F3 Knoxville

Shaking the Rust Off

THE SCENE: 49°F, chilly and clear spring morning
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA: (all IC 4-count)

  • SSH x20 
  • Merkins x4 
  • Imperial Walker x20 
  • Merkins x6
  • Imperial Squat Walkers (or Imperial Squawkers) x20
  • Merkins x8

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the Square w/ the fountain
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) x20
  • Cone 3 – Mountain Climber 4ct x20
  • Cone 4 – Squats x20
  • Cone 5 – Smurf Jacks x20
  • Cone 6 – Merkins x20
  • Cone 7 – Dry Docks x20
  • Cone 8 – Lunges x20 (10 each leg)

Short mosey to the large square planter area
Using 4 planters to make a large square:
At first corner: Scorpion Dry Docks x20
Bear Crawl to next corner
Next corner: American Hammers x20
Lunge to next corner
Next corner: Scorpion Dry Docks x20
Bear Crawl to next corner
Last corner: American Hammers x20
Lunge to next corner
Rinse and repeat

Mosey to Civic Center front walk
5s
Merkins on 1 end of walk, squats at other end of walk

Mosey back to SP

MARY:

  • Captain Thor (1 BBS for 4 American Hammers, up to 5 and 20) IC single count
  • Plank Jacks x20 IC
  • Flutter Kicks x20 IC
  • LBC x50 IC
  • Plank
    • Hand and leg up
    • Switch to other side
  • Stretching

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8- Salad Boy, Samaritan, Kick Flip, Frenchie, Erector, Chaco, Snaggletooth, Archie (QIC)

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
An excerpt from Day 2 of “Known- Finding Deep Friendships in a Shallow World”
Theologian Paul Tillich articulated the distinction beautifully when he said, “Language…has created the word ‘loneliness’ to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word ‘solitude’ to express the glory of being alone.” One is toxic. The other is life giving.
The alone we speak of here is the toxic kind. Almost anything can trigger it. Aloneness unchecked turns us in on ourselves and destroys perspective. The gathered pain is an inch-by-inch slide off an emotional cliff. It is isolating. Left unresolved, it is a cancer.
Who chooses to be alone and disoriented in the dark? No one. Who wants to experience moments of unbridled joy or great hardship by themselves? No one. Human contact is life itself.
It is important to remember that F3 is intended to be more than just a fitness class. It is a venue for relationships. F3 is an excellent way to prevent loneliness for men.

Manjaro Deathmarch

THE SCENE: a perfect 55 and clear.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:
25 SSH, 20 Windmills, 10 Imperial Walkers, 10 Cherry Pickers,

Manjaro Deathmarch

At the base of JUCO Manjaro start this sequence of exercises.  AFTER the EVEN exercises, start back at number #1 and sequentially work back up to where you were.  For example, after 10 Frogs, start back at 1 burpeee, then 2 lunges, and continue on to 12 Parker crawls, then back to #1 Burpee.  Each time you progress through the sequence add onto what you’ve done by 2 exercises.  The ODD exercises are stationary, while the EVEN exercises are traveling exercises.

  1. Burpee
  2. Lunges
  3. Merkins (4ct)
  4. Lunges
  5. SSH
  6. Inchworms
  7. American Hammers
  8. Broad Jumps
  9. LBC’s
  10. Frogs
  11. Freddy Mercury’s
  12. Parker Crawls
  13. Mountain Parkers
  14. Lunges
  15. Peter Parkers
  16. Inchworms
  17. Leg Lifts
  18. Broad Jumps
  19. Imperial Walkers
  20. Frogs
  21. Plank Destroyers

We made it to 16 inchworms before time to sprint to the top of JUCOManjaro.  Then mosey back, with chereokee, bernie, alternates.

MARY:
A nice long Jailbreak

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Let your yes be yes and your no be no.  37 All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.  https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+5%3A37&version=NIV

1 Samuel 20 14 But show me unfailing kindness like the Lord’s kindness as long as I live, so that I may not be killed, 15 and do not ever cut off your kindness from my family—not even when the Lord has cut off every one of David’s enemies from the face of the earth.”

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Samuel+9&version=NIV

 “Don’t be afraid,” David said to him, “for I will surely show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land that belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table.”

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Samuel+9%3A7&version=NIV

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill right around the corner.

A FORMAL AFFAIR

THE SCENE: 60’s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Merkins x30, Squats x30, 6inch LBCs x30, Burpee x10, MC x 30, Merkins x 25, SSH x30, Flutter Kicks x 30, Burpee x 10, Monkey Humpers x 30, Merkins x 25
THA-THANG:

COLOMBIAN NECKTIE Grinder! @ large student parking lot: PAX run as a group to each parking lane line and back. Upon return, complete the same number of neckties (Line 1:1, Line 2:2, increasing as we go). While PAX execute grinder – two PAX “rested” and performed CMU farmer carry (two CMUs, one CMU per arm) 200 yards on a rotational basis.

We made it thru line 10, having performed a total of  55 Neckties and PAX started over for another three or so runs.  All did the CMU carry once before we ran out of time.

  1. MARY:
    Pickle Pounders x70 (yep- that’s not a typo), Heels to Heaven x 30
    COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
    14 souls
    CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
    Matthew 5:9 “Blessed are the Peacemakers for they shall be called children of God.”  Are you a Peacemaker? Or do you help stir dissent as I often find myself doing, sometimes without even knowing it.  With over 11 years in law enforcement, my job is literally to help keep the peace.  But, this responsibility lies with all of us in almost every aspect of our lives, especially our relationships with others.  Stirring dissent, whether it is engaging in gossip or complaining about someone, ruins your witness for Christ.
    MOLESKIN:
    N/A
    ANNOUNCEMENTS:
    HH coming up.

The Dirty Dozen

THE SCENE: nice, clear, and perfect temp for a beatdown at the Project.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

15 SSH, 10 Windmill, 15 mountain climbers, 15 Moroccan night club
THA-THANG:
The burpee mile: 12 burpees followed by 1 lap around the track. Repeat for a total of 48 burpees and 4 laps, 1 mile.

The dirty dozen. 3 exercises at each corner of the walk path next to the main parking lot of the AO.

1st lap:

  • 12 merkins
  • 12 squats
  • 12 Freddie Mercury IC

2nd lap:

  • 12 diamond merkins
  • 12 sumo squats
  • 12 Flutter kicks IC

3rd lap:

  • 12 Carolina Dry Docks
  • 12 iron Mike’s each leg
  • 12 heels to Heaven

MARY:
Hello Dolly and LBCs
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
7 strong again this morning
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Ephesians 5:1-5: be imitators of God. Be in the world but not of the world. We are called to be different in the way we act and live our lives. We are called to be Christ-like. Consider this when doing anything: “would Jesus be sitting beside me supporting this?”
MOLESKIN:
Hard work by all the PAX this morning!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Abridged this Thursday. Hardship Hill on May 18th. Last day to get JUCO shirts.

Criss-Cross

THE SCENE: 60 with Misty Mountains
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
Apologies for the mislabels, and mis-anything.

WARM-O-RAMA:
A few of these, a few of those.  Pre-cursers of criss crossy things to come.

THA-THANG:A

At base of JUCOManjaro.  Each HIM within a team of 4 takes turns carrying a CMU to the top of JUCOManjaro.  As they carry the CMU to the top they cross over to the other side of the road where they will find a orange cone with a exercise on it which they will do.    There were 9 stations to get to the top which were labeled:

  • 50 Imperial Walkers
  • 25 Cross Toe Touches
  • 50 Freddy Mercuries
  • 25 Mountain Parkers
  • 50 Scissor Kicks
  • 25 Plank Destroyers
  • 50 Travoltas
  • 50 Windmills
  • 50 American Hammers

As the group finishes, do American Hammers with the CMU’s being passed from HIM to him in a back facing circle of HIM’s on their six.  Keep doing CMU American Hammers until the whole group is in the circle.  Switch directions a couple times.

MARY:
Take CMU’s back down to the A.O.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

Had a fun time naming our FNG who is now Blackbox.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+1&version=NIV

Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome[a] it.

Fellowship reference: https://fellowshipknox.org/wl?c=1 (5/5/2019)

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill coming as well as Bridge.