F3 Knoxville

Smiling Through 2019 IPC at The Equalizer

THE SCENE: Clear, low 30s, frost on the field, CMU storage heater broken 

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Done and Done 

WARM-O-RAMA:

Touch toes stretch; spread legs stretch (Middle, Left, Right)

LBAC IC x10 each way

A Little bit of This, little bit of That

Week 0 – “Loredo” at the AO 

  • 24 Squats
  • 24 Merkins
  • 24 Walking Lunge Steps towards the field

THA-THANG:

Week 1 – “Killers B’s” 2x on the Field 

  • Broad jump 10 yards, 10 burpees
  •  Broad jump 10 yards, 10 Bonnie Blair’s 
  •  Broad jump 10 yards, 10 BigBoi SitUps
  •    *Bearcrawl 30 yards back to “Starting Line” 
  • Mosey to the Smokehouse to pick up a CMU

 

Week 2 – “Meatloaf’s Massacre” at the BathHouse

  • 10 Manmakers/20 Overhead Presses
  • 30 KB Swings/40 Goblet Squats
  • 50 Incline Block Merkins
  • 1 Lap around Stonehenge, pick up the SIX 

 

Week 3 – “Meters 43” at the BathHouse 

  • 10 Pull-ups 
  • 15 Burpee Coupon Jump Overs
  • 20 Coupon Curls
  • 25 Coupon Squat Thrusters 
  • 30 Gas Pumps (reverse crunches)

 

Week 4 – “Sugar’s Pick Your Poison” on the Field 

  • 50 cumulative merkins and/or air squats (the easy way)
  • 50 yard coupon run
  • 50 cumulative KB swings/Iron Mike (the easy way)
  • 50 yard coupon run
  • 50 cumulative thrusters/ lunge steps (the easy way)
  • 50 yard coupon run

 

MARY:

There just wasn’t time. 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

9 HIMs; 0 FNGs

Stripped, Snitch, Mouthwash, Aladdin, Choir Boy, Inspector Gadget, Submarine, School Zone, & Blindside

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

The Apostolate of Smiling:

Just a Little Smile on Your Lips 

Cheers your heart

Keeps you in good humor

Preserves peace in your soul

Promotes your Health

Beautifies your face

Induces kindly thoughts 

Inspires kindly deeds.

SMILE TO YOURSELF…

…until you notice that your constant seriousness, or even severity, has vanished.

SMILE TO YOURSELF…

…until you have warmed your own heart with the sunshine of your cheery countenance. Then…

Go out – and radiate your smile.

THAT SMILE…

…has work to do – work to do for God. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

2/26 CSAUP at the Asylum. 6:30-9:00 am. Food and beverages after

90s Block Party (Blood Pooling in My Shoe)

THE SCENE: Cool. 

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Windmills | SSH IC | Grady Corns | Rockettes

THA-THANG:

35sec on each exercise. 10sec rest. Take a lap around track after each round. 3 rounds. Stations included:

 

  • CDD
  • Rows
  • Diamond Merks
  • Box Cutters
  • Mtn climbers
  • Step ups
  • Squats
  • Imperial Walkers
  • Burpees
  • V-Ups

 

MARY:

  • Hello Dolly IC | Aussie Snowman

STRETCHES:

  • Bend down & grab toes
  • Sit squat

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM: Pray courageous prayers

ANNOUNCEMENTS: CSAUP

PRAYER

“Good” Mumblechatter

THE SCENE: Upper 30’s. We decided it was the perfect temp for workouts.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x20; Tempo squats x10; Tempo merkins x10; Imperial walkers x10; little bit of this…little bit of that… bac x10 each way.

THA-THANG:
Mosey to playground to introduce the PAX to body blasters (burpee pull-up w/ knees to elbows at the end). 5 Body Blasters OYO.

Mosey to basketball court for suicides. In between each round we ran back to the playground for 5 body blasters.

1 — full-court run. 10 merkins at each line.

2 — full-court bernie — 20 squats at each line.  

3 — half-court bear crawl — 25 LBC at each line.

4 — full-court lunge — 10 diamond merkins at each line.  

5 — half-court crab walk — 20 bbs at each line.  

6 — full-court imperial walkers — 10 CDD at each line. 

MARY:
Cherry-pickers x 4 (all we had time for). Not technically Mary.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 PAX

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

2 Cor. 5:21 — He made him to be sin who knew no sin so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Showing Up is 1/2 the Battle

THE SCENE: Chilly, but clear and no wind. No sign of the moon

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Done 

WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH IC x20 | Windmills IC x10 | Cherry Pickers IC x4 | Tempo Squats IC x10

THA-THANG:

Tennis Court Battle Buddies: One partner works through rep count, the other does a suicide, then switches until all reps are finished. 

