F3 Knoxville

Fear the Cardboard

THE SCENE: Mid 30s, clear and calm. Not too many more days until all the leaves are gone and the AO is clean again…
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x20 IC
Tempo Merkins x10 IC
Crabettes x10 IC
LBAC x10 IC each way
Tempo Squats x10

THA-THANG:
Grab a CMU and circle up.
Bunch of dudes today, so a few (including YHC) were resigned to Murder Blocks. I gotta get a weight on those things.

Working independently today. Not a race, concentrate on form!

Cardboard wienkie as follows:

15 Up & Over Merkins (L+R=1)
30 Upright Row
20 Squat Thrust
30 Curls
30 Tri Ext
30 CMU LBC
30 CMU Swing
20 Hand-Release Derkin
20 Lawn Mowers (each side)
15 Twist Lunge (each leg)
20 OHP each arm (or 50 with both arms)
20 ALPOs
20 V-ups
Total reps add to 500… But start over at the top when you finish.
No running on the schedule today, but take a lap any time you need one.

MARY:
10x LBC IC. Felt super easy without the blocks.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Lucky 13 for today’s 500 o’ fun!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Short. Doesn’t mean it’s easy:
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake has forgiven you.
MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Coat drive still ongoing! Check out the new Service Opportunities channel on Slack

Fridaythe13x13x.13

The Scene

Perfect Gloom

 

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

Fitness, Fellowship, Faith, Free, Modify, Not Professional, Own Volition, Social Distance, Phone

 

Warm-O-Rama

Cherry Pickers

Thai Fighter Arm Circles

Seal claps

Merkins

Tempo Squats

Bear Crawl F/S/B/S/F

Motivator

 

Tha-Thang

Mosey to track and field hill

13 one heel elevated squats 

Bear crawl to curb, run up hill, recover down and hold plank until everyone returns

…..

Down to 1 by 3’s

 

Mosey to CMU pile stopping halfway for 10 BBS/Glute bridges

 

13 exercises – 13 reps – .13 mile run

We only got through exercise 8

Merkins

BBS

CMU Box Jumps

CMU Swings

Overhead Press

CMU lunges

Carolina Dry Docks

Mountain Climber Knee Taps

Freddy Mercury

Curb Dips

CMU Squats

Curls

Burpees over CMU

 

Mosey to AO switching between Bernie and mosey

 

Mary

Imperial Walkers for 45 seconds

 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

17 HIM’s

 

COT/BOM

Joshua 1:9

“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.” 

 

Isaiah 41:10

“Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”  

 

MOLESKIN:

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Omaha to Paris

THE SCENE: Couldn’t be a nicer morning
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Lots of on-time pax this morning! Stalled with some Michael Phelps or something while we waited on the stragglers, and did burpees in honor of Swimmies’ on-time (for him) arrival. Then it was time to get going. I read an article on the op-ed page of the New York Times ( https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/06/opinion/memories-from-normandy.html ) that got me thinking I’d like to meet the author, who lived in Sweetwater.
THA-THANG:
Down to the CMUs. 5 rounds of Keepaway, or whatever that game is called. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot in between rounds. Team 1 won, although numerous lawsuits have been filed and the outcome will be contested until the recounts are over and the results have been certified.

Clint’s mom thought she outsmarted the US Army by sending Clint to typists school to keep him out of the draft. He was sent instead to the 82nd Airborne, 512th Glider Infantry.

There was work to do at the Cloud. Stepdowns, LBCs, Box cutters.

Jack Webb showed up…easily the least welcome guest at any workout.

Clint trained in Africa and was dropped into Italy. Fought his way past Mt Vesuvius, which he sketched in his secret and illegal diary.

Moseyed to the dock, practiced some Junk Science – like 90% of us are statistically entitled to 10 more years.

Clint Riddle got into a glider again and landed somewhere near Sainte Mere Eglise, and they fought their way into France.

Operation Overlord, our tribute to those guys. Omaha (Beach) to Paris. It’s almost a half a mile, and it’s all uphill. It is not easy.

Back to back Have a Nice Days, mosey home, ATM.

MARY:
Ain’t nobody got time for that

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Clinton Riddle stayed a Private until the war was over and he was finally discharged. He came home to Sweetwater, married, had kids, became a bi-vocational pastor, and started talking about his experience of war in his 90s, when he was one of the few people left to talk about them. He spent 3 hours one morning with me and my sons, telling us about every part of his time in battle. Pvt Riddle died last December. He was 98 years old.
MOLESKIN:
With gratitude to Clinton Riddle and everyone who serves selflessly. With gratitude to the men of F3.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
I owe Jumbo breakfast – INCREDIBLE Omaha-to-Paris sprint.

Thanks a Lot!

THE SCENE: Great morning for November.  55 degrees at circle up.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Started out with 10 4ct SSH Right Leg only then switch to Left Leg only.  20 regular SSH on 4ct.  Windmills x8 , Tempo Merkin x10, 8 Cherry pickers
THA-THANG:
CMUesday so grab a CMU…Perform 10 4ct OH Press, Curls, Right Arm Mowers, Left Arm Mowers, and LBC’s with CMU overhead then…

Mosey to Little Everest, Bernie up, 5 Burpees at the top…

Mosey to Cardiac, On way down 10 decline merkins at fist light pole, first bend, second bend, and bottom light pole.  On way back up do inclines instead.  Rinse and Repeat back to CMU’s.

 

MARY:
Back in time for a minute of Freddie Mercury’s
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Psalms 69:13

Then I will praise God’s name with signing, and I will honor him with thanksgiving.

 

It’s easy to be negative and pass all that as going on as such.  Being positive is a mindset.  Get up every day and list 5 things you’re thankful for.

100 yard Burpee Broadjump Dash

  • Scene: We thought it was gonna rain.. it was muggy damp for sure but no rain.  66 degrees felt like 77.
  • Welcome: FFF – Live it love it breath it – the only payment is in sweat 
  • Warm-up:
    • SSH
    • Slow Lunge stretch
    • Slow Cherry pickers
    • More slow lunge stretches with holds.
    • Slowsey
    • Several burpees combined with high knees on the way to Track
    • Couple random downward dogs + upward dogs
    • More high knee + burpees
    • Two Burpee broad jumps
    • Reverse Bear crawl across street
    • Two Burpee broad jumps
    • Bear crawl across street
    • Two Burpee broad jumps
    • Bernie across street
    • Two Burpee Broad jump
    • Sprint across street.
    • Slowsey to track.
  • Workout
    • In single file line progress down the football field using this pattern of exercise
      • Burpee Broad jump for 5 yards directly down the sideline
      • Reverse Bear Crawl Straight across field on the 5 yard line
      • Burpee Broad jump for 5 yards directly down the sideline to the 10 yard line
      • Bear Crawl Straight across field on the 10 yard line
      • Burpee Broad jump for 5 yards directly down the sideline to the 15 yard line
      • Bernie Straight across field on the 15 yard line
      • Burpee Broad jump for 5 yards directly down the sideline to the 20 yard line
      • Sprint Straight across the field on the 20 yard line.
    • Repeat the above pattern zig zagging across and down the field until time called. We made it to the 20 yard line.
  • Circle of Trust
    • Luke 8:15 “But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop.”  God’s word is the surgeon we need  (Hebrews 4:12), I encouraged and exhorted the men to retain and persevere with, in and through God’s word today. You won’t regret it, it will bear fruit.

  • Announcements
    • Congratulations to Judge Judy – our new Natan – transitioned this last weekend.  Remember to lift him up in prayer.