F3 Knoxville

[bluegrass-pm-otb] Unfamiliar Territory

AO: bluegrass-pm-otb
Q: The Situation
PAX: Pusher, Pele (Jon Lindberg), F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom), Down Under, Finger Lickin’
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WARMUP:
SSH
Hip Hinges
Cherry Pickers
Runner stretch
Slow Squats
Slow Merkins
Dive bomber merkins
Pickle Pointers

THE THANG:
25 BBS
25 Flutter Kicks
25 Calf Raises
Between: Run to pillars, 10 Incline Merkins, run around

20 Merkins
20 Squat Jumps
20 1-ct Iron Mikes
Between: Bernie to start and jog back

40 1-ct Mountain Climbers
40 1-ct Rocky Balboas
40 sec Plank
Between: Shuffle out, shuffle back

Lunge to halfway median, 5 Burpees
Lunge second half, 5 Burpees
X2

Bear Crawl up hill, Bear Crawl down
10 Hello Dollies
X2

MARY:
5 Crunchy Frogs in cadence
10 Side Plank Raises in cadence
10 Hello Dollies
10 Windshield Wipers
Crowdsource Abs

Stretching
Side stretch
Upper Glute stretch
Hip Flexor stretch
Groin stretch
Runner stretch

COT:
Sometimes you find yourself contemplating the whole universe and your place in it. Other times, you’re just grateful for the little things. Both are okay.

Fear the Brau, bruh

AO: asylum-am
Q: Unibráu (Nick Robinson)
PAX: Tropicana, P3, Grandslam, TRC/Crab legs, Pac-man, Matlock (Bill Maddox), Sawdust, Rooney(Carl Whipple), F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom), Snitch (Cory Beilharz )
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WARMUP: No time for such nonsense. The Brau waits for no one

THE THANG: mosey around the entire livelong park. Follow the Brau. Stopping periodically for merkins and other stuff

MARY: she ain’t here

ANNOUNCEMENTS: one nation under Brau

COT: a Brau divided amongst itself cannot stand

Birthday Q

AO: asylum-am
Q: Woodpecker
PAX: Hands, Grandslam, Double Wide, F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom), Cinco (Scott McGuire), Love’s, P3, TRC/Crab legs, Waffle House (Brady Greene), Sawdust, Tropicana, Cosmo 2, Econoline, Matlock (Bill Maddox), Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Packman, Teckmo, Newton, Coolio
FNGs: None
COUNT: 20
WARMUP:
-Side straddle hops
-Tempo squats
-Ty fighters
-Temp merkins
-Plank jacks
-25 burpees

THE THANG:
Pavilion 
-25 step up’s 
-25 dirkins
-25 Dips

Skunk Hill
-25 merkins at base 
-Sprint to top 
Rinse and repeat x5

Cardiac Hill
-25 jump squats at each turn

Little Everest
-25 flutter kicks at bottom 
-25 American hammers at top 
Rinse and Reapeat x5

Mosey to Everest for a P3 recovery

MARY:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:
The Man Who Can 
Edgar Guest 

Can’t is the worst word that’s written or spoken; 
Doing more harm here than slander and lies; 
On it is many a strong spirit broken, 
And with it many a good purpose dies. 
It springs from the lips of the thoughtless each morning 
And robs us of courage we need through the day: 
It rings in our ears like a timely-sent warning 
And laughs when we falter and fall by the way. 

Can’t is the father of feeble endeavor, 
The parent of terror and half-hearted work; 
It weakens the efforts of artisans clever, 
And makes of the toiler an indolent shirk. 
It poisons the soul of the man with a vision, 
It stifles in infancy many a plan; 
It greets honest toiling with open derision 
And mocks at the hopes and the dreams of a man. 

Can’t is a word none should speak without blushing; 
To utter it should be a symbol of shame; 
Ambition and courage it daily is crushing; 
It blights a man’s purpose and shortens his aim. 
Despise it with all of your hatred of error; 
Refuse it the lodgment it seeks in your brain; 
Arm against it as a creature of terror, 
And all that you dream of you some day shall gain. 

