F3 Knoxville

Take The High Road

THE SCENE: Somewhat cool, not too shabby
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Cherry Pickers, Tempo Squats, Flutter Kicks (x50, hehe), Tempo Werkins, TN Rock’n Chair
THA-THANG:
1) Alligator Crawl 50 yards, 3 Double Burpees, Frog Jump 50 yards, 3 Double Burpees

2) Side Straddle Run parking lines across the entire large student lot

3) 11s at L shaped drive-thru: Squat Wall Jumps — Body Builders

4) 7s at same location: London Bridges — Donkey Kicks

5) 100 yard Sprints, 1st place calls Ab Ex after each sprint. We did American Hammers (x50) Freddie Mercuries (x50) and LBCs (x50)

MARY:
N/A
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
17 men, 1 FNG: welcome “Mermaid!”
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
From a recent work experience of the Q :

Take the highroad when you receive harsh criticism undeservedly.  Often, after the other person realizes their error, it opens an awesome door to share the Gospel – the same grace and forgiveness that makes you as a believer tick.  Follow what God says about these situations: rich in kindness, slow to anger. Then let Him work through you.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

The Tree-biscuit

THE SCENE: What is this 59 degrees in July??

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

Fitness Faith Fellowship?  Fellowship Faith Fitness?  Fellowship Fitness Faith? Couldn’t get it right.  🙂
WARM-O-RAMA:
10 SSH, 10 High Knees, 5 Merkins, 5 Freddy Mercuries, 5 Hand Release Merkins, 5 Moon Dancers, 5 Wide Merkins, 5 Windmills, 5 Diamond Merkins, 5 Cherry Pickers, 5 Carolina Dry Docks, 5 Inchworms, 5 Peter Parkers, 5 Tennessee Rockin Chairs, 10 High Knee Squat Jumps…  AND Introducing the Burpee Destroyers.

The Burpee Destroyers are:

  • Drop down to face then to plank
  • 1 Plank Jack
  • 1 shoulder tap (left and right)
  • Drop down to elbows
  • 1 rainbow drop (left and right)
  • Frog Up  (Legs up underneath you up to squat jump)

THA-THANG:  The Tree-Biscuit

Just like the Jaws theme, this workout is SUPER simple with only two notes, but oh so terrifying and challenging.  This workout had just two elements running and burpees.  We ran to every tree, stopped, called out the tree number and did a burpee. That’s it!

Within 25 minutes we managed to tag 156 trees with burpees.  I mistakenly ended the workout at 6:05 since I thought we’d be totally toast and would then need some larger recovery time.  Turns out the hungry beasts wanted a Mary too.  So next time we’ll do the whole 45 minutes and aim for hitting 200 burpees.  Usually I go way over time and catch heat for that… Turns out I catch more heat for ending early.  #still-a-rookie

MARY:

  • 5 Burpee Destroyers
  • 10 Burpee Penalties for saying Fitness Faith and Fellowship instead of Fitness Fellowship and Faith. (The Judge brought the hammer down)
  • 30 Pickle Pounders
  • 25 Freddy Mercuries
  • 25 Tempo Merkins

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Current stressors have me totally scatter brained. I could barely count to five during the warm up. Totally spaced on the Mary and the timing. So preached to myself and others about resting in the lord and finding peace in him.

Psalm 37:7 Rest in the Lord and wait [b]patiently for Him;

Psalm 46:10He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
    I will be exalted among the nations,
    I will be exalted in the earth.” 

Isaiah 40:31 Yet those who [a]wait for the Lord
Will gain new strength;
They will [b]mount up with [c]wings like eagles,
They will run and not get tired,
They will walk and not become weary.

Here’s hoping and praying that all my brothers find some peace amidst the storms today.

Amen!

MOLESKIN:
Apologies for ending early!  It won’t happen again! lol.  😉
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Call out and challenge to all the other AO’s to see how many trees they can tag with burpees when they do the TREE-BISCUIT challenge (I’m lookin at you Asylum)!!!!!

The Guardrail Shuffle

THE SCENE: only 76 degrees but felt like 90.  Sticky as all get out.
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, Merkins, Lunges, Freddy Murcuries, Side Lunges, American Hammers, Burpees
THA-THANG:  The Guardrail Shuffle

25 Minute AMRAP of this loop.

Start at guard rail.  Do 10 Derkins (feet on the guard rail).  In between each Derkin (decline merkin) do one side crawl (shuffle) to the right while keeping your feet on the guard rail.  So you remain declined for the whole set of 10 Derkins.  Then stop your Derkins and get up and do 10 burpees.  Then go back to the guard rail and do 10 more shuffling Derkins followed by 10 more burpees.  Finish the set with 5 Sh-Derkins and 5 burpees.

Then do 25 (single count) Lunges, moving towards the corner stop light (entrance to JUCO).  After Lunges, mosey to stop light.

