F3 Knoxville

Frozen fingers

AO: shamrock
Q: KickFlip
PAX: Crawlspace, Oscar Meyer, Tailhook, Voodoo, Mermaid, Waxjob, slappy, Stitch, Colonel (Alex Wallace), Commission, Snaggletooth (Elijah Tafao), KickFlip
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WARMUP:
-Phelps
-KCP
-Ankle Taps?
-Lunge Switch?
-Projectivator
-Predator Jacks
-Merkin Jacks?
-Mosey to the blocks

THE THANG:
Carry a block to the first speed bump. Do 5 exercises, rifle carry to the next speed bump, run to the end of the road and back, then do exercises again. Repeat until the end. First bump is 10 reps each. Each successive speed bump the rep count goes up by 10.

Form 2 teams. Shuttle run to steal a tennis ball from the other team’s box and drop it in your team’s box. Repeat until Snaggletooth had enough and just blew the whole thing up.

Return the blocks. RTF.

MARY:
Plank. Each man tries to guess if the next card in a deck will be red or black. If he is right, we stay in high plank. If he is wrong, we switch to low plank (or one arm up, etc.) until a man guesses correctly – then back to high plank.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CONVERGENCE Jan 20th.
Upcoming Shamrock 2nd F opportunities.

COT:
Change is inevitable. Growth is intentional. Any growth that you want to experience this year – in your fitness, fellowship, faith, leadership, etc. – will NOT happen by accident. Let’s be intentional. The difference between a dream and a goal is a plan. James Clear says, goals don’t determine success. Systems determine success. Goals are good for planning your progress and systems are good for actually making progress.
Here’s a template for building a system.
1. Have a super clear description of what success will look like.
2. Develop your plan: What and when, and how. Pro tip: make changes small, obvious, and automatic.
3. Eliminate distractions (that includes good things that keep you from great things).
4. Obsess about the process, not about the results. Committing to the process is what makes the difference.

“The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.”
Proverbs 21:5

[karns-otb] A little of this, Little of that

AO: karns-otb
Q: Voodoo
PAX: Leland Robbins (Geiger), Smoked Pickle, Commission
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
WARMUP: SSH, cherry pickers, down and up dog

THE THANG:

Found a pile of coupons by the softball field so we did upper body super sets (rows, curls, OH press). 15 each x 3 rounds

Mosey to football field
Alternating exercises every 10 yards
Round 1:
GL=flutter kicks
10=side lunges
20=merkins, etc

Round 2:
GL=snow angels
10=dry docks
20=flamingos
Stopped at the 40

Pit stop on the way back for a few tire flips

MARY: a few imperial walkers to round us out

COT: ‘Tis the season for resolutions and goal setting. Discussed some of the ways we can lean into F3 to help accomplish these goals (monthly fitness challenges, 3rd F channel, etc).

[karns-otb] Twelve Days of Christmas Around the Ram

AO: karns-otb
Q: Sawdust
PAX: Smoked Pickle, Voodoo, Betty, Mermaid, Commission, Leland Robbins (Geiger)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WARMUP: SSH, Cherry Pickers, Windmills, Rockettes, Tempo Merkins, Imperial Squat Walkers, Tie-Fighters & X-Wings

THE THANG:
Twelve Days of Christmas Circuit Around Campus
1 – Peter Parker Pickle Pounder
2 – Imperial Squat Walkers
3 – Carolina Dry Docks
4 – Lt. Dans
5 – Burpees
6 – Big Boy Sit-Ups
7 – Crunchy Frogs
8 – Sumo Squats
9 – Rockettes
10 – Jungle Bois
11 – Merkins
12 – American Hammers

COT: Explained the reason behind the 12 Days of Christmas & making sure Christ is the center of this season.

Jingle Bell SHAMRock

AO: shamrock
Q: Stitch
PAX: Dumpster Dive (Brad Burnette), Anchorman, Mermaid, Commission, Eliza, Rocket, Base Salary, The Situation, Snaggletooth (Elijah Tafao), Voodoo, Baby Boomer, Curveball, Skidmark, slappy
FNGs: None
COUNT: 15
WARMUP:
SSH
Tempo Squats
Hairy Rockettes
Grady Corns
Friendship Merkins x 10 (partner up)

THE THANG:
Football Mosey to the Jesus statue and reconnect with your partner

One partner begins an unnumbered set of the following while the other moseys around the first block and back. Switch roles until each of the 6 are complete…

Merkins
Squats
Burpees
Flutter Kicks
Tricep Dips
Shoulder Taps

Football Mosey to the Coupon pile.

Same partners. Grab 1 CMU per team and begin an unnumbered set of the following while partner moseys to the far lot curb. Switch roles until each of the 4 are complete…

Curls
Overhead Press
Upright rows
Bench style press (on your back)

Slowsey back to back lot. Line up and did 2 mins of Welsh Dragon (Merkin, Shoulder Taps, Plank Jack, Bear Crawl. Repeat but add one rep after each Bear Crawl forward).

Football mosey back to the COT

MARY:
Pickle Pointers
Hello Dolly
Freddie Mercuries
Jane Fondas
Pickle Pounders
LBCs

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
No Christmas Day workout. Back on Tuesday for ShamRuck

COT:
With Christmas coming Monday, I recently stopped to think about this holiday, why we celebrate it, and what it means to me vs. what it used to mean for me.

I grew up a Christian but wouldn’t say I lived in a Christian home. We went to church, we professed our belief in Jesus as our Savior, and we prayed at the dinner table. That was maybe the extent of it.

I bring this up because at Christmastime, I recall more about trees, lights, presents, and Santa Claus than I do about the real meaning behind Christmas. Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. It’s in the NAME! If you are a Christian, then you recognize Jesus as the Christ (anointed one) or Immanuel, God with us (Matt 1:23). Not only God with us but God’s rescuer for us. This is the truer and much better Santa. There is no “better watch out, better not cry”, or you don’t get what you want. His message is so much better. Jesus invites our brokenness and our struggles. He offers us grace and mercy and eternity with Him. He’s worthy of our celebration and worship.

Hebrews 1:1–2 says, “Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.” The creator of all things! God with us!

The “most wonderful time of the year” is God’s ultimate gift to humanity: Jesus, the uncreated Creator. Jesus, the one of whom we sing, “Hail the Heaven-born Prince of Peace! Hail the Sun of Righteousness! Light and life to all he brings. Risen with healing in his wings.” This IS the Christmas story. Make it about Him!

Deconstructed Suicide Burpees

AO: shamrock
Q: Toretto
PAX: Bed Wetter, Commission, Curveball, Mermaid, Skidmark, slappy, Swifty, Tinker
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP:
SSH in cadence, arm circles, tempo merkins, two-legged mountain climbers, tempo jump squats

THE THANG:
25yd sprint, 20 merkins, back to start
50 yd sprint, 20 two-legged mountain climbers, back to start
75 yd sprint, 20 jump squats, back to start
100 yd sprint, 5 burpees, back to start
REPEAT
2 lap Indian run
11’s with dry docks and big boys
Return to field for one more round of DSB’s

MARY:
Round-Robin, every core exercise known to man

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:
What are you thankful for?
Happy Thanksgiving!