F3 Knoxville

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Who’s the Q?

THE SCENE: Confusion..no Q….Is it spring?… 57 degrees with a slight breeze ended up being a perfect morning.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: DONE

WARM-O-RAMA: 
warm-up: 25 4xSSH, 25 Imperial Walkers, a bunch of baby arm circles and overhead claps (burning!). 5 bur-pees
THA-THANG:
Did a little mosey around the park with 3 sets of light poles to light pole including lunges, jog, high knees, jog karaoke one way, jog, karaoke the other way with 5 bur-pees to top it off x3

We conveniently ended up at Everest:

  1. Everest at 50% to the top
    1. at base we did (all 4x) 20 Freddy Mercuries, 20 box cutters, 20 flutter kicks
  2. Everest Bernie style with 2 15 step sprint break (turn around sprint 15 steps and then burn again repeat)
    1. Plank workout with all variations of knee to elbow, hands and feet out and up
  3. Everest All the way to the Rock pile with what you have left(there is not rock pile, Rogero took our rocks WTH!!!)
    1. Al gore till 6 arrived and knocked out 5 bur-pees while heart was pounding!

We mosied on down and around the loop back to the cloud. Took a couple breaks to perform 5 squat jumps, 5 star jumps with 5 bur-pees to top it off.

Cloud: 2 sets of 10 incline merkins/10 box jumps/10 decline merkins/10 triceps dips

MARY:
Plank and Superman to end off the session
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 including Boomer our FNG of the day brought to us by the internet…welcome Wade!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Secrecy and Unity. Talked about how we as brothers need be unified and remember when you gain someones trust and the share keep their secrets a secret. Sometimes we even need to withhold details from the M and keep it between you them and God!
MOLESKIN:
Prayed for G6s son as well as Quickbooks friend
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
n/a

2018 misery in review

THE SCENE: Mid 40’s … clear skies
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Cherry Picker IC (x10)
SSH IC (x15) but we did 16 because I forgot to stop.
Rockettees IC (x20)
Hand Release Merkins OYO (x15)
Groiner IC (x10)
Burpees OYO (x10) with 5 overhead claps between each.

Mosey to playground… duck walk across bridge on the way (compliments of Bartman)

30 pull-ups & 30 American Hammers any way you get them in.

THA-THANG:

1. modified 4 corners on half soccer field (compliments of Gibbler)

corner 1: squats 2: BBS 3: lunges 4: CDD. go to each corner through the center where 2 burpees are needed to continue. Repeat twice 1st time with 20 reps second time with 10.

2. Bear Crawl Ring of Fire on the center circle (Compliments of Cosmo)
1. 360 degrees of bear crawl with 10 merkins 2. 180 of boo boo bear crawl with 10 werkins. 3. repeat with other leg. 4. 180 degrees of crawl bear with 10 derkins.

3. quarter pounder – no cheese (compliments of Woodshack)

4. wheel barrow and fireman carry (compliments of Bartman)

battle buddy up – wheel barrow across parking lot for 5 spaces then 5 merkins. switch positions. Continue across lot. Return leg is fireman carry back. switch positions Half way back.

5. 11s on dog poop hill (compliments of Butters)

crawl bear up dog poop hill with easy ups at the top and squat jumps at the bottom (2 overhead hand claps between each rep).

MARY:
Boat/Canoe

Peter Parkers IC (x10)
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I heard a story of a guy recently who was watching his car being stolen on a cold morning when he had left it running outside to warm up. He noticed the car being driven away through a window and out of instinct chased the guy down. The thief, being cold and disoriented, couldn’t put the car in park and eventually stopped the car but didn’t run away. The owner of the car after regaining possession of the vehicle saw the thief and rather than anger had felt pity for him. He was poor, homeless, delirious, cold and unable to think clearly. The story ended with with the car owner driving the thief to a shelter where he could get his needs met.

It took a week of this stewing inside my mind to realize how much this mirrored the Christmas story. God, rather than anger, had mercy, even when we were yet his enemy. Also, I consider the many times I look at people in anger instead of compassion.  Jesus said, “forgive them for they know not what they do.” Do I consider people as those who are suffering and lost?

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Persistence

THE SCENE: 42 degrees and cool.  Perfect weather

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • imperial squat walkers
  • baby arm circles forward and backwards
  • cherry pickers
  • SSH

THA-THANG:

  • 20 merkins and 20 squats w/2 burpees in the middle between each exercise.  Decrease by 2 exercises after each round.
  • 20 table rows and 20 flutter kicks – decreasing by 2 at each round
  • merkin/bear crawl across parking lot
  • Dry Docks and then hill run

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”  Calvin Coolidge

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Cheat Sheet Granny and daughter. Ben who lost his wife. G-6 son

Those are a real thing?

THE SCENE: 37 and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
IC 4ct Cherry pickers

IC 4ct SSH

IC 4ct Worlds Greatest Merkin
THA-THANG:
Mosey to Matterhorn IC 4ct Mountian climbers at the bottom

Mosey to the pav-a-lon

Battle Buddy up for Dora

  • 100 Burpee pull ups
  • 200 pistol squats
  • 200 hand stand push ups
  • 100 Turkish get ups
  • BB runs to the top of the hill

BBS-icide back down Matterhorn

Mosey to the AO

MARY:
Took care of her on the BBS-icide
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
BOM was given in route back to the AO so that I didn’t get all emo in the circle. I shared about my 99 year old grandfather who was admitted to the ER last night for a minor stroke.  As @La-z-boy said he was a true badass.

He was born in 1919 and immigrated from Italy through Ellis Island in 1928-9.  The family lived in south western PA and that is where he met my very Irish grandmother. He worked very hard to impress my great-grandmother and she did not want my grandmother to marry him because “all Italians carry knives”.  He was drafted into WWII and served in the Army Corps of Engineers in the Pacific theater.  While over seas and because they couldn’t loved ones back home where they were, he and his buddies would make jewelry for their significant others out of coins, airplane parts, and scrap metal and adding in shells, and items they found on the islands.  He survived the war, came home, and went to college on the GI bill.  He got a job at a bank starting in the mail room, and eventually worked his way up to president. They moved to FL when my mom was young because she had asthma and it the doctors told them to “move someplace warm”.  So he packed up his family and moved them around from extended family so my mom could have a better life.  He sacrificed for our country, for his wife, and for his kids.

He taught me to love Jesus.  He was one of the first men I always saw sing at church. (How many do you see not sinigning in church?)  He said “God have us a voice and we should use it to praise him”.

Through him I also have witnessed unconditional love.  He loved my grandmother like no love I have ever seen before. Through lots and lots of good times, some small bad times, and even as she suffered and lost the fight with Alzheimer’s.  He loved and served her like no other love ever. She passed in 2009, but he keeps right on loving her. I feel ashamed sometimes that I don’t treat my wife the same love, care, and service as he treated my grandmother.

Additionally, he also unconditionally loves my mom and uncle, and always gives them second chances even if he didn’t agree with their choices. He loves my sister, me, and his other grand kids, even though our life choices make him shake his head sometimes.  He loves my kids, his first great grandkids, and was so worried this year that his Christmas cards to them didn’t arrive in time.

When I asked him about his health routine he said it is to walk regularly; find things to occupy your mind; a beer for lunch everyday; a glass if red wine with dinner; and always be thankful.

He’s lived his whole life and I’ve never once heard him complain, grumble, brag about himself, or put himself first.  He is always smiling and joyful and always puts other first.

Granted I hope to live till I’m 99, but I really wish I could live with his same attitude.

MOLESKIN:
Go home love your wife, love your family, love others.  And be happy about it.

and as @Bartman pointed out, yes burpee-pull-ups are a real thing.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Prayers

– Wallball’s wife and baby

– Frosty’s wife’s ankle

– My grandfather

48 is the new 12

THE SCENE: Crisp (29) and clear.  Perfect!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH (4 ct) x 48; couple of laps around the parking lot; Squats (4 ct) x 32 (4×8=32)

THA-THANG:
#1:  12s – Like 11s, but more awesomer.  Burpees and Hello Dollies (4ct) with a run from one side of parking lot to the other in between.

#2:  Mosey to the cloud:  48 LBCs

#3:  Mosey to the back parking lot. 32 Speed Skaters.

#4:  More 12s with Merkins and Squat Jumps, but this time, run a quarter lap between exercises.  Check the time and abort early so we have time for . . .

#5:    Mosey to Cardiac.  4 stops up the hill with 8 reps of each: Manmakers, Flutters (4ct), Sumo Squats (4 ct); Dips (4 ct).

MARY:
Captain Thors till we reach 8 BBS and 32 AHs.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
In my 49th trip around the Sun, I’m going to try to get out of my comfort zone.  This is difficult for me.  I love being comfortable.  I think about Paul’s exhortation from Philippians 4:13 and the level of discomfort Paul took on.  If God saw Paul through his discomfort, then he’ll surely see through any that I have.  Push on!
MOLESKIN:
I’m proud to share a birthday with High-Heels!  Continued prayers for Cheatsheet’s grandmother and daughter.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Polar bear plunge on New Year’s and sign-ups open for Hardship Hill.