F3 Knoxville

The Truck Stop Four Horsemen

THE SCENE: 50’s and a tad misty
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER👌
WARM-O-RAMA:

Cherry Pickers, Windmills, Tempo Merkins, Tempo Squats, SSH
THA-THANG:
Mosey to Light Poles.  Rotate between Merkins and Squats at each pole, as the group makes it’s way around to the east-side soccer field, increasing reps at each stop. (Ex. Pole 1 – 1 Merkin, Pole 2 – 2 Squats, Pole 3 – 3 Merkins, etc.).  We finished at Pole 16.

Mosey to Soccer Field.  Perform the Seabiscuit: 10 Burpees, 20 Merkins, 30 Squats, Run a Lap.  Repeat, Run 2 Laps.  Repeat, Run 3 Laps.  Repeat, Run 4 Laps.  Repeat, Run 3 Laps.  Repeat, Run 2 Laps, Repeat, Run 1 Lap.  Fastest completed the round with 4 Laps.

Mosey to bridge for some Indian Run-Style Wall-sits.  PAX sit along the wall of the bridge.  Last in line bear crawls or lunges to front while the others remain in a wall sit.  Rotate as the group makes its way across the bridge.

MARY:
1 Minute of Flutter Kicks

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
4 Strong, including a visitor from F3 Raleigh – On Guard

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Live well.  Aim to use your life to make the biggest impact on others and the world around you that you possibly can.

MOLESKIN:
Mayberry pulled a Starsky and showed up to Coffeeteria.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Donations

Dog Pound Tree Biscuit

  • Welcome: 43 degrees –
  • Warmup:  10 SSH, 10 Windmills, 10 Cherry Pickers
  • Workout:  The Tree Biscuit
    • As a group, Run to an un-slapped tree, slap it, everyone call out the running burpee total,  do A single burpee, repeat.
    • Rules:
      1. One Tag: A tree only gets tagged once
      2. Scale = Skip: Skip a burpee if you need to but stay with the pack always.
      3. Tag Turns: Be sure to take turns tagging/slapping a tree
      4. Cadence Call Out: The group also calls out the running total, not just the tagger. The tagger calls it out first though. the louder the better.
      5. No Shrubs: Don’t waste time & energy on shrubs – skip the shrubs – tag the trees
      6. No Poison Ivy: Pass trees that are surrounded by shrubs, ivy, waist high grass.
      7. Terrain Caution:  Be careful when running not to twist and ankle – trees have lots of bumpy roots around them.  And don’t hit your face on a rock or root when doing a burpee in the dirt.
      8. Milestones Celebrations: At 50, 100, 150, 200 make sure the group catches up and circles around the tree, wait a few seconds. Do the burpee.  Celebrating these milestones adds to the encouragement factor.
    • Previous Tree Biscuits:
  • Wrap – up:
    • The Spirit and the Flesh struggle:
      • Romans: 7:19 For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want. 20 But if I am doing the very thing I do not want, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me.
      • Galations 5:17 For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you may not do the things that you please.
      • Numbers: 15:39It shall be a tassel for you to look at and remember all the commandments of the Lord, so as to do them and not follow after your own heart and your own eyes, after which you played the harlot,

12 Rounds at the Pound

THE SCENE: Clear, cool, comfortable (for now)
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x20 IC
Cobra Burpees x5 OYO
Windmills x10 IC
Hindurkins x10 IC
Standard Burpees x5 OYO
Crabettes x10 IC

THA-THANG:
Everybody grab a CMU and come back to the circle. We have a Weinke with 12 exercises. All are 20 reps.
After each exercise, take a lap around the outhouse and come back for the next one.
Exercises:
Squat Thrust
BBS with CMU
Up & Over Merkins (10 per side)
Alpos
Overhead Press (10 per arm)
Weighted calf raise
Flutter Kicks
Weighted Squats
Lawn Mowers (20 per side)
Box jumps (performed at the outhouse retaining wall)
Curls
Front Raise

When you get done, R&R

MARY:
Just a few LBCs while the slowpokes put up their CMUs
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
14 strong with one FNG. Welcome Aladdin’s EH Abu!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
When Your Burden is Overwhelming (from utmost.org)
We must recognize the difference between burdens that are right for us to bear and burdens that are wrong. We should never bear the burdens of sin or doubt, but there are some burdens placed on us by God which He does not intend to lift off. God wants us to roll them back on Him— to literally “cast your burden,” which He has given you, “on the Lord….” If we set out to serve God and do His work but get out of touch with Him, the sense of responsibility we feel will be overwhelming and defeating. But if we will only roll back on God the burdens He has placed on us, He will take away that immense feeling of responsibility, replacing it with an awareness and understanding of Himself and His presence.

