F3 Knoxville

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Ever felt you were going backwards in life

THE SCENE: Warm for upper 60s. A bit windy too
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Reverse arm circles, tempo squats, tempo merkins , SSH in reverse  start at 20 and go to negative 5. Pax fell apart at 0…..which is funny due to all the smart/engineers at the BS. Pinocchio was the only one I believe to keep counting from 0- negative 5.

Bernie the grinder , reverse sumo walk halfway back then Bernie back to start.

5 burpee penalty for the FNG that kicked the cone
THA-THANG:
EVERYTHING WE DO TODAY IS IN REVERSE OR BACKWARDS

  • RT 66 starting at 11 and working down to one. 11 burpees, Bernie to next light pole, 10 burps, always running backwards between light poles
  • Once we made it to mt Crumpit , 7s . At the base , do one monkey humper , Bernie up to Crumpit and do 6 WWII sit-ups with your head downhill , Bernie back down . Rinse n repeat until reps of said exercise are flipped
  • Bernie back to AO
  • Bearway to heaven or Way bear to heaven !  Instead of bear crawl, we crawl bear the whole time. Pretty brutal !
  • over a mile of running and crawl bear backwards today!

MARY:
No time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
12 pax incl one FNG- ESPY
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Ever felt like your going backwards in life and just can’t succeed? Well, I have but I think that’s ok and part of life. I believe if you always succeed in all that you do, you are not trying hard enough or challenging your self enough. You don’t know your limits until to take yourself to the limit and fail. Don’t be afraid of failure , embrace it when it comes and become stronger from it.
MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Abridged tonight . Go for fellowship and support for hardship hill and OEW!

Cinco de Seveno

THE SCENE: A crisp, beautiful morning between 45 and 65 degrees
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
20 side straddle hops, 15 arm circles forward, 15 backward, 8 body-builders, indian run with CMU

THA-THANG:
1st exercise: Unbroken sets of 30 (not for speed, good form)

2nd exercise: work until partner is finished with 1st (Plyometric exercise – explosive)

Switch

After each round switch who goes first.

Exercises:

  1. Deadlift- 2 CMUs
  2. Pistol Pete
  1. Floor Press with CMU
  2. Star Jacks
  1. Bent rows
  2. Iron Mike
  1. Thrusters
  2. Box Jumps
  1. Curls
  2. Plyo push-ups

1.Tricep extension

2. Body-builders

MARY:
One partner farmer carry two CMUs while the other Big boys. Switch. 20 box-cutters, 20 heels to heavens, LBCs cash-out

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I am hard on myself. I expect a lot out of me and the way that I know is because of my frustration, anger, or dismissal for myself when things don’t go my way.  I put my faith in a lot of things, including myself.  I have a lot of faith in my body because I think if I eat right and work out that my body will be transformed.  I expect the same to happen in my spiritual life.  When it doesn’t then I get frustrated and either blow up or hide or double down on my efforts.  2 Corinthians 3 says that I am being transformed into the image of Christ and the only prerequisite for that is my faith in Jesus.  Not in my efforts, not in how well I’m doing, not in how others see me, not in my position at work, home, with friends.  I want to put my hope and faith in the Truth that I am being transformed into Christ’s image, in His time, in His way, not my own.
MOLESKIN:
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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Mental Toughness

TTHE SCENE: Mid 60’s. Humid.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 25 IC
OH Claps 4-ct x 25 IC
Squat x 25 IC
Dips x 25 IC
Alt Deadlift Squat x 25 IC
Calf raise x 25 out/fwd/in IC
Little this/that
Michael Phelps
THA-THANG:
Each man grab a station. AMRAP 1 minute at each station. Hit each station 4 times.
1. Shrug the twins/buckets of rocks
2. Weighted squat ruck or sandbag front load
3. Weighted dips ruck or sandbag
4. Sandbag deadlift
5. Lawnmowers with plates alt each 10
6. Weighted calf raise alt each 20 in/straight/out
MARY:
30 seconds of LBCs
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
16 brothers
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
6 exercises to improve mental toughness:
1. Get rid of extrinsic motivators – no music, no training partner. Suffer in silence alone
2. Develop good habits – Mentally tough people are more consistent than you. They create habits and relentlessly stick to them
3. Learn to ignore things you cannot control – Stoicism is the ability to endure pain and hardship without display of fellings and without complaint
4. Ruck – put a heavy pack on and go walk for hours.
5. Farmer carry – pick up some heavy shit and go for a mile walk.
6. Hang – grab and pullup bar, a tree branch or some playground equipment and start a timer. Work up to 60 seconds.
MOLESKIN:
No cardio but still worked up a great sweat and burned a lot of calories.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
OEW night at Abridged May 9 at 6pm.

KISS

THE SCENE: Mid 60s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 25
Jog grinder down and back
Merkin 4-ct x 15 IC
Jog grinder down and back
Squat 4-ct x 15 IC
Jog grinder down and back
BBS 4-ct x 15 IC
THA-THANG:
ROUTE 66 by Crumpet:
Merkins
Squats
BBS
Alternate for the 6:
10 4-ct flutters
4 10-count Superman

10 rounds of sprints up Mt. Butterbilly together
Starting at 10 Burpees at the top with decreasing reps each round. We got in 3 rounds.
MARY:
CMU Thrusters x 20
CMU Flutter kicks 4-ct x 20
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 men got better.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
KISS – Keep it Simple, Stupid
Sometimes we overcomplicate our lives unneccesarily. I find when things feel out of control complicated, I just need to take it back to basics. Merkins, Squats, Big Boys. When life feels too overcomplicated and I’m stressed out, I go downstairs and hit the pull-up bar, do some merkins or big boys. All of a sudden I can see a little more clearly. Exercise sharpens the mind as well as the body.
MOLESKIN:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:OEW night at Abridged Brewery on May 9 at 6 pm. Some profits are donated. We had a good turnout last year so let’s do it again!

Time is on our Side

THE SCENE: Fabulous moon lit sky at 62 degrees.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH X 10

Arm Circles Front/Back X 10 each

Cherry Pickers X 10

Mosey to Mt. Suckmore and do sevens.  Burpees at the top and BBS at the bottom.  Alternate a run with bear crawl each time we go to the top. Mosey back to the grinder.

THA-THANG:

At Grinder- The old Kraken sprint around circle after each station is completed.

Station 1 – 20 Merkins

Station 2 – 20 single count Flutter kicks with CMU

Station 3 – 20 – 4 count Mt Climbers

Station 4 – 20 OH Press with CMU

Station 5 – 20 Monkey Humpers

Station 6 – 20 CMU Curls

Station 7 – 20 LBCs

Station 8 – 20 CMU Squats

MARY:

Box Cutters X 20

25 BBS OYO

Box Cutters X 10

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 HIMs Today
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Today’s word was about time.  As we age it seems to accelerate.  Use it wisely and don’t waste a second.

Time is free, but it’s priceless. You can’t own it, but you can use it. You can’t keep it, but you can spend it. Once you’ve lost it you can never get it back. Harvey Mackay

Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time. Jim Rohn

MOLESKIN:
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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