F3 Knoxville

Tag: Deep Dish

No Limits

THE SCENE: In the 40’s and sunny, felt great!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x25 IC
Little Baby Arm Circles x12 each side IC
Cherry Pickers x10 IC
Rockettes x10 IC
THA-THANG:

Indian run to the parking lot at the pool and do bear crawls up two cones, then crawl bear back one. Go all the way to the end of the lot. Then continue the Indian run to Mt. Suckmore. At Mt. Suckmore, one partner went up the hill and ran to the greenway while the other partner completed 4 exercises. Once the exercises were completed, the partners switched. While your partner was doing his first round, you bernied up the hill. While your partner was doing his second round, you bear crawled. Switch each round. The exercises were as follows:

  • Toe Touches on monkey bars x10
  • Hand release burpee pull-ups x10
  • Squat Jumps x10
  • Merkins x10

Reverse indian run to parking lot. Do full out, AYG sprint from curb to curb. Then continue reverse indian run back to AO.

MARY:
BBS x20
Boxcutters x15
Captain Thor 5×20
Snorkel takeover:
Flutter Kicks x15
Slutter Kicks x15
Xs & Os x A Lot
Cash out with ATMs
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 strong this morning with no FNGs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
When trying to get people to F3, I hear “I could never do that” all the time. It’s too early, or it’s too intense, or they don’t think they can physically do it. Whether they mean to be negative or not, they are. They’re putting themselves down and putting limitations on themselves. We as humans have the ability to do literally anything. If we believed, had faith, and focused on the positive, we could do it. Yesterday at the end of the West Hills workout, Woodshack told us to do one last thing. Proton (he said it, we were all thinking it) said that he did’nt think it was possible for us to do. Woodshack’s response was to look him in the eyes and say “Get your mind right.” It reminded me of when Peter tried to walk on water. In Matthew 14:29-31 Jesus said “Come. So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus; but when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, ‘Lord, save me.’ Jesus immediately reached out his hand and caught him, saying to him, ‘O you of little faith, why did you doubt?'” We need to take a leap. We need to have faith. We need to trust in Jesus, but also in ourselves. Peter trusted that Jesus would save him as he was drowning, but he did not believe in himself, that he could get to Jesus. He focused on his limitations. Jesus already believes in us, he is waiting for us to believe in ourselves. He is there to pull us up if we begin to drown, but if we truly have faith, if we truly get our minds right, we’ll never realize that drowning is even an option.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship hill coming up quickly, we need more teams!

Fireteam Drills and Running in Squares

THE SCENE: 34 Chilly spring degrees
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Windmills IC x 10, LBAC IC Thumbs Up x 10, Thumbs Down x 10, Tempo Squats IC x 10, SSH IC x 10

THA-THANG:
Mosey to One Tree Hill and assemble PAX at the bottom.  Q explained fireteam movement (stand, run to the cadence of “I’m up they see me I’m down, get on the ground).  PAX took the hill using that cadence and performing 3 rounds of exercises while down.  Round 1: 5 Merkins, Round 2: 5 BBS, Round 3: Carolina Dry Docks.  At the end of R3, stay at the top of the hill.  Each PAX grabbed a CMU and moseyed to the baseball field where 4 cones were set up in a square.  PAX divided into groups of 3 (or 4 where appropriate) and began with the first exercise on the list.  They then ran clockwise to the next cone and repeated the exercise, continuing to each cone until they reached their starting point.  Once back at the starting point, they moved to the next exercise on the list and proceeded clockwise until returning to their original spot.  If all of the exercises were completed, they started again at the top.  The exercises were as follows:

Merkins x 10

Overhead CMU press x 10

Burpees x 10

Squat Jumps x 10

Iron Mikes x 10

SSH x 10

Goblet Squat x 10

Clean and Press x 10

MARY:
With 3 minutes of work time left, PAX went all in with Absolution OYO until time expired.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
One of the techniques that Marines are taught in basic training is counterintuitive to human nature.  That technique is to run toward the threat rather than away from it, thereby lessening our exposure to risk.  If we are ambushed and turn to run, we increase the amount of time the enemy has to get us sighted in.  Often times in life we face challenges that we want to run from, to avoid or to ignore.  We see many examples in the Bible where God calls his people to face the enemy and know that He is in control.  My challenge to the PAX (and myself) is to be strong and present in the face of attack and know that God has my six.  It can be really difficult for me to see how my suffering is for the greater good, especially at that moment, but I know that God is good and I can trust Him to provide the strength I need to face adversity head-on.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill is coming up in about a month.  Opportunities are out there to join a team or volunteer.

