- Welcome: 29 degrees – Good thing it’s free and clear!
- Warmup:
- ssh
- cherry pickers
- 5 burpees
- 1 burpee per shamrock to the Football field (30 ish burpees)
- 25 yard mosey @ 25 % effort
- 50 yard run @ 50 % effort
- 75 yard sprint @ 75 % effort
- 100 yard sprint @ 100% effort
- Workout:
- The Shamrock Jailbreak Tour:
- Random HIM, pick a random card from the deck. Jailbreak to the location printed on the card and do the exercise printed on the card. Someone give a 30 rest count.
- Repeat
- Of the 18 cards to choose from we chose:
- @ Football field Entrance Do: 20 Wear Wolves
- @ Pull Up bars Do: 20 Pullups
- @ Football Field do: 2 Lengths of Bernies
- @ Valley of Death Do: 3 hill to hill climbs
- @ Football Stadium do: 5 Bleachers (top to bottom – touch railing)
- @ Catholic High School Main Entrance Overhang Do: 25 Burpees
- @ AO Home Base do: Bear crawl across parking lot twice
- The Shamrock Jailbreak Tour:
- Warm Down:
- 25 Freddy Mercuries
- 25 Flutter Kicks
- 5 Leg lifts
- 10 Gas Pumps
- 10 Captain Thors
- Wrap-up:
- As my friend Alistair Begg says “The main things are the plain things and the plain things are the main things”. This struck me as I read through 2 Corinthians 5:18-20
- “18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.
- Reconciliation occurs five times – that’s a big deal. It’s a “plain” thing and a “main” thing. In that Corinthian chapter there are many theological ideas but a repeated word is a focus point. It’s an attention getter – it’s a bold “Hey you look at this”. This is a calling – he has entrusted the message of reconciliation to us for us to share. Go out and share a “Hey how are you doing with God, would you like to be reconciled.” today. What is the Gospel? It is reconciliation. Peace with God – restoration with God. Be reconciled to God today. Admit & Confess that Jesus is who He says He is – the Son of God sent to save us from our sins – and you will be reconciled to him! Plain and simple.
Tag: Mermaid
Attack Resolutely
The Scene
34 degrees and beautiful
F3 Welcome and Disclaimer
Fitness, Fellowship, Faith, Free, Modify, Not Professional, Own Volition, Social Distance, Phone
Warm-O-Rama
Side Straddle Hops
Seal Claps 4 count
Inch Worms w/ merkin
Tempo Squats
Imperial Walkers
Tha-Thang
Mosey to the church courtyard
ATM’s
15 Alternating Shoulder Taps (4 count)
10 Tempo Merkins (4 Count)
10 Fast Merkins
Mosey to Cedar Bluff Rd entrance of Shamrock stopping for 10 4ct Monkey Humpers before crossing and heading to the Cedar Bluff Elementary Stairs.
Dora 1 2 3
Partner 1 performs exercises while Partner 2 goes up and down the stairs twice.
100 Inch Worms
200 Heel Elevated Squats
300 Little Mermaids (Lay on one side, one arm goes on the back of your head and the other on the ground. Keep your legs together since we are mermaids and do a sideways sit-up where your elbow gets to your knees.)
Due to time, we called the Little Mermaids around 200 to make it back to the AO on time. We all took one more trip up the stairs for good measure.
Sneaky Gorilla the length of the parking lot headed back to campus
Mosey to Cedar Bluff Rd stopping for 10 more 4ct Monkey Humpers before crossing and heading to the AO.
BLIMPS once we are back to the AO
5 Burpees
10 Lunges (5 each leg)
15 Imperial Walkers (we did single count)
20 Merkins
25 Plank Jacks
30 Squats
Mary
No Time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
15 HIM’s
COT/BOM
Quote from the book Battle Studies: Ancient and Modern Battle by Colonel Ardant Du Picq heard on Jocko Podcast 269
“Four brave men who do not know each other will not dare to attack a lion. Four less brave men, but knowing each other well, sure of their reliability and consequently of mutual aid, will attack resolutely.”-Colonel Ardant Du Picq
Since I joined F3 I have done many things that I never thought I could do because I was surrounded by men who knew I could and showed confidence in me. The “lion” that is referenced in the quote can be many different things; 3100 burpees in a month, a service project, a coat drive, donation to Street Hope, the list goes on. Alone we may not think we can do these things or make an impact in an organization but as a group (F3) we can take down any “lion” that comes across our path. I am so grateful for F3 Knoxville.
MOLESKIN:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
STREET HOPE PROJECT
Help us support the fight against human trafficking. Our collection for Street Hope TN house starts THIS WEEK. We have been asked to collect Copy Paper, Napkins, and 55 gal Trash Bags. Bring these items to the workouts and/or get them to your AOQs and we will collect from them. You can learn more about Street Hope TN at https://streethopetn.org
Let’s support our Blount county brethren on Saturday and have a good showing for our new AO launch. If you are in town make plans to join. See Slack for details.
