F3 Knoxville

Bananas!

THE SCENE: Perfect morning – mid-sixties, no rain.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER:  Done
WARM-O-RAMA:

Some running. Static stretching: neck, shoulders, chest, ABS, back and legs.
THA-THANG:

Gym set up – a variety of basic strength and cardio exercises performed in counterclockwise rotation:

Squats with 10lbs dumbbells, pull ups, over-the-truck climb, lawnmowers with 60lbs dumbbell, bench press 90lbs, up and down plank hold, American hammers, arm extensions with 12lbs dumbbells, jumping rope, ladder climb with 5lbs dumbbells with superman-bananas in between.

MARY:
None
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Luke 16:10-14

“Whoever can be trusted with small things can also be trusted with big things. Whoever is dishonest in little things will be dishonest in big things too. If you cannot be trusted with worldly riches, you will not be trusted with the true riches. And if you cannot be trusted with the things that belong to someone else, you will not be given anything of your own.” [Luke 16:10-14]

Your body and spirit were entrusted to you. Therefore, take a good care of your physical body and your mental state. Do not be afraid to seek for help. Do not face your problems alone. Be brave to admit and to recognize your issues. Be honest to yourself.

Shoulder Day at Shamrock

THE SCENE: clear summer morning, perfect for beatdown
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: yes
WARM-O-RAMA:

Several stretches focused on legs to distract the PAX from the pain to come
THA-THANG:
Dora style

Set 1

  • 50 dirty hookups
  • 75 wide merkins
  • 100 side lunges
  • Partner double CMU farmer carry down and back

Set 2

  • 50 thrusters
  • 75 plank with CMU pull
  • 100 rows
  • Partner mosey around first island

Completed almost two rounds

MARY:
No time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Quick recap of convergence and a reminder to not neglect the Q calendar.
MOLESKIN:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

The Impossible Mile that never happened

THE SCENE: Raining sideways, high wind, and the threat of lightning
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Tempo Merks, Tempo Squats, shoulder stretches, stretch on your own, and cherry pickers
THA-THANG:
Today’s workout was an audible and determined 100% by workout dice.  One dice determined the reps, or time to perform exercises, and the other two dice determined the exercises we did.  We took turns rolling, and everyone rolled at least 3 times each.

MARY:
Snow Angels
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Essentially, do hard things.  Life is hard, and you can’t predict exactly when it will be hard, so we prepare ourselves by taking on hard challenges.
MOLESKIN:
Commission’s MIL is on hospice
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CONVERGENCE

Shamrock – Wrestling

THE SCENE: 59F and dry
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER yup
WARM-O-RAMA:

Side Straddle Hops 20-4 count

5 Merkins

Cherry Pickers: 5

5 Merkins

Tie Fighters

5 Merkins

25 Calf Raises 

5 Merkins

THA-THANG:

Mosey to CMU pile then to the grassy hill “The Saddle” I think we have named it? 

10 Squat presses, but do 5 presses at the top before your next squat

Run down and then up

20 Hello Dolly 4-count 

Run down and then up

30 Lawn mowers – 15 each side

Run down and then up

40 CMU overhead press

Run down and then up

50 Alternating CMU Merkins

Run down and then up

60 American Hammers single count

Run down and then up

70 SSH single count 

Run down and then up

80 LBCs

Run down and then up

90 CMU Bench Press

Run down and then up

100 scissor kicks single count 

Run down and then up

Back to CMU pile

25 Curls – Run to end of parking lot – drag CMU back

25 Flutter kicks – 4-count 

25 Tricep Dips – Run to end of parking lot – drag CMU back

50 windshield wipers with CMU pointed up

Return CMUs

Mosey back to AO flag

MARY:
No time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
17 – Crawl Space, Curveball, Eliza, Caveman, Betty, I-Beam, Oscar Mayer, Kick-Flip, Rocky Top, Mandolin, Slappy, Curry, Mermaid, Skid Mark, Voo Doo, Honeydew, Anchorman,
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

What are you wrestling with? 

Sin? – That’s great news! That means that you have the Holy Spirit in you.

Your faith? – Again, great news! God knows that we have up and down moments in our lives that challenge our faith. Keep wrestling with God. That way is better than the alternative of walking away from him. 

F3?  – Is it just me? Some weeks I’m on fire for F3 and specifically Shamrock. Other weeks I’m like that Homer Simpson disappearing into the shrubs animation. I’ll just be checked out. Other weeks, I wrestle with F3. Why am I doing it? It is good for me? Physically? Spiritually? Mentally? Should I be coming out here 3-5 days a week?

Your marriage / kids? Same thing. If I’m wrestling with it, at least I’m engaged and fighting for it. 

Your job?  – I feel like this is also a constant. Am I supposed to be here? Am I making a difference? Am I happy? Will I have a job in 6 months? Does God want me to be here? 

So I will wrap it up by encouraging you to keep wrestling. It shows that you care. Just don’t wrestle with it alone. I know there are brothers here that would love to be your coach, cheerleader, friend to walk with you through your wrestling. 

 

Shamrock – Weigelmanjaro

THE SCENE: 64 and foggy
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Baby Arm Circles forward then backwards (IC) 4 CT x 10 each

Side Straddle hop (IC) 4 CT x 10

Cherry Pickers 5

Twinkle Toes  (IC) 4 CT x 10

Stretch quads, runner’s stretch, cobra, down dog

Short Mosey 

THA-THANG:

Spread Out in Parking lot

There are 12 parking space lines

Line 1 – 25 Big Boys

Line 2 – 25 Squats

Line 3 – 25 Merkins

Start over at line 4. 

We will end up at 100 reps per exercise. 

The rock pile

Pick up 2 small rocks

Baby Arm Circles forward then backwards (IC) 4 CT with rocks X10

Butterfly with rock x20

American Hammers with rocks x20 x2 

Mosey to Weigel’s Hill 

Bear Crawl to the top. Anytime you stop for a break you have to do 10 ( feet pointing uphill ) BBS. When you get to the top head back down and pick up the 6. 

At the top we all do Monkey Humpers until it burns then head to the AO

If time, we will try to do our 12 lines challenge again to make it to 200 reps per exercise

We made it about halfway through a 2nd round. 

 

MARY:
No time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Honeydew, Stitch, Curveball, Betty, Le Bling, Caveman, Mermaid, Eliza, Skid Mark, Base Salary, Voo Doo, Oscar Meyer, Tailhook, 8-seconds, Mandolin, Fire!, Brimstone, Rubber Duck, Curry, Commission, Crawl Space, Anchorman,
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Psalm 143:10 

10 Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground!

 1- The request –  “Teach me to do your will,”- Isn’t that basically what we all want and need from God? It’s a direct request to God that he will honor. 

2- The praise – “for you are my God!” – I love this declaration of worship and respect to God. 

3 – Continued praise and doubling down on the request – “Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground!” – This gives me a visual for “Your will be done” – David invites God to lead him. He humbly admits that he can’t walk through life on his own. He needs the one and only mighty God to walk with him. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill – Work day Saturday