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Round TUIT

THE SCENE: 70 degrees with a slight breeze – almost too nice for the gloom
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Side Straddle Hops (IC) X 10
  • Cherry Pickers (IC) 4 CT X 10
  • Overhead Claps X 10 (IC)
  • Seal Claps X 10 (IC)
  • Tempo Squats (IC) 4 CT
  • Hand Release Merkins X 10
  • 30 seconds OYO stretching
  • Mosey to get CMUs
  • Choice of Overhead Press or Curls on the walk to parking lot

THA-THANG:

Coupon Work –

Round 1 – 15 CMU Thrusters, 15 CMU Squats, 20 CMU Overhead Press, Run the parking lot then 5 burpees or 10 merkins before starting next round

Round 2 – 15 CMU Single Arm Rows – Left, 15 CMU Single Arm Rows – Right, 20 Merkins, Run the parking lot then burpees or merkins

Rounds 3 – 15 CMU Swings, 15 Tricep Extension, 20 Curls, Run

Rinse and Repeat back to Round 1

Mosey to CMU Pile

MARY:

25 flutterkicks, 20 American Hammers, 20 crunches and 5 Big Boys

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

15 men including 2 FNGs – Upstream and Bonzo

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Bo Shafer owns Shafer Insurance in Knoxville.  He’s a local philanthropist and been involved with dozens of charities over the last 60+ years.  He not only supports them with his treasures but his time and talents.

Bo is known for passing out round coins that says TUIT on one side and “the only people who don’t have time are DEAD” on the other.  It’s a ROUND TUIT.  His goal is to encourage people to not sit around and wait to do something when they retire because they may not live that long.

The most common regrets shared by people nearing death were:

  1. They wish they had been more loving to the people who matter the most.
  2. They wish they had been a better spouse, parent, or child.
  3. They wish they had not spent so much time working.
  4. They wish they had taken more risks.
  5. They wish they had been happier and enjoyed life more.
  6. They wish they had lived their dream.
  7. They wish they had taken better care of themselves.
  8. They wish they had done more for others.
  9. They wish they had chosen more meaningful work.

We have no excuse.  We have choices just like the workout today…we CHOSE to be here and then we could choose parts of our workouts.  If there’s something you feel led to do, DO IT TODAY! If you’re not being the person you should be, BE IT TODAY! We have the choice!!!

 

Having fun at JUCO

THE SCENE: 40ish…a little chilly, perfect to increase the temperature through good exercise 🙂
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • 10x Overhead claps.
  • 10x Seal claps.
  • 10x Side Straddle Hops.
  • 10x Cherry Pickers.
  • 10x Baby Arm Circles.
  • 30 sec to stretch on your own.

THA-THANG:
Mosey to Pond.

There were 4 stations around the pond, each station with a different exercise (single count):

  • 10 Burpees.
  • 15 Moving Lunges.
  • 20 American Hammers.
  • 25 Mountain Climbers.

The game would be finished when either:

  • 1 HIM would complete 3 laps or
  • All HIMs would complete 2 laps or
  • We exceed 12 mins (the punishment for this would be to do 30 burpees).

We all ended up doing only 10 burpees since we were almost able to beat the clock 🙂

Mosey to big parking lot.

We were divided in two teams. There were two boxes 100 m apart with equal number of tennis balls. The goal was to move as many balls as possible to the opposite box (carrying one ball at a time). In order to be able to score, you had to bear crawl for 30 feet and do either 5 push-ups or 5 squads. It was a nice battle and the team of the runners was the winner (all of us had fun :).

Mosey to bars and bricks area.

All together completed these exercises:

  • 10 Curls.
  • 10 Overhead press.
  • 10 Triceps.
  • 10 pull-ups.
  • 10 crunches.

MARY:
No time.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
14 HIMs (One FNG, Pre-K, thanks for joining man).

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Thankful for the opportunity of being part of F3 and be surrounded by amazing men.

Reflected about the loneliness and the meaning of it. It is always important to designate some time during the day to able to reinvent us and think about what we are doing. Rather than a punishment, loneliness should be a treasure that will allow us to connect with ourselves and God. We need to keep in mind that we are never alone, He is always there for us.

Matthew 28:20 – “Teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age”.

MOLESKIN:
Prayed for all of us during this Holy week and for Hal and his family.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
BK was not here for the announcements. We ended up the party at DD.

Burpin’ Bernie turns 3 y/o

THE SCENE: Cold, dark
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • 10-Cherry Pickers
  • 10 – Hairy Rockettes
  • 15 – lbac forward/backward
  • 15 – Tempo Merkins
  • 20 – Tempo Squats

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the large parking lot on East side of campus.

Burpin’ Bernies

The large parking lot has 10 parking rows. Starting on the West side of the parking lot, run to the first row (Level 1) and perform 1 burpee, Bernie back to the start and perform the level 1 exercise, run to the second row (Level 2) and perform 2 burpees, Bernie back to the start and perform the level 2 exercise. Complete until finished with level 10.

