F3 Knoxville

Cardinal VQ

AO: brickyard
Q: Otis
PAX: Natty, Gmail, Spellcheck, Otis
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
WARMUP:15 Side Straddle Hops
10 Tempo Merkins
10 Flutter Kicks Double Count
10 Little Baby Arm Circles Forward
10 Little Baby Arm Circles Backward
10 Hallelujahs
10 Knoxville Cherry Pickers
20 Sec. Samson Hold
PHELPS it out
10 Willie Mayes Hayes

THE THANG:Mosey to the football field
Round 1: 5 of everything
-Burpees followed by a moment of silence for Cardinal.
-Big Boys
-Heels to Heaven
-Run roughly 100 yards and repeat

Round 2: 10 of everything
-Burpees
-Little Baby Crunches
-Mt. Climbers Double Count
-Run 100 yards and repeat

Round 3: 15 of everything
-Burpees
-Air Squats
-Freddy Mercury’s
-Run 100 yards and repeat

Round 4:
-20 Burpees
-Run 100 yards and repeat

Repeat Round 3
Repeat Round 2
Repeat Round 1
Jog 1 lap then walk 1 lap
Mosey to under the bleachers
4 lengths: 5 burpees at each end, jog from end to end

MARY: Snowball fight on the football field :grinning:, mosey to AO

ANNOUNCEMENTS: January is Mentor month
Forge is coming up

COT: How do you view God? Father, Lord, Judge, Master?
Seeing God as Father:
Play, child of God, there is joy despite the circumstances because just like a child, the burden is the Father’s. Play, be joyful, embrace the adventure, go to your Father with the troubles of this world, He will lead you and guide you along the narrow path.

“At that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.””
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭11‬:‭25‬-‭30‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Also prodigal son

Stadium Ruck

AO: thequacken
Q: Z-Pack
PAX: Herbie, Natty, Otis, Gmail, FixerUpper, Z-Pack
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WARMUP:
Lap at park

THE THANG:
Rucked the CHS stadium steps with 50 merkins thrown in.

MARY:
Ruck pull throughs

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:
F3 mission, Credo, and 5 core principles

Fitness – the benefits of resistance training.

Rucksgiving ‘24

AO: asylum-daybreak
Q: Steam , Mermaid
PAX: Jumbo(Carter Dickens), Unibráu (Nick Robinson), Snitch (Cory Beilharz ), Lulu (Greg Huddy), Pusher, FixerUpper, Otis, Honeydew, Veggie (Rylen Huddy), The Situation, Spellcheck, Pele (Jon Lindberg), High Heels, F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom), Crawdad (Robbi Dickens), Choir Boy, 1 downrange PAX from GA
FNGs: None
COUNT: 20
WARMUP
– SSH: 20×4
– Airplane Merkin: 10×4
– Rockette: 10×4
– Baby Arm Circles: 10×4 F
– Baby Arm Circles: 10×4 B
– Willie Mays Hayes: 6

THE THANG
Head to the BP

—BP (Big Pavilion) PT—
– 10×4 stair case incline merkins
– 1/2 — hands down to the lower level
– 3 — incline merkin down position
– 4 — incline merkin up position
– Next rep starts – going up instead
– 20×4 squat bench touches
– 20 step-ups

Head to the base of Cardiac Hill

—Man-Maker Pyramid—
– All together in cadence
– 2 man-makers at the base
– 4 man-makers at the 1st turn
– 6 man-makers at the 2nd turn
– 8 man-makers at the top

Mosey/walk back down to the base of Cardiac + come back up
– 10 merkins and LBCs

Turn it over to Mermaid at 7:30 at the top of Cardiac

Up/downs on Baby Cardiac
– Plank + Bear Crawl American Indian run style
– Al Gore + Lunge

Dora’s
– 100 squats
– 50 merkins
– 25 burpees
– Battle Buddy runs down Baby Cardiac and back

Ruck/Rock Xs in the Big Pavilion
– 12 curls + 1 burpee
– 12 chest presses + burpee
– 12 bent over rows + 1 burpee
– 12 chin-ups + 1 burpee

MARY
– Stretching w/Mermaid
– Race up Baby Cardiac
– Down + backs in the parking lot

ANNOUNCEMENTS
– Check the announcements channel for the weekly Send Me newsletter and all upcoming events

COT
Give It Away

One of the first things you see on the f3nation.com website right at the very top are the words “GIVE IT AWAY.”
– Clicking or tapping on it takes you to F3 Nation’s 2024 Year End Giving campaign, where you can see the F3 Cardinal video – which is incredibly moving.
– You’ll also see sections underneath it titled “The Why” and “The How”

“The Why”
– 66 million obese men in the USA
– 39,000 male suicides annually
– Infinite Sad Clowns

“The How”
– Numbers and info on current and new investments into F3 around the globe

And then it says this:

