F3 Knoxville

Leaning Into the Ache of Advent

AO: asylum-pm
Q: Lilydipper
PAX: MD Hammer, Switchhitter (Tony), Lizzy, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Steam, Drum Major, Duggar, Crash Dummy, Glamper, Abacus, Doubtfire (Nick Bond), Brick, Pusher, Lilydipper, Gridiron, Birdie (Clyteroll Cabual)
FNGs: 1 Birdie (Clyteroll Cabual)
COUNT: 16
WARMUP: Stretches to left toe and stretches to right toe, 20 High Knees, 20 Side Straddle Hops, 10 Twistees, 10 Cherry Pickers, 7 Pterodactyls Forward and 7 Pterodactyls Backward
THE THANG: Mosey to the Caribbean Parking Lot. We will do Candy Canes, starting at the first island and running counterclockwise around the parking lot until we reach the last cone at the end of the candy cane. There will be a cone on every other island. At each cone we will do the exercises listed below. When we reach the end of the candy cane the first person to finish the exercise sweeps everyone back to the starting island. We then do another candy cane with the next exercise. Here are the exercises:
• 10 Shoulder Taps
• 15 Squats
• 20 Merkins
• 10 Lunges
Mosey to the start of the Serpentine Sidewalk where it touches the road. We will do 14’s on the Serpentine Sidewalk until it merges with the Perimeter Trail. We will bear crawl ahead for one light, then run for four lights, then bear crawl for one light and run for four etc. until we reach the perimeter trail.
Next we will get on our sixes and do 20 American Hammers and 10 Gas Pumps.
Mosey to the start of Cardiac. We will run up Cardiac, stopping at each curve in the sidewalk and finally stopping at the benches. Here are the exercise we will do on the way up:
• Curve 1: 20 Carolina Dry Docks
• Curve 2: 20 Hello Dollies
• Curve 3: 20 Decline Merkins
• Benches: 20 Bench Dips
Mosey to baseball field entryway parking lot.
We will go to the center of the parking lot where Doubtfire parked his truck and trailer. Each man will get a CMU out of the trailer. We will do the following exercise in cadence.
• 20 Overhead Presses
• 20 Curls
• 20 Rows
Place the CMUs back in the trailer.
Mosey to the AO.

MARY: 30 Seconds of High Knees
ANNOUNCEMENTS: RoCo Starfish Convergence at Rampart at 7 am this Saturday. Hot Toddy Triple Birthday Q at Asylum Daybreak on Saturday, January 6 at 7 am. F3 Knoxville Winter Convergence at Big Ball, 7 am on Saturday, January 20.
COT: Our brothers Ocho and Kick Flip have been talking about Advent on Slack, urging us to discuss it with our families. What is Advent? For Christians it is the four weeks before Christmas and it represents the waiting for the coming of Christ. But it is more complex and significant than that. It isn’t all about Christmas lights and getting gifts for others while we wait, although those are certainly nice things. Advent represents a yearning for change in the recognition that all is not right with the world. The American Writer and Anglican Priest, Tish Warren, states we need to lean into the ache of Advent, recognizing that the world, racked with conflict, violence, suffering and darkness, needs change. We need a savior. And Christmas represents the coming of that Savior.

Dumb stuff with friends

AO: thequacken
Q: Lizzy , FixerUpper, Z-Pack, Gmail, Glamper, Lizzy, Secret Garden
PAX: Biohazard (Jay Shepherd), Lizzy, 2, 0
FNGs: 1 0
COUNT: 9
WARMUP:
Ssh x 20
Cherry pickers x 20
Baby arm circles x 20
THE THANG:
Indian run with rucks and 60lb friend
Get to stadium then
15x hand release merkins
do stadium
20x Carolina dry docks
Do stadium
25x hand release merkins
Do stadium
Mosey back to ao

MARY: none
ANNOUNCEMENTS: none
COT: let’s take two f3 members we haven’t seen in a while and reach out to today. Then each day this week let’s touch base with one each day or a friend

Ring of Fire

AO: thequacken
Q: Z-Pack
PAX: FixerUpper, Herbie, Lizzy, Gmail
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5

WARMUP:
SSH IC
Abe Vigodas
Cherry Pickers IC
Michael Phelps
Flamingo – Quad Stretch
Tricep and Shoulder Stretch
Tempo Merkins IC
Tempo Squats IC
THE THANG:
4 Stations around the park track. 2 Exercises at each station. 3 minutes at each station.

