F3 Knoxville

Receptiveness is Key

THE SCENE:

39 degrees and light icy rain

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

Fitness, Fellowship, Faith, Free, Modify, Not Professional, Own Volition, Social Distance, Phone


WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH

Tempo Squat 

Catalina Wine Mixer

Hillbilly Squats 

Merkin

Overhead Claps

Skater Lunge

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Half Circle along shamrock rd. 

3 round of:

Rocky Balboa (50) (2-Count)

Shoulder Taps (30) (Single count)

Skater Lunge (20) (Single count)

Mosey to the parking lot by the breezeway

30 Rounds

6 air squats

4 Foot Taps (2-count)

2 hand-release merkins

Mosey to another section of the back parking lot

Wilt Chamberland’s

Space cones 100 ft apart. Length of a basketball court. Line up at first cone do 100 lbc’s then run to the second cone do 100 squats back to first do 100 flutter kicks(each leg) then end back at second to finish off with 100 lunges(50 each leg). Nice ab and lower body routine. Named for Wilts NBA record 100 pt game.

We got through 100 flutters and headed back to AO doing 2 burpees at each light pole on the way back.

MARY:
No Time

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
12 HIM’s

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Word of the day Receptive!

Receptive is defined as able or inclined to receive especially: open and responsive to ideas, impressions, or suggestions.

Developing receptiveness is a crucial skill If we want to be effective leaders/fathers/professionals/husbands we need to look at every situation with an open mind. No matter how relevant we deem a piece of advice given to us or feedback received on something we have done, we should always slow down enough and be receptive to what is being said and take the relevant parts and grow from every situation. 

Challenge: What is one piece of unpopular advice or piece of feedback you have received In the last few weeks that, after further thought, you can learn from and become a better man for, even though it may not have seemed relevant at the time? 

1 Thessalonians 5:21

“But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good.”

Proverbs 18:15

“The mind of the prudent acquires knowledge,

And the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.”

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Birthday Boys Triple Q

THE SCENE:  Frigid and sunny.  Temp about 14 degrees. This was the birthday of Charmin, High-Heels and Lilydipper.  The three of us Q’d together.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Plenty of Side-Straddle Hops while Charmin gave the F3 Welcome and Disclaimer.  7 Cherry Pickers.  20 High Knees.  Squats.
THA-THANG:
We did the workouts below with Charmin starting us off at the Coliseum.  Before we got started with his exercises, good ol Charmin got us to have a snow fight with the last man hit being the first one to get a Hot Toddy after the workout.  The last man standing was Gibbler.  Here are the workouts:

Saturday, December 26, 2020
Lily’s Birthday Boy Triple Q 15 Minute Workout
To be performed at the Caribbean aka Circus Maximus.
We will go counterclockwise around the parking lot five times, using different
methods of movement which will be listed below. At each end of the parking lot
we will be doing reps of exercises which are also listed below. I will have
instructions posted on both ends of the parking lot so that people won’t have to
remember all of this.
West End
1. 20 Squat Jumps. Sprint to East End.
2. 20 Big Boy Sit-ups. High Knees to East End.
3. 15 Shoulder Taps (both shoulders = 1). Skip to East End.
4. 20 Carolina Dry Docks. Karaoke Right to East End.
5. 20 Bicycle Kicks (4 ct). Bernie to East End.
East End
1. 20 Merkins. Bernie to West End.
2. 20 Iron Mikes (both legs = 1). Butt Kick to West End.
3. 20 Hello Dollies (4 ct). Half-speed Sprint to West End.
4. 10 Burpees. Karaoke left to West End.
5. 20 Plank Jacks. Sprint to West End.
I don’t know how long the above will take but it may be more than 15 minutes. If
so, end early and go to next post. If it take less than 15 minutes, have guys rinse
and repeat.

Charmin at the Colosseum
25s x 5 (That’s fifty reps of each exercise cause I’m 50) and 5 rounds of 25s for
each decade of my 50 years. In between each round, we run laps around the
Colosseum, with descending number of laps because each decade seems to go
that much faster.
So, 25s of merkins and big boys, run 4 laps
25s of Smurf jacks and mountain climbers, run 3 laps
25s of American Hammers and plank jacks, run 2 laps
25s of pickle pounders and monkey humpers, run 1 lap
25s of Bobby Hurleys and dips. The end. Mosey to the next station.
I haven’t actually run through this yet, so I don’ know if it can be done in 15
minutes or not. If not, I’ll shorten it, but the idea will be the same.

