F3 Knoxville

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THE SCENE:  Wet and warm
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER:  Administered
WARM-O-RAMA:
Projectivator x 10 IC
Moroccan Nightclub x 10 IC
Overhead Claps x 10 IC
Squats x 10 IC
Merkins x 10 IC
Mountain Climbers x 10 IC
CMU Curls x 26 OYO

THA THANG:

Mosey to the amphitheater

“Seven X”:  Imagine a large X dissecting the amphitheater stage.  Starting at one corner of the X, perform the exercise then bear crawl to the center of the X, turn left and bear crawl to the next corner (clockwise).

Corner 1 – Curls
Corner 2 – Squats
Corner 3 – Overhead presses
Corner 4 – CMU Swings

Round 1, 7×1 = 7 reps of each
Round 2, 7×2 = 14 reps
Round 3, 21 reps…
Round 4, 28 reps…
I’d planned to do additional sets….but we’ve got more work to do.  Move along, you lucky guy!

 

NEXT….
Battle buddy up…
Round 1
P1 – heavy bear to the line and back
P2 – LBC
Cycle through 2x
Round 2
P1 – heavy lunge to the line and back
P2 – Clean and press CMU
Cycle through 2x
Round 3:

P1 – sprint to the rail and back
P2 – Plyometric merkins on CMUs
Cycle through 2x

 

NEXT….
Tabata – 20 seconds work + 10 seconds rest (goal is 20 reps each set)
Round 1:  Goblet squats (3 sets)
Round 2:  Tricep extensions (3 sets)
Round 3:  Weighted crunch w/ CMU (3 sets)
Round 4:  Curls (3 sets)

Mosey home…

MARY:

No time!

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

9 Men

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

This Word of encouragement may be meaningless to you today… If so, I ask you to tuck these words into your heart, so that you will be reminded of them if you ever do need them – or that you will share them with someone in your life who needs them now.  These are words of encouragement for someone who is suffering after a profound loss.  These are words that you will need to know in one of life’s darkest moments – but that might seem insensitive, or certainly uncomfortable, for someone to tell you.  Listen for a minute and remind your future self of these words…

If you asked any historian, “Who are the Top 5 most remarkable U.S. presidents in history?”, odds are good that their list would include our 26th – Teddy Roosevelt.  He was a fascinating character and accomplished a tremendous amount in his life.  Assistant Secretary of the Navy…  Hero of the Spanish-American war…  Governor of New York…  Vice-president, then youngest person ever to become President… While in office, he was the first president to have a telephone installed in the white house… first president to ride in a submarine… first to leave the country while in office (to check on his little side-hustle, the Panama Canal…), first president to be awarded the Medal of Honor, first to be awarded the Noble Peace Prize, and on and on…. A remarkable life!

BUT – before he did any of those things – when he was just 25 years old – he endured a pain that is unimaginable to me.  On Valentine’s Day 1884, in the same house – both his mother and his wife died of unrelated diseases.  In his journal that day, young Roosevelt drew a large X and wrote only a single sentence, “the light has gone out of my life”.

Roosevelt was so deeply grieved that he left his newborn daughter with his sister and escaped by himself to the Dakota Territory.  It was there that he learned to ride and rope, he lived among hardened men, he developed into the man who would later be nicknamed “The Lion”, and he completely reoriented the trajectory of his life.  After three years, he returned home and assumed custody of his daughter.  It would be another decade more before those notable achievements in public life would start.

Here’s what I want you to remember from Teddy Roosevelt’s early life;

  1. If you ever have the misfortune of suffering a profound loss, you may feel like life cannot go on (“the light has gone out of my life”) – in those moments, take your refuge in the Lord our Comfort, and know this – life WILL go on for you.  Grieve in a healthy way but remember in those terrible moments that your grief will come to an end.  From the Psalms, “The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.” (Psalm 34:18)  “The righteous person may have many troubles, but the LORD delivers him from them all” (Psalm 34:19).  “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” (Psalm 147:3).
  2. Difficult as it may be to consider in that moment, your grief may be transformative for you.  Like Roosevelt, your grief may be the catalyst for you to reorient your life.  Sometimes you’re in a dark place and you feel like you’ve been buried – but actually you’ve been planted and are getting ready to grow (hat tip, Christine Caine).  Grief can deepen your faith in God and your reliance on His strength over your own.  It can prepare you to have empathy for others who will suffer after you.  It can give you laser focus on what matters most in life.

“And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.” (1 Peter 5:10).

MOLESKIN:

Prayers for Curveball’s daughter, who is traveling to The Great White North

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

NO TIME WASTED

THE SCENE: Damp and low 40s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Cherry Pickers, High Knees w/Burpees, Tempo Squats, Mountain Climbers
THA-THANG:
Mosey over to Anytime Fitness Parking Lot: 6 stations of exercises (20 Merkins, 20 Squats, 20 Mountain Climbers, repeat all three). Mosey up Juconte stopping for 2 Burpees at every tree (7). Recovery Mosey back down and along HV Road to start, repeat for three rounds.

Mosey to the front of Anytime Fitness. With a few observers from inside, PAX perform 20 SSH in cadence.

Mosey back to Shovel Flag parking lot:

Jelly Arms

Jelly Legs

MARY:
No time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
21 strong


CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Life is short: We live. We die. Then comes Heaven or Hell in a straight line.  That final outcome depends on the way we live this life and the choices we make. If you waste your life – in the end, you will lose it.  The life not wasted is one focused on lovingly serving others in a way that magnifies God’s glory.  Let that be our daily, even hourly focus.  Don’t waste your life!
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

DORA, Noonan, and Burpees

THE SCENE: Mostly Cloudy, 41°F, Feels like 37°F, Humidity 82%, Wind 6mph from SW – Thanks Frenchie
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER – Killed it
WARM-O-RAMA:

Zero Burpee Warm-up. Always a favorite.

