F3 Knoxville

Hump Day at the Equalizer

THE SCENE: Mid-40’s and clear.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x 20;  Cherry Picker x 5; Tempo Squats x 10; Tempo Merkins x 10

THA-THANG:
Mosey over to playground for some 7’s on the hill.  Pull-ups and BBS.

Mosey over to splash pad for some pain stations.  30 seconds at each station followed by a lap around the track and back.

  • Pull-ups
  • Merkins
  • Flutter-kicks
  • Dips
  • Box Jumps
  • CDD
  • Squats

Rinse and Repeat (x3)

Mosey to parking lines.  Lunge to each line with increasing # of squats at each line and then decreasing # of squats at halfway point.

MARY:
V-ups x 20 (OYO); Box cutters x20 (IC); Star Gazers x5 (IC).

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
7 with one FNG.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Ecclesiastes 5:18-6:2 –[18] Behold, what I have seen to be good and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his lot. [19] Everyone also to whom God has given wealth and possessions and power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and rejoice in his toil—this is the gift of God. [20] For he will not much remember the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with joy in his heart.  [1] There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy on mankind: [2] a man to whom God gives wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing of all that he desires, yet God does not give him power to enjoy them, but a stranger enjoys them. This is vanity; it is a grievous evil. (ESV)

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Dealers Choice at the Equalizer

THE SCENE: not as humid.  fall is coming.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Cherry Pickers x5, SSH x25, LBAC x10 both ways, Tempo Squats x15, Tempo Merkins x10

THA-THANG:
Deck of Cards — do 4 cards from the deck and then run to the other side of the loop (1/8 mile). Near the end we took our running a couple of different directions.

  • Hearts = merkins
  • Diamonds = pull-ups (if at playground) or burpees
  • Clubs = flutter kicks (4-count)
  • Spades = Squat Jumps

MARY:
Captain Thors

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

An encouragement to live by grace.  It’s so easy to fall into the performance trap — thinking that our acceptance with God is based on our performance.  On good days, we become proud and think God owes us.  On bad days, we get discouraged and condemned and think God will punish us.

Our acceptance with God is completely based on the righteous life, sacrificial death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.  God now sees us though and in Christ.

“Our worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God’s grace. And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God’s grace.”
Jerry Bridges, The Discipline of Grace

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Heavy B-Ball

THE SCENE: Still hot, still humid
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Yep
WARM-O-RAMA:

Cherry Pickersx7, Hairy Rockettes x15, LBAC fwd/bck x15, SSH x20, Tempo Squat x10, Tempo Merkin x10
THA-THANG:
Reverse Indian Run: Ran to the dock reverse Indian run style. Front man drops for five merkins then pops up to join the back of the line. Next HIM counts to five and does the same.

Suicide Ladder: In the parking lot adjacent to the dock, performed a suicide ladder of Mtn Climbers and American Hammers (both 4-count). Perform 5 mtn climbers in the top lot, run down the hill, perform 5 Am. Hammers, Crawl-Bear up the hill, rinse and repeat adding 5 reps each round until you complete the round of 25’s.

Mosey to the basketball court for a little game of Heavy B-Ball.

Heavy B-Ball: Performed some circuit training on the court with the following exercises.

  1. 20lbs Slam Ball – Ten shots at the basketball goal. All PAX move to the next exercise once ten shots were attempted. Each miss = 1 burpee during transition for the whole PAX. Each shot made = 1 merkin
  2. BBS
  3. 30lbs DB – Kettlebell Swings
  4. 60lbs Sandbag – Over the shoulder toss
  5. CMU – Overhead Press
  6. 30lbs Sandbag – Sandbag Slams
  7. 30lbs Ruck Plate – Curls
  8. Gas Pumpers
  9. Iron Mikes

We completed one full circuit of the above workout. Shooting the ball was harder than most PAX expected and we got plenty of burpees in.

Mosey back towards the Shovel Flag with the weights.

Completed one lap around the soccer field to cool-down.

MARY:
Doubtfire led some Imperial Walkers
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 HIMs with 1 FNG. Welcome Training Wheels! This guy already has the HIM part of F3 down to a science, glad to have him on board.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

At our church’s family retreat this weekend one of the speakers discussed the differences in the needs of men and women, specifically as they relate to marriage. The top 5 emotional needs for men and women are very different and when we don’t take that into consideration in our marriages it is easy to neglect the needs of our spouses. Below are the top needs identified by the author of His Needs, Her Needs:

Become aware of each other’s needs and learn to meet them.

  • Men’s 5 most basic needs from his wife:
    • Sexual fulfillment
    • Recreational companionship
    • An attractive spouse
    • Domestic support
    • Admiration
  • Women’s 5 most basic needs from her husband:
    • Affection
    • Conversation
    • Openness and honesty
    • Financial security
    • Family commitment

MOLESKIN:
Thanks ToeBox and Doubtfire for joining me on the pre-run. It was great to hear Doubtfire talk about F3 Dad’s camp. I’m really looking forward to taking my little one here in a couple years.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
None?

Barbarian Mace montage

THE SCENE: Drizzly
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH: 15

Tempo squat: 10

tempo merkin: 10

tempo elfs: 10

10 burpees

THA-THANG:

merkins from hell (max reps–> iso hold–> ecc merkin)

2 rounds of 3 sets of 4 exercises

set 1

  • Mace Barbarian Squat
  • kettlebell deadlift
  • burpee
  • SSH

Set 2

  • Mace joust
  • KB press
  • high bridge
  • RDL’s
    set 3
  • mace grave digger
  • KB row
  • bench dips
  • step-ups
  • pull-ups from hell set (10 pullups, max iso hold, ecc pullup)
  • repeat
    COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

    CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
    He has risen!

Ultimate Redemption

THE SCENE: Cool and around 40 degrees.  Won’t be many more like this for a while.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Started out with 20SSH on 4ct, Cherry Pickers x10, Tempo Squats x10 head to baseline 20 Rocky Balboa’s jog down and back, 20 more Rocky Balboa’s…
THA-THANG:
Mosey to lower parking lot, regroup and perform 20 4ct Hello Dolly

Mosey to Pier, Reps performed on pier 25 merkin, 25 squat, 25 calf raise, 25 LBC’s then run .25 mile loop…rinse and repeat 4x’s.

Mosey to Cardiac

Run up Cardiac with stops at every bend for 10 jump squats at each spot repeat 2x’s

Mosey back to AO

 

MARY:
Back at AO perform American thor’s, 25 hello dolly, 10 side crunch each side, Monkey humpers x10, and cash out with ATM’S.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
7 beat the Tuesday gloom
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Talked about preparation for Easter and the ultimate redemption story.  We are to celebrate the great gift that Christ has given us by dying for us.  As everyone was celebrating and captivated by the redemptive story of Tiger Woods winning the Masters, it pales in comparison to the thing we are to celebrate on Easter Sunday.  The Ultimate Redemption story.