Mechanotransduction
THE SCENE: 35 degrees and slightly chilly
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
10x baby arm circles in cadence
10x reverse baby arm circles in cadence
10x cherry pickers in cadence
50x side straddle hops in cadence
THA-THANG:
Assfault’s AO Assault (4 rounds, 6 stations, 1 min work of 1 exercise at a station, 20 seconds to bear crawl to next station)
- 8 count bodybuilders
- Flutter kicks
- Burpee mountain climbers
- Burpee into squats
- Hello dollys
- burpees
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
18 men 2 FNGs Assfault mermaid Cheat Sheet Dumpster Dive Flower Pot Anchorman Fabio In and Out Brick Trolley Corona Weight Baby Boomer Betty Slappy Interpol Osteen Apollo 2(FNG) Vanna (FNG)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Mechanotransduction is any of various mechanisms by which cells convert mechanical stimulus into electrochemical activity. As members of the pax we introduce stimuli to each other at beatdowns and in our communities and stimulate growth. As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another Proverbs 27:17
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
AO launch March 6 in Blount county at the arsenal
Shamrock – Faith in His story
THE SCENE: 59F light rain
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Tie Fighters x10 both directions
Side Straddle hop (IC) 4 CT x 20
Cherry Pickers 5
THA-THANG:
Mosey to Block Pile
Rifle carry to the covered walkway
Snow Angels x25 OYO
7’s: 1 Burpee – bear crawl toe taps forward – 6 Diamond Merkins -bear crawl toe taps back keep going until you hit 6 burpees & 1 Diamond Merkin
10 – 4 count Twinkle Toes
10 seesaw lunges right leg
10 – 4 count Twinkle Toes
10 seesaw lunges left leg
20 CMU Squats
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Run a lap
50 Bench Press
25 Curls
Run a lap 5% increase
55 Bench Press
30 Curls
Run a lap 10% increase
60 Bench Press
35 Curls
Run a lap 15% increase
65 Bench Press
40 Curls
MARY:
Early Mary – Flutter Kicks with CMU & American Hammers
Return CMUs
Mosey / bear crawl back to AO.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
14 including 1 FNG in-and-out
Slappy, Trolley, Betty, Honeydew, Mermaid, Waxjob, Hydro, Wanderer, Interpol, Cheatsheet, Baby Boomer, Jenner, in-and-out, Anchorman,
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. 2 This is what the ancients were commended for.
It goes on to talk about the ancients: Noah, Abraham, Moses and so on. What they went through in life and how God challenged them with tough situations.
13 All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.
So they trusted that God had everything in control and they were just a small part of His story.
I mentor a small group of high school guys and last week we asked each other “Do you truly believe that God loves you?”
I asked them what about when things are going wrong in your life.
One of my guys said that when he goes through a hard time in his life he just simply has to give it up to God and practice faith. I was humbled by his statement, because I had to admit to him that my go-to reaction to hard times is to try to figure it out and fix it on my own. I end up wasting a lot of time until God smacks me in the head and reminds me that He is there.
Bear Crawl Chain gang
- What @ Shamrock 5:30am — rumors of bears roaming about.
- Welcome: All free – All the time
- Warmup:
- 20 SSH
- 10 Slow Werewolves
- 10 very slow tempo – Peter Parkers
- 10 very slow – good quality – “official” Iron Mikes
- 10 very slow Rainbow Drops
- 10 very slow Cherry Pickers
- 10 slow Tennessee Rockin Chairs
- 10 very slow – deep squat – Imperial Squat Walkers
- 10 very slow to fast – Windmills
- Workout:
- Part 1: Bear Crawl Chain gang:
- 90 seconds running, 30 seconds bear crawl, 30 seconds rest – Taking turns.
- Everyone in a single file line. The head of the line HIM decides where to run to for 90 seconds (Any direction).
- That same HIM then leads the group in bear crawling wherever for 30 seconds.
- Then we rest for 30 seconds as the HIM in the back of the line comes to the front for their turn.
- Rinse and Repeat.
- Bonus’ given to the craziest bear crawl path taken. Started in bleachers – and then went down hill and off the reservation from there. Good thing God was in control – cause I sure wasn’t. #hearding-cats
- Part 2: CMU Pile Sprint Cleanup
- As fast as possible in 4 minutes deconstruct the CMU pile with an eye towards neat re-stacking.
- Then take the next 4 minutes to neatly restack them and clean up plaster.
- Part 1: Bear Crawl Chain gang:
- Warm-down
- 20 Captain Thors
- Revers the Warmup (Windmils, Squat walkers, rockin chairs, cherry pickers)
- 10 Captain Thors
- Rainbow drops, Iron Mikes, Peter Parkers, … and that’s time.
- Wrap Up
- Discipline over motivation. Will over feelings. Quality over quantity. You come here not cause you feel like it. You come because your will and discipline overpower the feeling to stay in bed. Reminded the men today to go out and strive for Quality over quantity. Sure we only did 10 reps of these exercises, but we did them with excellent form and slow – they had good quality and that provided a great workout. Quality builds stronger muscles, more flexible muscles, more agility, more balance. Push and strive for quality today gentlemen.