F3 Knoxville

A little Route 66

THE SCENE: 30 degrees and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Some mosey with SSH, Tempo Squats, Cherry Pickers, Merkins, and Baby Arm Circles mixed in

THA-THANG:

Route 66 day – completed the following exercises in succession:

  • Burpees
  • Flutter Kicks (4 ct)
  • Merkins
  • Jump Squats
  • American Hammers (4 ct)

Mosey around the oval parking lot until the six finished. Then headed up to the pavilion for a set of 11’s – exercises were Bench Rows and Box Jumps.

MARY:

Just enough time for some Hello Dollies, Sweat Angels, and finished with 30 seconds of LBC’s

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
24 HIM’s including 1 FNG – Welcome ‘Snoopy’

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

We have a lot to celebrate this time of year, but for some men, it’s a time of loneliness, isolation, and feelings of worthlessness. Those feelings aren’t confined to the holidays obviously, but they can be heightened around this time of the year. We’ll never fully know the battles that others around us are fighting on a daily basis.

If God has put someone on your heart, just reach out to them. A quick phone call (even a text) could make someone’s day. Just hearing the words “I was thinking about you man” can make all the difference in the world. It’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking about someone but not letting them know that you’re thinking about them, not reaching out, not taking any action. We have thousands of excuses for it – I’m just too busy, I’ll do it later, etc., etc., but they are all just that – excuses to justify our inaction. Let’s make it a point to actually reach out when God puts someone on our hearts this week.

Pyramids, Laps and Q101

THE SCENE
37 and clear

Welcome, disclaimer and explanation of day (workout + Q insights)

 

THE THANG
COP

  • SSH x25 4ctIC
  • Tempo Squats x15 4ct IC
  • Tempo Merkins x15 4ct IC
  • Line up on curb and then run to far curb and back, stopping in the middle for three Burpees
  • Reverse Lunges x12 4ct IC
  • Run to far curb and back, stopping in the middle for three Burpees
  • BAC Fwd x10 4ct IC
  • BAC Bkwd x10 4ct IC
  • Run to far curb and back, stopping in the middle for three Burpees

Mosey to the parking lot next to the playground partner up with Battle Buddy

 

Pyramid of Pain
Each man will complete the following:

  • Complete exercise 1 then run around the parking lot
  • Complete exercise 1 and 2 then run around the parking lot. Continue until you get to 4 exercises
  • Upon completion of all 4 exercises continue but take on exercise off each round starting with 1 (then 2, 3 and so on).

Exercises (x20 of each):

  1. Narrow Squats
  2. Diamond Merkins
  3. 4ct Flutter Kicks
  4. Tuck Jumps

Mosey to SP

 

Merkin Hill
Run up and down hill doing 3 times performing 5 burpees at the top each time

 

ABS
Box Cutters 20x 4ct IC
Side Crunches 20x each side IC
American Hammers 15x 4ct IC
ATMs

 

COT
Number off and Name-O-Rama – 26 PAX, 2 FNGs – Big Apple, The Dab

 

BOM
“Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.”
Philippians 2:3-4

Leading a F3 Workout

  • KEY: Most important thing: It’s Not About You!
    • Your #1 job as Q is the safety of the PAX.
    • Men have shown up early and are trusting you to challenge them and keep them reasonably safe.
  • PLANNING: Plan the work then work the plan
    • Not just the exercise, but the explanations, transitions and your BOM
      • Explanations and transitions can make or break a workout!
    • Think through the following when planning your exercises:
      • Weather (not just the day of, but the days before)
      • Amount of daylight
      • Size of the PAX (make thing scalable)
      • Fitness levels in the PAX
    • Equipment needs
      • Cones, light sticks, CMUs, etc.
  • ELEMENTS: Basic ingredients of a well-balanced workout
    • Strength
      • Push, pull, core and leg
      • Goal: tax each of the four major muscle groups
    • Cardio
      • Sprints and distance
      • Goal: elevate the heart rate and maintain the elevated state with periodic rests
  • PRACTICE: You play like you practice
    • Make sure YOU can do the exercises properly
    • If you can, walk through the workout at the AO
    • PRACTICE, OUT LOUD, IN CADENCE
  • EXECUTION: Get after it and have some fun!
    • Talk up the morning on GroupMe. Let the PAX know you are excited to lead them.
    • Show up early!
    • Be energetic (you don’t have to be Richard Simmons, but be vocal and upbeat)
    • Always wear a watch
    • USE PROPER CADENCE
      • This seems small…it isn’t. The cadence creates a very real synergy for the group.
      • Proper cadence is:
        • “The Next Exercise is ______________________”
          • Clear and concise command
          • PAX repeat exercise name to demonstrate understanding
        • “Starting Position … Move”
          • “Starting Position” is the information
          • “Move” is the command
          • Pause between info and command, to assist with understanding
        • “In Cadence … Exercise”
          • “In cadence” is the information
            • Not all exercises are in cadence
            • PAX repeat back “in cadence” to demonstrate understanding
        • “Exercise” is the command
          • Signals PAX it is time to begin
          • Pause between info and command, to assist with understanding
        • “1, 2, 3” then PAX calls rep
          • Your cadence MUST match the called exercise
          • Not all exercises are performed at the same cadence
          • Your count matches the body movement
          • PAX call the rep number in place of “4”
        • Change your voice inflexion on last rep
          • Signals to the PAX that we are ending
          • Important to keeping morale and order
        • “Recover”
          • At the end of the called exercise you call “Recover”
          • Important command to let everyone know we are finished
  • INTANGIBLES: The secret sauce
    • During the workout, engage the PAX
      • Have PAX count off for rest times
      • Use men’s F3 names
      • Laugh, remember…this is supposed to be hard, but it’s also supposed to be fun.
    • If you can’t do it, don’t Q it.
      • This doesn’t mean you have to be the strongest and fastest, just that you can execute the exercise properly
    • Lead from the front with an eye on the back
      • The PAX come expecting to be led. There should be no doubt that you are leading.  You should be visible and vocal, but that DOES NOT mean everything revolves around you or that you need to the all-star of the morning.
        • Have others do 10 counts for breathers
        • Tell someone where you’re heading and have them lead the PAX
        • Have someone else lead the PAX to Cash Out
    • NEVER leave a man behind
      • This is important when moving around the AO. If the PAX gets stretched out we lose cohesion.
      • When on a mosey, if you feel the PAX stretching out, circle back (i.e. wagon wheel) or stop and do a few reps of an exercise (i.e. SSH, Merkins, etc.)

