F3 Knoxville

Tag: Mayberry

Climbing the ladders

THE SCENE: 40 and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Mosey around the outhouse

3 rounds of Tababta

  • Jumping lunges
  • Lizard hops
  • Squat tuck jumps
  • Handstand kicks

THA-THANG:
Agility ladders on the tennis courts, 5 rounds of each exercise

  • 1 foot per square
  • 1 hand per square
  • 2 feet per square
  • 2 hands per square
  • Icky shuffle
  • Hand icky shuffl
  • Lateral 1 foot per square
  • Lateral 1 hand per square
  • Lateral 2 foot hops
  • Lateral 2 hands per square
  • Lateral Merkins each square
  • 2 hops forward 1 hop back
  • Merkins inside outside

MARY:

We were gonna repeat the Warm-o-rama but had to settle for one round of John Travoltas

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

16 total. Welcome FNG Wagon Wheel
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Intensity – the quality of being intense.  Synonyms for intensity – strength, power, potency, force.

We can talk all day long about what level on intensity we bring to an F3 workout and how someone should step it up or step it down.  However, what level of intensity are we taking when it comes to:

  • Work?
  • Family?
  • Friends?
  • Kids?
  • Faith?

We need to increase our level of intensity in all these and stop being selfish.  We need to put God first, everyone else second, and ourselves third.

MOLESKIN:
We tried something new that I have never done at an F3 workout.  Internally you worry that it won’t be good enough, or that it won’t work out like you have planned.  But in the end the PAX had fun, got a little sweaty, and did some really good work.  That is all that matters.  #ISI

PS there were a lot of other drills for the agility ladders but we ran out of time.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill OCR May 19

The Lone Runner :(

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THE SCENE: 39 and rainy

THA-THANG:
Run around the park

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
1 – me.

Honorable mention to Swirlie even though he left to hit the weights.

MOLESKIN:
As I plodded along by myself on this cold wet morning I began to envision all the ways to publicly embarrass my fellow PAX who fartsacked this soggy day.  My initial thoughts were about how the PAX are constantly complaining about needing a break on longer mosesys, or always gasping for breath after less than a mile run.  I was confused as to why they wouldn’t want to get better.  And I was frustrated about being in the gloom alone.

However, as I ran God changed my thoughts.  I began to think of how Jesus must have felt preaching, teaching, and talking to people about how He was God’s son, sent down from heaven to save our souls.  He met with people who were ostracized from society, tax collectors, prostitutes, lepers, and yet these are the people He chose to associate with and help.  He loved those who were discarded, like the poor, weak, lame, and children.  He also faced resistance at every turn from the people who were unbelievers, and especially the pharisees and lawyers who wanted him prosecuted.  Yet, He still continued to push on with the message of salvation.  He carried the burden on the cross, and He just kept going.

I wondered if He ever got frustrated or angry.  You know where maybe He just wanted to reach out and backhand the unbelievers and naysayers.  Or grab them by the face and yell, “HOW DO YOU NOT GET THIS?  I AM HERE TO SAVE YOU!”

The answer was soon easily clear. When Jesus met with folks who “didn’t get it”, He didn’t get upset with them, punish them or ridicule them.  Instead He grieved for them.  (Mark 3:5.)  And even when they didn’t believe, He encouraged them to have just a little faith.  (Matthew 17:20).  He also realized that He couldn’t do it alone, so He sought counsel with God through prayer.  (Matthew 26:36-39, Luke 11:1, Mark 14:32, Luke 6:12, Luke 18:1, Matthew 19:13-15, Luke 9:28, Luke 3:21, Mark 1:35….well you get the point.)   Finally, He made His message clear, and He straight up told people that the only way to know God was through knowing Him. (John 14:6).

While there are many things in this world we do not understand, especially the actions of others, our job is not to condemn, punish, or ridicule them.  Our job is to walk with them in love, laughter, sadness, or whatever we call life.  The end goal is that in walking with them, hopefully they will come to know Jesus.

Isn’t it strange how He can take a solo run on a rainy Monday morning and put a little perspective in it?

