F3 Knoxville

It’s All Fun & Games

AO: asylum-am
Q: Sawdust
PAX: Double Wide, Tropicana, Cinco (Scott McGuire), Matlock (Bill Maddox), TRC/Crab legs, Rainbow, Hands, Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Waffle House (Brady Greene), Fabio (Joe Hamilton), Bunny, Gibbler
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
WARMUP:
– SSH
– Stretch
– Tempo Merkins
– Cherry Pickers
– Abe Vigodas
– Rockettes (Bunny-style)
– Tie-Fighters
– X-Wings
– Burpees (Because Bunny wasn’t sure if he was warm)
– Route 66 with Squats up to the Asylum

THE THANG:
Two (2) Teams Competing for most Exercises Complete. One team would run based on the roll of the dice, while the other did exercises. When the run team returned, the teams switched.

The Rollin’ & Runs:
1. Space Needle
2. Asylum Building
3. Whole Big Circuit
4. Down to the Overlook
5. Upper Parking Lot
6. Tree Run

The Exercises:
– 10 – Burpees
– 15 – Seal Jacks (4 – Count)
– 20 – LBCs (4 – Count)
– 15 – Peter Parkers (4 – Ct)
– 10 – Sumo Squats (4 – Count)
– 15 – Hello Dollys (4 – Ct)
– 20 – Merkins
– 15 – V-Ups
– 10 – Lt. Dans
– 15 – Gas Pumpers
– 20 – Side Crunches (10 EA)
– 15 – Boxcutters (4 – Count)

MARY:
– Matlock (Bill Maddox)’s Dante’s Core
– Cat Gut (Mike Davis)’s Boat-Canoe

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Book Club after BOM
– Anderson County Starfish Coming this Summer

COT: Do not expect to Rise to the Occasion, but Fall to your Level of Training. Focus on training in your life; spiritually, physically & mentally to be prepared for any eventuality.

Happy Burpee

AO: asylum-am
Q: Waffle House (Brady Greene)
PAX: Rainbow, Matlock (Bill Maddox), Double Wide, Cosmo 2, Gibbler, Hands, Bunny, Fabio (Joe Hamilton), Kentucky, Tropicana, Love’s, Newton
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
51 SSH, one for every year since Ray Stevens’ The Streak was the #1 song in the land. Look how far we’ve fallen as a culture.

Today was a day for reflection, for the frank acknowledgment of aging, and for tripping over hidden rocks in a wet parking lot. Kentucky I am sincerely sorry about the rock and I hope you are not too badly hurt. I do hear good things about the NHS though, should you need them.

10 Happy Burpees per guy while the partner counted out loud. The counting part sounds dumb until you do your ten and realize you sincerely cannot move your arms after 10 of these things. The counting was my birthday gift to us all.

We got up to some shennanigans in between the burpee torture sessions, and finished with a couple of trips up baby everest. All in all, and alongside the great Matlock (Bill Maddox), I am #rekt.

BOM: observations on a life of faith

Sherpa training

AO: asylum-am
Q: Hands
PAX: Cinco (Scott McGuire), Bunny, Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Cosmo 2, Double Wide, F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom), Hands, P3, Pac-man, Rainbow, Techmo
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WARMUP: Motivator, plank work, mosey to Everest

THE THANG: 25 Merkins and 25 4 count LBC, then up Everest. Rinse and repeat for 3 trips total. 4 round was at the base of the space needle with one trip up the Space Needle. A game of tackle the skunk was then considered but ultimately rejected by all the pax but P3 had to be called off the chase. We did some toe merkins and core work at the home office and then worked our way back to the AO, stopping to bear crawl, lunge and broad jump a few times.

MARY: Never

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Book club coming soon. Memorial Day same time or later? TBD

COT: You are a fisher of men. Check your bait!

Crazy 48’s

AO: asylum-am
Q: Hands
PAX: TRC/Crab legs, Cinco (Scott McGuire), Bunny, Double Wide, Fabio (Joe Hamilton), Hands, P3, Waffle House (Brady Greene), Newton
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP: usual Hands warmup

THE THANG: Crazy 48’s with Freddie Mercury, monkey humpers, Merkins, jump squats, high knees and burpees

MARY: she drove by but didn’t stop

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Book club starting soon Fridays after the Q.

COT: Stay close to the good shepherd, don’t wander off.

The Cinco Day Circuit

AO: asylum-am
Q: Cinco (Scott McGuire)
PAX: Farley, P3, Rainbow, Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Cinco (Scott McGuire), Cosmo 2, Double Wide, Hands, Love’s, Matlock (Bill Maddox), Pac-man, TRC/Crab legs, Tropicana, Techmo
FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
WARMUP:

• Side Straddle Hops x 25
• Cherry Pickers x 5
• Arm Circles
• Michael Phelps
• Merkins

THE THANG:

Main Workout: “The Cinco Circuit”

5 stations | 5 exercises | 5 rounds (We got 3 in!)

Form the Mexican Train. Carry a tire overhead. Follow the light poles. Every 5th light pole is a station. Do 5 burpees together.

Stations:
1. Cinco Squats – 5 tempo air squats, hold at bottom of last one for 5 seconds, 5 jump squats
2. Taco Twists – Russian twists (25 each side)
3. Mariachi Merkins – 5 merkins, then 5 mountain climbers (repeat)
4. Fiesta Flutter Kicks – 25
5. Burro Bombs – 5 donkey kicks per leg, then 5 shoulder taps

Total = 5 rounds x 5 stations x 5-themed reps

Optional: Play Latin music in the background for flair.

MARY:

1. 2 Sprints
2. Canoe w/ CatGut

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Hardship Hill

COT:

Cinco de Mayo isn’t Mexico’s Independence Day — that’s a common myth. Instead, it commemorates the Battle of Puebla in 1862, when a small, under-equipped Mexican force defeated the French army, one of the strongest in the world at the time. Outnumbered and outgunned, the Mexicans stood their ground and protected their homeland.

So why does that matter to us? Because this workout — and life — isn’t about having the perfect conditions. It’s about grit, unity, and heart. Just like those soldiers at Puebla, we show up, we fight together, and we leave no man behind.