F3 Knoxville

Chuck Norris on the Cloud with Diamonds

THE SCENE: Low 40s & foggy
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Yes, all the right things.
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH, TN Rockin’ Chair, Tie Fighters, Rocky Balboas, High Knees, Burpees, Bernie
THA-THANG:
Stations at the Cloud and Pavilion

Station 1:
1 – Table Rows (15)
2 – Step-Ups (10 each leg)
3 – Calf Raises (20)

Station 2:
1 – LBCs (20)
2 – Chuck Norris (10)
3 – X-Factor (10 each side)

Station 3:
1 – Box Jumpers (10)
2 – Bulgarian Split Squats (20 [10 ea. leg])
3 – Imperial Walkers (20 [10 ea. leg])

Station 4:
1 – Diamond David Lee Roth Burpees (10)
2 – Hand Release Merkins (10)
3 – Boxcutters (20 – 4ct.)

Station 5:
1 – Lt. Dan (10)
2 – Carolina Dry Docks (10)
3 – Flutter Kicks (20 – 4ct.)

Station 6:
1 – Freddy Mercury (20 – 4ct.)
2 – Big Boys (10)
3 – Monkey Humpers (20 – 4ct.)

MARY:
15 CPRs with a local coupon, Parking Lot Loop & a good leg stretch
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
14 HIMs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
1 John 5:14-15 instructs us to pray with confidence when we pray from the Heart of God. But we’re reminded that possible answers to our prayers can be: No, Slow, Grow & Go.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Reminder for KARM coat collection.

Crazy 88s or Can I go back to doing burpees now? IPC2

THE SCENE: Sorta cool, but your shirt is still getting drenched with sweat
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Very short:  A few SSHs and some quick X-factors to prep for the IPC, and then a quick mosey to the parking lot on the other side of the Cloud.
THA-THANG:
4 rounds.  Distance covered is always 60 yards.

  • 8 burpees, run to other marker, 8 burpees, run back.  Repeat 11x (for 88 total burpees);
  • Grab your CMU for Squrls (Squats with a curl).  Do 8, CMU carry to other marker, 8 more, etc. x 11 (88 total Squrls)
  • CMU again.  This time, it’s 88 overhead presses in a row, rifle carry to the marker, 88 overhead presses again, rifle carry back to the start.  You are now done with the coupons!
  • Last one:  88 X-factors in a row and either bear crawl or crawl bear to the other marker for 88 more x-factors, then bear crawl or crawl bear (whichever one you didn’t do to get you to the marker) back.
  • Plank it up while waiting on the Six (just kidding – catch your breath)

MARY:
Circle up for some mumblechatter and star gazers
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
From something I heard the other day that’s been pinging around in my head:  “If you have a goal and just keep working toward that goal, the universe will train you.”  I don’t know about that, but I do know that if you want to accomplish anything, the path forward is so much easier when we let God train us.  We do that when our goal is to seek God’s guidance, listen for him, open our hearts and our minds to him.  I find that much, much easier to say than do.  Frankly, it takes a lot of strength to pursue that goal every day. Hence, our verse for the BOM:  “But you, be strong and do not lose courage, for there is reward for your work.”  2 Chronicles 15:7.
MOLESKIN:
Continue praying for Matlock’s father in law and family and their very tough situation.

Also, shout out to Waffle House, who wins beast-of-the-day award.  We were one short on CMUs, so the Q grabbed a coupon from the big rock pile.  Not wanting to cheat, I picked a decent sized rock. It turned out that was the Rock of Pain, very much heavier than a CMU coupon.  After seeing the Q struggle through round 2, he took on the rock and completed the most grueling part of the workout with it.  That is a HIM in action!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill- Sign up!  And we still need guys to help build the obstacles we are responsible for.

IPC Week Zero…

THE SCENE: Twas nice.  60 degrees and no humidity
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Did 20 ssh on the 4ct and some stretching
THA-THANG:

Iron Pax Week Zero Challenge of

  • 100 Merkins
  • 800 meter run
  • 75 merkins
  • 1200 meter run
  • 50 merkins
  • 1600 meter run
  • 25 merkins
  • 2000 meter run

MARY:
Nope
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Philippians 4:8

And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing.  Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable.  Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.  Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me-everything you heard me and saw me doing.  Then the peace of God will be with you.

Dead frog and a huge worm

THE SCENE: Rain held off to just a drizzlie mist. Quite nice actually. The Circus maximus was nice and dry.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

warmup stuff

THA-THANG:

if it ain’t broke…don’t fix it. So I’m rehashing my workouts from this week. Laziness…I think not.
Start at first cone. Do qty of 1 of 1st exercise. Move to next cone, do qty of 2, next cone qty of 3 etc. Total of  10 cones down one side of the Circus Maximus. Run a lap around the lot after completing all cones and go back to where you left off doing same exercise adding up again back to start.  switch to second exercise, then 3rd,4th. While waiting on the six, do LBCs or Al Gores.

exercises with travel movements are:

  • Merkins with runs
  • Squat jumps with bear crawls (every other cone)
  • Dry docks with low Bernie Sanders

apparently the circus maximus is bigger than I thought. We only got through three exercises this time around. Mosey back to the AO for some ab work

MARY:
Freddy mercury‘s, side crunches, LBCs
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
14 pax
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

“Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have laid dormant” Horace (Roman Poet)

we talked about our nation’s wounded veterans and first responders and how they overcome adversity With the help of operation enduring warrior. We discussed the Hardship Hill and how they can get involved.

MOLESKIN:
I missed coming out to the asylum. Great park, great guys, and I love the circus Maximus service. Great mumble chatter this morning as well. Need to come back more often. Don’t have a whole Lotta time for random comments so I’ll leave it at this. Don’t let this be your definition.

Tomorrow: A mythical land where 99% of human productivity, motivation and achievements are stored.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill , Wesley House snacks

 

Ode to Cat Gut

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

Warmed up with 20 SSH on 4ct, 10 tempo merkins, 10 4ct plank jacks, 5 burpees OYO, 6 Cherry Pickers, a little this and that,  and a lap around the parking lot.
THA-THANG:
Partner up for DORA’S.  Partner one grabs rock and performs first part of 150 reps of

  • Curls
  • OH Press
  • Tri Extensions
  • Flutters with Rock

While partner 2 runs suicide.  Switch out when partner 2 is done with one suicide.

When completed mosey down cardiac to Skunk Hill.  Pay our respects to Cat Gut and run up Skunk Hill for 10 burpees OYO.  When done, mosey to base of cardiac.  10 jump squats at bottom, mosey to first curve for 10 more squat jumps, bernie to second curve for 10 squat jumps, then run to top for 20 dips.  6 up did 20 LBC’s in cadence.

Mosey to top of Dragon Tail for a route 66 with merkins.  When done, over to cloud for set of 20 butt touches and 20 step ups.  When done head back to AO

MARY:
Just enough time for some Freddie Mercury and Heal touches.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Romans 10:8

Spoke on the importance of scripture and how it is our guide.  When we face the difficult in our lives, it is a reminder that we are not alone.