High Heels Kick’n it at the Ball Fields
I plan to do my Ab End / PT End workout.
Ab End
Exercise 1 – LBC – 15 4 count
Exercise 2 – Flutter Kick – 15 4 count
Exercise 3 – Box Cutter – 15
Exercise 4 – Holly Dolly – 15
Exercise 5 – Big Boys Sit ups – 15
PT End
Exercise 1 – SSH – 15 4 count
Exercise 2 – Hand release Merkin – 15
Exercise 3 – The Squat – 30
Exercise 4 – Carolina Dry Docks – 20
Exercise 5 – Burpee – 10
On one side of the parking lot you start the Ab exercise and do the stated reps.
After completing the reps you run to far side of parking lot and do the same Ab
exercise just completed until the six arrives. Once the six is in then you start the
next exercise from PT side and do the stated reps. Then run to other side of
parking lot and do the same PT exercise until six arrives. Do all five exercises.

MARY:
Some 25s at the Pavilion with Picnic Table Pull-ups and Bench Dips.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
17 men, no FNGs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Charmin, High-Heels and I now equal up to 169 years of living and I, Lilydipper, am the oldest of the “Respect”able crew.  It is nice to know that, no matter how old we get, we still have room for growth.  At 64 I hope to continue working out with F3 for quite some time to come.  And, no matter who leads the F3 workouts and no matter what their age, I feel I grow with each message I hear.  Yet, even when I can no longer run about, perhaps even walk about, there will be room for me to grow as an individual.  God wants us keep growing in Him throughout our lives.  Isn’t it nice to know that we always have more to learn?  I was listening to a radio station about a man who had injured his back and for quite some time was in pain, unable to walk about.  He decided to get on the internet and learn as much as he could about different subjects.  For example, he found spiders to be fascinating and found he could spend day after day learning more and more about them.  One subject, tons to learn.

Much of what we learn we must learn more than once.  Growth comes through hearing the same thing again and again until it finally plants itself within us.  Also, we must live with what we learned and apply it again and again.  I have found sermon lessons at church to be that way.  I will hear a sermon and think, “Wow, I need to hang on to this, use it in my life.”  Yet, I some how lose it, it drifts away.  Then, another sermon comes along with a similar message.  Some of it sticks with me.  After 10 to 15 similar sermons, maybe I finally get it.  Maybe by then I start applying it.  I grow for goodness sake!  That is how growth occurs.  What we learn comes through inculcation, a repeating of the lesson, until we get it through our thick skulls.

Lord, help me to keep growing no longer how old I get!!!
MOLESKIN:
Prayers for those impacting by Covid and for this pandemic to end; for an end to racism; for Ribbed and his wife, Sarah, who is recovering from the removal of a tumor near her spine; and, for all those who have family or friends who are suffering.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hot Toddys and sausage biscuits immediately after the workout; CSAUP the last Saturday in January at the Asylum.

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!! (Music Included)

THE SCENE: Balmy, Humid, 26 degrees for “The Best Sunrise in America”.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Don’t cheat yourself, treat yourself. 

WARM-O-RAMA: 

100 SSHs in cadence. Is there another way to warmup??

THA-THANG:

Chest Station To the Pavilion (pronounced “pav-i-lahn”)  

  • Regular Merkins x 12
  • Wide Merkins x 12
  • Ranger Merkins x 12
  • Bench Dips x 12
  • Bird Dogs x 12 (with each leg)
  • Run to the ticket house and back.

Do this complete cycle three times…Mosey time.

All My Benches

  • Three sets of box jumps x 45 seconds per sesh

Abs Station under the Church/Gazebo Looking Thing 

  • Two sets of 25 box cutters
  • One set of flutter kicks 4-count (20)
  • One set of hello dollies x 25
  • Planks (60 seconds)
  • Elbow planks (30 seconds)
  • Elbow planks with left leg out (30 seconds)
  • Elbow plants with right leg out (30 seconds)
  • Planks (60 seconds)

***Pickett’s Charge*** followed by star gazers at the Coliseum 

Grinch’s Hill – 7s 

  • Lunges at the top, Carolina Dry Docks at the Bottom. Mosey up Area 51, with Box Cutters in transition.
  • Squat Station by the Asylum Building. 10 Tempo and 10 OYO (4-count)
  • Mosey back to PM AO Parking Lot..

Fat Burner Station

  • Happy feet (45 seconds)
  • Mountain Climbers (45 seconds)
  • Jump Squats (45 seconds)
  • High Knees (45 seconds)

Everything you got up Baby Everest to the AO!!

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Yep. 19 including one FNG (Spinal Tap).

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
After the Pandemic “normalizes”, we will never be the same. That may be a good thing in some areas. What things do we have in our lives that never need to be the same? That we need to peal away and keep that way. Spend time alone in the coming days identifying what has changed (or needs to change) during this year that is a good thing (or will be).

