F3 Knoxville

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Suicides by light posts

THE SCENE: 47 I think
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Ratchet effect

squatsx 20 ic

merkind x 10 ic

SSH x 20 ic

jog across PL x 2

millennial run x2

millennial sprint x 2
THA-THANG:
Super 11s

  • At the light post, start w one rep each of merkins, squats and big boys
  • Run 2 light posts then run back one light posts, increases rep by one .
  • Always run 2 light posts and back one between PT
  • Super 11 is where you start at one and go to 11, with each exercise
  • Once we reached 11, go back down to one
  • again, between exercises, running 2 Light posts and back one
  • mosey to the pull up bars
  • 4 sets of 5 pull ups
  • run a lap
  • mosey to the parking lot
  • suicides x1
  • millinnial sprint suicide x1
  • time was up!

MARY:
Insert information about any additional post-THANG work (if applicable).
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
14 pax
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Just one of those days where you don’t want to be or do. I was on Q of course but yesterday and today was just one of those days that I struggled to wake up and post at F3. But, the big BUTT! I could have stayed in my bed aka comfort zone but told myself that these are the times you need to suck it up and BE and DO!
MOLESKIN

i Figured we might have 6-8 guys….maybe that was me not feeling it and thought the rest of the guys would not be feeling it and not show up. I was DEAD WRONG! So glad I sucked it up and was there this morning! Not only did we have 6 guys Rucking but we had 14 men total for the F3 workout . So greatful for you guys and to know that you guys were there to embrace the suck with me!

Sometimes, it’s ok to not want to do or be but those are the times to really challenge yourself . AYE!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

A Q for Remembering

THE SCENE: Around 50, with an amazing sun coming up
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
25x SSH IC
15x TN Rocking Chairs IC
10x 4ct Travoltas each side
15x Tempo Squats
10x Tempo Merkins
Run one lap

THA-THANG:
Played a good ol’ game of Memory. 20 cards with 10 different exercises.
PAX take turns flipping 2 cards. If the cards don’t match, all PAX do BOTH exercises.
If the cards match they’re removed, and PAX just do that exercise followed by running a lap.

The cards:
15 Merkins
15 Dry Docks
10 Iron Mikes (each leg)
10 Squat jump
10 Burpee
15 Monkey Hump 4ct
20 Mtn Climber 4ct
Bear Crawl to Pavalon, Crawl Bear back
10 Body Weight Rows at the Scrapyard
20 Big Boys

MARY:
PAX cleared the last card just in time for:
Hello Dollys
Flutter Kicks
Crossing Hello Dolly Flutter Kick Things (pretty sure they have a name, but I can’t think of it)
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
7 PAX this morning. The number of perfection!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Every workout ends with the Ball of Man… A group united as one! But as an engineer, I am always working with a different BOM – Bill of Materials. The Bill of Materials is a detailed list of all of the components that make up the system that’s currently being designed. All those components serve a very specific purpose. They’re included for a reason. Once they’re assembled, they are part of a functioning unit. Both of those meanings of BOM together reminded me of 1 Corinthians 12:

14For the body is not one member, but many. 15If the foot says, “Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body,” it is not for this reason any the less a part of the body. 16And if the ear says, “Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body,” it is not for this reason any the less a part of the body. 17If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the sense of smell be? 18But now God has placed the members, each one of them, in the body, just as He desired. 19If they were all one member, where would the body be? 20But now there are many members, but one body.

Your role as a member of Christ’s body is no more or less important to Him than any other. This is not to say “You are a special snowflake and nobody is like you”. This is to say that you have a specific reason, purpose, for being, for doing, for living. You have a job to do, a role to fill. Seek what that role is from the Head, and DO it with all your might!

MOLESKIN:
You can always count on Rain Check to subvert the workout… Only 4 cards left and he decided he didn’t want to run, so he intentionally flipped non-matching cards! Of course, it only delayed the inevitable…
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Pray for Butterfingers’ MIL – Upcoming surgery. Support Moses run for 100 miles today! Hardship hill May 19.