0xBurpees, 20xSSH, 2xBurpees, 10xWindmills, 4xBurpees, 10xLBAC fw&bk, 6xBurpees, 10xTempo Squat, 8xBurpees, mosey towards Sophomore Hill, stop for 20xflutter kicks, mosey some more, 10xBurpees
THA-THANG:
At Sophomore Hill, grab a battle buddy for some original DORA 1-2-3:

  • 100xMerkins
  • 200xBBS
  • 300xSquats

Mosey over to the coupon pile and grab one for a new exercise: The Noonan (Description per Exicon: Running up stadium stairs with a ruck on. Any form of weighted ruck or coupon up and downstairs. In Honor of F3 Naperville’s Steve Keough (F3 Noonan) who suddenly passed away while rucking.)

In honor of the passing of F3 Noonan just 2 days after he turned 50, we completed 50 collective trips up and down the stairs to the sports building with our RESPECT PAX leading the way. During this exercise I asked everyone to take a moment of silence to meditate on how blessed we are to have our health and to pray for those that don’t.

Mosey with your coupon over to the stadium. At the bottom of the hill perform the following starting with 10 reps of each and adding 10 reps after each round:

  • CMU Curls
  • CMU Tricep Extensions
  • CMU Swings

Run to the top of the Stadium Hill and perform 5 burpees to complete one round. Repeat adding reps until time was called.

MARY:
Mosey back to the shovel flag.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
26 HIMs; 3 Ruckers and 23 Boot Campers
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
My favorite verse for quite a long time has been:

“And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.” Romans 8:28

Although this is my favorite verse, I used to apply it the wrong way. This verse does not guarantee that everything that happens to us in this life will benefit us in this life. It means that even when bad things happen to us in this world, if we maintain our faith and love in God, those things will benefit us in the life to come. The Bible does not teach that prosperity is something guaranteed to Christians, quite the opposite is true. We will be tried and persecuted in this life, but through those trials and tribulations we will grow closer to God. The things in this world are fleeting and ultimately meaningless if we don’t maintain our faith in God.

MOLESKIN:

Shoutout to all of our PAX that have earned RESPECT. You don’t know how much us young bucks envy the fact that you are still out here pushing us to get better. You have something that we may never have, but that we all hope to have when we are 50+.

It’s been awesome seeing JUCO grow as much as it has this last year. We’ve added JUCO: Rush on Wednesdays at 0515 and are still testing out JUCO: Ruck on Mondays at 0500. Come get ya some!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

Standing Together

THE SCENE: Snow and cold
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

15 SSH, 15 Moroccan night club, 10 tempo merkins, 10 tempo squats, 5 cherry pickers
THA-THANG:
Mosey to JUCOmanjaro. There are 6 cones spread throughout the mountain and exercises at each one. Battle buddy up and tackle the workout together. Here are the exercises.

  • 25 merkins
  • 25 diamond merkins
  • 30 squats
  • 30 lunges total
  • 30 flutter kicks (4 ct)
  • 30 Freddie Mercury (4 ct)

Mosey to the bottom. Rinse and repeat until time is called.

MARY:
No time!
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
20 PAX conquered the mountain together this morning despite the snow!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Hebrews 10:24-26 – “and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near. For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a terrifying expectation of judgement and the fury of a fire which will consume the adversaries.”

The first part of that passage is a little more light-hearted, but the second half gets serious.  If we can make it a point to assemble together, we are giving ourselves the opportunity to grow closer. When we grow closer, we can hold each other accountable and help to redirect each other when we falter. We will fail if we go at it alone.
MOLESKIN:
Snow and wind didn’t stop us from getting better this morning. Great job!  I am encouraged every day I post by the hard work that you put in.

Thanks for the pre-run Spotter and Pool Boy.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Don’t forget about Hardship Hill.

Inaugural Project Heavy PT

THE SCENE: rainy, upper 50s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

15 SSH, 15 Moroccan night club, 15 overhead claps, 10 tempo merkins, 10 tempo squats, 5 cherry pickers
THA-THANG:
Exercises performed buy muscle group for maximum burn.

Shoulders/Chest/Triceps

  • 20 Merkins
  • 20 Overhead presses
  • 20 Tricep extensions

Biceps/Back

  • Colt 45
  • 20 Rows

Legs

  • 30 Squats
  • 30 Lunges (total)
  • 30 Calf Raises

Core

  • 15, 4 ct Heavy Freddies
  • 15 Big Boys
  • 20 American Hammers (total each side)

Rinse and repeat until time is called.

MARY:
15 flutter kicks and some stretching
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
6 HIMs to kick off Thursday right.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Growing this AO is the goal.  We want to reach out to as many men in the community as possible.  Today, I wanted to remind everyone of our mission.

F3: Fitness, Fellowship, and Faith

Fitness is what gets it going. A free workout certainly is enticing for anyone wanting to get their fitness where it needs to be.

Fellowship is the glue that holds us together. I don’t wake up early and get wet from rain for just any reason. I do it for the fellowship.

Faith is the ultimate strength builder for HIMs. Recognition that we are but a small part of the universe around us is so humbling.  I appreciate all the words of wisdom shared during COT.
MOLESKIN:
Don’t eat two chicken biscuits as a pre-work out “snack”. Just ask Whipper.