F3 Knoxville

Stars and Stripes

AO: asylum-daybreak
Q: Lilydipper
PAX: Drum Major, Windex, Pusher, Doubtfire (Nick Bond), Tenderfoot, Glamper, Dain Bramage (Will Olson), Brick, Pele (Jon Lindberg), F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom), Billie Jean, Honeydew, MD Hammer, Gridiron, Shogun
FNGs: None
COUNT: 16
WARMUP: 20 Side Straddle Hops, Curly Stomps, 8 Twistees, 10 Baby Arm Circles Forward, 10 Baby Arm Circles Backward, March around parking lot to Stars and Stripes Type Music, Butt Kick and High Knees around parking lot to Stars and Stripes Music.

THE THANG: Mosey to the Pavilion. We will do Elevens starting with 10 Picnic Table Pull-ups and 1 Bench Dip.
Mosey to Caribbean Parking Lot. We will go in counterclockwise circle stopping at every other island to do 10 Merkins. Those finishing first run back to meet the six. Rinse and Repeat with 20 Baby Crunches.
Mosey to the Mound. We will run up clockwise to the top and do 10 Decline Merkins on the benches there.
Mosey to Muscle Beach. Each man does 25 reps on exercise instrument of their choice, then runs to first crosswalk in parking lot, does one Burpee, and runs back to do 25 reps of next exercise of choice. After that, run to second crosswalk. Rinse and repeat to third crosswalk on the far end of the parking lot. All men finish by doing reps until the six returns from 3rd crosswalk.
Mosey on the sidewalk that goes past the Mound and to the shade tree where the sidewalk meets the Serpentine Trail. We will do 20 Flutter Kicks
Mosey on the Caribbean parking lot to the trail that goes back to the Pavilion. We will do 10 Tempo Merkins.
Mosey to the Pavilion. Drop off any unnecessary gear and then mosey past the batting cage area and down to the start of Cardiac. We will each get a boulder and do the following exercises in cadence:
20 Overhead Presses

20 Curls

20 Rows

20 Tricepts

Replace boulders. Next, we will run up Cardiac, stopping at the following to do the following exercises:
1st Turn, keep running!

2nd Turn, 20 Hello Dollies

3rd Turn, 20 Decline Merkins with feet on grass

Benches, 20 Bench Dips

Mosey to AO.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: UnCOVEred is Saturday, July 13 at the Cove at 7 am.

COT: Prayers for continuing healing for Maddie, Windex’s daughter. We found out after the COT that Maddie get’s to transfer from the hospital to a rehab facility today. Prayers of thanks for the recent “clean bill of health” that Shogun received. Prayers for the safe return of Pusher’s wife who will be heading back home from the Philippines this Sunday.

Message:
On this day of our celebration of America’s independence I have some quotes for you that reflect the principles our nation was found on. When I reflect on great American quotes I think of “Give me liberty or give me death” by Patrick Henry or “Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country” by John F. Kennedy. But here are five more quotes, not all by Americans, that reflect on America and it’s principles:
True patriotism springs from a belief in the dignity of the individual, freedom and equality not only for Americans but for all people on earth. –Eleanor Roosevelt
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Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. – Albert Camus
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In America, nobody says you have to keep the circumstances that somebody else gives you. – Amy Tan.
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We are a nation of many nationalities, many races, many religions – bound together by a single unity, the unity of freedom and equality. – Franklin D. Roosevelt
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I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom. – Bob Dylan
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Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country. – Calvin Coolidge
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When thinking of that last quote, I think particularly of our military veterans who have fought to keep our country free. That freedom gives us “the chance to be better” like Camus says. It comes with responsibility as Dylan proclaims. And because of our freedom, as Tan states, we don’t “have to keep the circumstances that somebody else gives” us.

