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Perfect East Tennessee Morning

THE SCENE 70 and clear

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

THE THANG
COP
forward arm circles x5 IC
reverse arm circles x5 IC
Michael Phelps x5 IC
Imperial Walkers x 10 IC
Squat x 15 IC
Lunge Matrix
Plank Matrix
Merkins x 10 regular
Sun Dial x 20 IC

Grab CMU, Battle Buddy and circle up.

Battle Buddy CMU Circut
– 100 Bench press with CMU (P1 does 10 while P2 holds over chest)
+ Modify: Merkins
– 100 LB crunches (P1 does 10 with P2 holds sun dial)
– 100 lunges (P1 does 10 while P2 holds Al Gore. Every step counts as 1)
– 100 shoulder press with CMU (P1 does 10 while P2 holds CMU at chest)
+ Modify: Carolina Dry Docks/SSH

Mosey to hill in front of Asylum

10s
1 rep at bottom, 9 at top; then 2 at bottom 8 at top…
burpees at the bottom
sprint up hill
squat at top of hill

Do core work OYO while group finishes

Mosey towards Mt. Fuji (I named it today). Along the way:
– Derkins (merkin w/ feet on curb) x10 IC
– Dips (hands on CMU) x20 IC

Mt. Fuji w/Battle Buddy
R1: Run up hill. Partner does CAROLINA DRY DOCKS. Switch. Repeat for 1 minute.
R2: Run up hill. Partner does flutter kick. Switch. Repeat for 2 minutes.

Mosey to base of Everest

At the base of Everest, X-Factor x 10 IC (on your 6 with arms and legs spread out like an X. right arm touching left shin, down then V up again left arm touching right shin.)

Everest Sprints
Sprint up Everest. Jog down. Do 1 merkin. Repeat, adding 1 merkin each time. 5 minutes AMRAP.

Mosey back to the flag.  Along the way, stopped for Sun Dials OYO, and a little plank combination to help keep the PAX together.

MARY
LB crunch with CMU overhead x20 IC
American Hammer with CMU x20 IC

COT
CountORama // NameORama

BOM
I’ve recently been listening to The Minimalists’ podcast. I’m guilty of cluttering my life with things. Consumerism isn’t the problem. We must consume. Food. Clothes. Gasoline. Air. Impulsive consumption is the problem. Buying things we don’t need with money we shouldn’t spend. Someone important said something like that, I think.

Last night I watched The Minimalist’s documentary with some friends. We watched it on our big TV. With surround sound. I downloaded it on my laptop. Tried mirroring it from our iPad. When that didn’t work, we streamed it from our AppleTV. At one point I had 5 devices within arms reach, trying to get a documentary about simplicity to work. The irony was thick. And healing. Like a Heimlich to my conscience.

Goal for the Week: Eliminate ONE THING from your life that doesn’t add value to your life.

For example, you might walk around the rooms in your house. Look at the items you have stacked in the corners. The sofa no one ever sits on. The chair whose only purpose is to hold pillows. Look in your closet. Consider the items of clothing that you don’t wear because A. they don’t fit, or B. you don’t like them. Consider any habits or routines in your life that are a drain on your time or energy. Do you really need to check emails at 11:30pm? Are you honestly that important to the world? Probably not.

“Love people, use things. The opposite never works.” http://www.theminimalists.com/people-things/

 

Afternoon at the Asylum

THE SCENE 90 and Clear

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

THE THANG
COP
Shoulder Rolls (Forward then reverse) x10 IC
Arm Circles (Forward then reverse) x10 IC
Triceps Stretch (Left/Right)
Side Stretch (Left/Right)
Hamstring (Left/Right)
Achilles/Calves (Upward Dog)
Hip/IT Band (Leg Swing Thrus)
Merkins x20 OYO
Side Straddle Hop x20 IC
Imperial Walkers x20 IC

Mosey to pick up 2 coupons and head near base of hill.

Hill Repeat
10 Burpees >> Sprint to Base >> Bear crawl up/forward crab down (sprint back) /// BBSitups until everyone gets back regroup

15 Squats/coupons >> High knees to Base >> Bear crawl up/forward crab down (sprint back) /// Russian Hammer until everyone gets back regroup

20 Press/Coupons >> STS Straddle to Base >> Bear crawl up/forward crab down (sprint back) /// Mtn. Climber until everyone gets back regroup

25 Merkins/Coupons >> Sprint to Base >> Bear crawl up/forward crab down (sprint back) /// Plank until everyone gets back regroup

ABS
Plank matrix.
PETER PARKER x10 IC
Flutter kick x30 IC
Sun Dials x20 IC

AMTs
10 Alternating Shoulder Touches In Cadence (4-count), 5 Tempo Merkins (down on the 1-2-3, up on 4), 5 fast Merkins.

