F3 Knoxville

Crazy 8s with “light recovery”

AO: asylum-am
Q: P3
PAX: Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Gibbler, Rainbow, Bunny, Matlock (Bill Maddox), Charmin (John Willis), Woodpecker, Code Brown, Tropicana, Double Wide, Sawdust, Hot Tub (John Muller), Cosmo 2, Hands, P3, Newton
FNGs: None
COUNT: 16
WARMUP:
SSH – 20
Windmills – 10
Tie Fighters – 15 each
Michael Phelps – 20 on your own
Cherry Pickers – 5
Tempo Squats – 10
Tempo Murkins – 10
Deep Squat – hold for 20 seconds

THE THANG:

Two figure 8s around the overlook and Asylum with 8 stops along the way, followed by a light recovery session (down and back up Everest) between rounds.

4 Stations:
– Station 1 – 50 Reps
– Round 1 – LBCs (Single Count)
– Round 2 – Hello Dollies (Single Count)
– Station 2 – 20 Reps
– Round 1 – Man Makers
– Round 2 – Burpees
– Station 3 – 50 Reps
– Round 1 – Squats
– Round 2 – Alternating Lunges (Single Count)
– Station 4 – 20 Reps
– Round 1 – Carolina Dry Docks
– Round 2 – Merkins

MARY: Trip down the river in self propelled water vessels with the one and only @Cat Gut.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Convergence at BigBall on the 20th. Hot Toddy Bday Q TOMORROW
COT: Fight the temptation to compartmentalize the Lord, Lean on him in everything.

Burpees, Hills, and one FNG

AO: asylum-am
Q: F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom)
PAX: Matlock (Bill Maddox), P3, Tropicana, Hands, Donelson Leake, F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom), Young Trey Leak who is now @grandslam
FNGs: 1 Young Trey Leak who is now @grandslam
COUNT: 6
WARMUP:
The best of Coach Dunn, loose groins, SSHx20, hurdle stretch, Cherry 🍒 pickers,

THE THANG:
First trip to the benches: five picnic table  pull-ups, 10 dips, five Burpee‘s plus a lap around the building R&Rx5
Run to base of cardiac hill:
Pick a rock time followed by 10 curls +10 overhead thrusters. Rock work, followed by a run to the top of the hill with a Burpee in each corner for a total of five Burpee‘s. R&Rx3
Second trip to the benches: 10 box jumps 10 decline, Merkins followed by a lap around the building. R&Rx5

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hot toddy, Q coming up

COT: please keep Tiki and his family in your prayers.
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Stand Rooted

AO: asylum-am
Q: Gibbler
PAX: Charmin (John Willis), Hot Tub (John Muller), Double Wide, Cosmo 2, Rainbow, Gibbler, Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Bunny, Love’s, Coolio (Greg Fox), Sawdust, Matlock (Bill Maddox), P3, Hands, @Newton, @Tropicana, @woodpecker
FNGs: None
COUNT: 17
WARMUP: tie fighters, Grady corn, SSH
THE THANG: mosey to islands. 10 merkins, BBS and Squats each lap with decreasing by 2 from 20 with Picklepounders, Rocky balboa? Flutter kicks, crunchy frog, froggy squat, shoulder taps and step ups.
MARY: captain thor
ANNOUNCEMENTS: triple birthday Q and convergence
COT:psalm 1. Be planted and know the truth

Weighted Christmas

AO: asylum-daybreak
Q: Cart Girl (John Sadler) (Chatt, TN)
PAX: Matlock (Bill Maddox), Choir Boy, High Heels (Henry Ritchie), Brick, CRISPR, Steam, Qbert, Tropicana, Pac-man, Scully
FNGs: 1 Scully
COUNT: 11
WARMUP: Side Straddle Hop, Imperial Walkers, Static Squat
THE THANG: Partner workout. Everyone carried a weight- ruck, coupon, or CMU. While one partner shuffled from the playground to the pavilion (doing 5 incline merkins in the pavilion), the other partner did AMRAP exercises listed on the whiteboard. Each exercise on the whiteboard correlated to a song on the Christmas playlist. Once the song changed, we moved on to the next exercise.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Dec. 25 OTB 0530 workout. Jan. 1 polar plunge. Jan. 20 convergence.
COT: 1) Invite ALL types of men to F3. 2) Let your speech inside F3 be encouraging and up-building to others. Speak in ways that strengthen others’ desire to be here. Aye.

Santa Claus is Going to Town

AO: asylum-am
Q: Coolio (Greg Fox)
PAX: Double Wide, Bunny, Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Charmin (John Willis), Cosmo 2, Hot Tub (John Muller), Rainbow, Waffle House (Brady Greene), Matlock (Bill Maddox), P3 (Jordan Simmons), Cinco (Scott McGuire), Love’s, Frenchie, Tropicana, UnicorNewton, Sambo #5
FNGs: 1 Sambo #5
COUNT: 16

WARMUP: yog around lot and up Baby Everest. Divvy up gifts
THE THANG: Dirty Santa/white elephant/Yankee swap

open a gift. lead ladder of
5 merkins
10 Big Bois
15 mountain climbers
20 SSH
25 squats
random runs and random intervals

the penalty for stealing a gift was draconian. 10 burpees followed by toting 100 lb weight up Baby Everest
not fact verified

gifts included an axe, the return of the Unicorn mask, an autographed pic of Coolio, REI gift card, lots of hand warmers,bbq rub and jerky. Free one hour massage from White Belt, giant Kit Kat Bar and a live gerbil

MARY: yes she was integral to the Christmas story

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Charmin was talking about the Soviet Union (fondly one can presume) and drowned out this part

COT: Read Luke 2. As prophesied back in Isaiah….Gibbler smells