F3 Knoxville

Leverage Your Resources

 

THE SCENE: Abnormally warm low 50’s light wind, and otherwise perfect weather
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

motivators form 7, but we stopped at 5.  I couldn’t wait to get into the workout and didn’t want to waste time
tempo squats (10)
thai fighters (12) front and back
Cherry Pickers (4) slow
THA-THANG:

Battle Buddies…
Station 1
Partner 1 does exercise while partner 2 double farmer carries blocks
balls to the wall
Elevated plank jacks (feet on wall)
derkin twist or derkins with your feet on the wall, if the twist eludes you (like it did me)
Station 2
Farmer Carry
Dirty Hookup, like shoulder taps, but you reach out and place your hand on the wall, place the second hand on the wall, then back to the ground.
Wall Squat
push up, one arm on wall, one arm on ground
Station 3
Rifle Carry
Vertical Bench press on wall
Step ups on same wall with blocks
Dips with the block in your lap
Station 4
Zombie Carry
Curls
Single arm rows from plank position
weighted bat wings

MARY:
20 pickle pounders in cadence to an audience followed by 10 merkins
20 flutter kicks in cadence followed by 10 merkins
20 LBC’s in cadence followed by 10 Merkins
10 Big Boys OYO followed by 10 merkins
20 Freddie Mercury’s in cadence led by Snaggle
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I shared an excerpt from a back blast I found on LinkedIn from the F3 Nation page, you can read it below.
Leverage Your Resources
MOLESKIN:
Curveball and his brother
Jenner and his med school situation
Cheatsheet pray against racism
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Consider doing the 43 day challenge.
January 1-February 12
1. Physical activity daily-preferably at a beatdown but can be done at home or yoga or hiking etc.
2. No alcohol
3. Drink 1 gallon of water daily
4. Eat healthy-not saying you have to do a diet but try to avoid sugars processed foods etc
5. Read 10 pages daily of something that will enrich your mind whether it’s Jocko, Goggins  read something.
6. Spend 5 minutes daily in uninterrupted prayer
7. Spend intentional time with your family or significant other daily and do something spontaneous once a week Guidelines:
Honor code
Find a Battle buddy that you trust to hold you accountable
Take before/after pictures

Receptiveness is Key

THE SCENE:

39 degrees and light icy rain

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

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


WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH

Tempo Squat 

Catalina Wine Mixer

Hillbilly Squats 

Merkin

Overhead Claps

Skater Lunge

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Half Circle along shamrock rd. 

3 round of:

Rocky Balboa (50) (2-Count)

Shoulder Taps (30) (Single count)

Skater Lunge (20) (Single count)

Mosey to the parking lot by the breezeway

30 Rounds

6 air squats

4 Foot Taps (2-count)

2 hand-release merkins

Mosey to another section of the back parking lot

Wilt Chamberland’s

Space cones 100 ft apart. Length of a basketball court. Line up at first cone do 100 lbc’s then run to the second cone do 100 squats back to first do 100 flutter kicks(each leg) then end back at second to finish off with 100 lunges(50 each leg). Nice ab and lower body routine. Named for Wilts NBA record 100 pt game.

We got through 100 flutters and headed back to AO doing 2 burpees at each light pole on the way back.

MARY:
No Time

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
12 HIM’s

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Word of the day Receptive!

Receptive is defined as able or inclined to receive especially: open and responsive to ideas, impressions, or suggestions.

Developing receptiveness is a crucial skill If we want to be effective leaders/fathers/professionals/husbands we need to look at every situation with an open mind. No matter how relevant we deem a piece of advice given to us or feedback received on something we have done, we should always slow down enough and be receptive to what is being said and take the relevant parts and grow from every situation. 

Challenge: What is one piece of unpopular advice or piece of feedback you have received In the last few weeks that, after further thought, you can learn from and become a better man for, even though it may not have seemed relevant at the time? 

1 Thessalonians 5:21

“But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good.”

Proverbs 18:15

“The mind of the prudent acquires knowledge,

And the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.”