MOLESKIN:
The Saturday before Christmas is by far the funnest Q of the year. The Christmas music (wireless speaker) throughout the workout was clutch.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Triple Birthday Q next weekend at the Asylum!! AYOOOOOOOOO….

ShallowCousinDiego

The Scene

Perfect day after Thanksgiving weather

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

Fitness, Fellowship, Faith, Free, Modify, Not Professional, Own Volition, Social Distance, Phone

Warm-O-Rama

Cherry Pickers

SSH

Tempo Squat

Tempo Merkin

Curtsy Lunges

Baby Arm Circle Forward and Back

Tha-Thang

Mosey to CMU Pile and grab CMU then head to “CMU Mosey Way”

We had to deal with Dora’s annoying cousin Diego the morning after the holiday festivities. 

Partner up and while one partner runs the other is working on the exercises Dora style (they are family after all)

100 Merkins

150 Overhead Press w/ CMU

200 LBC w/ CMU

250 CMU Curls

300 Squats w/ CMU

 

Mosey back to AO parking lot and grab 2 moderate-sized rocks

 

Begin in the middle then work our way through 6 different exercises spread out on the outskirts of the lot. 

Buy into each exercise with 4 burpees over your rocks in the middle of the circle

50 Freddy Mercury’s

20 Merkins

20 Lunges

15 Deadlifts

15 Overhead Press

15 Floor Press

 

We worked for 5-6 minutes until Recover was called and time was up.

Mary

No Time

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

7 HIM’s broke out of the turkey coma

COT/BOM

Read an excerpt from My Utmost for His Highest Shallow and Profound

“Beware of allowing yourself to think that the shallow aspects of life are not ordained by God; they are ordained by Him equally as much as the profound. We sometimes refuse to be shallow, not out of our deep devotion to God but because we wish to impress other people with the fact that we are not shallow. This is a sure sign of spiritual pride.” -Oswald Chambers

Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. —1 Corinthians 10:31

Often times I let the fear of sounding shallow or not having something “enlightened” to say stand in the way of sharing or entering into discussions in many of the circles I am apart of. These excerpts from Oswald Chambers challenged me deeply and made me realize that no matter how shallow I think something is, When I feel led to share or to start a conversation it is more than likely ordained by the Spirit and to not engage is out of fear (or out of pride). 

What fruit are we not seeing in our lives because we are holding back for fear of being seen as shallow? 

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Jack’s 90th Celebration

THE SCENE:

Partly Cloudy Temperature Humidity Feels like Wind Speed Wind Direction
43 ℉ 77% 41 ℉ 4.0 mi/h S

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER.
I am not a professional.

WARM-O-RAMA:
25 SSHs hopping backwards forming a larger ring.
4 Cherry Pickers.
Count off into 1s and 2s. While 1s circle the ring, 2s do Bobby Hurleys. Then 2s circle while 1s BH.
While 1s circle 2s Grady Corn. Then reverse.

THA-THANG:
Mosey to large parking lot where a ring of cones is set up. With 4 cones distanced equally away about 30-40 yards from the ring. N, S, E, and West type thing.

About 10 seconds to run around ring. PAX starts running around ring at individuals own pace. Four ‘volunteers’ start and run to cones and do 20 reps of one of the exercises listed at the cone. Then run back to PAX and pick another to run out to a cone. You can run to any cone. Come back and pick someone else.  And so on. The running/circling PAX changed direction every so often and also Bernied both ways. PAX moved for about 10-12 minutes, no stopping.
Cone Exercises where:

  • Merkins
  • Squats or Monkey Humpers
  • LBCs or Box Cutters
  • Dips or Carolina Dry Docks

Mosey to a corner of parking lot.  Move to opposite corner stopping four times for exercise. Then at opposite corner perform exercise while waiting for the six. So four stops of # of first exercise. Then do second exercise at corner while waiting for six. After six arrives, everyone start second exercise in cadence to count listed. (So, rabbits do more.)

  • 20 Merkins and then 20 Flutter Kicks
  • 10 Jump Squats and then 15 Pickle Pointers
  • 10 Shoulder Taps and then 10 Fairy(Star) Jacks
  • 5 Burpees and then 15 Freddy Mercurys
  • 10 Plank Jacks and then 10 Squats

Then Mosey back to AO.

MARY:
No time for Mary
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 Brothers.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Yesterday was my father’s 90th birthday. His name is John Joesph Purcell but his family calls him Jack. No doubt a HIM.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Still a wee bit of time to turn in coats.