F3 Knoxville

500+ Side Straddle Hops 4 U

F3 Q: Saturday, February 4th, 2023 

0700 – 0800 

[ The Scene ] 

  • Cold as balls (23 degrees)

[ Welcome/Disclaimer ]

  • Welcome to F3: Fitness – Fellowship – Faith 
  • My name is Steam and I’ll be your Q this morning 
  • A few things before we begin: 
    • I’m not a professional 
    • You’re here on your own volition
    • You know your injuries if you have any so if you need to modify anything we do today feel free to do so, but push yourselves and the men around you. They deserve it and so do you. 
  • FNGs?

It’s cold but you will not regret coming out here and getting better this morning 💪

[ Warm o Rama ] 

  • SSH: 51×4 IC 

[ The Thang ] 

(Mosey to the Pav)

(1) February Metric Workout Prep 

  • 4 rounds 
  • R1
    • 5 pull-ups 
    • 5 incline merkins 
    • 5 BBS
    • Run to the rocks near the gate: 25 rock curls
  • R2
    • 10 pull-ups 
    • 10 incline merkins 
    • 10 BBS
    • Run to the rocks near the gate: 25 ruck curls 
  • R3
    • 15 pull-ups
    • 15 incline merkins 
    • 15 BBS
    • Run to the rocks near the gate: 25 rock curls 
  • R4
    • 20 pull-ups 
    • 20 incline merkins 
    • 20 BBS
    • Run to the rocks near the gate: 25 rock curls

Hold a wall sit in the Pav when done with all 4 rounds 

10-count? Nay. 52×4 SSH? Yay.

(American Indian run to the bottom of Everest – periodically stopping at stop signs for 10 push-ups and 10 squats)

(2) 5s to the stump and back 

  • pavement: man makers 
  • Stump: squats 
  • 4+1

52×4 SSH

Run to the mulch path, and then to the top of the Coliseum.

Run up the mulch path to where you can see the mountains — execute the core 4

  • 25×4 American Hammers
  • 25×4 Flutter Kicks
  • 25×4 LBCs
  • 25×4 Hello Dollys

50×4 SSH

(Mosey to the benches to the right of the Coliseum)

  • 5s (Dips + Decline Merkins)

50×4 Rocky Balboas

(Mosey to the Coliseum)

  • Ring of fire dealer’s choice – do the exercise for 10 reps on a 4-count, run to the the top of the admin building, and then back (did this 2x)

50×4 silent SSH

Mosey back to the AO (Balls To The Wall for the last light post path)

[ Mary ] 

SWS, or as it was amazingly pointed out, it is now SWMS (Stretching With Married Steam)

[ COT ]

  • # off – 15 
  • Name o Rama 
  • FNGs – 0
  • BOM

Two Words: Don’t Forget 

Megan and I went to a wedding last night, and then a few hours later went to the funeral and burial of my grandfather. The beginning of a new life and the celebrating/mourning of a life well lived. As the newly-wed couple were exchanging their vows at the wedding last night, these two powerful words popped up in my head: don’t forget. Don’t forget the vows I made to my wife 3 months back, or the man I promised her to be. Then today, we fellowshipped with a hundred or so folks, not forgetting the HIM that my grandfather was.

Because the reality is, at least for me, is that it is easy to forget. In the busyness and distractions of life, it’s easy to forget things. “Don’t forget” has been all up in my face the past week, and these two back to back events really hit home.

Light Wintry Mix at The Equalizer

SCENE: Not too hot, not too cold.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH IC | Grady Corns IC
  • SSH IC | Windmills IC 
  • SSH IC | Rockettes IC

THA-THANG:

Mosey to the flag pole. Partner up for DORA. Partner A runs CCW lap while Partner B performs exercise at flag pole. Move on to next exercise when cumulative reps are completed.

  • 100 Incline Merkins
  • 200 4Ct Imperial Walkers
  • 300 4Ct StepUps

Sevens – Dry Docks at Play Ground. Squats at Bath House.

STRETCHES:

  • Bend down & grab toes
  • Sit squat

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:  Listening and Doing – James 1:19-27

Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. Human anger does not produce the righteousness[h] God desires. So get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives, and humbly accept the word God has planted in your hearts, for it has the power to save your souls.

But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves. For if you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror. You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like. But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it.

If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless. Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.

Heavy at the Equalizer

THE SCENE: Just north of shorts weather.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Done and Done semi-ok!

WARM-O-RAMA:

Typical Blindside Warmup-y things: 

SSH IC x15 | LBAC IC x10 each way | Cherry Pickers IC x5 | Little bit of this, a little bit of that

THA-THANG:

Equalizer’s First Heavy Workout:

Mosey to Smokehouse for CMUs, take to Pickleball Courts. PAX each choose a cardboard piece. Do AMRAP of the exercise while the PAX with the “Blockees” piece does 20. Once done, rotate clockwise to the next exercise. 

  1. Blockees
  2. Goblet Squats
  3. OH Press
  4. Bench Press
  5. Curls
  6. BBS with CMU Press
  7. Lunges with CMU Twist 
  8. Rows 
  9. Jump Rope
  10. Calf Raises
  11. CMU Merkins
  12. Squat Thrusters with CMU

Return CMUs to Smokehouse, return to AO

MARY:

Flutter Kicks IC x20 | Box Cutters IC x15 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

13 HIMs; 0 FNGs; 4 PreRuckers  

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Quote from St. Augustine: 

Now, may our God be our hope. He Who made all things is better than all things. He Who made all beautiful things is more beautiful than all of them. He Who made all mighty things is more mighty than all of them. He Who made all great things is greater than all of them. Learn to love the Creator in His creature, and the maker in what He has made.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

The Equalizer will start doing “Heavy” workouts on Wednesdays. While today was obviously Monday, this will start to be the norm on Wednesdays moving forward with the official start on April 5th. Get some diversity in our workouts and promise some of those guys who want to have a little less running in their lives an opportunity to get some work in.

It’s raining and cold

THE SCENE:  38 rain AKA gross
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

8 man makers

cherry pickers

2 Burpees
THA-THANG:
mosey over around stone henge and over to the bath house.

2 burpees and mosey back to the pavilion.

  • Tabata timer 10 sec rest and 50 seconds on
  • Bulgarin split squats
  • rest
  • merkins
  • rest
  • shoulder taps
  • rest
  • V-Up
  • rest
  • BBS
  • rest
  • jump squats
  • rest
  • Flutter Kicks
  • rest
  • Around the clock merkins
  • rest
  • step ups
  • rest

MARY:
Insert information about any additional post-THANG work (if applicable).
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Use the TAGS on right-side to record PAX (BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOURSELF) in attendance. Be sure to select the AO in CATEGORY above TAGS and then delete these notes!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
reflected on the Group in F3

MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

Oh, the Places We Will Go

THE SCENE: Beautiful 27 degree darkness
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH

Abe Vagoda

Rockettes

This and That
THA-THANG:

7s – merkins and pull-ups

11s – big boys and SSHs (4 count)

21s, 20 overhead press, 20 rows

EMOM – 10 box jumps, 10 ground dips, 10 crunches

EMOM – 10 squats, 10 CDDs, 10 freddie mercs

MARY:
No time for Mary
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 HIMs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Proverbs 1:8-19