F3 Knoxville

President’s Day Trivia at the Equalizer

THE SCENE: Above freezing, clear morning… how long until coffee?!?

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Done and Done

WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH IC x23 | LBAC IC each way x10 | Little bit of This/Little bit of That | Tempo Squats IC x10 | Rockettes IC x10 

THA-THANG:

Mosey to the Flagpole for 23 Derkins 

Mosey to Playground for 23 Rocky Balboas IC 

Mosey to Splash Pad for Presidential Trivia! 

Correct Answer = Do the exercise and reps on the cardboard

Incorrect Answer = Do double the exercise and reps 

  • 5 Burpees
  • 20 LBCs 
  • 10 Diamond Merkins
  • 30 Flutter Kicks
  • 20 Squats
  • 30 Mountain Climbers (2ct.)

3 Rounds; After each round Mosey to Dock for 25 CDD and Mosey to Rockpile for 21s Curls and 21s OHPress; Tricep Ext.; Rows 

Questions: ((Bolded questions were answered correctly))

Q: What does the “S” in Harry S. Truman’s name stand for?

A: Nothing 

Q: Which president made Christmas a national holiday?

A: Ulysses Grant 

Q: Who was the first and only U.S. president to serve non-consecutive terms?

A: Grover Cleveland

Q: Which president had turned down offers to play professional football?

A: Gerald Ford

Q: Which president was often mocked in the press for his unkempt appearance?

A: Abraham Lincoln

Q: Though three presidents (Adams, Jefferson, and Monroe) died on the 4th of July, which president was the only president to have been born on that date?

A: Calvin Coolidge

Q: Which president hated his painted portrait so much that he eventually burned it?

A: Theodore Roosevelt

Q: Which president and his wife hold the record for the longest-married first couple?

A: Jimmy Carter

Q: Who were the four presidents that were assassinated?

A: Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, and Kennedy

Q: What state produced the most U.S. presidents?

A: Virginia (8)

Q: Who was the first American-born president?

A: Martin Van Buren 

Q: Which president and his wife attended Napoleon‘s coronation at Notre Dame Cathedral?

A: James Monroe

Q: Who was the first president to have written a biography of another president?

A: After he left office, Herbert Hoover wrote a biography on Woodrow Wilson

Q: Which president donated all of his presidential salary (and his congressional salary before that) to charity?

A: John F. Kennedy

Q: Which president put up the first Christmas tree in the White House?

A: Benjamin Harrison

Q: Which presidents also served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court? 

A: William Howard Taft 

Q: Which president served as both President and Vice President without being elected to either office? 

A: Gerald Ford 

Q: Who was the youngest person to become president? 

A: Theodore Roosevelt; 42 at the time of inauguration. JFK was the youngest *elected* at 44. TR assumed office after the assassination of William McKinley in 1901 

Of the questions answered correctly (and it wasn’t many), High Heels was the HIM who answered the questions; Choir Boy answered 1 right. 

MARY:

Fellowship Mosey part of the way back 

Ring of Fire (Down from 3)

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

12 HIMs; 0 FNGs; 1 DownRange (Shoota from F3Franklin)

Stripped, Ribbed, Choir Boy, High-Heels, Trunk, Aladdin, Snitch, Head Gear, Mouthwash, Inspector Gadget, Shoota, Blindside

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

As I am coming up on my 1 year F3 anniversary, I have been reading through Freed to Lead for the first time and am really gaining a lot of knowledge about the initial creation of F3 and what it has done for men across the country. I am so completely thankful for this group and what it has done in my life this past year. If you are iffy about this whole F3 thing, please read Freed to Lead

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

CSAUP this Saturday 2/26 at the Asylum at 6:30 am start HARD OUT at 9:00 am

Bring donations for the food and for The Wesley House

F3Knoxville Podcast is BACK! Subscribe, Download, and Listen on any of your podcast apps!!

Working for the Weekend

THE SCENE: 39 degrees with a windchill of -10 according to some
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x25; Tempo Squat x10; Rockette x10; Little bit of this + little bit of that; Grady corns x10

THA-THANG:
Mosey to Bathhouse for an EMOM:

  • 5 pull-ups
  • 10 merkins
  • 15 squats
  • Every-minute-on-the-minute for 5 minutes.

Mosey to smokehouse to grab CMU’s.

CMU Dora. 1st person did the CMU work while 2nd person ran towards tennis courts to do the exercise. Switch and work your way down.

CMU / Run + Exercise

  • Curls / 10 Dive Bombers
  • OH Press / 10 Wide Merkins
  • Single-arm rows (right) / 10 Diamond Merkins
  • Single-arm rows (left) / 10 Hand-Release Merkins
  • Tri-press / 10 Merkins
  • Goblet Squat / 20 Side-crunches (right)
  • CMU Swings / 20 Side-crunches (left)
  • Blockees / 10 Squat-Jumps

We had enough time for a speed round thru some of this again with a shorter run.

MARY:
ABC’s — spelled our ABC’s in capital letters

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
13 HIM.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Philippians 3:17 — “Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us.”

