F3 Knoxville

[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
1.
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.
1.
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
1.
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.

Clockpuncher

AO: thequacken
Q: Evan Wilson
PAX: Z-Pack, Glamper, Brick, High Heels (Henry Ritchie), Wedding Singer, Rich Jordan, Lizzy, Evan Wilson
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WARMUP:
Warm-up stuff

THE THANG:
Clockpuncher

MARY:
Flutter Kicks IC
LBCs IC
High Plank 1 – 2 minutes

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
No

COT:
I think Skid shared from Proverbs 18. It was about trying to do things out of our own power instead of relying on God.

PMers Triple Q

AO: asylum-daybreak
Q: Pele (Jon Lindberg) , Lilydipper, Pusher
PAX: Glamper, Pusher, Dain Bramage (Will Olson), Pele (Jon Lindberg), Brick, Swimmies (Nathan Chesney), Veggie (Rylen Huddy), Snitch (Cory Beilharz ), Lulu (Greg Huddy), Waffle House (Brady Greene), Matlock (Bill Maddox), F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom), Lilydipper, Lizzy, Rip-Tide
FNGs: 1 Rip-Tide
COUNT: 15
WARMUP: Lily started us off with some good ol’ stretching exercises that were borderline The Thang, include Curly Stomps, Tempo Squats, and Tempo Merkins! Pele Sweat Level: (PSL) Moderate already…

THE THANG: Lily took us to the new workout area, preliminarily called LA Beach. We did stations there and ran in the parking lot between sets. Switched off to Pusher, who started us moseying before Ol’ Pele was back from the end of the lot. PSL: Severe

Pusher took us up Pickett’s Charge, doing something painful at the bottom of each hill. Can’t remember, since I was beginning to become dehydrated and starting to hallucinate. We did some things with rocks and cones, though, as I recall, and ran around the Colosseum area until it was time to pass it off to….

PELE! Finally! My turn had arrived. Put down an insurrection that was attempting to hijack the Q and have us go up Everest to show it off to Mouth to Mouth, who was DR from GA. Nope. Not enough time to do that (or was there?… we’ll never know…). Did Route 66 (Peter Parkers) to Pav-a-Lon. Then did some PT sets, running around the building and then the parking lot until Time. PSL: Critical flow. Everything soaked. Everything…

MARY: Did some Homer/Marge and Hello dollies mixed in. Stretching until time. PSL: Pruning up from stewing in own sweat.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: UnCOVEred July 13 at the Cove. Fourth of July Asylum PM workout at 9 am, with Board Meeting and Soccer Taco lunch to follow. Come one come all.

COT: Talked about the importance of joy and humor by recounting some funny F3 stories. PSL: Formed a substantial sweat puddle in the prayer from sweat dripping off head. Also was unknowingly giving Snitch a form of Chinese Sweat Torture from sweat dripping on his arm in the circle. :face_holding_back_tears: