F3 Knoxville

Tag: Half Caff

P3 at F3

THE SCENE: Temp in the 70’s with a little breeze.  Perfect weather.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Baby Arm Circles IC x 10 each way

A little of This and a little of That

Hillbilly’s x10 IC

Tempo squats x10 IC

Tempo Merkins x10 IC

THA-THANG:

  • Mosey to rock pile behind Veterans Memorial
    • Walk to corners of the field with rock over head
      • 1st corner – Mountain climbers x10 IC
      • 2nd corner – Peter Parkers x10 IC
      • 3rd corner – Mountain climbers x5 / Peter Parkers x5
      • Walk with rocks over head to return them to pile.
  • Mosey to Big Ball steps
    • Battle Buddy:  #1 runs up stairs, stops at first landing for 2 burpees.  Top landing 4 burpees.  Back to first landing 2 more burpees then to bottom to tag buddy.  Meanwhile buddy #2 does flutter kicks, American Hammers, etc until buddy #1 tags.  Each buddy up stairs 4 times.
  • Mosey around the corner and up the hill to the intersection close to the Art Museum.
    • Circle up:
      • flutter kicks x 10
      • Merkins x 10 OYO
      • Hello Dolly x 10
      • Merkins x 10 OYO
      • Box Cutters x 10
      • Merkins x 10 OYO
      • LBC’s x 10
      • Merkins x 10 OYO
      • American Hammer x 10
      • Merkin x 10 OYO
  • Mosey back to AO

MARY:
Had time for a little “Amazon shoulder shredder”:  Baby Arm circles, overhead claps, seal claps, etc

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
13 PAXs total with 2 FNG’s
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Remembering a friend who I was able to spend some time with and learn from his wisdom.  He was a WWII veteran and shared his experiences and relationship with God with me over breakfast each Friday morning.  One morning he shared his thoughts as we talked about God’s Glory. As we usually think of F3 as a lot of physical fitness, I present to you “P3” for spiritual fitness.  My friend shared with me 3 things he thinks about when he thinks about God’s Glory.  God’s Presence, God’s Power, and God’s Purpose.  Let’s remember to be in God’s presence, rely on His Power, and seek His Purpose for our lives.  When we do we will not only experience His Glory but we will glorify Him.
MOLESKIN:
Pray for Passports foster daughter, Jobs for people in the Fellows program, and for Lee Murphy’s job situation.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

eleven PAX doing elevens

THE SCENE: 45* – getting back to nice weather
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Tempo lunge x10 IC
Merkins x10 IC
Windmills x8 IC
Burpees x5 OYO
SSH x20 IC
THA-THANG:

Mosey out of start point to amphitheater.  Assemble in front of stage for some super sets.  Do first three exercises in a row, OYO, with no rest in between.  Plank on stage and wait for everyone to finish.  Then back to the front of the stage for the next three exercises.  As quickly as possibly OYO and plank waiting for everyone to finish.

  • Left leg step ups x11
  • Right leg step ups x11
  • Box jumps x11

Plank and wait for everyone to finish, then straight into:

  • Derkins x11
  • Dips x11
  • Merkins x11

Plank and wait until last man finished.  Back at it and repeat all six exercises in the same fashion.  Recover and 10 count.  No mosey to the next routine, stay at the amphitheater stage for Super 11’s (11 seems to be the number of the day).  Perform 11 BBSU’s, run the stairs to the top, perform 11 pull ups on rails.  Return to the bottom and go from 10 to 1 reps on both exercises.  When finished, plank it up on the stage. Recover and 10 count.

Mosey back past the start point to the front of L&N Stem Academy.  Everyone grab a rock (or two if they want some fun).  Rock exercises as follows:

  • Curls x30 and rest with rock pressed overhead
  • Squats x30 with rock pressed overhead
  • Curls x30 and rest with rock pressed again overhead
  • Arms straight out, rock lifts x30
  • Overhead press x30
  • Curls x30
  • Situps x30 with rock pressed overhead

Mosey back to start point.

