F3 Knoxville

“The one with the sandbag…”

The Scene

Perfectly Gloomy!

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

Fitness, Fellowship, Faith, Free, Modify, Not Professional, Own Volition, Social Distance, Phone

Warm-O-Rama

Cherry Pickers

SSH

Box Crawls

Imperial Walkers

Hand Release Merkins

Tha-Thang

Mosey to the inner loop road just over from shovel flag. We took a detour and everyone thought I was lost.

There we met an 80 lb sandbag

We divided up into groups of 2. Group 1 partner carries the sandbag ~10-12 steps then burpee (repeat sequence 3 times then run back to the first station. Group 2 will do the same and so on…While each group is taking their turn the other groups will be working on the 1st station of exercises. When the sandbag reaches the next station everyone progresses to that station. Stations were roughly .24 miles apart. 

1st station 

21 of each-15 of each-9 of each (In between each round run to wherever the sandbag is and back)

Squat Jumps/Hand Release Merkins/Shin Huggers

2nd Station

21 of each-15 of each-9 of each (In between each round run to wherever the sandbag is and back)

Curtsey Lunges/Carolina Dry Docks/Crab to Toe Taps

3rd Station

21 of each-15 of each-9 of each (In between each round run to wherever the sandbag is and back)

Monkey Humpers/Merkins/Pickle Pounders

 

We caught up to the group with the sandbag with about 5 minutes left and finished carrying it back to the AO in the same fashion. The rest of the group alternated between bear crawl and walking. 

Mary

No time

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

20 HIM’s 11 for the beatdown and 9 for rush

COT/BOM

“Few men during their lifetime come anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used.”- Richard E Byrd (American Naval Officer and Medal of Honor Recipient) MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

07/02 Convergence @ JUCO A sign-up sheet. Go sign up so that they know how much food/coffee to get and how many will be present for the speaker. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MvKVUXClWHsLknEsCKYuuvkQHliEpycTdB3nMqTGFU8/edit?usp=sharing

Dora, Ladders, and Dragons

THE SCENE: 74 and humid

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Administered

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH IC x20
Baby Arm Circles Forward IC x15
Baby Arm Circles Backward IC x15
Squats IC x10
Merkins IC x10

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the coupon pile and partner up for a DORA. Cumulatively do 100 BBSUs and 100 Curls while partner runs to top of stairs and touches building.

50 Boosters (toe Merkins) on the curb OYO

Carry your CMU or coupon to top of stairs and “climb the ladder”, alternating between swings and pull ups:

  • 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 CMU/coupon Swings
  • 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 pull ups

Mosey to the duck pond and stop halfway for 20 flutter kicks (2-count) OYO.

Welsh Dragons up the hill south of duck pond.

Mosey back to flag with a jailbreak from Kick-Flip.

MARY:
Freddy Mercury x20 IC
Paddle in a “Canoe” with Wanderer for last 2 minutes

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 bootcampers, 1 FNG (welcome to Limo!), and 7 Rushers

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Galatians 6:2 – Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ.

Two things to think about on this verse. 1 – Don’t be afraid to ask for help from others when you need it. 2 – Step up and help people without them having to ask. How often do we tell someone, “Let me know if you need anything!” and how often do they actually ask for anything? Be proactive in helping others and don’t be too proud to ask for help yourself. In this way, we fulfill/obey the law of Christ.

MOLESKIN:
N/A

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Family workout at The Project on 6/11 at 9 AM.
Convergence on July 2 at JUCO

JUCO Heavy Day

THE SCENE:  65 and clear.  Perfect for a beatdown
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER:  All veterans – skipped. 
WARM-O-RAMA:
 

  • RFTS / LIH
  • Phelps
  • Merkins
  • Down/up dog
  • OHC

THA THANG:

30 minutes to get as many cumulative reps as you can. The following list of exercises are performed in sets of 25 reps. After completing each set of 25 reps, run 25 yards (6 parking spaces), do 2 burpees, and return for the next set. Here are the exercises:

  • 150 curls
  • 125 heavy squats
  • 100 OHP
  • 75 CMU swings
  • 50 Thrusters
  • 25 Blockees

If you finish the blockees, start over and push until the timer is up.

Once through the circuit is 525 reps.  How many cumulative reps?

MARY:

PAX led Mary for 5 minutes

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

6 men, 1 2.0, 4 runners

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Our words have power.  Specifically, as a father and as a husband, your words have more power than you can imagine. Your children, and mine, will grow up believing the words they hear us speak to them.

When it comes to the words you speak over your family – be gracious, be careful.

We can use this power irresponsibly…

Proverbs 12:18 – The words of the reckless pierce like swords

Proverbs 15:4 – a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit.

Proverbs 11:17 – you destroy yourself when you are cruel.

…or we can use that awesome power to build-up, to create, to restore, to empower

Proverbs 16:24 – Kind words are like honey— sweet to the soul and healthy for the body.

