F3 Knoxville

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Turning off Auto Pilot

THE SCENE: So humid it felt like we were working in Jello. Dimples wore long sleeves- bad choice..
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
The PAX rediscovered the importance of form over speed. Warm-o-rama included 10 good squats on a 4 count and 10 mercians on a 4 count.

THA-THANG:
Insert information about the workout.

  • Thunderstruck by ACDC – Side straddle hops until the song said thunder or thunderstruck. At thunder or thunderstruck we did a burpee
  • Mosey to the new parking lot and new path
  • Route 66 up the path with 4 rounds.
    • Dive Bombers
    • Star Jacks
    • Mercians
    • Squats
  • Mosey back to the AO
  • Flower by Moby (aka Bring Sally Up) – squat down when song said down, holding squat until song said up.

MARY:
7s with American Hammers and flutter kicks

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

23 with no FNGS

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Man is not designed to go through life alone. So often when things get hard we isolate ourselves and we can begin to just go through the motions. F3, Breakfast, work, dinner, play with kids, Netflix … repeat. As men we need other men in our lives to encourage us to keep running the race and pursuing Christ. Not letting auto pilot set in. Just like we encouraged each other today to keep good form and to keep going, we have got to do this for each other in life. Ask the hard questions and be a good listener.

MOLESKIN:
Find and a friend who walk through life with and he can keep you encouraged.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  1. Maryville/Alcoa launch Oct. 14
  2. Truckin’ to the Pound Oct. 28
  3. Please note the new Q calendar. If you haven’t Q’d before and you’re skeered, grab a co-Q or ask a veteran some questions. You’ll be glad you jumped in!

Pair up in groups of 3

THE SCENE: Clear, cool, the kind of weather that makes you not think about it.  Oh, and that full moon! Wow.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • 2 burpees OYO
  • SSH IC x26
  • 4 burpees OYO
  • Outhouse run, Bernie back
  • Remove sweatshirt (solo exercise by La-Z-Boy)
  • 6 burpees OYO
  • Merk-jacks IC x15
  • 8 burpees OYO
  • White Boy Breakdance IC x10 (Plank, lift left arm and walk legs to Crab, right arm up back to Plank, reverse)
  • 10 burpees OYO
  • Tempo Squat IC x20
  • LBAC IC x20 Fwd x20 Bwd

I think we’re warmed up… Mosey to the hockey rink

THA-THANG (Part 1):
Pair up in groups of 2

  • 69 Merkins (I’m not allowed to explain this one) x10 each
  • Over the wall, to the grass, back over the wall
  • 1 man BBS x30, other Plank, high-5 each rep. Switch.
  • Over the wall, to the grass, back over the wall
  • Helping Hand (PAX sit facing one another, grab right hands, stand together) x10 each hand
  • Over the wall… Mosey to the Party Rock pile

THA-THANG (Part 2):
Pair up in groups of 3. Each group gets 2x hand-size rocks, 1x CMU size. 2 lines facing one another across parking lot. One line has CMU size, other line has hand size. Each line does exercise until relieved by third member of pair. 2 trips through this list:

CMU size line:

  • Squrl ( simultaneous Squat and Curl)
  • Forward raise
  • Hip Thrust
  • RowMo (CMU at chest, bow at waist, perform row, return to standing)

Hand size line:

  • Man-Makers
  • Lateral shoulder raise
  • Wax On/Wax Off
  • Raise the Roof

MARY:
Only a couple minutes left for Mary: Row Row Row Your Boat. Sing the song while doing American Hammers in Boat position. Switch to Canoe, keep paddling, sing the song again.  R&R like 3 times or so.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
18 PAX showed up for work today, welcome to FNG Quaker!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Sunday’s message has stuck in my mind this week.  The topic was faith and putting trust in God for both the big things like salvation and the little things that bring us anxiety or worry.  The phrase that hung in my mind was “practicing” trust.  If we are not intentional about where we place that trust on a day-to-day basis, our natural tendency is to trust ourselves or something that we can see.  We get together in the mornings to stress ourselves physically, training our bodies to respond to the demand.  Spiritually, it’s only through intentional practice of continually turning things over to God that we can train our stress response to do the same.  Search your heart for any areas where your trust is placed elsewhere, and surrender those to Him.
MOLESKIN:
Good shoulder content today… The DP Pax may be a little too uptight for the breakdancing.  Or maybe they just need more practice!.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Lunch today at Hardin Valley Brown Bag (11:30).

Truckin’ to the Pound (first annual) 10/28.  Starts 6AM at the Truck Stop!

F3 Knoxville 2nd anniversary 11/4 at Anchor Park

Burpee Attack

THE SCENE: 61 degrees and PERFECT

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA

SSH X20

Baby arm circles x20

Mosey around the parking lot

SSH burpees x5

Karate kid burpees x 5

Plank jack burpees x5

Inch worm burpees x5

LBC burpees x5 (5 LBCs in between)

THA-THANG:

Mosey to soccer field

Diamond burpee x5 (5 diamond merks inbetween)

Donkey kick burpee x5

Superman burpee x5 (5 sec hold)

Rocketts burpee x5 (touch each toe 5 times)

 

Mosey to the dugout stands

Decline burpee x5

Ratchet squat burpee x5

Box jump burpee x5

Fence cling “30” count

Fence sit “30” count

Balls to the wall “30” count w/ 4 merkins

 

Bear crawl up hill and mosey to Turf field #1

Candlestick burpee x5

Domo burpee x5

Long jump burpee x5

(Run 10 yards and jump as far as you can, do burpee)

 

Competition 2 teams of 10;

Two men bear crawl to midline while team high knees with them. Switch every 50 yards until all have crawled.

