F3 Knoxville

High-Octane

AO: shamrock
Q: Caveman
PAX: Smoked Pickle, Mermaid, slappy, Gringo, Honeydew, Eliza, Base Salary, Pom Pom, Baby Boomer, Voodoo, Stitch, Skidmark, Flower Pot, Snaggletooth, Steiner, , MACGRUBER
FNGs: 1 MACGRUBER
COUNT: 18
WARMUP:

Stationary Butt kickers – 50 single
Stationary High Knees – 50 single
Side Straddle Hops – 25
Neck rolls
Shoulder shrugs – forward / Back

Gorilla Walkers side to side
5 to the right
5 back x 2

Mountain Climbers 50

End Zone:
Shuffle to 50
Shuffle Back
Cross overs to 50 – Face Bleachers
Crossovers Back – Face Bleachers
Lunges 25
Lunges back
Gorilla walkers forward

THE THANG:

Jog to 50
50 Mountain Climbers – Single
Sprint back

Lizard Walk to 20
Lizard Walk back x 2

Run Bleachers X2
15 Up Downs or Burpees
Run Bleachers
15 Up Downs or Burpees
Hold plank waiting on 6

10 Box Jumps
10 Jump Squats x2

Circle up
Shin Box Rotation x5
Into a runners stretch
Each side x2

Arm Circles
25 forward
25 Backwards
25 side Thumbs down

50 LBCs x2

MARY:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

“The pathway to what’s real is through the hardest thing you can do.”
J. Peterson

1st Q In My 30s – Track WOD

AO: shamrock
Q: Steam
PAX: Pom Pom, Base Salary, Curveball, Commission, Caveman, Dumpster Dive (Brad Burnette), Mermaid, Crawlspace, Skidmark, Lizzy, Smoked Pickle, Lil’ Spice, DeVito, Flower Pot, Stitch, Gringo, Twitch
FNGs: None
COUNT: 18
WARMUP
– Mountain Climber: 15×4
– Merkin: 15×4
– Imperial Walker: 15×4
– Rockette: 15×4
– 3 burpees

THE THANG
(Mosey to the track – via side entrance by the baseball field)
– Whiteboard on track

(1) Cash In Lap
– 15 iron mikes
– Run to the opposite side
– 15 dry docks
– End up back here

(2) 6 Laps
– 6 total laps
– Reps at each end of the track
– 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 = 6x
– Each round will have 1 X for both ends of the track. So in 1 full lap, you’ll hit two rep stations
– 1 — Burpees (5)
– 2 — Squats (10)
– 3 — Merkins (15)
– 4 — LBCs (20)
– 5 — Imperial Walkers (25)
– 6 — American Hammers (30)

(3) Cash Out Lap
– 15 Apollo Onos
– Run to the opposite site
– 15 Apollo Onos
– End up back here

Last lap — mosey the curves, sprint the straightaways

(Mosey back to the flag for Mary)

MARY
Core 4
– Flutter Kicks: 15×4
– Hello Dolly: 15×4
– LBC: 15×4
– Box Cutters: 15×4

ANNOUNCEMENTS
– Summer Convergence: UnCOVEred on 7.13.24
– uncovered-summer-convergence for more info
– Summer SWOLEstice — see Mermaid’s post in the f3knoxvillemain channel from yesterday
– Marine Corps Mud Run — August 31 in Maryville
– See Lizzy for more info

COT
“I wish the ring had never come to me,” said Frodo.
“So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

– Time is the only non-renewable resource — invest it well
– The investment of time we make in F3 furthers the mission, and we see the ripple effects in and outside of F3
– F3 has been a part of my life for close to a decade – and has changed, shaped, and molded me drastically. It’s a gift and privilege to be out here with you men.

ShamRUCK Attendance Record

AO: shamruck
Q: Mermaid
PAX: Betty, Flower Pot, Eliza, Crawlspace, Honeydew, Tonka, Booster, Pom Pom, Oscar Meyer, The Situation, Mailbox, Mermaid, Baby Boomer, Trojan, Smoked Pickle, Snaggletooth (Elijah Tafao), Kevin (Miss Piggie), Lizzy
FNGs: None
COUNT: 18
18 Men and 2 Dogs tackled the hills of Gulf Wood. Along the way, we found Baby Boomer’s ring doorbell and some monkey humpers. We rounded out with about 3.5 miles and in the COT we talked about positive habit transfer.

Islands of pain

AO: shamrock
Q: Baby Boomer
PAX: Anchorman, Baby Boomer, Brick, Commission, Mermaid, Pom Pom, slappy, Slipknot, Stitch, Voodoo, Snaggletooth, Gringo, Trojan
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
WARMUP:
– SSH
– Tempo squats
– Tie Fighters
– Tempo merkins
– Squatting Grady Corns

THE THANG:
– Mosey to CMU pile and stop for some Rocky Balboas along the way
– CMU Island Dora in top lot
– HIM1 stays at start and does following exercises while HIM2 moves to islands
– Round 1: CMU kettle swings
– Round 2: CMU deadlifts
– Round 3: CMU squat thrusters
– HIM2 works through islands
– Island 1 (10 reps): R1 wide merkins/R2 Carolina dry docks/R3 no cheat merkins
– Island 2 (20 reps): R1 big boy sit-ups/R2 flutter kicks/R3 Freddy Mercurys
– Island 3 (30 reps): R1 SSH/R2 Bobby Hurleys/R3 lunges
– Rinse and repeat with HIMs swapping to do all exercises
– Visited islands together as a total group

MARY:
– Howler Monkey circle
– Michael Phelps and overhead arm stretch
– Cherry Pickers
– Groin stretch and Willie Mays Hayes
– Downward Dog and Cobra
– Superman/Banana

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
HH on Monday

COT:
– Brief history of Decoration Day and Memorial Day and it’s meaning
– Remembering those who gave the ultimate sacrifice to preserve our freedom
– Jesus also established a memorial service in the upper room with the disciples
– Communion is an opportunity to reflect on Christ’s sacrifice that has set us free from the bondage of sin
– Remain humble and grateful for all that have laid down their lives in love

Celebrating 5 Decades

THE SCENE:

Perfect gloomy cold

WARM-O-RAMA:

Some Burpees, some SSHs, some Cherry Pickers, and some Tie Fighters… just right to knock the chill off

THA-THANG:

Commemorating 5 decades of life and a great way to gain some respect… 5 progressive rows of fun… Reps were 5 to start – special movement across – 10 reps on the other side – and special movement back… then we moved up the ladder:

Row 1 – 5 merkins… bear crawl over… 10 merkins… bear crawl back

Row 2 – 5 burpees… lunge over… 10 burpees… lunge back

Row 3 – 5 SSHs… sprint over… 10 SSHs… sprint back

Row 4 – 5 squat thrusters…. rifle carry over… 10 squat thrusters… rifle carry back

Row 5 – 5 curls + 5 overhead presses… farmer carry 2 cmus over… 10 curls and OVP… farmer carry back

Worked up and down the ladder as many times as possible

MARY:

Stopped on the way back to the CMU pile to do 25 Grady Corns

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

21 HIMs with no FNGs (all dressed in khaki cargo shorts, knee socks, and Hawaiian shirts)

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“You do not know what will happen tomorrow.  For what is your life?  It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away” James 4:14

Time is precious.  We are fragile.  Life is short. Eternity is long.

“Redeem the time” Ephesians 5:16

Life is a gift that can be over before we know it… Cardinal recently but other fallen friends remind us how abruptly it can end – by God’s perfect design and providence.  Embrace each day… be intentional… love those closest to you and work at being the best you.  Leave a legacy worthy of respect.