F3 Knoxville

BB: 16 strong at the Dog Pound

THE SCENE: Bright and early, 38 degrees at start but it got warmer
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

20 “4 count” side straddle hops,

50 merkins,

20 “4 count” mountain climbers

20 “4 count” plank merkins

mosey to outhouse for 40 step ups

THA-THANG:

Mosey to the bottom of the steps

40 merkins, 40 dips, 20 lunges

Run up steps and touch the rock

40 merkins, 40 dips, 20 lunges

Run up steps and touch the rock

Recover with plank

Mosey towards Matterhorn with 10 burpees 1/2 way there

Lunge halfway up hill w sprint to the top

To the Pavilon for 20 pull-ups, 20 decline merkins, and 20 dipS

MARY:
Mosey back to the AO for:

20 “4 count” American Hammers”

50 bicycle kicks

50 baby crunches

20 “4 count” Hello Dolly’s”

40 Merkins

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
16 Strong, flute loop, detention, ratchet, butters, doubtfire, peach fuzz, ribbed, tank, junk, buehler, scooter, shooter, lady fingers, frosty, lazy boy, eyebeam

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
10% of us is visible to the whole world.  The other 90% (everything that goes on in our hearts and minds) is only known to us and God.  Is there stuff going on in our 90% that we want changed?  If so, working harder and trying to come up with the power on our own to change the big stuff that needs to be changed is a fruitless, exhausting effort that most likely won’t work.  The answer:  “Desperate Prayer”.  Go to God in authentic surrendered desperation and ask Him to release His Spirit to work in you – get specific on what you want changed, and get desperate, and do it regularly, and see what happens.  Praise Him.
MOLESKIN:
Pray for Mayberry’s family, Praise for Ratchet’s parents
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

With Friends like these….

The Scene: The Asylum

Clear, 32 degrees but we got warm quick.

Intro and disclaimer

Warm up: SSHX20, 5 burpees, 10 lunges, 15 Merkins, 20 squats

The Thang:
Fun with friends (two 40ish lb logs, 2 50lb sand filled tubes, 4 CMUs )
Count off to 4 teams
Team members take turns carrying logs, pipes and CMUs, (they can never touch the ground.)
Mosey along trail towards Everest.
Stopping at cones (5) to do:
5 burpees
10 lunges per leg
15 Merkins
20 squats

At Everest:
Climb to top of Everest to the road adding “injured” men to each team they have to carry up
At top, all do flutters till 6 catches

Continue mosey going east down road back to AO
Set down logs and CMUs at Cone 1

At AO: Start with teams at each station and do exercise for 90secs. Run to next station.
1) 10 CMU, pipe or Log presses (may share log) and 10 squats…repeat
2) sprint suicides down Bernie back
3) toe touch Merkins x10 & BBS x20 repeat
4) bear crawls to circle (40 yards) and back then flutter kicks
5) inch worms to cone and back
6) bunny hops back and forth repeat
7) plank jacks x20, Bobby Hurley’s x20 repeat
Line up on curb for an all out sprint down and back long ways. Circle up.

MARY:
Flutter kick until several audible groans are heard then add 10 more, Boat- canoe with “rowing” And Plank leg lifts

COT and Name o Rama

Waffle house, G6, earwax, Franke, Leonardo, double wide, bluebird, Snitch, mogul, pusher, cat gut, rainbow, abacus, Flanders, proton, would shack, QVC, walkabout, Rusty, QuickBooks, worm,  Pfeiffer, belding, Bonnie, Frenchy, dimples, plunger, cheatsheet, Coolio, detention, butterfly, Fabio, Gibler, porcelain, Doubtfire, Charman, compost, Cap’n Crunch, Umbro, tank

BOM:
First line in a great book called A Purpose Driven Life is….
Its not about you.
Quit being the center of your universe.
Stop thinking what do I want, what do I need, what can I get out of this.
Today’s society is all about me.

This week think about how you are putting yourself in front of others. Your wife…your kids….your neighbor.
Change where you are in line.

Moleskin:  it was a little chaotic today, at first but the teams showed good teamwork by sharing the load on the mosey. It’s always a blessing for me to come out to the asylum and spend time with this crew. Great job today by all, sorry about the phone glitches and throwing the BOM out of order.

