F3 Knoxville

Take The Hill, Dominate Your Monday.

THE SCENE: Windy, cool, & a 100% chance of iron sharpening iron.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER:

  • Welcome to F3! Fitness -Fellowship – Faith
  • My name is Steam and I’ll be your Q this morning!
  • I am not a professional – I don’t know any injuries you may or may not have, so if you need to modify any of the exercises we do this morning feel free to do do but always give 100%
  • I need 3 things from you this morning!
    • PUSH YOURSELF – you came here to get better this morning – you absolutely have what it takes to succeed this morning – unleash it.
    • PUSH THOSE AROUND YOU – IRON SHARPENS IRON – the man on your left and right is counting on you for their safety and to push them to be better men!
    • ALWAYS GIVE 100% – You owe it to yourself to go had this morning and fight for every breath like it’s your last. You’re here this morning because you wanted to be a better man than you were yesterday – EARN IT!

WARM-O-RAMA:

  1. Side-Straddle Hop (SSH) – in cadence
    1. 25 x 4
  2. The Rockett – in cadence
    1. 15 x 4 count
  3. The Cherry Picker – in cadence
    1. 10 x 4 count
  4. The Merkin – in cadence
    1. 10 x 4 count
  5. 5 Burpees On Your Own!

THA-THANG:

  • Mosey (with flag of course) to Bottom of Everest, THE Mt. Everest
    • Halt halfway –> 10 squats in cadence (Al Gore until 6 is up)
    • Upon arrival at bottom of Everest –> 10 second rest/catch breath (Al Gore until 6 is up)
    • SSH: 15 x 4 – in cadence
  • Take The Hill (Part 1)
    • Charge the hill with the flag (duh) all the way to the top (Al Gore until 6 is up)
    • Plant flag between 2 temporary high beam lights provided by Steam
    • Charge back down hill – leaving flag up top (Al Gore until 6 is up)
  • Take The Hill (Part 2)
    • Maneuver under enemy watch/fire
    • Steam sets scenario where the hill much be taken from the enemy – maneuver accordingly.
    • Zig-zag sprint up the hill
    • Stop 1
      • drop down in push up plank –> 10 x 4 merkins in cadence
      • Back up
    • Stop 2
      • drop down in push up plank –> 10 x 4 plank jacks
      • Back up
    • Bear Crawl 25 meters –> sprint the rest of the way to the top (Al Gore until 6 is up)
    • @ Top
      • Merkin: 10 x 4 in cadence
    • Back Down Hill (Hold Al Gore until 6 is up – make sure every man is accounted for)
    • Merkin – 10 x 4 in cadence
  • Take The Hill (Part 3)
    • Zig-zag sprint up hill
    • Stop 1
      • Drop down in push up plank –> 10 x 4 merkin in cadence
      • Back up
    • Stop 2
      • PAX on their 6 –> 10 x 4 flutter kick in cadence
      • Back up
    • Sprint zig zag –> line up shoulder to shoulder
    • CHARGE THE HILL! (100% all out)
    • 15 second breather 
    • The Squat –> 15 x 4
  • Mosey Back To AO 
    • Flag in front (in between 2 single file lines of PAX on either side of the road
    • American Indian run for both lines (flag stays out front)
    • Cadence Call by Steam
      • F3 –> Good For You –> Good For Me (x2) –> All Day –> Everyday –> No Man –> Left Behind –> F3 –> F3
    • Halt halfway
      • 20 x 4 squats in cadence
    • Down new patch to car parking lot –> AO
    • Circle up
    • 20 x 4 SSH in cadence
  • Finishing Strong
    • Line up shoulder to shoulder at one end of the parking lot AO
    • 80% sprint all the way across
      • 10 burpees on your own
    • Bernie Sanders 70% all the way back
    • 10 x 4 SSH in cadence
    • Sprint all the way across
      • 10 x 4 merkins in cadence
    • Bernie Sanders all the way back (100%)
    • Burpee in cadence
      • one element at a time
      • 5 total
    • Karaoke all the way across (100%)
      • 10 x 4 merkin in cadence
    • Bernie Sanders all the way back (100%)
    • Line up shoulder to shoulder in incline push up plank along curb
      • Starting from Right —- > Left: each man does one Merkin going down the line
    • Recover –> Bear crawl halfway across –> 100% sprint rest of way across
    • Line up shoulder to shoulder in incline push up plank along curb
      • Starting from Left  –> Right: each man does one Merkin going down the line
    • 100% Sprint Back
  • THE CORE
    • Flutter Kick: 25 x 4 count in cadence
    • American Hammer: 15 x 4 count in cadence
    • Hello Dolly: 25 x 4 count in cadence
    • ATMs –> Cap’n Crunch Leads ATMs to finish strong
      • 15 x 4 count shoulder taps
      • 10 slow merkins
      • 10 fast merkins

MARY:
Heavy breathing
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
35 PAX – 1 FNG: “Ma’am”
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“Periods vs. Commas”

