F3 Knoxville

Jazzing it up in the fake gloom – Dec 12

THE SCENE: about 45 and calm skies
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH – 20 IC

Grady Corn – 17 IC

Cherry Pickers – 10 IC

Rockettes – 10 IC

Grady Corns – 18 IC

THA-THANG:
Grab the single CMU (thanks @Lizzy) and mosey to the island parking lot

  • Nickel dime quarter. 5 in start position, 10 at end of lot, 25 back at start position
  • Round 1: Squat Jumps,run to mid point, bernie back half way
  • Round 2: Plank Jacks, run to mid point, karaoke back half way
  • Round 3: Merkins, run to mid point, run back
  • Grab cmu, mosey to covered big chapel.  20 dip OYO
  • Grab cmu, mosey to new back lot.
  • Start playing jazz music in back ground
  • Split into 2 teams: Each team select a ball thrower.  We’re doing Bozo Circus Ball ball throw. Line up at the cone, at the beginning of each round of exercises, each team gets 3 attempts to throw the ball into the basket. make 2/3- no burpees, 1/3 – one burpee, 0/3 – 2 burpees. Do the burpees at the beginning or end of each round.  Do 17 reps of the exercise at home position, then run to end of lot and do 18 reps of the exercise, then run back
  • Round 1: SSH
  • Round 2: American Hammer (2 ct)
  • Round 3: Rocky Balboa (2 ct)
  • Round 4: Star Jump
  • Championship – best of 5 balls, losing team does 5 burpees, winning team runs to mid of lot and returns
  • Mosey back to AO with F6 holding the speaker high in the lead. Pass CMU around as needed
  • at AO, Ring of Fire, Merkins, 2 rounds

MARY:
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COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Use the TAGS on right-side to record PAX (BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOURSELF) in attendance. Be sure to select the AO in CATEGORY above TAGS and then delete these notes!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Significance of 35 and Jazz music- Anniversary of my son Grady (F3 @ Quikrete) passing is Dec 13, he would be 35, he taught me to like Jazz music

Bozo Circus was on WGN starting in 1960 and ran for 40 years in various formats. The ball toss game was called the “Grand Prize Game”, the prize amounts increased with each successive ball in the bucket, the grand prize included cash and a bike, but was rarely won. If you would meet Bozo in any setting in 2023 it would freak people out and he probably would not be accepted, however back in the 1960s til 2000, he was a celebrity, kids wanted to be on his show.  Today, I am pretty sure his sight would scare people away. So, its important to not make quick judgements, first try to understand the situation and background before you pass any judgment, try to meet people where they are, especially in difficult situations and don’t rush to a judgement, criticism, advice (if not asked), or try to be the smarter one.
MOLESKIN:
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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8 Year Anniversary Brolympics Pre-Blast

THE SCENE

Date: Saturday, November 4th, 2023

Time: 7:00am – 9:00am

Location: The Asylum AO

➡️ Register For Our 8 Year Anniversary Brolympics Here ⬅️

Click the link above to register either as a competitor or volunteer. If you’re not competing this year, please consider participating as a volunteer – to help make this event a success. Someone from our Brolympics planning team will reach out to you soon with more info.

THA-THANG:

Our Brolympics team is working on putting on an awesome event to celebrate 8 years of F3 being in Knoxville.  Stay tuned into Slack over the next few weeks as we share some of the things you can expect this year. You’ll also see updates and info in the weekly regional newsletters Kickflip sends out.

⬇️ Check out some of the photos from our anniversary / Brolympics events in the past below ⬇️

Including this epic hype video that La-Z-Boy made

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What you don’t want to do is miss this epic event!  Join F3 brothers from around Knoxville in this epic event of Fitness, Fellowship, and Faith. Iron Sharpens Iron!

-Onstar and the 2023 Brolympics Planning Team

Feb/Aug You vs. You Part 2

AO: asylum-pm
Q: Steam
PAX: Guardrail (Brandon Brown), High Heels (Henry Ritchie), CRISPR (David Smelser), Rooney (Carl Whipple), Swimmies (Nathan Chesney), Butterknife, Brick (Chris Tittle), Median (Luke Brown), Honeydew (Jason Childers), Windex, Blindside (Davis Bodie), Glamper, Lilydipper (John Neece), Pusher, Booster (Les Fout), Drum Major (Mike Johnston), Curveball P (Dave Purcell), Trash Panda, Jeevan Kypa, Welch’s, Lizzy, Ghost Flag (F3Knoxville), Switch hitter, Cheetah Boy, 24
FNGs: 1 24
COUNT: 26
WARMUP:
– 15×4 SSH

THE THANG:
– Mosey to behind the admin building
– Go over the Feb/Aug You vs. You workout
– 1.5 mile (2,400 meter) run for time
– Max BBS in 1 minute
– Partner up. Partner can hold your feet, if desired. Arms crossed at your chest or hands behind your head. Elbows touch your knees on “up”. Shoulders touch the ground on “down”.
– Max merkins in 1 minute
– Partner up. Partner puts his fist on the ground while other does merkins. Chest must touch his fist to count as a rep.
– Max pull-ups
– Max that can be performed before letting go of the bar. No time limit. Modify as necessary if AO lacks a good bar.
– Max burpees in 5 minutes
– Standard “full” burpee with a merkin and a jump. Clap or don’t clap…your choice.

– Mosey to the bottom of the long curve
– BTTW/jail breaker to the flag

MARY:
– SWS for the last 3 minutes

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Forg3: 9/22-9/24. Checkout the #forg3 channel for more info – 4 spots left!

COT:
“3 Strikes And You’re Not Out. There is always one more thing you can do.” – Col. Hal Moore
– From his book On Leadership, and the movie We Were Soldiers
– A lot of times, it can feel very much like “3 strikes and your out.” Maybe it’s “that mistake” or thing that keeps happening, or shortcomings or missed expectations. So what are we to do when we feel like we’ve struck out 3x?
– Take a look at what Jesus says in 2 Corinthians 12:9 — ““But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”
– Maybe the “there’s always one more thing you can do” when you feel like you’ve struck out is turn to Christ – who knows and sees you and your weaknesses – and chooses to love you still. The beauty of this is that it’s not on you to do one more thing, it’s about the love Christ has for you and how much he wants you to come to Him when you feel like you’ve stuck out. Walk in His grace, truth, mercy, and love brothers!

The Birthday Q Burner

AO: asylum-pm
Q: OnStar (Arthur Dias)
PAX: Steam, Pusher, Glamper, Brick (Chris Tittle), Lilydipper (John Neece), Pele (Jon Lindberg), Curveball P (Dave Purcell), Toretto (Larry Seufert), Squirtle (Jason Trammell), Drum Major (Mike Johnston), Abacus (Erik Ella), MD Hammer (Jan Michael Carrillo), Tenderfoot, Ghost Flag (F3Knoxville), Bunker,Scrubs,SwitchHitter
FNGs: None
COUNT: 18
WARMUP: Motivator, 12 squats, Rockettes, baby arm circles, 12 merkins, imperial walkers, 12 BBS
THE THANG: Mosey to the rock. Do 18 merkins and 18 squats while enjoying the view and the 93F weather. Mosey on to the bottom of Pickett’s Charge and battle buddy up. Buddies alternate running the 3 hills (first 1, then 2, then all 3) of Pickett’s doing nickel, dime, quarter squats, while the other alternates between Merkins and Squats until failure
Mosey up to the Coliseum and do 9s at top and bottom, alternating between dips and American Hammers on a 4-count. Mosey back to the AO for 1-minute of LBCs.
COT: It’s never too late to change in life. Your current situation is not set in stone, and you don’t know what God’s plans are for you.

But for change to happen, you need to accept life has different seasons. You need to let go of what holds you back and step into the new. Trust in God and let him guide you forward.

Quantification

AO: asylum-pm
Q: CRISPR (David Smelser)
PAX: CRISPR (David Smelser), Ghost Flag (F3Knoxville), Steam, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Pusher, Swimmies (Nathan Chesney), Doubtfire (Nick Bond), Brick (Chris Tittle), Lilydipper (John Neece), Curveball P (Dave Purcell), Dung Beetle (Scott Kimsey), Guppy (Ben Myhre), Sparkler (Brian Pitstick), Drum Major (Mike Johnston), Glamper, Squirtle (Jason Trammell), Title IX (Christian Prescott), Tri-Delt
FNGs: 1 Tri-Delt
COUNT: 17
Staying in the shade, sort of. Some battle buddy AMRAP rows, press, tricep extensions, squats, curls with alternating runs. Then some merkin, dips, calf raise mix. Finally some core work.

Be careful about quantification. Boiling anything down to a simple number can remove some much of the nuances of life. If you’re going to use metrics and data, know when you’re doing it, and always be mindful that it’s never as simple of a single number. And also, research has shown the more you measure by metrics alone the more likely people conduct unethical behavior.