F3 Knoxville

Welcome to the Rock (In Honor of Sean Connery)

THE SCENE: 40s, dry, halo around the moon (I’m not saying my Qs are special, but I’ve now had a shooting star and a moon halo for my Qs, so draw your own conclusion)

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x 30 (4 ct)

Windmills x 10 (4 ct)

Imperial Walkers x 10 (4 ct)

Little baby arm circles forward x 10 (4 ct)

Little baby arm circles backward x 10 (4 ct)

Some Michael Phelps

A little of this, a little of that x 2

Burpees x 5

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the rock pile and select a rock

Mosey to the splash pad

Burpee pull-ups (burpee w/ a pull-up at the end instead of a jump) x 10

Curls w/ the rock x 20

Rows w/ the rock x 30

Squats w/ the rock x 40

LBCs w/ the rock x 50

Plank until everyone is done

ATMs

Collect the rock, mosey to the dark circle past the dock (where the drug van sometimes parks, but it wasn’t there today)

Burpee presses (burpee w/ a shoulder press w/ the rock at the end instead of a jump) x 10

Curls w/ the rock x 20

Rows w/ the rock x 30

Squats w/ the rock x 40

LBCs w/ the rock x 50

Plank until everyone is done

Circle of fire w/ merkins – 5 rounds from 1 rep to 5 reps

Collect the rock, mosey to the road in between the bathrooms and the playground.  Half of the pax to the bathrooms and half to the playground for a repeat of Round 1 (i.e., burpee pull-ups, curls, rows, squats, and LBCs) and return to the road and hold plank until everyone is done.

We needed to give our arms a rest, so we did a circle of fire with squats (5 and then 10) while holding Al Gore in between.

Collect the rock, mosey back to the dark circle for a repeat of Round 2 (i.e., burpee presses, curls, rows, squats, and LBCs).

Put rocks up, mosey to AO

MARY:
We arrived at the AO right as the clock struck 6:15, so no Mary today.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 PAX

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
We all need to keep perspective.  It has been a long week for an Election Day, which has been called by some the most important election ever.  Someone says that every election.  Whatever happens with this or any other election, it is still better than what we had under a king or queen sitting on a throne.  As Cersei said to Ned Stark, “When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die.  There is no middle ground.”  At least we don’t have that anymore.

MOLESKIN:
Prayers for Ribbed’s wife, Lillydipper’s wife, Mr. Jinxy’s wife, and the family of Pondzi’s colleague who committed suicide.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence at the Asylum at 7:00 tomorrow for the third anniversary followed by the nantan swap followed by food courtesy of Junk.

Nnggaaggygg

THE SCENE: Clear and just cool enough to make a wookie comfy.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x25 IC
TN Rocking Chairs x15 IC
Tempo Squats x10 IC
Hindurkins x10 IC
Crabettes x15 IC
Cherry Pickers x5 IC
THA-THANG:
Mosey all around the park. For Halloween today, there are pairs of cards at intervals, face down. On one card is a Treat (exercise). The other says “Trick!”

Pax stays together. When arriving at a pair of cards, one PAX turns over one of the cards. If it’s a Treat, do the exercise and continue. If a Trick, mosey back to the previous station, repeat that exercise, then return and do the exercise and continue.

The Treats:
25 4-ct Monkey Humpers
25 4-ct Pickle Pounders (Repeated)
25 Merkins (Repeated)
Bear crawl across field
25 EZ-ups
25 4-ct Catalina Wine Mixers
15 Triple-Box-Jumps at the bleachers (3 jumps = 1 rep)
5 Hill Sprints (Probably should have been repeated…)
15 Embrace the Earth Burpees
25 Carolina Dry Docks (Repeated)
30 Big Boy Situps

Ended up with almost 3 miles.

MARY:
51x Flutter Kicks
15x Side Crunches each side
Cash out with Merkins for the last minute
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Super-lucky 13 under a full Halloween moon. Welcome FNG Airwolf!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Of all the holidays of the year, the most overcommercialized/ignored true meaning (by percentage anyway) has to be All Saints Day. Halloween (All Hallows Eve) has completely taken over to the point that many don’t even know about All Saints Day, which was created to celebrate and honor all those saints who didn’t have their own feast days. Take some time tomorrow personally or with your family to read up on a saint (not necessarily just those recognized by the Catholic Church), either ancient or modern-day, thank God for their example, and be inspired.
Hebrews 12:1-2
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
MOLESKIN:
I was amazed by the luck of this group, only pulling three out of ten “Trick” cards…
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence and 5 year celebration at the Asylum Nov 7!

A couple planned routines and some random stuff

THE SCENE: Insert info about the weather, etc.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Insert information about the warmup.
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the south parking lot With a CMU.

line up with a  CMU in front of you. Do 25 squat, curl, press tris and sprint to end line and do 5 burpees, sprint back and Repeat while walking CMU to next cone but knocking off 5 reps. 20, 15, 10, 5.

