F3 Knoxville

Burpee Heaven 2.0

THE SCENE: The right amount of cold to where when youre not moving your cold but when exercising youre not cold but miserable from other things

WARM-O-RAMA:

Baby arm circles 10 x both ways Cadence

10 four count Merkins Cadence

10 Tempo Squats Cadence

Side Straddle Hop- x 20 Cadence

Mosey to tha LIGHTSSSSS
THA-THANG

  • Run to the magical staircase, but each light requires 5 burpees
  • Pair up, 100 squats, 100 LBC, and 100 burpees between partners. While one is doing exercises the other runs up and down the hill.
  • Mosey to the Matterdome (Matterdon, Masterdome, Mastadon?) hill.
  • 15 four count merks Cadence
  • Run the hill to the PAVALON
  • 70 pullups combined, dips while you wait
  • Mosey back to magic hill where we had two more trips up and down
  • Then Mosey back to the AO

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
15
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Discipline. Discipline may be your best friend if you can incorporate into your character. Discipline is about doing. Thinking of course is important, but until action is taken, nothing will get done. Personally, I am trying to wake up at 4:30 a.m. every morning, whether or not I am working out. Additionally, I am trying to work ahead of my classes, even if there are no assignments due or open. In the words of Jocko Willink “Do.” If you want to read more about discipline, check out Jocko Willink’s book “Discipline is Freedom” You can also listen to it on iTunes.
MOLESKIN:
I LOVE getting out there with you lads. Even if I am miserable. Let us charge headlong into the winter!! Additionally, let’s keep praying for Proton and his family. Bless up!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Good thing toddlers are easier to catch

THE SCENE:

Dark… Just enough chill to keep the sweatshirt on during stretching. AO’s almost dry.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Tennessee Rocking Chairs x20 IC
  • Merk-jacks x15 IC
  • Al Gore Tuck Jump (Al Gore for 10 count, explode to Tuck Jump) x5
  • Outhouse run, Bernie back
  • LBAC x20 IC fwd, x20 IC back
  • Michael Phelps OYO to shake it out
  • Single-leg stand-up with partner

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the Pee Rocks, pick out 2 hand-size

I Believe I Can Fly:
Arms to the side, feverish tiny ineffectual flaps for 10 count
Arms front, repeat flapping
Bend at waist, flap arms against gravity
Repeat!

Pick an Edgeless Safety CMU from the pile
Mosey away from abandoned dogs in trucks and pile rocks at top of hill for BBS relay:
PAX lie in a line head to foot. First PAX grab Edgeless Safety CMU from overhead, BBS, and set at feet for next PAX.
Repeat until pile is empty, plank until all Edgeless Safety CMU are piled downhill

Grab a Edgeless Safety CMU and spread out in the grass for:

  • Tempo Goblet Squat x15 IC
  • Curls x15 OYO
  • OH Press x15 OYO
  • Tricep Extension x15 OYO
  • Toddler Toss x5 OYO: Pretend Edgeless Safety CMU is a toddler.  Toss in the air and catch.
  • Rinse, Repeat

Mosey to tennis court:

  • Balls to the wall, travel clockwise on hands for 2 fence segments, then drop for 5 burpees.  Repeat
  • Bear crawl across both courts, sprint back. Repeat.
  • Circle up for 5-Merkin Ring of Fire
  • Tighten the circle and flip over for 45° foot push-down Ring of Fire

 

MARY:
Just enough time for 20x Pickle Pounders IC.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
18 PAX killed it start to finish.  No FNGs this time.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
In Ephesians 5 Paul exhorts those of us who are husbands to love our wives “just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.”  I usually have thought of that verse in the context of his ultimate sacrifice for us on the cross.  Of course, that event was the culmination of his saving love for us, but giving himself started far before that.  He gave himself when he left the comfort of Heaven and stepped down to be born into a limited body like ours. He gave himself every day during his ministry when he was tired and hungry and wanted anything but to deal with more throngs of people.  Every day he actively sought out ways to give himself for us.  As you go through your day, look for ways that you can give yourself up; your needs, your desires, your conveniences, for your wife and show Christ’s love to her and also as an example to your children.
MOLESKIN:
2 weeks was a long time to be away from the Pound.  Missed you guys, but it was great to get to witness the great start for the Bomb Shelter.  Great job everyone who EH’d!  Toddler Toss ended up being significantly more hazard potential than anticipated.  I guess rocks don’t care if you drop ’em so they don’t help out at all like real toddlers do.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Prayer for Swirlie and family. Truckin’ To the Pound CSAUP 6am at Bob Leonard, F3 Knoxville 2nd Anniversary celebration McFee park November 4.

