F3 Knoxville

Ruckin Around

AO: shamruck
Q: Betty (Tyler Alexander)
PAX: Mermaid (Bradley Roberts), Curry (Steve Coy), Eliza (Kevin Parrott), Mailbox (Chip Keim), Glamper, Ribbed (Joshua Sagraves), Toretto (Larry Seufert), Betty (Tyler Alexander)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WARMUP:
None
THE THANG:
We set off on a 3.3 mile ruck with the intention of keeping the pace between 15:30 and 16:30. Goal accomplished. 💪🏻
MARY:
1 minute weighted ruck, 20 weighted flutters, 1 minute short Bethesda hold, 20 standing side crunches each side, 45 second weighted plank.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
“The body should be treated more rigorously, that it may not be disobedient to the mind.” -Seneca

[f3knoxvillemain] F3 in the NUDE

AO: f3knoxvillemain
Q: Mermaid (Bradley Roberts) , slappy (Nathan Evers), KickFlip (David Greer)
PAX: Eliza (Kevin Parrott), Pele (Jon Lindberg), Lilydipper (John Neece), Skeletor (Tyson Canup), OnStar (Arthur Dias), Pusher, Lucille (Austin Williams), Scott McGuire (Cinco), Airborne (Chase Perkins), Mathlete (Jacob Platfoot), Ocho (Matt Hudson), Chris Poetzel (Mustard), slappy (Nathan Evers), Monstar (Josh Sparrow), Waxjob (Josh Brady), Abacus (Erik Ella), Daniel Callis – Anchorman, Caveman, KickFlip (David Greer), Outnumbered (Daniel Hildebrandt), Butterknife, Sparkler (Brian Pitstick), Windex, Mermaid (Bradley Roberts), Google(Tim Dugas), I-Beam (Ryan Gerken), Smoky (Raymond Hale), Twitch, Port Hole
FNGs: 1 Port Hole
COUNT: 30
Warm up (all 4 ct except for things on own)
(Get in ankle deep water)
reach for the sky/cherry picker combo (3 cad)
Hairy Rockets (10 cad)
Catalina wine mixers (10 on own)
Tempo Merkins (10 cad)
Big boys (10 on own)
American hammer (10 cad)
Flutter kicks (10 cad)
(move to deep water)
SSH (10 cad)
Squat jumps (10 cad)
Burpees (5 on own)

We then divided into three groups to hit the following three stations where we budgeted about 10 minutes per station.

LOG PT
Review the approach and the positions (Ready, right shoulder, left shoulder, waist, chest, sitting, overhead)
2 groups w 2 logs
1st group carries log out and around the float and 2nd group stays on beach doing log workouts. When 1st group returns they do log workout and 2nd group carries around float. This is the workout pattern.
workouts (shoulder to shoulder OHP, squats, good mornings, big boys, OH hold, and squat thrusters)

Volleyball station looked like this;
Bobby Hurleys – 20, run, 15, run 10
Sharks and Minnows, Round 1: Sharks bear crawl – minnows crab walk
Hand release merkins – 20, run, 15, run 10
Sharks and Minnows, Round 2: Sharks lunge walk – minnows broad jump
Hello dollys (4ct) – 20, run, 15, run 10
Sharks and Minnows, Round 3: Sharks frog jump – minnows army crawl
Set of 7s – dive bomber and BBS

Bucket Challenge Relay
divide into two teams, that worked out to two teams of four. One man carried a 5 gallon bucket full of water from the lake to a 45 gallon trash can. Only one team member could carry at a time. While he was carrying, two members held a 5 gallon bucket full of water while the 4th member did waterlogged merkins. They ran a relay in this fashion until the trash can was full.

After the relay was won or lost, we got into the water and did a race to the buoys. And finally did some Big Boy situps and some carolina dry docks where you had to dunk your face underwater to perform the exercise.

We moseyed back to the volleyball pit for some old fashioned tug of war. This was with the team you rotated with, and no shoes and gloves in deep sand left no advantage, and was quite fun.

The Mary consisted of an ab exercise of 10 reps, followed by 10 merkins. We did about 5 rounds of this before going back to the lake and do an out and back race to the buoys and back. Time was called and we got into the COT.

The COT was about being vulnerable. Working out in the “nude” with no gloves, no shirt, and no shoes leaves you exposed. I issued a challenge to the men of F3 Knoxville to be vulnerable and share times of vulnerability with the group. Sharing these types of stories endear ourselves to one another, and my experiences could help others going through similar situations. I then shared about a dark time in my life where I lost two jobs in one year, but how in hindsight that was one of the best things to ever happen to me. We then closed in prayer and ate a great breakfast provided by the Dog Pound (Google, I-beam, & Smoky).

