F3 Knoxville

Bridge to Nowhere

THE SCENE: Very sauna like
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Overhead Claps x 20 IC

Partner Up and Mosey to the Outhouse

A – 20 Derkins, B – 20 Step ups  Complete your set then alternate with your battle buddy.  Do a total of 50 reps of each exercise

THA-THANG:
Mosey to bottom of Matterhorn with your battle buddy

Bridge to Nowhere

Partner A does the exercises at the bottom of the Matterhorn while Partner B is bear crawling up and down the Matterhorn if he’s as fast as Booger.  Once Partner A has completed the set of exercises, including running to the top of the Matterhorn, he switches with Partner B and continues the bear crawl.  Partner B runs to the bottom of the Matterhorn and does his set of exercises.  Continue until 100 reps of each exercise has been completed.  Should be 5 trips up the Matterhorn per partner.

  • 10 Merkins
  • 10 BBS
  • 10 Squats
  • Run to top of Matterhorn

Mosey to AO stopping twice for 10 merkins, 10 BBS, 10 Squats

MARY:
20 LBC’s led by Tonka

Marge/ Homer by Toto

World’s Greatest Merkin by Mayberry

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
We aren’t just trying to raise our children to have successful careers and be good adults.  It is much more important than that.  We are responsible for raising them to have a successful eternity.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Yee Haw

THE SCENE: Lil Warm

THA-THANG:

  • SSH x 20 IC
  • Tempo Squat x 10 IC
  • Cherry Picker x 10 IC
  • OYO stretch

Hit da mosey

Route 33 to staircase (5 merks each light pole)

50 Pistol merkins each side

50 squats

50 LBC 4 ct

Exercises were interrupted with runs up to Iculus the rock next to Lakeside

Some Mary- Flutter Kicks x 30 IC

Mosey to Matterhorn for some more

This part consisted of running up Matterhorn and back with some Mary, then another run up half way with Mary

Indian Run back to AO

MARY:
Hello Dolly x 20 IC

La-Z-Boy Co-Q with 10 burpees OYO
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
16
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Faith and Committment

In Soren Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling, the story of the sacrifice of Isaac is retold in multiple versions. Each is to suggest doubt on the part of Abraham. His point is that faith requires in some respect an irrational element. Upon reading this and reflecting, I thought about commitment and decision making. In reference to La-Z-Boy, if I am not wholly committed to something, then it is a faulty commitment. In other words, if you make a decision or commitment, you must fully own it.

 

La-Z-Boy once said, “If it’s not yes, then I answer no.”

 

So, commit and own your decisions.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Nov 3-4 F3 Olympics

The 600 Club

THE SCENE: Beautiful Late Summer morning
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH IC x 25
  • Squat IC x 10
  • Demonstrate Crab Toes, Side MTN climber, lunge hops & Pistol Merkins

THA-THANG:

  • Circuit – Decline Merkins, Box Jumps, Squats x25 – 1 hill climb R&R x 2
  • Merkins OYO x 25
  • The 600 club:
  • Lunge Hops x 20
  • Crab Toes x 20
  • CDD x 20 (feet on hill)
  • Slap Squats x 20
  • Side MTN Climbers x 20
  • Pistol Merkins x 20
  • Run to parking lot R&R x 5
  • Mosey to the clean soccer field – Bear Crawl, back peddle, Sprint the goal box x 3

MARY:
Swirlie worked over the boys while I grabbed my phone.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
What we do here at F3 has been passed down from man to man for generations. It’s not just a workout it’s a right of passage.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Circle of work

THE SCENE: 70 and muggy
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Skipped it
THA-THANG

The number represents the reps, of each exercise

  1. World’s Greatest Merkin
  2. CMU lunge (each)
  3. Side crunch (each)
  4. Turkish getup (each)
  5. Mer-block-ins (each)
  6. CMU Flamingo (each)
  7. CMU V-up
  8. Block-ees
  9. Decline Merkins
  10. CMU overhead squat
  11. Reverse cow girl
  12. Donkey kicks
  13. Merkin-around-the-circle
  14. CMU Lunge twist
  15. CMU BBS
  16. CMU curls
  17. CMU tri
  18. CMU overhead press
  19. Lizard Hops
  20. Bear Crawl around the circle
  21. Bent over Row
  22. Church claps
  23. CMU Hop overs
  24. Dive bombers
  25. Bananas
  26. Squats
  27. Step throughs (total)
  28. Blockee Hurleys
  29. Incline Merkins
  30. Pickle Pounders

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
19 with 1 FNG and a visiting PAX from Hickory NC, Flexseal
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Two kinds of wisdom…

“If you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.  Such “wisdom” does not come from heaven but us earthly, unspiritual, demonic.  For where you have envy and selfish ambition you find disorder and every evil practice. But the wisdom that comes from heaven is pure; peace loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.  Peace makers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.” -James 3: 14-18

With starting school we try to teach my son to use wisdom when picking/making friends.  But in my life I have struggled with wisdom of selfishness.  So I encourage each of you to be 3rd.  God 1st, Everyone else 2nd, I am 3rd.

MOLESKIN:
The PAX worked extremely hard, especially considering this was a Q with no moseying and no breaks.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
August 25 – Truckin To The Pound

Nov. 3/4- F3 3rd Anniversary, Olympics, Ruck, Seabiscuit, and Family Picnic

Old Fashioned Family Beatdown

THE SCENE: 68 Degrees and oddly pleasant
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Little o’ this
  • Little o’ that
  • Little o’ Michael Phelps (exc. Ratchet who hates that stretch)
  • Cherry Picker x 10 IC
  • Imperial Squat Walker x 10 IC

THA-THANG:
I had the PAX count off into three equal groups; one lucky group got to run over and pick up CMUs from the pile.

Group 1 stood shoulder-to-shoulder at Cone A and Group 3 stood should-to-shoulder at Cone B. Groups 1 and 3 began an exercise while Group 2 traveled between them as instructed. When Group 2 reached Group 3, the PAX rotated and ran back to Group 1, where the rotation continued. Exercises are below:

Set 1: World’s Greatest Merkin/CMU Run/Freddie Mercury

Set 2: Squats/Sprints/CMU Curls

Set 3: Burpees/Bernie Sanders/CMU Press

Each set lasted approximately 10 minutes with minimal rest between sets.

MARY:

  • Plank Jacks x 25 IC (4 ct.)
  • LBCs x 25 IC (4 ct.)
  • Mountain Climbers x 25 IC (4 ct.)
  • Oblique crunches x 15 IC (single ct., each side)
  • Flutter Kicks x 25 IC

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
22 PAX including 1 FNG – strong showing!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Gerald Swindle is a professional bass angler that has been on the circuit for quite a while. He competes at the highest level in a stressful sport and yet he almost always seems collected, deliberate, and positive. I shared with PAX a quote that Swindle wrote regarding his personal slogan of “Positive Mental Attitude”:

“That’s the way my personal slogan of PMA (positive mental attitude) works in life. One of the PMA principles is that today’s bad news leads to tomorrow’s good news. You have to believe that today’s bad unexpected will lead you to tomorrow’s good unexpected.”

I really like what he’s getting at here. We will constantly have entropy in our lives, and we have to be intentional about embracing that and moving forward as HIMs.

MOLESKIN:
Felt good to be back with the PAX after several tumultuous weeks off-kilter schedules!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Don’t forget about kickball, Truckin’ to the Pound, and several F3 events coming up in October & November!