F3 Knoxville

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Fear the Cardboard

THE SCENE: Mid 30s, clear and calm. Not too many more days until all the leaves are gone and the AO is clean again…
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x20 IC
Tempo Merkins x10 IC
Crabettes x10 IC
LBAC x10 IC each way
Tempo Squats x10

THA-THANG:
Grab a CMU and circle up.
Bunch of dudes today, so a few (including YHC) were resigned to Murder Blocks. I gotta get a weight on those things.

Working independently today. Not a race, concentrate on form!

Cardboard wienkie as follows:

15 Up & Over Merkins (L+R=1)
30 Upright Row
20 Squat Thrust
30 Curls
30 Tri Ext
30 CMU LBC
30 CMU Swing
20 Hand-Release Derkin
20 Lawn Mowers (each side)
15 Twist Lunge (each leg)
20 OHP each arm (or 50 with both arms)
20 ALPOs
20 V-ups
Total reps add to 500… But start over at the top when you finish.
No running on the schedule today, but take a lap any time you need one.

MARY:
10x LBC IC. Felt super easy without the blocks.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Lucky 13 for today’s 500 o’ fun!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Short. Doesn’t mean it’s easy:
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake has forgiven you.
MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Coat drive still ongoing! Check out the new Service Opportunities channel on Slack

“These Go to 11.”

THE SCENE: Mid-30s and clear, but it seemed colder after all of the warm weather
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 25 (4 ct)

Windmills x 10 (4 ct)

Little baby arm circles forward x 10 (4 ct)

Little baby arm circles backward x 10 (4 ct)

Overhead claps x 10 (4 ct)

Seal claps x 10 (4 ct)

Little bit of this, and a little bit of that

Some Michael Phelps

Burpees x 5

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the tennis courts

11s – from one sideline of the tennis courts to the far sideline of the other tennis courts – merkins and squats

Mosey to the rock pile

11s – from the rock pile to the dock – curls and CDDs

Mosey to the Bermuda Triangle

11s – from the triangle to either the bathrooms or the playground – burpees and pull-ups

Mosey back to the tennis courts

Jack Webbs to 10 in honor of Waffle House’s epic Q at the Asylum on Saturday

Mosey to the AO

MARY:
Flutter kicks x 20 (4 ct)

Side crunches x 20 each side (single ct)

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 PAX, which fit perfectly with today’s theme and was completely unplanned

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I had two experiences this weekend that brought me face to face with my arch-nemesis, Time.

On Saturday, I picked up my 1993 Mustang 5.0 that I bought brand new at 16 that I hadn’t driven since 2001.  After 19 years in a garage (including about two years of getting tuned up and detailed), she drove just the same as she did when I was 16 or when I last drove her in 2001.  It was as if those 19 years that she sat in the garage hadn’t passed at all.  With one turn of the ignition, I was 16 again.  Take that, Time.

On Sunday, my oldest child went through his confirmation service at church.  Just like that, 13 years were gone in the blink of an eye, and I was 43 again.  You suck, Time.

As they say, Time is undefeated.

Here is my favorite advice for/description of parenthood: “The days are long, but the years are short.”

Fact: Time does not stop and goes by too fast.

Fact: You will have regrets, no matter how much you try to avoid them.

Here is one of my personal mottos: “If you’re happy with where you are, then you can’t complain about how you got there.”

If you are not happy with where you are, then make a change.

2 Peter 3:8 – But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

So, Time is not undefeated after all.

MOLESKIN:
Prayers for Ribbed’s wife and people who are struggling with addiction, depression, and other problems, especially in these times

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Coat drive

Omaha to Paris

THE SCENE: Couldn’t be a nicer morning
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Lots of on-time pax this morning! Stalled with some Michael Phelps or something while we waited on the stragglers, and did burpees in honor of Swimmies’ on-time (for him) arrival. Then it was time to get going. I read an article on the op-ed page of the New York Times ( https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/06/opinion/memories-from-normandy.html ) that got me thinking I’d like to meet the author, who lived in Sweetwater.
THA-THANG:
Down to the CMUs. 5 rounds of Keepaway, or whatever that game is called. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot in between rounds. Team 1 won, although numerous lawsuits have been filed and the outcome will be contested until the recounts are over and the results have been certified.

Clint’s mom thought she outsmarted the US Army by sending Clint to typists school to keep him out of the draft. He was sent instead to the 82nd Airborne, 512th Glider Infantry.

There was work to do at the Cloud. Stepdowns, LBCs, Box cutters.

Jack Webb showed up…easily the least welcome guest at any workout.

Clint trained in Africa and was dropped into Italy. Fought his way past Mt Vesuvius, which he sketched in his secret and illegal diary.

