F3 Knoxville

Carry the Weight

THE SCENE:  Mostly clear with some chalk.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Imperial Walkers x 15 IC
SSH x 15 IC
Windmills x 15 IC
Cherry Pickers x 10 IC
Mountain Climbers x 15 IC
Hand Release Merkins x 15 IC
Squat x 15 IC
THA-THANG:
“Gunny”
For time: SCALE AS NECESSARY
1-mile weighted run
50 ‘merkins
50 sit-ups
1-mile weighted run
50 ‘merkins
50 sit-ups
1-mile weighted run
Wear a ruck, weight vest, body armor, loaded pack or whatever is needed to load yourself with 50 lb. for the runs.
MARY:
Mary didn’t show as the workout tapped out the PAX
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Command Sgt. Maj. Martin “Gunny” Barreras, 49, of Tucson, Arizona, died on May 13, 2014, of wounds he sustained during an attack on his unit on May 6, 2014. Barreras was well known for his contributions to the successful rescue of Jessica Lynch in 2003. He joined the Marine Corps in 1983 and the Army Rangers in 1988. He was the senior enlisted adviser in the 2nd Battalion, 5th Infantry, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss, Texas.  He is survived by his wife, Melinda; daughters, Amice and Victorria; and son, Calvin.

The take-away here today was leave your burdens here – the PAX together can bear them.
MOLESKIN:
We had some initially apprehensive PAX, but the shouldered the weight and surprised themselves with how much they could carry.   I left impressed!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • 2F on 11Aug18, “The Outlook” downtown 08:30
  • Kickball tournament 18Aug18
  • Truckin’ to the Pound 25Aug18
  • 3rd Anniversary of F3 in Knoxville – early November

Landline visits Kory Hill

THE SCENE: Dog Pound, early, dry and a nice temp
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

MOSEY around the outhouse, SSH x20, 10 mericans, 15 SSH ,10 mericans, 15 SSHs, 10 mericans, 15 Mary Catherine gallager type SHH, 10 mericans, then 5 bad ass karate kid kicks!

THA-THANG:
Mosey to lot next to Matterhorn. 7 spots in a line spaced 10’ apart, across the lot. 7 cones across the lot from them at different lengths (20 to 70 yards ) complete exercise and run around cone across from it and back moving to next exercise. Repeat till the groaning level is sufficient.

  1. SSH x50
  2. Karate kid kicks x10 each leg
  3. squat jumps x25
  4. Merkins x40
  5. CMU curl and press x20
  6. CMU Tris and press x 20
  7. shoulder tap merkins x20

Mosey down Lot around to the docks. Mosey to Cory hill stopping at every other parking line for 1 merkin until reaching hill (20 lines?)

squat walk up Cory Hill, mosey down, Bernie squat up, mosey down, bear crawl up, mosey down …repeat flutter kick till 6 catches

mosey to AO

MARY:
Landline takes over with some pac-mans, box cutters, Peter Parker’s and side crunches
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA 

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Hope in God is real. Hope in things, people is nothing. There is hope in Jesus and he has given us the freedom from sin.

MOLESKIN:
Talked about being more intentional with bible reading. Keeping accountability.

had a great picture wearing our shirts for WAgon Wheels friend Bryan who is struggling with a medical issue
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Going away party for landline tonight, kickball teams, F3 olympics

More Roll-up V-ups Please

THE SCENE: Low 70s…pretty humid but not too bad

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Side straddle hops x 20
  • Cherry Pickers x 5
  • This/that stretch
  • Tempo Squats x 10
  • Tempo Merkins x 10

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Watt Rd parking lot

Descending Ladder.  Work your way down the list until you’ve completed the last exercise, then run a lap around the parking lot.  Rinse/repeat and remove the lowest number exercise each time through until you’ve completed 10 circuits.

