F3 Knoxville

Packing parachutes

THE SCENE: Upper 40s a slight drizzle but mostly overcast
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

squats x10 Ic , ssh x 20 ic , merkins x10 ic  , flutter kicks x 20 ic , monkey humpers x20 ic , imperial walkers x 20 ic , merkins x 10 ic , dollys x 10 ic , squeaky dollys x 10 ic
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the summit of kiddie slope . On the way , possum cross the road , monkey humpers at the fountain x 10 ic , lunge a to a light pole , 10 merkins , lunge a light to the next light pole , 10 more merkins (Moses requested lunges so I obliged to his request 😈) continue a slow mosey to summit of kiddie slope

  • 11s (longest ever) w big boys and gas pumps (working that turkey belly)
  • At summit do 1 big boy
  • Run half way , stopping at the plateau of pain( said in a French accent)  do 10 burpees
  • Run to the base and do 10 gas pumps
  • run all the way back up and do 2 big boys …
  • every time you run DOWN, stop at PoP and do 10 burpees (rest stop)
  • rinse n repeat until 11s are done
  • ended up being about 2.5 miles of 11s , 100 burpees , 55 big boys, 55 gas pumps

MARY:
Mosey back to AO
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 pax giving me sarcastic laughs , evil looks , hands in the knees …. I knew they loved me !
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Story and credit the Q source ;

Leading Leaders

Charles Plumb, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, was a jet pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions, his plane was destroyed by a surface-to-air missile. Plumb ejected and parachuted into enemy hands. He was captured and spent 6 years in a communist Vietnamese prison. He survived the ordeal and now lectures on lessons learned from that experience.

One day, when Plumb and his wife were sitting in a restaurant, a man at another table came up and said, “You’re Plumb! You flew jet fighters in Vietnam from the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk. You were shot down!” “How in the world did you know that?” asked Plumb. “I packed your parachute,” the man replied. Plumb gasped in surprise and gratitude. The man pumped his hand and said, “I guess it worked!” Plumb assured him, “It sure did. If your chute hadn’t worked, I wouldn’t be here today.”

Plumb couldn’t sleep that night, thinking about that man. Plumb says, “I kept wondering what he might have looked like in a Navy uniform: a white hat, a bib in the back, and bell-bottom trousers. I wonder how many times I might have seen him and not even said ‘Good morning,’ ‘how are you?’ or anything because, you see, I was a fighter pilot and he was just a sailor.” Plumb thought of the many hours the sailor had spent on a long wooden table in the bowels of the ship, carefully weaving the shrouds and folding the silks of each chute, holding in his hands each time the fate of someone he didn’t know.

Now, Plumb asks his audience, “Who’s packing your parachute?” Everyone has someone who provides what they need to make it through the day. Plumb also points out that he needed many kinds of parachutes when his plane was shot down over enemy territory he needed his physical parachute, his mental parachute, his emotional parachute, and his spiritual parachute. He called on all these supports before reaching safety.

Sometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really important. We may fail to say hello, please, or thank you, congratulate someone on something wonderful that has happened to them, give a compliment, or just do something nice for no reason. As you go through this week, this month, this year, recognize people who pack your parachute.

MOLESKIN:
F3 packs one of my parachutes everyday ! And That’s just one . My wife packs my parachute in a big way!! My kids pack another, the people I work with pack one.  Don’t take for granted those around you that make you who you are or if you are in a leadership role , be thankful for those that you lead . Often times , we do what we are supposed to do and those around us work just as hard . That’s to be expected right ? Sure , but we can still show love and appreciation. It can go a long way just to acknowledge someone’s hard work even though it’s what they are supposed to do anyway.  As move past thanksgiving, giving thanks shouldn’t t stop through out the year.
thank you !
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Neuralyzer

THE SCENE: Clear and low 30’s. Our hair was freezing at the end.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x 20 4-ct IC

Lunge down grinder

Bear crawl back

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Suckmore the long way around the backside of the park

DRIFTERS COMPOUND

Do one rep of each compound exercise then run up the hill for increasing reps of burpees. Increase reps by one after each run.

