F3 Knoxville

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THE SCENE
52 and Dreary

 

Welcome and Disclaimer

 

WARM UP
COP

  • SSH (aka Flying Falcons!) x25 IC
  • 5 Burpees
  • Tempo Squats 15 IC
  • Little Arm Circles x10 each Forward and Back IC
  • 5 Burpees
  • Diagonal Lunges x15 IC
  • 5 Burpees
  • Dive Bombers 15 IC
  • Two laps around the parking lot

Mosey to bottom of the hill

 

THA THANG
Jacob’s Ladder
Run up hill, do 1 burpee, run down.  Repeat adding 1 burpee until you get to 7

Mosey to pavilion

 

1-2-3 Pyramid on Benches
Do the following:
1 Box Jump, 2 Decline Merkins, 3 Squats.

Repeat adding one rep to the first exercise and multiplying that number by 2 and 3 for the other exercises until you get to 10, 20 and 30 reps respectively.

Mosey to new parking lot

 

Parking Lot Work
Cones placed at 10, 20, 30, and 40 yards

Circuit 1: Legs

  • 1st cone 10 lunges in place
  • 2nd cone 5 burpees
  • 3rd cone 10 squats
  • 4th cone 5 burpees
  • Round back to start
  • 6 minute AMRAP

 

Circuit 2: Abs

  • 1st cone 10 BBS
  • 2nd cone 10 4ct Dlu
  • 3rd cone 10 Hello Dolly (single count)
  • 4th cone 10 4ct LBC
  • Run back to start
  • 2 rounds

Mosey to bottom of Cardiac Hill.

Stop halfway for 10 Hand-release Merkins

 

Cardiac Circuit
Do the following:

  • Base – 15 Merkins
  • 1st curve – 15 4ct Mountain Climbers
  • 2nd curve – 15 Dry Docks
  • 3rd curve – 10 Iron Mikes (each leg counts)

Mosey to the SP in the parking lot for abs.

 

 

MARY
4ct American Hammers x25 IC

 

COT
16 PAX

 

BOM
Iron sharpens iron is more than just a tag line, it is the heart of what F3 is all about.  Each man, by being part of the PAX, on any given morning is choosing to reject passivity and accept responsibility for himself and the men on his left and right. That is the “secret sauce” of F3.  It is what helps men to see growth in their own lives and impact the world around them.

 

 

Submitted by Cap’n Crunch

Crazy Eights and Synchronized Squats

THE SCENE: Misty and temperature in 40’s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
20 Lateral Leaps, 10 Burpees, 10 Synchronized Squats (for Crawdad), 10 Tempo Merkins , 10 Cherry Pickers, 10 Twisters
THA-THANG:

Mosey to Dragon Tail.  We will do a Route 66 up the Dragon Tail with the following exercises:

  • Mountain Climbers (Four Count)
  • Ice Skaters (Four Count)
  • Star Jumps (Four Count)

The first person to reach the eleventh light (where a cone will be placed) should turn and sweep all men back to the starting point before we begin the next exercise in the sequence.

Mosey to Stop Sign at Northeast Corner of Administration Bldg.  Gander at the view of the river below.

Mosey to Boulder Pile by Admin Bldg Parking Lot.  We will be running clockwise on the road that goes around the Admin Bldg., stopping to perform the exercise(s) written by each cone that will be placed along the road.  We will rinse and repeat after going around the first time. The exercises to be performed at each cone are as follows:

Cone 1 (at boulder pile):  Each man picks up a cinder block weight boulder and does the following:  20 Rows, 20 Overhead Presses, 20 Curls, 20 Squats

Cone 2 (at north end of Admin Bldg parking lot):  Run up and down fire escape at Admin Bldg.

Cone 3 (a few feet from Cone 2):  Bear Crawl to Cone 4.

Cone 4 (located about 20 yards from Cone 3):  Hop to Cone 5.

Cone 5 (located about 20 yards from Cone 4):  20 Merkins

Cone 6 (Located about 20 yards from northeast corner stop sign.):  20 Squats

Cone 7 (Located on east side of admin bldg., 20 yards from northeast corner):  20 Squat Jumps

Cone 8 (Located close to sidewalk leading to front of admin bldg):  Run up steps at front of admin bldg.  Do 20 Box Cutters.  Return back to cone and do 20 lunges (each leg).

