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Life is Short — Give Yourself Away While Your Here

THE SCENE: Crisp, 43 degrees.  Chilly but not for long…
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • 25 SSH
  • 10 Cherry Pickers
  • 10 Baby Arm Circles/ 10 Bakkards
  • 10 Seal Claps
  • 30 Apollo – “Oh, No’s”
  • 30 Snow Boarders
  • 20 Merkins

THA-THANG:
Parking Lot:  High Knees, Karaoke, Skipping, Bear Crawls, Lunges, Mountain Climber

Battle Buddy up, Grab a CMU and Slingshot to Everest, 15 Squats and catch your buddy to switch.

Everest:  Blockees with overhead press.  Partner runs halfway up Everest, does 10 Big Boys and then switch.  3 rounds

Slingshot back to the AO doing 15 dips while alternating.

MARY:

  • 15 Snow Angels
  • 15 Superman
  • 15 Toe Touches
    COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

Tooth Fairy, Snitch, Rousey, Viagra, Crab-Legs, Hands, Hot Tub, Waffle House, Flashback,

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Read a book over the Summer call the “Book Thief”.  It is written with the narrator as death.  Death takes the souls of everyone who has died.  Death is not angry, mean, or have any malice.  It is just his job to take souls once someone dies.  Every once in a while there is a soul that is so much lighter because that person has given most of themselves away in this life so there is not much to pick up and carry away. None of us gets out of the life alive.  Take the time to give yourself away in this life so you will be the lightest of souls taken to heaven.

“His soul sat up. It met me. Those kinds of souls always do – the best ones. The ones who rise up and say “I know who you are and I am ready. Not that I want to go, of course, but I will come.” Those souls are always light because more of them have been put out. More of them have already found their way to other places.”

Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

MOLESKIN:
Prayers for Viagra as he works with his group to buy toys for kids in low income areas and reach even more kids this year for Christmas.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Brolympics II on Nov 9th.

Food Drive this Month

Glad it’s not raining bad…

THE SCENE: Started our misty but then just flat out rained
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, because you always start there, then Mosey some and realized we were still to tight even to mosey so we stopped and stretched some more. Ten moseyed to admiral park thru the woods on the root trail.
THA-THANG:
At lake, BLIMPS. Start with 25 of each then mosey up the hill stopping at the crest to do 20 reps, then mosey to Northshore and do 15 reps, back up to crest and do 10, finish at lake with 5 reps.

Mosey back to splash pad awning stopping for some squat jumps and incline Merkins x20. . (It started raining hard right after we arrived at awning.

MARY:

40 4-ct LBCs, 20 table rows, 1 minute Al Gore.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
6 pax
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Forgiveness when we make mistakes

I shared with the PAX about a mistake one of my kids made and how they dwelled on it too long. God forgives us we just need to ask him. Once that happens we need to move on and find ways to learn from it.
MOLESKIN:
Great work this morning, the rain did not slow us down a bit. Great to see Headgear back out for his second Appearance
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Forgot about them

Friday is for 11s (on the 11th)

THE SCENE: Cool – felt good. Character-building good.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

Welcome to F3: Fitness – Fellowship – Faith. My name is Steam and I’ll be your Q this morning. Couple of things: Not a professional, you’re here on your own volition, you made a choice to be here. You know your body better than anyone, if you need to modify anything we do feel free to do it but push yourselves and push those around you. It’s Big Orange Friday, RED Friday, and the 11th of October. More to come on that…


WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH (Side-Straddle Hop) 11×4 in cadence

Rockette: 11×4 in cadence

Baby Arm Circles: 11×4 in cadence (Forward & Back)

Squats: 11×4 in cadence

Merkins (cmon, did people really expect a Friday Q without merkins?): 11×4 in cadence

THA-THANG:
Theme of the day is 11s (11th of October – ha ha ha…..)

[ Mosey to Playground by AO parking lot ]

  • 11s (Shoulda seen this coming from a mile away)
    • 1 Incline Merkin (benches)
    • Run to pavilion
    • Execute 10 box jumps
      • CORRECT FORM – Q demonstrates correct box jump form. Quality over quick. Slow is smooth and smooth is fast.
        • Jump up (feet planted on box (bench, etc)
        • Extend through the heels and legs, standing up straight and bringing hips up and forward
        • Jump down
    • R&R (Rinse and Repeat)
    • PAX gets spread out
    • Q identifies this and huddles PAX together at Pavilion
    • All-together –> PAX completes 11s –> runs back to the playground – executes 10 incline merkins –> sprints back to the pavilion and executes 1 good box jump in correct form

[ 10 count from PAX – walk and talk ]

[ Mosey to hill next to AO parking lot ]

  • Battle buddy up
  • “What the Hill”
    • Q explains what the hell “What the Hill” is
    • All PAX in bear crawl position
    • Move up the hill in bear crawl position
    • Counts off 11 paces of bear crawl
      • Executes 5 merkins
    • Q starts the 11 paces count-off, other PAX step up and counts the 11 + 5 merks
    • Reach the top of the hill
    • Q reminds PAX that its the 11th of October. Just because it’s not September 11th anymore, doesn’t mean that we should forget the sacrifices of 9/11 until next year. Ties in the hill element of pushing through the pain, climbing up/down that hill, without 60+ lbs of gear.
    • PAX heads back down hill in same movement
    • 1/2 way down Q gives the RECOVER and invites PAX to take 10
    • switches position from facing downhill to uphill –> crawl bear (Backwards)
    • Same movement: 11 paces + 5 merkins
    • Reaches the end of the hill

[ 10 count from PAX – walk and talk ]

[ PAX mosey to playground next to AO ]

  • Battle buddy it up
  • 11s (lol surprise)
    • 1 Man-Maker
    • 10 buddy situps
    • As a team
    • 75% of the way through –> Q gives a buy-out option: 25 squat holds with Seal Claps or finish out
    • Seal Claps win
    • PAX executes 25 seal claps while holding the squat position

[ 10 count mosey and count ]

[ PAX mosey to pavilion ]

  • New battle buddy it up
  • Circle around the flag post by the pavilion
  • All PAX execute 5 merkins THEN
  • 1 battle buddy at a time –> sprint to AO lot and starts flutter kicks
  • PAX recovers at AO lot and finishes out flutters together (25)

 

  • Q leads PAX in closing stretches (recover muscle groups)
  • Same way we came in this morning – we go out: PAX executes 11 loud and proud SSHs to end well

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 PAX – no FNGs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

It’s the beginning of the end of the workweek (for most). I find Fridays are a good time to remember. Remember the past week – what worked, what didn’t, where you saw God show up.

  • It’s Big Orange Friday. REGARDLESS of how tomorrow turns out (Vols fans know exactly what I’m talking about) TODAY is Big Orange Friday and I will celebrate and live well in it.
  • RED Friday: Remember. Everyone Deployed. We are able to do this because people are over there doing that. Remember the brothers we have overseas serving a country who can so quickly forget about them. We won’t forget.
  •  I’ve been on a Lord of the Rings kick lately, for about the past 20 years. And was watching the Fellowship of the Ring yesterday and something really got me.
  • “Needless were none of the deeds of Gandalf in life. We do not yet know his full purpose.”
    •  What a way to describe someone. Needless were none of the deeds of______.” I want to be like that. Life full of purpose and the things I say and do not be needless. Also I think there is a beauty in not knowing our full purpose yet. The God we serve knows and it’s a beautiful thing when he gives us glimpses of what he has created us for in this life, but we don’t know our full purpose yet. That’s part of the adventure of walking with Him.
  • Way to end the week strong men – as we go to our families and loved ones this weekend – Keep the Faith & Fight the Good Fight.

MOLESKIN:

Keep the Faith & Fight the Good Fight.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

2nd F Convergence with F3 Northeastern TN/Goliath at the Gorge next weekend at Doe River Gorge! Check the F3 Knoxville GroupMe calendar for info or contact Abscess, Tank, Steam for more info on how to get signed up. It’s sure to be a blast.

Doubtfire is trying to get us assaulted

THE SCENE: Beautiful clear morning, cool like a cucumber out of the fridge on some soft white bread with mayo.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Mosey to get the CMUs that Doubtfire hid in the woods and tried not to get  assaulted in the process by the weirdos that live in the woods.
THA-THANG:
Do exercises then run a 1/4 mile lap, repeat

  • 10 Merkins
  • 15 curl and press w/CMU
  • 20 dry docks
  • 25 squats
  • 30 plank jacks

repeat

return CMUs to Doubtfire’s special place and do some bear crawls, some pommel horse things, pull ups, and Bernie Sanders on the way back to the AO.

MARY: 

53 LBCs on 4-count

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.”
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭2:24‬ ‭

“However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, ……”
‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭5:33‬ ‭

BE ONE WITH YOUR WIFE.

MOLESKIN:
It’s been 2 1/2 weeks since I last worked out at F3. I felt it. Got lapped but was happy to back out.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Goliath at the Gorge 10/18-19, Brolympics 11/9,

 

Heavy B-Ball

THE SCENE: Still hot, still humid
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Yep
WARM-O-RAMA:
Cherry Pickersx7, Hairy Rockettes x15, LBAC fwd/bck x15, SSH x20, Tempo Squat x10, Tempo Merkin x10
THA-THANG:
Reverse Indian Run: Ran to the dock reverse Indian run style. Front man drops for five merkins then pops up to join the back of the line. Next HIM counts to five and does the same.

Suicide Ladder: In the parking lot adjacent to the dock, performed a suicide ladder of Mtn Climbers and American Hammers (both 4-count). Perform 5 mtn climbers in the top lot, run down the hill, perform 5 Am. Hammers, Crawl-Bear up the hill, rinse and repeat adding 5 reps each round until you complete the round of 25’s.

Mosey to the basketball court for a little game of Heavy B-Ball.

Heavy B-Ball: Performed some circuit training on the court with the following exercises.

  1. 20lbs Slam Ball – Ten shots at the basketball goal. All PAX move to the next exercise once ten shots were attempted. Each miss = 1 burpee during transition for the whole PAX. Each shot made = 1 merkin
  2. BBS
  3. 30lbs DB – Kettlebell Swings
  4. 60lbs Sandbag – Over the shoulder toss
  5. CMU – Overhead Press
  6. 30lbs Sandbag – Sandbag Slams
  7. 30lbs Ruck Plate – Curls
  8. Gas Pumpers
  9. Iron Mikes

We completed one full circuit of the above workout. Shooting the ball was harder than most PAX expected and we got plenty of burpees in.

Mosey back towards the Shovel Flag with the weights.

Completed one lap around the soccer field to cool-down.

MARY:
Doubtfire led some Imperial Walkers
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 HIMs with 1 FNG. Welcome Training Wheels! This guy already has the HIM part of F3 down to a science, glad to have him on board.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

At our church’s family retreat this weekend one of the speakers discussed the differences in the needs of men and women, specifically as they relate to marriage. The top 5 emotional needs for men and women are very different and when we don’t take that into consideration in our marriages it is easy to neglect the needs of our spouses. Below are the top needs identified by the author of His Needs, Her Needs:

Become aware of each other’s needs and learn to meet them.

  • Men’s 5 most basic needs from his wife:
    • Sexual fulfillment
    • Recreational companionship
    • An attractive spouse
    • Domestic support
    • Admiration
  • Women’s 5 most basic needs from her husband:
    • Affection
    • Conversation
    • Openness and honesty
    • Financial security
    • Family commitment

MOLESKIN:
Thanks ToeBox and Doubtfire for joining me on the pre-run. It was great to hear Doubtfire talk about F3 Dad’s camp. I’m really looking forward to taking my little one here in a couple years.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
None?