Harry Hood

THE SCENE: Chilly and Wet

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 30 IC

Short mosey

Merkins IC 10

Mike Fphelps

THA-THANG:
Hand release merkins x 30

American hammers x 30 4ct

Run 2 laps

Ranger merkins x 30

E2K- 15 each side

Hand release burpees x 30

Outlaws 15 each direction

Oyo (30 reps of whatever you want hunk)

Drydocks x 30

Between each exercise there is a run to the midline

 

Mosey to Electric cowboy

Sprints and Swims x2

Calf raises and wall sits x2

Helped Tank pitch a tent

Mosey to concrete bench

11s

Squats and Box Jumps

MARY:
Flutter Kicks IC x 50
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I asked a friend who lives in Jamaica if he wanted to share something with us. This what he told me.

I was shot in 1979. I had three kids. They were six, four, and two. I was looking at death’s door after being shot, and Jamaica was certainly worse back then. While waiting to die in the hospital I asked God to keep me alive until my girls were 15 and 12, and until my boy was 13. This is the point where they could stand for themselves. I was in the hospital for 18 months before I was sent to the infirmary. While in the infirmary, I did not see my kids for many years. One day, I was at the gate. At the gate, I saw my children at the age I prayed for. I say all of this to show that we must have faith in God. In everything He will work things out for us if we put our trust in Him. Blessed Love

Psalms 85. 10-13

Love and faithfulness meet together;
    righteousness and peace kiss each other.
 Faithfulness springs forth from the earth,
    and righteousness looks down from heaven.
 The Lord will indeed give what is good,
    and our land will yield its harvest.
 Righteousness goes before him
    and prepares the way for his steps.

 

MOLESKIN:
Happy birthday Sparky
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill…. Get on it u filthy animals

Masters of the Blockee!

THE SCENE: 50s w a bit of chill in the air
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Bear crawl in line to the tennis court, Line up for jog across courts, high knee skips, crawl bear, and jog.

Mosey back to the AO for Monkey Humpers x20, SSh x20, Merkins x10 all IC. Rows for bros with the CMU x20 IC, Blockees x5, CMU curls x20 ic, 5 more Blockees OYO.
THA-THANG:

Mosey down to the base of the parking lot next to the pee rocks with CMU for DORACIDES

  • 75 blockees, 150 curls, 200 CMU goblet squats
  • P1 does said exercise while P2 does suicides. first cone 1 burp, 2nd cone 2 burps, and 3rd cone, 3 burps, run back to your partner and switch, keeping cumulative count of reps between partners
  • If you finish early, P1 Planks while P2 does 20 flutters IC, switch, rinse and repeat until all pax complete the Doracides
  • Blocklee dan back to the AO. 4 lunges w CMU, 2 Blockees. Continue this until half way. I cut it short to get in some mary

MARY:
5 more blockees, Dead head led us in Flutters IC, Hello dollys x10 ic, Slutters x10 IC, Supermans x10 IC, pickle pounders x10 IC, and J-LOs x10 IC
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
29 including 1 FNG, PINK EYE. Welcome!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Chase the Lion Manifesto!. Instead of me typing it up here, google it and it will come up. Capn Crunch read this to us at one of his Q’s for his BOM one morning. It has stuck with me and I try to read it every so often to get a life check. Its short and sweet but means so much to me. Thank you for sharing Capn! I love to share it with others.
MOLESKIN:
I miss seeing my bros at the Dog Pound. So many AOs and so many great HIMS out there that I look up to at all the different AOs. I encourage more Pax to go visit other AOs to meet others and grow our community. Not saying to stop going to the one closest to you, but one morning every once and while, wake up a little earlier and drive a little further to visit other AOs and meet the HIMs that make their particular AO special. Thanks to all the HIMS at all the AOs for being who you are, leaders!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

Bunny mosey

THE SCENE: 57 and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Stretched on our own.  Swirlie came in on two wheels but made the start.
THA-THANG:
Mosey the long way to the cush field:

  • High skip knees x 2, mosey back to start
  • Side hop x 3, mosey back to start
  • Sprints x 5, mosey back to start
  • Frosty can’t draw a bunny?!??

Continue mosey around the park until time is up.

Depending on whose watch you believe it was anywhere from 4.33-4.6 miles in total.

MARY:
No abs here

MOLESKIN:
Frosty is recovering from a hammy pull during Woodshack’s beatdown on Saturday.  So while the rest of us did sprints he went off on a private walkabout.  Turns out he tried to draw a bunny using Strava maps, but in the end even the most intuitive modern art scholar would say it looked like crap.  It was a good effort though, and he kept moving which was the most important thing.  Ironically we discussed GPS watches on the last two laps of the park, including which ones worked better with Strava, unaware of Frosty’s failed attempt at bunny drawing.