  • The enemy tries to place periods in our life (death of a family member, a hard time, loss of job or loved one, tragedy like Vegas shooting, etc) that insinuate the game is over, that’s the end of the story. God looks at that and turns it into a comma instead, allowing whatever hard or difficult thing we’re going through or experiencing to not be the end of the story, just more of a pause as he carries us through to the “next part of the sentence” or stage of life.
  • Whatever periods you have experienced in your life and may be experiencing now –> God will turn that into a comma and carry you through.
  • Your story is not over. The is not the end. What seems like a unsurpassable period in your life is not the end of the story. Trust God to turn it into a comma and help you realize that there is more to come. You were made for more than to just be defeated by whatever period the enemy has put in your life.
    MOLESKIN:
    http://www.newlifeknoxville.org/portfolio-items/nlg-108-deliver-us-from-evil/

Circle the Wagon

THE SCENE: Crisp, clear, and cool.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Michael Phelps IC x10
  • Big Arm Circles IC x10
  • Mosey 2 laps around the parking lot.

THA-THANG:

Circuit. AMRAP 5 Minutes.

  • Round 1:
    • Calf Raises x20
    • Lunges x20
    • Run lap around parking lot.
  • Round 2:
    • LBC x20
    • Sundial x20
    • Run lap around parking lot.

Mosey to new, big parking lot.

  • Do exercise at every light pole on the outside of the parking lot. When you make it a full lap, do burpees until everyone gets back.
  • Round 1: Squats x10
  • Round 2: Merkins x(Pick your own poison)

Mosey to base of Cardiac Hill via new path. LBCs and American Hammers along the way to keep up the good cheer.

Cardiac Hill.

  • Sprint to first turn.
  • Merkins x10
  • Sprint to second turn.
  • Squats x10-20
  • Sprint to top.
  • LBC x20.
  • Mosey back down. Rinse and Repeat.
  • Lead group began doing lunges up Cardiac Hill on the 3rd ascent, picking up the PAX along the way. Then back to the (absent) flag.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
PAX: 22. Smallmouth, Fabio, Coolio, Cheatsheet, Leonardo, Cherry Picker, Walkabout, Mr. Ed, Pusher, Expedia, Charmin, Crablegs, Snitch, High Heels, Umbro, Waffle House, Rainbow, Bunny, Rascal, +2 early departures

FNG: Compost (Forgot to get his contact info! Umbro, can you hook us up? Or Compost, just keep coming, ok?)

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Mr. Ed has a torn ACL. It’s been torn for 5 years (what?). Surgery is scheduled for December. YHC felt that was too long to wait. This PAX prayed for complete healing NOW. Cause that’s what a Good Father wants to do for His boys.
MOLESKIN:

I woke up late. Didn’t have a good plan the workout. Felt scattered. Didn’t have a good WORD ready for the COT. Then Mr. Ed shared about his ACL being torn and the upcoming surgery and asked that we pray for a quick recovery…after surgery. BOOM. It hit me. “There it is. Here’s the moment. Stop feeling guilty about not having something ‘prepared’ and STAY PREPARED to live freely in the moment.” I was immediately convinced this was no accident. “Mr. Ed, yeah, we’re going to pray for a quick recovery. But not for a quick recovery two months from now. We’re going to ask our Good Father for a quick recovery NOW.” A Good Father doesn’t give his boys snakes when they ask for bread. So, Father, sure, we’ll give you glory if you want to slowly heal Mr. Ed’s ACL post surgery. But we would much rather brag about how You healed Mr. Ed’s ACL without surgery.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Christian Brothers Automotive (https://www.cbac.com/knoxville/?L=true) are providing free oil changes to single moms. Contact for more details: (865) 270-6588.

 

No Mosey, All Business!

THE SCENE: 64 & Clear

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA
COP:

  • SSH x30 IC
  • Tempo Squats x15 IC
  • Dive Bombers x15 IC
  • Diagonal Lunges x15 IC
  • Burpees x10 OYO
  • Baby Arm Circles Fwd x10 IC
  • Baby Arm Circles Bkw x10 IC

THA-THANG:
Everyone line up on the curb and get in groups of 3.

Triple Sprints
2 men at Cone 1 (orange cones) and 1 man at Cone 2 (orange cone).  One man at Cone 1 runs to Cone 2 while other two men do exercises at the cone, stopping in the middle at the yellow cone to do 2 burpees.  Then man at Cone 2 runs to Cone 1 while other men do exercises.  First man now runs to Cone 2.  Rinse and repeat for 6 minutes.

Upper Body:
Cone 1 = Diamond Merkins / Carolina Dry Docks
Cone 2 = Shoulder Taps / Superman Swims

Abs:
Cone 1 = American Hammers / Lance Armstrongs
Cone 2 = Flutter Kick / Hello Dollys

Lower Body:
Cone 1 = Squats / Skaters
Cone 2 = Reverse Lunges / Side Lunges

10 count recover then circle up for the Accumulator.