At the stop light do a backwards bear crawl down the street (~35 yards) to the mid way light pole.  Then turn around and do a fowards bear crawl to the next stop light which is almost to the parking lot entrance.

Finish up the loop by sprinting (100%) from the parking lot entrance to the beginning of the guard rail where we started.   Mark your lap (reps) down on chalk.   ~6 minute rounds.

We almost completed three rounds but wanted to leave a little time for a little Burpee Machine Mary.

MARY:
5 minutes of an enlarged “Burpee Machine” .  5 stations of a continuous de-constructed burpee.  1) Plank 2) Merkin 3) Frogs (knees to elbows — forgot this station) 4) Squats 5) Squat Jumps 6) SSH

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Continuing the Parenthood weekly theme – God is our perfect father. He is loving and gracious to you fathers. He is the perfect example of 1 Corinthians 13.  Seek him and lean on him during your times of fathering your own children.  Little by little (as a father does) he will grow you, give you more, challenge you more.  Ask from him, and he hears and gives . He does not give stones or snakes , but instead gives good gifts that fulfill and sustain us.

Matthew 7:7

[c]Ask, and it will be given to you; [d]seek, and you will find; [e]knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. Or what man is there among you [f]who, when his son asks for a loaf, [g]will give him a stone? 10 Or [h]if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he? 11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him!

Referenced a long time favorite pastor of mine and his series “A Perfect Father” (Louie Giglio) https://passioncitychurch.com/gathering/a-perfect-father/

MOLESKIN:
Pray for Mandoline’s buddy who is / has gone through a 5 heart bypass surgury.  And our wives who are feeling stressed during job transitions.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Cheer on Fast-N-Easy as his Brickyard competes in a 7 minute Burp-off tomorrow.  I think this months challenge is burpee totals. So stay tuned for an up and coming “utterly stupid” (CSOP??) & “seabiscut” combo thing-a-magiggy I’ve dreamed up to add some excitement to just doing regular burpees.

Setting Records

THE SCENE: Muggy!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

15 SSH, 15 Mountain Climbers, 10 Tempo Merkins, 15 Moroccan Night Club, 10 Tempo Squats, 10 Windmill

THA-THANG:
Mosey to JUCOmanjaro.  We are going for a personal Q record today: 3 times up the mountain!  There are 4 pain stations beginning at the bottom along the way up the climb.  At each station, there are three exercises.  One exercise will be performed each time up the climb.  Do your best to run between each station.

  • 15 burpees, 15 Peter Parkers w/ merkin, 15 Mountain Climbers IC
  • 20 Merkins, 20 Diamond merkins, 20 Carolina dry docks
  • 30 Squats, 30 Lunges (total), 30 Jump squats
  • 15 Flutter kicks IC, 15 Freddie Mercury IC, 15 side crunches each side

MARY:
No time!
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
13 today at JUCO
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
One of the most difficult things to do is parent.  It is a big responsibility and I struggle every day.  I am reminded of Proverbs 22:6 – “Train a child up in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not depart from it.”  To be honest, I am scared that I am not training my children the way I should and I am fearful of where they will be one day because of the influence I had.  I encourage you to share your experience with others and encourage them to lead by example and truly consider how our lives impact those watching us.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
VQ on Friday:  Commission!

The Super Kraken

THE SCENE: 73°F, Gloomy and Muggy
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA: (all IC 4-count)

  • SSH x36  IC 4-count
  • Merkins x12 OYO
  • Imperial Walker x36  IC 4-count
  • Merkins x12 OYO
  • Imperial Squawkers x36 IC 4-count
  • Merkins x12 OYO

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the ORHS Front Circle
Super Kraken (its a big loop):
Complete exercises at each cone and keep running around the ORHS Front Circle. Rinse and repeat until time is up.

  • Cone 1 – Jump Squats x36
  • Cone 2 – Shoulder Taps (4ct) x36
  • Cone 3 – Mountain Climber 4ct x36
  • Cone 4 – Squats x36
  • Cone 5 – Smurf Jacks x36
  • Cone 6 – Merkins x36
  • Cone 7 – Dry Docks x36
  • Cone 8 – Lunges x36 (18 each leg)

Mosey back to SP

MARY:

  • Flutter Kicks x36 IC
  • Stretching Flow: touch the sky–> touch your toes–> touch the sky–> touch your toes–> leg stretch–> leg stretch

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Rocket, Chaco, Erector, Frenchie, Snaggletooth, Kickflip, Trolley, Archie (QIC)

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
As a parent it is important to:
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.”
‭‭Proverbs 3:5 ESV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/59/pro.3.5.esv
God is in control of how your kids turn out. Be faithful and do what you think He is telling you to do. Trust in God for the outcome.

MOLESKIN
Recommendations from Frenchie for next year:

  • Give the PAX the option to skip 1 cone at their own choosing, but they still have to run the associated lap. It’s like a birthday present to the PAX 🙂
  • Make any 10 count rest a 36, or next year a 37 count