F3 Knoxville

Wet for no reason

THE SCENE: Upper 60s, barely any rain despite the forecast
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Tempo squat
  • OH claps
  • Shoulder taps
  • Four count merkins
  • SSH

THA-THANG:

Mosey to concession stand for Modified mouth breather: 3 sets of three exercises, three rounds each:
  • Merkins x20
  • Reverse lunges with curl x10 each leg
  • Rock on chest BBS
Run after each set, carry stone after third.
  • Thrusters x20
  • Calf raises x20
  • Plank jacks x20
Run after each set, carry stone after third.
  • Mountain climbers x20
  • Squats with rock x20
  • Rock hammers x20
Run after each set, carry stone after third.

Together:
  • Curls x20
  • Upright rows x20
  • Front raises x20
Jailbreak to cone and back

MARY:
A few extra merkins
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
12 strong:
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
If you are accelerating, always look around and make sure you bring pull someone with you. I recently self imposed a 10 day challenge to workout every day, and my brothers supported me and kept me accountable to help me reach my goal. But I didn’t feel like I thought at the end, because I realized I missed an opportunity to push someone else to go a little further. Never forget to reach back if you are lucky enough to climb.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Wesley House snack Drive and Hardship Hill

Back-And-Forth

THE SCENE: Muggy with a little fog.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x20 IC
Cherry Pickers x5 IC
5 Burpees OYO
LBAC x15 IC each way
Tempo sissy squats x10 IC
Calf raises x20 OYO

THA-THANG:
Mosey on up the trail to about the middle of the path between the AO and the base of Everest.
There are 18 cards, one at each light pole.
Start at the middle (pole #9), do the exercise on the card, then go to pole #10, then pole #8, then pole #11 etc.
Exercises (probably not in the right order…)
20 4ct Mtn Climbers
15 Merkins
15 4ct Monkey Humpers
10 Squat Jumps
15 CDD
20 BBS
10 Burpees
10 Iron Mike each leg
20 Flutter Kicks IC
(R&R)

Running short on time, so we skipped the last couple of cards – Flutter Kicks and Burpees… sorta.

MARY:
Remember those Flutter Kicks and Burpees? Yeah. Did ’em.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
14 strong this morning!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Philippians 4:8 – Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

Where are your thoughs pinned? When everything goes slack, when you have downtime, when you’re pumping gas or driving the kids to school, where does your mind go? Train your mind’s muscle memory to go back to the things mentioned above.

MOLESKIN:
I hate running.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Harship Hill Oct 2!

The Pavilion Grinder

THE SCENE: 72 degree Hot Box
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

25 SSH on the 4ct

Tai Fighters x10 L and R

Tempo Merkin x10

Curb for Rocky Balboa’s x20 Mosey to other end of lot for 12 4ct Plank Jacks, Back down for some “This and That”, Butt Kickers to mosey to Pavilion
THA-THANG:
35 Minute Timed Workout

  • 1 Min SSH
  • :30 Al Gore
  • 1 Min Burpee
  • :30 Plank
  • 1 Min SSH
  • :30 Wall Sit
  • 1 Min Burpee
  • :30 OH Claps
  • 1 Min SSH
  • :30 Squats
  • 1 Min Burpee
  • :30 Plank
  • 1 Min SSH
  • :30 Wall Sit
  • 1 Min Burpees
  • 2 Minute Run
  • 1 Min Table Row
  • :10 Sec Rest
  • 1 Min Dips
  • :10 Sec Rest
  • 1 Min Merkins
  • :10 Sec Rest
  • :30 Table Row
  • :10 Rest
  • :30 Dips
  • :10 Rest
  • :30 Decline Merkins
  • :10 Sec Rest
  • 2 Minute Run
  • 1 Min Wall Sit
  • 10 Sec Rest
  • 1 Min Squats
  • 10 Sec Rest
  • 1 Min Step Ups
  • 10 Sec Rest
  • 2 Min Run
  • 1 Min Flutter Kick
  • 10 Sec Rest
  • 1 Min Box Cutters
  • 10 Sec Rest
  • 1 Min Big Boys
  • 10 Sec Rest
  • 2 Minute Run
  • 1 Min Seal Claps
  • 1 Min OH Claps
  • 30 Sec Seal Claps
  • 30 Sec OH Claps

 

MARY:
No Time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
It’s easy to get into a workout and make it about us.  How hard it is for us.  To think about ourselves.  We do it too often.  Encouraged each brother to look outside of themselves.  To reach out to another brother today.  To check in.  To say they had their 6.