Accumulator
Start with 1 exercise, adding another exercise until all 5 exercises are completed in succession. Then, work back down until only the last exercise is left. 20 seconds (20s) per exercise:

– Exercise 1 then 20s rest
– Exercises 1 and 2 then 20s rest
– Exercises 1, 2, 3 then 20s rest
– Exercises 1, 2, 3, 4 then 20s rest
– Exercises 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 then 20s rest
– Exercises 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 then 20s rest
– Exercises 5, 4, 3, 2 then 20s rest
– Exercises 5, 4, 3 then 20s rest
– Exercises 5, 4 then 20s rest
– Exercises 5

Exercises:
– Exercise 1: Burpees
– Exercise 2: Wide Merkins
– Exercise 3: Narrow Squats
– Exercise 4: Dry Docks
– Exercise 5: Jump Squats

Stay in circle, get on your 6 and get ready for some Mary

MARY:
4ct Flutter Kick x20 IC
4ct Side Crunches, Rt. x10 IC
4ct Side Crunches, Lf. x10 IC
4ct Flutter Kick x10 IC

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
43 PAX, 1 FNG – Drawstring

CIRCLE OF TRUST / BOM
Part of our growth is spiritual.  One observation YHC has made recently is that most men seem restrained and bored on Sunday mornings at church.  Rather than their faith igniting them, it seems to be hindering them from being who they are.  This is the exact opposite of God’s intent for us as men.  Our faith is not meant to fence us in, but fuel us for a life of impact and significance!  My faith informs me that there are no idle moments, everything has eternal significance.  Even the most mundane experiences, when viewed though faith have potential to be life-changing.  It’s about perspective.  It’s about seeing our lives as more than a quest for self-comfort and self-satisfaction.  It’s about seeing life as Jesus did…an adventure where we are part of something greater than ourselves.  We are meant to be life-givers, servant-leaders…HIMs!

Choose today to view your faith from the lens of what you give rather than receive.

MOLESKIN
It was a beautiful, clear, cool Monday morning and the PAX were out in force!  No mosey today, all business.  The men busted it for a solid 45 minutes and it was a great start to the week.  We also had a guest, cameraman from WVLT news was on site to get some video for a story they will be doing later this week.  No Sad Clown Is Safe!!!

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Alcoa/Maryville Launch – 10.14.17
Trucking to the Pound CSAUP – 10.28.17
GROWRUCK05 – 11.18.17

Submitted by Cap’n Crunch

If Junk was an Indian

The scene : MUGGY MAYBE!

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

The Theme: If Junk was an Indian…….man he is fast!

Tha-Thang
COP
Monkey Humpers x20 oyo
Squats x10
Smurf Jacks x10
SSH x 20
LBC x15
RBC x15
Burpo x10

Indian Run to the PAVALON. ALL PAX stay together and we made 3 stops for LBC, squats, and merkins on the way

PAVALON.
3 sets of
Leg ups x20 each leg IC
LBC x20
squats x20
Pull ups x5 plus one more set to make 20 reps total

Working on Form NOT reps!

Ran out of time so we Indian ran back to the AO. On the way, double Indian run race! Back 2 guys race to the front and so on.

Gotta cash out, right?
Burpicides on the Tennis court, 5 burps, 4,3,2,1……until time ran out.

WORD:
Plain and simple, Find time, REAL/QUALITY time with your M. With our busy lives, we need to find quality time with our Ms to grow our relationships with each other and if you have kids, it spills over into fatherhood and sets examples for your kids.

First Base

The Scene: 69 and perfect

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

Warm-O-Rama:

SSH x20

Burpees x10

Merkins x20

Some more stuff…

Tha-Thang:

Dora Baseball,

  • Easy Chair- While partner BC to 1st base does 10 burpees- BC back
    • -Switch
    • BC to 2nd Base 20 Big Boy Sit ups- BC back
    • Switch
    • BC to 3rd Base 30 Squats BC back
    • -Switch

Plank until ‘six is up

  • BC to 1st base 30 Merkins BC back- Switch
  • BC to 2nd Base 30 Lunges BC back- Switch
  • BC to 3rd Base 20 Carolina Dry Docks BC back- Switch

Plank until ‘six is up

Mosey to Pee Rocks

  • While curling, partner sprints back to fence for 5 burpees
  • Switch
  • Tricep overhead- spring back to fence for 20 merkins
  • Switch
  • Shoulder press- sprint back to fence for 20 Big boy sit ups
  • Switch
  • Rock Pec Press- spring back to fence for 20 Carolina Dry Docks
  • Switch
  • Skull Crushers- Sprint back to fence for 20 Squats
  • Switch

Mosey to AO

MARY:

Bring Sally up push-ups,

Every time song says bring sally up, push up- bring sally down, lower yourself to down position keeping body of the ground.

WORD:

I’ve failed, over and over again in my life, and that’s why I succeed- Michael Jordan (G.O.A.T)

For the Gate is Narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few- Matthew 7:14

Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us- Hebrews 12:1