  • 10 Burpees
  • 9 Iron Mikes
  • 8 Roll-up, V-up
  • 7 Incline Merkins
  • 6 Squat Jumps
  • 5 WWI
  • 4 Diamond Merkins
  • 3 Side Lunges
  • 2 Jump Knee Tucks
  • 1 Round the Clock Merkin

Soccer field.  6 Cones set up in rectangular shape.  Mosey from cone to cone completing 20 reps of each exercise.

  • Wide Merkin
  • Speed Skater
  • Box Cutter
  • Big Boy Situp
  • Calf Raise
  • Ranger Merkin

MARY:

Since the Roll-up V-ups were such a crowd pleaser, we ended with 1 minute of these in cadence.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 total:  Gibbler, Tank, Cosmo, Cornhole, I-Beam, Black Lung, Sparky, Mr. Clean, Wall Ball, Bartman

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Just a word about family & extended family.  Love them even though they drive you nuts sometimes!

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Run … from … the Bear Attack

THE SCENE: 72 degrees; 100% muggy; 1000% perfect
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Yes.
WARM-O-RAMA:
Single leg swings (first, right; then, left).  Lots of tipsy men.

Touch the toes (or more accurately, touch the air above the toes, or perhaps the shins)

Behind the back standing ankle pulls (first, right; then, left)

Grab a CMU and mosey to the dark side.

THA-THANG:
Modified Sea Biscuit (again)

  • Round 1: 1 Lap, Exercise 1
  • Round 2: 2 Laps, Exercise 2
  • Round 3: 3 Laps, Exercise 1
  • Round 4: 2 Laps, Exercise 2

Exercise 1: (a) Burkins 5×5 (or whatever you call them) – Burpee down to 5 merkins and up for one rep.; (b) Bear attacks x5 – Cling and press CMU overhead and down; down squat and up to a push press; finish down with CMU on the cement for one rep.

Exercise 2: (a) merkins to exhaustion; (b) Lunging curls x10 each leg –  With CMU in hands, lunge out while bringing CMU to down curl position; lunge back up, curling CMU to up position for one rep.

CMU mosey back to AO.

Total distance:3.5, with a few carrying on to 4 total.

MARY:
None.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
15.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I encourage you brothers to go!  Find an adventure!  Do big what you don’t know or haven’t done before.

Don’t be like me – stuck in the familiar; losing my sense of adventure; forgetting the joy and power adventure brings to life.

Be “Wild at Heart” as John Eldredge describes it.

….and share it (the adventure and your wildness) with your loved ones and kids.

….so they won’t forget – your adventures together and how to be wild at heart themselves.
MOLESKIN:
Be in prayer for @Slide Rule and his family, as the Lord called his mother home this week.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 Knoxville Carl Cowen AO staring this Saturday.  Show some love; check out some new terrain.

F3 Dad’s Camp coming up Friday, August 10 – to Sunday, August 12.  A number of F3 Knoxville will be there, including your’s truly.

Morning Mosey

THE SCENE: Humid, about 70
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Baby arm circles forward/back (4ct) x 15 each way

Overhead claps (4ct) x 15

Overhead air press (4ct) x 15

A little this/that and Michael Phelps

Hamstring stretch
THA-THANG:
About a 3.6 mile mosey along the riverfront and through downtown.  Various stops along the way for rest/exercise: 1 cliff hanger Merkins x 15. 2 cliff hanger Merkins x15 then hold plank while partner does 10 squats while holding other partners legs.  3 Squats (4ct) x 15.  4 flutter kicks 4(ct) x 15 and American hammers (4ct) x 10.  5 lunge bridge yellow line to yellow line.  6 5 big ball pull-ups.  Finish at AO.

MARY:
No time.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
25 HIMs.  No FNGs.  Moana, Thread Count, Bob Ross, Guano were also present and I could not find their tag.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“You are the salt of the earth. But what good is salt if it has lost its flavor? Can you make it salty again? It will be thrown out and trampled underfoot as worthless.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5:13‬ ‭NLT‬‬

MOLESKIN:
Prayers for Preacher and his new job/upcoming move to Arizona, Sliderule’s family with the loss of his mother, Butterfly’s wedding this weekend.