F3 Knoxville

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Suicidal 66

THE SCENE: Warm. Like mid 70s.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
20 SSH

10 LBAC Fwd/Bwd

8 Imperial Walkers
THA-THANG:
Route 66 starting right off the Grinder. Half Pax went south and other half north. Run to 1st light pole and perform one rep of exercise. Run back to start. Run to 2nd light pole and perform 2 reps of exercise. Run back to start. And so it went up to the 11th light pole. Then start over with next exercise.
Exercises:

Burpees

BBS

Merkins

Lunges per leg

MARY:
LBCs for time.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
14 HIMs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Hope everyone had a good 4th and spent a little time being grateful for our country, our freedom, our families and friends.
MOLESKIN:
I don’t think anyone got to lunges. That was the most mileage and calories burned I’ve ever gotten in 45 minutes.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

RWPS

THE SCENE: Steamy and a little wet
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Rockettes
Alt Lunge w/ Psoas Stretch
THA-THANG:

We moseyed around 2.5 miles in the area around duck pond, up the Educator and back stopping 7 times for PT.

10 Squats 4-ct IC

10 Sprinter Sit-ups 4-ct IC

10 Merkins 4-ct IC

MARY:
Did a few Burpee Sprints and alternated a few rounds of 10 Flutters and 10 Peter Parker’s with different people calling cadence because my voice was giving out after calling it the rest of the time.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
15 HIMs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
One of my favorite quotes:

“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”

Hamlet – William Shakespeare

MOLESKIN:
140 reps of everything plus miles. Was a creepy suck.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

12 Daze

THE SCENE: 46 degrees F, 90% humidity,
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
One SSH
THA-THANG:
Mosey to Mt. Crumpit with CMU gift in hand. From the base of Mt. Crumpit run to the first Daze and do the exercise with CMU.  Run back to base and do the first Home Base exercise.  Run to second Daze and do that exercise plus the first one.  Run back to base and perform second exercise. Continue till all 12 Daze are completed (all 12 are performed at the last Daze) and all Home Base is complete.

12 Daze

1x Roll Over Merkin (all sides)

2x Blockies

3x OH Squat Press

4x On the Shelf (4/side)

5x CMU Swings

6x Goblet Squats

7x Upright Rows

8x Triceps Extensions

9x Curls

10x Lawn Mowers (per arm)

11x Bent Rows

12x Dips

 

Home Base Exercises  (12x Each)

  1. Dry Docks
  2. Iron Mike Squats
  3. Body Builders
  4. WWII Situps
  5. Shoulder Taps (4 ct)
  6. Squat Jumps
  7. SSH (4 ct)
  8. Plank Jacks (4 ct)
  9. Box Cutters
  10. Merkins
  11. Flutter Kicks (4 ct)
  12. Mountain Climbers (4 ct)

(Note:  Most completed the first 10 or 11.  All were gathered together at the 12 Daze and completed the exercises in cadence before heading back to the AO.)
MARY:
No time for Mary today.  Actually ran 4 minutes over time.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
13 HIMs bearing CMU gifts
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
What does this time of year bring to your mind?  Past gatherings with family and friends? Reminders of favorite gifts received when you were young?  The excitement you had when you saw your wife or children open a special gift you gave them?  I certainly have those memories.

There is another memory I have and it comes to me every time I hear or sing Silent Night.  Back in the late ’60s and early ’70s, Bob Hope would take a USO show to the soldiers in Vietnam.  It was his way of bringing joy to a desperate place; his way of giving back to those who were giving so much for us back home. It was about two hours of comedy, song and dance, and beautiful women for the GIs to enjoy.  And did they ever enjoy the time.  The looks on their faces told it all.

As tradition had it, Bob Hope ended each show with clips from the several locations they visited.  That clip was a montage of the singing of Silent Night.  It was hard to keep the tears from flowing – from me or from the military personnel in the audiences.  It is a scene I will never forget.

All of this reminds me of the verse in Luke that captures the feelings of Mary on that first night of Jesus as a baby.  The shepherds had appeared at the manger and told Mary and Joseph all that the angels had told them about the child.  Luke 2:19 “But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart.”

We need to do the same. We need to ponder the beauty of God’s gift of His Son.  The gift that is our only way to everlasting life with God.  And if we haven’t done a good enough job of it, we need to provide those experiences with the ones we love so they can treasure up and ponder for years to come.

MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Breakfast at Drifter’s on Saturday, December 28th.

Leg Day

THE SCENE: Cool and dry
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

Welcome to F3. It stands for Fitness, Fellowship and Faith. You are here on your own volition. I am not a professional. This is a free workout. I do not know your injuries and if you need to modify, please modify.

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Side-Shuttle Hops incadence x 20
  • Merkins x15
  • Mosey to Church Parking lot while farmer carrying CMUs with 5 calf raises

THA-THANG:
DORA Style workout.

Round 1 – Bear Crawl up hill and 10 merkins

  • 150x 3sec hold Al Gore’s
  • 200x iron mikes
  • 250x

Round 2 – Bernie up hill with 10 WWII

  • 150x burpees
  • 200x
  • 250x

MARY:
Mosey back to Grinder while farmer carry CMUs with 5 calf raises
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
With going along with Leg Day, your legs are your base. In your lives, your family and friends are your base. You can’t always hold yourself up. It is okay to rely on others to be your base. With my grandmother in nursing home and getting worse every day, it has been critical to keep my base close to help hold me up. Keep your base close.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:.

 

Old Man

THE SCENE: 33 degrees F, 93% Humidity, Snowing with 1″ on the ground.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, Little Baby Arm Circles, Walk out Planks, Cherry Pickers
THA-THANG:

Modified Route 66:  Run to the 3rd light pole on the Greenway path and do 10 Merkins and 1 WWII Situp, run to 3rd light pole and do 9 Merkins and 2 WWII Situps, continue until the last stop 1 Merkin and 10 WWII Situp.  Continue run to base of Mt Krumpit but stop once to do 0 WWII Situps and 11 Merkins and a second  time to do 11 WWII Situps and 0 Merkins.

Mt Krumpit Partner

Partners alternate the types of ascents up Mt Krumpet until the follow exercises and reps are completed.

50 Bodybuilders, 100 Squat Jumps, 150 Dry Docks, 200 Flutter Kicks (2 ct), 150 Dry Docks, 100 Squat Jumps, 50 Bodybuilders

Ascents

1st ascent Run, 2nd ascent Bernie/Run, 3rd ascent Bear Crawl/Run then repeat the sequence until above is complete

Summit

Perform 10 LBC’s at the top of each ascent.

 

When complete, run back to scrapyard on the AO grinder.

Push/Pull

Perform two rounds consisting of 10 inverted pull ups and 10 Merkins

MARY:

ABCs (capital letters)

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 HIMs total on this blistery, snowy morning.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Over a year ago I did a BOM about my favorite song, My Back Pages, written in 1964 by Bob Dylan and made famous by The Byrds in 1967.  I recently heard some comments made by Clint Eastwood on his 88th birthday last year that touches on the main refrain from My Back Pages.  He was asked how he continues to stay active and do the things he does.  His reply, “I just get up each morning and go out.  And I don’t let the old man in.”

It is easy to let the “old man” in.  He can creep in any time and rob us of our potential, prevent us from reaching our goal, or in some cases stop us in our tracks.  Routine helps to combat the old man.  One of the routines for me is F3.  Another is the reminder from Philippians 1:6 “Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completions until the day of Jesus Christ.”  That verse should poke us into action no matter the endeavor.  We are not ever done until our last breath … or until He returns … whichever comes first.

MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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