MARY:
Had about three minutes left upon arrival, and Q only had one thing left to do.  Boat/Canoe.  After a few iterations of plain holds, 5 on 4 count flutter kicks while in canoe, then 5 on a 4 count OH claps in canoe.  A few more iterations of regular holds.  30 seconds left Q told PAX all we had was 30 seconds, and to hold canoe for that long or until they had to drop.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 Strong, including one flying headlock who departed early: Mark (FEH), Swanson, G6, Bareback, Cowbell, The Voice, Rousey, Half Caf, Amazon, Pfeiffer, Abort
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I’ve kind of had a recurring theme in my word, which is struggling with failure.  Constantly worrying about failing at my job, failing as a friend, failing as a future spouse and father.  Then I read things that say if you’re not failing at something then you’re not trying hard enough or trying new things and that failure is the best way to learn.  So failure is always there, be it good or bad.  However I came across a quote which really struck me, so I decided to share it.  From Francis Chan:

“OUR GREATEST FEAR SHOULD NOT BE OF FAILURE, BUT OF SUCCEEDING IN THINGS IN LIFE THAT DON’T REALLY MATTER.”

Welsh Dragon crossings at The Quacken

THE SCENE: 40 degrees, sleeting a wee bit.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH – x20 IC 4CT

Little bit of this, little bit of that

Cherry Pickers – x10 IC

Indian run (half of the loop) around the park once. Stop at pavilion to do 15 decline merkins OYO. Run another lap (half as indian run) and stop at pavilion for 25 dips OYO. Run another lap (half as indian run) and head toward church parking lot.

THA-THANG:
Welsh Dragon halfway across parking lot.

  • Bear crawl forward 4CT, 1 merkin, 1 plank jack, 1 set of back-of-shoulder taps, repeat until you’ve crossed half the lot. Mosey to Duck Pond.

Duck Pond Doras –

  • 1 partner does the exercise while the other partner runs a lap around the pond. (50 burpee penalty for everyone if you fall in)
  • 150 LBC
  • 150 Kobra Kais
  • 150 Mountain Climbers 2CT
  • 150 Squat Jumps
  • plank until final runner finishes his lap

Mosey back to church lot. Welsh Dragon across the entire lot this time (but hey it’s downhill this direction!)

20ct rest. Mosey back to AO

MARY:
Flutter Kicks 20x 4ct

Box Cutters 10x

Edward Scissorlegs 15x

Flutter Kicks 15x 4ct
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Duggar, Clinger, Frasier, Ghost, Half Caff, Filte
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

MOLESKIN:
Frasier led us in a quick devotional: Rest, Respect, Reliance. Isaiah 40: 28-31 “Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not grow faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”

Lots of prayers around for our families and our fellow PAX. Continue to lift one another up.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill is May 18!! Let’s see how many PAX we can get to sign up. If we don’t have enough for a full 5-hour team, we can merge with Brickyard or Big Ball as needed.

The Quacken AO Launch!

THE SCENE: 50 degrees. Cloudy. Little rain toward the end.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:

Warmed up in an adjacent pavilion b/c we couldn’t all fit in the normal one!

SSH X20 4ct IC

Cherry Pickers x10 IC

Annie’s – x8 each forward and backward each.

Little bit of this, little bit of that…

Imperial Walkers x10 4CT
THA-THANG:
Relay run with the 20lb baby around the Fountain City Park loop 1 time. Turn around and run up to the Gresham Hill continuing the relay run with the 20lb baby.

Welsh Dragons (Happy St. David’s Day!)

  • Bear crawl position the whole time. Move forward 4 steps.
  • Do 1 merkin
  • Do 1 plank jack
  • Do 1 pair of back of shoulder taps
  • Bear crawl forward another 4 steps.
  • Rinse and repeat for ~30ft adding 1 rep to each move every time.
  • Rest and then turn around and go halfway back-ish toward where we started starting over at 1 rep each.

Relay run with 20lb baby back down Gresham Hill around the side to the Duck Pond.

