F3 Knoxville

Mr. Spectacular and the Victory Lap

THE SCENE: 71 and muggy but we did not get mugged! Saw a Fox on the Ruck!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Everything based on OCHO! Team OCHO won the HHH 10 hr race so why not celebrate it with reps of 8!

SSH x 8 iC

Rockettes x8 IC in a circle with Tank calling the cadence

Squats x 8 IC

Merkins x8 IC

Shoulder taps x8 ic

Mr. Spectacular x8 OYO . Mr. Spectacular is easy if you do one, but do LOTS and LOTS of them and they suck!. Put the CMU on the ground, feet on either side of the CMU, bend over and put your hand son the ground in front of your feet, walk your hands out until you are in the push up/plank position, do a MERKIN and walk your hands back to your feet, pick up the CMU and do a thruster. repeat that about 100 times and let me know how you feel, spectacular! Not……..
THA-THANG:

  • Partner up  and make a victory lap to the Matterhorn. Partner one Farmer Scurries(run or fast walk) with 2 CMU while P2 stays behind and does 8 merkins and 8 squat jumps. Once done P2 runs to catch P1. P1 hands off CMUs to P2 and P2 takes off while P1 stays back for 8 merkins and 8 sq jumps. You get it? Do this all the way to the Base camp of Matterhorn.
  • We had 28 so we stayed with our partner. P1 ran halfway up Matter horn and does 8 Big boys(incline) while P2 stays at the bottom and does 8 Mr. spectaculars. Switch out when P1 runs back. P1 now does Mr. Spectacular and P2 runs up and does 8 big boys
  • We do this with the goal of running up the matterhorn 8 times…imagine that, 8 times!
  • Well, due to time, I think we ran up the hill 5 times. Some may have ran 6 and some may have run 4. Either way, we kept moving and NO ONE stopped! Way to work men!
  • You all are Spectacular!
  • Partner up and complete the victory lap back to the AO. Again with P1 cmu farmer scurry and P2 does exercises. then run to catch and switch up….

MARY:
Just under 5 mins left for mary…

LBC x8 ic

Flutters x8 ic

Dollies x 8 IC

Proton Parkers x8 IC

Box cutters x8 IC

Plank the last 20 seconds

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
28 MR> SPECTACULARS where on hand for the Celebration of Team Ocho! 2 FNG, Fax and Flashback, welcome!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
HIM ( High Impact man) or as Detention puts it. Humble Invest Mental. The acronym that I love and used it on TANK. he exuded ALL three this past weekend and really, the past several months, planning for the Hardship Hill event. Tank put himself last and his HUMBLE disposition was apparent(by the way, I know Tank pretty well and he is a SMARTASS too, LOL!!). He INVESTED himself for the sole purpose of raising money for OEW by dedicating a tone of time and effort into the Hardship Hill race. With the stresses of putting on such an event, he showed MENTAL toughness through out and never waivered on his attitude. Not to say deep down(like all of us) he was stressing a little, but he NEVER burdened anybody with his stresses about the event. He was always positive. Truly a HIM and I am proud to call him my F3 brotha but more importantly , my friend!
MOLESKIN:
Don’t be like Tank, be your self but take the “HIM” and apply it to your everyday actions. I know I need to! Love you guys!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:Tank, when the hell is the next one!? LOL!

Race recovery run

THE SCENE: 57 and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

We stretched some.
THA-THANG:
We ran around the park.

When we got to the playground on each lap we did 10 pullups.

When we got back to the AO we did 20 Merkins.

We did 3.5 long laps with the extra section that Frosty says makes each lap a true mile.

MARY:
No Mary at this AO

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

MOLESKIN:
This was the first run after Tank’s Hardship Hill Obstacle Course Race on Saturday.  My legs were not 100% back to normal yet, but it was good to be out and moving again.

WallBall decided 3.6miles wasn’t enough for him and had to finish out the 4 miles.

We welcomed Bueller back after a long abscence.

Also my apologies to Swirlie who I told to go lift because I thought I’d be the only one running. My bad bro.

Little baby mosey

THE SCENE: 55 and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Stretch OYO
THA-THANG:
Mosey around the park.

Mosey to the soccer field and do wind sprints.