Station 1 – 10 Burpees, 10 Step Ups each leg. Repeat these two sets for the 3 minutes.

Station 2 – 10 pull-ups, 10 Bruce Lee. Repeat sets, 3 min.

Station 3 – 10 Merkins, 10 Lunges each leg. Repeat sets, 3 min.

Station 4 – 15 Decline Merkins, 15 flutter kicks on 4 count. Repeat sets, 3 min.

We got 2 laps of these 4 stations done before time ran out.

We also did a quick squat ring of fire – 3 reps

MARY:
not today

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Gobbler work out led by Fixer on Friday. Check the channel for details.

COT:
Thankful for God’s provision and providence in our lives. I recounted the story of Squanto and the Pilgrims. If you don’t know about this Native American’s story, look him up. It’s amazing.
We lifted up prayers and then had a coffeeteria. Happy Thanksgiving!

See and do

AO: brickyard
Q: fast-n-easy (Nate Votta)
PAX: Spellcheck, Appleseed, Lizzy, Herbie, Biohazard (Jay Shepherd), fast-n-easy (Nate Votta), Simmons, Gordie, Natty
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP: windmills, squats, LBC, overhead, seal, Moroccan, long lap

THE THANG: apparently quite confusing???

10yrd breakdowns with partners
-Partner 1 10 merkins/ 1 burpee, then run to end and call out partner and SSH till partner joins
-Partner 2 SSH to fail until called out, then 10merkins/ 1 burpee. Then join partner
-Wheelbarrow across the grass field, run back to next 10yrd marker and repeat adding 1 burpee each time.
-When at the grass field, swap wheelbarrow with partner

There was only 7 increments, so top number was 10merkins/ 7burpees

We got off course so we had to do MM to reset the standard a few times.

10 count slow mountain climbers

MARY: flutter kick

COT: realize your issues are not as bad as you may make them out to be. Sometimes our issues just need to be solved or resolved. There is always someone there that can put it in perspective.

Skatepark Beatdown

AO: thequacken
Q: Z-Pack
PAX: Lizzy, Gmail, FixerUpper, Postman (Scott Colby), Trip, John Deere, Big Sky, Boots
FNGs: 1 Boots
COUNT: 9
My 2.0 Trip turned 12 last week. We celebrated his birthday, and he helped out with cadence counts and exercise demonstration.

WARMUP: Greeting and Disclaimer, then…
SSH, IC
Abe Vigodas
Flamingos- Quad Stretch
Baby Arm Circles, IC
Michael Phelps
Tempo Merkins, IC
Squats, IC
Mosey from AO to Skatepark

THE THANG:
AMRAP – 6 exercise stations and a bear crawl.
Station 1 – At low rail do 2 manmakers, jump over rail, do 2 manmakers. Repeat for 12 total manmakers.
Station 2 – at tall sloped wall- climb over wall, at bottom do a merkin, climb back over wall do a merkin. Repeat for 12 total merkins.
Station 3 – there is a low curved wall. Do box jumps down the length of the wall.
Station 4 – Do 24 LBCs
Station 5 – At hand rail with steps to calf raises – 12 reps each leg
Station 6 – 12 Decline Merkins
Mosey back to other side of skatepark, then bear crawl the length of the skatepark.
Mosey back to Station 1 and repeat the circuit.
At 0605 we jogged back to the AO
MARY:
Hello Dolly IC
Freddie Mercury IC
Bruce Lee IC
Low Plank 1 min.
Flutter Kicks IC
Thor Hammer IC
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
none
COT:
Trip shared inspiration from his study of George Washington – sacrificial leadership, bravery.

Prayer Time – lifted up requests