Lots of Blasters

AO: asylum-pm
Q: Pele (Jon Lindberg)
PAX: MD Hammer, Mayberry, Tenderfoot, Mr Jinxy, Jeevan Kypa (Scrubs), High Heels (Henry Ritchie), Rooney (Carl Whipple), Lilydipper, Brick, Kung Blue, Title IX (Christian Prescott), Switchhitter (Tony), Pusher, Steam, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Lizzy, Colonel (Alex Wallace), Dr. Phil
FNGs: None
COUNT: 18
WARMUP: SSH, Tempo Squats, Grady Corns, Windmills, Steve Earles, leg stretches

THE THANG:
MOSEY to parking lot below Coliseum.
Pyramid laps! Partner up with like speed. Run opposite directions, every time you meet (top and bottom), do the following exercises in REPS of 10

LAP 1 CDDs

LAP 2 CDDs, LBCs

LAP 3 CDDs, LBCs, Mtn Climbers (2-ct)

LAP 4 CDDs, LBCs, Mtn Climbers (2-ct), Bobby Hurleys

LAP 5 LBCs, Mtn Climbers (2-ct), Bobby Hurleys

LAP 6 Mtn Climbers (2-ct), Bobby Hurley s

LAP 7 Bobby Hurleys

MOSEY to a Hill on Pickett’s charge or on side of Bermuda Triangle
Goal is to do each group of exercises, going up to top of hill after each group is completed, for a total of 5 times up the hill. Can be done in any order. Exercise groups are:

AB BLASTER:
20x: LBCs, BBSs, American Hammers (4-ct), Bicycle Kicks (4-ct)
ARM BLASTER:
20x: Merkins, Carolina Dry Docks, Bottle Taps (4-ct), Diamond Merkins
LEG BLASTER:
20x: Bobby Hurleys, Iron Mikes (2-ct), Froggie Jumps, Squats.
CARDIO BLASTER:
20x: SSH (2-ct), High Knees (2-ct), Butt Kickers (2-ct), Mountain Climbers (2-ct), Smurf Jacks

MARY:
Hello Dollies, stretching with Pele
ANNOUNCEMENTS: New AOs launching at West Hills (Monday morning, heavy ruck) and Bluegrass Elementary (Wednesday evenings at 6 pm)

COT:Albert Schweitzer, was a German philosopher that lived in the late 1800s through early 1900s. He is attributed with this quotation: “The Purpose of Human Life is to SERVE, and to show the compassion and the Will to Help Others.” We discussed this quote and how it applies to F3, and ended with another quote: “In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.”. I am thankful that the men of F3 have been that spark for me.

Charging up Lizzys Hill

AO: asylum-pm
Q: Lizzy
PAX: Steam, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Drum Major, Lilydipper, Brick, Switchhitter (Tony), Abacus, Crash Dummy, MD Hammer, Sparkler, CRISPR, Kung Blue, Dr Phil
FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
Warm up with 10 burpees, then Michael Phelps, then mosey to Everest then Indian Run to the top. Them mosey to Pickets Charge. Then do 5 rounds alternating burpees, flying squirrels and manmakers. Method of transportation up the hill was bear crawls first three rounds. Switch to backwards mosey, the final round we did bear crawls then run to ao.

Announcements hardship hill

Then cot. I told my story how it took me three times time learn how not to be stuck in a bad cycle in life

Can you HEAR the music?

AO: asylum-pm
Q: Pele (Jon Lindberg)
PAX: Pusher, Brick, CRISPR, Switchhitter (Tony), High Heels (Henry Ritchie), Drum Major, Mailbox, MD Hammer, Tenderfoot, Z-Bone, Crash Dummy, Glamper, Title IX (Christian Prescott), Kung Blue, Sparkler, Doubtfire (Nick Bond), Pele (Jon Lindberg), La-Z-Boy (Zac Smith), Lizzy
FNGs: None
COUNT: 19
WARMUP: -20 SSH (4-ct IC)
– 10 Windmills (4-ct IC)
-10 Grady Corns (4-ct IC)
– 10 Mountain Climbers (4-ct IC)
– calf stretches
THE THANG:
MOSEY up Baby Cardiac and to the open area next to the road.
JINXY’S FOUR AND A QUARTER. Start at bottom of hill, run to top of slope and do 25 reps of an exercise, return to starting position. R&R 4 times, totaling 100 of the exercise (all single count).

