F3 Knoxville

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50 Shades of F3

THE SCENE: 60 degrees.  Cool and cloudy.  And it didn’t even rain.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: I am still not a professional
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 25; Cherry Pickers x 10;Tie Fighters (BAC holding a lunge) x 10 back and forth.  Mosey to the back parking lot.

THA-THANG:
Run 1/2 lap, stop at station, and do the following exercises.  8 stops, 4 laps total. Do each pair of exercises like 11s, but 25s, counting up and down by 5.  Each exercise is done a total of 50x

  • Merkins / BBS
  • Rev. Lunges/Supermans
  • Burpees/Squats
  • Plank Jacks/LBCs
  • Smurf Jacks/American Hammers
  • Diamond Merkins/Flutter Kicks
  • CDDs/Hello Dollys
  • Iron Mikes/Squat Jumps

Run back toward AO with just enough time to Devin Hester up the hill with 10 BBS at the top

MARY:
Box cutters x25 and finish strong with ATMs
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Use the TAGS on right-side to record PAX (BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOURSELF) in attendance. Be sure to select the AO in CATEGORY above TAGS and then delete these notes!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
A friend of mine passed away last week.  He had struggled with MS for about 20 years.  But he never complained.  He worked really hard just to be able to live independently, but he experienced joy in spending time with friends, going to church and he appreciated being able to live the life he had.  I need to think of him more when I struggle to get up for F3, when I feel burned out with work, or I feel worn out with family.  I need to embrace the blessings I’ve been given if I am to be the man God wants me to be.  In other words, quit belly aching and love more.
MOLESKIN:
Prayers sent out to QVC, his son and his family for comfort and healing.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Gloomy Monday

THE SCENE
60 and foggy

Welcome & Disclaimer

 

THE THANG
COP
SSH x25 (IC)
Tempo Squats x15 (IC)
Dive Bombers x15 (IC)
Line up on curb
Run to far curb and back
Diagonal Lunges x12(IC)
Run to far curb and back
BAC Fwd x10 (IC)
BAC Bkwd x10 (IC)
Run to far curb and back

Mosey to the hill near the parking lot and pair up with a Battle Buddy of similar fitness level.

 

Lt. Dan’s Revenge
Start at base of hill.  Perform 1 Lt. Dan (2 squat, 4 lunges), run the hill.  At the top do 5 merkins.
Rinse and repeat adding 1 Lt. Dan each time then back down (i.e. 2/4, 4/8, 6/12, 8/16, 10/20).

Mosey to parking lot on the other side of the playground.

 

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 to the top of the hill. Continue until you get to 6 exercises
  • Upon completion of all 6 exercises continue but take one exercise off each round starting with 1 (then 2, 3 and so on).

Exercises (x15 of each):

  1. Narrow Squats
  2. Diamond Merkins
  3. 4ct Flutter Kicks
  4. Tuck Jumps
  5. Dry Docks
  6. 4ct Freddy Mercury

Mosey back to SP

 

MARY
American Hammers – x20 (IC)
4ct Side Crunches x10 each side (IC)
Box Cutters – x20 (IC)

 

COT
Number off and Name-O-Rama – 33 PAX including 1 FNG – Sunshine

 

BOM
Everything we did this morning is nothing complicated or fancy.  Each man could do what we did alone with no problem…the question is would you?  The second F, Fellowship, is what empowers the first F (Fitness).  Our strength is drawn from each other.  Seeking to be the leaders we want to be in our families and community is hard work.  Each day we have to get up and recommit.  Doing it alone is a recipe for failure, but together we can make a little progress each day.

Bottom line – Make sure you are locking shields with other men seeking the same goals you are seeking.  Don’t try and go it alone!  You aren’t meant to do it alone.  Growth is a team sport.

 

 

Submitted by Cap’n Crunch

F3 Decks have arrived

THE SCENE: 48 and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH X 25
Baby Arm circles forward and back x 10
Cherry Pickers x 8
THA-THANG:
Deck O Death
Face cards x 10
Ace’s x 15
Jokers – Run Everest or run stop-sign to stop-sign with rock
♠️Rock Squat
♣️Rock Flutter kick
♥️8 count man maker
♦️Squat Press
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
16 PAX
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Proverbs 24
1 Judge impartially
To show partiality in judging is not good’ (v.23b). For those who judge justly, ‘rich blessing will come upon them’ (v.25).
2 Speak honestly
An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips’ (v.26). Sometimes it is hard to speak the truth in love, but we need to be honest with one another. The best answer you can give to any question asked is an honest one!
3 Stay loyal
Don’t talk about your neighbours behind their backs – no slander or gossip, please’ (v.28, MSG). Anyone can stay true to your face but it is the people who stay true behind your back that really count.
4 Show restraint
The temptation to pay back those who have done us harm is very great. However, the writer of Proverbs warns against taking revenge: ‘Do not say, “I’ll do to them as they have done to me; I’ll pay them back for what they did”’ (v.29).
5 Work hard
The book of Proverbs often warns against laziness. ‘A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest – and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man’ (vv.33–34).
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Fall festival
F3 Olympics

