F3 Knoxville

Tag: Code Brown

Up 2, Back 1

THE SCENE: Mid 30s, nice and moony.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x25 IC
Cherry Pickers x5 IC
Cobra burpees x5 OYO
Standard burpees x5 OYO
Crabettes x15 IC
TN Rocking Chairs x15 IC
LBAC x15 each way IC
Alternate cherry pickers for a while
Shake it out
“Warmed up yet?” (no answer from the PAX)
10 burpees OYO
Don’t have time for the PAX to get the question wrong again…

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the light pole by the restrooms. There are cards set up along the path with exercises.
Start with the first card, mosey past the next card and do the third.
Then mosey back to the second card, and so on. 2 forward, 1 back.
So here’s what we ended up doing:

15 Embrace the Earth Burpees (Hand release out to the side)
Run a bit
5 hill sprints
Run a bit less
25 CDD
Run a bit
35 Box Jumps
Run a bit less
5 hill sprints
Run a bit
Bear crawl the parking lot, bernie back
Run a bit less
35 Box Jumps
Run a bit
30 BBS
Run a bit less
Bear crawl the parking lot, bernie back
Run a bit
25 Merkins
Time’s up, run back to the AO!
Got in about 2 miles.

MARY:
15x Seated Heel Taps IC
15x Curious Dollys IC

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
15 today. Just the right amount of crowded on the running path.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Psalm 37:23, “The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.”
The way is the thing. Of course, the destination is good, but the way is how we get to know Him. Sometimes it seems the way sucks. Sometimes we won’t get to understand, sometimes we won’t get to see why. Sometimes it seems we’re moving backward. But that’s OK, because the one who is ordering our steps knows best.
MOLESKIN:
I’m not sure which is worse: Hill sprints, or moseying back to the hill knowing you’re going to have to do them again.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Arsenal launch! Sandy Springs park in Maryville, this weekend @ 0700!

Happy Birthday Bon Jovi

THE SCENE: Not too bad…about 36 degrees with no precip at circle up
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Start with 20 SSH on 4ct, Tie Fighters R and L x10 (in honor of Code Brown’s presence and addition to the lexicon) Tempo Merkins x10, Plank Jacks x10 4ct, Cherry pickers x6, Mosey to CMU pile for 25 curls in cadence.
THA-THANG:
Ditched the CMU’s for CMUesday and headed up to the overlook for a circuit of the following: (While Listening to the Birthday boy Jon Bon Jovi)…

10 Exercises, 25 Reps, 4 Rounds=1,000 reps of

  1. merkins
  2. squats
  3. dips
  4. LBCs
  5. Lunge -Left Leg
  6. Shoulder Taps
  7. Lunge-Right Leg
  8. Freddie Mercury
  9. Mtn. Climbers
  10. Dry Docks

RUN A LAP up to Asylum building and back.

MARY:
Had time for a few Captain Thor’s then recover

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Today is Dr. Seuss’s Birthday so I ended with a quote from him:

Life’s too short to wake up in the morning with regrets.  So, love the people who treat you right, forgive the ones that don’t and believe that everything happens for a reason.  If you get a chance, take it.  If it changes your life, let it.  Nobody said it would be easy, they just promised it would be worth it.

 

Monday Grinders

THE SCENE
43, breezy with a little rain towards the end


WARM-O-RAMA
25 SSH
12 Tempo Squat
10 Baby Arm Circles Fwd
10 Baby Arm Circles Bkw
12 Imperial Squat Walkers
20 4ct Rocky Balboas
12 Tempo Merkins

 

THA-THANG
Line up along one side of parking lot

Jelly Legs
Start on one side of parking lot.
R1: Hold squat position for 10 count, perform 10 squats, run to other side, do 2 Burpees run back
R2: Hold squat position for 20 count, perform 20 squats, run to other side, do 4 Burpees run back
R3: Hold squat position for 30 count, perform 30 squats, run to other side, do 6 Burpees run back
R4: Hold squat position for 40 count, perform 40 squats, run to other side, do 8 Burpees run back

Line up on the side of the parking lot opposite the CMUs and partner up with Battle Buddy.

 

Grinders
Battle Buddy 1 lunges to the first cone (12 lunges total) then sprints to 2 second cone, does 3 reps of the exercise and lunges back to where he started while Battle Buddy 2 is jumping air rope. Switch.

Each round increase by 3 reps until each man does a total of 15 reps.

Exercises are:
Rd 1 = Curls
Rd 2 = Over Head Press

Line up at the base of the hill next to the parking lot.