Then burpees x5

Roll burpees x10 across the field

 

Competition same teams:

All members Bernie sanders to midline, sprint back, Bernie sanders to other goalline then sprint back (2 burpees on the way)

All do burpee x5

 

Ring o burpees:

Circle up. While pax member runs around outside we hold al gore and then do burpee on return. Burpee count 20

MARY:

Reps of 5 three count inbetween

Flutter burpees x5

(122 burpees total + -)

CIRCLE OF TRUST:

Doing more than what’s required.

One of the things that my wife and her father has taught me is to do things better than needed. It use to drive me crazy that they would be so intense on perfection and doing things exactly right or better than what was asked of them. My thought process was just get it done, get it done right, but just get it done and do it quick.

She has taught me to take my time at things when I can and really look at details and how it can be done the best way not just “done”.

Challenge: the next thing you are tasked to do, do it one to two steps better.

BOM

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
October 6, Trail run with Moses

October 28, Truckin to the Pound

November 4, 2year anniversary of F3 Knoxville

Working for the wives

THE SCENE: 65 and clear

Q –  I-Beam

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSHx20 IC

Cherry Pickers x10 IC

Michael Phelps

Baby arm circles x IC each direction

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the courtyard

Husbands and wives

Name: I-Beam

  • I – 30 SSH
  • B – 20 Crunches
  • E – 1 min wall sit
  • A – 50 SSHs
  • M – 20 burpees

Mosey around the courtyard

Name: Abacus (has trouble spelling….)

  • A – 50 SSH
  • B – 20 crunches
  • B – 20 crunches
  • A – 50 SSHs
  • C – 30 squats
  • U – 30 Baby arm circles
  • S – 30 Burpees

Mosey around the courtyard

Name: Resie (I-beam’s M)

  • R – 15 Merkins
  • E – 1 min wall sit
  • S – 30 Burpees
  • I – 30 Jumping jacks
  • E – 1 min wall sit

Mosey around the courtyard

Name: Loretta (Abacus’ M)

  • L – 2 min wall sit
  • O – 40 SSHs
  • R – 15 Merkins
  • E – 1 min wall sit

Ran out of time, mosey back to the AO

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
BOM:
Prayed for our children, wives, and friendships in F3

Double Coupon Special

The Scene: 74 and clear, MF (Mugginess Factor) 7/10

F3 Intro and Disclaimer

Warm-O-Rama
Imperial Walkers x20 IC
Cherry Pickers (Dog Pound style) x15 IC
LBAC x20 each way IC
Little bit o’ this, and some of this
Mosey to the Coupon Pile, pick up 2 coupons
Wax on, wax off x20 IC (thanks, Mayberry)

The Thang
Each PAX holds one coupon, balances the other on top. Mosey as a group toward the Matterhorn. Whenever a coupon hits the ground, it’s redeemed for one of the specials of the day. Then switch hands with the coupon stack and continue Mosey. List of specials (©=holding coupons):
1st Special: ©Tempo Squat x25 IC, Burpees x15 OYO
2nd Special: ©Smurf Jacks x25 IC, ©Overhead Press x20 OYO
3rd Special: Mountain Climbers x25 IC, Squat Jump x20 OYO
4th Special: ©LBAC x10 IC, ©Curls x30 OYO
5th Special: ©American Hammers x20 IC, ©Rows x30 OYO
6th Special: ©Front raise x20 IC, Merkins x20 OYO
7th Special: ©Lateral raise x10 IC, Diamond Merkins x15 OYO
Return to AO, carrying expired coupons however desired

MARY
Rowboat/Canoe
Side Crunch x20 each side, IC
BBS x20 OYO
Flutter kick x20 IC
Box Cutters x20 IC
Department Store
Shoulder Blasters

COT
Count-off and Name-o-Rama (no FNGs today)

WORD
This last week I’ve been home alone while LOML and 2.0 are at a cabin with some other moms and kids of families we’ve known for years. Sometimes it’s nice to have that quiet, but the alone time comes with a certain set of temptations as well. It’s at that time, and others like it, when a man’s character comes through. They say that character is who you are when nobody is looking. Whether that’s when you’re home alone after a long day, at work when the boss is on vacation, or in another city on a business trip, your character comes through.

So where does this character come from? From your heart. Proverbs 4:23 says, “Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.” And Luke 6:45: “A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil.”
So what do we know about the heart of a man? It’s “deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked. Who can know it?” (Jeremiah 17:9) On our own the condition of our heart is pretty foul. We need the transformative power of God, as David cried out for in Psalm 51:10 “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.” Only through dependence on Him can we become the men He has called us to be.

Moleskin
Thanks, everyone, for your patience as I tried to dig around in my shorts for my Weinke. I must find a different way to remember what’s next while my brain has not yet seen my coffee. Maybe less variety? Merkins and Burpees only. I noticed Ratchet learned from La-Z-Boy’s Q a couple weeks ago and pulled the smallest coupons in the group instead of the biggest!