F3 Knoxville

Shamrock – Walls of Jericho

THE SCENE: So humid
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Run in a circle, side to side, butt kicks, high knees, run, stop. 

Stretching – Quads

Mountain Climbers – IC – 15 – 4 count 

Cobra stretch 

Tie Fighter 4 CT x 10 each

Smurf Jacks – 20

Cherry Pickers x5

1-2-3 MerkBurpee (Wide-Standard-Tri) x 3 

THA-THANG:

Mosey to the CMU pile 

Grab a CMU – I set out 4 extra CMUs with a rope around 2, with 2 more stacked on top. 

Form a large circle for the Walls of Jericho

Round 1

1 man will walk backwards dragging 4 CMUs around the full circle, during which the rest of the men will:

Curl CMU AMRAP until the 1st man makes it back to their spot

Smurf jacks AMRAP while the next man drags the quad CMU around, 

  • 1-2-3 MerkBurpee (Wide-Standard-Tri) AMRAP
  • Start back over with Curls, then Smurfs, then 1-2-3 MerkBurpees. 
  • We had 11 men so this took a while

Round 2

Once everyone has had a turn we do it again, but with 3 different exercises. 

  • Jumping Spiders – AMRAP
  • Bobby Hurly – AMRAP
  • Tricep CMU – AMRAP

Round 3

  • CMU Twinkle Toes “Heavy Twinkie”- AMRAP
  • Alternating CMU Merkins – AMRAP
  • Bench press while doing flutter kicks “Flutter Press”? – AMRAP

We made it through all 3 rounds and had 5 minutes to burn at the retention pond gully. We ran up and down twice and did some long planks

 

MARY:

Dealers choice – BBS, Merkins, V-ups, flutter kicks

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 men – Nature Boy, Osteen, Fabio, Crawl Space, Pom-Pom, Waxjob, Betty, Dumpster Dive, Curry, Mermaid, Anchorman, 

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Resolution and Review 

Resolution – a firm decision to do or not to do something. Sound like a Yoda quote. 

From the devotions from Thomas a Kempis a 14th century Christian 

“In the morning make a resolution and in the evening examine yourself on what you have said this day, what you have done and thought, for in these things perhaps you have offended God and those around you. “

An example for a resolution to start your day – Pray that God would help you to consider others throughout the day more than yourself. Pretty easy to sit in bed at night to rewind and playback parts of your day. Was I self serving today or did I serve others? 

In the same devotional Thomas says “Just men depend on the grace of God rather than on their own wisdom in keeping their resolutions.”

 

It is NOT a Fitness Expo

THE SCENE:

Partly Cloudy Temperature Feels Like Humidity Wind Speed Wind Direction
69 ℉ 70 ℉ 99% 3.5 mi/h SW

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER.
Delivered as desired. I am not a professional.

WARM-O-RAMA:

Jack of All Trades. – Stolen from Blockbuster F3 Phoenix
Inchworm into plank
5 Plank Jacks
5 Peter Parkers
World’s Greatest Stretch
5 ranger merkins
5 fire hydrants each leg
Inchworm back to standing
10 backslappers
5 sweater squats – straight leg bent over for 5 count
stand up and pull sweater apart for a 5 count
5 seal claps
5 overhead claps
5 side straddle hops
5 heel raises

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Football Field. Moving on Field along mapped path. The path mapped the letter ‘F’ and number ‘3’. At each corner, small number of exercises where done. The F included burpees, merkins, and shoulder taps. The 3 included squats, monkey humpers, and calf raises.

Moved to track. As many laps as possible. Each lap had six stations, three at each end. So, sprint then A mosey B mosey C. Then the other half. Sprint A mosey B mosey C.
A: Merkins
B: Abs (LBCs or BBs)
C: Monkey Humpers or Squat Jumps
Sprint the straight sections and then mosey in between the stations in the corners. Rep counts where 20 first lap, 15 second lap, and 10 for every other lap. Most of the PAX completed four laps. Some more. Some fewer.

Mosey off track to picnic area. 20 Dips. 20 step ups.

Back to the flag.

MARY:
20 Flutter Kicks
16 Pickle Pointers
13 Pickle Pounders.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
13 better men.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

MOLESKIN:
For Baby Boomer and all those traveling this week.  And for all the sick and suffering.  For the unsaid prayers in our hearts.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
2nd F opportunity at Swan Cabin for the nights of the Sept 16th and 17th (Fri & Sat). See Waxjob.