Cone 9 (Located about 20 yards west of southeast corner stop sign):  20 Diamond Merkins

The first two men to finish should split up with one man going clockwise and one man going counter clockwise to sweep all men back to the sidewalk that leads to the front of the Admin Bldg.

Mosey to Pavillion.  We will run counter-clockwise to the following locations and do the following exercises:

  • 20 American Hammers, 20 Hello Dollies, 20 Big Boy Sit-ups, 20 Bicycle Kicks

Mosey to AO.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Let’s face it men, we are sinners.  We screw up.  We make mistakes, saying I will never do that again, yet do it again the very next day.  Thankfully, we have a God who truly loves us.  That is so difficult to grasp.  It is easy to think of God as angry and judgmental, ready to jump all over us for our sins.  There are times in our life when we truly hurt, when we truly have messed up and we think, How could God really love me?

Yet, the Bible tells us of God’s overwhelming love for us.  God made and truly loves every inch of you.  Ponder on that today.  God cherishes you.  Thinks about that one.  God is always with you.  Huh, really?  Yes, he is always there, always walking with you.  And this God is a God of grace, all powerful, yet willing to die on the cross for you.  So walk on with that knowledge, that God is fond of you, has your back, and is always there.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Upcoming 3rd F Event will be at Outlook, 8:30 am on March 24.  Praise that Crawdad’s MRI was negative for any tumors!!!!

Building the six-pack

THE SCENE: Beautiful sunny day, cool outside
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
20 Side Straddle Hops, 15 American Hammers, 10 Slow-Timed Merkins, Planks with arm and leg raises, 10 Body Twists
THA-THANG:

Mosey to grassy area to the north of the stop sign at the northeast corner of the administration building.  20 Bicycle Kicks (4 count).

Mosey toward the Lyons Bend Gate Entrance to Lake Shore Park.  Go on trail that hits the road on the eastern side of the road.  We will be sprinting to every fourth light along the trail and then bear crawl to every fifth light along the trail until the trail end at the top of Cardiac Hill.  Then we will do the same routine going back to the road we started from.

Mosey on the park perimeter trail until we reach the bottom of Mt. Everest.  20 Box Cutters.

Sprint up Mt. Everest but stop at the shaded area above the grove of trees that is below the summit.  We will be sprinting in a counterclockwise direction to various locations in this area and performing exercises at each location.  The following are the locations and the exercises to be performed there:

  • Location 1 is at grove of trees below the summit:  Ten Burpees
  • Location 2 is in the flat area at the summit:  20 Bicycle Kicks (four count)
  • Location 3 is at the top of the stairway on Roadshow Run:  20 Star Jumps
  • Location 4 is in the grassy area below the first stairway leading down Roadshow Run:  20 Merkins
  • Repeat above two more times

Mosey to Boulder Pile.  Each man gets a partner.  Each partner team gets one boulder.  The team will do the following exercises, having one partner run to Cone 5 (about 25 yards away), do 10 Squat Jumps there, while the other partner works with the boulder.  When Partner One gets back, Partner Two runs to Cone 5 and does the squat jumps.  This is repeated until the following exercises are completed:

  • Overhead Lifts
  • Curls
  • Lifts from stomach to neck

Mosey to AO

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Isaiah 46:9 ESV

Remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me

Colossians 3:16 ESV

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

Henri Nouwen claims that it is not so much events that shape our lives but the memories we have of those events.  As a psychologist, I believe that is true.  Two people can see the same event, yet perceive and remember it quite differently.  If we can learn to perceive events through God’s eyes (asking what God might be seeing or wanting us to see), then those events, whether happy or sad, will impact us in a different and more powerful way.  We will become better men because we are experiencing those events from a perspective where God is involved with us.  This will impact or memories in a fruitful way and help sew the very fabric of our lives.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Our next 3rd F event will be on Saturday, March 24, 8:30 am at the Outlook (directly behind and above Stephanos on the University of Tennessee strip.

