F3 Knoxville

Adventures of Little Spur

AO: asylum-pm
Q: Curveball
PAX: Drum Major, Pele (Jon Lindberg), SlideRule (Stephen Sloan), Steam, Brick, Glamper, CRISPR, MD Hammer, Pusher, Welches (Leland Murphy), Curveball, Lilydipper
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WARMUP:
SSHs
Baby Arm Circles
Tempo Squats
Cherry Pickers
2 Burpees

THE THANG:
At the rock pile.
15 – Colt 45s
15 – Overhead Press
15 – Triceps
RNR until Indians take over and you have to run away.

Charles Bronson with a few more activities.
Charles Bronson
Start with 3 shovel flags, cones or other distance markers with first two 100 yards apart in a line, the last another 10-30 yards past. At starting point, perform 50 SSH’s, sprint to 2nd point, then army crawl or bear crawl to 3rd point. Mosey back to start, 50 Merkins then rinse/repeat. 50 burpees, rinse/repeat. 50 LBC’s, rinse/repeat. Finish with 50 Jump Squats rinse/repeat. Also added 50 Curls, 50 Triceps, and 50 Overhead Claps

MARY:
Pickle Pounders
Monkey Humpers
Pickle Pointers
LBCs
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Bro Olympics in November.
COT:
What do you say to a one legged hitchhiker? Hop in.

As I’ve gone through this past couple years, it’s become really apparent that laughing is a great remedy for the stuff that ales you.

The person who has a sense of humor is not just more relaxed in the face of a potentially stressful situation, but is more flexible in his approach.
JOHN MORREALL

Laughter connects you with people. It’s almost impossible to maintain any kind of distance or any sense of social hierarchy when you’re just howling with laughter. Laughter is a force for democracy.
JOHN CLEESE

Stairs and CMUs

AO: thequacken
Q: Z-Pack
PAX: FixerUpper, Glamper, High Heels, Brick, Tenderfoot
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WARMUP:
Windmill Stretch IC
Cherry Pickers IC
Baby Arm Circles IC
Michael Phelps IC
Merkins IC
Squat and Reach IC
Mountain Climbers IC

THE THANG: Stairs and CMUs
Using Tabata Timer work – 45 sec, rest 15 sec
1. CMU OH Press
2. CMU Curls
3. Decline Merkins
4. Flutter Kicks while pressing CMU
5. Lungs while holding CMU, or squats (for Glamper)
6. CMU Rows

Then we found a flight of stairs to ascend and descend 5x.
Then we repeated the 6 set CMU workout.
Then we found another flight of stairs to ascend and descend 5x.
Then we repeated the 6 set CMU workout.
Then we quit because we were out of time and we were hot and tired, except for Fixer who was fine.

MARY:
nope
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
sorry, no, but the Uncovered convergence was awesome. It’s was my 2.0 Trip’s favorite workout.

COT:
The power of Prayer. After this weekend’s assassination attempt on Trump, I thought the best reaction to the current political upheaval in our country is to pray. There is power in prayer. The political temperature in our county is running red hot, and it needs to cool down. I believe there is power in prayer, and I shared the story of Hezekiah in 2 Kings 20. Hezekiah followed God fairly well, and when he was told by the prophet Isaiah that he was about to die, Hezekiah prayed vehemently that God would allow him to live. Based on Hezekiah’s earnest prayer, God spared him and allow him to live 15 more years. He changed God’s mind. Let us pray for God’s mercy and grace on the USA.
2 Chronicles 7:14
if my people who are called by my name humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

[westhillsotb] GORUCK BFF Test

AO: westhills-ruck-otb
Q: Steam
PAX: Mermaid, Glamper, Single (Ryan Chambers), Humper ( Sam Hartness ), 0
FNGs: 1 0
COUNT: 5
WARMUP
– Cherry Pickers
– Ruck around the parking lot
– Lunge torso twists

THE THANG
GORUCK’s BFF Test
– 1-mile ruck AFAP w/ruck + sandbag depending on the level
– 2 minutes of sandbag burpees (no ruck)
– 200m suitcase carry (ruck + sandbag)
– 2 minutes of hand-release pushups

