F3 Knoxville

So Many Brickees…

THE SCENE: Mild temp. Good humidity. No bad omens to help people guess what was coming

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:
some light stretching
Grab two bricks
some Merkins, some squats, good mornings, etc. just checking that everyone’s body is working.

THA-THANG:
Run around the park. Stop at every 5th light post. alternate between “Brickees” (burbees with a brick in each hand), and some other work (WTFs, triceps, squats).

5 reps at 5th light post, 10 at 10th, 15 at 15th…50 at 50th

Back to grinder, keep your bricks
10x Merkins –> Lunge to next station
10x BBS –> Bear Craw to next station
10x 4ct Mtn Climbers –> Crab Walk to next station
10x Box Jumps –> Jog back to start
add 2 reps each time through

MARY:
Box cutters, Bricks up and down, bricks up and down with 6 inches, LBCs, superman/banana, etc.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
All tagged, also one FNG (Hype)

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Everybody point North with me (I point south). Everyone pointed south at first and then got confused and tried to figure out where north was by looking around.

What just happened? You all looked for evidence of where north was. At first you looked at me, but evidence of the sun contradicted my account.

When you are looking for truth, you don’t close your eyes and try to feel it out. You look for evidence, but you also have to test that evidence with other sources of truth.

My main source of truth is Jesus who made the claim, “I am the way, the truth, and the life”.

I challenge you all to test that truth claim and see how it holds up. And see how it changes the way you live.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Anniversary stuff coming up soon!

Where is the Creek?

THE SCENE: Mid 60s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Line up on baseline for 5 tempo merkins

Jog across

5 tempo squats

Millennial run back
THA-THANG:

Run down hill by Pav and back up for:
10 BBS
15 Jump squats
20 Merkins
Repeat X 5
7s at scrap yard
6 Pull-ups
Broad jump to cone
1 4-count dry dock
5 rounds of all out sprints across grinder

MARY:
Leg lifts x 15
V-ups x 15
Lazy boys x 3 for about 20 seconds

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
14 HIMs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Proverbs 12:14
Wise words bring many benefits, and hard work brings rewards.

MOLESKIN:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Seabiscuit this Sunday at West HS track at 7 am.

Bomb shelter first anniversary special Q next Saturday the 13th 7 am.

F3 Olympics at the Asylum November 3.

Another Day in Paradise

THE SCENE: Lovely

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:

Head – Shoulders – Knees – and Toes
THA-THANG:
Ran to area where everyone could do tabata: 20 seconds on/10second rest: pull ups, sit ups, push ups, squats

Ran back to starting point, tabata sets again with burpee variations

MARY:
Core stuff
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:
Is spirituality about getting closer or getting better?
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Die Inside Like a Winner

THE SCENE: Pretty warm and humid
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the field at the back of the park. Sprint 50 yards and suicide back along the cones every 10 yards. Pull a card from each suit. Face cards are 10. Ace is 1.
Exercises:
Hearts – BBS
Diamonds – Burpees
Spades – Iron Mikes 2-count
Clubs – Ranger Merkins
Joker – Bear Crawl 50 yards down and back
MARY:
Included
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 of us suffered greatly
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
the true price of leadership is the willingness to place the needs of others above your own. Great leaders truly care about those they are privileged to lead and understand that the true cost of the leadership privilege comes at the expense of self-interest.
Simon Sinek, Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t
Thanks Proton for the rec!
MOLESKIN:
We did the whole deck! 85 reps. We had to cut out the last couple sets of running for time. Credit: Pinnochio for the name of the workout
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Route 66

THE SCENE:  70 degrees, 95% humidity, clear skies with just a sliver of reflection after the new moon
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Quick warmup of SSH x10, Cherry pickers x10, front and back arm circles x10 each, Michael Phelps shakeout, and parking lot mosey.
THA-THANG:
Pick up a CMU and head out on Route 66 through Illinois to the Missouri state line.

