F3 Knoxville

1st Annual Asylum PM Gift Exchange

AO: asylum-pm
Q: Drum Major
PAX: Curveball, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Lilydipper, Lizzy, Switchhitter (Tony), Doubtfire (Nick Bond), Rooney(Carl Whipple), Mr Jinxy, Crash Dummy, Gridiron
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WARMUP:

🔥 Warm-Up (5 minutes)

All exercises IC (In Cadence), 10–15 reps each:

Side Straddle Hops
Imperial Walkers
Windmills
Arm Circles (forward/backward)
Toy Soldiers

THE THANG:

🏋️ Main Workout (30 minutes total)

🔁 Round 1: 10 Minutes – “Santa’s Sleigh Push”

AMRAP (As Many Rounds As Possible):

Run and get rocks and return

10 Merkins
15 Curls
20 LBCs
15 Goblet squats
10 Overhead presses
Stay in place or use a small loop if available. Push hard!

🎁 Gift Exchange Break #1 (5 minutes)

*5 Burpees if gift gets stolen

🔁 Round 2: 10 Minutes – “12 Days of Christmas”

Perform like the song:

1. 1 Burpee

2. 2 Squats

3. 3 Merkins

4. 4 LBCs

5. 5 Side Straddle Hops

6. 6 Lunges (each leg)

7. 7 Mountain Climbers

8. 8 Big Boy Sit-ups

9. 9 Plank Jacks

10. 10 SSHs

11. 11 Shoulder Taps

12. 12 Star Jumps

Go up the ladder cumulatively (1, then 2+1, then 3+2+1, etc.)

🎁 Gift Exchange Break #1 (5 minutes)

*5 Burpees if gift gets stolen

🔁 Round 3: 10 Minutes – “Reindeer Games”

Lineup at end of parking lot.

High knees to other end and jog back
Karaoke looking one way all the way down and then back
Buttkickers down and jog back
Bernie down and sprint back
Rinse and repeat as needed for time, mix in last gift exchange, if needed

MARY:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Polar Bear Plunge – 1/1

COT:

🎄 1. The Gift of Presence Over Presents
Theme: Rediscovering the value of time and attention in a season of materialism.
Quote: “The best present is being present.”
Story Idea: These gifts tonight are good and all, but the companionship, laughs and hanging out with you all was the best part. Remember that as you head into spending more time among family and friends.

Leap of Faith

AO: asylum-pm
Q: Crash Dummy
PAX: Lilydipper, Drum Major, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Doubtfire (Nick Bond), Steam, Sparkler, Switchhitter (Tony), Abacus, Rooney (Carl Whipple), MD Hammer, Brick, Mr Jinxy, Curveball, Serpentine (Jason Pierce), Petunia (aka Daniel Ellis), Gridiron, Franzia
FNGs: 1 Franzia
COUNT: 18
WARMUP: Side Straddle Hops – 20, Cherry Pickers – 5, Good Mornings – 10. Runner’s Stretch, Fire Hydrants, Donkey Kicks, $ Stretch.

THE THANG: 1st POC – Mini Cardiac (Pele suggested moving to the grass hill to avoid traffic): Battle Buddy up, Partner 1, Bernie up the hill & back. Partner 2, reverse lunge. x4

2nd POC – Cardiac: Suicides – Start w/10 Squat Jumps at bottom. Run to the 1st bend. 10 Merkins. Run back Down. 10 Squat Jumps. Run up to the 2nd Bend. 10 Merkins. Run back down to the bottom. 10 Squat Jumps. Run to the bench at the top. 10 Merkins. Run back down to the bottom. 10 Squat Jumps.

3rd POC – Bros Bowl – Either run back to AO or sprint up & around the Bros Bowl and back to AO.

MARY: None

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Pass the Flag 6/26 to Crash Dummy

COT: Growing up, my friends & I loved to drive up to Townsend, to the Wye, & jump off the cliffs into the water. The toughest part was not the jump itself but thinking about the jump. For the guys who are out here, that want to Q but might be overthinking it, I say, take that leap. It gets a little easier each time.

