F3 Knoxville

A new Wagon Wheel

THE SCENE: One last balmy one before winter comes back. 56F and Soupy
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x 25 IC 4 CT
LBACs Front and Back x 10 IC 4 CT
This and That
Squats x 20 IC 4 CT
6X run across the parking lot, intensity pyramid
Each time back
10 Squats
10 Mountain Climbers 4 CT
10 Merkins
This set of 30 is our Wagon Wheel today (30WW). If ever you finish a set, rinse and repeat this wagon wheel until we’re all done or until Recover is called.

THA-THANG:

Mosey to the farther new parking lot, find a battle buddy.
One man performs our wagon wheel set (30WW) while the other RUNS a lap (not a mosey). Each man completes 2 laps.

Slow Mosey to the playground (for Coolio), find a bench
11s: Dips and BBS
30WW
11s: Box Jumps and Derkins
30WW

Back to the AO

Battle buddies on end line for Dora:
Total reps per team:
50 Burpees
100 Squat Jumps
150 Merkins
200 LBCs

Called it just in time for 1 more hill

Sprint to the top, then 5 burpees OYO

MARY:
Boat Canoe (Power T) for 1 last minute!
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
26 strong with morning with 1 FNG! Welcome Leaky! (Grant McMahan)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Not much mumble chatter this morning, but a lot of work got done! Shout out to BlueBird for working with me today.

And the Word:

Are you weary, or tired, or broken down, or discouraged?

2 temptations you will face:

  1. God must not be watching. Is he even aware of what’s going on?
  2. I pray and I pray, but he hasn’t lifted a finger. He must not care. Is God even good?

My problem: I think I can understand what God is doing. There are things I know to be true, and there are 10,000 other things GOD IS DOING that I’ll never see or understand.

Remember Isaiah 40:
“The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.
THEY WHO WAIT ON THE LORD SHALL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH;
they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and be weary;
they shall walk and not faint.”

TRUST GOD, he will give you rest through his WORD, his SPIRIT, and his PEOPLE.

Prancercise

THE SCENE: 40ish… and moist. Felt like 60 after the last couple of weeks!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

FSH x20 IC
SSH x20 IC
TN Rocking Chair x15 IC
AGTJ x10 IC (gettin’ easier!)
Crabwalk Toe Touches x15 IC
Hindurkins x15 IC
Tempo Cossack Squat x20 IC

Line up on the curb link arms, 10x 4ct calf raise IC
25% across the parking lot
20x single count calf raise OYO (too hard maintaining balance)
50% across the lot
20x calf raise
75% across the lot
20x calf raise
AYG across the lot

THA-THANG:
Mosey up to the rock pile by the Asylum building, one stop along the way for some Al Gore and 20x BBS

Line up in the grass about 50yd from the rocks and pair up.
One man does exercise (Merkins|Curls|Rows) AMRAP while waiting
Other runs to pile, gets a rock, 10x squat-OHP and returns with rock. Switch up.
3 trips each. Should finish with a 6-pack per team.

Regroup at the pile, leaving 6-packs at the grass

Merge into 4-man teams

2 men run to grass, 20 leg-pushdowns, and return with one rock each.
Meanwhile, other 2 men are doing kegstand squats
Switch up, R&R until all rocks are returned to the pile.

Time’s running out! Bear crawl down Everest halfway or so, then mosey back to the AO, one stop for Tempo Squats with Crawdad.

MARY:
Q did a bad job of time management today… Crawdad led the cheetahs in some Hello Dolly.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
30 strong today, including one FNG: Welcome Beans! (Clay Daniel)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Will you “Go out” without knowing?
“He (Abraham) went out, not knowing where he was going” (Hebrews 11:8)
See My Utmost for His Highest, Jan. 2
When God tells you to go, he usually doesn’t tell you His end game. Have faith that He knows what He’s doing and obey!
MOLESKIN:
Thanks, Crawdad for taking care of all the cheetahs in the group and making sure they didn’t get bored waiting for the rest of us… My apologies on running over. I really need to get over there sometime during the day to get a good mental map of the place. Doesn’t help planning that the satellite images are all outdated!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Alcoa CSAUP coming up 2/24… Be on the lookout for shirts on Mudgear

Warmin’ up in here!

