F3 Knoxville

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Jetlag Comes Full Circle

THE SCENE: Pretty chilly. However, the lack of Doubtfire’s Action Slacks and Trunk’s Equalizer Tank suggest otherwise.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Did this. It went well

WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH IC x15; LBAC each way IC x10; Windmills IC x10; Tempo Squats IC x10; Mosey to Splash Pad

THA-THANG:

Tabata workout: eight 20-second rounds of an exercise with a 10-second rest between rounds. Short mosey between exercises as rain allows.

Exercises:

  • Step-ups/Box Jumps
    • To the Bathhouse for Pull-ups x5
  • LBCs
    • To the Dock for CCD x15 
  • Squats
    • To the Stonehenge for Burpees x5 
  • BBS
    • To the Playground for BodyBuilders+ x5
  • Dips
    • A short lap around Splash Pad to start of parking spaces for Bear Crawls the length of the spaces 
  • What started out as a Fellowship Mosey ended up being a lap around The Equalizer track the long way

MARY:

Fire of Ring → Starting with 1 merkin around, up to three 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

15 HIMs; 0 FNGs … With the exception of the flag handoff in April, this is the most posting at the Equalizer in recent memory. 

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

1Pet1:13-16 – So prepare your minds for action and exercise self-control. Put all your hope in the gracious salvation that will come to you when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world. So you must live as God’s obedient children. Don’t slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn’t know any better then. But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy. For the Scriptures say, “You must be holy because I am holy.”

This BOM and (most of) the workout was from Jetlag’s first post back in November of 2020. I wanted to honor his time here with us by going back to where F3 started for him. It is appropriate that this passage from 1st Peter was chosen by Stripped for Jetlag’s first posting, and even more appropriate as he returns to the Philippines. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Coats for the Cold, donate to AOs now through Nov. 13th

Brovember Challenge starts today. Look for a link to track your progress in the #brovember2021 Slack channel around Wednesday. 

Descending Ladders and Climbing Walls – Dog Pound 10-28-21

THE SCENE: 46F and cloudy.  No rain though!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Twist back and forth; assorted hammy stretches; forward and backward shoulder rolls; Motivators starting at 5; grab a CMU and suitcase carry to the Skate Park
THA-THANG:

EV1 – “Tabata-like” Ab Circuit – (30sec/15sec) x 2 / 40sec for run to wall and back + recover between rounds

  • R1 – Elbow Plank
  • R2 – Flutter Kick
  • R3 – Freddie Mercury
  • R4 – Dead Bug

EV2 – Descending Ladder

  • Complete exercises 10 through 1 in descending order.  After the last exercise is complete, run to the wall, scale the wall, and either scale the wall again or run around the wall and back to the CMU to begin again with the next rung down the ladder.  Those who did not wish to scale the wall ran to the wall and completed 2 burpees before returning to their CMU.

10 – Squat Thrusters

9 – Deadlifts

8 – Iron Mike (L+R=1)

7 – Bicep 21’s – (21 CMU curl variations in 7’s – 7 from low to mid, 7 from mid to high, and 7 full)

6 – Deadlift

5 – Blockee

4 – American Hammer w/CMU (L+R=1)

3 – Goblet Squat

2 – Over the Top Merkin (Left+Middle+Right=1)

1 – CMU Snatch

MARY:
Suitcase carry CMU’s back to the AO, alternating arms.  Motivators starting at 3
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 – I-Beam, MudPuppy, Junk, Trunk, Mayberry, Snitch, Wagon Wheel, Cottontail, Tonka
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“The best time to plant a tree is 25 years ago.  The second best time to plant a tree to today.”
MOLESKIN:
Be decisive and go after what you want in this life.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Going forward there will be a 25 burpee penalty for all PAX to complete if the flag does not make it to the AO

Puddles Galore

THE SCENE: Raining, temp in 60s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Mosey to Pavilion because it is raining by golly.  20 Side-Straddle-Hops, 15 Plank Jacks, 10 Cherry Pickers, 10 Rockettes, 10 Little Baby Arm Circles Forward and 10 Backward.

Next, do 20 Picnic Table Pullups and then run around around the Pavilion.  Next do 20 Bench Dips and then run around the Pavilion.  Rinse and Repeat.

