F3 Knoxville

CMUicides

AO: asylum-am
Q: Hands
PAX: Hands, Sawdust, TRC/Crab legs, Matlock (Bill Maddox), Snitch (Cory Beilharz ), Tropicana, P3
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WARMUP: SSH, froggy squats, high knees, butt kickers, Tie fighters, X-wings (2 reps), tempo Merkins, plank work

THE THANG: Carried our coupons over to the dragon’s tail. Did suicides using 5 stops at light poles going up the trail.
Round 1 – 10 goblet squats at the base, 10 jump squats at the light poles.
Round 2 – 10 curl/press; 10 Merkins
Round 3 – 10 swings; 10 Big Bois
Round 4 – 5 CMU man makers; 5 Lt. Dan’s

MARY: About 45 seconds of some balance work.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Winter solstice hike probably Saturday December 21. Location TBA. Stay tuned.

COT: Stars come out in darkness and give other light and show the way. Be thankful for darkness and the opportunity to be someone’s star.

The Little Things

AO: asylum-am
Q: Charmin (John Willis)
PAX: Backflow (Wesley Hunt), Bunny, Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Charmin (John Willis), Cinco (Scott McGuire), Code Brown, Cosmo 2, Farley, Gibbler, Love’s, Matlock (Bill Maddox), P3, Pac-man, Patty Melt (Parker Greene), Sawdust, Waffle House (Brady Greene), Kentucky, Breaststroke (Will Duncan), Tecmo, Shotgun, Newton, White Belt
FNGs: None
COUNT: 22
WARMUP: SSH, Abe Vagodas, Tempo Merkins, lap @ the AO, ISWs

THE THANG:
Mosey to Circus Maximus for 25s with partner running (Merkins and BBS)

Mosey to loop at the dock for bump drill with stations of squats, merkins and BBS

Mosey to Cardiac with 25s of Carolina Dry Docks and Iron Mikes, at each stop, with a Bernie up the to the first curve.

Mosey back to the AO

MARY: no time.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 2nd F lunch at Dead End BBQ

COT: take time to notice the beauty in the mundane. Say hi to a stranger. Wave to someone. Slow down and pay attention to the world around you. As Kurt Vonnegut says, we’re dancing animals.

Ruck Until You Drop

AO: asylum-am
Q: Sawdust , Fabio (Joe Hamilton), bluebird, Tropicana, Matlock (Bill Maddox), Farley
PAX: Sawdust, Tropicana, Matlock (Bill Maddox), Fabio (Joe Hamilton), Farley, bluebird, Jack-Jack 🐕, Rugby 🐕, Betty 🐕
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WARMUP: Wagon Wheel for bluebird

THE THANG: Ruck for 4.78 Miles

MARY: No Time

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Lunch 11/8

COT: Caught Double Wide’s Birthday Q BOM

You Only Get Wet Once

AO: asylum-am
Q: Sawdust , P3
PAX: P3, Breaststroke (Will Duncan), Cinco (Scott McGuire), Double Wide, Love’s, Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Hands, Cosmo 2, Bunny, Fabio (Joe Hamilton), Tropicana, Gibbler, Rainbow, Backflow (Wesley Hunt), Hot Tub (John Muller), Matlock (Bill Maddox), Shotgun, Tecmo
FNGs: None
COUNT: 19
WARMUP:
– SSH
– Tempo Merkins
– Stretching
– Cherry Pickers
– Windmills
– Rockettes (Bunny Style)
– Tie-FIghters
– X-Wings
– Burpees (until the PAX confirmed they were warm)

THE THANG:
– Phase I: Get to the Top
– Peter Parkers at the Base of Baby Everest
– Run to the Summit of Baby Everest
– Manmaker at the Summit of Baby Everest
– Phase II: Stop, Drop & Mosey
– Travel from the Base of Baby Everest to the new Roundabout
– Stops for Big Boy Sit Ups & Merkins
– Phase III: Roundabout Abs
– Pickle Pounders
– Flutter Kicks
– Hello Dollys
– Box Cutters
– Gas Pumpers
– V-Ups
– Sawdust handed the Q off to P3
– Phase IV: Pickled Elevens
– Mosey over to the Pickle Ball Courts for Elevens
– Started with 10 ‘Easy’ Burpees to 1 Iron Mike and went the the 6 was done.
– Phase V: Stairway to Awesome Calf Muscles
– Toe Merkins – Straight Ahead
– Toe Merkins – Pointing Toes Inside
– Toe Merkins – Pointing Toes Outside
– Phase VI: Parking to Crunch on Some Derkins
– Mosey a 1/3 of the way back to the AO
– Three (3) Rounds of Derkins & Crunches

MARY: Final Stretching

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– 2nd F Lunch scheduled for 11/8. Location & Time TBD)
– 9th Anniversary Convergence scheduled for 11/16 at the asylum-daybreak

COT:
– Sawdust handed the :shovelflag: officially off to P3 & P3 shared a little bit of his journey from FNG to AOQ, with a little help from Pac-man.

Blimps at the Asylum

AO: asylum-am
Q: Sawdust
PAX: Backflow (Wesley Hunt), Snitch (Cory Beilharz ), TRC/Crab legs, Hands, Tropicana, Matlock (Bill Maddox), Waffle House (Brady Greene), P3, Pac-man, Grandslam
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WARMUP:
– SSH
– Tempo Merkins
– Stretching
– Tie-Fighters
– X-Wings

THE THANG:
– Phase I: Battle Buddy Up Baby Everest
– Burpees & Bear Crawl Up
– Lt. Dans & Lunges Up
– Imperial Squat Walkers & Inch Worms Up
– Mosey to the Round About with Burpee & Sumo Squat Stops
– Phase II: Round About Ab Work
– Pickle Pounders
– Flutter Kicks
– Box Cutters
– Hello Dollys
– Gas Pumpers
– Phase III: To Merkins Up To The Overlook
– Straight Ahead
– Toes Out
– Toes In
– Phase IV: Extended Route 66
– Add A Merkin at the Q’s Direction

MARY: Dante’s Core

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Plan for a 2nd F Lunch on 11/8. Details to come later.
– :shovelflag: hand off planned for 11/1.

COT: “Being a Christian is Like Being a Pumpkin” (See reply for word)