F3 Knoxville

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No CMUesday

THE SCENE: A hint of fall in the air.  First time in the 50’s in a while
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Warmed up with 20 SSH on 4ct, Tie Fighters Left and Right x10, Rockettes x12, Imperial Walkers x10 mosey’d to pavilion for 10 tempo incline merkins and 10 tempo dips.
THA-THANG:
Mosey’d to lower parking lot for a 4 corner(ish) workout starting at corner 1 with 25 jump squats.  From there you bear crawl out to cone 1 about 20 yards out, once there switched to crab walks to cone two, then once at cone 2 back to bear crawls to cone 3.

25 gas pumpers at cone 3 then run to the 3rd corner at adjacent parking lot for 25 merkins, and then run to 4th and final corner for 25 dry docks.  Hope was to finish 4 rounds.  We didn’t quite get 4

Once 6 was up we completed a circuit in one parking lot.  Idea was one exercise at a time, performing 25 at one end, run to the other end of the lot for 20, run back for 15 and so on.  All the way to 5 reps

Once you completed 5 reps you moved on to the next exercise.

Exercises were: LBC, Flutter Kick, and F Mercury’s

Once completed we had time for one last “Hard as you can” up Baby Everest.  Then circled up.

MARY:
We did 10 SSH’s on 4ct.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
We talked about loss and I shared this prayer:

Lord Jesus, thank you for guaranteeing the Day of no more death—whether by “natural causes” and aging, way too early “Homecomings,” or by senseless acts and dark circumstances. Though you have already removed death’s “sting” (1 Cor. 15:55-56), it still slaps us in the face, buckles our knees, and rocks our sensibilities,.

 

Thank you for validating our shock, encouraging our grief, and giving us tears. Standing before your friend’s grave, you wept before you raised Lazarus to life. You revealed your anguish before you exercised your power. Death is a violation. It’s not the way things are supposed to be.

 

It’s only because of your death and resurrection, we now gratefully affirm death isn’t sovereign, you are. Sin didn’t triumph, you did. Our funeral doesn’t get the last word, you do. Jesus, you are the grace giver and grave robber. Death’s keys are in your hand, and so are we.

With the same hand you will wipe every tear out of eyes, reach into our painful stories of loss now. We still have questions, but we don’t question your goodness and faithfulness. Because the Gospel is true, to be absent from the body is to be present with you. Life is Christ and death is gain. Our mourning is for this brief, painful moment; but eternal joy will come in the morning. Thank you, and So Very Amen.

 

 

 

 

 

MOLESKIN:
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CMU’s and Suicides

THE SCENE: It didn’t rain and we were sweaty when we finished.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
20 SS Hops on the 4ct, small mosey to lower parking lot for 10 tie fighters right, mosey to other corner of lot for 10 tie fighters left, mosey a bit for tempo merkins, and one last mosey to the remaining corner for 10 4ct mtn. climbers
THA-THANG:
AMRAP workout in consisting of the following

1 min Curls, 2 min Suicides, 1 Min OH Press, 2 Min suicides, 1 Min Block Flutters, 2 Min suicides, 1 Min Up and Over Merkins, 2 Min Suicides, 1 Min Squat with CMU, 2 Min Suicides, 1 Min Block Swing, 30 Sec Lawn Mower Right, 30 Sec Lawn Mower Left, 2 Min Suicides

Then mosey to Pavilion for

1 Min of Table rows, 1 Min of dips, 1 Min of LBCs, 1 Min of Wall sit, 1 Min of SS Hops

Then an AMRAP AB finisher of 1 Min LBC, 1 Min Freddy, 1 Min Flutters, 1 Min of Big Boys

  • MARY:

see above
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
We’re too busy.  Slow down and find time to be still.

Thank You Frederick Buechner

THE SCENE: Partly cloudy, temp about 70 degrees.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Motivators starting with seven, 5 Burpees, 10 Cherry Pickers, 4 Burpees, 10 Rockettes, 3 Burpees, 10 Tempo Merkins, 10 Burpees (thanks to wisecracks about the Q!), 10 Windmills, 1 Burpee, Little of This and That
THA-THANG:
Split into teams of two men each.  Mosey to the shady parking lot across the street from the AO to get bricks out my vehicle. Each team of two gets one set of bricks (two bricks per team).  We will then mosey back to the AO parking lot and go to the curb on the east end of the parking lot.  We will do Doras.  While one partner runs to the opposite curb and does 10 Rocky Balboas (both legs = 1), the other partner works on the exercises with the bricks.  Partners switch off after the running partner comes back.  These are the exercises that the team of partners completes with the bricks:

  • 100 Overhead Presses
  • 100 Wings Down
  • 100 Curls
  • 100 Wings Out
  • 100 Triceps
  • 100 Wings Up
  • 100 Rows
  • 100 Punches (where punches from both hands = 1)
  • 40 Mini Man-makers

Mosey to end of parking lot with the nice bathrooms.  We will do 20 American Hammers.

Mosey to the Lily Pad parking lot.  There will be four cones spread out in a very large rectangle around the parking lot.  We will be going around the parking lot to each of the cones three different times.  We will Bernie Sanders when going either east or west and will run when going north or south.  The exercise will be displayed near the cones.  We will do the first exercises the first time around the parking lot, etc.  Here are the exercises performed at each cone:

  • Cone 1:  20 Squat Jumps, 20 Merkins, 20 Dead Bugs (4 count)
  • Cone 2:  20 Iron Mikes (both legs = 1), 20 Carolina Dry Docks, 20 Hello Dollies (4 count).
  • Cone 3:  20 Smurf Jacks, 20 Diamond Merkins, 20 Flutter Kicks (4 count).
  • Cone 4:  20 Star Jumps, 20 Shoulder Taps, 20 Freddie Mercury’s (4 count)

Mosey to the parking lot with the nice bathrooms.  We will do 20 more American Hammers.  Then Butt Kick run halfway across the parking lot and High Knees run the other half to the curb.

