Official Transcript
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Spring Training at the Asylum
THE SCENE: Foggy, cool and damp – perfect for a VQ
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER:
Short and sweet. Modify if needed. Not a professional. Work hard.
WARM-O-RAMA:
Light Pole to Light
Jog
High Knees
Butt Kicks
Karaokes
THA-THANG:
Let Spring Training Begin…..
- Mosey to the other lot for some Plyos (10 – Squat Jumps, 10 – Tuck Jumps, 10 – Side to Side)
- Mosey to the next parking lot for some shuffle ladders across parking lot
- 15 sec Shuffle, 30 sec Shuffle, 45 sec Shuffle, 60 sec Shuffle, 45 sec Shuffle, 30 sec Shuffle, 15 sec Shuffle (15 sec rest between reps)
- Mosey to the Chapel for more Plyos (10 – Squat Jumps, 10 – Tuck Jumps, 10 – Side to Side)
- Mosey to the Baseball Field – Left Field Line
- 5 x Poles (jog from LF line to CF, Sprint from CF to RF)(Turn around and go back)
- Between each Pole Abs (Flutters, Hello Dollies, LBCs, Big Boys, Planks)
- 5 x Poles (jog from LF line to CF, Sprint from CF to RF)(Turn around and go back)
- Mosey back to the Chapel for another set of Plyos (10 – Squat Jumps, 10 – Tuck Jumps, 10 – Side to Side)
- Mosey back to parking lot for some more shuffle ladders across lot
- 15 sec Shuffle, 30 sec Shuffle, 45 sec Shuffle, 30 sec Shuffle, 15 sec Shuffle (15 sec rest between reps)
- Mosey back to the AO
MARY:
N/A
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Explained the ongoing chaos in my life. For the last month or two, more and more responsibilities and obstacles have been added and I have been poorly managing them. I am working on controlling the items I can, taking the time to decompress and be the father and husband I want to be. Control the Chaos.
MOLESKIN:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Raise the roof
THE SCENE:
Cold and dry (snow clouds brewing overhead)
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
Did it.
WARM-O-RAMA:
4ct SSH IC x 20; 4ct Tie Fighters IC x 11 (balance the force); 4ct Monkey Humpers x 11; 4ct Grady Corns x 20; Michael Phelps (to loosen up the shoulders for the pain to come); Great mumble chatter… for now.
THA-THANG:
Inspired by the monthly challenge… CMU Thrust-o-rama = 50 Thrusters OYO/lap around AO/rinse and repeat 3 times; Jump Squats and LBC’s while waiting for 6 (much huffing and puffing ensued/became quiet)
Mosey down to lower parking lot for some Group Therapy… 4ct Merkins IC x 10 (led by @Code Brown) at first corner; mosey to next corner together and completed 4ct Hello Dollies x 10 (led by @Rainbow); mosey to next corner together and completed 4ct SSH x 10 (led by @Fabio); mosey to next corner together and completed 10 Burpees OYO; mosey to cloud together and completed trifecta of 20 x Big Boys/20 x LBC’s/20 x Flutter Kicks; mosey over to Pav-a-lon together and completed combo of 20 x Jump Ups/Step Ups and 10 x Table Rows; Bear Crawled our way together up the hill leading to AO from Pav-a-lon; completed a couple laps around AO with 21-man Indian Run (made certain to put @Cat Gut near the front behind QIC to keep a reasonable starting pace) – @Coolio showing the PAX the perfect “Fox-trot”; circled up at AO for some MARY
MARY:
Cooled it down with 4ct Hello Dollies x 50-something (led by @Coolio); a healthy dose of Boat Canoes (led by @Cat Gut); 4ct SSH x 20 (led by QIC); knocked out 4 Jack Webbs; and finished with a handful of Cherry Pickers and Groin Stretches
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
21 HIMs got it done!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Shared scripture that QIC has been meditating on recently in pursuit of “cleaning up my act” by living more intentional in my spiritual life, my emotional/social life, with respect to my physical health, and my financial health. Shared Psalm 127:1 and spoke about the importance of recognizing the Lord must build our “house” or we labor in vain; Reminder we each have various “houses” that we are building – our home life (house), work life (house), church life (house), and private/secret life (house). Important to inspect these houses and be sure the Lord is the master builder and foundation.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence and Q 101 on Sat, 2/29 at Asylum at 7am; Bring food and drink for Wesley House donations (next week last week to donate)
No CMU Left Behind
THE SCENE: Respectable. Meaning in the 50s. Also light drizzle occaisionally. Just enough to cool you down a bit, not enough to actually get wet.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x30 IC
TN Rocking Chair x15 IC
8-ct Magic Mikes x10 IC (Fwd lunge, return, rev. lunge same leg, hands on the ground, bring fwd leg back and up in the air, merkin, return to standing)
LBAC x20 each way IC
Grady Corns x20 IC
Crabettes x10 IC
THA-THANG:
Head over to the CMU pile. Each PAX grabs one and comes out to the corner of the parking lot.
5 reps of exercise on card, then back to the pile for another CMU, 10 reps, another CMU, 15 reps until all CMUs are gone.
After all CMUs are at the first corner, repeat at second corner, moving all CMUs to the second corner.
Exercises:
-Thrusters
-BBS
-Merky-Derky (Plank w/ hands on block, merkin, bear crawl until feet on block, derkin, crawl bear back. That’s one. Audibled to 5-10-10 instead of 15)
-Lawn mowers
That’s all 4 corners… However, the cards have 2 sides.
-One-hand OHP
-Pull-over get-ups (from your six, reach CMU overhead and touch ground. Bring CMU back up and past your knees, stand up)
-CMU Wine Mixers
-Would have done curls, but ran out of time!