Warmorama

  • Side Straddle Hop X 25
  • Ty Fighters X 20
  • Imperial Squat Walkers x 15
  • Bobby Hurley x 20

 Mosey to Lower Lot – 4 stations

  • 20 Squats, 20 Mercan
    • Run a lap pass to next stop
  • 20 Mary Catherine Lunges (10 each leg), Close Mercan
    • Run a lap pass to next stop
  • 20 Bobby Hurley, 20 wide Mercan
    • Run a lap pass to next stop
  • 20 Star Jacks, 20 Mercan

Mosey to Top of Cardiac – Route 33 in reverse

  • Increasing dercans at every light
    • Run back up
  • Increasing Star Jacks at every light
  • Increasing Big Boys at every light.

 Burpee Ladder

  • 1-10

 Mary

  • Flutter Kick x 25
  • Peter Parker x 20
  • BBS 30 Seconds

Extreme Ownership – There are not bad teams only bad team leaders.  It is our jobs as leaders and high impact men to be responsible for the outcome in our spheres of influence.

Seadangus at Matterhorn

THE SCENE: Cold as a mug.

WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH IC

TEMPO MERKS IC

SOME HIGH KNEES AND  MICHAEL PHELPS

MOSEY TO MATTERHORN
THA-THANG:
SeaDangus

1 lap up Matterhorn followed by 5 Burp Skurps, 10 Merks, 15 Squats

2 laps ”  ”

3 laps  ”

4 laps  ”

Mosey back to AO with a quik stop for some derkins near the water

MARY:
We lost Mary in the battle. She gone
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
PAX 6
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

In many ways our lives today are better than they could have ever been. We can solve most of our problems quickly and efficiently. However, most of our pains and pleasures as well as the pursuits of these are devoid of meaning. I encourage you all to find ways to insert meaningfulness into your lives whenever you can. Certainly for me, F3 has been one avenue for me. There is a sense of community embracing the suck together. Reach out to old friends and try to encourage them to come out, or try to interact with them in another meaningful way. Live purposefully with intent and even the painful days will be worthwhile.
MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CSAUP Alcoa/Murville Feb 24. Be there or be square

After the Plunge

THE SCENE: Clear, mid-twenties.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

20 Side Straddle Hops, 10 Slow Timed Merkins, 10 Cherry Pickers, Little of This and Little of That.

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Baseball Field

Football short steps following Q leader with jumps to right and left as well as burpees.  Follow that with suicide runs to each line, always having bear crawl to first line and always doing ten big boys each time we come back to the starting line.

Mosey to Flag Pole

We will do a circular run to four different areas, stopping to do the following exercises at each of the four areas:

  • At flag pole:  30 Baby Crunches
  • At benches:  10 Bench Jumps
  • At dug outs:  10 pull ups
  • At picnic tables:  20 pull ups
  • Do above three times

Mosey to Serpentine Sidewalk

We will run to every other light and pyramid down on the following (BLIMPS) exercises, starting with seven at the second light and going down to one at the 14th light:

  • Burpees
  • Lunges, both legs equaling one lunge
  • Imperial walkers
  • Merkens
  • Pirouette Jumps (Jump half circle, then another half circle to complete one jump)
  • Smurf Jacks

Mosey Back to AO

 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Six men.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Through F3 we learn that it takes commitment, discipline and encouragement to achieve our goal of becoming healthier men.  In our relationship with God, we also need commitment, discipline and encouragement.  If we want to grow closer to God, we should not just sit around and wait for it to happen.  Jesus says in Matthew 16:24, “if anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross to follow me.”  We must discipline and push ourselves through solitude time with God, through reading scripture, through prayer, through worship.  And while solitude time with God is important, we also need encouragement.  That comes through spending time in worship with our brothers and sisters.  As Jesus said, He is there “wherever two or more are gathered in my name.”
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: