F3 Knoxville

A new Wagon Wheel

THE SCENE: One last balmy one before winter comes back. 56F and Soupy
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x 25 IC 4 CT
LBACs Front and Back x 10 IC 4 CT
This and That
Squats x 20 IC 4 CT
6X run across the parking lot, intensity pyramid
Each time back
10 Squats
10 Mountain Climbers 4 CT
10 Merkins
This set of 30 is our Wagon Wheel today (30WW). If ever you finish a set, rinse and repeat this wagon wheel until we’re all done or until Recover is called.

THA-THANG:

Mosey to the farther new parking lot, find a battle buddy.
One man performs our wagon wheel set (30WW) while the other RUNS a lap (not a mosey). Each man completes 2 laps.

Slow Mosey to the playground (for Coolio), find a bench
11s: Dips and BBS
30WW
11s: Box Jumps and Derkins
30WW

Back to the AO

Battle buddies on end line for Dora:
Total reps per team:
50 Burpees
100 Squat Jumps
150 Merkins
200 LBCs

Called it just in time for 1 more hill

Sprint to the top, then 5 burpees OYO

MARY:
Boat Canoe (Power T) for 1 last minute!
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
26 strong with morning with 1 FNG! Welcome Leaky! (Grant McMahan)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Not much mumble chatter this morning, but a lot of work got done! Shout out to BlueBird for working with me today.

And the Word:

Are you weary, or tired, or broken down, or discouraged?

2 temptations you will face:

  1. God must not be watching. Is he even aware of what’s going on?
  2. I pray and I pray, but he hasn’t lifted a finger. He must not care. Is God even good?

My problem: I think I can understand what God is doing. There are things I know to be true, and there are 10,000 other things GOD IS DOING that I’ll never see or understand.

Remember Isaiah 40:
“The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.
THEY WHO WAIT ON THE LORD SHALL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH;
they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and be weary;
they shall walk and not faint.”

TRUST GOD, he will give you rest through his WORD, his SPIRIT, and his PEOPLE.

It’s actually above freezing?

THE SCENE: Mid 30’s….slight mist….perfect conditions compared to last week

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: F3 Disclaimer, no FNG’s

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH IC x 20
  • Cherry Pickers IC x 10
  • Tempo Squat IC x 15
  • Merkins IC x 20

THA-THANG:

Everest Circuit:

  • Mosey from AO to the bottom of Everest. Stopped on the way and did 5 Burpees OYO (mainly because we were all surprised by the lack of burpees from Proton’s Q yesterday)
  • All out up Everest stopping at the rock pile
  • Grab a rock (all exercises done with said rock):
    • 20 curls, 20 rows, 10 American Hammers
    • Drop rock, run to Asylum stairs, and return to rock
    • 20 Overhead Presses, 20 Squats, 20 Flutter Kicks (4 count)
    • Drop rock, run to Asylum stairs, and return to rock
    • 20 Tricep Pulldowns, 20 Lunges, 20 BBSU’s
    • Drop rock, run to Asylum stairs, and return to rock
  • Mosey the circle encompassing the Asylum, stopping for 20 Merkins OYO
  • Mosey down the road towards the bottom of Everest, stopping for 20 Pickle Pounders & 20 Hip Thrusters OYO
  • All out back up Everest to the rock pile. Rinse & Repeat all sets with the rock
  • Mosey back to the AO

MARY:
Only had 20 seconds left, so AMRAP LBC’s until time expired

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

6 HIM’s came out to enjoy this beautiful morning

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

“Never doubt in the dark what God has told you in the light.” – The Purpose Driven Life

It’s easy to feel like we’re growing in our faith when things are going well in our lives, but it’s also easy to revert back to our old selves when we’re “in the dark” or struggling through tough times. Those difficult circumstances/situations are the times that test our faith. And through the testing of our faith comes spiritual growth. The Word is Truth – in the light and in the darkness.

Warmin’ up in here!