Asylum Rainbow Run

THE SCENE: 33 Degrees, +4 than the weatherman said…quite toasty
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER:

Check

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSHx25
  • Imperial Walkersx20
  • Baby Arm Cirles – 10 front thumbs up- 10 back thumbs down into 10 overhead claps and 10 backhand claps—Fullhouse was a burnin!

THA-THANG:

  1. Mosey’d our way along the new section of trail while working in 3 sets of: 10-squats, 10-front lunges, 10-rear lunges and 10 Name your speed skater (apolo ohno etc)
  2. Headed to the bottom of the hill that goes up by the Aylum and back down. We did 2 trips with excersices at stop sign, 1/4 (end of guardrail), 1/2 top-rock pile, 3/4 at sign, and stop sign. Each way we did reps of 2, 4,6, 8 and 10. 4 trips included:
    1. Merkins
    2. Star Jumps
    3. Big Boys
    4. Burpees
  3. On the way back we did 2 more sets of our leg workout in 1.

MARY:
Finished with some ab work:

  • Flutter Kicks 4×25
  • Box Cutters 4×10
  • Freddie Mercuries 4×25

And a Finale of ATM’s!!!

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
6- see TAGS

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Talked a bit about justification and a podcast about the jewish justification process see link in Groupme for more…

How are you justifying your ways??

MOLESKIN:
Crab-legs tweaked his back…pray for quick healing as the elderly fall out 😉

 

Biscuit Reboot

THE SCENE:
Gloomy and cold.  Brightened up.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER:
I think we got it all.

WARM-O-RAMA:
20 SSH (IC).
10 Windmill (IC)
15 Plank Jacks (4ct, IC)
Capri Lap to collect the stragglers (Showcase… :-))

THA-THANG:
Introduce the Biscuit:

  • 10 Merkins
  • 20 Big Boys
  • 30 Hello Dolly (single ct)
  • 20 Squats
  • 10 Dips
  • 1 Lap of the Carl Cowan field

Complete as many Laps as you can – 10 is a good target.  We made it, just.

MARY:
We’d done just about enough of everything, but managed to squeeze out:
15 Plank Jacks (IC).
20 Freddie Mercury (IC)

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
4 PAX today.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I fartsacked on Friday.  I found out about the accountability of F3 when Bunny called me out for not showing up.  To paraphrase – to miss one F3 work out, shame on me.  To miss two workouts, shame on you.  I decided to up the accountability ante by picking up the Q.  Then I had to attend.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Soggy Cards

THE SCENE: Cold steady rain, around 40 degrees
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Warm up in the dry of the pavilion

20 SSH on the 4ct, 10 Windmills on 4ct, 10 cherry picker, 10 Freddy Mercury, 10 tempo merkins, and 10 tempo squats
THA-THANG:
14 rep cards various rep numbers and 14 exercise cards with 14 exercises. Flip for rep and exercise.

Exercise cards as follows

  • man makers
  • burpees
  • Big boys
  • Run up baby hill and back x3 cards
  • Hand release merkin
  • dips
  • table rows
  • 1 min wall sit
  • 4ct squat
  • pull ups
  • smurf jacks
  • freddy mercury

MARY:

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
3 HIM’s made it out on a nasty cold rainy tuesday.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Talked about how Christ surrounded himself with brothers during his ministry.  Talked about how important accountability and fellowship is to us as men.  Challenge to pray for each other and reach out to someone you haven’t talked to in a while to be an encouragement to them.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: