F3 Knoxville

F3 Gone Bad

AO: rampart
Q: Piston
PAX: 2DE, Feeny, Ghost Flag (F3Knoxville), Lucille (Austin Williams), Outnumbered, Piston, Porthole, Stick n Poke
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WARMUP: Normal stuff
THE THANG: 5 Rounds AMRAP for one minute
Flutter Kicks minute 1
Merkins minute 2
Lunges minute 3
SSH minute 4
Burpees minute 5

Rest 1 minute between rounds.

MARY: Sudden death round of exercises called out by PAX
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Convergence and 2nd F Christmas party at Outnumbered’s place on 12/9
COT: Be the kind of person that others expect to get encouragement, not criticism, from.

“Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:11

Gobbler challenge 2023

AO: rampart
Q: Skeletor
PAX: Lucille (Austin Williams), Ghost Flag (F3Knoxville), Piston, McFly, Wilbur, Feeny, Outnumbered, GoDaddy (Zack Williamson), Stetson (Cayden Emory), Micrometer, Hoover, TLC, Cacti
FNGs: 1 Cacti
COUNT: 14

WARMUP:
THE THANG:
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

Circle the Wagons

AO: rampart
Q: Feeny
PAX: 2DE, Feeny, Ghost Flag (F3Knoxville), Mo Rocka (Joshua Miller), Outnumbered, Porthole, Piston, Lucille (Austin Williams), Skeletor, Wingman, Stick N Poke
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10

WARMUP:
THE THANG:
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

Hundreds and Thousands

AO: rampart
Q: Lucille (Austin Williams)
PAX: Mo Rocka, No Treble, Skeletor, Piston, GoDaddy (Zack Williamson), Lucille (Austin Williams), Feeny, Porthole, McFly, Stetson (Cayden Emory), Outnumbered, Sport Mode
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WARMUP: I have forgotten the warmup but I know we did a good shoulder burn and some Mekin/squat pauses.
THE THANG: Indian run to the stage. Every exercise is AMRAP in 2:30 minutes. Step ups, merkins, heels to heaven. Mosey to playground. Jump squats, inch worms, LBCs, pickle pointers. Mosey to gazebo. Incline merkins, lunges. Mosey to fountain for burpees.
MARY: no time.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Corn maze at 3:00. Brolympics, Starfish soon.
COT:The power of God in an ordinary man.

October and Octopus

AO: asylum-pm
Q: Curveball
PAX: CRISPR, Lizzy, Steam, Pusher, Abacus, Tenderfoot, Brick, High Heels (Henry Ritchie), Dung Beetle (Scott Kimsey), Piston, Drum Major, Swimmies (Nathan Chesney), Curveball
FNGs: None
COUNT: 15
WARMUP:
SSH
Cherry Pickers
Tie Fighters
On a hill 5 merkins one way then opposite
Abe Vagodas
Windmills

THE THANG:
Congested Reverse Route 66
11, 10, 9…. Merkins, Squats, and LBC
Everyone circles to pick up six. All finish together.

Pure Burn (on fence 3 rounds to 10)
10 each Side crunches,
30 Calf Raises

Doracides. Suicides to 3 cones/trees. 1 burpee, 2 burpees, 3 burpees.
100 Merkins
150 LBC
200 Squats
R/R until until six is up.

Three trees or points 20 yards apart in a triangle. At each spot 5 merkins, next round 10, final round 20. 105 total.

MARY:
10 flutters, 10 Gas Pumps, stretch a little, 1 minute or so Superman.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:
October is spelled similarly to Octopus. Googling one can take you down the curiosity path of the other. Sy Montgomery is an naturalist who tends to speak on Octopus. The octopus is really cool creature. And October 8th is World Octopus Day! Not national but world. So, it’s a big deal and kind of fits in the whole October original thought process.

Anyways, Sy has this quote: “I think all animals have souls. I feel certain that if we have souls, octopuses have souls, too. If you grant something a soul, it demands a certain level of sacredness. Look around us. The world is holy. It is full of souls.”

The move to fall/October has me thinking about holidays/football/Cubs playoffs/etc. And because of the constant interaction with my father and family while dealing with my father’s skin cancer and congestive heart failure, football is a popular topic. And my family is upset with the Chicago Bears. Cubs too. At first I believed that stress and non football issues played a roll in my anger and frustration towards my favorite franchise. But then I realized that I’ve always been like this. Not sure why? However, the thought expressed above by Sy helps. Remember, that those that anger you or disappoint you to a point of fury or action (throwing a remote, for example) have souls. Are part of a holy world. For me, this simple thought lessons my emotional extreme. It may help you too.