F3 Knoxville

Defeating a stacked deck

AO: shamrock
Q: Base Salary
PAX: Finish Him (Chris Templeton), Base Salary, Jardet (Tyler Hill), Betty (Tyler Alexander), Commission (Adam Wilson), Curveball P (Dave Purcell), Dumpster Dive, Eliza (Kevin Parrott), Honeydew (Jason Childers), Oscar Meyer (Brett Harris), Skidmark (Brad Coulter), slappy (Nathan Evers), Voodoo (Eric A), Waxjob (Josh Brady), Apple Bottom, Great White (Grant Goodwin), LeBling (Chris LeClair), Curry (Steve Coy), Stitch (Brad Ware), The Situation (Carl Helstrom), Twitch, Coal miner, nacho libre
FNGs: 2 Coal miner, nacho libre
COUNT: 23
WARMUP:
SSH x 10
Tie fighters x 10
Hip rolls x 5
Neck rolls x5
Windmills x 10
Cherry pickers x 4

THE THANG:
To the football field. Each Pax got a card from the F3 workout deck with the remainder of the deck being chance cards. Starting at the goal line, do the exercise on the card for the reps + yard line. Then mosey to the opposite side (Bernie to get back). Goal line ->goal line -> opposite 10 -> 10-> etc until the 50 (15 second stargazer) then work back out to the goal lines.
MARY: back at the flag continued drawing from the deck doing exercise at dictated reps

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Prayers : Freefall’s mother, Guardrail looking for a new employment opportunity, son of Cardinal adapting to a new school and the still recent losses of father and grandfather, curveball’s father is having cataract surgery.

COT: There is no pride in struggling alone.
There was a town that had a large storm on the way. It was expected to produce mass flooding. News alerts for the area urged residents to evacuate. One man however choose to stay and putting his faith in God saying ‘I know the Lord will take care of me.’ The storm arrives and floods began while emergency crews swept the town and urged him to evacuate, but he stayed and said ‘I know the Lord will take care of me.’ As the town began was flooding he retreated to his upstairs and a boat came up to rescue him. He again said ‘I know that the Lord will take care of me.’ The flood waters continued to rise and the man was sitting on his roof. A helicopter comes by and begs the man leave, but he just says ‘I know the Lord will take care of me.’ Eventually the flood rises and the man perishes. The man asks God why didn’t you protect me when I put all my faith in you until death?! God replied ‘I gave you news alerts and emergency crews, I sent a boat and a helicopter, why didn’t you accept the help I provided?’
We sometimes want our answers to feel miraculous or to happen how we want them, when the real help we need is found in much more ordinary ways. We need to humble ourselves to the Lord and ask for help, but also have open eyes in the ways he provides for us.
This group is a great example of what the Lord has provided to us when we are in need. Do not struggle alone, let the group know when you are having a tough time, so that we can serve and help you through.

Defeating a stacked deck

AO: shamrock
Q: Base Salary
PAX: Finish Him (Chris Templeton), Base Salary, Jardet (Tyler Hill), Betty (Tyler Alexander), Commission (Adam Wilson), Curveball P (Dave Purcell), Dumpster Dive, Eliza (Kevin Parrott), Honeydew (Jason Childers), Oscar Meyer (Brett Harris), Skidmark (Brad Coulter), slappy (Nathan Evers), Voodoo (Eric A), Waxjob (Josh Brady), Apple Bottom, Great White (Grant Goodwin), LeBling (Chris LeClair), Curry (Steve Coy), Stitch (Brad Ware), The Situation (Carl Helstrom), Twitch, Coal miner, nacho libre
FNGs: 2 Coal miner, nacho libre
COUNT: 23
WARMUP:
SSH x 10
Tie fighters x 10
Hip rolls x 5
Neck rolls x5
Windmills x 10
Cherry pickers x 4

THE THANG:
To the football field. Each Pax got a card from the F3 workout deck with the remainder of the deck being chance cards. Starting at the goal line, do the exercise on the card for the reps + yard line. Then mosey to the opposite side (Bernie to get back). Goal line ->goal line -> opposite 10 -> 10-> etc until the 50 (15 second stargazer) then work back out to the goal lines.
MARY: back at the flag continued drawing from the deck doing exercise at dictated reps

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Prayers : Freefall’s mother, Guardrail looking for a new employment opportunity, son of Cardinal adapting to a new school and the still recent losses of father and grandfather, curveball’s father is having cataract surgery.