Just Like the Prodigal Son, I’ve Returned

AO: juco
Q: Mermaid (Bradley Roberts)
PAX: 5K (Derren Burrell), Mailbox (Chip Keim), Erector (Jason Champion), elf, Waffles (Pedro Da Silva), (Tooth Fairy) Dana Rust, Full Tank, Butterknife, Booster (Les Fout), Data (Joey Tipton), Fetch (Joel Moran), Wanderer (Dave Staab), Base Salary, Cosmo, MessyHobbs, Windex, Guardrail (Brandon Brown), Mermaid (Bradley Roberts)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 18
WARMUP:
SSH – 15
Baby Arm circles forward & backward -10
Arm Stretching
Cherry Pickers -3 (long and slow)
THE THANG:
Two decks of cards. Find a battle buddy, draw a card and multiply the card value by 10, and split the exercises with you battle buddy, each doing half of the total. Once you complete the exercises, take a lap, draw a card and repeat.
The suit of the card determined the exercises.
Spades: Big Boys & Hello Dollies
Hearts: Merkins & Dips
Diamonds: Squats & Lunges
Clubs: Bench Press & Curls
Joker: 25 Thrusters each
MARY:
ab exercise followed by 10 merkins for the last 5 minutes, we went through about 4 or 5 rounds
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 in the Nude on Saturday at the Cove at 0700, ask Mermaid if you have questions
COT:
This is my 4 year anniversary of joining F3. We talked about the importance of using a back blast. I was able to recall from my first post 4 years ago the attendees, the workout and the message. Now that we have a new and improved back blast system, I would encourage everyone to record this data because it is important.

Something for everyone

AO: shamrock
Q: Tailhook (Max)
PAX: Oscar Meyer (Brett Harris), Betty (Tyler Alexander), Eliza (Kevin Parrott), Toretto (Larry Seufert), Tailhook (Max), Stitch (Brad Ware), Voodoo (Eric A), Skidmark (Brad Coulter), Curry (Steve Coy), Honeydew (Jason Childers), Baby Boomer (Norm Vaughn), Mermaid (Bradley Roberts), slappy (Nathan Evers), Freefall
FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
WARMUP: yoga style
THE THANG:

50 twinkle toes x2
40 merkins x2
20 squats
10 burpees x3
50 dips
40 American hammers
20 big boys
50 Rocky Balboas
40 step ups
30 heels to Heaven
20 Dive bombers
2+ mile running combined
MARY: none
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Dunes in the nude
COT:Recognize your fears and crush them.

Copy Cat of Blindside’s 7/19/23 Workout

AO: shamrock
Q: Mermaid (Bradley Roberts)
PAX: Mermaid (Bradley Roberts), 8 seconds (Paul Richardson), Base Salary, Nadia (Aaron Jacques), Voodoo (Eric A), Caveman, Stitch (Brad Ware), KickFlip (David Greer), Eliza (Kevin Parrott), Honeydew (Jason Childers), Daniel Callis – Anchorman, Skidmark (Brad Coulter), Dumpster Dive (Brad Burnette), Glamper, Brick (Chris Tittle), Fabio (Joe Hamilton), Twitch
FNGs: None
COUNT: 17
WARMUP:
Tempo Squats x 10
Tempo Merkins x 10
Cherry Pickers x 3
THE THANG:
Two decks of cards. Find a battle buddy, draw a card and multiply the card value by 10, and split the exercises with you battle buddy, each doing half of the total. Once you complete the exercises, take a lap, draw a card and repeat.
The suit of the card determined the exercises.
Spades: Big Boys & Hello Dollies
Hearts: Merkins & Dips
Diamonds: Squats & Lunges
Clubs: Bench Press & Curls
Joker: 25 Thrusters each

Collect as many cards as you can and build your best poker hand. Caveman and Twitch managed a royal flush with one wild card, which was the winner and it wasn’t close.
MARY:
We went arounf the group calling an ab exercise, and followed each with 10 merkins until time ran out.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 in the Nude 7/29/2023
COT:
The importance of using a back blast. With Pax miner rolling out next week, we discussed the highlights and reasons for back blasts. I was able to share information from my first workout 4 years ago and recognized the members in attendance and even could even recall the message from that workout.

Prayer Requests
Dumpster Dive’s attorney friend struggling with a forced retirement due to kidney failure.
Anchorman’s daughter who is recovering from a successful tonsillectomy.