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Revised Memory @ Shamrock

THE SCENE: Sweaty!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Tempo Squats
Arm Circles forward and backward
Cherry Pickers

THA-THANG:
Pieces of cardboard were laid out face down.  We drew the pieces one at a time and played memory or match.  You did each exercise turned over unless it was a match, in which case you ran a lap.  One team decisively beat the other 5 matches to zero.  The first time we played, it was 4-1.  We will keep this one on hand and do it again in the future.

MARY:
No time left for Mary.  The workout had plenty of Ab exercises.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
We talked about the importance of discipline.  Working out is hard, it hurts, hard to wake up in the morning, but we enjoy and we keep coming back.  I encouraged everyone to apply that same discipline to other aspects of your life.  For me that is spiritual discipline.  I need to be more disciplined in that aspect of my life.  It is hard, it may be painful, but if I stick with it, it will become enjoyable, and I will miss it if I don’t do it.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
HARDSHIP Hill

Bear Crawl Crazy 8’s

  • Welcome: it could rain … 
  • Warmup
    • Yoga with Trolley. Windmills, Cherry Pickers, Toe touches, Sky reaches,  SSH, Upward Dogs, Splits, Right side, left side toe touches.
  • Workout
    • Bear Crazy 8’s all around Campus.   The Crazy 8 consists of:
      • Fast pace run of figure 8 route. Start in middle of 8 and go clockwise.
      • Back at starting of 8, bear crawl half of the eight (ending back at the middle)
      • Fast pace run of figure 8 route starting in the direction where the crawl left off.
      • Back at starting of your crawl end, bear crawl the second half of the 8.
    • We repeated this four times around different terrain on campus.   We hit some stairs, some grazzy knolls, some long parking lots and the inner Sanctum!
  • Warmdown
    • 50 LBCs
    • 50 Flutters
    • 20 Side Crunches Left side.
    • 10 Side Crunches Right side.
  • Word
    • One of the best sermons I’ve heard anywhere was here at Fellowship Knoxville yesterday.  https://middlebrook.fellowshipknox.org/live-mb (Sept 19, 2021).  Often we hear sermons on Faith, Hope and Love, but not as often on Honesty, Gentleness, and Honor.  Please Please listen to this sermon if you can. It will do your heart, spirit and soul good.
  • Wrap-up (Announcements)
    • Hardship Hill Sign up.
    • Q Sign Up
    • IronPax Challenges.

40-30-20 Triangle

THE SCENE:

Clear Temperature Humidity Feels like Wind Speed Wind Direction
65 ℉ 94% 65 ℉ 2.7 mi/h SSW

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER.
I am not a professional.  I have a phone.  Workout as injuries allow.

WARM-O-RAMA:

20 – SSH
20 – Tie Fighters 10 forward 10 backward.
4 – Cherry Pickers

THA-THANG:
Mosey to large parking lot. A triangle is set up with 3 cones. At each cone, do 40 of first exercise, 30 second exercise, 20 of third exercise. Mosey to next cone. Three sets of exercises at each cone. After 3rd cone, mosey back to first and doing row two.  Etc. So, nine stations of three exercises. Move at your own pace.

Do 40/30/20.
Cone 1
Merkins/Box Cutters/Calf Raises
Carolina Dry Docks/Flutter Kicks/Squat Jacks
Diamond Merkins/Hello Dollys/Monkey Humpers
Cone 2
Squat Jacks/Merkins/Box Cutters
Monkey Humpers/Carolina Dry Docks/Flutter Kicks
Calf Raises/Diamond Merkins/Hello Dollys
Cone 3
Flutter Kicks/Squat Jacks/Merkins
Hello Dollys/Monkey Humpers/Carolina Dry Docks
Box Cutters/Calf Raises/Diamond Merkins

After completion of 9 stations, mosey to CMU pile. Each PAX grab one CMU.
20 – Curls 4-cnt
20 – Triceps
20 – Thrusters
Short 1 minute mosey with a little Michael Phelps.
20 – Curls 2-cnt
20 – Triceps
50 – CMU press

Mosey back to AO.
20 – LBCs 4-cnt
10 – Flutter Kicks 4-cnt

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 men.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

You never know when you’ll not be able to talk to those that are important to you.  Reach out and do it.