HR Merkin/Merkin/Clap Merkin

Lunge each leg/Squat/Jump Squat

OH Clap 4-ct/Shoulder Tap 4-ct/Dry Dock

LBC 4-count/BBS/WWII sit-up

Go up to 10 reps

MARY:
Broga
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 HIMs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Talked about needing to use this time of year to reconcile with family and friends. We only get one shot at life. Forget what’s in the past and move forward toward a better relationship.
MOLESKIN:
Mt. Suckmore combined with Drifter’s Compound erased all our brains. We got upwards of 8 rounds and 2.5+ miles.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Burpees and wheel barrow practice

THE SCENE: 70s overcast
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

1 burpee

10 merkins

2 burpees

10 squats

3 burpees

10 imp walkers

4 burpees

10 imp squat walkers

5 burpees

10 ssh

6 burps

10 monkey h

7 burpees

10 overhead claps

8 burpees

10 big boys

9 burpees

10 flutter kicks

10 burpees

THA-THANG:
Escalator to kiddie slope

Escalator , 10 burps, 20 Dry docks, 30 monkey jumpers , 40 lbc

  • Partner wheel barrow up kiddie slope
  • 20 cones spread out about 10-12 yards apart all the way up kiddie slope
  • Partner wheel barrow to each cone , partner switched at each cone. At each cone before moving on , do 10 V ups(both partners )
  • We made it about halfway and running out of time , we…..
  • Broad jump burpee to the next cone , then lunge to the next cone alternating to the top of kiddie slope
  • Mosey to Crumpit for 7s , monkey humpers at the base, Bernie to the cones , WWII sit-ups
  • mosey back to the AO

MARY:
Alternating Superman’s

flutters

hello dollies

boat canoe….catamaran!

cash out with ATMs
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

12 pact
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Good teammates pull their weight.

Great ones hold you accountable and lift you up so you can pull your own.

MOLESKIN:

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Big Mama Kraken

THE SCENE: 70ish and sunny
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Grab a partner – One person farmer carries while the other reps out the exercise until they get back and then swap.

  • Merkins
  • Squats
  • BBS

THA-THANG:
A classic Kraken but the 8 cones are spread out over a quarter mile loop. Completing one full lap of the Kraken was 2+ miles. Exercises were as follows:

  • Crawl Bear up Mt Crumpet
  • 80 Merkins
  • 80 Iron Mikes
  • 25 Burpees
  • 50 BBS
  • 80 Monkey Humpers
  • 40 V-ups
  • 60 Bobby Hurleys

I think almost everyone completed 1 round or at least came super close.

MARY:

  • Captain Thor
  • Flutter Kicks
  • Hold out plank until the end

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
12 finished it off!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Galatians 6:2

Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ

Whether your rich, poor, healthy, unhealthy… all of us face difficulties in life that we cannot handle alone. God calls upon us to help each other carry our burdens. Life would be almost impossible without each other. Look for ways you can help your friends, families, or even strangers.  You may never know what burdens they are carrying.

MOLESKIN:
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Just AMRAP It

THE SCENE: Thick and Moist!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA – ACTIVE BASELINE:
Walking Lunges With a Twist (100ft)
Carolina Dry Docks (IC x 10)
Burnie Sanders Back (100ft)
Inchworms (50ft)
SSH (IC x 20)
Broad Jumps (50ft)
T-Merkins (OYO x 10)
Burnie Sanders Back (100ft)
Rockette Line in lieu of Woodshack (IC x 10)

THA-THANG:

15 Min AMRAP
15 Step-ups w/knee to elbow each leg
20 Iron Big Boy Sit-ups (IBBS)
25 Merkins

12 Min AMRAP
10 Single Leg Sun Dials (each leg)
15 Knees to chest, feet to sky (compound crunch)
20 Ankle touches 2ct

10 Min AMRAP
10 Chest to bars
15 Iron Mikes 2ct
20 CMU overhead press

MARRY’S – LUCKY ROLL:
*Roll a dice for the exercise*
1 LBC (x40)
2 Burpees (x10)
3 Hello Dolly (4ct x20)
4 Plank Knee to Op Elbow (4ct x10)
5 Slutter Kick (4ct x15)
6 American Hammer (4ct x10)

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 Pax – Tagged to post

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I drop the ball on this – my words were not put into sentences very well after this beatdown and I delivered a very confusing and non complete message…I owe it to the Pax – I will re-visit this message with a “part 2” on my next Q!

MOLESKIN:
The AMRAP layout really increases the intensity of the work-out.  Everyone was together doing the same movements and able to motivate one another for another level of intensity.  Multiple Pax caught the eyes of another in a moment of rest before digging deeper and pushing through!

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