F3 Knoxville

The Ole Barkley Loop

THE SCENE: Mid 30’s.  Not too bad but ready to get a bit warmer
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Started with 20 SSH on 4ct, a little coach Wayne Dunn, 10 4ct Tie Fighters each side, 10 Imperial Squat walkers, 10 4ct mountain climbers, and some tempo merkins
THA-THANG:
Mosey up to the overlook for a Barkley trail circuit.  Stop Sign, Top of the Hill behind the Asylum, other stop sign, and coliseum.  At each stop preform 20

  • Merkins
  • 4ct LBC
  • C Dry Docks
  • Jump Squats

MARY:
Just enough time for a few Freddie Mercury’s
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Referenced “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien and related it to the things we carry as men.  The things we hang onto that we need to lay at God’s feet.  Matthew 11:28-30
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Focus on Form

THE SCENE: Cool, clear, and perfect!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH (4ct) x 20
Tempo Merkins (4ct) x 10
Tempo Merkins (8ct) x 5
Tempo Squats (4ct) x 10
Tempo Squats (8ct) x 5
Little baby arm circles (4ct) x 10 forward/10 reverse
Little of this and that stretching x 30 sec
Cherry Pickers x 5

THA-THANG:
3 stations: Lower body, Upper body, Core.  Simple escalator style, no break between sets.  Lather, rinse, repeat until timer.
Today’s workout is designed so that each PAX can go at his own pace.  Focus on form and quality reps.  Don’t worry about quantity or speed.

Mosey to 1st station near the dumpster.
Lower Body – 15 minutes

  • Squats
  • Iron Mikes
  • Calf Raises – single leg
  • Flutter kicks (4ct)
  • Side lunges (each side)

Indian run with 20 lb slam ball to 2nd station at the playground.
Upper Body – 15 minutes

  • Merkins (standard)
  • Dips
  • Wide arm merks
  • Pull-ups
  • Carolina Dry Docks

Indian run with 20 lb slam ball to 3rd station at the outhouse.
Core – 10 minutes

  • V-ups
  • Side crunches
  • LBC
  • Hello Dolly
  • American Hammer

Indian run back to AO (with slam ball of course)

MARY:
Finished up with a minute of Freddy Mercury’s!
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
7 men sweating in the gloom!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Our word today come from Galations 5:22-25
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.

On spring break this week, there was a conversation between my BIL and his aunt in which I was a silent participant.  He’s currently living with his girlfriend and he opened the door for her to comment, “You know you’re living in sin.” “I know I am, but…(irrelevant and unremembered reply).” “But you don’t have to.  It’s a choice.”  And she was dead on.

Our sins are a choice that we make.  Our society has made sin easy, convenient, and accepted as the cultural norm.  But what messages are we sending to our children, our wives, our fellow PAX, and our communities by accepting and engaging willingly in sin?  What example are we setting?  We have an example set forth by Jesus Christ of how to act, both in private and in public.  The Holy Spirit resides in those of us who have accepted Him and guides us and enables us to walk in faith and produce the fruits of the Spirit.  Do you recognize these traits in your fellow PAX?  Your family?  Yourself?  Start with yourself.  Get right with God.    Focus on your form and lead by example.  Live by the Spirit.  Keep in step with the Spirit.  Live for Him and become a true HIM.

MOLESKIN:
Prayer requests: Cosmo’s mother (chemo today), Earmuffs’ wife (job interview), Ukraine
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

Bracket Reveal

THE SCENE: nice and cool. Threat of rain never materialized. Perfect
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER  
WARM-O-RAMA:

8 motivators in honor of Kentucky’s 8 national championships
THA-THANG:
Everyone drew a team and their seed and was sent to the corresponding pod

  • San Diego: top seeds. Easiest pod. AMRAP of shuttle sprints. Big boys. Lunges
  • Greenville: decent seeds. AMRAP of squats, flutters, merkins
  • lndianapolis. Harder road to navigate.  AMRAP  of step ups. Decline merkins. Butt touches
  • Buffalo: lowest seeds. Run a mild then bump the other pods

MARY:
Stretched to One Shining Moment. (The Luther Vandross version…not that other abomination.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Use the TAGS on right-side to record PAX (BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOURSELF) in attendance. Be sure to select the AO in CATEGORY above TAGS and then delete these notes!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Matthew 6:34. Live for today. Don’t wish your life away looking to the future. Serve God and others today. Tomorrow will be fine on its own
MOLESKIN:
This word is still weird
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 bracket challenge benefitting Wesley House

CSAUP in 49 short weeks

World Wide Webb

THE SCENE: Shorts Weather and Mitten Conditions
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH, Stretchies, Tie Fighters. I would have taken us all the way but I knew we needed unblasted shoulders.
THE WORLD WIDE WEBB:
Jack Webb + lap

The Pop-up Ad (Jump Squat/2-ct Iron Mike) +2 laps

The Cryptobubble (Dip/2-ct Aw Yeah) + lap

The Compuserve (Table Row + Bicycle) + AO/Baby Everest lap

The Dark Webb (Burpee/SSH)

The Dark Webb turns out to be pretty dark and the Q was toast. Crab Legs is made of sterner stuff so he led us in a Bicep Burnout. Mall Walkers halfheartedly joined us for Tempo Squats. The addition of Gibbler turned the mumblechatter into a mumbleroar, as predicted.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Dads, yours and your kids’

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
¡ASYLUM CSAUP THIS SATURDAY!

2 totems

THE SCENE: 22 degrees and dry
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Not too much just a couple regular things and we got started
THA-THANG:

Two totem poles (see picture) we did the first one running around the main island of the lower parking lot between each exercise. The second totem we ran up from the parking lot to the bench at the top of the hill and back.

MARY:
Took care of the ab work during the work out
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Five PAX
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Today in 1945, the battle of Iwo Jima started. 2500 American soldiers lost their lives on day one. 7000 total American lives were lost over 35 days of one of the bloodiest battles in World War II. 20,000 were injured. We talked about the sacrifice these men made to keep America and the world free. We also talked about our personal sacrifices we need to make on a daily basis. Putting ourselves behind our family and our neighbors. Putting our own desires and once aside while we concentrate on the people around us.
MOLESKIN:
It was my first time back in quite a while. I definitely missed the fellowship and oddly enough to work out.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CSAUP