F3 Knoxville

Tag: Double Wide

Sparkler

AO: asylum-am
Q: Waffle House (Brady Greene)
PAX: Matlock (Bill Maddox), F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom), Tropicana, bluebird, Rainbow, Charmin (John Willis), Backflow (Wesley Hunt), Double Wide, Cinco (Scott McGuire), Gibbler, P3, Sparkler
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WARMUP: The usual: 30 Sparklers, the Junk Sparkler, 10 Sparklers IC, the Sparkler.

Weather was a tossup so we did Sparkler Burpees (deceivingly difficult after two or three rounds) and some rock work until 6, when we left the Pavalon’s friendly confines for a prayer mosey – sounds weird but it was a highlight for me – and just one little backwards trip up Cardiac.

10 Sparklers when we got back to the Pavalon, then a sprint up Eaby everest to finish things off.

Prayed for various friends and situations, including a certain surgery happening today.

Links to interview:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-jonathan-haidt.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1hKDKmcByIL0fRsOK91aOh?si=wCKo2rM0TVuOeTsp96u0xA

EMOM & Thunder

AO: asylum-am
Q: Double Wide
PAX: P3, Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Cinco (Scott McGuire), Double Wide, Farley, Gibbler, Hands, Love’s, Matlock (Bill Maddox), TRC/Crab legs, Waffle House (Brady Greene), Tropicana
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WARMUP:
SSH, Big arm circs, side lunges, tempo mercs and squats, balboas, jogging the lot then sprinting the lot.
THE THANG:
1st EMOM: 4 mins with 10 to 12 burpees
Then lap up Baby Everest
Superman’s, LBC’s, Scuba Steve’s all in cadence
2nd EMOM: 4 mins with 4 to 6 Mountain Man Makers
Lap up Baby Everest
Bonus: Thunderstruck Burpees
MARY:
No time available due to shushing Gibbler
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:
Stop procrastinating and be more intentional

A Friday Photo Finish

AO: asylum-am
Q: Sawdust
PAX: Snitch (Cory Beilharz ), Double Wide, Hands, Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Matlock (Bill Maddox), Rainbow, Farley, Tropicana
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP:
– SSH
– Stretching
– Tempo Merkins
– Cherry Pickers
– Abe Vigodas
– Rockettes
– Tie-Fighters
– X-Wings
– Burpees (until the PAX confirmed they were warm)

THE THANG:
– Stage I:
– 10 Squats at the Base of Baby Everest
– Run to the Summit of Baby Everest
– 1 Manmaker
– 1 Lt. Dan
– Stage II:
– Mosey to the intersection leading to the Overlook
– 10 Big Boy Sit-Ups
– Mosey off-road to a spot the Q led
– Stage III:
– Light Pole Pictionary
– Worked from the center of the pathway at the selected light pole.
– Performed the exercise on the card and ran to the next light pole.
– Performed that exercise and ran the way we came to the light pole on the other side of the first light pole.
– Rinse & repeated until the Q moved the PAX back to the AO.

MARY:
– Dante’s Core (Don’t Put Your Feet on the Ground)
– Hollow Rocks
– V-Ups
– Gas Pumpers
– 30 Second Hold

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Escape from Haw Ridge
– Hardship Hill

COT: Recited an old native folk tale “The Wolf You Feed”. Remember there are two wolves constantly at war inside you. One is good, generous & kind. The other is mean, greedy & angry. The one feed, will be the one to win.

and the national champion is….

AO: asylum-am
Q: Matlock (Bill Maddox)
PAX: Sawdust, Tropicana, Hands, Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Farley, P3, Backflow (Wesley Hunt), Rainbow, Snitch (Cory Beilharz ), Love’s, Double Wide
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WARMUP:cbs music. 5 motivators. Lap around lot

THE THANG:

Each HIM drew a team and a seed. Divided up into 4 pods and headed to sub regional
Each HIM could reduce the burpees of each pod by naming either the nickname, Coach or player from his school
Spoiler: NCAA trivia is NOT the Pax’ bailiwick

Seeds 13-16. Denver
Scale the Rocky Mountain (baby Everest) and run down Route 66 to the next pod to bump the next group

Seeds 9-12. Providence. Like the Cloud, Providence is cold, smelly, weird. And can’t grow real grass
AMRAP of big bois, step ups, and flutters until bumped to

Seeds 5-8. Milwaukee..after running arm in arm like Laverne and Shirley to the PAV…the Pax picked a wheel of cheese (coupon) for an AMRAP of curls, table rows and derkins before being bumped to

Seeds 1-4. Lexington. The nicest region. Just like highly trained thoroughbreds we worked on legs with lunges and squats

MARY: Final Four. Trivia contest. First semi the low seed upset the top Seeds

Second semi- the 9-12 Seeds also pulled the upset

Final game- the winning trivia answer was blurted out by Sawdust….so our national champion is….the Texas Longhorns??? What in the name of Matthew McConnaughy is that??

ANNOUNCEMENTS: i might need a bracket intervention

COT:John 17: 14-16

Speak truth. With grace

St. Patty’s Day Beatdown

AO: asylum-am
Q: P3
PAX: Backflow (Wesley Hunt), Cinco (Scott McGuire), Bunny, Love’s, Double Wide
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WARMUP:

5 EAAASSYYY Up/Downs
20 SSH
Hands agility drill
Cherry Pickers
Tie Fighters
Runners Stretch
Tempo Merkins
Tempo Squats

THE THANG:
Poets Amphitheatre

Partner 1
1X through and run to switch with partner 2

5 up/down tuck jumps – bottom
15 Dirkins – Tier 1
15 Irkins – Tier 2
15 Up/downs – Tier 3

New Playground Pavilon
Partner 2
AMRAP
– 15 table rows
– 15 squat jumps
– 15 CDD

Each partner visits the amphitheater 2X

Mosey to roundabout, do 3 Cherry Pickers

Mosey to steps of the Asylum

Partner 1
12 o’clock – 20 Big Bois
3 o’clock – 20 2-count American Hammers
6 o’clock – 20 Superman’s
9 o’clock – 20 V-ups

Partner 2
Run down and back up Everest,

Q fail, only time for first group to make a run at Everest. group two experienced some St. Pattys day luck and seemed unsurprisingly grateful.

MARY: Sprinted down from the overlook to meet the ruckers if that counts

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

HAW RIDGE!!! Matlock (Bill Maddox) Hard Committed to joining the team

COT:

Spoke about Trust as it relates to Leadership.

Can’t have leadership without Trust.

Unhealthy Trust – given too quickly. Oversharing. You have to do the same thing. If you don’t. You are bad.

Unhealthy distrust – no matter how much equity built. Never trust anyone. Chronic distrust cannot lead. People do not feel safe around people who do not trust them.

Healthy Trust – trust but verify. Benefit of the doubt. Give them the opportunity to build trust. Give 20% and let them build to 100%. Willing to give more if consistent.

3 components of trust:

1.) character – can I trust you with my wife, my life, and my wallet

2. Responsibilities/commitments – you do what you say you are going to do.

3.) care and compassion – no trust if you don’t care about people. Relationships is the glue that builds trust. All four generations respond well to respect.