F3 Knoxville

Tag: Matlock (Bill Maddox)

Layer cake

AO: asylum-am
Q: Hands
PAX: Hands, P3, Matlock (Bill Maddox)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
WARMUP: Stretches, Tie Fighters, parking space foot work

THE THANG: Run up Baby E do 5 of each exercise, point of the dragon’s tail, do 10, back to base of Baby E, do 15. Do exercise 1 first round, 1& 2 round 2 and so on.
1. Merkins
2. Squats
3. Big boi’s (started with Gas pumpers but made my back too cold)
4. SSH
5. Dry docks

MARY: Did a few cards from P3’s virtual deck

ANNOUNCEMENTS: None

COT: Put yourself in the presence of Jesus in prayer. He knows you and wants to spend time with you.

The cure for a weekend

AO: asylum-am
Q: Waffle House (Brady Greene)
PAX: Gibbler, Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Double Wide, Rainbow, Cinco (Scott McGuire), Cosmo 2, Farley, Hands, Matlock (Bill Maddox), P3, Patty Melt (Parker Greene), Tropicana
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
Look I fartsacked on Saturday and missed an epic sledding Q, and my weekend only got lazier from there. I didn’t even bother to check the mail. The goal of today’s Q was to get as much work in as we could without overdoing it.

Secondary goal was to give F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom) the gift of early completion for the day, and we would have succeeded wildly if not for the fact that F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom) was, for all we know, in bed, or doing burpees alone while listening to James Clear podcasts.

My intent was to lightly warm shoulders, not blast them this time, but when I start yapping I lose track of time, so you’re welcome. We warmed up, we guaranteed 10 years of life for all in attendance (you’re welcome again), we moseyed, we hit Cardiac pretty hard, we did 106 burpees.

There was some invented controversy, entirely predictable, as to the timing of the end of the Q. To that I will only say Gibbler that the Q may not always be right, but he’s never wrong.

I flubbed my BOM. Lack of oxygen to the brain.

Vol Walk

AO: asylum-am
Q: Cat Gut (Mike Davis)
PAX: Archie, P3, Bunny, Double Wide, Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Cinco (Scott McGuire), Cosmo 2, Farley, Love’s, Matlock (Bill Maddox), Tropicana, Waffle House (Brady Greene), Fabio
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
WARMUP:Side straddle hop x 20, BBC in Lunge, tempo squats x 10, tempo merkins x 15

THE THANG: 7’s on skunk hill, Vol Walk- 30 V ups, 30 overhead press, 30 lunges with CMU, 15 Walmart Burpies, 30 American Hammers with CMU, lap, 30 Kracken Merkins. 2 times

MARY:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT: Phil. 3:13-14 set spiritual goals for new year.

12 Days of an Asylum Christmas

AO: asylum-am
Q: Sawdust
PAX: P3, Hot Tub (John Muller), Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Breaststroke (Will Duncan), Matlock (Bill Maddox), Cinco (Scott McGuire), Gibbler, Hands, Cosmo 2, F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom), Shotgun, Tecmo
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
WARMUP:
– SSH
– Tempo Merkins
– Stretching (Including Wayne Dunn Wisdom)
– Cherry Pickers
– Abe Vigodas
– Rockettes (Bunny-style)
– Tie-Fighters
– X-Wings (Not TN Rockin’ Chairs)

THE THANG:
12 Days of an Asylum Christmas:
1. [Partridge in a Pear Tree] Squat Thruster
2. [Turtle Doves] Big Boys
3. [French Hens] Cosmic Pickle Pounders
4. [Calling Birds] Monkey Humpers (4-Ct.)
5. [Gold Rings] Man Makers
6. [Geese a Laying] Sumo Squats
7. [Swans a Swimming] Hello Dolly
8. [Maids a Milking] Gas Pumpers
9. [Ladies Dancing] Dancing Bears (4-Ct.)
10. [Lords a Leaping] Jump Squats
11. [Pipers Piping] Lt. Dans
12. [Drummers Drumming] Alt. Shoulder Taps (4-Ct.)

MARY: She was there in spirit, but we didn’t have time for her.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 51 weeks until the next Winter Solstice Hike.

COT:
C.S. Lewis spoke at length about Joy in his book Surprised by Joy

Luke 2:10 – But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all people.”

Happiness & pleasure are fleeting and do not sustain. Joy however is deep in our souls. It comes from knowing the Almighty and His Love for Us. That does not mean that every path will be flat & wide. But carrying this Joy in our hearts will help us weather any storm.

1970 was Easy Listening

AO: asylum-am
Q: Charmin (John Willis)
PAX: Gibbler, Matlock (Bill Maddox), Rainbow, Charmin (John Willis), Cosmo 2, P3, Sawdust, Waffle House (Brady Greene)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WARMUP: Cherry Pickers and then some never ending (54 4 count) SSH

THE THANG:
While listening to a sampling of the Billboard Hot 100 chart from 12/26/1970, do some circuit work. Work our way around the AO parking lot, dropping down to the Coupon Pile, and then up Baby Everest and down the Dragon to start again. Exercises as follows at various stations:
– 20 Merkins;
– 20 Curls with coupon;
– 9 Burpees;
– 54 Flutters;
– 20 Carolina Dry Docks;
– 54 Squats;
– 9 Manmakers;
– 54 LBCs;
– 20 Bonnie Blairs

MARY: Gas pumpers

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Hot toddy triple Q coming up Jan 11

COT: Remembering my dad who shares a birthday with me and passed away in 2017. One of his lessons to me was to challenge my perspective, my assumptions. Always try to see things from other perspectives. Challenge your viewpoint. Are you seeing things as God intended? Or do our selfish desires get in the way?

Bonus: Lots of easy listening when I was born: James Taylor, the Carpenters. Still some Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath in there, too though. :sign_of_the_horns: