F3 Knoxville

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THE SCENE: Moissssssstt

WARM-O-RAMA:
Side straddle hoppity x 20 cadence

Bit o duck walking

Baby arm circles forward and backwards x 12 cadence

10 merkins

short mosey
THA-THANG:

  • 20 Gob squats with CMU, 20 Burpees, 20 merkins…. Followed by 19 of each etc. Ended after ~10 minutes
  • mosey to the hockey rink
  • Alligator crawl 1/2, bear crawl 1/2
  • At the end we did some fun flutter kicks….. ended up being in cadence
  • 3 Sprints across the rink

Wandered outside to the parking lot

Superman swims followed by a long sprint across the lot

More superman swims

Hello Dolly x 20 Cadence

Sprint back to the beginning

10 merkins

20 Gorilla humpers

Mosey to Tennis Court

Wheelbarrow 1/2, Lunge 1/2  ~2 sets…. It was time to run again

 

Indian Run to the Matterdorn (dom…. dum… korn… thorn…. THOR?) hill

Lunge 1/2 the hill followed by a run to the AO

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
17 PAX
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
This morning I shared a quote from one Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s books, The Gulag Archipelago. The quote was referencing those that were able to survive the brutality of the system, particularly during interrogations after being arrested.

What do you need to make you stronger than the interrogator and the whole trap?

From the moment you go to prison you must put your cozy past firmly behind you. At the very
threshold, you must say to yourself: “My life is over, a little early to be sure, but there’s nothing to be
done about it. I shall never return to freedom. I am condemned to die — ^now or a little later. But later
on, in truth, it will be even harder, and so the sooner the better. I no longer have any property
whatsoever. For me those I love have died, and for them I have died. From today on, my body is
useless and alien to me. Only my spirit and my conscience remain precious and important to me.”

What I gleaned from this is that our spirit and minds are something that we can truly say belong to us. We can allow these things to deteriorate and we will become weak, or we can be strong mentally and stick to our value structures. In multiple points throughout the book, Solzhenitsyn suggests that the ones who survived are the ones who relinquished the suffering and grounded themselves spiritually and mentally. So, be strong. Be disciplined. Live according to your values unerringly.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hike LeConte this weekend led by Abscess and Steam

Crowdpleaser

THE SCENE:  54 and gloomy
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Imperial Walkers x 15 IC
Windmills x 15 IC
Cherry Pickers x 15 IC
SSH x 15 IC
Mountain Climbers x 15 IC
Plank Jacks x 15 IC
Squat x 15 IC
BLIMPS x 2 OYO
   Burpees x 5
   Lunge each leg x 10
   Imperial Walker x 15
   Merkins x 20
   Plank Jacks x 25
   Squats x 30

THA-THANG:

Quads v. Abs
Outhouse Mosey to across-the-street
Squat / Slap Ground / Jump x 10 OYO
Inchworm 20 yards
LBC x 25 IC
Duck Walk 20 yards
Chinook Squats – Chinook Arm Circles x 3 / Squat x 15 OYO
Ice Skaters x 20
WWII Sit-up x 15
Ice Skaters x 20
Copperhead Squat x 15
Karaoke Right Face 20 yards
Superman/Banana x 10 IC
Karaoke Left Face 20 yards
Gorilla Humpers – Wide Monkey Humper x 15
Backwards Run 20 yards
American Hammer x 20 IC
Fire Hydrants x 15 Each Leg IC
Frog Jump 20 yards
Rosalita x 20 IC
Frog Jump 20 yards
Happy Jacks – SSH x 5 / Jump Squat x 2
Inchworm 20 yards
Mosey back to AO

MARY:
Shoulder Blasters
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Just a quick story and encouragement around planning for the unexpected.
MOLESKIN:
We worked a few exercises that the men hadn’t seen in a while – kept everybody moving so there was little standing around.  I was glad to hear the mumblechatter this morning…
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
See you Saturday for the Convergence at the Asylum 7am!

Halloween Special

THE SCENE:   42 – cool & crisp

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH x 30
  • 5 Merkins IC
  • This/That stretch
  • Cherry Picker

THA-THANG:

Halloween special.  PAX got to choose either a Trick or a Treat at each location.   Exercise performed depended on what the PAX chose.  I have to give credit where it’s due, the whole “Trick or Treat” thing was fun but it wasn’t an original idea.  I borrowed it from P-Nut, who did this for last year’s Halloween workout!  Good ideas are worth repeating, thanks P-Nut!

  1.  AO Parking lot
    • Frankenstein lunges to the speed bump & back
    • Creepy Crawlers to speed bump & back
    • Trick or Treat #1:  Shock & Awe Thruster Merkins (10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1)
  2. Mosey to steep hill by the boats
    • Trick or Treat #2:  7’s on the Hill.   Burpees at the top / Squat Jumps at bottom
  3. Mosey to Matterhorn
    • Trick or Treat #3:  Suicides up the hill
      • Round 1:  Broad jump up & bear crawl down
      • Round 2:  Bernie Sanders up & bear crawl down
      • After 2 rounds complete Bernie Sanders all the way up & complete 10 Merkins and 3 Burpees OYO

MARY:

  • Trick or Treat #4
    • Hello Dolly x 25 IC
    • American Hammers x 15 IC
    • Peter Parker

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
18 strong including 1 FNG:  Coolio, Abacus, Tweet-E, Shooter, Tank, Bueller, Rainfly, Heisenberg, Flute Loop, Underhand, Detention, Peach Fuzz, Frenchie, Butters, Vanilla (FNG), Junk, Sparky, Bartman

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
BOM was more of a public service announcement:  today is Halloween which means kids will be Trick or Treating tonight.  Please be safe and drive slow as it gets dark this evening.  Watch out for little kids walking around neighborhoods and remember to check your kids’ candy before giving it to them.

MOLESKIN:
Great to see Tank back in action after several weeks on the sideline.   Welcome back brother!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  1. Saturday’s 2 year F3 Knoxville anniversary has been moved to First Baptist Concord gym due to weather.  This will mean less opportunity to cook-out so remember to bring a dish.   Also, remember to vote for the F3 awards – Tank will be posting something on GroupMe for those who haven’t voted.
  2. Saturday will be a Convergence workout at the Asylum at 7:00 to celebrate the 2 year anniversary of F3 in Knoxville.   Cap’n Crunch and Ratchet will be leading so bring your heart rate monitors!  On 2nd thought, you may just want to leave the HR monitors at home….with those two on Q you’ll probably be scared of the numbers you see.

Shampoo Effect…#rinseandrepeat

THE SCENE: 60 and cool
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Tempo Squat x10 IC, Cherry Pickers x10 IC, SSH x20 IC, Baby Arm Circles Forward/Reverse each x10 IC
THA-THANG:
Form two lines and mosey to TN Ampitheatre

Grab a battle buddy…

  • Partner A sprint the steps and do 2 burpees/Partner B does alternates between two exercises on stage til Partner A returns then alternate
  • Repeat this exercise until both Partners A/B complete 10 burpees increasing each rep of burpees by two each trip up the steps (2,4,6,810).
  • Alternate between BBS and Flutter Kicks each trip while waiting to alternate with your battle buddy
  • Repeat same sequence except do pull-ups on hand rails at top of theatre steps and alternate between squats and LBC’s on stage

Form two lines and mosey to the bridge…

In waves of three PAX to keep everyone spaced the PAX performed burpee broad jumps across the bridge and held Al Gore/Plank until every member of the PAX made it across.  (T Claps to A-Rod for going back to finish the exercise with an FNG!)

Form two lines and mosey to BB steps for Mount Merkin OYO

  • 10 merkins at bottom of steps, sprint to top of steps and compete 9 merkins.  Rinse and repeat until you count down to compleeting 1 merkins (10-1).  PAX do leg lifts until recovery.

Form two lines and mosey to SP…

  • 11’s on the benches with box jumps and dips

MARY:
Flutter Kicks x25 IC, Hello Dolly x20 IC
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
16 PAX and 3 FNG’s! FNG’s are: (Bilko, Heisenberg, Boo Boo)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Prayed as a PAX as everyone enters into the end of the week
MOLESKIN:
Great push from the PAX, good mumblechatter from Passport specifically and the FNG’s gave it all they had.  Everyone emptied the tank!

Audible

The Scene: 59 degrees, light wind…

F3 Intro and Disclaimer

Warm-O-Rama

Cherry Pickers x 10

Merkins x 10

The Thang:

Attempted CMU group thang that blew up on me so we audibled to the below

11’s- up cardiac hill

Star Jacks/Burpees

Ab-O-Rama

Captain thor AKA Woodshack and Merkins

The Share (BOM):

Leadership

Set Direction

Provide Protection

Made Provision

To be a courageous leader, every man must master one significant obstacle: Feelings

Have a plan and a purpose