Competition & Challenges

THE SCENE: Less hot than it has been, but still hot enough to cause one to drip massive amounts of sweat off their nose
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

25 Side Straddle Hops because Pool Boy was not yet in attendance
5 Cherry pickers
10 Baby Arm Circles forward & backward
Arm Stretches
Quad Stretching

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the Merkin Mile
1st round
Pair up with a partner, and at each line one partner does 5 merkins, at the next line the 2nd partner does 5 V ups, and rotate in this fashion until you reach the next speed bump.  At the end, swap exercises and work your way back.
2nd round
Same format as before, but 10 squats while the partner does 10 LBC’s
3rd round (cut short for time)
Same format but one partner did 20 Shoulder taps, while the other partner did 10 BBS

Time was called and we set a timer for 10 minutes.
The goal was to hold plank starting on your elbows for as long as you could.  When you break plank you perform the following:
10 Burpees
10 Lunges (5 each leg)
20 High knees
then resume the plank position.  It was ok to modify to planking from your hands.

Repeat this until the timer sounds at 10 minutes.

MARY:
There was no time for Mary, we did plenty of core work during the workout.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Simple, love God & love others.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Health Expo at Catholic Friday evening and Saturday.
The project is changing the AOQ on Tuesday 8/23, if possible let’s got support them.

Chasing Weighty Goals

THE SCENE: Just about perfect with low humidity and comfortable upper 60’s
WARM-O-RAMA:
PAX got to enjoy an immediate round of burpees as the QIC screwed up the F3 order; finished off with a round of SSHs, one tempo merkin, some tai fighters, and squatting Grady corns
THA-THANG:

Never ending pain circle… 4 stations (aka corners) with specific workout at each (1. CMU Squat Thrusters, 2. Alternating CMU Merkins, 3. CMU American Hammers, 4. CMU Kettle Bell Swings).  Start at 20 reps per corner in first round and drop by 1 rep in each subsequent round.  Perform exercise, sit down CMU and run a lap, rifle carry CMU to next station, rinse and repeat.

Overtime fun… mixture of murder bunnies, rifle carries, dock loading, and some curls to finish off before restocking those lovely cinder beauties.  (@Betty managed to run through his CMU doing a murder bunny… so we worked in a few burpees on the way back to the AO)

MARY:

Had time for a howler monkey circle as we closed out the sesh.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 HIMs started and finished the beatdown

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Setting goals… been thinking through my personal goals for the year and recent months and considering ways to improve my success rate.  Important to set S.M.A.R.T. goals (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time Bound).  But more importantly to share them with others to hold you accountable.  Dave Ramsey said that “a list of goals with no actions [or accountability] is just a wishlist”.  Encouraged the PAX to set goals, share them someone, and get after them!  Read Proverbs 21:5 “Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.” NLT

Prayer Requests:  1) @Dumpster Dive and @Charmin wisdom to make some key decisions at their practice; 2) @Longnoodle having some personal challenges and needs widsom, strength, and discipline; 3) @Pom-Pom’s 1 month old daughter having a medical procedure today – healing and recovery

Shamrock

THE SCENE:

Great morning! 67 degrees….10 Strong

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

The usual house cleaning/safety brief 

WARM-O-RAMA:

Neck rolls, tricep stretches, SSH, lower back stretch.

THA-THANG

  • 10 merkins
  • Crossovers down 20 yds
  • 10 Merkins
  • Shuffle back 20 yds
  • 10 merkins      X3
  • Bear crawl 10 yds 
  • Power jump another 10 yds
  • Bear crawls back 10 yds
  • Power jump back  10 yds     X3
  • Crossovers  50 yds
  • Sprint back       X2

Mosey to blocks: Grab 2 blocks 

  • Farmer Carry 30 yds
  • 10 Mountain climbers 2 count
  • Power crawls 20 feet
  • Farmer carry back                               Down and back is 1 rep X 3

Mosey to pull up bars

  • Plank
  • 5 pull-ups       X2
  • Mosey to Start
    Power Jumps up stairs

Dealers Choice

  • LBCs
  • Flutter Kicks
  • Torture chambers
  • Hello Dolley’s
  • Pickle pushers


COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

Pom-Pom, Curveball, Mermaid, Curry, Osteen, Pool Boy, Dumpster Dive, Baby Boomer, Betty, Caveman

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Brief History of American Football

MOLESKIN:

Great Job, fellas! 👊