Proverbs 11:17 – Your own soul is nourished when you are kind

Proverbs 12:18 – the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Proverbs 15:4 – Gentle words are a tree of life;

Proverbs 18:21 – The tongue has the power of life and death,

“Set a guard over my mouth, LORD; keep watch over the door of my lips.” (Psalm 141:3)

MOLESKIN:

Let’s do this again in a few months and see if we are getting measurably stronger.  Here is the rep count today – next time we do this, beat your score!

Judge Judy 500
Data 514.1
Lil’ Spice 480
Wheelchair 500
Stitch 475
Stiff Arm 400
KickFlip 504

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Convergence at JUCO, July 2nd

JUCOtop Stargazers

THE SCENE: 66°, Dry and wonderful

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Delivered
WARM-O-RAMA:

Side Straddle hops, Mountain Climbers, Reach for the stars, let it hang, Cherry Pickers, some other stuff.  Booster mentioned doing stargazers, so we headed to the top of Juco to try it out.  Campus is too bright.
THA-THANG:
Grabbed some rocks after doing 25 dips.  Carried them to the base of Jucomajaro.  Did a min of exercise followed by a sprint up 2 lines, carrying our rock.

  • 1 min of burpees
  • 1 min of Imperial Walkers (It is May the Fourth)
  • 1 min of BBS
  • 1 min of Squats
  • 1 min of plank
  • 1 min of Flutter kicks
  • 1 min of Superman

Made the summit where we had a ring of fire, starting at 4 merkins.

Then we got 3.5 seconds of stargazers before we did some Hello Dolly.  Too many clouds to see stars anyway.

Stone Jenga was played.  We held Al Gore while building a pile of rocks.  We got to 7 rocks before it fell so 10-7=3… 3 burpees.  Well done.  Mosey back to return our rocks, do more dips, bear crawl across the street and back, 10 Dirkens, Duck walk to curb and 20 calf raises.

MARY:
Hello Dolly, Freddie Murcury, Superman and 10 Regular, 10 Wide and 10 Diamond merkins
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Psalm 18:  I love you, Oh Lord, My Strength

Looked at making sure the Lord is our strength, our deliverer and our Rock.   David, leading the victorious army didn’t find his strength in his self but from the Lord.  Make sure Jesus is the foundation of your strength.

Be praying for our F3 brothers we miss due to injury.  Especially Survivor, Spotter, 5k, Gump and others.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CSAUP at Haw Ridge Friday night 9-Midnight.  Last chance to sign up today.  Family workout moved to May 14.

Merkin Madness

THE SCENE: Cool and clear, perfect sunrise beatdown weather
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x 25 (4ct)
10 Burpees
Windmills x 10 (4ct)
10 Burpees
Little Baby Arm Circles x 10 forward/10 back (4ct)
10 Burpees
Tempo Squats x 10 (4ct), x 5 (8ct)
5 Burpees
Tempo Merkins x 10 (4ct), x 5 (8ct)
5 Burpees
A little of this and that
Cherry Pickers x 5 (4ct)
Bring Sally Up

THA-THANG:
Mosey to upper field.  Doing half field laps with 8 exercise stations.  2 rounds with whole field lap after each round.

  • Clerkins x 1
  • CDD x 10
  • Swerkins x 5 (per side)
  • Sphinx Merks x 5
  • Reverse Grip Merks x5
  • Derkins x5
  • Dive bombers x 5
  • Spiderman Merks x 5 (per side)

Line up on baseline by goal.  Movement exercise to penalty box line.  Same movement, but reverse direction back to base line.  2 rounds with whole field lap after each round.

  • Bernie (to midfield)/Sprint (back to penalty box)/Mosey (to baseline) – only set to go to midfield
  • Broad jump/Reverse (more of a bunny hop backward)
  • Bear Crawl/Crawl Bear
  • Lunge/Reverse Lunge
  • Bunny hop/Reverse
  • Inchworm/Reverse

MARY:
10 Burpees
Dead bugs x 20 (4ct)
Side Crunches x 20 per side (4ct)
LBCs x 20 (4ct)
American Hammer x 20 (4ct)
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:
We spent a great deal of our time thinking about the What we are doing/going to do and also about the How we are going to do it.  We spend very little time thinking about the Why.  Why is what we are doing important?  Why does is matter and what purpose does it serve?  Simon Sinek posed this idea as a business tool and sales model, but it’s directly applicable to our lives.  For instance, why are you part of F3?  What are you hoping to get from it?  What are you planning to give back or give to it?  Why do you parent the way you do?  Why do you treat your wife the way you do?  For those of us of Faith, why do you believe the way you do?  Why do you follow Christ?  It’s ok if you don’t have an answer today to these questions.  I’m still exploring some of them myself.  But simply saying, “Because I’m supposed to,” or, “Because that’s how I was raised,” isn’t going to cut it.  Explore that Why.  Understand that and you may find that it’s easier to adjust your What and your How.
MOLESKIN:
Prayers for Cosmo’s mom dealing with cancer, Praise for Tailpipe’s wife’s successful surgery and praying for recovery, prayers for fellow PAX (particularly at JUCO) dealing with injuries and illnesses
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CSAUP @ Haw Ridge 5/6
Convergence @ JUCO 7/2