COT: There is no pride in struggling alone.
There was a town that had a large storm on the way. It was expected to produce mass flooding. News alerts for the area urged residents to evacuate. One man however choose to stay and putting his faith in God saying ‘I know the Lord will take care of me.’ The storm arrives and floods began while emergency crews swept the town and urged him to evacuate, but he stayed and said ‘I know the Lord will take care of me.’ As the town began was flooding he retreated to his upstairs and a boat came up to rescue him. He again said ‘I know that the Lord will take care of me.’ The flood waters continued to rise and the man was sitting on his roof. A helicopter comes by and begs the man leave, but he just says ‘I know the Lord will take care of me.’ Eventually the flood rises and the man perishes. The man asks God why didn’t you protect me when I put all my faith in you until death?! God replied ‘I gave you news alerts and emergency crews, I sent a boat and a helicopter, why didn’t you accept the help I provided?’
We sometimes want our answers to feel miraculous or to happen how we want them, when the real help we need is found in much more ordinary ways. We need to humble ourselves to the Lord and ask for help, but also have open eyes in the ways he provides for us.
This group is a great example of what the Lord has provided to us when we are in need. Do not struggle alone, let the group know when you are having a tough time, so that we can serve and help you through.

Rucks and Coupons

AO: shamruck
Q: Betty (Tyler Alexander) , Betty (Tyler Alexander)
PAX: Oscar Meyer (Brett Harris), Blindside (Davis Bodie), Eliza (Kevin Parrott), Ribbed (Joshua Sagraves), Betty (Tyler Alexander), Dumpster Dive, Tonka (Andrew McDonald)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WARMUP:
None
THE THANG:
HIM’s set out on a ruck with normal packs but we also brought along 5 coupons (20,30,40,60,80 lbs). With 7 men we rotated coupons every 0.25 mile. 5 guys working with coupons and two guys with just their rucks. We covered 2.25 miles and there was sufficient grumbling by everyone that encountered the 80lber.
We then took a lap .44 without any coupons to speak of for recovery.

Fun was had by most, suck was embraced by all.
MARY:
No Time
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
None
COT:
Don’t let anyone outwork or out-hustle you for your dreams. We drew a parallel of certain people who will do just about anything with an end use in mind. Don’t let them work harder on their goal than you are working on yours.

I Love the 80s – SYITG Edition

AO: shamrock
Q: Eliza (Kevin Parrott)
PAX: Oscar Meyer (Brett Harris), Ghost Flag (F3Knoxville), Dumpster Dive, LeBling (Chris LeClair), Skidmark (Brad Coulter), Betty (Tyler Alexander), Eliza (Kevin Parrott), Curry (Steve Coy), Toretto (Larry Seufert), Baby Boomer (Norm Vaughn), slappy (Nathan Evers), Stitch (Brad Ware), Rubber Duck, Twitch, Paper or Plastic, Tailhook
FNGs: None
COUNT: 16
WARMUP: SSH 10X
Jane Fonda left 10x
Jane Fonda right 10x
THE THANG: Mosey to the CMU pile and carry it to parking lot

4 corners – each corner has 4 exercises – 20 reps each = 80 reps per corner – rinse and repeat

Corner 1: merkins, big boys, lunges, shoulder tap planks
Corner 2: CMUs – Bench Press, squats, curls, swings
Corner 3: Jesus statue- step ups, dips, burpees, 25 yard run
Corner 4: Mary – Flutter kicks, American hammers, hello dollys, Freddy mercury’s
MARY: built into beatdown + 5 extra burpees
ANNOUNCEMENTS: F3 in the Nude, Dad Camp
COT: I encouraged everyone to post downrange at some point and shared my experience with long time F3 Cape Fear PAX EPO about the Magnet, the Glue, and the Dynamite. I challenged everyone to read Freed to Lead and gave a copy to Betty to read first, sign the the inside and pass it to the next PAX.

Copycat Workout

WARMUP:
Tempo Squats x 10
Tempo Merkins x 10
Cherry Pickers x 3
THE THANG:
Two decks of cards.  Find a battle buddy, draw a card and multiply the card value by 10, and split the exercises with you battle buddy, each doing half of the total.  Once you complete the exercises, take a lap, draw a card and repeat.
The suit of the card determined the exercises.
Spades: Big Boys & Hello Dollies
Hearts: Merkins & Dips
Diamonds: Squats & Lunges
Clubs: Bench Press & Curls
Joker: 25 Thrusters eachCollect as many cards as you can and build your best poker hand.  Caveman and Twitch managed a royal flush with one wild card, which was the winner and it wasn’t close.
MARY:
We went arounf the group calling an ab exercise, and followed each with 10 merkins until time ran out.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 in the Nude 7/29/2023
COT:
The importance of using a back blast.  With Pax miner rolling out next week, we discussed the highlights and reasons for back blasts.  I was able to share information from my first workout 4 years ago and recognized the members in attendance and even could even recall the message from that workout.Prayer Requests
Dumpster Dive’s attorney friend struggling with a forced retirement due to kidney failure.
Anchorman’s daughter who is recovering from a successful tonsillectomy.