Many servants set out to serve God with great courage and with the right motives. But with no intimate fellowship with Jesus Christ, they are soon defeated. They do not know what to do with their burden, and it produces weariness in their lives. Others will see this and say, “What a sad end to something that had such a great beginning!”

“Cast your burden on the Lord….” You have been bearing it all, but you need to deliberately place one end on God’s shoulder. “…the government will be upon His shoulder” (Isaiah 9:6). Commit to God whatever burden He has placed on you. Don’t just cast it aside, but put it over onto Him and place yourself there with it. You will see that your burden is then lightened by the sense of companionship. But you should never try to separate yourself from your burden.
MOLESKIN:
Pouring one out for the CMU pile at the Asylum….
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Donations this month for Safe Haven ministries!

Full Circuit Sweat

THE SCENE: 55 and fine
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Full disclaimer
WARM-O-RAMA:

Baby Arm Circles in cadence

Side Straddle Hop in cadence

Cherry Pickers in cadence

Some of Those, Some of These
THA-THANG:
Pick up CMU and mosey to beginning of route.

Drop coupon at the boats and begin the circuit.

Route: from the marina exit (station 1) mosey up to pavilion then back down and turn left go into the entrance of the marina then past the steps and back around to coupons. Single exercise on each station except CMU station 1 where we do 5 burpees each lap.

Station 1 CMU

  • 5 Burpees (each lap)
  • 25 Curls
  • 15 Overhead Press
  • 15 Skull Crushers

Station 2 at the marina entrance

  • 15 Merkins
  • 15 Wide Merkins
  • 15 Diamond Merkins

Mosey to the Boneyard (pull up bars) do 5 pull ups (every lap)

Mosey up the Matterhorn on the first lap, bear crawl up the Matterhorn second lap, Bernie Sanders third lap

Station 3 at the pavilion

  • 15 Big Boys
  • 20 Crunches
  • 15 Freddy Mercury

Station 4 at the steps

  • 20 Skaters
  • 15 Prayer Squats
  • 20 Lunges

After all 3 laps mosey coupon back to AO

Finished with 2 min plank

 

MARY:
NA
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

  • CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:Through our struggles together we become brothers. Embrace the struggle and the failures in life because they lead to success.
  • MOLESKIN:Prayers

Private Property

THE SCENE: Perfect.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

The regular stuff. And we learned a new exercise…the squat rockette. (Do a squat before each toe touch)
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the boat.. Run around the loop going up to Dwayne Johnson and around the entrance to the tavern. At each cone do…

  • 5 burpees
  • 10 side lunges (per side)
  • 15 Merkins
  • 20 squat rockettes
  • 25 dry docks

sprint between double cones.

rinse and repeat knocking off the highest number exercise each lap. Cheetahs start back up when done adding exercises till Q yells recover.

MARY:

Flutter kicks x32 and a sad attempt at Marge Simpsons. LBCs for a minute

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
12 in the PAX today
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Be friendly. Wave at people. Smile at people. Give complements to people. Make someone feel special.
MOLESKIN:
So it was interesting that the BOM was about being friendly to people today. As I was setting up the work out, I was approached by a gentleman who jumped out of his car and raised his voice at me and said “what are you doing?” I told him that I’m part of a workout group and that I’m just setting up some cones to run between. He said “i figured you were part of that workout group. I’ve told you guys not to come up here.” He was very aggressive in his tone. My reply was very calm and apologetic. Although he started off very direct and pretty much rude, I kept my cool and was nothing but nice and agreeable with him. He has worked at the tavern for 20 years and doesn’t want anyone getting hurt on their property. I told him I can understand that and that we wouldn’t do exercises in the upper parking lot anymore. I was able to let him give us permission to run up the hill and through the property just not do exercises on the property. By the end of our conversation he was somewhat calm, but I wonder how the conversation would have gone if he didn’t start off so aggressive. I think we need to give people the benefit of the doubt that they are doing something good and not something bad. In his case I don’t think he thought I was doing anything bad as he knew I was part of the workout group, but I think he just wanted to show his chest and let me know who was in charge. I did However did forget to ask him if he would like to join us. If I see him again I certainly will.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
I forgot to mention this, but we have a charity kickball tournament on May 15 I would love to see an F3 team or two.