Friday @ The Equalizer 2-11-22

THE SCENE: 31 degrees with a forecasted 39.  Clear skies.  Crisp.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Feet together touch toes – 20 count; feet apart right, left, middle – 20 count each; Grady Corn IC x 5; LBAC IC x 5 both ways; Tempo Merkin IC x 5; Down Dog – 20 count; Tempo Squat; mosey to the Smokehouse for a CMU then line up on the bigger basketball court
THA-THANG:
Phase 1 – Cardio Tabata – 20 work, 10 rest, 3 sets of each exercise before moving to the next, 20 seconds intermission between exercises

Exercises: (1) Side Straddle Hops; (2) High Knees in place; (3) Front Jacks; (4) Jump Squats

Phase 2 – Neapolitan Merkin EMOM – 3 rounds, each consisting of 10 reps of each of 3 merkin varieties (total – 9 min EMOM).  Run to the other side of the court and Bernie back to position after each set of 10 reps.

Merkin Varieties: Dip Merkin (hands placed on separate CMUs, chest dips into the space between the blocks before pushing back up); Standard Merkin; Derkin (feet on CMU, hands on the ground)

Example – PAX performs 10 Dip Merkins, runs to the other side of the court, Bernies back to position, and then rests.  When the next minute starts he performs 10 Standard Merkins, runs, Bernies, rests…

At the end, 90 Merkins have been completed – 30 of each variety

Phase 3 – Descending Ladder – the number listed before each exercise indicates the rep count.  Perform 10 all the way down to 1, then run across the court and through Smokehouse Gap before returning to position.  Once back begin again, only starting one step lower than before.

Ladder

10 – Windmills (2=1)

9 – Over Head Press

8 – Deadlift

7 – 21’s (7 low, 7 high, 7 full)

6 – Leg Hammers (2=1)

5 – Blockees

4 – Iron Mikes (2=1)

3 – Switch Climbers (2=1)

2 – Front Raises

1 – Burpee

MARY:
three quarters of a lap around the track followed by flutter kicks IC x 20 and 60 seconds of stretching at the AO
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 – Aladdin, School Zone, Subarine, Choir Boy, Snitch, Swimmies, Stripped, Mouthwash, Trunk
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Psalm 27:13 – I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
MOLESKIN:
You don’t have to wait until Heaven to experience God and all his glory, love, and care.  He’s all around us.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CSAUP at Asylum on Saturday 2/26 – 6:30a start and 8:45a finish with food to follow.  This event is 2.0 friendly, as long as they’re cool.

Smiling Through 2019 IPC at The Equalizer

THE SCENE: Clear, low 30s, frost on the field, CMU storage heater broken 

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Done and Done 

WARM-O-RAMA:

Touch toes stretch; spread legs stretch (Middle, Left, Right)

LBAC IC x10 each way

A Little bit of This, little bit of That

Week 0 – “Loredo” at the AO 

  • 24 Squats
  • 24 Merkins
  • 24 Walking Lunge Steps towards the field

THA-THANG:

Week 1 – “Killers B’s” 2x on the Field 

  • Broad jump 10 yards, 10 burpees
  •  Broad jump 10 yards, 10 Bonnie Blair’s 
  •  Broad jump 10 yards, 10 BigBoi SitUps
  •    *Bearcrawl 30 yards back to “Starting Line” 
  • Mosey to the Smokehouse to pick up a CMU

 

Week 2 – “Meatloaf’s Massacre” at the BathHouse

  • 10 Manmakers/20 Overhead Presses
  • 30 KB Swings/40 Goblet Squats
  • 50 Incline Block Merkins
  • 1 Lap around Stonehenge, pick up the SIX 

 

Week 3 – “Meters 43” at the BathHouse 

  • 10 Pull-ups 
  • 15 Burpee Coupon Jump Overs
  • 20 Coupon Curls
  • 25 Coupon Squat Thrusters 
  • 30 Gas Pumps (reverse crunches)

 

Week 4 – “Sugar’s Pick Your Poison” on the Field 

  • 50 cumulative merkins and/or air squats (the easy way)
  • 50 yard coupon run
  • 50 cumulative KB swings/Iron Mike (the easy way)
  • 50 yard coupon run
  • 50 cumulative thrusters/ lunge steps (the easy way)
  • 50 yard coupon run

 

MARY:

There just wasn’t time. 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

9 HIMs; 0 FNGs

Stripped, Snitch, Mouthwash, Aladdin, Choir Boy, Inspector Gadget, Submarine, School Zone, & Blindside

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

The Apostolate of Smiling:

Just a Little Smile on Your Lips 

Cheers your heart

Keeps you in good humor

Preserves peace in your soul

Promotes your Health

Beautifies your face

Induces kindly thoughts 

Inspires kindly deeds.

SMILE TO YOURSELF…

…until you notice that your constant seriousness, or even severity, has vanished.

SMILE TO YOURSELF…

…until you have warmed your own heart with the sunshine of your cheery countenance. Then…

Go out – and radiate your smile.

THAT SMILE…

…has work to do – work to do for God. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

2/26 CSAUP at the Asylum. 6:30-9:00 am. Food and beverages after

90s Block Party (Blood Pooling in My Shoe)

THE SCENE: Cool. 

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Windmills | SSH IC | Grady Corns | Rockettes

THA-THANG:

35sec on each exercise. 10sec rest. Take a lap around track after each round. 3 rounds. Stations included:

 

  • CDD
  • Rows
  • Diamond Merks
  • Box Cutters
  • Mtn climbers
  • Step ups
  • Squats
  • Imperial Walkers
  • Burpees
  • V-Ups

 

MARY:

  • Hello Dolly IC | Aussie Snowman

STRETCHES:

  • Bend down & grab toes
  • Sit squat

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM: Pray courageous prayers

ANNOUNCEMENTS: CSAUP

PRAYER