Lapping the Admin Circle

THE SCENE: Cloudy with temperature in low 50’s.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
20 Side Straddle Hops, 10 Burpees, Planks with Arm and Leg Raises, 10 Slow Timed Squats, Michael Phelps
THA-THANG:

Mosey on roadway south until it curves west.  20 Hello Dollies in Cadence

Mosey to stop sign, then turn north toward Admin Bldg.  20 Hello Dollies in Cadence

Mosey north and take roadway that heads toward Admin Bldg Parking Lot.  We will be running around the roadway, looping all the way around the Admin Bldg twice.  Along the way we will see cones.  Each cone has an instruction for an exercise.  The cones and exercises will be as follows:

  • Cone 1:  20 Merkins
  • Cone 2:  Pick up boulder at rock pile.  Do 20 Overhead Presses, 20 Curls, and 20 Lifts.
  • Cone 3:  Run to Fire Escape and go up and down, then run to Cone 4.
  • Cone 4:  40 Baby Crunches
  • Cone 5:  Bear Crawl to Cone 6
  • Cone 6:  20 American Hammers
  • Cone 7:  20 Diamond Merkins (4 count)
  • Cone 8:  Run down and back up stairs, then do 20 Big Boys

After the first man completes the circuit twice, he will sweep back all brothers to last man.  These men will not complete the full circuit.

Mosey to Playground.  We will do elevens starting with 10 bench hops and 1 decline merkin.

Mosey to AO.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Seven brothers with one FNG whom we named “Driftwood.”
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

The following verses are from Matthew 6:  19-21.

19 x“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where ymoth and rust5 destroy and where thieves zbreak in and steal, 20 xbut lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Where do you put your treasure?  So many times, I find myself putting my heart into treasures other than in God.  This is certainly human.  We humans put our treasures in things such as money, having a nice home, being popular, being best at our jobs, making sure our family members are doing the right things.  But what if we were to lose our earthly treasures?  If we do not trust in God, we would surely be lost.  If our heart is in God, we can survive the loss of earthly treasures.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

2nd F event at Abridged Beer Company at 6:30 pm this Thursday.

Sweet Sixteen and Heading to the Finals

THE SCENE: Cloudy, cool, had rained earlier in the morning
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Side Straddle Hops, Cherry Pickers, Windmills, Body Twists
THA-THANG:
Mosey to top of trail at northern end of park.

Starting at cone we will do Route 66 downhill.  The first to get to the cone at the 11th light should turn around and sweep all men back to the first cone.  The following will be the exercises:

  • Mountain climbers (four count)
  • Squat Jumps
  • Carolina Drydocks

Mosey back down trail until we reach area by Big Tree.  20 Merkins

Mosey to perimeter trail on other side of northern park entrance.  20 Merkins

Mosey on perimeter trail to area below Mount Everest.  20 Diamond Merkins

Mosey up Mount Everest to boulder pile near Administrative Bldg Parking Lot.  Each man takes cinder block weight boulder.  We will do the following exercises with boulders:

  • 20 Overhead Presses
  • 20 Curls
  • 20 Triceps
  • 20 Lifts
  • Rinse and Repeat

Mosey to stop sign on Northeast side of admin bldg.  20 Carolina Dry Docks

Mosey to Pavilion by AO

We will do Totem Pole with following exercises. Exercises to be performed for 30 seconds, adding on another exercise each time until we have done all five.  Then we drop bottom exercise, etc. until we finish with last exercise.  Thus, all exercises will have been performed five times by the time we are done.  The exercises are:

  • Burpees
  • Big Boy Sit-ups
  • American Hammers
  • Picnic Table Pull-ups
  • Bicycle Kicks

Mosey to AO

MARY:

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Sixteen men.  One was FNG whom we dubbed “Notorious.” Another man, “Shakespeare”, is transplant from F3 at Columbia, SC.  He now lives in Knoxville and we welcome him!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
The scripture of the day is from Matthew 6: 5-9.

5 “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love xto stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. yTruly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 6 But when you pray, zgo into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. aAnd your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

7 “And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as bthe Gentiles do, for cthey think that they will be heard dfor their many words. 8 Do not be like them, efor your Father knows what you need before you ask him. 9 fPray then like this:  (then the Lord’s Prayer is recited).

When we pray, we do not have to worry about praying with beautiful sentences or big words.  God wants you to be yourself.  God also wants time with you alone.  He made you and desires relationship with you, conversation with you.  Because He wants conversation with you, both talk to Him and listen to Him.  Take time to listen in prayer.  If things happen in your day, ask God what He is wanting you to learn from those things.  What is God trying to tell you?  And remember, when talking to God, that He is Love.  Do not shy away from your father, who created you, who knows you, who loves you.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Coffeeteria Baby!!!