Hot n muggy at Asylum PM

AO: asylum-pm
Q: Sparkler
PAX: Billie Jean (Ross Quillin), Sparkler, Steam, Brick, Lilydipper, Drum Major, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Tenderfoot, Lizzy, Dain Brammage, Gridiron, catnip
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WARMUP:
Lizzy (covering for late Q – tempo merkins)
Motivators 10 , no wait, let’s do 5
Baby Arm Circles – TU 7, TD 6
Merkins – 10 OYO
Grady Corns – 15
THE THANG:
Mosey down stairs to first tree area in shade:
7’s (3 rounds)
Merkins – Squats, Bernie between
Iron Mikes – Imp Walkers , Karaoke between
plank Jacks (2ct) – BBS, run between

15 ct hold
Hold plank in shade
Mosey back up stairs, 15 ct
Mosey to Admin, 20 heel raise on stairs
Mosey to rock pile below bluff, grab a rock
Curls 20 IC, Press 20 IC, Rows 20 IC, R N R
Back up to overlook concrete area, 20 LBC (2ct) OYO
Back up to admin bldg stairs, 20 heel raise IC
Run to tree at half way point on sidewalk – 20 (2 ct) shoulder taps, run back
Run to tree, 20 Hello Dolly, run back
20 bench dips
Mosey to AO
10 Merkins
Stargazer

MARY:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT: don’t judge other culture’s rituals and traditions until you fully understand their meaning. I used to complain about certain Chinese dinner and drinking traditions when I would travel to China on business. Recently , I took the time to dig a little deeper to understand the meaning and history of those traditions and I now know that are not based on some loose history but are mostly based on honoring coworkers and business associates and expressing a high level of respect. Some examples- the round table- allows no “head”, everyone is the same. lowering your glass during toast- shows respect for the other. Walking around the table toasting – taking the time to show respect and appreciation. Serving food to visitors- respect. I will not complain about these traditions anymore. I encourage you to take the time to understand the meaning of unique traditions from other cultures when you have the opportunity.

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
1.
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
1.
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.

[bluegrass-pm-otb] Keep it simple

AO: bluegrass-pm-otb
Q: Tenderfoot
PAX: Pele (Jon Lindberg), Brick, Abacus, Welches (Leland Murphy), Doubtfire (Nick Bond), The Situation, Dain Bramage (Will Olson), Drum Major, Pusher, Finger Lickin’, Gridiron
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WARMUP:
SSH
Tempo Squats
Tempo Merkins
High Knee mosey
Lunges downhill
Bernies uphill
BAC (F & R)

THE THANG:
Tree Biscuit until 6:25/6:30
Remainder of time: battle buddy – 5 stations/exercises:
– Decline Merkins
– Squats
– Knees on swing, bring knees to chest
– Dips
– Calf raises
1 Station =
Battle buddy #1: AMRAP one exercise from above
Battle buddy #2: runs down to park exit, then Bernies back uphill
Battle buddy #2: AMRAP one exercise from above
Battle buddy #1: runs down to park exit, then Bernies back uphill
Rotate to next station, try finish all 5 exercises

MARY:
American Hammers

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Summer Convergence: UnCOVEred on 7/13
– uncovered-summer-convergence
– westhills-ruck-otb

COT: “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” -Emerson
Keep it simple. Do what works. Don’t overcomplicate. Focus on fundamentals, discipline, and routine. Too many intricacies in a plan/mission can result in confusion, inaction and excuses/justifications.
“”The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so the necessary may speak.” -Hans Hoffman”Assess your commitments and schedule, set boundaries, prioritize what’s critical, minimize the distractions/non-essentials. Know your limits. Know your flaws/negative tendencies. Be honest with yourself. Take accountability when your plan isn’t working – and adjust accordingly.
“”See it big, and keep it simple.” -Wilferd Peterson”An ambitious vision is a powerful thing, but keep your goals grounded and your tactics tight.
Lastly, forgot to say this, but…Avoid the temptation of shortcuts, shiny trends and silver bullets.


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