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Birthday Boys Triple Q

THE SCENE:  Frigid and sunny.  Temp about 14 degrees. This was the birthday of Charmin, High-Heels and Lilydipper.  The three of us Q’d together.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Plenty of Side-Straddle Hops while Charmin gave the F3 Welcome and Disclaimer.  7 Cherry Pickers.  20 High Knees.  Squats.
THA-THANG:
We did the workouts below with Charmin starting us off at the Coliseum.  Before we got started with his exercises, good ol Charmin got us to have a snow fight with the last man hit being the first one to get a Hot Toddy after the workout.  The last man standing was Gibbler.  Here are the workouts:

Saturday, December 26, 2020
Lily’s Birthday Boy Triple Q 15 Minute Workout
To be performed at the Caribbean aka Circus Maximus.
We will go counterclockwise around the parking lot five times, using different
methods of movement which will be listed below. At each end of the parking lot
we will be doing reps of exercises which are also listed below. I will have
instructions posted on both ends of the parking lot so that people won’t have to
remember all of this.
West End
1. 20 Squat Jumps. Sprint to East End.
2. 20 Big Boy Sit-ups. High Knees to East End.
3. 15 Shoulder Taps (both shoulders = 1). Skip to East End.
4. 20 Carolina Dry Docks. Karaoke Right to East End.
5. 20 Bicycle Kicks (4 ct). Bernie to East End.
East End
1. 20 Merkins. Bernie to West End.
2. 20 Iron Mikes (both legs = 1). Butt Kick to West End.
3. 20 Hello Dollies (4 ct). Half-speed Sprint to West End.
4. 10 Burpees. Karaoke left to West End.
5. 20 Plank Jacks. Sprint to West End.
I don’t know how long the above will take but it may be more than 15 minutes. If
so, end early and go to next post. If it take less than 15 minutes, have guys rinse
and repeat.

Charmin at the Colosseum
25s x 5 (That’s fifty reps of each exercise cause I’m 50) and 5 rounds of 25s for
each decade of my 50 years. In between each round, we run laps around the
Colosseum, with descending number of laps because each decade seems to go
that much faster.
So, 25s of merkins and big boys, run 4 laps
25s of Smurf jacks and mountain climbers, run 3 laps
25s of American Hammers and plank jacks, run 2 laps
25s of pickle pounders and monkey humpers, run 1 lap
25s of Bobby Hurleys and dips. The end. Mosey to the next station.
I haven’t actually run through this yet, so I don’ know if it can be done in 15
minutes or not. If not, I’ll shorten it, but the idea will be the same.

High Heels Kick’n it at the Ball Fields
I plan to do my Ab End / PT End workout.
Ab End
Exercise 1 – LBC – 15 4 count
Exercise 2 – Flutter Kick – 15 4 count
Exercise 3 – Box Cutter – 15
Exercise 4 – Holly Dolly – 15
Exercise 5 – Big Boys Sit ups – 15
PT End
Exercise 1 – SSH – 15 4 count
Exercise 2 – Hand release Merkin – 15
Exercise 3 – The Squat – 30
Exercise 4 – Carolina Dry Docks – 20
Exercise 5 – Burpee – 10
On one side of the parking lot you start the Ab exercise and do the stated reps.
After completing the reps you run to far side of parking lot and do the same Ab
exercise just completed until the six arrives. Once the six is in then you start the
next exercise from PT side and do the stated reps. Then run to other side of
parking lot and do the same PT exercise until six arrives. Do all five exercises.

MARY:
Some 25s at the Pavilion with Picnic Table Pull-ups and Bench Dips.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
17 men, no FNGs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Charmin, High-Heels and I now equal up to 169 years of living and I, Lilydipper, am the oldest of the “Respect”able crew.  It is nice to know that, no matter how old we get, we still have room for growth.  At 64 I hope to continue working out with F3 for quite some time to come.  And, no matter who leads the F3 workouts and no matter what their age, I feel I grow with each message I hear.  Yet, even when I can no longer run about, perhaps even walk about, there will be room for me to grow as an individual.  God wants us keep growing in Him throughout our lives.  Isn’t it nice to know that we always have more to learn?  I was listening to a radio station about a man who had injured his back and for quite some time was in pain, unable to walk about.  He decided to get on the internet and learn as much as he could about different subjects.  For example, he found spiders to be fascinating and found he could spend day after day learning more and more about them.  One subject, tons to learn.

Much of what we learn we must learn more than once.  Growth comes through hearing the same thing again and again until it finally plants itself within us.  Also, we must live with what we learned and apply it again and again.  I have found sermon lessons at church to be that way.  I will hear a sermon and think, “Wow, I need to hang on to this, use it in my life.”  Yet, I some how lose it, it drifts away.  Then, another sermon comes along with a similar message.  Some of it sticks with me.  After 10 to 15 similar sermons, maybe I finally get it.  Maybe by then I start applying it.  I grow for goodness sake!  That is how growth occurs.  What we learn comes through inculcation, a repeating of the lesson, until we get it through our thick skulls.

