion b/c they believed their deity was superior to their own.
Don’t lose perspective of what’s important in life.
No one and no nation is big enough to be a threat to God.
MOLESKIN:
Prayers were requested and lifted up for Slide Rule’s mother passing and family. Please lift them up in this time of transition with peace, love, and comfort.
Prayers for Jenner to get an interview for med school (in Bahamas!). A 10 year dream in the making!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Make sure you add your miles to the July challenge! Rep it hard from the Asylum.
3rd F event at downtown location Overlook. August 11!

Escalator loops

THE SCENE: 70Ish and Gloomy
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x 20
Imperial squat walkers x10
Cherry Pickers x 6

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Parking lot
Escalator loops
First Lap
Corner 1 – 5 Burpees
Corner 2 – add 10 Hand Release Mericans
Corner 3 – add 15 froggy squats
Corner 4 – add 20 LBC’s (4 count)
Second Lap
Bear crawl, lunge, side shuffle, etc.. on corners
Repeat
If you are fast enought to catch up to the main group run to top of cardiac and back. Congrations Edit.
After 3rd lap mosey to Cardiac. Reverse to first turn, bear crawl to second and sprint to top

MARY:

Box Cutter X10
Captain Thor ring of fire

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
25 Pax with 1 FNG
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Remember how your words impact others around you. Positive words keep people around you positive, negative words bring you and those around you down.
Ephesians 4:29 NIV
29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
Proverbs 17:27-28 NIV
27 The one who has knowledge uses words with restraint, and whoever has understanding is even-tempered. 28 Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent, and discerning if they hold their tongues.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Add you mileage for the distance challenge

Cardio Circuit

THE SCENE: Warm and Muggy.  Just the way we like it to get a good sweat going.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIME WARM-O-RAMA:
mosey around circuit to explain the exercises
THA-THANG:

  • 20 merkins
  • 20 hello dolly
  • 5 pullups
  • 15 table rows
  • 20 plank jacks
  • 20 squats
  • 20 switch feet
  • 20 iron mikes
  • run to top of hill and do 2 burpees

rinse/repeat

MARY:

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
31 today
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

So also is the life of those who will follow Christ. We have been reached and redeemed. But we have a baptism to undergo. We have to negotiate the rocky perils, pitfalls, and pains of life, face the chaotic waters of chance and necessity, and endure the chokings of the serpentine enemy of our souls. We often do not see the light at the end of the tunnel.

 But like the boys, we have now been supplied food, drink, and air: God’s word, the Lord’s table, eternal life. And, as each boy was led and accompanied along the journey back by two expert Navy SEALs, alongside us have also come the seal of God’s Spirit and the sealed Bride of Christ—the Church to guarantee, to guard, and to guide. “The Spirit and the Bride say, ‘Come.’

 We may be crawling, but we are moving. We may even be bleeding, but we are still breathing. We are not out of the tunnel yet, but we are on our way home. And “creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God”—so that the world, too, may breathe again

MOLESKIN:
prayer for slide rule and his family
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

The Route 66 to Everest

THE SCENE: A warm, humid, and classic Knoxville, TN morning. Mid 70’s.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER:  Check yo’ self before you wreck yo’ self.
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x20 IC
Cherry Pickers x 10 IC
BBS x 10 IC
Baby arm circles x 10 IC
THA-THANG:
This morning we took a few trips down Route 66.  PAX were instructed to partner up with someone that they did not know prior to joining F3.
The new park path beside where we park was the starting point for Route 66. Starting at given light pole, there were 10 more light poles up the hill. We started at light pole 1 and did 1 rep of an exercise..then ran to light pole 2 and did 2 reps..etc. until pole 11. Total reps for one circuit = 66.  PAX were also given a discussion assignment for each circuit in order to get to know their partner a little better.
Circuit 1:  Exercise = burpees; discussion = first car
Circuit 2:  Exercise =BBSU; discussion=favorite movie
Jog to different part of trail across parking lots at top of hill and did circuit’s 3 & 4 Route 66 style.
Circuit 3:  Exercise = jump squats; discussion = favorite local restaurant
Circuit 4:  Exercise = merkins; discussion = favorite vacation
After 4th circuit, PAX mosey to bottom of Everest. Sprint to the top of the hill to grab an infamous rock from the rock pile.
Few workouts with the rock (squats & shoulder press IC).
Mosey back to AO and finished with 1 set of starfish crunch abs IC while 6 caught up.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
33 PAX (2 FNG): Pringle, Dugger, Big Mac, Worm, Cheat Sheet, Casper, Walkabout, Pac Man, Moneybags, Code Brown, Fabio, Cosmo, Carney, Cat Gut, Ribbed, Bunny, Hot Tub, Umbro, Compost, Dilbert, Repeat, Charmin, Quickbooks, Lights Out, Slim Shady, Possum, Enus, Pusher, Pluto, Guano, Gremlin (FNG), Flopper (FNG), Edit (QIC).
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
We talk an awful lot about being authentic, real, genuine, etc. But what does that look like? How do we take action in our every day routine of life and live that out with our neighbors, co-workers, friends, and spouse?
The answer is simple really. Take interest in those who around you. Talking with your battle buddy about your first car, favorite movie, restaurant, and vacation was no accident. Of all the conversations from Wednesday morning, why do I remember that Charmin’s first car was a ’83 Subaru 4 door hatchback, and Repeat’s favorite restaurant is Seasons?
When we change up things that are normal, like working out, sweating, breathing hard, not talking, and substitute it with genuine conversation, we remember. It’s novelty. It sticks out like a sore thumb!
Use that model for your every day conversations with the lady in the drive thru window, cashier at the gas station, waitress at lunch, your wife when you get home, your parents when they call you. Take interest in their interests. Instead of “how was your day?” how about.. “What was the most exciting thing that happened to you today?”
When we take interest, we invest in relationships, and life becomes that much more rich.
MOLESKIN:
Prayers were requested and lifted up for Slide Rule’s mother passing and family. Please lift them up in this time of transition with peace, love, and comfort.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Make sure you add your miles to the July challenge! Rep it hard from the Asylum.