F3 Knoxville

Grass is always greener

AO: asylum-daybreak
Q: Qbert
PAX: Brick, Choir Boy, Crawdad (Robbi Dickens), Dain Bramage (Will Olson), Drum Major, F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom), F6, Hands, Veggie (Rylen Huddy), Lulu (Greg Huddy), lebowski, Toby
FNGs: 1 Toby
COUNT: 18
WARMUP:
Mosey long way to top second parking lot.
Light stretching at the lot.

THE THANG:
Light stretch:
Downward dog
Calf stretch
Glute stretch

Lunge to one light pole
Run two light poles
Karaoke to the right one light pole
Run two light poles
Karaoke to the left one light pole
Run two light poles
Burney one light pole
Repeat to the road

Run to quarry on the way to base camp
Grab a rock
20 curls
20 Tricep extensions
Repeat 10 of each

Jog to base camp 2x
10 big boy sit ups
Run to second large tree and back
Repeat

Run the path to the overlook
BSIA baby!
Run the loop
10 calf raises at the stairs
20 American hammers at the start
Repeat

Jog to the parking lot
Rock around the clock
Start at 6 o’clock run counter clockwise
At 9 o’clock – 20 squat jumps
Reverse direction run to 12 o’clock
12 o’clock – 15 dead bugs
3 o’clock – 10 hand release merkins
6 o’clock – 5 manmakers

Run to rose bowl
25 dips at top
25 LBC at bottom

Muscle beach
Mini Murph
25 pull-ups
50 merkins
75 squats

MARY:
Get comfortable being uncomfortable.
Don’t be afraid to fail.
Failure means you have put yourself in a position to learn and grow through experience.
Put yourself in a position to fail…fail fast, fail safe, fail forward…learn and grow from the experience.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

Plunging Into the New Year

AO: asylum-daybreak
Q: Lilydipper , High Heels (Henry Ritchie), Charmin (John Willis)
PAX: OnStar, Rainbow, F6, High Heels, Veggie (Rylen Huddy), Crawdad (Robbi Dickens), Matlock (Bill Maddox), Choir Boy, Dung Beetle, Gibbler, Charmin (John Willis), Jumbo(Carter Dickens), Pusher, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Drum Major, lebowski, Tropicana, P3, Scully, Honeydew, Tenderfoot, Lilydipper
FNGs: None
COUNT: 22
WARMUP: Charmin had us doing all kinds of things that unnerved us before even getting to The Thang.
THE THANG: Charmin took us to three different pavilions where we were crushed with his mesmerizing and crushing exercises. We took CMU size boulders to the first pavilion and he made us raise and swing those things around until are arms could no longer take it.
High-Heels took over after the third pavilion of exercises by Charmin. High-Heels took us to the Caribbean parking lot where we ran from 6 o’clock counter clockwise to 9 o’clock stopping at 3, 12 and 9 o’clock to do various exercises. We did this about a million times until we were barely breathing. Lilydipper took us from there back to the 1st Pavilion to grab those doggone boulders that Charmin wore us out with. We had to go to the AO parking lot and team up for Doras. Partners did exercises with the dagnab boulders while the other ran around the parking lot, a heaving and a bursting with air until partners traded places. We weren’t done after we put the boulders back. Lily made us run various sprints (Bernie, High Knees, etc.) until we had stumble to the pavilion for the BOM.
MARY: We were so beat down what we didn’t have the time nor ability to do the Mary.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Convergence at Big Ball on January 20!!
COT: Message: Plunging Into The New Year
Why do we this F3 Thing for another doggone year
1. It is completely stupid
2. It involves community.
3. It is a line of demarcation.
4. It is acceptance of pain.
5. It is release.
6. It is invigoration.
7. It is celebration.
Also, prayers for F6 on vocational search, prayers for those heading back to school or college, and praise for the health of Matlock’s nephew, John.

