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Mr. Spectacular and the Victory Lap

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THE SCENE: 71 and muggy but we did not get mugged! Saw a Fox on the Ruck!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Everything based on OCHO! Team OCHO won the HHH 10 hr race so why not celebrate it with reps of 8!

SSH x 8 iC

Rockettes x8 IC in a circle with Tank calling the cadence

Squats x 8 IC

Merkins x8 IC

Shoulder taps x8 ic

Mr. Spectacular x8 OYO . Mr. Spectacular is easy if you do one, but do LOTS and LOTS of them and they suck!. Put the CMU on the ground, feet on either side of the CMU, bend over and put your hand son the ground in front of your feet, walk your hands out until you are in the push up/plank position, do a MERKIN and walk your hands back to your feet, pick up the CMU and do a thruster. repeat that about 100 times and let me know how you feel, spectacular! Not……..
THA-THANG:

  • Partner up  and make a victory lap to the Matterhorn. Partner one Farmer Scurries(run or fast walk) with 2 CMU while P2 stays behind and does 8 merkins and 8 squat jumps. Once done P2 runs to catch P1. P1 hands off CMUs to P2 and P2 takes off while P1 stays back for 8 merkins and 8 sq jumps. You get it? Do this all the way to the Base camp of Matterhorn.
  • We had 28 so we stayed with our partner. P1 ran halfway up Matter horn and does 8 Big boys(incline) while P2 stays at the bottom and does 8 Mr. spectaculars. Switch out when P1 runs back. P1 now does Mr. Spectacular and P2 runs up and does 8 big boys
  • We do this with the goal of running up the matterhorn 8 times…imagine that, 8 times!
  • Well, due to time, I think we ran up the hill 5 times. Some may have ran 6 and some may have run 4. Either way, we kept moving and NO ONE stopped! Way to work men!
  • You all are Spectacular!
  • Partner up and complete the victory lap back to the AO. Again with P1 cmu farmer scurry and P2 does exercises. then run to catch and switch up….

MARY:
Just under 5 mins left for mary…

LBC x8 ic

Flutters x8 ic

Dollies x 8 IC

Proton Parkers x8 IC

Box cutters x8 IC

Plank the last 20 seconds

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
28 MR> SPECTACULARS where on hand for the Celebration of Team Ocho! 2 FNG, Fax and Flashback, welcome!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
HIM ( High Impact man) or as Detention puts it. Humble Invest Mental. The acronym that I love and used it on TANK. he exuded ALL three this past weekend and really, the past several months, planning for the Hardship Hill event. Tank put himself last and his HUMBLE disposition was apparent(by the way, I know Tank pretty well and he is a SMARTASS too, LOL!!). He INVESTED himself for the sole purpose of raising money for OEW by dedicating a tone of time and effort into the Hardship Hill race. With the stresses of putting on such an event, he showed MENTAL toughness through out and never waivered on his attitude. Not to say deep down(like all of us) he was stressing a little, but he NEVER burdened anybody with his stresses about the event. He was always positive. Truly a HIM and I am proud to call him my F3 brotha but more importantly , my friend!
MOLESKIN:
Don’t be like Tank, be your self but take the “HIM” and apply it to your everyday actions. I know I need to! Love you guys!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:Tank, when the hell is the next one!? LOL!

JUCO – Interlaken

THE SCENE: Beautiful sky and temp..  Humidity was cause for a quick sweat.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER 

Praise the Lord for a great event this weekend.
WARM-O-RAMA:

Cherry Pickers, Lunges, Side-straddle-hops, Side toe touches, 4-count merkins

THA-THANG:  Interlaken
Using a FIFO Sprint Train,  inter link (connect) the three lakes on campus.

While one person sprints to the next exercise station, the rest of the group does the current exercise in place.  When one person finishes the sprint he calls out “Go” to the next in line person, who then stops doing the exercise and sprints to the next station.  Upon reaching the next exercise station, begin doing the next exercise until the whole group has reached the current station.  It works best if we all stay in the same order.   Sprints are designed to be mostly on the straight aways and about 100 yards.  Exercises are:

  1. Plank hold.
  2. Leg lift hold.
  3. Squat Hold.
  4. Side Plank Star Hold.
  5. Elbows to Plank.
  6. In place Lunges
  7. Rainbow Drops
  8. Windmills
  9. Burpees
  10. Side-Raises
  11. Sizzor Kicks
  12. Flutter Kicks
  13. Windshield Wipers
  14. Imperial Walkers
  15. Bicycles
  16. Toe Touches
  17. Merkins
  18. Hello Dollys
  19. Squats
  20. Big Boy Situps
  21. Jumping Jacks
  22. Cross Toe Touches

MARY:

We made it to the third big lake about half way around and ran out of time on #13 Windshield wipers.  Sprint race back to the AO.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Archie, Bartman, Booster, Pink Eye, Snaggletooth, Crotch Rocket, Trolley,
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Humility over Pride. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+18:12&version=NIV

Humility https://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=humility&version=NASB&resultspp=25

Pride:

Tee It Up & Swing Away!

