F3 Knoxville

First 2017 Mosey at the Dog Pound

The Scene: 53 damp as the rain had just moved through

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

WARM-O-Rama:

Mosey to the bottom of Matterhorn

50 4ct x IC Mountain Climbers

25 4ct x SSHs

The THANG:

Up the Matterhorn, down the Matterhorn, and back up again

Circle back to pick up the 6 and Mosey to the Pav-a-lon

50 x OYO Pull-ups

50 x OYO Toes to Bar (sub Imperial Walkers when needed)

50 x OYO Squats

Mosey to the upper parking lot and Battle Buddy up

Baby DORA

50 x Burpees

100 x Domo Arigato Squats

200 x Merkins

300 x LBCs  (you only get wet once)

AB-O-Rama:

Merkin Ring of fire

Name-O-Rama

BOM:

With New Years here and everyone making New Years resolutions here is mine: “I am 3rd.”  While there are physical and personal goals I want to meet this year, the biggest and most challenging is to remember “I am 3rd.”  What that means in order is 1. God, 2. Family, friends, F3 Brothers, and strangers, 3. Me.  In our world where it is all about me, me, me, to put others before oneself is a challenge but what a wonderful blessing for the recipients, and prime example of Jesus.  We have been a recipient of Jesus putting God first, others even his enemies second, and himself third.  I can think of no better example to follow than his leadership.

Every time I go to read the Bible with my son, he wants to read his favorite verse.  He just turned 7. His favorite verse is Philipians 4:13 which is perfect for the strength we need to accomplish all our goals, but especially to remember to be 3rd

“I can do all this through Him who gives me strength”

Moleskin: Lots of F3 brothers either fartsacked due to the rain, or the pull-ups.  Prayer request for Amelia whose M will soon have a 2.0, and also for the family in Martin TN  who is suffering through the loss of 2 of their 2.0s in a house fire.

Sled Full-of-Bricks

The Scene: 62 and Windy

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

WARM-O-RAMA:

25 x IC SSH

9 x IC BigA Cir Fwd 10 Back

10xIC BabyA Cir Fwd/Back

Arms Out

15 x IC Toy Soldiers

15 x IC Tempo Squat

10 x IC Tempo Merkin

15 x IC Imperial Walkers

The THANG:

Hustle to the CMU Wagon and unload the bricks for fun

Mosey to the Hockey Rink

Stations –

  1. 5 Caterpillar Tap outs
  2. 10 Static Lunge & Curl (CMU)
  3. 15 Bobby Brick Hurley’s (CMU)
  4. 20 Brick Row’s (CMU)
  5. 25 American Hammer – Single Count

Mosey to the Gate

  1. 30 Squats

Rinse and Repeat til the Bell

COT:

Dealer’s Choice ABS

Toto- Hello Dolly’s

Mayberry – Pickle Pounders

Ratchet – Side bend sit-ups “Denise Austin” style

Rocky Tops/Heartbreakers (Name TBD) to finish out the final minutes

BOM:

Shared my Testimony with the PAX. “No one after lighting a lamp covers it up with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light. Luke 8:16

Walking in faith can be scary at times, but it is through faith where we will grow and become the HIM’s we were meant to be through the Sky-Q.

Moleskin: We’re still missing the shovel flag, Frosty? We woke up to a beautiful Florida this morning, oddly warm and windy. We finished up right before the downpour. P-Nut was lobbying for a 25 minute show, but we ran over and used every minute. The Bobby Brick Hurley’s were a real crowd please’r and we found the bricks a new home. Nobody walked out with any injuries that they didn’t walk in with, so that’s good. Great day to be a part of this PAX.

Christmas Vacation at The Dog Pound

The scene: Balmy 42, dark and clear

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH IC x 15x
Imperial Squat Walker IC x 10x
Arm Circles (big, small, front, back)

THE THANG:
Mosey to rock pile
Hot Potato – Battle buddy up and grab 1 rock per pair. PAX sit facing each other. Partner A does BBS with rock and then passes rock to Partner B, who does BBS and passes rock back to Partner A. Rinse & repeat until total of 50 reps.