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We all worship

THE SCENE: Beautiful morning

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • 20 SSH IC
  • 12 Tempo Squats IC
  • 10 Merkins IC
  • 10 Cherry Pickers IC
  • 12 Baby Arm Circles (Forward & Reverse) IC

THA-THANG:

Escalator style workout: Each light pole has an exercise with an assigned number of reps. Go to Light Pole 1, complete the exercise, and run back to the start line. Run back to Light Pole 1, do the exercise, run to Light Pole 2, do the exercise, and run back to the start line. Light Pole 1, then 2, then 3, and back to the start line. Rinse and repeat until you make it to the last light pole (total of 8 light poles). The exercises/reps were as follows:

  • Light Pole 1 = 5 Hand-release Merkins
  • Light Pole 2 = 10 Jump Squats
  • Light Pole 3 = 15 Carolina Dry Docks
  • Light Pole 4 = 20 Lungs (10 each leg)
  • Light Pole 5 = 25 LBC’s
  • Light Pole 6 = 30 Iron Mikes (15 each leg)
  • Light Pole 7 = 35 Hello Dollies (single count)
  • Light Pole 8 = 40 SSH (single count)

Followed that with a little Indian run action – traditional and then with lunges and then with bear crawls. Mosey over to the cloud for the following:

  • 10 Burpee Box Jumps
  • 10 Tricep Dips IC
  • 10 Derkins
  • 10 Tricep Dips IC

MARY:

  • 20 Flutter Kicks IC
  • Plank hold into Mountain Climbers
  • 20 American Hammers IC

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

24 HIM’s got better today. Sharky & Potter came out as well (no tag)

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

One of our pastors shared the following quote with us a couple Sundays back. The message is that we all worship something. If we’re not finding our identity in Christ, then we’re finding it somewhere else. Because of sin, we are all broken cisterns. If we find our worth in money, power, the approval of others, fame, glory, etc., we will never have enough. Those worldly idols were never meant to fill the void in our hearts caused by sin – no matter how much we have, we will always want more because our souls will never be satisfied with worldly possessions. A relationship, through faith, with our Father is the only sustainable source of life.

While David Foster Wallace (the man who coined this quote) wasn’t a Christian, his message regarding worldly idols is relevant to our daily struggles.

“In the day-to-day trenches of adult life, there is actually no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship. And the compelling reason for choosing some sort of god or spiritual being to worship – be it Jesus Christ or Allah, Yahweh or the Wiccan Mother Goddess, or some inviolable set of ethical principles – is that pretty much anything else you worship will eat you alive. If you worship money and things, if they are where you tap real meaning in life, then you will never have enough, never feel you have enough. It’s the truth. Worship your body and beauty and sexual allure and you will always feel ugly. And when time and age start showing, you will die a million deaths before they finally grieve you. On one level, we all know this stuff already. It’s been codified as myths, proverbs, clichés, epigrams, parables; the skeleton of every great story. The whole trick is keeping the truth up front in daily consciousness. Worship power – you will feel weak and afraid, and you will need even more power over others to keep the fear at bay. Worship your intellect, being seen as smart – you will end up feeling stupid, a fraud, always on the verge of being found out. And so on.”

Initiation Not Procrastination

THE SCENE: Feeling a bit fall-ish, temps in the 60’s.  Great morning at the Asylum
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Break the circle and line up on the curb…20 SSH on 4ct then jog down back

Windmills x12 on 4ct jog down and back

Tempo Merkin x10 jog down and back

Tempo Squat x12 jog down and back

THA-THANG:

Mosey to base of little hill…Bear Crawl up to gate.  Perform Flutters on 4ct x20 Back on Mosey

Mosey to Rock Pile at Asylum. Perform 11’s with rock curl at pile and jump squat at stop sign. Recover back at top Perform Tempo Squats x10 and SSH x20 Mosey…

Mosey to Pavilion Perform 20 Table Row/ 20 Dip/ 30 Second wall sits Rinse and Repeat x3

Recover back to A/O

Hello Dolly on 4ct x40 and Finish with American Hammers x15 on 4ct

 

MARY:
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COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 HIM’s at Asylum this am counting myself.  Shout out to Snitch, Archie, Full House, Gibbler, Flopper, Assfault, Kentucky, Crab Legs, Waffle House, and QVC
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Talking about the “Sin of Passivity” and taking initiative.  Being a leader.  That often times we know how to lead at work or lead a home improvement project, but we don’t take initiative to lead at home.  Initiate in conversations, in our finances, initiate with our children and wives, and most importantly initiate a conversation with our Creator.

Challenge to think of 4 ways to Initiate This week…