THE SCENE: 65, humid but great!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Baby Arm Circles Forward X 10 & Michael Phelps
  • Baby Arm Circles Backward X 10 & Michael Phelps
  • Cherry Pickers (IC) 4 CT
  • Side Straddle Hops (IC) 4 CT
  • Squats (IC) 4 CT
  • Hand release Merkins
  • Mosey

THA-THANG:

AO Parking Lot – Dora & Hills – one partner runs up the hill while the other partner works on

  • 50 Burpees
  • 100 Merkins
  • 150 Squats

AO Parking Lot – Descending Ladder

  • 5 diamond Merkins, big boy sit-ups & Chris Loftons at each corner
  • 4, 3, 2 & 1

Clayton Performing Arts Center Overhang – 12 stations – HIMS went to each 1-2 times

  • 15 dips
  • 15 Carolina Dri-Docks
  • 40 calf raises
  • 10 lunges per leg
  • 10 shoulder taps (4 count)
  • 10 mountain climbers (4 count)
  • 10 box cutters (4 count)
  • 25 lil baby crunches
  • 15 flutter kicks (4 count)
  • 10 superman swim (4 count)
  • 15 curls each side (I brought my 25 lb dumbbells)
  • 20 bent over rows

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 HIMs & 1 Dog – Barnacle, Hawkeye, Neutron, Onesie, Pink Eye, Snaggletooth, Toto, Trolley & Booster
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

How many of you have hit golf balls at a driving range? When you have all or most of the balls, typically, we just let it rip. However, when the bucket is nearly empty, we start to focus.

We need to be like a soldier, an athlete and a farmer.  A solder is focused and purposeful.  An athlete is disciplined, committed and dedicated. A farmer has faith/hope because they are planting seeds to produce & sustain life.

God didn’t promise us an easy life but a meaningful one if we live through Him

If our life were like a clock and we were born at 7:00 a.m. and died at 11:00 p.m., on average, if you are:

20 years old, it’s 11:43 a.m. in your life

30 years old, it’s 1:17 p.m. in your life

45 years old, it’s 5:00 p.m. in your life

I turned 47 not long ago which means it’s after 5:00 p.m. in my life.

In life, we don’t know which day will be our last so we need to focus today and every day on what is important…make the call to a loved one, teach our kids lessons right away, be the person we want and need to be NOW.

We need to tee up that golf ball that we call life and focus every day or shot like it could be the last of our life!

TEE IT UP & SWING AWAY!!!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • No workout at JUCO on Memorial Day, Monday, May 28 – We will go to the Asylum for a 21 Gun Salute workout that will end at the Veterans Cemetery.  Lakeshore Park is on Orchard Drive, Knoxville, TN 37919
  • Next Friday’s Q, May 26, is open as is the entire month of June – sign up today!

 

A Thumb on the Scale

THE SCENE: 68, clear, and smelling sweetly of honeysuckles.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
25x SSH IC
10x Hindurkins IC
Outhouse Run
8x Al Gore Tuck Jump
15x 4ct Crab Kicks

THA-THANG:
Mosey up to the upper parking lot at the top of Baby Everest.
A balance is set up there, so fill one side with some number of stones.
Gather at the bottom of the hill, each man does 15 reps of one exercise, then takes one stone up the hill to the balance, then mosey down the long way.
Once the balance tips, all the PAX move on to the next exercise.

Exercises:
Merkins
Star Jacks
Decline Dry Docks
4-ct Mountain climbers
4-ct Hello Dolly
Burpees! (10 instead of 15)

MARY:
10x 4ct LBC
15x 4ct Left/Right LBC
25x 4ct Flutter Kicks.
15x 4ct Monkey Humpers
Just a few seconds of shoulder taps to close it out.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8x HIMs this morning
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
In life, we have a lot of things that we have to try to keep in balance.  Work/home, food/exercise, cost/benefit, etc.  But there’s one area in which, there’s no way to pile enough on one side to balance the other, and that’s the sin/righteousness balance.  No matter how much good we try to do, there’s nothing we can do in our own strength to tip that balance in our favor.  Titus 3:5 says, “Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost”.  He put His thumb on the scale when he sent His Son to take the penalty for our sin through His death.
MOLESKIN:
My precision calculation of the number of stones to put in the balance ended up a little high.  But that’s OK, as someone decided to accelerate the filling of the other side by a bit.  Ended up adding burpees at the end, so it all worked for the best!.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill is THIS WEEKEND!  Can’t wait!  .

“Egg”- Frank Reynolds

THE SCENE: Polleny, 60s, humid

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH IC x 20

Merkins IC x 15

Mikael Felps

Kraken Burpees x 10

Imperial Walkers IC x 20

THA-THANG:

  • Mosey around campus, found us a great “wall” according to Snorkel, did 1/2 Aiken Legs on it yessir
  • Moseyed on over to the hill next to sophomore hill (do we have a name for that one?)
  • While one person in the group ran up and back, one person lead cadence calls for an exercise of their choosing
  • Snorkel chose tempo merkins… Idk how many that man (ghoul) did.
  • Moseyed to a lil spot with some great benches and rails, did us some step ups and seated pullups (20)
  • Moseyed back to parking lot where we got us some sprints in, then we was done and at the AO
  • Kraken burpees and Superman swims were sprankled in there.

MARY:

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 (Ocho)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I recently gave a friend a call who I knew was having a tough stretch. I found out that his life is more difficult and complex than I thought. It turns out he really (his own words) needed someone to reach out to him. So, be active. Reach out to friends, if they’re fine they will let you know. If not, then listen as much as you can. I encourage you all to make a phone call on your 30 min commute, or maybe while running to the store.
MOLESKIN:
Good work today guys. I am really glad I signed up to Q. If I had not I prolly woulda fartsacked. I am grateful for you all.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill, get yur beverages sorted out