MARY
– Ruck the Trade Route + back
– Stretching

ANNOUNCEMENTS

COT
It’s Not Too Late / 6 months of progress or 6 months of excuses

More than halfway through the year — where are you?
It’s not too late to start
– Okay so you didn’t crush the first 6 months like you thought you would – start now
– Make a plan to accelerate growth and execute on the plan

Stars and Stripes

AO: asylum-daybreak
Q: Lilydipper
PAX: Drum Major, Windex, Pusher, Doubtfire (Nick Bond), Tenderfoot, Glamper, Dain Bramage (Will Olson), Brick, Pele (Jon Lindberg), F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom), Billie Jean, Honeydew, MD Hammer, Gridiron, Shogun
FNGs: None
COUNT: 16
WARMUP: 20 Side Straddle Hops, Curly Stomps, 8 Twistees, 10 Baby Arm Circles Forward, 10 Baby Arm Circles Backward, March around parking lot to Stars and Stripes Type Music, Butt Kick and High Knees around parking lot to Stars and Stripes Music.

THE THANG: Mosey to the Pavilion. We will do Elevens starting with 10 Picnic Table Pull-ups and 1 Bench Dip.
Mosey to Caribbean Parking Lot. We will go in counterclockwise circle stopping at every other island to do 10 Merkins. Those finishing first run back to meet the six. Rinse and Repeat with 20 Baby Crunches.
Mosey to the Mound. We will run up clockwise to the top and do 10 Decline Merkins on the benches there.
Mosey to Muscle Beach. Each man does 25 reps on exercise instrument of their choice, then runs to first crosswalk in parking lot, does one Burpee, and runs back to do 25 reps of next exercise of choice. After that, run to second crosswalk. Rinse and repeat to third crosswalk on the far end of the parking lot. All men finish by doing reps until the six returns from 3rd crosswalk.
Mosey on the sidewalk that goes past the Mound and to the shade tree where the sidewalk meets the Serpentine Trail. We will do 20 Flutter Kicks
Mosey on the Caribbean parking lot to the trail that goes back to the Pavilion. We will do 10 Tempo Merkins.
Mosey to the Pavilion. Drop off any unnecessary gear and then mosey past the batting cage area and down to the start of Cardiac. We will each get a boulder and do the following exercises in cadence:
20 Overhead Presses

20 Curls

20 Rows

20 Tricepts

Replace boulders. Next, we will run up Cardiac, stopping at the following to do the following exercises:
1st Turn, keep running!

2nd Turn, 20 Hello Dollies

3rd Turn, 20 Decline Merkins with feet on grass

Benches, 20 Bench Dips

Mosey to AO.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: UnCOVEred is Saturday, July 13 at the Cove at 7 am.

COT: Prayers for continuing healing for Maddie, Windex’s daughter. We found out after the COT that Maddie get’s to transfer from the hospital to a rehab facility today. Prayers of thanks for the recent “clean bill of health” that Shogun received. Prayers for the safe return of Pusher’s wife who will be heading back home from the Philippines this Sunday.

Message:
On this day of our celebration of America’s independence I have some quotes for you that reflect the principles our nation was found on. When I reflect on great American quotes I think of “Give me liberty or give me death” by Patrick Henry or “Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country” by John F. Kennedy. But here are five more quotes, not all by Americans, that reflect on America and it’s principles:
True patriotism springs from a belief in the dignity of the individual, freedom and equality not only for Americans but for all people on earth. –Eleanor Roosevelt
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Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. – Albert Camus
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In America, nobody says you have to keep the circumstances that somebody else gives you. – Amy Tan.
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We are a nation of many nationalities, many races, many religions – bound together by a single unity, the unity of freedom and equality. – Franklin D. Roosevelt
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I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom. – Bob Dylan
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Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country. – Calvin Coolidge
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When thinking of that last quote, I think particularly of our military veterans who have fought to keep our country free. That freedom gives us “the chance to be better” like Camus says. It comes with responsibility as Dylan proclaims. And because of our freedom, as Tan states, we don’t “have to keep the circumstances that somebody else gives” us.

Independence Day 24

AO: shamruck
Q: Eliza
PAX: Eliza, Glamper, Jon Boat, Lizzy, Stripped, Jardet
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
Hit the rogue pp route to celebrate our freedoms for 4 miles on the 4th. Some stayed for a 5th.

COT: go to the dr.