F3 Knoxville

Kraken’s Revenge

THE SCENE
32 and Clear

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA
SSH x25 IC
Tempo Merkins x15 IC
SSH x15 IC
Tempo Squats x15 IC
2 Laps around the parking lot and line up on the curb

THA-THANG
Warm-Up Sprints
Start on the curb at one side of the parking lot.  Lunge to the cones (approximately 1/3 of the lo) and do 2 buprees at the cone.  Then sprint to end of parking lot and do 2 hand-release mekins.  Sprint back and do 2 BBS.  Rinse and repeat the merkins and BBS each trip until you get to 10 each.

Mosey to new parking lot

The Kraken!
Spread out to 8 cones.  Complete exercise at that cone and run around the cones counter-clockwise to the next cone (make the whole loop + one cone). Rinse and repeat until you complete the whole loop or until tie is up.

  • Cone 1 – Dry Docks x15 or x20
  • Cone 2 – Narrow Squats x15 or 20
  • Cone 3 – 4ct Flutter Kicks x15 or 20
  • Cone 4 – Star Jumps x15 or 20
  • Cone 5 – 4ct Shoulder Taps x10 or 15
  • Cone 6 – Reverse Lunges (each leg counts as 1) x10 or x15
  • Cone 7 – 4ct Hello Dollys x15 or x20
  • Cone 8 – Smurf Jacks x15 or x20

Mosey back to SP.

MARY
American Hammers x20 IC
Hand-Release Merkings x10 IC
4ct Flutter Kicsks x20 IC
Diamond Merkins x15 IC
Hello Dolly x20 IC
Wide Merkins x15 IC
Side Crunches, Rt x20 IC
Side Crunches, Lf x20 IC
Ranger Merkins 15 IC
American Hammers x20 IC

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
29 PAX

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM
Often we measure our sense of security and significance by our external circumstances…where we “are.”  A stronger, truer expression is to look at the direction we are heading in.  Our circumstances may be tough, but if keep our eyes fixed on God, and seek to live with honor and integrity we will find a strength and resilience we didn’t know we had access to.  Conversely, we may be in a “good place” circumstantially, but if we don’t guard our heart and mind we will soon find life looses it’s joy and wonder.  Bottom Line: Life is a pursuit, not a destination!  What are your eyes fixed on?  How can you help someone in your life shift perspectives?

MOLESKIN
Cold weather is creeping into to K-Town, but the PAX greeted it head on and did strong work this morning!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • 2 Year Anniversary THIS SATURDAY! Workout in the AM and party in the afternoon.
  • Online Q-Sign Up is live.  Go to www.f3knoxville.com to sign up for November!

Remember Grace and Old Glory

THE SCENE: A cool, 44 degrees and clear and 31 men pull into the gloom that is the parking lot.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

Welcome and you are here on your own volition and you know your hurts, please take care but push yourself and use proper form.


WARM-O-RAMA:

  • 2 laps around the parking lot
  • 20 Side straddle hop
  • 15 Imperial squat walkers
  • 15 (each) Baby arm circles front and back
  • 10 Cherry pickers
  • Some of these and some of those

THA-THANG:

Form two lines
To the playground
Four rounds:
  • 20 Decline Merkens
  • 20 Box jump
  • 20 Squats
  • 20 Star jacks

 

  • The first man to the top of the poll competition Barby, Proton, Woodshack, and Smalls.
    • Then everyone did 5 Burpees
Run to new parking area
  • Four rounds:
  • 20 Merkens
  • 20 LBC’s
  • 20 Squats
  • 20 dry docks
Run to flag pole
  • Side Crunches Rt. x20 IC
  • Flutter Kicks x20 4ct IC
  • Side Crunches Lft. x20 IC
  • Hello Dolly x20 4ct IC

 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Thinking about the pain and sickness in our lives should remind us that this is not our home! We will one day stand before the Lord and hear those words, “Well done good, and faithful servant.” – we must remember that the Good and Faithful is not because we did those things, in fact, most of our lives are opposites of that. But Christ is the perfect sacrifice he died once and for all! It’s his perfect righteousness that we live under and are clothed by that God see! We didn’t earn it!

La La Leggy

THE SCENE: 65 with a chance of rain.   5 pax post for a pre-beatdown ruck.   25 more pax post to get the legs in shape to start the week of right.  Lots of good mumble-chatter catching up from the weekend.


F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

5:30am Sharp -Circle of Trust

  • Side Straddle Hop x 20
  • Imperial Squat Walkers X 15
  • Baby Arm Circles x 15 each way
  • Mountain Climbers x 15 (4 count)

Burpee Dan’s – Groups of 4

  • 4 Burpee : 4 lunges across lot.
    • Down to touch the fence and back up in reverse sprint back to start
  • 3 burpees : 4 lunges back to starting position.
  • 2 burpees : 4 lunges back to starting position.
  • 1 burpees : 4 lunges back to starting position.

Mosey to the playground

Aiken Legs – Done in succession with no rest — 20 Squats, 20 Box Jumps, 20 Mary Catherine Lunges (10 each leg), 20 Reverse Lunges (10 each leg forward). x 2

Mosey to Baby Cardiac

Burp Back Mountain

  • The exercise is then performed by pairing up with one person proceeding to run backward up the hill/forward down the hill 5X while the other person is performing burpees. The individuals continue to alternate running with burpees until 100 total burpees are completed. When finished, pax continue to run hills until entire PAX completes.

Wheel Barrel Push-ups – up to 10    

The Chase

  • Bear Crawl – 20 yards Sprint to the end 2 Burpees and run back
  • Crawl Bear – 20 yards Sprint to the end 2 Burpees and run back
  • Raccoon Crawl – 20 yards Sprint to the end 2 Burpees and run back

MARY – Hands of Time

Q starts the PAX, legs up at 90 degrees, hands under your rear. One pax at a time in a wave like motion- Each pax counts off aloud as they drop and hold 1,2,3, etc around the circle until finished.  Drop straightened legs to 10 degrees

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
30 PAX.

Coolio, Music City, Ivanka, Toll Bridge, Cougar, Hand tight, Pablo, G-6, Eggo, Cherry Picker, Pluto, Too Late, Snitch, High Heels, Bow-flex, Walkabout, Pusher, Rascal, Rusty, Charmin, Ribbed, Rainbow, Cat-Gut, Cheat sheet, A-Rod, Captain Crunch, Woodshack, Code Brown, Fabio, Proton, Barbie.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

I am grateful to the Brothers that come out and push me to get better physically every day.  God also calls us to push each other and support each other spiritually through prayer by lifting up our brothers.

James 5:13-18

13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.

15 And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

As in the verses above God continually shows us in scripture that He intends for us to be in community with other believers.  God uses community to build and strengthen us, Satan uses isolation to destroy.   Make a commitment this week to pray for the brothers that were to the left and right of you today.

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.