F3 Knoxville

The Battle Buddy Beatdown

THA-THANG:

Buddy Circuit x3

  • Buddy Presses x10
  • Leg Throwdowns x15
  • Buddy Lat Raises x10
  • Buddy Derkins x15

Alternate between Buddy Carries and Wheelbarrows between stations.

Descending Cardio Ladder

  • 1:00 Sprint, Burpees, Sprint
  • :45 Burpees, Sprint, Burpees
  • :30 Sprint, Burpees, Sprint
  • :15 Burpees, Sprint, Burpees

8-Count Merkins x12

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
41 PAX
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Choose lasting meaning over temporary happiness. Don’t make happiness and pleasure your aim in life. We do what is hard to get strong. We are strong to help carry others out of the depths.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
4 AUG- 2nd F at the Anders

11 AUG- 3rd F at the Outlook

Launch Party/Change

THE SCENE: 75 and ready for Launch
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Money to Flag

SSH x 20 IC

Imperial Walkers x 20 IC

Michael Phelps OYO

THA-THANG:
Launch Party included a view of almost all that our new AO “The Equalizer” has to offer:

  • DORAs on Soccer Field- 200 Merkins & 200 Squats
  • Mosey to the Boat Launch/Dock/Pier
  • 7s from Dock to Playground- LBCs & Pull-Ups
  • Mosey to Splashpad- Proton-led Flutter Kicks x 25 IC, Pfeiffer-led Hello Dolly’s x 25 IC, Partner BBSU x 20
  • Mosey to Trail Running path- 11s- incline/decline Merkins (modified for time)
  • Mosey to basketball court- 5-10-15-20 Rounds of Burpees with cross court running between each set.
  • Partner run of loop x 1.5

MARY:
Abs
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Great response for the new AO Launch at The Equalizer (formerly known as Carl Cowan Park).

Brief rundown on the history of Carl Cowan and his fight for equality in Knoxville. Change is inevitable, be ready, get ready, be in charge of the change you want in your life. Evolve- do not be the same man you were last year, 5 years ago… be better.

F3 Knoxville experienced change today- new AO & it was a wonderful morning.

MOLESKIN:
S/O to Frosty, Mayberry, Junk, and Abacus for being with us in the SuperOcho/NirvanaNine quest. Awesome work men! We welcomed “Central Park” to the group and he came in with some respect!

We prayed for Landline and his family as they transition to St. Thomas. Yes, the Virgin Islands. Godspeed brother!

We prayed for Sliderule and his family and for Abacus’ Aunt.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The Equalizer will meet on Saturdays only for now but vibe was to expand the schedule. More info soon. Coffeteria at Dunkin Donuts was only letdown of the morning. New spot coming next week.

Hot evening for Superocho

THE SCENE: Hot and humid, temps close to 90
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

20 Side-Straddle Hops, 10 Burpees, 10 Bottle openers, 10 Windmills, Little of This, Little of That
THA-THANG:
Mosey to parking lot across the street and a little north of playground.  We will do the following exercises at each corner of the parking lot:

  • Southwest corner:  20 Merkins, then bear crawl to next corner.
  • Southeast corner:  20 Big Boys, then sprint to next corner.
  • Northeast corner:  20 Jump Squats, then bear crawl to next corner.
  • Northwest corner:  20 Squat, then sprint to next corner.

Rinse and repeat above but do Bernie Sanders instead of sprint.

Mosey to playground.  We will do the following exercises and run to the areas where exercises are to be performed:

  • Benches on playground:  20 Bench Jumps
  • Dugouts at ball field:  20 knees to chest while handing from overhead rafter in dugout.
  • Picnic tables in pavilion:  20 Picnic Table Pull-ups
  • Flag just north of pavilion:  20 Carolina Dry Docks

Mosey short distance to pavilion.  We will, with our backs to wall, do one minute squat.

Mosey to serpentine sidewalk that is south of parking lot located south of playground.  We will do “14’s” where we lunge to first light, run past next four lights, lung to next light, run past next four, etc. all the way to the perimeter trail.

Mosey to shaded area on perimeter trail just south of Cardiac Hill.  Do 20 American Hammers.  We will then run up Cardiac Hill, stopping to do the following exercises at the turns in the trail:

  • Turn one:  20 Flutter Kicks (four count)
  • Turn two:  20 Bicycle Kicks (four count)
  • Turn three:  20 Decline Merkins
  • Turn four:  20 Bench Lifts

Mosey to shaded area by stop sign at northeast corner of admin bldg.  20 Hello Dollies.

Mosey to AO.

MARY:
Boat Canoe.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
14 men.  We picked up a Flying EH who was our FNG.  He is Brian Pitstick whom we named “Sparkler.”
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
God made us.  We stand naked before God.  He knows every inch of us and knows everything about us.  So, why hide information from God?  When you pray, when you talk to God, reveal it all, everything.  He sees it anyway but wants a relationship with you and wants you to talk to Him about it.  He is there for you.  He understands you.  He loves you.  You need not hide from Him.

Why are my shoulders Red?

THE SCENE: 72 degrees and rising with HEAVY humidity
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER 
WARM-O-RAMA:

Co Q with Herbie  ( he did 1st 30 min)

  • Cherry Pickers x 10 IC
  • Tempo MKNS x 10 IC
  • SSH x 20 IC
  • LBAC x 10 IC (B)

THA-THANG:

B.O.M.B.S.  P1 Runs and P2 does Ex’s until they complete

  • 50 BRPS
  • 100 OH Claps
  • 150 MKNS
  • 200 BBS
  • 250 SQTS
  • Hand off to Natty-  All grab their CMU’s
  • Mosey with CMU’s to 1st TN Bank lot
  • Sideways (B) rapid step over curb x 50  & FWD / BWD x 50  (all holding CMU)
  • Fast Mosey with CMU to Lifehouse Lot and perform 20 CDD’s on CMU’s
  • Fast Mosey to Lot below Bojangles with CMU’s and do 20 SQTS
  • Fast Mosey to Norm’s Hill and Partner back up
  • 1) P1 runs up hill and back down while P2 performs OH Press with CMU then alternate
  • 2) P1 Bernie’s up hill and jogs back while P2 performs upright ROWS with CMU then alt
  • 3) P1 sprints up hill and lunges back down while P2 performs Kettle Bell thrusters  then alt
  • Attempted a fast Mosey back to AO with CMU (Abcess killed us)
  • MARY:
    Bruce Lee’s x 10
  • Flutters x 20 IC
  • there was one more but I forgot what it was!

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
6 HIMS: Natty, Herbie, Abcess, Mr. Jinxy, Switchgrass, and Woodtick
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Your shoulders are red because you hauled a dang CMU across kingdom come at a quick pace.  This was harder than I expected.
MOLESKIN:
Following up on Belding’s message on staying close to your flock, we discussed faith and how when we involve God more in our daily lives with things like F3, our faith grows stronger.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Brickyard needs more members, let’s get out there and recruit

Getting our mileage on

THE SCENE: 70 clear

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:
Stretch OYO

THA-THANG:
Run

Run

Run some more

MARY:
Ain’t nobody got time for Mary.  As Forest Gump says “we were runningggggg”

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
This AO time is usually a light ruck themed AO, but since no one was listed on the Q I assumed most of the regular attenders (Frosty, Butters, Wallball) were out of town.  I signed up to Q because I know some of the guys in attendance this morning are in the home stretch of completing the “Super Ocho” (or event to be named later) where they post at each of our Knoxville AOs.  I didn’t want to leave them hanging if the normal crew was MIA.  I think this is a great challenge to get out to every AO and see the options Knoxville has to offer.

My apologies to Butters and WallBall since I made them leave their backpacks in the car, but maybe next time they will sign up to Q…

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

This months AO vs AO challenge is distance.  So log those miles.  Also anyone can join at anytime.

Tank is leading a kickball tournament on 8-18-18

Truckin to the Pound is currently being planned for late summer early fall.

F3 Olympics are happening this fall most likely to coincide with our 3rd year anniversary. Stay tuned.