F3 Knoxville

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Terra Firma Triple Decker

THE SCENE: Warm & muggy

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH x 15
  • Tempo Merkins x 10
  • Tempo Squats x 10
  • Burpees OYO x 10
  • This/that stretch

THA-THANG:

  1. Mosey to the grass hills that lead up to the Asylum building.  It’s a 3 level tiered hill….placed 6 cones in a line up the hill.   PAX ran suicides up the hills to the cones doing increasing burpees at each cone.  2,4,6,8,10,12
  2. Mosey down the hill to the flat bowl for Pyramids
    1. Round 1:  10 Merkins, run the hill
    2. Round 2:  10 Merkins, 20 Squats, run the hill
    3. Round 3:  10 Merkins, 20 Squats, 30 LBCs, run the hill
    4. Round 4:  10 Merkins, 20 Squats, 30 LBCs, 20 Shoulder Taps (was supposed to be 40 but the Q was smoked!), run the hill
  3. Mosey back to the AO
  4. Paula Abdul bear crawl the parking spaces and do 5 squats each time you back up one space
  5. Paula Abdul running the parking spaces and do 5 squats each time you back up one space

MARY:

  • Box cutters x 30
  • Boat/canoe
  • Peter Parker
  • Run lap around parking lot
  • AMRAP squats

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

Walkabout, Ribbed, Pusher, Rusty, Slide Rule, Pringles, Cheatsheet, Dog Bite, Cosmo, Mogul, Hot Tub, Fabio, Capn Crunch, Bunny, Gibbler, Smalls, Woodshack, Umbro, Chaco, Pinkeye, Jenner, Strava (FNG), Waffle House, Carney, Bartman

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Have the right perspective when things go wrong.  My A/C went out in my house and it’s going to be expensive to fix.  While I don’t like spending a ton of money unexpectedly, it’s not the end of the world.   My family still has a roof over their head, clothing on their body and food to eat.  As leaders in our home we need to remember that our wives and kids are looking at us to see how we handle adversity.  We need to show them that they are the priority, not material possessions.

 

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Split 66 with a Chase on Top

26 Strong

  • Side Straddle Hop X 25
  • Speed Skaters x 20
  • Little baby arm circles Front x 15 and back x 15
  • Imperial Squat Walkers x 20
  • Burp and Merk ladder to 5

Route 66

  • Burpees
  • Merkins
  • Squat Jumps
  • Big Boy Sit-ups

The Chase -15 min

  • Bear Crawl half way, Run to end, Burpee x 2
  • Crawl Bear half way, Run to end, Burpee x 2
  • Frog Leap half way, Run to end, Burpee x 2
  • Lunges half way, Run to end, Burpee x 2

Aborama – 5 min

  • Flutter Kicks x 25
  • Hello Dolly x 15

Switch on your Brain – Mind Over Matter

2 Timothy 1:7 – God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of sound mind.   This islLinked to the concept that we are wired for love and natural optimism.

  • Our thought life actually changes our DNA. Thinking and feeling fear, anger, and frustration caused DNA to change shape.  Tightened up, became shorter, and switched off quality expression so individuals in turn felt shut down
  • We can control our reactions to anything
  • Stress level 1 is normal and brings focus. Level 2 and 3 become toxic
  • American Institute of Health Estimates that75-90% of visits to primary care are for stress related problems
  • We cannot control events or circumstances, but you can control your actions.
  • Good news is that this can be reversed by feelings of love, Joy appreciation and gratitude
    • HIV Positive patients that were positive had 300,000 time more resistance than negative patients

 When we operate in our normal love design in God’s image we are able to change the shape of our DNA forever.

 

 

Monday Throat Punch

THE SCENE: 60 degrees and perfect weather to train
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA

30 SSH

Warmup/Orientation loop
THA-THANG:

Run across parking lot. Do 2 Burpees every line (roughly 10 lines)

50 squats

Lunge back

50 squats

run up baby hill and around the loop

repeat 2-3 times.

MARY:
Plank 30 seconds

Elbow Plank 30 seconds

Left plank 30 seconds

Right plank 30 seconds

Back extensions 10 IC

Leg lifts 10 IC

Mountain climbers 10

Repeat 3-4 times

20 Merkins OYO

50 Squats OYO

???? Can’t remember the last exercise until time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
35 Strong men
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
It’s hard to believe God is there in the middle of the valley. It’s easier to believe it when I am on the mountain top. But the truth is that God is with us on the mountain top and in the valley. Even though I don’t feel or see or experience God walking with me – it doesn’t mean He isn’t there. I have to hold fast to that anchor when I get overwhelmed. That’s my challenge to myself and to you: Believe He is there even if it seems that He isn’t.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS

I’m preparing a swim lesson plan for those who are interested in learning to swim. It will be free of charge to the men of F3. Contact me on GroupMe if you are interested.

Bearway to Heaven?

THE SCENE:  Lots of gloom to be had.