Warmorama

  • Side Straddle Hop X 25
  • Ty Fighters X 20
  • Imperial Squat Walkers x 15
  • Bobby Hurley x 20

 Mosey to Lower Lot – 4 stations

  • 20 Squats, 20 Mercan
    • Run a lap pass to next stop
  • 20 Mary Catherine Lunges (10 each leg), Close Mercan
    • Run a lap pass to next stop
  • 20 Bobby Hurley, 20 wide Mercan
    • Run a lap pass to next stop
  • 20 Star Jacks, 20 Mercan

Mosey to Top of Cardiac – Route 33 in reverse

  • Increasing dercans at every light
    • Run back up
  • Increasing Star Jacks at every light
  • Increasing Big Boys at every light.

 Burpee Ladder

  • 1-10

 Mary

  • Flutter Kick x 25
  • Peter Parker x 20
  • BBS 30 Seconds

Extreme Ownership – There are not bad teams only bad team leaders.  It is our jobs as leaders and high impact men to be responsible for the outcome in our spheres of influence.

Best Game of Dirty Santa Ever

THE SCENE:   Warm, windy, wet and very very DARK

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH IC x 20
  • 4ct Merkins IC x 10
  • Tempo Squats IC x 10
  • Cherry Pickers IC x 5

THA-THANG:

Played a game of Dirty Santa.   PAX numbered off & picked gifts from the bucket in numerical order.   PAX had the choice of drawing a new gift, or if they’re feeling especially sadistic, they could choose to “steal” a gift from a previous PAX and we would repeat the stolen exercise.   Sadly no one stole….here were the gifts chosen (not in order chosen:

  1. Stay where you are.  20 Speed Skaters, 20 Carolina  Dry Docks, 20 Reverse Lunges, 20 Flamingo toe touches.
  2. Indian Run while singing Here Comes Santa Claus.   Stop once each PAX has been the “indian” 3 times.   We quickly found out we don’t know the words to this song so we changed it to Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer…
  3. Mosey to soccer field.   Burpee Broad Jump across the narrow width of the field.
  4. Mosey to another soccer field.   Wind Sprint the length of the field.  Start at 25%, then increase to 50%, 75% & 100%.    Rinse & Repeat x 3.
  5. Stay where you are.  10 Burpees, 10 Thrust Merkins, 10 Smurfjacks, 10 Plankjacks.  Rinse & Repeat x 3.
  6. Mosey to concrete bleachers.   Incline Merkins x 50,  Decline Merkins x 50,  Box Jumps x 50
  7. Mosey to playground.   10 Pullups, 10 Burpees, 10 Plankjacks, 10 Squatjumps.   Rinse & Repeat x 2.
  8. Mosey to soccer field.  Inchworm Merkin across the short length of the field.
  9. Stay at soccer field.  Bernie Sanders across the field, then Groucho walk back across.
  10. Back at the AO.  Monkey Humpers while singing Jingle Bells.

MARY:

  • Flutter kicks x 15
  • Gas Pumps x 15
  • Box cutters x 15
  • Hello Dollys x 15
  • Slutter kicks x 15

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 PAX:  Mayberry, Frosty, Booger, Hammock, Waxjob, Sharpie, Showcase, Gibbler, Butters, Bartman

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Jesus Christ is the real meaning of Christmas.  This morning we took time to listen to the Christmas Story from Luke 2:

In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while[a] Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to their own town to register. So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them. And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. 11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. 12 This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” 13 Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, 14 “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.” 15 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.” 16 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. 17 When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, 18 and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. 19 But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. 20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.  21 On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Traditions

THE SCENE: 50 and gloomy
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

35 SSH
THA-THANG:
Loop Course w/ 4 Stations

  • BBSU
  • Merkins
  • Squat Jumps
  • Decline Merkins

10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 reps. Loop was approximately .6 mile. Rinse and Repeat in full effect.

MARY:

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
27
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Repeat the good things in life. Today’s workout was the exact same format as yesterday’s workout at the Big Ball. Traditions are important this time of year. Keep them. Family and friends are important- Love them.

MOLESKIN: 

The PAX came in strong this morning- ready for the weekend and eagerly awaiting the arrival of Ole Saint Nick. 27 strong pushed their way through the pain. Shoutout to Woodshack for just being Woodshack- settled in with the FNG and brought some BBQ sauce to boot! Shoutout to Zygote. I stole his Q from yesterday- it was a good thing so why not repeat it?

Announcements:

Merry Christmas! For unto us a child was born!