Bring It On Down to Burpee Town

THE SCENE: 40’s and clear

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH x 15 IC
  • Tempo Squats x 10 IC
  • Cherry Pickers x 10 IC

THA-THANG:
Mosey over to The Educator, quick stop for 10 warmup burpees

  • At bottom of the Educator – 10 burpees
  • Bernie up hill
  • Lunge from cone to cone, bear crawl back, sprint it out to end of parking lot
  • 10 BBS, 10 Merkins, 10 Squats
  • Head back down to bottom of hill – increase burpee count by 2 each lap
  • Mosey back to AO, quick stop for 5 cool down burpees

MARY:

  • Protractors
  • LBC’s until time

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
14 PAX
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
We all have our bad days, but at the end of the day we get to come home to our families and friends and sleep in our beds. We have men and women fighting for us overseas right now who don’t get that same privilege. They’re mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, sons, and daughters who don’t know what the next day holds for them. Comfort is not a thing they get to experience. Some are missing the births of their children, deaths in the family, and other important moments so that they can serve our country. Some don’t ever return home at all. Be thankful that our lives as civilians are protected by them. Remember what some others are going through when you’ve had a rough day at work. Next time you see a solider in uniform, thank them for all they have done for us and make us proud to be Americans.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill approaching

Park at church for beatdown Saturday 4/14 due to event in Springbrook

33

THE SCENE: 40’s and Clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Atlas Stretch
Rocky Balboa
Jog Half / High Knees
Jog Half / Butt Kickers
Groin Stretch Half / Jog
Side Shuffle Half / Jog
Other Side Shuffle Half / Jog
5 Merkins / Jog / 2 Burpees / Jog / 5 Merkins

Mosey to Barricade area, picking up coupons along the way…

THA-THANG:

3 Reps at every light post around the greenway (aprox: 1/2 mile each lap)
*33 walking lunges along the grinder every lap*

  • Merkins
  • Squats
  • CMU or Sand Bag Overhead Press
  • Big Boy Sit-ups
  • Plank Jacks
  • CMU or Sand Bag Burpees

We ran out of time with most pax members completing the 33 lunges of their 3rd lap (CMU/Sand Bag Overhead Press)

MARY:
Several variations of Planks, including merkins and finished with LBC cash out!

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
16 pax became better today….3 reps at a time!

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Three words that motivate and give reason to me.

Strength: I see this as the physical side of things. The strength to accomplish something you have always wanted to do or the ability to help someone in need. Used an example of a burning building and having the strength to help pull someone out or carry them from danger. or the physical strength to hike the Grand Canyon. Whatever the situation or surrounding you find yourself in, will you be ready for it physically?

Courage: Will you have to courage to do such things? It will take courage to help someone else in a fire if your in the same danger. It takes courage to sign up for and event like goruck or the barkley marathons, or whatever that great event or place might be for you.

Wisdom: None of the prior will matter if you do not have the wisdom needed to know and understand the situation your in. Being intelligent about your surroundings, like the burning building, or the weather conditions when hiking the grand canyon. We must be smart and seek the intelligence / wisdom to educate ourselves to make the right decisions.

20-1

THE SCENE: Low 50’s

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Tempo Merks x 10
  • Jog across PL, high knees back
  • Jog across PL, wide knees back
  • Jog across PL, butt kicks back

THA-THANG:

20-1 Circuit

  • 20 Decline Mt Climber 2 count
  • 20 Step ups each leg
  • 20 Derkins – Feet on top of table
  • 20 Close-grip Under table pulls
  • 20 Release Squat with Coupon

Do 1 round through, then suicide out for increasing burpees at the other end. Mosey back, dropping rep each round. Repeat until no reps left.

MARY:

  • Cross leg sit up x 20 OYO
  • Side v-ups x 20 each OYO

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
13 including 2 FNGs Tin Man & Neighbor

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Push hard to the end. This temporary discomfort will not last forever. When you want to stop, just keep moving. One foot in front of the other.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Sign up to participate or volunteer for Hardship Hill May 19!