 

Merkin Hill
Run up and down hill doing the following:

R1: Start at bottom of hill with 15 HR Merkins, run to top and do 15 4ct Flutter Kicks, run to bottom
R2: At the bottom of hill do 10 HR Merkins, run to top and do 10 4ct Flutter Kicks, run to bottom
R3: At the bottom of hill do 5 HR Merkins, run to top and do 5 4ct Flutter Kicks, run to bottom

 

MARY
25 4ct American Hammers
20 4ct Hello Dollys
ATMs

 

COT/BOM
21 PAX including 1 FNG (Cloud 9)

Proverbs 4:23 – “Above all else guard your heart (i.e. your mind, will, and emotions), for it is the wellspring of life.”

BLUF – Guard your mind, set your standard and don’t quit. We are not meant to simply coast through life, we meant see every day as an opportunity to get better and make a difference. Life isn’t measured by failure or success, it’s measured by impact.

 

Go Ugly Early and Own It

[ The Scene ]

  • 40s
  • Rainy
  • Literally amazing/character-building weather

[ Welcome/Disclaimer ]

  • add in moto for rainy day suck

[ Warm o Rama ]

  • SSH: 25 (1ct)
  • Imperial Walker: 10 (1ct)
  • Rockette: 10 (1ct)
  • Merkin: 10 (4ct Army style)
  • Flutter Kicks: 10 (4ct)
  • Squat: 10 (1ct)
  • Baby Arm Circles: 10 (4ct back)

[ The Thang ]

( Mosey to the Coliseum overlook)

(1) The Trek

  • Hill up to Saturday AO — around the curve  and Haslam Rock — up and in
  • Stop signs = 5 – 8-count ManMakers

(2) ColIseum Run

  • Entry, Middle, Exit
  • ***Entry —> Exit***
  • Entry
    • 25 Army merkins (4ct)
    • 25 Carolina Dry Docks (4ct)
  • Middle
    • 25 Rocky Balboas (1ct)
    • 25 Calf-Raises (1ct)
  • Exit
    • 25 squats (4ct)
    • 25 mountain climbers (4ct)
  • ***Exit —> Entry***
  • Side-shuffle back

Everyone makes the Coliseum Run (Entry to Exit and back) twice

(3) Coliseum Run Exodus

  • all together

(4) Back to the AO Trek

  • Stop signs = 25s (5 LBCs, 5BBSs, 5 American Hammers, 5 Flutter Kicks, 5 V-Ups)
  • There are a lot of stop signs

[ Mary ]

PAX do down & backs across parking lot and light stretching to end

[ COT ]

  • # off — 20
  • Name o Rama
  • FNGs — 0
  • BOM

“Own It”

  • started reading “Extreme Ownership” by Jocko Willink
  • Own where you’re at — even if it’s not where you want to be
  • This is where I’m at, but this is not my final resting place — own it
  • Own the places that you’ve been uniquely called to be in (think job/family/organizations – spheres of influence)

4 Stations of the Barkley

THE SCENE: Cold. Damp.  Spitting snow at the end.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, 4 ct, x 20 (IC); 2 burpees; CP, IC, x 5; 4 burpees; BAC, forward and back, IC, x 10 each way; 6 burpees
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the Overlook for a Barkley.  Grab a battle buddy, running the perimeter of the Asylum building, with 4 stations.  Each station has 3 exercises, 1 for each lap.

  • Station #1 (Overlook): Merkins x 25; CDD x 25; Dips x 25
  • Station #2 (Westside stop sign):  LBCs (4ct) x 25; American Hammers (4ct) x 25; Hello Dollys (4ct) x 25
  • Station #3 (Old rock pile): Squats (4ct) x 20; Smurf Jacks (4ct) x 20; Iron Mikes (4ct) x 20
  • Station #4 (Eastside stop sign): Burpees x 10; Man Makers x 10; Hand Release Burpees x 10

After finishing all 3 laps, wagon wheel for the 6 and mosey back to the AO
MARY:
Cat Gut leads the Pax in several minutes of Boat Canoe.  Finish strong with ATMs.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

From Matthew  26:52-53: “Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.  Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and he will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels?”

In today’s world, gentleness is not really celebrated.  To show gentleness is to show weakness.  And yet, it is one of the Fruits of the Spirit (Gal 5:23).

When we look at the Jesus, we see that gentleness is a chief trait.  As he was being betrayed, arrested, and (as he knew), led off to die, he could’ve called down destruction at any moment. But he humbled himself and died for us instead.

Gentleness is strength and power under control

MOLESKIN:
Prayers to lift up our community, our nation, for Charmin’s cousin’s family after a sudden death, for Cat Gut’s nephew and his family, as he has been seriously injured in a motorcycle wreck.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CSAUP Jan. 30!  Sign up!