The Quacken Circuit

  • 8 station circuit around the Duck Pond. 20 reps of listed exercise at each station, except the last station which is 10 Kraken Burpees (regular burpee with 3 hand-release merkins at the bottom). Repeat the loop 2x or until time.
  • #1 – 20 Squats
  • #2 – 20 Merkins
  • #3 – 20 Overhead Claps 2CT
  • #4 – 20 LBCs
  • #5 – 20 American Hammers 2CT
  • #6 – 20 Mountain Climbers 2CT
  • #7 – 20 SSH 2CT
  • #8 – 10 Kraken Burpees (3 hand-release merkins at the bottom)
  • Ran out of time, but almost finished 2nd loop

Relay run back to the AO with 20lb baby.

MARY:
Out of time! We had too much fun.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
18 HIMs made it out for the launch! Herbie, Abort, Half caff, Mr. Wedgie, SiPad, Bowflex, Chaucer, Hamm, Belding, Fast-n-Easy, Swanson, Quagmire, Detention, Ghost, Tank, Doubtfire, Erector, Filter
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Philippians 2:3-4 “Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.”
MOLESKIN:
4 takeaways for today:

  1. Accountability – Hold one another accountable to make it out here. Encourage one another to get better and be better. Hold one another accountable in our regular lives outside our workout times as well.
  2. Q! Sign up to Q! Everyone has the ability, wherewithal and capacity to do it. We can help. You can do it.
  3. Mend House – Come out and post with these guys on Wednesdays at 6pm. They’re a great group of guys to workout with and we all benefit from being around one another.
  4. Give Back – Give back to the AOs where you post. Volunteer for a cleanup day or help do things around the park / school / etc. I know we can definitely help the Lions Club keep FC Park clean and running well for everyone to use.
    ANNOUNCEMENTS:
    Chili cook-off tonight 6-8pm at Fort Loudoun Yacht Club. Reach out to Rusty or Doubtfire for more info.

    F3 Knoxville, The Quacken
    Launch of The Quacken AO in Fountain City on March 1, 2019.

Get started and see how far you go

THE SCENE: 30* but little wind, ready to go
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Even/odd static stretches for 20 count: middle, left, right
BAC forward and reverse
Tempo lunge
SSH
THA-THANG:
Mosey out of SP and over to the amphitheater, stopping in front of the stage.

  • 10 Bulgarian split squats (10 each leg)
  • Sprint the stairs, mosey back down to the stage
  • 10 calf raises on stairs

Repeato with 15 reps

Mosey further to the parking lot behind the Min Kao building on UT campus for Charles Bronson.  Three cones set up, with 5 exercises at first cone.  Perform exercise, sprint to second cone, bear crawl to the third cone, mosey back and move to next exercise.  Repeat for each exercise.

  • 50 SSH on 4 count
  • 50 Merkins
  • 50 Burpees (yup)
  • 50 Big boy sit ups
  • 50 Jump squats

Mosey back to amphitheater, need to balance out the leg work with some upper body.  15 decline merkins, 15 regular merkins, 15 incline merkins all done in succession with no rest.

Mosey back to start point for Mary.

MARY:
Flutter kicks
Heals to heaven
Feet elevated crunches
Boat canoe flutters led by Pfeiffer
FluttCOUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 Strong: Pfeiffer, Rusty, SiPad, Pullups, Amazon, Half Caff, Ivy, G6, Swanson, Abort
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I’ve noticed on weekends that I am either extremely lazy or extremely productive, and usually nowhere in between.  I either just lay around and never get started doing anything or once I get started it just leads to staying busy.  The latter was yesterday, and it simply started with doing laundry early.  Then I painted something I had put off for months.  I fixed a broken section of fence that has needed attention for at least a month.  Cleaned up the utility room.  Found clothes to donate….I just encouraged men to get started with something and see how far it takes them to accomplish other things as well.
MOLESKIN:

Keep Rick (G6’s son) and Blake (Scope’s father) in our prayers as they both have surgeries upcoming.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill teams need to form up soon!!