F3 Knoxville

11’s and Dragons

THE SCENE: 74 and steamy

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Administered


WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH IC x 20
Cherry Pickers IC x5
Arm Circles Forward and Back IC x 10 each
Dive Bombers IC x5
Squats IC x10
Rocky Balboa IC x20

THA-THANG:

  • Mosey to sophomore hill. 25 Flutter Kicks IC at the bottom.
  • Bernie to top of hill and mosey to the corner

 

  • Split into two groups and and do the following for 11’s
    • Rows at wheelchair ramp
    • Squats at the trailers

 

  • Mosey to coupon pile and perform the following once through:
    • Squats x20
    • Curls x20
    • Heavy Hammers x20 (2-count)

 

  • Mosey to duck pond with a stop halfway for some Freddy Mercury’s led by Erector. Split into two groups for a Welsh Dragon Competition:
    • Welsh Dragons for 3 minutes. Team with most cumulative reps wins!
      • Team 1 (42 reps) – Team 2 (44 reps) – close one, but Team 1 falls to the dragon this time

 

  • Mosey to crosswalk and form a line along the curb. Hold Al Gore while last man in line bear crawls to the front of the line (Indian Run Style).  Next man follows when bear crawler is 4-5 men ahead. Continue this until next crosswalk

 

  • Mosey to the flag and Jail Break from Survivor’s parking spot.

MARY:
No time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
12 HIMs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Was Napoleon revolutionary or revolutionary? Thought taken from bottom of page 24 in “Freed to Lead” book.

We often think that we must be inventive and creative to have impact whether it be leading a workout, being a father, a husband, or at work. Napoleon invented nothing new, but instead took all of the best parts of the  inventions and creations before him and put them to good use. We can do the same in all aspects of our lives. You don’t have to come up with new ideas or inventions to lead a good workout, to be a good husband, to be a good father, or to be a successful employee. Find others that have found success before you and borrow the best parts that will work for you. This is how we can find success and move forward.

MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
No announcements

JUCO lazy morning #2

THE SCENE: Hot and steamy morning.

WARM-O-RAMA:
plank leg stretches
cobra stretch (up dog)
SSH
wind mills
tempo merkins

THA-THANG:

Mosey to big parking lot to try out the Motor City Shuffle. Traveled 2 parking lines via the following sequence:

  • Lunge each leg
  • Burpee broad jump
  • Merkins x5
  • Plank Jacks x5
  • Frog Jump

Rinse and repeat until you arrive or are gasping for breathe.

Mosey to coupon pile for the following circuit.

Heavy: at coupon pile

  • 30 squat thrusters
  • 30 bend over rows
  • 30 Tri Extensions

Pull up bars: at top of stairs by coupon pile

  • 10 Pull ups/Bar Hangs
  • 10 hanging leg  ups
  • 10 Merkins

Abs: in front of rec center

  • 30 BBS
  • 30 4ct Flutter Kicks
  • 30 4ct American Hammers

Legs: at bottom of hill by rec center

  • 30 Bobby Hurleys
  • 30 Lunges
  • 30 Squats

Continue circuit for about 1.5 rounds until close to time.

Mosey back to flag

MARY:
tempo squats about 20
flutter kicks to time
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Little known facts about laziness #2

little known facts about laziness #1

They don’t know they’re lazy

Prov 26:16

The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes then seven men who can answer sensibly.

Proverbs paints a picture of the lazy and challenges us to take a look at ourselves. Is this me? What areas is this happening in my life? If I feel convicted and deny it, watch out! When I’m lazy I don’t know it and have all the excuses no matter how many reasonably people point it out to me. 😬 ouch!!

This is something I’ve been challenged with recently in my own life particularly with my family. Being intentional with spending time with kids and wife and not turning off at the end of the day.

This is our challenge today

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
JUCO convergence tomorrow!

No Glove Love

THE SCENE: 76 degrees and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

cherry pickers, windmills, & quad stretching
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the wall near the pull up bars and stairs

20 lunges & a 30 second wall squat
19 lunges & a 30 second wall squat
repeat to 1/30

Mosey to the stairs
Bernie to the curb and repeat 3X
25 elevated heel squats run to the top of the stairs and do 25 monkey humpers

Mosey to the half wall in the courtyard with some Bernie sprinkled in
repeat until time is called
10 each leg Bulgarian split squats
10 step ups
20 calf raises

Mosey through the courtyard back to the AO
LBC’s in cadence until time expires
MARY:
See above
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

I talked about my struggle to pray when times are good, and my desire to pray when times are tough.  I recently dropped my daughter off at a camp in Palo Alto CA.  She is 15, and we were both struggling at the prospect of her being on her own.  I finally left her, and I was a wreck emotionally.  I took a long walk around the Stanford Campus to clear my head and spent a lot of time in prayer.