Mosey to Matterhorn
Climb hill alternating between Lunges x 10 and Frog Jumps x 10.

Mosey to Pav-a-lon
10 sets of the following
Pull-ups x 5x
Dips x 10x
Squats x 20x

Mosey back to AO
Ring-o-fire Merkins
MARY:
Hello Dolly IC x 10x
Flutter Kicks IC x 10x
Boat/Canoe

COUNT OFF / NAME-O-RAMA

BOM:

Route66 – The Dog Pound Style

The scene: 34 degrees, dark and cool!

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

Warm-O-Rama:

SSH ICx20
BAC ICx10
RBAC ICx10
ISO arm stretches, swimmers stretch
Squats ICx15

Tha Thang:
PAX moseyed from the parking lot to the loop by the water.

Route 66

The PAX ran the parking lot loop performing the following exercises:

  • Burpees
  • Squats
  • Merkins
  • Star Jacks
  • LBC’s

Repetitions increased at cones placed along the route (1st cone, 1 burpee; 2nd cone, 2 burpees…etc.) to a total of 10 reps.

Mosey back to AO

Mary:
Flutter Kick ICx20
Penguins ICx20
Mountain Climbers ICx20
American Hammers ICx15
V-ups ICx10

Count-Off and Name-O-Rama:

BOM:
P-nut related how our run down Route 66 was an analogy to traveling life’s path. We have distractions along the way, but we need to remember the words of Jesus in Luke 9…and how we must be willing to sacrifice everything in order to truly follow Him.

P-nut then prayed us out- including a prayer request for Pfieffer’s grandfather and relief from holiday stress…especially that stress placed on our wives.

Moleskin:

A group of brave souls with questionable judgment participated in a RUCK/run prior to the beat-down. All PAX were treated to 3 miles and a buffet of burpees, squats and merkins. Spirits were high and the mumblechatter was strong. Great morning at the Pound.

Respectfully submitted,

P-Nut

The Prison Yard

The Scene: 52 and constant rain

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

THE THANG:
SSH x 20 IC
Michael Phelps x5
Cherry Pickers x10 IC

Mosey to the prison circuit (tennis court)

PRISON BREAK CIRCLE RUN
– line up, Indian run around the court
– first guy sprints to the net and to the end of the line

Mosey to the rock pile

PRISON YARD BEAT DOWN

Battle buddy up
– one guy with a big rock and the other with two mediums.
– run to the grass
– Dora to the pile and back as many times as it takes

BIG ROCK SQUATS
Small Rock Curls
Small rock Merkins
Small rock overhead press
BIG ROCK LBCs
Small rock tricep extensions
Small rock hops

MOVE THE PILE BACK!

PRISON BREAK – relay sprint races

Back to the AO – 8 minutes of abs
– superman
– ab cycle
– boat canoe

BOM:
American prisons, as of 2013 held over 2.2M people. The largest prison population in the world.

We as men have the opportunity to live free lives, and yet so often we opt for prison.

Sometimes we live in prisons for our bodies. We we work out trying to reach a body image at the expense of our families. We enslave our bodies to food, alcohol or drugs.

Far more often we live in a prison of our minds. We enslave ourselves to greed, and success believing somehow that “just a little more” will make us happy. We live under the burden of guilt and shame for any one of a million failures, constantly hearing the lies of our adversary but not calling them out. We bury ourselves in images and fantasies of women who are not our M and then we see them everywhere we go and cannot stop the flood of images. We live lives plagued by fear of failure, insignificance or disaster.

The truth is found in 2 Tim 1:7. That God has given us a spirit not of fear, but of power and love and self control.

Many of us live in a prison for our souls. For those who believe in the existence, life and sacrifice of Jesus we are made free. The prison cell door has been thrown open, and yet so often we opt to stay in the cell.

You have to make the HC to step out every day. As HIMs we need to look at the men around us and extend a hand to help pull them out.

Moleskin

Great work by the men today. Rainy and cold, you busted it pretty good. Way to get better!