Mary Ate a Big Burger

THE SCENE: 50° clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
None
THA-THANG:
Mosey to Bearden Middle track
Mary’s Quarter Pounder w/ Cheese:
5 Ruck burpees at start and between each set run back to start for ruck burpees before next stop. Stay together.
Plank w/ ruck till everyone done with exercise
25 yd – Coffin Situp (ruck OH, legs out straight)
50 yd – Hammers
75 yd – single count flutter (ruck over head)
100 yd – heels to the heavens (holding ruck behind head)
Mosey back to AO.
Bear crawl up lovers each time at top do:
Upright rows x 20, OH presses x 20, Merkins x 20. Mosey down to next level, repeat bear crawl up lovers moseying down to next level down each time. (s/b 5)

MARY:
Covered
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
4 great men
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Have a good day!
MOLESKIN:
Great conversation. Flutters should be 4-count next time to truly suck. We only had time for 4 rounds of the lovers lane circuit but it sucked none the less.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Ring Around The Mosey

THE SCENE: Nice and Warm in the Upper 40s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 15 IC

Cherry Pickers x 10 IC

Frankenstein Walk through parking lot

Walking Quad Stretch through parking lot

Walking side to side groin stretch through parking lot

THA-THANG:
We began with a mosey through the park.  We made sure to stay at a pace where everyone could stay relatively close together.

Stop 1 was at the Fountain and we did 10 Burpees OYO and held Al Gore until 6 up.

Continue the Mosey up the hill.

Stop 2 was at the top of the big hill at the back of the park and we did 20 merkins and 20 squats OYO.  Held Al Gore until 6 up.

Continue Mosey back down to Mt. Crumpet, which just so happened to be our 3rd stop.

At Mt. Crumpet, we did 5 ascents up the hill.

  • Ascent 1 was a bear crawl
  • Ascent 2 was a sprint
  • Ascent 3 was a bear crawl
  • Ascent 4 was a sprint
  • Ascent 5 was a bear crawl

Burpees OYO until 6 up.  Continued our ring around the mosey all the way around the park to the base of the hill that climbs to the grinder.  This was Stop #4.

We circled up and did a burpee circle of pain.  The circle held an Al Gore and we took turns doing a burpee until we reach 52 burpees, which was 4 rounds.  We sprinted the hill to the grinder and back.

Circle of pain merkins for same number as the burpees followed by a sprint to the burpees.

At this point, we had 7 minutes before I wanted to start Mary, so we just cashed out the beat down portion by doing an AMRAP of 5 Pull-Ups, 10 Merkins, 15 Squats.

MARY:
Flutter Kicks x 30 IC

Slutter Kicks x 20 IC

Hello Dollys x 15 IC

Cash Out last minute with LBCs.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
13 HIMs showed up to do some serious work.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
In Romans 12, the Bible tells us to strip off every weight that so easily entangles us and run with endurance.  That really gets me thinking about Jesus telling his disciples that they and we would face trials and tribulations, but to take heart because he overcame the world.

A lot of times, we get caught wanting life to be a nice, easy mosey through to the end, but that will NEVER be the case.  We serve a very real God, but we also fight a very real enemy who seeks to destroy us and our families.  Life is going to be hard and it will throw curve balls at you.  How you respond to the difficult times and the mentality with which you attack those difficult times can and will make or break you.

Jesus telling his disciples to take heart in today’s terms is him telling his disciples to keep a positive mindset.  Don’t ever let negativity creep in or come out of your mouth because it is like a cancer that will infect those around you as well.  I apologized to the group for any times that I let negativity come out of my mouth during beat downs and vowed to try not to do that anymore.  It may suck, but we are fighting and winning the battle to be our best self.

Run the race of life with endurance and always keep a positive mindset.
MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

Be Sweet

THE SCENE: Mid 50’s, not raining for once

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Jump rope on Q
  • High Knees on Q
  • Wide Knees on Q
  • Butt kicks on Q
  • Arm Circles Little and big on Q

THA-THANG:

Indian run to Matterhorn, last man dropping for 4 squats then sprint to the front

11’s on Matterhorn 1 Merkin/10 Burpees start at the top

Pavalon Dora P1 15 4-count SSH/BBS P2 200 side tri rise(10 per)

MARY:

  • Crunchy frog x 15 IC
  • Single leg touch x 15 IC each leg
  • Flutters x 15 IC
  • Dollys x 15 IC
  • Slutters x 16 IC
  • Superman 10 count hold x 5
  • Scissors 1 min to cash

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
15 Brothers

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Life is too short to get upset about stupid little annoyances in our lives. I have been working on this the past 6 months and my wife says I’m sweeter to her. I can tell we are closer and more loving when I’m not always trying to educate and correct her. She is my best friend and not identical to me. If I accept her as she is we lead a much happier life with a tight relationship.

MOLESKIN:
Thanks to locals for showing me around the park on a recon ruck. Nice place you got! Wall ball did some marathon training instead of the beatdown, but we enjoyed his mumblechatter when he passed by.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: