F3 Knoxville

The Saint Francis

THE SCENE: Cool around 44 degrees but spring was in the air!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

25 4ct SSH, 10 Tempo Merkins, 12 4ct Mountain Climbers, 12 4ct Freddie Mercury, Stretch it out and Rocky Balboa’s (20 on 4ct)
THA-THANG:
Thang 1 in the main parking lot (Merkins and Suicides)

  • 20 Merkins 1 Suicide
  • 15 Merkins 2 Suicides
  • 10 Merkins 3 Suicides
  • 5 Merkins 4 Suicides

Thang 2 2 Rounds (10 Reps then 5 Reps) of 4 Corners

Corner 1 perform:

10 Burpees, 10 Jump Squats, 10 Carolina DD, and 10 Big Boys

Corner 2 Drop the first exercise, and so on

Rinse and repeat for round 2 but drop reps to 5

Thang 3

2 Rounds at Cloud of 15 dips and 15 table rows then…

Thang 4

2 Trips around the pavilion: Bear Crawl sides and lunge ends

Up to the AO parking lot for 12 4ct flutters at all 4 corners

 

MARY:
Cashed out with some ATM’s
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Prayer by Saint Francis

Lord make Me an instrument of Your peace
Where there is hatred let me sow love.
Where there is injury, pardon.
Where there is doubt, faith.
Where there is despair, hope.
Where there is darkness, light.
Where there is sadness joy.
O Divine master grant that I may
Not so much seek to be consoled as to console
To be understood, as to understand.
To be loved. as to love
For it’s in giving that we receive
And it’s in pardoning that we are pardoned
And it’s in dying that we are born…
To eternal life.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

World Wide Webb

THE SCENE: Shorts Weather and Mitten Conditions
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH, Stretchies, Tie Fighters. I would have taken us all the way but I knew we needed unblasted shoulders.
THE WORLD WIDE WEBB:
Jack Webb + lap

The Pop-up Ad (Jump Squat/2-ct Iron Mike) +2 laps

The Cryptobubble (Dip/2-ct Aw Yeah) + lap

The Compuserve (Table Row + Bicycle) + AO/Baby Everest lap

The Dark Webb (Burpee/SSH)

The Dark Webb turns out to be pretty dark and the Q was toast. Crab Legs is made of sterner stuff so he led us in a Bicep Burnout. Mall Walkers halfheartedly joined us for Tempo Squats. The addition of Gibbler turned the mumblechatter into a mumbleroar, as predicted.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Dads, yours and your kids’

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
¡ASYLUM CSAUP THIS SATURDAY!

The Ice Cube Pavilion

THE SCENE: Breezy, Icy, and around 20 degrees
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Started wit some 30 SSH on the 4 count and then a mosey around the parking lot and tail of the dragon.  Too icy, so we went back to the pavilion.
THA-THANG:

Pattern of 1 Minute of one exercise followed by 30 seconds of another…

Exercises performed in no particular order

Burpees, Al Gore, Plank, Squats, Side S Hops, Overhead Claps, Front Claps, Run, Table Rows, Dips, Decline Merkins, Flutter Kicks, Box Cutters, Big Boys

MARY:
Alabama serenaded us in some OYO LBC’s and Gas Pumpers
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Focus on the small things.  The small things are happening every second.  Don’t over complicate what we are here to do.  1 Corinthians 13:13

Simple. Effective. Boring

THE SCENE: Low 30s, foggy, good weather to sweat.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x 15, CP x 5, ISW x 10, move to the baseline for 20 Rocky Balboas on the curb, jog to other side, 15 RBs, karaoke, 10 RBs, karaoke back, 5 RBs, high knee skip back.
THA-THANG:
4 corners workout.  At each corner of the AO is an exercise in chalk.  Do 15 reps and move to the next corner.  Those exercises are: Merkins, Squats, Monkey Humpers and American Hammers.  After each full rotation, run Baby Everest and back.  Drop one rep with each Rotation until you get to one rep.

Or, until the Q gets bored [pro tip for QICs: if you are doing something monotonous for many minutes, bring music!].

Run to Cardiac after 4 rounds at the AO.  Continue reps, with one exercise at the top, bottom and each turn.  4 more rounds of the exerises.

Next, run from Cardiac to the Dragon for a modified Route 66, but with 7 stops instead of 11 (Route 28?).  Do all 4 of the exercises at each stop,  ending at the top of the Dragon after 7 stops.  So, 480 total reps done.  Good work!

MARY:
No time for Mary
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Simple.  Trust God.  He will provide to get you through your difficult times.  No need to be afraid.  Harder than it sounds, but it is true. Psalms 56: 3-4

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Looking for a service project.  Any ideas??

Hard Things with Jack Webb

THE SCENE: Clear, perfectly cool mid-30s. What more could you ask for?
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Just to be clear, I am NOT a professional.

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH (4ct) x 25, IC; CP (4ct) x 5, IC; ISW (4 ct) x 15, IC
THA-THANG:
Mosey to Circus Maximus for a little HIIT.

  • Sprint from one end to the other
  • 10 burpees
  • 20 merkins
  • 20 flutter kicks (4ct)
  • 20 squats
  • 30 plank twists
  • Sprint, Rinse and repeat x 5

Mosey to the Cloud to hang with Jack Webb: 1 merkin then to the knees for 4 air presses.  Work our way up to 10/40

Finally, just enough time for one last sprint up Baby Everest and one last 8 count body builder.

MARY:
2 rounds of Howling Monkey and one minute of old fashioned plank gets us to 45 min.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
We have to convince ourselves to do Hard Things.  Our brain takes up 20-25% of the energy we use.  It is wired to save mental energy by directing our focus to existing ideas instead of exploring new ones, to move toward things that make us feel good and away from things that make us feel uncomfortable.  How do we convince ourselves to do the Hard Things?  Attitude, intentionally challenging ourselves, and find others to help and support us (like F3 brothers!).  Remember, “count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.” James 1:2,3
MOLESKIN:
Prayers lifting up the folks of Western KY and elsewhere impacted by the tornadoes.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Sunrise hike to the Jump-Off coming up on the 21st!