  • 100 Merkins 
  • 200 BBS
  • 300 Squats 

Mosey To Flagpole 

  • 5 Burpees on your own

Mosey to Dock. Loop consists of: 

  • 20 CDD at Dock
  • 10 Goblet Squats at Rockpile
  • 5 Pullups at BathHouse
  • 10 Curls at Rock Pile

Rinse and Repeat until time 

Fellowship Mosey to AO 

 

MARY:

25 FlutterKicks IC led by Trunk

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

10 HIMs; 0 FNGs; 1 Kotter 

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Showing up is half the battle. The first community that men to be active in is their family. The indispensable building block of humanity. The evidence is clear that children benefit greatly and prosper when parents are active in their lives. 

Everyday is a gift and each day will present opportunities for love and care in the family. Love your children and change the world. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

CSAUP 2/26 at the Asylum 6:30-9:00 am. There will be snacks. 

Live in God

THE SCENE:  Partly cloudy and cold, temp about 20 degrees.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

20 Side-Straddle-Hops, 10 Mountain Climbers, 10 Imperial Walkers, 10 Mountain Climbers, 10 Twisties, 10 Tempo Merkins, 10 Windmills, Michael Phelps, Little of This and That
THA-THANG:
Mosey to stop sign by intersection of main roadway and road that goes to the Admin Bldg.  We will do 20 American Hammers.

Mosey on perimeter trail until it intersects with trail coming from Lyons Bend Gate.  We will do 20 Hello Dollies.

Next, we will head west and then east on the perimeter trail.  We will do nickel, dime, quarters with the following exercises:

  • Jump Squats
  • Iron Mikes (both legs = 1)
  • Dive Bombers

We will stop when we get to the Northshore Gate.

Mosey to Area 51 and go to the curb.  Find a partner for teams of two.  One one partner runs to the entrance of Area 51, does 5 merkins, and runs back, the other partner works on the listed exercises below.  Then partners trade places.  Each team will do:

  • 200 Baby Crunches (4 ct)
  • 150 Flutter Kicks (4 ct)
  • 150 Bicycle Kicks (4 ct)

Next, we will run up hill above area 51.  At the top, we will alternate between 10 Merkins and 10 Big-Boy Sit-ups until the six is there.

Mosey to the stop sign by the roadway that goes to the soccer fields.  We will stop to do 20 Box Cutters.  Mosey to the soccer fields.  We will do suicides, with Bernie Sanders to each cone, a mosey to the left of cone parallel with that cone, and then sprint back.  We will do 20 Baby Crunches each time we get back until we finish the suicides.

Mosey to the open outdoor structure that is close to the outdoor chapel.  We will do 20 four count bench dips and 20 decline merkins.

Mosey to parking lot by the playground.  We will do 20 Georgia Cheerleaders (inverted Pickle Pounders).

Mosey to the bottom of mini-cardiac.  We will Bernie Sanders to park sign, then sprint to top.  We will then run back down to AO.

MARY:
We will cash out with ATMs.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
19 men, no FNGs.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

LIVE IN GOD

Psalm 19: 7-10:

The law of the Lord is perfect,[c]
reviving the soul;
the testimony of the Lord is sure,
making wise the simple;
the precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart;
the commandment of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes;
the fear of the Lord is clean,
enduring forever;
the rules[d] of the Lord are true,
and righteous altogether.
10 More to be desired are they than gold,
even much fine gold;
sweeter also than honey
and drippings of the honeycomb.

I need to remember that the law and ways of the Lord are perfect.  They are more to be desired than gold.  As Van Morrison asks in his song by the same name, “When will I ever learn to live in God.”  He goes on to say, “He gives me everything I need, and more – when will I ever learn?”  I don’t know about you, but I find myself getting caught up in the ways of the world time and time again.  Am I successful enough in my job?  How does my house look compared to my neighbors?  In an effort to “get ahead”, to be liked, to be popular, to be “a winner”, I focus on things that may be out of sorts with how I truly should be.  I may go along with a business idea that is not truly honorable.  I may cut corners to get something I want, not considering how that will impact others around me.  I might participate in conversation or laugh at jokes that, if I look closely, are belittling to certain segments of our population.  Our brother, Rooney, gave a message at a recent BOM that I need to consider more carefully for myself.  He said that when we consider what we are willing to do in our life, it should align with our moral compass.

When I consider what I am to do this day, does it align with God’s laws and way?  They are perfect and I need to remember that.  I don’t have to worry so much about getting ahead, pleasing other people, or being successful.  If I act as God asks me to do, that is success.  That is what I should live for, not what Gentleman’s Quarterly, Money Magazine, Newsweek, or the latest get rich book tells me to do.  God’s ways are finer than gold and sweeter than the drippings of a honeycomb.

MOLESKIN:
Prayers for the disenfranchised, for those who have lost loved ones, for Operation and his wife who are hoping she gets pregnant, and that F3 brothers will find activities that continue to help our community.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CSAUP!!!