F3 Knoxville

CMUs, Sprints and Hills…

THE SCENE 74 and humid

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

THE THANG
COP
Forward arm circles x10 IC
Reverse arm circles x10 IC
Michael Phelps x10 OYO
Leg swings x10 each leg OYO
Plank Complex IC
Merkins x 10 4ct IC

CMUs on baseline. Get a BattleBuddy

//BattleBuddy. 3 minutes per round.
1. Farmer carry down and back + Box jump on curb
2. Weighted lunge down and back + split lunge
3. Sprint down and back+ CMU SSH

x10 Carolina Dry Docks IC

Grab CMU and mosey to base of New Hill (Along the way: 20 LB sit ups OYO. 20 American Hammers OYO)

Base of the New Hill…it’s a torturous hill and deserving of a terrible name.

//BattleBuddy: 3 minutes per round
1. Run up hill + Merkins
2. Run up hill + BBSU

Mosey with CMU to base of Everest

 //Everest+Deconstructed Burpees:
10 squats
10 merkins
10 leg thrusts
10 Merkins
10 squats…Then sprint up Everest
Rinse/repeat. AMRAP: 3 minutes

Plank combos while you wait for those on Everst

Mosey with CMU to the flag (LBSU, flutter kicks, etc while you wait for everyone to mosey back)

COT
Number Off and Name O Rama

BOM
We were running a little behind so Elvis just prayed us out.

Around the World

THE SCENE 62 and clear

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

THE THANG
COP
SSH x15 (IC)
Baby Arm Circles x15 (IC)
Reverse Baby Arm Circles x15 (IC)
Michael Phelps (OYO)
Squats x15 (IC)

Gathered the PAX to challenge them to think about the world and the role HIM’s can play. PAX numbered off 1-4 and let them know that at each of the 4 stations was associated with a country and prayer requests to pray if they chose to do so. It’s so easy to think about “nothing” while working out, but challenged the group to pray/consider these requests this morning.

Gather at your station

Myanmar Merkins x1:40 (rotate-50 second transition)
Swedish Single-Leg Step Up’s x1:40 (rotate-50 second transition)
Djibouti Derkins x1:40 (rotate-50 second transition)
Jordanian Jump Lunges x1:40 (rotate-50 second transition)

PAX gathered at mid-field and reminded them that this is the 34th anniversary of the World’s Fair. So we celebrated by doing the stations again counter-clockwise with 34 reps at each station.

Myanmar Merkins x34 (OYO)
Swedish Single-Leg Step Up’s x34/leg (OYO)
Djibouti Derkins x34 (OYO)
Jordanian Jump Lunges x34/leg (OYO)

Choose a battle buddy, mosey to amphitheater.

Battle buddy 1: 10 Inch work push ups
Battle buddy 2: Reverse pulls until BB finishes
AMRAP for 7 minutes

Mosey back to AO

MARY
Sprinters x20 each side (IC)
Fat Man’s 1 minute
Star Gazers

COT
Number off and Name-O-Rama

BOM
Faithfulness. What does that look like in our lives? Often times, we have pictures in our minds of faithful people that you can count on at any time, yet still, these people will let us down. Whether it’s a spouse, friend or family member, at some point they’ll let us down or not follow through on what they said they would do. In 1 Corinthians 1:9, the apostle Paul writes, “God, who has called you into fellowship with his son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.” As we think about what this looks like in our lives, we can always remember that no matter our hardship or worry, that God is faithful. For several years, I raised my own salary and the faithfulness of God to provide literally for my every need was humbling. Trusting God and His faithfulness can be a challenge, but let us rest in this attribute. The “Jesus Story Book Bible” describes the faithfulness of Jesus as  a “Never stopping, never giving up, unbreaking, always and forever love.” May be find comfort in this!

MOLESKIN
The 15 PAX showed up ready to work on what felt like a fall morning. It’s easy to forget that for several months in 1982 Knoxville was “on the map” around the world. I wanted us to remember that in the same moment we’re doing our Merkin, that there are famine, wars, and persecution happening at that exact time. Hopefully the stations reminded us of this. It was a fun VQ and hope to continue to put the EH on many others who live in the downtown area!

Sprints and Merkins

THE SCENE 65 and clear

F3 Welcome and disclaimer

THE THANG
COP
Side straddle hop x25 IC
Burpies x10 OYO
Baby arm circles x10 IC
Michael Phelps x10 IC
4ct Squats x10 IC
Carolina Drydocks x10 IC

Sprints
Start at one curb, sprint to opposite curb, fast walk back.
Rinse and repeat x10

Merkin Sprints
Sprint to far curb, 20 merkins.
Sprint back, 19 merkins.
Continue to sprint back and forth performing 1 less merkin until down to 1.