Mosey to ice rink. line up on goal line. One lax ball per person. Squat walk (with your back straight!)while bouncing ball with palm (no catching it and dropping) Continue and repeat twice or till everyone looks completely uncoordinated.

Partner up across from each other on side lines.  Each has a CMU but only one lax ball. Throw ball to partner with one bounce. Do a blockee , partner throws it back and does blockee. Repeat till Q says stop.

*At this point I start making stuff up.
Curl-press-tri walks across the ice rink. line up on end lines and do 2 big circles around the face off circles of side shuffle planks. Then side lunges around two circles. Then sprints from end line to end line x7. (I may be out of order…but does it really matter. ) by the way, if you are reading this, post the letter D of the Dog Pound chat. I’m guessing no one really reads this past a certain point. Mayberry might since he missed. Well, back to the backblast…hummm not really sure what else we did. But we stayed busy. No one was cold. Well maybe ur fingers were. 

mosey to AO.

MARY:
Flutters with block presses x31
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

11 pax

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“The problem with quotes found on the internet is that they are often not true.” -Abraham Lincoln

big party at the DeFrancos house!  Story of party getting out of control quickly.

there are so many things that look accurate but have no truth in it at all.
example: “Good things happen to good people”, “Follow Jesus and your life will be perfect” God has never promised a perfect life with no troubles. In fact, he says that once you become a Christian your trials will continue and possibly get tougher. BUT….you now have hope. You have hope because you know the end. You know that with what ever you face you can and WILL Overcome with Jesus. . May not be on your time, but as a follower of Jesus you know that you are forgiven and that ultimately you will have all of your troubles and debts paid off.
So, is it going to be easy?……. Nope, will we win?…..yep!

Here is another quote from a president from our bible Devi: “Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

God is not controlled by fear. Have courage thru trials by trusting God.

MOLESKIN:

tweet-e gets the “most patriotic award” on “voting day” for his super rad American Flag shorty short/spandex combo! And…Cavalier gets the “best new nickname hand sign” award

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

Hello Hurricane

THE SCENE: Steady, soaking rain, but 67 degrees so it was plenty warm.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

25x SSH IC
5x Cherry Pickers IC
10x Tie Fighters IC each way
15x Imperial Walkers IC
10x Tempo Cossack Squats IC
20x Mountain Climbers IC

THA-THANG:

Mosey to the speed bump at the bottom of the Matterhorn.
4 cones are set up for a Quarter Pounder with Cheese:
Mosey to first cone, 25 merkins, mosey back for 5 burpees
Mosey to first cone, 25 merkins, second cone, 50 squats, mosey back for 5 burpees
Continue on, adding 75 single-count mountain climbers at the third cone, then 100 single-count SSH at the top.
Rabbits added sets of 5 pullups and 20 BBS.

Mosey to the stairs by the dock. 5 trips up both sets of stairs. After the fifth trip up, continue up to the rock.

Back-To-Front run back to the AO

MARY:
25x LBCs IC
20x Gas Pumpers IC
15x Side Crunch (each side) IC
4 rounds of Row your Boat
And, because Bowflex didn’t think his crotch was wet enough…
10x Superman Swim IC

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 men got better and wetter togetter this morning.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
John 13:34-35:
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.

“One another” doesn’t just mean the people in your circle, it means everyone. Think of someone in your life that is difficult to love, and find a way to show the love of Christ to them today.

MOLESKIN:
Hello, Hurricane! Second Switchfoot of the week.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Nov 7th – Convergence and 5th anniversary celebration!

The left won?

THE SCENE: Classic gloom.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SHH X20

10 tempo Merkins

20 squats

20 BACs
THA THANG:
Mosey to pull up bars carrying a CMU. Do 10 OH presses, tris and curls every so often
Goal to move all 5 of your team’s CMUs to the top of the hill
You can move them to the next cone only by doing one of the exercises below. You can’t repeat an exercise until you have done them all.
10 burpees
20 Merkins
20 squats
Run to speed bump and back
10 pull ups
After exercise, run to CMU and overhead press it while walking it to the next cone.
You can also move the other teams CMU back a cone but not both
First team to get all 5 CMUs to top wins.
(Aladdin’s pointed out that the left kicked the right’s butt confusing several pax that thought he was making a political statement)
Partner up
One partner takes both CMUs and farmer walks them and swaps halfway. At the bottom the Matterhorn. One partner farmer walks with both CMUs while other does 5 burpees and then catches up. Swap.
At boat, each takes one CMU and heads to AO.

MARY:
Insert information about any additional post-THANG work (if applicable).
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 PAX
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Leadership in our family. Lead by example, teach and don’t dictate. Explain and don’t bark orders.
MOLESKIN:
Good push from the Pax this morning. A little competition pushes everyone
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
None