Mosey past Asylum to the top of The Basement

Basement Sequence
CMU Kettlebell swing x12 OYO. Sprint 20 yards and back. Repeat. AMRAP for 1 minute

CMU/coupon jumping jacks x12 OYO. Sprint 20 yards and back. Repeat. AMRAP for 1 minute

Storm the Basement
Do one Deconstructed Burpee then run to wall, jump over it, jump back over it, sprint back to start. Rinse and repeat for 5 minutes

(Deconstructed Burpee = 10 squats, 10 leg thrusts, 10 Merkins, 10 leg thrusts)

COT
Number off and Name-O-Rama

 

Tuesday at the Fair

The Scene 72 and clear

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

THE THANG
COP (all IC)
SSH x 20
Mountain Climber x 15
Merkin x 20
Hello Dolly x 20
BACF x10
BACR x10
Flutter Kick x 20
Box Cutter x 15
BBS x 20

Mosey up stairs and down to amphitheater

11’s
10 Merkins on north side of amphitheater
1 BBS on south side

Mosey past the BIG GOLD BALL, then to the WEDGIE (watch out for the train!). Grab a battle buddy.

DORAS
Doras up the wedgie: Merkins x10 at top; 150 combined LBC at bottom.

Mosey back to fountains

COT
Number off & Name-O-Rama

BOM
Let’s be inclusive of “the new guys”. At work, at church, at F3, wherever. Let’s set out to make an impact on those around us! Press in, encourage, and keep up with those guys!

MOLESKIN
It was a mosey-heavy morning. We picked up Paula Deen as he was running by the fountain before we started. This guy is training for a 24 hour race AND a marathon! He gets the “fastest mosey” award for the day. 11’s at the amphitheater took up a good amount of time and really helped us log some mileage. The 15 PAX left their chatterboxes at home, today. Excited to see Paula Deen and Simone (so named because of years of gymnastics experience) show up more in the future and take their places as leaders!

The Basics…

THE SCENE
72 and clear

Welcome and Disclaimer
THE THANG
COP (all IC)
Cherry Pickers x10
This Right Here x10 sec
That Right There x10 sec
BACF x10
BACR x10
Michael Phelps x10
Merkins x20

Mosey to coupon pile and grab two:

 

Coupon Work
Overhead press x20
Merkins x20
Chest Fly x20
Merkins x20
Alternating Curls x20
Merkins x20
Tricep Extensions x20
Merkins x20
Weighted Squats x20
Merkins x20
Return coupons

Indian run to concrete wall at parking spaces on middle road.

Wall Sit x60 sec

Mosey up stairs to top road, then down two hills. Grab a battle buddy

 

DORAs
Doras up both hills: Merkins x10 at top; 275 combined BBS at bottom.

Mosey back to AO

MARY (all IC)
Hello Dolly x20
Flutter Kick x20
Lance Armstrong x20
Mountain Climbers x20
Pickle Pounders x 20
Merkins x10 OYO

COT
Number off & Name-O-Rama

BOM
How can we help those around us? The people we know, that we don’t know, our families, people we see every day, people we’ve met for the first time: how can we lift them up? Well, just keep it simple, stupid and get back to the basics: encourage one another. Encourage in their struggles, in their strengths, hardships, celebrations. Something as small as “you’re doing a great job, keep it up” can make all the difference in someone’s day.

Support scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:9-11; Hebrews 3:12,13

MOLESKIN
The 12 PAX brought plenty of chatter with them to start off their Friday morning. Encouragement throughout the workout was present and very needed as we all struggled thinking of a total of 275 BBS at the end! Welcome Snowden! Looks like rain later in the day, glad we beat it and got better together.

Burpee Hills – Your Own Worst Enemy

THE SCENE
73 and Clear

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

THE THANG
COP
SSH x30
Cross body arm swings
Duck Walk (4 up/4back)
Lunge Complex
Plank Complex
Merkins x10 regular
Merkins x10 wide
LBSU x20
Superman

Grab CMU and mosey to base of New Hill (which needs a name…maybe The Wall?)

Plank while we wait + x10 merkins OYO

Burpee Hills
Get a BattleBuddy
One person runs up hill while other does burpees
5 minutes. AMRAP

Mosey with CMU to base of Everest

Everest+Deconstructed Burpees
Sprint up Everest
When back at start do the following (Deconstructed Burpees)
– 10 squats
– 10 leg thrusts
– 10 Merkins
– 10 leg thrusts…then up.
Rinse/repeat. AMRAP: 5 minutes

Plank+merkins while we wait for everyone to descend after time was up then x20 LBS IC

Mosey with CMU to the flag.  Burpees while we wait for everyone to return

Sprints + Burpee Jumps
Get with BattleBuddy:
One person sprints the length of parking lot while other does jumps over CMU, doing a burpee on each side
3 minutes AMRAP

ABS
Core: reverse bridge x 20

COT
Count off and Name-o-Rama

BOM
We all carry a burden that keeps us from performing at our full potential.  Identify it, acknowledge it, and then release it to your father so that you may run the race set before you with passion and purpose!

MOLESKIN
The stars were glimmering in all their majesty this morning as I drove through the gates of splendor at the Asylum. The warm fuzzies quickly dissipated with the collision of my face to the famous East Tennessee Humidity. Even at 5am, it’ll knock your teeth out.