Corrupting Crawdad’s Yoga Studio

AO: asylum-daybreak
Q: Bookman
PAX: CRISPR, Charmin (John Willis), Dung Beetle (Scott Kimsey), P3 (Jordan Simmons), F6, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Choir Boy, Crawdad (Robbi Dickens), Qbert, Bookman, Swimmies (Nathan Chesney), High Heels (Henry Ritchie), lebowski
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
WARMUP:

SSHs
Gradycorns
Cherry pickers
Mosey

THE THANG:

Go up and down the ladder, Do 1st exercise then run to curb and back, !st and 2nd then run to curb and back, so on and so on
1 Burpee
2 HR Merkins
3 Box Cutters
4 Shoulder Taps (Total)
5 Imperial Walkers (2 count)
6 Side Lunge
7 Star Jacks
8 Mountain Climbers (total)
9 Squats
10 Crunches
11 SSHs (Single Count)
12 Apollo Onos
13 Merkins
14 Hello Dollys (Single Count)
15 Iron Mikes (2 count)

15 of each exercise to finish us off!

Atomic Habits by James Clear
The 3rd Law – Make It Easy
“Get your reps in”
Study of London cab drivers knowing the roads showed that the hippocampus (spatial memory) decreased when retired. Like weight training
Repeated motions decrease difficulty and become action. Active practice vs. passive learning
Put in your reps is the most critical step. Show up! Make them mean something.

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

Thinking About Death Can Be A Key for Happiness

AO: asylum-daybreak
Q: Lilydipper
PAX: Brick, Lulu (Greg Huddy), F6, Waffle House (Brady Greene), Dung Beetle (Scott Kimsey), Qbert, CRISPR, Pele (Jon Lindberg), P3 (Jordan Simmons), Drum Major, Toto (James Smith), Pusher, Glamper, OnStar, Lilydipper
FNGs: None
COUNT: 15

WARMUP:
THE THANG:
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

Q101

AO: asylum-pm
Q: Pele (Jon Lindberg)
PAX: Ghost Flag (F3Knoxville), Brick, Crash Dummy, Tenderfoot, Swimmies (Nathan Chesney), CRISPR, Rooney (Carl Whipple), Lilydipper, Madoff (Daniel Hereford), Steam, Drum Major, Pele (Jon Lindberg), F6, Glamper
FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
Regular workout with some Q-Tips and Pele’s Pointers mixed in
WARMUP: -10 Side Straddle Hops (4-ct), in cadence
– 10 Cherry Pickers (4-ct), in cadence
– 10 Grady Corns (4-ct, IC)
– 10 Windmills (4-Ct, IC)

THE THANG: MOSEY to DORA Parking Lot. Everyone do 10 BURPEES OYO! Q FAIL: Can’t do it, don’t do it.
Battle Buddy Up
DORAS:
– 100 MERKINS
– 100 DEAD BUGS (2-count)
– 100 BOBBY HURLEYS

When finished do alternating Imperial Squat Walkers (10x, 4-ct) and SSH (10x, 4-ct) until 6 is done.
Mosey to STOP SIGN at the southern point of the Loop Road.
QUARTER POUNDER:
– Run to first cone, 25 merkins, run back.
– Run to second cone, 50 Squats, run back
– Run to third cone, 75 Mountain Climbers, run back
– Run to Fourth cone, 100 SSH, run back

Mosey to some random trees, do 1) BEAR CRAWL with 5x Merkins at each tree up and back, then 2) LUNGES with 10 Froggy Jumps at each tree up and back.
MARY: Various ab and stretching exercises, called on PAX to lead.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bolympics Nov 4, shovel flag handoff Nov 2, Rucking 4-hour event Dec. 2
COT: Discussed the Word and Prayer portions of the Q. JOHN PRINE says about one of his best songs Angel of Montgomery): ‘The opening lyric is “I am an old woman, named after my mother…” I was very nervous about singing this in public for the first time. Because I thought that it would come across as too detailed, too amateurish. And I thought there must be a reason for that. I must not be doing it the right way, whatever the right way is.’ Just like with songwriting, there really IS no right way to do a BOM. Just speak about something you have learned, something important to you, something that might help others. Not everyone will respond the same way but I can guarantee that pretty much every one of your brothers will get something out of your message. From Exodus 4: But Moses said to the LORD, “Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of speech and of tongue.” 11 Then the LORD said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the LORD? 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak.”