Mosey to the playground.  We will do three sets of 10 Bench Jumps

Mosey to AO.

MARY:
Abdominals

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O–RAMA
18 men with one FNG, Bob Fautnouh (sp?) whom we dubbed “Beignet.”  We were also honored to have three visitors from other AOs:  Gipper from Omaha, Graham Cracker from Florida, and Rogue from Davidson.  Graham Cracker and Rogue have moved to Knoxville so we definitely hope to see them again soon.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

One of America’s greatest theologians died this week.  Frederick Buechner died on Monday, August 15.  He was 96.  Buechner was an ordained Presbyterian minister, essayist, novelist, poet, and autobiographer.  He was the author of 39 published books.  His writings have had a profound influence on many, including me.  One of my favorite novels by him was Brendan, but he wrote many others that were highly acclaimed.  He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award.
I am going to give you just a few quotes from his writings.
For those of you who have pondered on your vocation in life, Buechner wrote, “The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.”
For those of you who have ever struggled with the idea of the existence of God, Buechner wrote, “It is as impossible for man to demonstrate the existence of God as it would be for even Sherlock Holmes to demonstrate the existence of Arthur Conan Doyle.”
Some of my favorite lines from Buechner are the following from his book, The Faces of Jesus.
“If the world is sane, then Jesus is mad as a hatter and the Last Supper is the Mad Tea Party. The world says, Mind your own business, and Jesus says, There is no such thing as your own business. The world says, Follow the wisest course and be a success, and Jesus says, Follow me and be crucified. The world says, Drive carefully—the life you save may be your own—and Jesus says, Whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. The world says, Law and order, and Jesus says, Love. The world says, Get, and Jesus says, Give. In terms of the world’s sanity, Jesus is crazy as a coot, and anybody who thinks we can follow him without being a little crazy too is laboring less under a cross than under a delusion.”
My last lines from Buechner are ones that are certainly true for me. He said, “When you remember me, it means you have carried something of who I am with you, that I have left some mark of who I am on who you are.  It means that you can summon me back to your mind even though countless years and miles may stand between us.  It means that if we meet again, you will know me.  It means that even if I die, you can still see my face and hear my voice and speak to me in your heart.”
Frederick Buechner, speaking from my heart, I remember you and I say “thank you.”

 MOLESKIN:

Prayers for Cheatsheet’s daughter, Willow, who was recently baptized and who also recently joined a volleyball team.  Prayers for the father-daughter relationship.  Prayers for Gipper as he heads back to Omaha tomorrow.  We are thankful he visited us.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Mt. Everest Run on September 10.  2nd F Picnic on Sunday, September 11.

Grab Your Partner

THE SCENE: Not a bad morning for a workout.  We did find out the grass was wet…
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Started with some SSH on the 4ct (25 reps) then moseyed to the lower parking lot for a 4 corner warmup. Perform 12 Tie Fighters R leg out then mosey to other end of parking lot for 12 L leg Tie Fighters.  Moseyed to third corner for some windmills, and then headed to the 4th corner for some plank jacks.
THA-THANG:
Once we were warm we moseyed to the hill of the dragon for a partner workout.  Round 1 was DORA’S with 200 merkins and 150 4ct flutter kicks.  While partner 1 performed the reps, partner 2 ran up the hill (2 man makers at the top) and back down.

Once completed same partners did a AMRAP rep total of Squats and a Plank Hold while the other partner ran up the dragon’s tail and back around.  Once completed we headed to the AO parking lot to grab a coupon.

 

With coupon’s in hand partner 1 performed an AMRAP of curls while partner 2 rifle carried their coupon down to the other end of the parking lot and back.  This was performed 2 times.

Put up the coupons and headed to the cloud for some ab exercises.  20 4ct hello dolly’s, PacMan led us in some Freddy Mercury’s, Fishnet led some Big Boy’s, and G String led some Toe Touches.  We finished up with some heel touches and one last mosey around the lower parking lot.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Remember 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

DORA Days Overlooking the Asylum

THE SCENE: 73 degrees, 98% humidity and no wind.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Yes, all the things
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, Tempo Merkins, Cherry Pickers, Tie Fighters, Overhead Claps, Seal Claps, Moroccan Night Clubs, Sumo Squats, Windmills

THA-THANG:

  • 10 Bearpees up Baby Everest, Bernie up the rest, LBC at the summit to await the 6
  • Downward Route 66 with Froggie Squats on the way down
  • Run up Pickett’s Charge with Man Makers at each plateau
  • DORAs at the Overlook with 6 Stations
    • Round 1
      1. Calf Raises
      2. Boxcutters
      3. Step-Ups
      4. Big Boys
      5. Merkins
      6. Lt. Dans
    • Round 2
      1. Carolina Dry Docks
      2. Imperial Squat Walkers
      3. Derkins
      4. X-Factors
      5. Sumo Squats
      6. Hello Dollys

MARY:
Dante’s Core
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
14 HIMs, including Doublewide’s 2.0 Newton as part of our crew.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Reviewed the speech at the end of the movie Courageous with a charge to do the the things that need to be done, leave our comfort zones and lead our families for Christ.

MOLESKIN:

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