Can’t is the word that is foe to ambition, 
An enemy ambushed to shatter your will; 
Its prey is forever the man with a mission 
And bows but to courage and patience and skill. 
Hate it, with hatred that’s deep and undying, 
For once it is welcomed ’twill break any man; 
Whatever the goal you are seeking, keep trying 
And answer this demon by saying: “I can.”

The Bros Bowl

AO: asylum-daybreak
Q: Steam
PAX: Pusher, F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom), Stitch, Kung Blue, Choir Boy, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Cart Girl (John Sadler) (Chatt, TN), Dain Bramage (Will Olson), Lilydipper, Waffle House (Brady Greene), Brick, Billie Jean, Stiff Arm, Sweat Kankle
FNGs: 1 Sweat Kankle
COUNT: 15
WARMUP
1. Mountain Climber: 12×4
2. Plank Jacks: 12×4
3. Rockette: 12×4
4. Imperial Walker: 12×4
5. Apollo Onos: 10×4

THE THANG
(Mosey to the BP)

1 — BP Warm-Up
– 50 bench pull-ups
– 50 dips

(Mosey to the front of the Super Bowl)

2 — Rings of Power Part 1
– Run up the inner ring
– Top: 10 Star Jacks (1ct)
– Base: 10 man-makers
– Total of 1 round

3 — Rings of Power Part 2
– Run the outer middle ring to the top
– Top: 10 heels to heaven (4ct)
– Base: 10 Butterfly situps (1ct)
– Total of 1 round

4 — Rings of Power Part 3
– Run the outer perimeter ring
– Opposite side: 10 elevated heel squats (1ct)
– Base: 10 Iron Mikes (1ct)
– Total of 1 round

5 — Muscle Beach Mania
– Different Xs — only 5 reps each
– 5 reps = a higher expectation of good form rather than sprinting through
– Once you’re done with 5 reps of an X, run to the CCP (Country Club Pav) and do 25 LBCs (1ct)
– Rinse and repeat for (x amount of minutes)
– The Xs (On Notecards)
– Dips
– Pull-ups/chin-ups
– Incline Merkins
– Decline Merkins
– Balanced Squats
– Box Jumps (fully stand up)
– Rope pull-ups
– Forearm plank leg lifts
– Elevated split squats
– Monkey bar gauntlet

MARY
American Indian run 1/2 back to the flag
Jailbreak / BTTW 1/2 back to the flag

ANNOUNCEMENTS
– 2024 Summer Convergence — uncovered-summer-convergence
– 7/13/24
– The Cove @ Concord Park
– 7am – 8am workout / 8am – 9am COT + coffeteria
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COT
Notes & takeaways from a portion of GrowSchool
(From GTE-46 (SEND ME))

1. What is your “F3 story?”
1. This matters!
2. Not only do people outside of F3 need to hear this as you EH them, but it’s also important to remind ourself and other men in F3 of this story — it helps us better understand each other and how F3 has changed our lives.
1. Rightness is a process – not a destination
2. f3nation.com/get-right-q1/ — The Pursuit of Personal Alignment
1. Commitment to the DRP (Daily Red Pill)
2. King — Fitness
1. Fatigue makes cowards of us all
2. No one cares what you can do when you’re fresh – it’s the level of integrity that you execute at when you’re smoked and tired that fights against the quote above
3. This is a daily discipline of the body
1. Queen — your “put in the body” discipline
1. Typically viewed from a nutritional perspective (diet, etc.)
2. But broaden the scope to include anything you are consuming – physically, mentally, emotionally, relationally, spiritually, etc.
3. Your King can’t outwork your Queen
1. If I workout 7x a week but have a terrible diet, it doesn’t matter how hard I’m working
1. Your King and Queen are intrinsically related and connected
1. Jester — temptation of the flesh
1. anything. that hinders the acceleration of your King, Queen, Fitness, Fellowship, and Faith.
1. https://soundcloud.com/f3nation/f3-q-source-get-right-q1