Mosey around the park some more.

MARY:
Not applicable
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

MOLESKIN:
We were working on just breathing…

We welcomed back Doublewide who we haven’t seen in awhile.  So much so that he grew a beard and no one recognized him.  I mean like serious mountain man meets hipster beard.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill this weekend, there is still time to sign up.

Cinco Repeticiones

THE SCENE:  in the 60’s felt like summertime

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Tempo squats x10
  • Merkins (4ct) x10
  • Imperial walkers (4ct) x10
  • LBAC fwd/bkwd

THA-THANG:

  • Long Island BLIMPS
    • 3 Laps around the island with BLIMPS x 5 at each end of the island
  • mosey to watt rd parking lot.  Stop along the way for Groucho Walk across the boardwalk.   Then partner fireman carry the length of the baseball field.
  • Watt Rd lot
    • Battle buddy up and wheel barrow across the parking spaces.   Every 5 spaces the bottom man does 5 merkins and switch places with buddy.  Go to end of parking spaces and back to start.
  • Hill by Soccer Field
    • 5’s with Round the Clock Merkins at top and lunges at bottom
  • Soccer field
    • Game of sharks & minnows.  4 sharks in middle.  All other PAX try to make it across without being tagged.  Penalty is 5 burpees if you’re tagged.
  • Mosey back to AO.  Groucho walk the boardwalk again.

MARY:

  • Captain Thors
  • Side crunches x15 per side
  • Superman swims

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
13 strong:  Mayberry, Frosty, La-Z-Boy, Butters, Shooter, Cosmo, Cornhole, Wagonwheel, Booger, Black Lung, Waxjob, Swirlie, Bartman

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Servant leadership.  It’s important.  Take time to be a servant leader to your wife, co-workers and peers.

MOLESKIN:
Lots of fun and laughs today as we fully embraced our inner Cinco de Mayo.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship hill is May 19th

Mayday

THE SCENE: Beautiful morning. Clear and perfect
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA 

SSH X29,

Mosey Around outhouse

Cherry pickers x5
Tha Thang
Partner up, mosey with 1 CMU per duo up towards boats
Stop at 1/2 way at guardrail
Dora:
100 declines
150 CMU squats
200 presses
While partner runs up to top and back (60+ yards)
Mosey to boat
One partner runs to light pole with CMU
while other does burpees. Partner 1 runs back and tags partner 2 and both run to CMU. Repeat switching partners each time.
 10 burpees OYO
At steps:
Stand beside each other.  15 squats total passing CMU each time. Repeat but switch sides. For total of 30.
Run up to rock at restaurant
Repeat x3
 10 burpees OYO
Return back towards AO stopping at each light pole as before but doing LBCs.
Mosey To guardrail again for mini Dora 100 merkins while partner runs to top again
 20 incline merkins on guardrail
mosey to AO for 35 Flutterkicks
COT 12 Pax
BOM
 Story from Rabbi Abraham Twerski

“‘Young man. Why are you eating that fish?’ The young mans says, ‘Because I love fish.’ He says, ‘Oh. You love the fish. That’s why you took it out of the water and killed it and boiled it.’ He says, ‘Don’t tell me you love the fish. You love yourself, and because the fish tastes good to you; therefore, you took it out of the water and killed it and boiled it.’

“So much of what is love is fish love. Young couple falls in love. Young man and young woman fall in love. What does that mean? That means that he saw in this woman someone who he felt could provide him with all of his physical and emotional needs, and she felt in this man somebody she feels that she can write, that was love, but each one is looking out for their own needs. It’s not love for the other. The other person becomes a vehicle for my gratification.

“Too much of what is called love is fish love. An external love is not on what I’m going to get but I’m going to give. We had an ethicist rabbi Dessler, who said, ‘People make a serious mistake in thinking that you give to those whom you love, and the real answer is you love those to whom you give.’

His point is if I give something to you, I’ve invested myself in you. Since self-love is a given, everybody loves themselves, now that part of me has become in you, there’s part of me in you that I love. True love is a love of giving, not a love of receiving.’

MOLESKIN:
Not a lot of chatter this morning, I’m assuming that means it was a good workout?…
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Prayers for families struggling, praise for friends marriage issues on right road