MARY:
No time today.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
7 PAX for 21 CMUs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Proverbs 3:5-6
New International Version
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
6 in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.
So… What’s on my heart today? Yesterday was tough. My wife’s mother, who is in the later stages of Alzheimer’s, moved into our house Saturday. Yesterday we ended up juggling care for her, work, school, shopping, home repair, dinner, and extended family drama. Lying in bed afterward (and honestly wishing at that point that I wasn’t on Q today), I wondered how many more of those days were to come, and how many I could take. This verse came to mind, reminding me again to keep actively putting my trust in Him, specifically both in heart and mind. I wish I could say I was in that place… But I know that’s where I need to be, and pray for strength to get there.
MOLESKIN:
PAX handled everything with aplomb today… Gotta step it up a bit next time!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
None this week…
The Men in The Arena
THE SCENE: Just cool enough. No wind. FNG (now known as “Title 9” was the first to show this morning, followed by Abscess & Hercules aka Tank the dog
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
- Welcome to F3: FitnessFellowshipFaith
- Name is Steam & I’ll be your QIC this morning!
- A couple things before we begin:
- Not a professional
- You’re here on your own volition
- Modify as you need but push yourself and the men around you. They deserve to be pushed and motivated and so do you.
[ Name of the game for this morning is 1 foot in front of the other ]
WARM-O-RAMA:
☐ Motivators: 10 IC
☐ Rockette: 10 x 4 IC
☐ Iron Mike: 10 x 4 IC
☐ Michel Phelps: 10 x 4 IC
☐ Windmill: 10 x 4 IC
☐ Merkins: 10 x 4 IC
THA-THANG:
(Mosey to Cardiac Hill)
☐ Battle-Buddy Up
☐ You and your BB have 3 points of contact
☐ Top – Curve 1 – Bottom
☐ Top: 15 BB sit-ups (hold feet)
☐ Curve 1: 15 1-count buddy merkins (Hugh five)
☐ Bottom: 15 squats
(Sprint back up to the top and hold the plank)
☐ 10 down/up merkins All-Together
( 10 count)
☐ Rinse & Repeat – same exercises – 10 reps of everything instead of 15
(Curves led PAX in 10 up/down squats)
(10 count)
(Mosey to path that goes towards dock)
☐ 2 lines —> bear crawl to the dock
(COP – Change of Plans: Path/boards to dock were slippery —> Q modified for PAX —> Hold the Al Gore after 1st light post and 10 sea claps)
(Mosey on to the dock)
[ Quarter Pounder ]
☐ 25×4 flitter kicks
☐ 25×4 LBCs
☐ 25×4 hello dolly’s
☐ 25×4 straight legged curls
(Mosey to hill before Everest by way of:
—> Dock —> through grass to small pavilion by soccer fields —> up the hill on path towards Everest
@ Small Pavilion
- New Battle Buddy
- BB1: Wall-sit + overhead seal claps
- BB2: Sprint to lightpost in the middle of exterior parking lot + 2 merkins (just 2 ain’t bad right?) + recover BB1
- Rinse & Repeat 1
(10 count)
(mosey from small pavilion in 2 lined American Indian style)
.25 later —> merge into 1 big American Indian run mosey
☐ Bear crawl up the hill and over the top
(Mosey to base of Everest)
“I’m Up – He Sees Me – I’m Down”
☐ “I’m Down” command – 5 merkins and hold until the next command is given
—> “I’m Up!” Command = sprint up Everest
☐ All the way to the top
(Sandy is planted at the top of Everest behind tree at the top middle)
(Battle buddy Sandy Run to AO)
—> Sandy being carried in front by 2 PAX for 10 seconds (modified to 25 seconds later) and then recovering to the back
PAX rush past Haslam rock and stop at the small (sort of) hill right below Saturday AO parking lot
- Sandy Toss + 5 up/down merkins up the hill to the parking lot
- 2 PAX chuck Sandy as far as possible up the hill, all PAX sprint to it and execute 5 up/down merkins until everyone is at the top
MARY:
– 2 rounds of Boat/Canoe
– Cashed out the day with ATMs
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
16 PAX + 1 FNG = 17 total HIM
Cheatsheet, Mr Jinxy, Curves, FNG —> Title 9, Lulu, Waffle House, Otis, Crawdad, Abscess, Jumbo, Choir Boy, Hawk, LillyDipper, Brick, Snag, Swimmies
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
The Man in the Arena does not quit, although he may be knocked down and falter from the original path at times, he’s in the arena and must learn to get back up again and again and again. This is the way.
MOLESKIN:
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
– Teddy Roosevelt
☐ In the ring of life sometimes it can feel like we’re on our knees crying out for freedom and all we can do is look up right?
☐ Song by Anthony Hamilton “Freedom” — some of the lyrics go like this: “Felt like the weight of the world is on my shoulders. Pressure to break or retreat at every turn. Facing the feat that the truth I discovered. No telling how all this will work out, but I’ve come too far to turn back now. I’m looking for freedom, looking for freedom. And to find it cost everything I have.”
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. 1st F3 Knoxville Truebadours Q101/GrowSchool Convergence: Saturday, February 29th, 2020 – Asylum AO. More info to be pushed out in weekly emails + GroupMe soon
2. F3 Morristown Launch: Saturday, April 4th, 2020. Clown car(s) will be assembling to go support the launch on 4/4. Be on the lookout for opportunities between now and then to go post at some “test-Qs” at their new AO in the coming weeks/months.
Keep the Faith & Fight the Good Fight!