F3 Knoxville

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:
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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.

Time keeps on ticking!

THE SCENE: We had a little fog with temps around 65
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Side Straddle Hop, Tempo Merkins, Willie Mayes Hayes, LBC’s, Moroccan Night Clubs, Knoxville Cherry Pickers and we were ready to go.
THA-THANG:
Workout area was set up like a clock with each hour of the clock identified with a placard identifying the hour and the exercise to go with it.

12 o’clock- Merkins, 1 o’clock- heavy squats, 2 o’clock- low planks, 3 o’clock – Hello Dollies

4 o’clock- curls, 5 o’clock lunges, 6 o’clock – high planks, 7 o’clock box cutters

8 o’clock- triceps extensions, 9 o’clock 8 count body builders, 10 0clock- mtn climbers, 11 o’clock Freddie Mercury’s

The Q kept the time of 1 minute increments continuously running.  Each HIM was on a different exercise and when the timer was started the first round, each person would do the exercise for 40 seconds and then move to the next exercise within 20 seconds.  This was done until the round was completed (12 minutes) and then time stood still as we ran appx 200 meters.

Once the group was back in position, the Q started the clock and the group repeated the trip around the clock with 50 seconds of exercise and 10 seconds to move to the next exercise.  This was done until the round was completed (12 minutes) and then time stood still and we ran appx 200 meters.

For the 3rd round, we took turns picking out an hour on the clock and doing the same exercise as a group until 6am.

MARY:
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Rampart had 6 HIMs beat the gloom and utilize our time that we were given to strengthen our F3″s
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
The word came from Luke 13:6-9.  The story of the gardener that took care of the owners fig tree.  The owner comes and sees that the tree once again has not produced fruit (after 3 years) and tells the gardener to cut it down “Why should it use up the soil”!  The gardener asks for another year to fertilize and care for the tree.  It in one years time it has not produced fruit, it will be cut down and replaced with a tree that will produce fruit.

As we emphasized the use of time and the importance of utilizing the limited amount that we are given, we must look at this parable and see that we are given a specific amount of time on this earth to produce fruit.  If we don’t produce the fruit, God will use another to fulfill his will and we will have missed out on the opportunity he has given us.  At the end of our life we will be judged.  We will not enter Heaven by our good works (our fruit) but by the mercy and grace given to us freely by God and the sacrifice of Christ.  It is because of this mercy, grace and sacrifice that we should strive to utilize every second that we have to produce good fruit.  This can be leading people to Christ or just showing the love that Christ showed to others.  Our clock is ticking, utilize every moment.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
AED and med kit familiarization on Saturday, July 1.