Round 1: Bottle openers

– Round 2: Squat Jumps

MOSEY to Colosseum
Run around OUTSIDE circle, doing exercises at the Four “corners”

15 Big Boys (or 30 LBCs), 15 American Hammers (2-ct)

MOSEY to FIELD BELOW COLOSSEUM.
RECTANGLE of DEATH!!
Blue cones on Corners, Orange Cones on sides (one side has blue cone in middle). Sheets will tell you what to do and how to get to next Blue Cone. Rinse and Repeat. First one done yell RECOVER.
Corner
1: Do 20 Iron Mikes (10 each leg). Suicide using orange cones to next
blue cone.
Corner 2: Do 20 Plank Jacks, Bear Crawl to next Blue Cone
Corner 3: Do 20 Big Boy Situps, Bernie to Blue Cone ½ way down.
½ Way Cone: Do 10 PRISONER GET UPS, Bernie to next Blue cone
Corner 4: 20 Shoulder taps , EL CAPITAN to next Blue Cone
Mosey to rock pile, AMRAP with curls, presses, rows, and triceps.
MOSEY TO AO
MARY: Flutter kicks, E2Ks, Homer/Marge
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Camping this week-end, various Ruck events, Hiking workout in early March, tune in to Slack.
COT: Quote from the movie Oppenheimer: “Algebra is like sheet music. The important thing isn’t can you read the music, it’s can you HEAR it” . Faith is similar. You can check all the boxes of the rituals of your faith, but the goal is to hear the music of your Sky Q’s love in your heart and soul. It may take a while for that to happen, and it’s not necessarily connected to how may boxes you check, but it’s an incredible feeling hearing that song in you once you attune to your God. “During the quiet moments, when I still my mind and my body, I can hear the song of His love in my heart and in my soul.”

47 More

AO: asylum-pm
Q: Steam
PAX: Pele (Jon Lindberg), Drum Major, CRISPR, Jeevan Kypa (Scrubs), Glamper, High Heels, Brick, OnStar, Lilydipper, Rooney (Carl Whipple), Switchhitter (Tony), Tenderfoot, Pusher, Kung Blue, Abacus, MD Hammer, Crash Dummy, Cheetah Boy, Cleopatra
FNGs: 1 Cleopatra
COUNT: 20
WARMUP:
– Cherry Picker: 5×4
– Rockette: 10×4
– TN Rocking Chair
– Baby Arn Circles (F): 10×4
– Baby Arm Circles (B): 10×4
– Mountain Climber: 10×4
– Merkin: 5×4

THE THANG:
(Mosey to the BP)

1 — January PFT (6-10 minutes)
– 2 minutes of squats
– 2 minutes of merkins
– 2 minutes of BBS
(Log your reps + 2miler here for January: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe6g_CIi1YToaVu8_-URG-0TUYgvJoT7J4fOboUuH3Ru5dJHQ/viewform)

(Mosey down to the NP)

2 — Part of Cardinal
– Nickel + Dime
– 2 POC: The Island
   – 2 yellow cards (5 + 10)
– Do the 5-card, run around The Island, and execute the 10-card
– Everything except burpees will be on a 2-count

(Mosey back to the AO lot for Mary)

MARY:
Cherry Pickers: 5×4

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Checkout the weekly newsletter for all of the events coming up – there’s a ton 💪

COT:
Don’t Stay Submerged
– Extraction quote: “You drown not by falling into the river, but by staying submerged in it.”
– This reminds me of the ministry of Jesus
   – He loves people better than anyone
   – He would find someone in their current state — love them right where they’re at — but also love them enough to not allow them to stay there. John 5 is a great example of this: www.bible.com/bible/116/JHN.5.NLT
       – He saw this man by this pool and had compassion and understanding for him because he realized he had been there for a long time.
       – Boom – Jesus loved him right there where he found him – but he also loved him enough to not let him stay there
           – I always wondered if that man went back after he was healed. Did he come back to that pool that he was lame at for years and years and share what Jesus did for him with others. Woo……….
What if we did that? With every man in this COT – whether you’ve been here for 1 workout or for 100 workouts. (“Man, I love you and I see you – but I love you enough to not let you stay where you are. Let’s figure this out together. Let’s journey together.”)

– Takeaways –

  – Who can you call on to help pull you back to the surface?

  – Who can you challenge + encourage to not stay submerged?

  – 47 more weeks to go this year
       – Which is exactly 7,896 hours (if Google is correct)

What are you going to do with that time?