 

MOLESKIN:
For the unsaid prayers in our hearts.  For my recently deceased college roommate and his family.  For my mother’s continued healing after broken hip.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

TMF / TCE @ Shamrock

  • Welcome & Warning:
    • Despite this being a totally Free workout, we are Amateurs and so are you – so take heed – be ware. workout, zit, zot, ping pong..zap zork — dang it’s early.
    • Why am I up again? Oh, yeah, to get Total Muscle Failure & Total Cardio Exhaustion….
  • Warm Up
    • Super slow and long cherry pickers…
    • A little Burpee + increasing 1,2,3,4,5 merkin additions practice
    • aaaaannnd onto the Beatdown.
  • Workout (Total Muscle Failure + Total Cardio Exhaustion )
    • Start at left side of far corner of football field. Do
      • 1 Burpee
      • 1 Burpee with two merkins
      • 1 Burpee with three merkins
      • 1 Burpee with four merkins
      • 1 Burpee with five merkins
      • Run down the line to the next 5 yard marker and do the same 5 excercises above. Then run directly across the field on the 5 yard line and repeat all the above until you reach the end of the field. (break up into criss crossing teams if we have enough people 10 or more).
      • We made it to the 50 yard line for a total of 55 Burpees and 110 Merkins.  Then we ran the same pattern zig zagging accross the field to the end zone.
    • At the locker room wall
      • With back to wall, walk your feet up the wall. Hold a handstand for 10 seconds.
      • Repeat 4 times.
  • Warm Down
    • 20 Freddy Mercury’s
    • 20 Mountain Climbers
    • 20 Freddy Mercury’s
    • 20 Mountain Climbers
    • Leg Lift ring of fire ( tight HIM circle legs facing out – hold a leg lift as successive HIMs run around the circle and thrown down the lifted legs)
  • Wrap Up
    • We need to strengthen our second F. Fellowship. We went around the circle and announced our real name and shared a tid-bit about each other that the others probably didn’t know. Some shared prayer requests, some shared how they got their F3 name.  Norm, Daniel, Chris, Nathan, Barry, Matt, Jake, Dan, Bradly, Brad, Joshua.    We learned about swimming, going to med school, fainting, lots of kids, and all sorts of good stories.   Love you guys!  Thanks for comin out and bringing light into the darkness.

Spinning Bear Mountain + Bleacher Mountain

  • Welcome – A hot 77 for 5:30am..
  • Warmup-  35 Windmills, 15 Cherry Pickers, Plank Cross Hold (left knee to right elbow) + Merkin, Stretching Inchworms + Merkins.
  • Workout: 
    • Tabatta Bear Mountain: Bear crawl up the Racket Club Road starting at the bottom. Crawl for 40 seconds, rest 20. Each successive crawl is 90 degrees to the right. So 40 seconds of straight bear crawl, then 40 seconds of side crawl to the left. Then 40 seconds of reverse bear crawl. Then 40 seconds of side bear crawl to the right, then 40 seconds of straight bear crawl.  Sort of reminiscent of  https://f3knoxville.com/the-tabata-bear-on-the-rock/ without the crabs and alligators.  I was so glad that Anchorman, Pool Boy and Mermaid were there to see this version two of the bear mountain. We crawled all the way to the door of the racketball club! Great job gentlemen!
    • Bleacher Mountain: (aka. 12 minute Bleacher AMRAP)  Run as many up and downs on the bleachers as you can in 12 minutes.  We also included the stair case going down to the track for good measure and so we could tally mark with chalk our up/down reps.
  • WarmDown:  Ring of leg fire – Leg lifts in a circle facing out.  Each person runs around the circle tossing the legs down to the ground of the fellow HIMS.  Do another round of this but also through in some random burpees for a dash of chaos.  It was a hot mess – but fun!
  • Words:  Often times the hardest part of the workout is the words at the end, but I wanted to encourage yall to not let it be.  Life is not all sunshine and rainbow s , so don’t be afraid to share anything that’s on your heart. It doesn’t have to be composed. Just share. We’ll support you.  God may or may not give you an encouraging word to share – it’s ok.  We are partnering with you and so is God.  This weekend Rick Dunn gave a great sermon on God’s providence and love of us. ( https://middlebrook.fellowshipknox.org/sermons ) One of my favorite verses were mentioned 1 Thesalonians 5:24 “God is faithful and He will do it!” … It’s a great sermon, I encourage you to listen to it if you have the chance.  Trust in Him today.