My daughter met some people and did great, and I hailed an UBER back to San Francisco.  I encountered the best driver I have ever had.  He had over 28,000 trips and maintained a 4.99 star rating out of 5.  Nasim was a Jordanian immigrant.  He retired from the grocery business, and drives UBER for fun.  He loves people, and was raised as a Christian in Jordan, before immigrating to the US.  We had a delightful conversation, and he was an answer to prayers, and maybe even an angel.  Nasim and I swapped numbers and he texted me the next day (Father’s Day) to see how I was doing.

We need God all of the time, not just when things are rough, the challenge this week is to remember that and spend some time in prayer.  God is real, He is there just waiting for you to have a relationship with Him.

 

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence 7/2

Mix it Up

THE SCENE: Perfect; 60 degrees and calm
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Good mornings IC x 8
Harry rockets IC x 15
Merkins IC x 10
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the 05 lot:
Partner up (similar size):
Using the parking lot rows, alternate wheel barrow and buddy carry to the end.  Circle back for the six
Mosey to the coupon pile.
Curls IC (all together on the Q’s up) x15
Rifle carry to stadium hill
What’s the groups average age – response 39….
39 of each and then bear crawl to the top with 2 burpees at the top (avoid the skunk)
  • curls
  • jump squats (no coupon/CMU)
  • Tricep extension or skull crushers
  • Thrusters

Curls for the six… then all together 39 rows (single arm preferably)

Back to the “wall”….

Rock-a-bye Baby (x5) – People’s chair with a rock, block or any other heavy object. Chair position, starting with the heavy object over your head, bring down to chest, push object straight out (chest high) and then left to right (1 each) for russian twist, bring back to starting position over head.

Balls to the wall for each PAX count to 10

Mosey back to 05 lot. Line up and then… run to first line, lunge to second and then burney back.  Increase the run by one each time (to three).

Jailbreak back

MARY:
Xs and Os IC x 15

Dealers choice – Archie (American Hammers), Booster (Hello Dolly), Mailbox (Heals to Heaven)
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Hopefully today you’ve been exposed to a new workout. The goal was to get us out of our comfort zone a little.
Think about your daily routine a little. Maybe you come here, eat, run to the office, do some sort of hobby or kid activity, etc.
What if your best laid plans and goals were thrown off for some reason….there are terrible ways that can happen like losing your job or an accident, but there are also positive ways like job opportunities, unexpected callings or kids
The character of a person…and in this case a MAN… is how you react in those situations. I don’t want a show of hands, but if you cringed or had a negative reflection of how you would probably react…then you need to remember that gods in control. You should feel comfort in Him and fall back on your values and trusts that you are in good hands.
Sometimes He like to take us out of our comfort zones and frankly laughs at them. He’s laughed at mine twice over the past year…
Matthew chapter 4
Jesus, God’s son is the trustworthy one
On the heals of fathers day, this hits home to me because those unexpected calls have caused me to hesitate…which to me has seemed like a failure in grasping His plan for me and our family. However, he’s trusting in me to care for his children and I hope that I can be the father and the example that they need

MOLESKIN:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Continue to fill the calendar and don’t hesitate to switch it up if someone wants the Q (i.e., VQ).

Convergence on Jul 02 at JUCO

Joy of Tire Flips

THE SCENE: more hot and humid weather
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

10 Projectivator, 15 Mountain climbers, 10 tempo merkins, 15 Moroccan night club, 15 Imperial walkers, 10 tempo squats
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the recruitment center. Grab a CMU and circle up. As a timer for each exercise, 5 PAX, one at a time, do 3 tire flips as all others do the exercise. After a set of 15 total tire flips, switch to the next exercise in the list. The exercises are as follows:

  • Merkins
  • OHP
  • Tricep extensions
  • Curls
  • Rows
  • LBCs
  • Heavy Freddie’s
  • Goblet squats
  • Heavy Lunges
  • Burpees block jump overs

We got two full rounds in. Mosey back to the shovel flag.

MARY:
No time left for Mary.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
24 for a surprise celebration!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.” – James 1:2‭-‬4 NASB1995

This is definitely one of my favorite passages, but it is tough. We are instructed here to consider it joyful to encounter trials. These trials have a purpose: to perfect our faith. Perfected faith results in a heavenly home when our life on earth is over. So, sometimes life is hard, but if we endure, our faith will be perfected.

MOLESKIN:
So YHC noticed a few weeks ago, that I was approaching my 100th Q for F3 Knoxville. However, I had no idea that my brothers had orchestrated a celebration in my honor! What an amazing group of men that are in this brotherhood! Thank you all so much for the love and support.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence at JUCO on July 2nd!