5:30 COP

  • Side Straddle Hop X 30
  • Imperial Squat Walkers x 20
  • Little baby arm circles Front x 10 and back x 10
  • 4 x 4 Merkins x 5

Mosey to Pad 11’s

  • Catalina wine mixer
  • Box Jump’s

Forties  – High rep version of 11’s. Always add up to 40 subtracting 5 each time:

Merkins and Big Boys

       –     30 Squat Jacks , Devin Hester 10 BBS

  • 25 Squat Jacks Devin Hester 25 BBS
  • 20 Squat Jacks, Devin Hester 20 BBS
  • 15 Squat Jacks, Devin Hester, 25 BBS
  • 10 Squat Jacks ,Devin Hester, 30 BBS

 Bearway to Heaven

  • A Bear Crawl suicide of seven increasing lengths with decreasing burpees at the end of each length. Ideally the lengths and number of burpees should be such that the entire exercise takes the full 8:01 time of “Stairway to Heaven

 Jacobs Ladder

  • 3 times up the will with increasing 2 burpees each time.

Mary

  • Proton Parkers x 20

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

One of the things I love about F3 is that when we come out here we are not here to compete with one another. We are not here to prove ourselves but to encourage one another.

There is a book by Keller I have listed to a few times called the freedom of self forgetfulness based on the 1 Corinthians 3. “So let no boast in, for all things are yours”

Often I find myself comparing my performance in all areas of life. My ego wants me to be seen as something great

It is not about what others think and not even about what I think but what the lord thinks.

Re-live the gospel ever day.

Christ’s perfect performance on the cross is the one that matters.

He died on the cross so that we don’t have to meet some standard set by others or even ourselves.

I don’t care what you think,I don’t care what I think, only with the Lord thinks

 

Monday Funday

THE SCENE
67 and Muggy

 

Welcome & Disclaimer

 

THE THANG
COP

  • SSH x30 (IC)
  • 4ct Diagonal Lunges x15 IC
  • 4ct Windmill Merkins x10 IC
  • 4ct Tempo Squats x12 IC
  • Arm Circles Forward x12 IC
  • Arm Circles Backward x12 IC
  • Run two loops around the parking lot

Mosey to curb and line up.

 

Jelly Legs
Start at one side of the parking lot.  Perform the following:

  • R1: Hold squat position for 10 count, perform 10 squats, run to the other curb, do 2 Burpees, run back
  • R2: Hold squat position for 20 count, perform 20 squats, run to the other curb, do 2 Burpees, run back
  • R3: Hold squat position for 30 count, perform 30 squats, run to the other curb, do 2 Burpees, run back
  • R4: Hold squat position for 40 count, perform 40 squats, run to the other curb, do 2 Burpees, run back
  • R5: Hold squat position for 50 count, perform 50 squats, run to the other curb, do 2 Burpees, run back

Line up in four separate lines.  Each group mosey to the far parking lots and to one of four cones set up in the corner.

 

Four Corners
Spread out to 4 cones.  Alternate exercises at the cones for set time. When time is done, counter-clockwise to the next cone. Rinse and repeat.

  • Cone 1: Dry Docks x15 or x25 & Narrow Squats x15 or x25
  • Cone 2: 4ct Flutter Kicks x15 or x25 & Star Jumps x15 or x25
  • Cone 3: 4ct Shoulder Taps x10 or x15 & Reverse Lunges (each leg counts as 1) x10 or x15
  • Cone 4: 4ct Hello Dolly x15 or x25 & Smurf Jacks x15 or x25

Round 1: 60 seconds at each station
Round 2: 45 seconds at each station

Mosey to the hill near the SP.

 

Cash Out
Merkin Hill
Run up and down hill doing the following:

  • Start at bottom of hill with 10 Merkins, run to top
  • Top of hill 9 Merkins, run to bottom
  • Bottom of hill 8 Merkins, runt to top
  • Top of hill 7 Merkins, run to bottom
  • Bottom of hill 6 Merkins, runt to top
  • Top of hill 5 Merkins, run to bottom
  • Bottom of hill 4 Merkins, runt to top
  • Top of hill 3 Merkins, run to bottom
  • Bottom of hill 2 Merkins, runt to top
  • Top of hill 1 Merkins, run to bottom

Circle up for Mary.

 

Mary
4ct American Hammers x20 IC
Rt Side Crunches x20 IC
Lft Side Crunches x20 IC
ATMs

 

COT
Number off / Name-0-Rama (40 PAX, 3 FNGs – Petro, Chaco and Fullstack)

 

BOM
“Honorable men refuse to wallow in the small and the bitter.
Honorable men refuse to hate life because something once went wrong.
Honorable men don’t build monuments to their disappointments, nor do they let others brand them and curse them to their destruction.
Honorable men seek out the highest definition of their lives, the nobler meaning granted by heritage, by their ancestors’ dreams and their parents’ hopes.
Honorable men cry out to God until curses are broken and a grander purpose is achieved.
Honorable men don’t settle for lives of regret.”

Stephen Mansfield, “Mansfield’s Book of Manly Men”

As we push ourselves physically each week it is important to remember that we must also be pushing ourselves mentally, emotionally and spiritually…to grow as HIMs.  Physical fitness is important, but character, virtue, integrity and leadership are paramount.  Our world is starving for men with these characteristics.  Men of honor who live beyond themselves.  Men who are life-givers, not life-takers.

I believe there is a direct correlation between strenuous physical exercise and the strenuous pursuit to live a life of honor, integrity and impact.  Both take effort and focus. Both take intentionality, consistency and daily commitment.  Both are met with resistance from the status quo and my own passivity.  Both can’t be pursued alone and require me to surround myself with like-minded men who inspire, encourage and challenge me along the journey.

Each morning in the gloom we have an opportunity to experience these AND be these things for the men on our left and right.  Iron sharpen iron. This is what it means to wear the “F3”.