Why heck, it’s still raining, let’s get wet.  Mosey down ball field sidewalk to Caribbean parking lot and to the southwestern side of the parking lot.  We will run in a candy cane motion stopping at each island to do the listed exercise.  Those getting to the end of the candy cane sweep all men back to the start.  Then do the same with the next exercise.  These are the exercises:

  • 10 Merkins
  • 10 Big Boy Sit-ups
  • 20 Little Baby Crunches

Next, we mosey on park roadway to the old southern ball field parking lot.  We will start on the southern curb and do suicide, returning back to curb from each parking lot light and northern curb.  The run to the first curb is always a Bernie Sanders while all the other running is a sprint.

Next we mosey to the park perimeter trail just off the pavilion by the old south ball fields.  We will do nickel dime quarter doing the following exercises:

  • Dive Bomber
  • Squat Jump

Next we do double quarters (run 5 lights then do 25 of exercise, then rinse and repeat) with the following exercises:

  • Toe touches
  • Bobby Hurleys

We stop where perimeter trail meets serpentine sidewalk.  We next run on serpentine sidewalk for four lights and lunge for one light until we reach the Caribean Parking Lot.  From there, mosey to Pavilion by northern ball fields.  From there, sprint to the AO Flag with winner (who happened to be Lulu) getting a free breakfast from your Q.

MARY:
Who’s she?  Cross-Eyed Mary happens to be an incredible song by Jethro Tull.  Just sayin.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Ten men, no FNGs.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
William Shatner, the actor who played good ol Captain Kirk, flew into space this past week.  At age 90 he is the oldest person to ever travel in space.  He was overcome with emotion when he returned.  He talked about the beautiful blue skies of earth and how, once the space vessel passed through the Earth’s atmosphere, the beautiful blue of earth went suddenly black in space.  It made him think of the preciousness and fragility of Earth, how it can vanish into nothing, and about the fragility of our own lives, about how our bodies will one day just die.  Thankfully, our lives are more than what is spent on Earth.  There is the infinity of God, the Alpha and Omega, who created everything, and the opportunity to live with HIM, forever.
MOLESKIN:
We live on a beautiful planet.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Christmas party at Judge Judy’s home on December 11.  Wives or partners are invited.

We could have done 50 burpees

THE SCENE: Perfect.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
warmup stuff
THA-THANG:
Mosey just past the “boat” Complete the menu. Run lap after each exercise and number of reps.

  • 10 burpees -run lap
  • 20 inch worms-run lap
  • 30 squat jumps-run lap
  • 40 Merkins -run lap
  • 50 squats-run lap

mosey to the Backbone. Do exercise qty and run up to cone and back

  • 10 pull ups
  • 20 knee ups
  • 30 second hold
  • 40 bar taps (jumps)
  • 50 flutter kicks

mosey back to AO doing a couple 20yd sprints on the way.

MARY:
Lots of Freddie mercurys, marge Simpsons, And side crunches
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
we talked about being one with our wives. We take care of our bodies and we take care of ourselves, our wives are part of us. We need to respect our wives and take care of them as we take care of ourselves.
MOLESKIN:
Good to have cottontail back.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Christmas party

10/12/21 @ Dog Pound

THE SCENE: Crisp, clear, and a gentle breeze
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Shoulder circles front and back; grady corns; cherry pickers; rockettes; grab a CMU
THA-THANG:
1 – walked to the Dog Bone using alternating (right hand / left hand) suit case carries of the CMU and finishing with a rifle carry

2 – at Dog Bone, complete the following:

  • Pullups (10 > 8 > 6 > 4 > 2)
  • 20 yard downhill Crawl Bear
  • 12 Over The Top Merkins
  • 40 yard uphill sprint
  • 12 reverse crunches, toes pointed downhill
  • downhill jog back to Dog Bone for next pullup set
    • early finishers worked back up the ladder until the Six was done

3 – Rifle Carry CMU to Marina parking just past Lakeside entrance (does this spot have a name?)

  • lying chest press with upright CMU (20)
  • leg hammers (made that up) – from a reclined position and with feet together – lift legs up and over an upright CMU and then back in the opposite direction (20)
  • lying chest press (20)
  • leg hammers (20)
  • CMU dead lift (15)
  • Flamingos (5 each leg x2)
  • Curl to Overhead Press (20)
  • American Hammer w/CMU (10)
  • Squat Thrusters (20)

4 – Alternating CMU suit case carries back to the AO

MARY:
Merkin Ring of Fire – started with 3 each and made it around once
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 Men, including FNG “Cottontail”
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Romans 8:5 – Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.
MOLESKIN:
There are two opposing forces inside of us at all times.  The one you focus on and live in accordance with is the one that will guide your life.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Talk to Tank if you have an M who would be interested in doing some mission work in New Orleans