Stars and Stripes

AO: asylum-daybreak
Q: Lilydipper
PAX: Drum Major, Windex, Pusher, Doubtfire (Nick Bond), Tenderfoot, Glamper, Dain Bramage (Will Olson), Brick, Pele (Jon Lindberg), F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom), Billie Jean, Honeydew, MD Hammer, Gridiron, Shogun
FNGs: None
COUNT: 16
WARMUP: 20 Side Straddle Hops, Curly Stomps, 8 Twistees, 10 Baby Arm Circles Forward, 10 Baby Arm Circles Backward, March around parking lot to Stars and Stripes Type Music, Butt Kick and High Knees around parking lot to Stars and Stripes Music.

THE THANG: Mosey to the Pavilion. We will do Elevens starting with 10 Picnic Table Pull-ups and 1 Bench Dip.
Mosey to Caribbean Parking Lot. We will go in counterclockwise circle stopping at every other island to do 10 Merkins. Those finishing first run back to meet the six. Rinse and Repeat with 20 Baby Crunches.
Mosey to the Mound. We will run up clockwise to the top and do 10 Decline Merkins on the benches there.
Mosey to Muscle Beach. Each man does 25 reps on exercise instrument of their choice, then runs to first crosswalk in parking lot, does one Burpee, and runs back to do 25 reps of next exercise of choice. After that, run to second crosswalk. Rinse and repeat to third crosswalk on the far end of the parking lot. All men finish by doing reps until the six returns from 3rd crosswalk.
Mosey on the sidewalk that goes past the Mound and to the shade tree where the sidewalk meets the Serpentine Trail. We will do 20 Flutter Kicks
Mosey on the Caribbean parking lot to the trail that goes back to the Pavilion. We will do 10 Tempo Merkins.
Mosey to the Pavilion. Drop off any unnecessary gear and then mosey past the batting cage area and down to the start of Cardiac. We will each get a boulder and do the following exercises in cadence:
20 Overhead Presses

20 Curls

20 Rows

20 Tricepts

Replace boulders. Next, we will run up Cardiac, stopping at the following to do the following exercises:
1st Turn, keep running!

2nd Turn, 20 Hello Dollies

3rd Turn, 20 Decline Merkins with feet on grass

Benches, 20 Bench Dips

Mosey to AO.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: UnCOVEred is Saturday, July 13 at the Cove at 7 am.

COT: Prayers for continuing healing for Maddie, Windex’s daughter. We found out after the COT that Maddie get’s to transfer from the hospital to a rehab facility today. Prayers of thanks for the recent “clean bill of health” that Shogun received. Prayers for the safe return of Pusher’s wife who will be heading back home from the Philippines this Sunday.

Message:
On this day of our celebration of America’s independence I have some quotes for you that reflect the principles our nation was found on. When I reflect on great American quotes I think of “Give me liberty or give me death” by Patrick Henry or “Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country” by John F. Kennedy. But here are five more quotes, not all by Americans, that reflect on America and it’s principles:
True patriotism springs from a belief in the dignity of the individual, freedom and equality not only for Americans but for all people on earth. –Eleanor Roosevelt
1.
Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. – Albert Camus
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In America, nobody says you have to keep the circumstances that somebody else gives you. – Amy Tan.
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We are a nation of many nationalities, many races, many religions – bound together by a single unity, the unity of freedom and equality. – Franklin D. Roosevelt
1.
I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom. – Bob Dylan
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Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country. – Calvin Coolidge
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When thinking of that last quote, I think particularly of our military veterans who have fought to keep our country free. That freedom gives us “the chance to be better” like Camus says. It comes with responsibility as Dylan proclaims. And because of our freedom, as Tan states, we don’t “have to keep the circumstances that somebody else gives” us.