What 2403 means to me…

THE SCENE: 35 chilly and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Mosey around the outhouse, battle buddy up, grab your CMU and head to the hockey rink
THA-THANG:
What 2403 means to me…

Dora style

  • 100 Burpees/farmer carry
  • 200 BBS/farmer carry
  • 300 Bent over Row/run
  • 400 Merkins/run
  • 500 Squats with CMU if possible
  • 400 Gas pumps/farmer carry
  • 300 Curls/run
  • 200 Over head press/run
  • 3 Burpees

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Welcom FNG Blowhole
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
On December 7, 1941 American’s on the east coast woke up to learn that the Japanese had lead an unprovoked attack on our country.  It was later learned that in the attack 2403 Americans were killed.  And our country went to war.

The attack caused thousands upon thousands of men to volunteer to go out and defend their country, states, cities, families and ways of life.  Gallantry was seen when these men laid down their lives to save each other during WWII.

In our society we lose sight of that, we live for ourselves, or maybe a few close to us like wives and kids.  We live to make money, buy a house, drive a fast car, or sometimes old car…  But rarely do we live for each other and even more rarely does someone make the sacrifice for another.

The men of WWII laid down their lives for their friends.  Time after time these men jumped on grenades, charged enemy entrenchments, and gave their lives so others could live.  They died for their friends.

That makes me think of F3 and the friends I have made here, but also of John 15:13 where Jesus says:

“Greater love has no on than this; to lay down one’s life for his friends”

Jesus died on the cross for His friends, which means because He died for our sins He knows all of us intimately.  Which means we are all His friends.

MOLESKIN:
If you didn’t get your reps in do them.  Not for me but for the 2403.

PRAYER REQUESTS:
Ratchet’s in-laws who lost their home in the fire in CA.

Mayberry’s grandmother who is headed to hospice.  And his Dad and Aunt as they prep for that.

All our brothers who were missing in the gloom this morning.

Great day at the 1st F3 Knoxville Inner-City Kids Workout

God blessed us today with beautiful weather for F3 Knoxville  to come downtown and hold a kids workout for kids that need male leadership in their lives. 18 F3 HIMs came out to bond with 21 of their kid partners and crush the workout. We also had 8 F3 2.0s in attendance as well as an adult FNG or two that need to come out again!

During the BOM, We shared the importance of leaning on each other in tough times, keeping each other out of bad situations and trusting God to help us through those difficulties. At the end, Christmas came a little early as men brought a small gift for each of the kids. They were very happy and had a great time. Several were asking when F3 would come back again….This may be the start of a good relationship with these kids as we can plan other activities as well. Praise God for the opportunity to be with these awesome kids today. A special thanks to @Tinder (program director at WH) for getting the kids together and allowing us this opportunity to serve theses kids. He is a true HIM!

 

The Deck is Stacked Against You

THE SCENE: 33 cold & clear

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH IC x 20
  • Merkins IC x 10
  • Cherry Pickers IC x 5
  • This/that stretch
  • Line up & go light pole to light pole with the following
    1. High knees
    2. Butt kickers
    3. Karayoke run (both ways)
  • 5 burpees OYO


THA-THANG:

  1. Mosey to the ball field for relay race
    • Split into two teams.  Team 1 stay at home plate, team 2 go to 2nd base.
    • First man starts by bear crawling to the next base & then sprinting the rest of the bases.
    • Team holds plank until the man running gets back.
    • Perform 10 merkins as a group before next man takes off
  2. 11’s on the hill by ball field
    • Jump squats at top / Decline Merkins at bottom
    • must box jump concrete bleachers while going up the hill
    • alternate bernie sanders every other trip up
    • alternate forward bear crawl every other trip down
  3. Mosey to CMU pile & play some cards
    • Draw cards from the deck using the card value as the number of reps.  Face cards = 10;  Ace = 11;  Joker = 30 second stargazer
    • Hearts = burpees;  Diamonds = CMU goblet squat;  Clubs = CMU curls;  Spades = 4ct Iron Mike
    • Didn’t quite make it through the deck before time ran out.    Heavy on the burpees out of the gate!

MARY:
No Mary today….out of time!

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

11 strong:  Dinghy, La-Z-Boy, Butters, Mayberry, Tank, Choir Boy, Doubtfire, Showcase, Sweet Tea (FNG), Shooter, Bartman

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Today is Veterans Day.   It’s a day to remember those who were willing to answer the call and say “yes” to our nation’s military.   Thank you to all of our Veterans for the sacrifices they’ve made so that we can enjoy the many freedoms that we take for granted all to often.

MOLESKIN:

Remember to keep our brothers climbing Mt. Leconte in your prayers today.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

2.0 workout coming up on Dec 3rd.   More to come from Tank on this.