F3 Knoxville

A visit with Fat Amy

**The name “Fat Amy” is used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

The Scene: 53 degrees and calm

F3 Intro and Disclaimer

Warm-O-Rama
Imperial Walkers x 15 IC
Russian Rockette x 15 IC
Windmills x 15 IC
Cherry Pickers x 10 IC
SSH x 15 IC
Mountain Climbers x 15 IC
Plank Jacks x 15 IC
Squat x 15 IC
BurpeeCircle x PAX count

The THANG
Fat Amy:
50 Squats
– 10 Burpees
40 BBS
– 10 Burpees
Lunge to Cone, Sprint Back
– 10 Burpees
20 Star Jacks
– 10 Burpees
Bear Crawl to Cone, Sprint Back
– 10 Burpees
20 Star Jacks
– 10 Burpees
Lunge to Cone, Sprint Back
– 10 Burpees
40 BBS
– 10 Burpees
50 Squats

Dora’cides (Partner Up!)
Suicides – Incremental Burpees for each cone (1,2 & 3)
150 Merkins (Audible as we were running out of time!)
200 Jumping Squats (touch ground)
300 BBS

MARY
Flutter Kick
Marge / Homers
Shoulder Blasters

WORD
Intensity is important, but for short duration.  Forget the hour long meetings, hour long back-breaker workouts – strive for 10-20 minutes of high intensity every hour and make those moments count.  Do this in your “service” – to God, country, family, friends, and service for those who you don’t know, and yourself.

Leg Day!!!!

The Scene: 55 and wet. Rained all night but stopped just in time

F3 Welcome & Disclaimer

The Thang

Warmup

Cherry Pickers x10(IC)

Arm Circles Forward x10 (IC)

Arm Circles Backward x10 (IC)

High Knees x10 (IC)

 Mosey to playground

Bulgarian Split Squat x10 (IC) both legs 2 rounds

Squats x15 (IC)

Derkins x15 (IC)

Bulgarian Split Squat x10 (IC) both legs

Squats x15 (IC)

 Mosey to bottom of cardiac

Narrow Squats x25 (IC)

Merkins x15 (IC)

Run to top of hill

American Thor abs

Run to bottom

Squats x51 (IC)

Backpedal up hill

Skyhawk Merkin x15 (IC)

Run to bottom

Squats x25 (IC)

Run to parking lot

Squats x52 (IC)

 COT

Number off: 23

BOM: Tenacity: the quality or fact of continuing to exist; persistence

 MOLESKIN

Great morning for some legs. The pack keep pressing on to end the week.

 

See M U? Yes, I See M U, Do you?

The Scene: 54 degrees cloudy
F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

Warm up:
SSHs
20 Baby arm circles
20 Rocketts
10 mericans
5 burpees

The Thang:
Mosey to CMU pile.
Mosey to parking lot by rink
Divide into groups of 4
Put CMUs in even stacks on one end of lot. Pax on the other. (50 yards apart)
One team member runs to CMUs and brings them to team however many trips that takes.
Remaining members do:
200 push-ups, 400 squats, 50 burpees
Repeat with all members running to CMU s till 6 catches up on first round.

Then…
20 curls-sprint to other end and back
20 overhead presses-sprint & back
10 tricep raises-sprint & back
X2

Indian run around lot while carrying CMU (overhead for advanced) Two groups opposite directions.x2

Mosey to Return CMUs

Mosey to track, two groups run opposite direction doing burpees at each corner 2,4,6,8
10 burpees at end together

Mosey to AO
Calf raises till 6 catches
Bear crawl from fence to cones (30yds) and back and sprint to cones and back.
Repeat 2x

Mary:
20x Imperial walkers
20x Rocketts
30x LBCs

BOM:
Kids attitude towards death and heaven. Example of my daughter Molly. We told her about her grandmother dying and that she is in a much better place with God in heaven now and she simply replied: “that’s great! Can I have a waffle now.”
She got it, she simply knew that her grandmother was in a better place, that she is with our father in paradise. A comforting fact that we can bank on as believers.
It can also motivate us to reach out to the lost and help lead them to eternal peace and fellowship with other believers in paradise.