Mosey to cardiac hill

Cardiac Hill…Like a Beast
Bear crawl to first turn, perfrom20 merkins.
Bear crawl to second turn, perform 20 merkins.
Crab walk down to first turn perform 20 merkins.
Crab walk to bottom, perform 20 merkins.
Sprint up cardiac to benches, fast walk back to AO.

Tunnel of Love
Finish up with a little tunnel of love

COT
Number off and Name-O-Roma: 29 PAX, 5 FNGs

BOM
Yes, in a tennis match love means “nothing”—–15-love, 30-love, 40-love. But to a Christian and a HIM (High Impact Man) love is everything. Jesus commands us to love one another. Sometimes this is not easy to love others who are not like us, don’t treat us well, or don’t believe the same as we do. Matthew 22:37 Jesus was asked which commandment was the greatest. He replied “love the Lord your God with all your heart, your soul, and your mind. And the second is like it, love your neighbor as yourself”. How do we love God with all our heart? Obey His commands, spend time in His word, spend time meditating and in prayer. How do we love our neighbor? Look for opportunities to be the hands and feet of Jesus. Just for today make the decision to be less selfish and more Christ-like—–encourage others, engage with those around you and help them however you can. Serve others, love on your wife and kids, love on your parents and friends—-love them well!!!!

 

Fun and Games at the Park

THE SCENE
72 and the grass was dewy!

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

THE THANG
COP
Squats x10 IC
Imperial walkers x10 IC
Imperial Squat Walkers x10 IC
BAC and RAC x10 IC
Merkins x20 IC

Mosey to playground

Playground Warm-up
–  Pull ups x5-10 (3 sets)
–  Alternating with LBC x15 (3sets)

Mosey to the Field of Dreams

It’s Football Time in Tennessee!
–  Bear Crawl relays 25 yards x2
–  Cones  about 15+ yards apart. Lunge to the first cone, high knee to the 2nd, high knee skip to the 3rd,karoake to the 4th, back peddle to the 5th, turn and sprint to the 8th. RINSE and Repeat x4
–  Kick off return relay 100 yard dash w football in hand turn back 100 yard dash and hand off
–  Football Doras Parterner up, 100 merkins, 200 LBC, 300 squats. While P1 performs reps of said exercise, while P2 carries the football on one side while running and touchning the ground on the other side, alternating the ball in hand as your running, switch until total reps are complete.
OMAHA!! Almost finished the squats, but with time running out and YHC wanting to finish up with ABS, we moseyed back for some 6MOM.

Abs
–  Flutter kicks x10, LBCx10, and dollys x15

COT
BOM
Oxygen mask! You need to put on your oxygen mask before you can help others. In short, F3 is the perfect stepping stone to make yourself better in mind body and spirit which in turn help you serve others!

Burpee Hills – Your Own Worst Enemy

THE SCENE
73 and Clear

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

THE THANG
COP
SSH x30
Cross body arm swings
Duck Walk (4 up/4back)
Lunge Complex
Plank Complex
Merkins x10 regular
Merkins x10 wide
LBSU x20
Superman

Grab CMU and mosey to base of New Hill (which needs a name…maybe The Wall?)

Plank while we wait + x10 merkins OYO

Burpee Hills
Get a BattleBuddy
One person runs up hill while other does burpees
5 minutes. AMRAP

Mosey with CMU to base of Everest

Everest+Deconstructed Burpees
Sprint up Everest
When back at start do the following (Deconstructed Burpees)
– 10 squats
– 10 leg thrusts
– 10 Merkins
– 10 leg thrusts…then up.
Rinse/repeat. AMRAP: 5 minutes

Plank+merkins while we wait for everyone to descend after time was up then x20 LBS IC

Mosey with CMU to the flag.  Burpees while we wait for everyone to return

Sprints + Burpee Jumps
Get with BattleBuddy:
One person sprints the length of parking lot while other does jumps over CMU, doing a burpee on each side
3 minutes AMRAP

ABS
Core: reverse bridge x 20

COT
Count off and Name-o-Rama

BOM
We all carry a burden that keeps us from performing at our full potential.  Identify it, acknowledge it, and then release it to your father so that you may run the race set before you with passion and purpose!

MOLESKIN
The stars were glimmering in all their majesty this morning as I drove through the gates of splendor at the Asylum. The warm fuzzies quickly dissipated with the collision of my face to the famous East Tennessee Humidity. Even at 5am, it’ll knock your teeth out.