Lord, help me to keep growing no longer how old I get!!!
MOLESKIN:
Prayers for those impacting by Covid and for this pandemic to end; for an end to racism; for Ribbed and his wife, Sarah, who is recovering from the removal of a tumor near her spine; and, for all those who have family or friends who are suffering.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hot Toddys and sausage biscuits immediately after the workout; CSAUP the last Saturday in January at the Asylum.

A Hill Worth Dying For

THE SCENE: Comfy mid-30’s and extra gloomy

WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH (IC) x 20; Tai Fighters (IC) x 10 per side; Hand Release Merkins (OYO) x 10; Temp Squat Jumps (IC) x 10

THA-THANG:

Mosey to hill below track; pick battle buddies (COVID-safe); HIM1 sprints to top of hill for hand release merkins (increase amount on each rep to 11); HIM2 does SSH while waiting; flapjack until 11 reached.

Mosey to lot beside baseball field (lunges at first then mosey); Karaoke to far end of lot and return; High knees half way and butt-kicks the rest; line up at hill for next session of fun.

HIM1 runs through trench and over hill to sidewalk along Fox Lonas for monkey humpers (increase amount on each rep to 8); HIM2 does big boy situps while waiting; flapjack until 8 reached.

Mosey to street corner near Weigel’s (lunges in middle of section); Jailbreak sprint to the top of hill at Park Village Rd; SSH at top while waiting for 6 to arrive; mosey back to bottom of hill.

Move into retention area behind baseball outfield fence; HIM1 sprints to top of hill for tree taps (like shoulder taps but tap trees along fence); HIM2 does squat jumps while waiting; flapjack until 8 reached.

Mosey back to lot beside baseball field; High knees half way and butt-kicks the rest; mosey to hill in front of high school drop off area.

Speed round… HIM1 precariously heads to bottom of steep hill and bear crawls back up hill; HIM2 does Rocky Balboas while waiting; flapjack one time.  Mosey back to AO.

@Pom Pom led the group in motivators starting at 10.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:

19 HIMs plus 1 FNG (Patsy)

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

COVID, masks, election, school decisions, sports, time with family, and holiday traditions… all relevant topics that can lead to disagreement and arguments.  We need to discern and determine which “hill is worth dying for” when it comes to disagreements.  Romans 12:18 encourages us to live peaceably as much as possible.

Isaiah 9 spoke of a people in darkness who were brought into the light.  A special child was promised to usher in peace and hope.  John 8:12 speaks of this Light of the world – Jesus.

Jesus came to die on a hill for us.  John 3:17  He came to reconcile God and man.  See Hark the Herald Angels carol… “God and sinners reconciled”.

Priorities and Split Squats

The Scene

29 and cold (Perfect for some CMU work according to Mermaid)

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

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

Warm-O-Rama

BAC F/B/OH (Thia Fighter Style)

SSH 

Tempo Squat

Curtsey Lunges

Tennessee Rocking Chairs

Tha-Thang

Mosey to the CMU pile

Split into groups of 3

16 minutes for each group to get max rounds of the following exercises starting with 1 rep and adding a rep each cycle. (Goal is to climb as high on the ladder as you can with your group) Each group will work together and pretend to skip rope until everyone in the group has finished the reps. 

Hand Release Merkins

Split Squat Press (These got really spicy really quick)

Underhanded row

Overhand curls

BBS (Focusing on full range of motion. Hands touch ground behind the head, all the way to a toe touch at the top of the BBS)

When we get to the 16-minute mark groups will tally their total

YHC broke a CMU so we had to break form some penalty burpees

Then groups will proceed to work back down from their max rounds accomplished down the ladder all the way to 1 of each. If the group does not get back down the ladder to 1 there is a 10 burpee penalty. We took our total and subtracted 3 and went back down the ladder with a 10-minute time cap. 

Everyone finished before the 10 minutes so we did 5 burpees just because.

Mosey back to AO

Mary

Knee Tucks (2 sets of 30 seconds)

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

13 High Impact Men 

COT/BOM

James 4:14 “Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.”

I have been really convicted in my own life about focusing on things that are not high on the eternal priority list. I have been getting so caught up in eternally low priorities that I am letting the truly important things fall to the waste side. Take the time today and every day going forward to look at your wife in the eyes and ask her how she is doing, when your kids ask you to play with them, even if it’s for 20 minutes, DO IT. Everything else (Work, cleaning, tv, your phone) can wait, the people around you will stop trying to fight for your attention if you keep sending them down the priority list. 

I am thankful for all of the men of F3 around me and the man that I have become since I joined you guys in the gloom back in March, Thank you! 

MOLESKIN:

Many needs presented this morning and some guys going through some tough stuff. Remember to reach out to one another and check in on each other. No man left behind, no man left the same.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: