F3 Knoxville

A humbling experience

  1. THE SCENE: Perfect gloom weather, mid 60’s high humidity. Just enough few on the grass to let the sand stick on the baseball field.
    F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
    WARM-O-RAMA

Tabata circle bear crawl 5 rounds 30 seconds on 10 off- 4 min

THA-THANG:

Thang 1

7 of diamonds-30 min- home, right field corner, middle field, left field corner. Complete exercise at each stop around field. Sprint or mosey between each point. Round 1, 4,5 was done as a pax. Squat hold till 6 arrives at next stop. Round 2,3 was OYO. 

4-7 rounds + 7 reps per round,

Burpees-7

Flutter kicks-14

Merkins -21

Squats-28

Carolina dry docks -35

Thang 2

EMOM 1- 10 min

CMU swings x 10

3 line suicide

EMOM 2 – 5 Min

5 bodybuilders

MARY:
 AMRAP – 6 MIN

BBS x 10

Leg raises x 10

Alt Superman’s x 10

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Be about action not about words. Love what you preach.

MOLESKIN:
I’m thankful for the pax, without them being out there I would be sitting at home divulging into bad habits. They help me stay focused on what’s best when I want to be

CSUP AND Hardship Hill coming up in July and October. Get signed up.

HIMs on Mission

THE SCENE: Low 60s and humid
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH (4-ct) x 15; Ballerina Squats x10; Bear Crawl Snake halfway down grinder then mosey to the end

THA-THANG:
Ran a kraken around the apex loop. Do exercise at a station then run full lap passing the station you just did to get to the next station. The stations were:

  • Gorilla Humpers x50
  • Big Boy Sit Ups x25
  • Mountain Climbers x50
  • Iron Mikes x25
  • Ballerina Squats x50
  • Diamond Merkins x25
  • Side Straddle Hops x50
  • Burpees x25

All PAX were somewhere in the second go round of doing the stations except Drifter who showed us all up and was on his third round when recover was called.

MARY:
Let the PAX pick the exercises and regretted it. We did Hello Dolly (4-ct) x50; Boat to Canoe x10; Overhead Claps (4-ct) x50; ABCs

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
6 HIMs conquered the kraken this morning

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
We are getting ready to start VBS at my church tomorrow. I am teaching the missions class to the 1st-5th graders this week and I have had missions on my mind this week. We often think about missions as going to some far off place like China, Africa, or South America. The truth is mission start right where we are now. Our first mission field is our family. We must lead our wives and children first before we lead anywhere else.

MOLESKIN:
Praise that Drifter’s kids are feeling better, pray for Smuggler’s wife as she starts a new job on Monday, pray for Rep Sleepy’s family as his wife prepares to quit her job to be a stay at home mom in August.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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Destroy the Death Star

THE SCENE: low 50s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Imperial Squat Walkers

C3P0s – cherry pickers 3 count x 10

Hi-Low Rens – tempo squats x 10
THA-THANG:
3 different missions all with a partner

Mission 1- Training on Dagobah

With 1 partner with BTTW seated position counts out the reps of the partner.  The exercises are as follows:

  • CMU Curls x 20
  • Overhead press x 20
  • Big Boy sit-ups x 20

Switch and repeat x 3

Mission 2 – Destroy the Death Star

10 cones are in a big circle.  Start by doing with your partner:

  • Merkins x 10
  • AT-AT Walk (bear crawl) to next cone
  • Dry Docks x 10
  • BB8 (somersault) to next cone
  • Merkins x 10
  • AT-AT Walk (bear crawl) to next cone
  • Dry Docks x 10
  • BB8 (somersault) to next cone

After completing one round run a victory lap. After finishing the second and final time run 2 victory laps.

Congrats you destroyed the Death Star!!!!

Mission 3- Chewy Carrying C3P0

1 partner carries 2 CMUs to the end of the grindstone and leaves them and runs back to their partner.  While the one partner carries the other does:

  • Round 1 – Burpees
  • Round 2 – Squats
  • Round 3 – Shoulder Taps

Rinse and Repeat until recover.

 

MARY:
Chewbacca claps (overhead claps) until time.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-Rama

13 Hims were strong with the force.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Top 8 wise advice/quotes from Yoda
MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

Ring of Fire

THE SCENE: Nice and cool
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH, Tempo Squats, Tempo Merkins and a nice warmup lap around the AO

THA-THANG:
6 stations were setup at the grinder, AMRAP the movement until the PAX at the last station sprints to the over-sized CMU’s and does 5 of the following Merkin pull throughs, American hammer on a 2ct and squat thrusters. Bernie back then rotate stations.

7’s on waxjob hill after that.

MARY:
Forward leaning rest position for time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
drifter, hundo, waxjob, rep sleepy, waterfall, postpone, taco, hammy, knapsack, swerve, moses, t-bone, neighbor, toad, radioshack, clothesline, espy
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Consistency is key. Do we feel like doing it every day? No. Do we do it anyways? YES.
MOLESKIN:
Prayed for Taco’s daughter and her health care plan meeting at school.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Welcome to @Knapsack (Chris Redding)

CMU Modify

THE SCENE: Partly cloudy, 30 degrees (record low for April 22nd), 88% humidity
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Side straddle hops, Bulldog drill, Baby Arm Circles, Jog length of the grinder, Skip back.
THA-THANG:
5 Rounds (2 minutes work, 1 minute rest)

10 burpees over CMU followed by CMU shoulder press AMRAP to the two minute mark.

Waxjob Hill 7’s

Merkins at bottom, WWII Situps at top. Finish early – alternate 5 Merkins & 5 WWIIs until entire PAX completes the 7’s.

5 Rounds (2 minutes work, 1 minute rest)

10 bench jump ups or 15 step ups followed by CMU Russian Swing AMRAP to the two minute mark.

(Modification: The CMU tended to get very heavy so Bent Rows, Curls, Presses, and Lawn mowers were substituted on some of the 10 total rounds.)

MARY:
Box cutters, Big Boy Sit ups, Flutter Kicks, LBCs
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
15 HIMs plus one 2.0 (Webelo)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
The nations supply chain has been severely disrupted due to Covid 19.  That hasn’t gone unnoticed by a patient individual like myself.  My whole working career was spent in manufacturing so I understand the fine balance that exists in getting inventory levels right and meeting delivery targets.  I admit that not all my finest traits have shown through when an item I have ordered takes weeks to receive rather than days I have come to expect.  Recently I was taking to Nadine about an item on order for my truck from the company she works for.  I placed the order in early March and initially was told that it might take 15 to 20 days to receive.  6 weeks after order date she tells me that it will take another 6 or more weeks to receive.  My response surprised Nadine.  I had a little bit of a chuckle, told her that I understood that the entire nation is trying to climb out of a disruptive supply situation, and my light hearted response with her told her that I was not upset about it.  She stopped me in mid sentence just to tell me how much she appreciated my attitude.  Too often she is on the wrong side of a phone conversation from an angry customer.  I told her that I was sorry she had to be exposed to that kind of abuse and we ended our phone time with goodwill coming from both sides.  Actually, she made my day as she felt I had made hers.  Kindness and love isn’t required but it sure makes life more bearable.

The exchange with Nadine reminded me of a verse from 1 Peter 4:8 “Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.”  Our loving God cared enough for us that He sent His Son, Jesus, and Jesus loved us enough to die for us to cover a whole lot of multitudes of sins.  The least we can do while on this earth is recognize this and pass it along in all types of way – even during short phone conversations.

MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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