F3 Knoxville

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25s on the 26th

THE SCENE: Just about perfect for running around.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER:  Aye-Corona.  I’m not a medical professional.
WARM-O-RAMA:
Straight into it with the Side Straddle Burpee Block of Fire.  PAX do SSH IC while each HIM goes in turn to grab a CMU from the pile and rejoin the group with a Burpee flourish.  This was worse than Cat-Gut’s birthday.

THA-THANG:
25s around various spots of the Asylum:
AO: Blocky Balboas (4ct) / Asymetrical Merkin (1 ct)
Corner 1(Top of block paved lot): BBS / Hello Dolly (4ct)
Corner 2 (other end of block paved lot): Plank Jacks (4ct) / Crab Jacks (4ct)
Corner 3 (Top of Circus Maximus) : Upright Humper (Al Gore’s Calf Raise) (4ct) / Iron Mike (2ct)
Corner 4 (Bottom of Circus Maximus): Captain Thor (up to 4 => 20, 3 =>15, etc.) / Reverse Crunch
Pavalon: Dips / Table Rows
Back to the AO and round again.
We did three laps and finished with the last set of Balboas and Merkins.

MARY:
Time to tidy up with Freddie’s Ring of Big Boy Block Return.  PAX do Bicycle Race (Freddie Mercury’s to said song with a Big Boy on every Bicycle/Bike) while putting the blocks back in turn.  We went through the song twice to get all the blocks away.  It’s a 3:00 song.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Fortunately only 9 HIMs, or we might have needed a third repeat of the song!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I’ve been struggling to adjust to the new normal.  I lost my way mentally in March and April.  Getting back out in the gloom really helped anchor me once more and I’m feeling better about myself.  Thanks to my brothers for that.

Back to Cardiac

THE SCENE: Foggy and around 60 degrees at circle up
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Start with 25 SSH on 4CT, Thai Fighters L and R 10x4CT, Tempo Merkin x10, Cherry Pickers x8, Windmills x10 4ct
THA-THANG:
Grab a CMU and head to Cardiac.

At top of Cardiac-20 Curl, 20 OH Press, 20 Lawn Mower, 20 Block Merkin

At middle of Cardiac-20 Freddy Mercury, 20 Frog Crunch, 20 Heel Touch, 20 LBC

At bottom of Cardiac-20 Squat, 20 Alt Lunge, 20 Monkey Humpers, 20 Skaters

Back to top, rinse and repeat.

MARY:
Back to AO. Out of time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Remember, we are all going to go through difficult stuff in life and it may not make sense.  We might want to bail.  Remember that Christ is with us through it.  Our life here is fleeting and we are “temporary residents”.  Heaven is our reward.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

miles and triangles

THE SCENE: cool and calm
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
16 SSH

16 over head clap

16 little baby arm circles

16 seal claps

16 baby arm circles backwards.
THA-THANG:
mosey to the triangle break into two groups and start the fun!.

 

  • 25 Vup, Bear crawl the next corner
  • Run to the end of splashpad and run back
  • 25 Merkins, Bear crawl to the next corner
  • Run to the start of the peir and run back.
  • 25 squats, Bear crawl to the first corner
  • run to the entrance of the park.
  • Sub 5 from the number every complete round.
  • Mosy to the flag poll, reminding everyone ” the gloom belongs to us”
  • 10 second cloud gazer
  • 16 american hammers
  • Mosey to the parking lot.

MARY:
Insert information about any additional post-THANG work (if applicable).
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Remember God’s thoughts are not our thoughts! Thank the Lord he does not think like us!
You guys would enjoy this book.

Top of the Equalizer

THE SCENE: Warm. Sweaty. Delightful.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMERS

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Cherry Pickers IC
  • Baby Arm Circles IC
  • Tempo Squats
  • SSH IC

THA-THANG:

Had a number of stations laid out around the top of the Equslizer. Stations included:

  • Mtn Climbers (each leg) x5 — Imperial Walkers to Next Station
  • Diamond Merkins x5 — Mosey to Next Station
  • Plank Jacks x5 — Crab Walk to Next Station
  • Box Jumps x5 — Mosey to Next Station
  • SSH (4-count) x5 — Lunge to Next Station
  • Merkins x5 — Mosey to Next Station
  • Flutter Kicks (4-count) x5 — Broad Jump to Next Station
  • Crab Toe Touches (each leg) x5 — Mosey to Next Station
  • Squat Jumps x5 — Bear Crawl to Next Station
  • BBS x5 — Mosey Back to the Start

 

On each subsequent lap, we increased rep count by 5 (there was mild griping after the round of 20).

MARY:

  • Box Cutters IC x25

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

11 PAX

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Fruit of the Spirit – if you are of the spirit, these are the things that you produce – Patience is a tough one; it’s also really important – how can you tweak your habits & behavior to cultivate patience in your life?

MOLESKIN:

Great effort from the PAX today.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

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Training for the Beach

THE SCENE: Cool with a nice break in the rain (i.e. perfect)
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER (no snot rockets, don’t get close enough to hold hands and swap spit)
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 15, IC;  CP x 5, IC; Tie Fighters, front and back x 15 each way, IC
THA-THANG:
This is a 4 corners workout.  To maintain social distancing protocol, no more than 5 in a corner at a time.  This is a workout scientifically designed to get a HIM ready for the beach.  First order of business is to, one at a time, grab a coupon from the CMU pile.  This is yours for the entire workout.  Because HIMs are the ones to carry all the heavy stuff across the sand to the beach, everybody carries a CMU everywhere they go.  Beach themed music provided.

  • First Corner – 3 exercises:  Curls (for the girls) x 25; Flutter Presses x 25 (2 ct); Goblet Squats x 25
  • Second Corner – 3 exercises:  Superman Swims x 25; CMU rows x 25; Lunges x 25;
  • Third Corner – 3 exercises:  Derkins x 25; American Hammers (with CMU option) x 25 (2ct); More Curls x 25;
  • Forth Corner – 1 exercise.  25 Blockees (it helped to think of the CMU as a cooler full of beer)
  • If you hear Queen’s “Bicycle Race,” stop what you’re doing and hit your six for Freddy Mercury’s the duration of the song (3:01).
  • Complete at least 2 circuits
  • Q calls an audible after 2 circuits to go run a little bit.  Groups split up to run up Baby Everest and down the Dragon or vice versa, stopping at one point to knock out 5 burpees.  Race ensues. Bunny may or may not have taken a short cut to beat Gibbler.  All wagon wheel and finish together at the AO.

MARY:
Just enough time to get to 5/20 on Capt. Thors
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
A reflection on a couple of quotes.  From Henry Ford: “He who says he can and he who says he can’t are both usually right.” And from Hallerin Hilton Hill: “Attitude determines altitude.”  Stay positive men!

MOLESKIN:
Prayers for Mrs. Lillydipper and family, Pinto and family, and for a good, safe summer for everybody but special request for Dung Beetle as he guides the kids of Emerald Youth this summer.

Playlist from the morning:  School’s Out, Alice Cooper; Summertime, DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince; Good Vibrations, The Beach Boys; Beautiful Girls, Van Halen; Heat Wave, Martha and the Vandellas; Bicycle Race, Queen; Hot Fun in the Summer Sun, Sly and the Family Stone; Cruel Summer, Bananarama; Rockaway Beach, Ramones; Wipe Out, The Surfaries; The Boys of Summer, Don Henley.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Regular time for Monday.  Pluto will Q and have something special.