CMU Classics

THE SCENE:    44 and clear

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Side Straddle Hops x 10 IC
  • Merkins (4ct) x 10 IC
  • Burpees x 10 OYO
  • Run in place while those without a CMU ran to get a pee rock

THA-THANG:

 

Mosey to the hockey rink

  1. Battle buddy for DORA 3-2-1
    • 300 CMU Squats,  200 CMU Merkins (go deep between blocks),  100 CMU Big Boys
    • Battle buddy sprints to far side of rink & performs 10 BBS, stopping each time they cross center court to perform 2 Burpees (4 total per trip across & back).
  2. CMU elevators
    • Work your way up the elevator in the following order.  Then work your way down in reverse order.
    • Corner 1:  20 curls
    • Corner 2:  20 curls; 20 squats
    • Corner 3:  20 curls; 20 squats; 20 front deltoid raises
    • Corner 4:  20 curls; 20 squats; 20 front deltoid raises; 20 calf raises

MARY:

  • Little Baby Crunches (4ct) x 51 IC
  • Channel Changers

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
19 total:  Peach Fuzz, Rainfly, Tweet-E, Dinghy, Showcase, Shooter, Flute Loop, Underhand, Beuller, Ribbed, Bowflex, La-Z-Boy, Sharpie, Mayberry, Frosty, Butters, Barnacle, Bartman, Treehugger (FNG)

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
In 2 Timothy, Paul writes a very familiar passage stating that he has fought the good fight and finished the race.  In relating that to modern day F3 – today was the first cold morning of the fall season.  Long sleeves were out in abundance.  My challenge to the PAX was to not let the upcoming cold season be a barrier to getting better each day.  Keep setting the alarm, keep pressing forward, keep showing up.  Champions are made when it’s cold.  When I am older I want to look back on my life and say I gave it all I had…..that means leaning into the hard situations and dealing with sometimes miserable circumstances.  If we keep leaning in and don’t give up, we will also be able to say that we have indeed fought the good fight and finished the race strong.  Don’t let the winter weather turn you into a Fartsacker!!

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Truckin’ to the Pound:  Oct 28th

Okay, What Now?

THE SCENE: 50 Degrees with a nice breeze
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Mosey a couple laps around the parking lot
  • SSH (IC x 43)
  • BAC (IC x 10 F&R)
  • Imperial Walkers (IC x 15)

THA-THANG:

  • Mosey to The Sophomore
  • 11’s: Plank-Tuck Merkins and Bobby Hurley’s
  • Mosey to the coupon pile
  • Curls x 10, Squats x 10, Overhead Presses x 10, Run the Steps.  Rinse and Repeat x 3
  • Mosey to the courtyard walls
  • Dips x 10, Declined Merkins x 10. Rinse and Repeat
  • Mosey back to the Flag

MARY:
BBS for the jack rabbits.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
17 HIM’s this morning including 1 FNG.  Welcome Bologna!

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

We are going to have times in our lives when we feel like hitting the reset button.  Times when we need to stop, take stock of our current situation, and then find the direction and motivation to move forward.

Galatians 6:9-10  So lets’ not get tired of doing what is good.  At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.  Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone – especially to those in the family of faith.

MOLESKIN:
What a great way to start my 44th year on the Big Ball.  The PAX showed up ready to burn some goo; mumble chatter was high and the effort was amazing.

sevens

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

10 cherry pickers I.C

10 Merkins I.C

  • 20 SSH I.C
    THA-THANG:
    Mosey to the concrete bleachers 60 reps total w/ partner DIPS, DECLINE MERKINS, BOX JUMP
  • Mosey to the soccer field, 7’s burpees and jump squats to mid field
  • Mosey around the field, 10 square merkins (groups of four)
  • 7’s Merkins and tempo squats to mid field
  • Mosey around the field, two rounds of around the world merkins
  • Mosey back to concrete bleachers, 30 dips, 20 diamond merkins, 2 minute wall sits
  • Mosey back to soccer field, 7’s BBS and 3 ct flutter kicks to mid field
  • Mosey around the field 7’s burpees and jump squats to mid field
  • Mosey around the field and back to AO

MARY:
Core exercises to finish out: 15 box cutters IC, 25 american hammers IC, 2 minute boat canoe.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Ephesians 6:10-17

In my reading in the book “Wild at Heart” I was pondering how prevalent the enemy is in our daily life and we may not realize it. The idea of Satan fitting into our theology is an easy enough concept but our modern age has a political, psychological, or scientific explanation for almost everything. We can often times read right past some scripture that attributes illness, depression, or misfortune to satanic forces but not really expect to encounter that in our daily life. I encouraged the PAX to understand how badly Satan desires to destroy anything that bares God’s image specifically our marriage. It is imperative that we as men know who we are in God’s eyes, and who our wives are in His eyes as well. if we meditate on this often it will be far less likely for the enemy to gain a foot hold in our lives.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Truckin to the pound Oct. 28th and two year anniversary f3 knoxville Nov 2nd.