“F3 NATION’S MISSION AND IMPACT THROUGH GENEROSITY. WHEN YOU GIVE you are giving it away IN HONOR OF THE BROTHER who gave it to you and IN HONOR OF THE BROTHER who’ll you’ll likely never meet. DO IT FOR YOUR BROTHERS!!”
And that brings me to Rucksgiving
– This GORUCK challenge that, in my mind, incorporates all 3 Fs – Fitness, Fellowship, and Faith.
– We just worked hard – thanks for pushing yourself and the men around you
– We spent time in fellowship together, with people we care about and are part of our sphere of influence
– To whatever level of faith you may or may not have – when you were reading through the Rucksgiving event info I shared, something inside you clicked off and said subconsciously said “it’s not about me.” Faith and belief that you’re not just living for yourself and you felt led and guided to give it away.

Why? That’s what High Impact Men do.

Just like on the F3 Nation website where it says “in honor of the brother who you’ll likely never meet,” — we will likely never meet the children who our generosity is going towards from this event.

But they will feel our generosity and willingness to live out of the “it’s not about me” mindset because we had the courage to act out in faith and believe that a fun and challenging ruck event on a ridiculously cold morning could potentially make a difference in their life.

God is a generous and good God, and any and all outpouring of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control from us is because of the work He is continually doing within us.

“Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord your God that he has given you.”
‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭16‬:‭17‬ ‭ESV‬‬
bible.com/bible/59/deu.16.17.ESV

Thank you for participating in this year’s Rucksgiving! Because of this, we will get to bless multiple kids on Christmas through Angel Tree this year.

simple 4 corners + extra

AO: brickyard
Q: Gmail
PAX: Biohazard (Jay Shepherd), Bail Bonds, Spellcheck, Natty, Gordie, Appleseed, Otis, Colonel (Alex Wallace), DUCKHUNT2005, Chuck
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
Warm-up
SSHTempo MerkinsTie Fighters-Arm Circles
toy soldiersTN rocking chairs
Imperial Walkers
The Thang
Mosey to the Field
Travel perimeter facing same way, at each corner perform the following exercises:
– 40* Merkins
– 30* Bobby Hurleys
– 20* Reverse Lunges
– 10* Burpees* drop reps for how many is in front of you
Random until 6 is up, repeat X 2 , then half reps X 1
10 Merkins, jailbreak 100yrds X 2
Wall Crawl to 5
(1 Merkin , 1 wall crawl, 2 Merkins 1 wall crawl…..)
MARY
Flutter Kicks, Imperial Walkers
J-Los (for Natty) stretching
Descending Lunges and Wall Sit
20ct, 30 seconds. 18ct, 30sec……
The Word
1 Corinthians 15:33
Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.

Book 12 Pillars talks about being careful who our friends are. Goes on to say that we should view our relationships as associations and some associations we should increase, some we should limit and some we should de-associate. Are the people we surround ourselves with doing us good or harm? We need to cultivate good relationships. We need to be concerned about who our kids build relationships with.

When I read this ch I immediately thought about how blessed I am to have the same boneheads at F3 workout with me multiple times a week.
Announcements
Brolympics Nov 16, sign up!. Regular Beatdown is canceled. OTB if needed.

IPC 2024 Recap

AO: brickyard
Q: Gmail
PAX: Otis, Spellcheck, Natty, Gordie, Appleseed
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WARMUP:
yes
THE THANG:
wk 0: Kalsu
EMOM: 1 minute-Every minute perform 5 Burpees then as many Thrusters as possible X 2 rounds
-Run a boogaloop-Every minute perform 5 Thrusters, then as many Burpees as possible X 2 rounds
Wk 1: Toughest 6s 10yrd apart (shortened for time)
-Thrusters & hand release merkins
MOT:Bear CrawlLungeBurpee Broad JumpRunMurder Bunnywk 2: March to the Arch
-run a boogaloop-40 merkins-MOT: Bricklayers-7 Cactus Jump Squats
-MOT: Lt. Dan’s Magic Legs
-40 Coupon Plank Jacks
-MOT: Murder Bunny
-7 Cactus Jump Squats
-MOT: Murder Bunny
-run a boogaloopWk 3: Brenton Sandwich
-MOT: Bear CrawlMOT: 3 Broad Jumps, 1 burpee. repeat
-9 of each exercise.
Burpee block Jump Overs
ThrustersBonnie Blairs (2ct)
Hand release Merkins
BBS- run a boogaloop
-MOT: Bear CrawlMOT: 3 Broad Jumps, 1 burpee. repeat
Wk 4: Mauls Backyard Burpee Beatdown
-run half a boogaloop
-perform 15 reps of exercise
-run other half-perfom burpees until everyone’s ready for next round
Exercises:Freddie MercuryPickle PoundersLow Flutter KicksPlank JacksMonkey HumpersSquatsLBCsSSH
MARY:
No
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT: encouraging story of Eric Liddell I heard from zpack. look him up or watch the movie “Chariots of Fire”