  1. 10 – Carolina Dry Docks
  2. 20 – Monkey Humpers
  3. 30 – Plank Dips
  4. 40 – Merkins
  5. 50 – Smurf Jacks
  6. 60 – Flutter Kicks
  7. 70 – Shoulder Taps
  8. 80 – Air Squats
  9. 90 – Freddie Mercuries
  10. 100 – Side Straddle Hops

In total there were 550 reps of the level exercises and 55 burpees. We ran 3/4 mile forwards and 3/4 mile backwards.

MARY:
No time. Arrived at AO with 15 seconds to spare.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
14 HIMs came out on the third anniversary of my first VQ! Love the JUCO PAX and their enthusiasm.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Don’t allow yourself to become complacent. It’s obvious that no one here is complacent with their physical self as we are all here to grow and push ourselves to the next level. It’s important that we apply that same desire to grow in all areas of our lives. Remember that the goal of F3 is not to workout, but to invigorate male leadership within the community. I hope that JUCO has done that for more men than just myself. Today marked three years to the date from my VQ. I was hesitant to step up and take the lead in a workout, but the constant encouragement (and badgering) from Judge Judy got me over the hump. Taking the lead of a group of men like those at JUCO has given me greater confidence in my ability to lead. I’ve been able to take that confidence and use it to take leadership in other areas of my life. These last three years have really pushed me to step up into more leadership positions and I’m grateful to the PAX at JUCO for that.

MOLESKIN:

Love the PAX at JUCO. These men have pushed me to hold myself to a higher standard.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

nada

Givin’ Out Free Shiners

THE SCENE: Mid 30’s, kinda damp.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

25 SSH, 5 Cherry pickers, 10 Tempo Merkins, 10 Tempo Squats, Ring of Fire

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the coupon pile with three stops to do: 20 x 4 count Hillbillies, 20 x 4 count Imperial Walkers, 20 Pistol Crunches

Heavy Dora with a bear crawl from the asphalt near the stairs to the concrete by the trash can.

  • 100 Skull Crushers
  • 200 Curls
  • 300 Bench Presses

11’s on the hill

  • start with 10 Twinkle Toes on the bottom and 1 squat at the top
  • Mosey back to the Flag.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Rivers do not drink their own water; trees do not eat their own fruit; the sun does not shine on itself and flowers do not spread their fragrance for themselves. Living for others is a rule of nature. We are all born to help each other. – Author Unknown

For those of you who don’t know, I taught here in Knoxville for 5 years. My former students are now all in their mid to early 20’s and that air of invincibility is wearing off. I don’t have all the answers to their questions but more than anything, it means the world to those guys that I care enough to reach out and listen, offer what advice I can or even just grab a meal with them. More often than not though, I do know what they are going through and I do know what to suggest to them because it is the same stuff I went through and I give them the same answers that Dillard Harwell, John Austin Smith and Sandy Crow gave to me when I was their age. Those were my mentors and all three of them are now dead.

Most of us are overdue on bringing someone alongside. Don’t overthink it. Two of my three mentors started everything off with food. One to the Sizzler and the other to his house for a meal. It can be as easy as bringing someone along with you to something you already do. Sketchy goes to church with me and lives just down the street. I get 10 minutes with him on the way here and 10 minutes on the way home with him. If my fat self comes here three times a week, that’s an hour I have to chat with this young man on a drive that I was going to make anyways. And do you know what the best part of it all is…guess who is being a good example to my three sons and bringing them along with him on things he was going to do…Sketchy. 

Good ideas are like food, they have expiration dates. They spoil if you don’t use them. Just as you thanked a mentor on Monday, do some mentoring today. If counsel, give counsel. If time, give time. You’ve got to eat today; don’t do it alone. We become all things to all men so that we might save some. (1 Cor 9:22)

 

Same parking lot different thang

THE SCENE: 45°F, Clear Sky
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA: (all IC 4-count)

  • SSH x20  
  • Merkins x10  
  • Imperial Walker x20  
  • Merkins x10
  • Imperial Squawkers x10
  • Merkins x10

Mosey to parking lot towards rec center

THA-THANG:
Kraken:
Complete exercises at each cone and keep running around the loop. Rinse and repeat until time is up.

  • Cone 1 – Jump Squats x20
  • Cone 2 – Shoulder Taps (4ct) x10
  • Cone 3 – Mountain Climber 4ct x10
  • Cone 4 – Squats x20
  • Cone 5 – Smurf Jacks x20
  • Cone 6 – Merkins x20
  • Cone 7 – Dry Docks x20
  • Cone 8 – Supermans

Mosey back to SP

MARY:

  • Flutter Kicks x20 IC

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Guardrail, Hound Dog, Kenjo, Butter Knife, Wanderer, Dart Gun, Zippy, Cosmo, Nadia, Curveball, Spotter, Data, Booster, Erector, Frenchie, Archie (QIC)

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Check your Pride
Pride is often the route cause of conflict and it is important to be aware of it.
I have recently reflected on conflicts with my wife and have seen that my pride often is to blame.

MOLESKIN
Prayer Requests:

  • Hound Dog’s grandma past away
  • Booster parents are coming to town to visit and this is the first time they have traveled since the start of the pandemic