Moseyed to the dock, practiced some Junk Science – like 90% of us are statistically entitled to 10 more years.

Clint Riddle got into a glider again and landed somewhere near Sainte Mere Eglise, and they fought their way into France.

Operation Overlord, our tribute to those guys. Omaha (Beach) to Paris. It’s almost a half a mile, and it’s all uphill. It is not easy.

Back to back Have a Nice Days, mosey home, ATM.

MARY:
Ain’t nobody got time for that

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Clinton Riddle stayed a Private until the war was over and he was finally discharged. He came home to Sweetwater, married, had kids, became a bi-vocational pastor, and started talking about his experience of war in his 90s, when he was one of the few people left to talk about them. He spent 3 hours one morning with me and my sons, telling us about every part of his time in battle. Pvt Riddle died last December. He was 98 years old.
MOLESKIN:
With gratitude to Clinton Riddle and everyone who serves selflessly. With gratitude to the men of F3.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
I owe Jumbo breakfast – INCREDIBLE Omaha-to-Paris sprint.

Welcome to the Rock (In Honor of Sean Connery)

THE SCENE: 40s, dry, halo around the moon (I’m not saying my Qs are special, but I’ve now had a shooting star and a moon halo for my Qs, so draw your own conclusion)

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 30 (4 ct)

Windmills x 10 (4 ct)

Imperial Walkers x 10 (4 ct)

Little baby arm circles forward x 10 (4 ct)

Little baby arm circles backward x 10 (4 ct)

Some Michael Phelps

A little of this, a little of that x 2

Burpees x 5

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the rock pile and select a rock

Mosey to the splash pad

Burpee pull-ups (burpee w/ a pull-up at the end instead of a jump) x 10

Curls w/ the rock x 20

Rows w/ the rock x 30

Squats w/ the rock x 40

LBCs w/ the rock x 50

Plank until everyone is done

ATMs

Collect the rock, mosey to the dark circle past the dock (where the drug van sometimes parks, but it wasn’t there today)

Burpee presses (burpee w/ a shoulder press w/ the rock at the end instead of a jump) x 10

Curls w/ the rock x 20

Rows w/ the rock x 30

Squats w/ the rock x 40

LBCs w/ the rock x 50

Plank until everyone is done

Circle of fire w/ merkins – 5 rounds from 1 rep to 5 reps

Collect the rock, mosey to the road in between the bathrooms and the playground.  Half of the pax to the bathrooms and half to the playground for a repeat of Round 1 (i.e., burpee pull-ups, curls, rows, squats, and LBCs) and return to the road and hold plank until everyone is done.

We needed to give our arms a rest, so we did a circle of fire with squats (5 and then 10) while holding Al Gore in between.

Collect the rock, mosey back to the dark circle for a repeat of Round 2 (i.e., burpee presses, curls, rows, squats, and LBCs).

Put rocks up, mosey to AO

MARY:
We arrived at the AO right as the clock struck 6:15, so no Mary today.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 PAX

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
We all need to keep perspective.  It has been a long week for an Election Day, which has been called by some the most important election ever.  Someone says that every election.  Whatever happens with this or any other election, it is still better than what we had under a king or queen sitting on a throne.  As Cersei said to Ned Stark, “When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die.  There is no middle ground.”  At least we don’t have that anymore.

MOLESKIN:
Prayers for Ribbed’s wife, Lillydipper’s wife, Mr. Jinxy’s wife, and the family of Pondzi’s colleague who committed suicide.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence at the Asylum at 7:00 tomorrow for the third anniversary followed by the nantan swap followed by food courtesy of Junk.

The Politician’s Workout

SCENE: Mid-thirties. Just cool enough to have us reminiscing about last week’s weather.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Windmills IC | SSH IC | Tempo Squats
  • Overhead Claps IC | Seal Claps IC |

THA-THANG:

Fellowship, laps, and body weight exercises: We talked in circles & left the heavy lifting to someone else.

Tennis Court Four Corners – 20 15 10

  • Diamond Merks | Shoulder Taps
  • Hand Release Merks | Inch Worm

(Mosey to Playground)

SEVENS at Playground

  • Step-ups & Squats
  • Squats & Imp Walkers
  • Imperial Walkers & Split Squats

(Slow Mosey to Flag)

PAX-Called Core Exercises

  • Captain Thors | Pickle Pointers
  • LBCs | American Hammers
  • Flutter Kicks | Box Cutters

(Mosey to Tennis Court)

MARY: 45 secs of burpees

BOM:

Candidates I like never do as well as I hope & candidates I dislike never do as badly as I fear. Invest your time & energy in the people & activities that change your life.