Up 2, Back 1

THE SCENE: Mid 30s, nice and moony.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x25 IC
Cherry Pickers x5 IC
Cobra burpees x5 OYO
Standard burpees x5 OYO
Crabettes x15 IC
TN Rocking Chairs x15 IC
LBAC x15 each way IC
Alternate cherry pickers for a while
Shake it out
“Warmed up yet?” (no answer from the PAX)
10 burpees OYO
Don’t have time for the PAX to get the question wrong again…

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the light pole by the restrooms. There are cards set up along the path with exercises.
Start with the first card, mosey past the next card and do the third.
Then mosey back to the second card, and so on. 2 forward, 1 back.
So here’s what we ended up doing:

15 Embrace the Earth Burpees (Hand release out to the side)
Run a bit
5 hill sprints
Run a bit less
25 CDD
Run a bit
35 Box Jumps
Run a bit less
5 hill sprints
Run a bit
Bear crawl the parking lot, bernie back
Run a bit less
35 Box Jumps
Run a bit
30 BBS
Run a bit less
Bear crawl the parking lot, bernie back
Run a bit
25 Merkins
Time’s up, run back to the AO!
Got in about 2 miles.

MARY:
15x Seated Heel Taps IC
15x Curious Dollys IC

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
15 today. Just the right amount of crowded on the running path.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Psalm 37:23, “The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.”
The way is the thing. Of course, the destination is good, but the way is how we get to know Him. Sometimes it seems the way sucks. Sometimes we won’t get to understand, sometimes we won’t get to see why. Sometimes it seems we’re moving backward. But that’s OK, because the one who is ordering our steps knows best.
MOLESKIN:
I’m not sure which is worse: Hill sprints, or moseying back to the hill knowing you’re going to have to do them again.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Arsenal launch! Sandy Springs park in Maryville, this weekend @ 0700!

Monday Grinders

THE SCENE
43, breezy with a little rain towards the end


WARM-O-RAMA
25 SSH
12 Tempo Squat
10 Baby Arm Circles Fwd
10 Baby Arm Circles Bkw
12 Imperial Squat Walkers
20 4ct Rocky Balboas
12 Tempo Merkins

 

THA-THANG
Line up along one side of parking lot

Jelly Legs
Start on one side of parking lot.
R1: Hold squat position for 10 count, perform 10 squats, run to other side, do 2 Burpees run back
R2: Hold squat position for 20 count, perform 20 squats, run to other side, do 4 Burpees run back
R3: Hold squat position for 30 count, perform 30 squats, run to other side, do 6 Burpees run back
R4: Hold squat position for 40 count, perform 40 squats, run to other side, do 8 Burpees run back

Line up on the side of the parking lot opposite the CMUs and partner up with Battle Buddy.

 

Grinders
Battle Buddy 1 lunges to the first cone (12 lunges total) then sprints to 2 second cone, does 3 reps of the exercise and lunges back to where he started while Battle Buddy 2 is jumping air rope. Switch.

Each round increase by 3 reps until each man does a total of 15 reps.

Exercises are:
Rd 1 = Curls
Rd 2 = Over Head Press

Line up at the base of the hill next to the parking lot.

 

Merkin Hill
Run up and down hill doing the following:

R1: Start at bottom of hill with 15 HR Merkins, run to top and do 15 4ct Flutter Kicks, run to bottom
R2: At the bottom of hill do 10 HR Merkins, run to top and do 10 4ct Flutter Kicks, run to bottom
R3: At the bottom of hill do 5 HR Merkins, run to top and do 5 4ct Flutter Kicks, run to bottom

 

MARY
25 4ct American Hammers
20 4ct Hello Dollys
ATMs

 

COT/BOM
21 PAX including 1 FNG (Cloud 9)

Proverbs 4:23 – “Above all else guard your heart (i.e. your mind, will, and emotions), for it is the wellspring of life.”

BLUF – Guard your mind, set your standard and don’t quit. We are not meant to simply coast through life, we meant see every day as an opportunity to get better and make a difference. Life isn’t measured by failure or success, it’s measured by impact.