Leg (and calf) Day

The scene:  60 and clear with a small breeze.

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

Warm-o-rama:

SSH IC x 8

Tempo Squat IC x 8

OYO Stretches

Tha Thang:

Mosey to hockey rink

  • 3 man DORA grinder. Battle buddy into groups of 3.
    • BB1: CMU Squats at one end
    • BB2: CMU Calf Raises at other end
    • BB3: CMU Lunges between BB1 & BB2
    • Swap out DORA style when lunging BB reaches each end for group total of 200 Squats, 400 Calf Raises
  • Wall Squats
    • 2 leg x 1 minute
    • Alternating 1 leg x 2 minutes
  • Monkey Humpers IC x 10

Mosey to Big Hill:

  • 8’s: 4ct Mountain Climbers at top;  Burpees at bottom
    • Flapjack between Forward & Bernie Sanders each trip up the hill

MARY:

Flutter Kicks IC x 20

Hello Dolly IC x 20

American Hammer IC x 20

Chinese Channel Changers x 2 mins

Count-off & Name-O-Rama

BOM:

Shared an excerpt from a book by Rosaria Butterfield, a one-time LGBT activist, and now a born-again Christian and mother of 4.  She tells the story of a time she was asked to tone down her message and stop calling sin a “sin”, but rather to just say that it’s her personal opinion.  Her answer:

“I responded by letting them know that I am not smart enough to have this opinion, but that this is the position the inspired and inerrant Word of God upholds.  It comes to me from the historic Christian church…through the pages of Scripture, and so on down to me.  I told her that changing my message would involve denying the plain meaning of Scripture, the testimony of the church, the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, and the gospel.  But to the postmodern mind…her request seems reasonable enough:  just own this position of mine as a personal point of view.  But claiming something that is a universal truth to be a mere matter of personal preference is a lie by omission.”

I shared with the PAX that this is something I struggle with each and every day.  Too often, I take the easy way out when discussing biblical truths and couch them as my own personal opinion during a difficult conversation.  Our challenge as we continue to put God first this year and ourselves last is to stand on our faith…even when it’s uncomfortable…and not take the easy way out by claiming “it’s just my opinion”.  As Christians we should be confident in sharing our beliefs as well as the truths they are based in.

You know how to count to eleven, right?

Scene – 26deg Cold and Gloomy (Shorts weather for some)

F3 Welcome & Disclaimer

Warm-o-Rama:
2 Laps around the outhouse
25 X SSH IC
5 X 2 X BA CIR FWD/BACK IC
OYO BigAuntThelma
15 x Tempo Merk IC

The THANG:
Mosey to Baby-Everest
You know what 11’s are, right?
Burpees at the Top
4 Count Rock Climbers at the bottom

Mosey to the Parking Lot above…find a partner!
Wheelbarrow Derkins
Wheelbarrow w/ partner to each line and perform 5 derkins
Switch w/ partner
Rinse and Repeat-o

Mosey to the Pavi-lawn
You know what 11’s are, right?
Dips & LBC’s

Back to the AO for Dealer’s choice Mary
Mayberry – American Hammers
Frosty – BBS
Ratchet – Boat/Canoe

Count off and Name-O-Rama

BOM:
We were challenged by Mayberry on his last BOM to put ourselves 3rd. God, Friends/Family, and then us. 2 Things we can do to make small steps towards that are: 1. Carve out the first 5 minutes of your day to be with the Sky-Q. Ask God, What is it that you would have me do for you today? 2. Be present in the moment. Be in the conversation and not lost in your own thoughts.

Moleskin:
This was a challenging workout for me to lead. My comfort zone lies in lifting CMU’s! I wanted to lead a workout beyond my capacity. With the support of the PAX we managed to get some pretty good work in and complete on time. Our thoughts and prayers are with the PAX that couldn’t be with us today.