Route 66 was a 0.37 mile loop including a Mt. Crumpet climb.  A total of six state line stops in the loop at Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.  The workout consisted of six laps on Route 66.  New Mexico was at the top of Mt. Crumpet.  The listing of the workouts at each station is below:

  • Missouri State Line

    Lap 1: CMU Squats x11

    Lap 2: Dips with CMU x11  Carry CMU to Kansas

    Lap 3: Squat Jumps x11

    Lap 4: Dry Docks x11

    Lap 5: BBS x11

    Lap 6: SSH (4 count) x11

  • Kansas State Line

    Lap 1: Merkins x11

    Lap 2: CMU Upright Rows x11

    Lap 3: CMU Dips x11  Carry CMU to Oklahoma

    Lap 4: Squat Jumps x11

    Lap 5: Dry Docks x11

    Lap 6: BBS x11

  • Oklahoma State Line

    Lap 1: SSH (4 count) x11

    Lap 2: Merkins x11

    Lap 3: CMU Swings x11

    Lap 4: CMU Dips x11  Carry CMU to Texas

    Lap 5: Squat Jumps x11

    Lap 6: Dry Docks x11

  • Texas State Line

    Lap 1: BBS x11

    Lap 2: SSH (4 count) x11

    Lap 3: Merkins x11

    Lap 4: CMU O.H. Press x11

    Lap 5: CMU Dips x11  Carry CMU to New Mexico

    Lap 6: Squat Jumps x11

  • New Mexico State Line (Top of Mt. Crumpet)

    Lap 1: Dry Docks x11

    Lap 2: BBS x11

    Lap 3: SSH (4 count) x11

    Lap 4: Merkins x11

    Lap 5: Lunge Dead Lift x11/arm

    Lap 6: CMU Dips x11  Carry CMU to Arizona

  • Arizona State Line

    Lap 1: Squat Jumps x11

    Lap 2: Dry Docks x11

    Lap 3: BBS x11

    Lap 4: SSH (4 count) x11

    Lap 5: Merkins x11

    Lap 6: CMU Curls x11  Carry CMU to California (Back to the AO)

  • California State Line

    Squat Jumps x11

    Dry Docks x11

    BBS x11

    SSH (4 count) x11

    Merkins x11

Completed 5 laps as outlined but had to abbreviate Lap 6 and the California State Line workout.  We went over by almost 2 minutes.  This would have fit better with a Saturday, 1 hour, workout.  Note that there were 66 exercise reps on each lap, and, if completed, there are 66 of each type of exercise or CMU type reps.

MARY:
No time today.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
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CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I’m not a big TV watcher but the show, China Beach, from the late 80’s to early 90’s ranks in the top three.  One of the most memorable to me is about the boy in the pants – a soldier with his leg blown to pieces.  The “pants” was an inflatable cuff put on his right leg to try to stop the bleeding.  It wasn’t working and Nurse Colleen McMurphy knew it.  The boy in the pants was going to die, they prepare him for death, and then deflated the pants.  He died while McMurphy was kissing his lips, a gesture she initiated.  Fast forward 15 year to a scene where McMurphy is holding her young daughter at the Vietnam War Memorial.  She points to one of the more than 57,000 names on the wall, pours some sand from the medivac base of China Beach at the base of the wall, and slowly walks away.  Her voice is dubbed into the scene and she says, “Lawrence F. McClintock from Littleton, CO.  He loved football. His friends called him Lurch.  I thought I had forgotten his name but, like he said, I didn’t.”  She pauses and continues, “I couldn’t save them all … but I save some of them.”

James Shaw, Jr. is the man that wrestled an AR-15 away from the shooter at a Waffle House near Nashville less than 3 months ago.  He claims that he was not a hero but that he was only trying to save himself.  In later interviews he would repeat that claim but would add that he regrets that he did not do something quicker so that perhaps some or all of the 4 others would have survived.  He may not have save them all but he certainly saved many.   Like McMurphy in China Beach, there was reason to be joyful, yet there was regret in looking back.

Not many of us will have the opportunity to make a difference like McMurphy or Shaw, but that doesn’t exclude us from looking back and wishing we had done things differently.  It could be in a relationship, work performance, a knee jerk reaction with anger or impatience.  The message today is to quit dwelling on the past.  Yes, use it as a learning experience, use it to be better today, and better when all the future tomorrows becomes todays.  In our Christian faith walk remember that when we fail God, our sins have already been atoned.  Make no mistake, God hates our sinful nature, but with the saving grace of Jesus and the sanctifying power of the Spirit we will more closely walk with Him – no regrets.
MOLESKIN:
Flash brought up a family mourning the loss of their 7 year old son to cancer.  I failed to remember to mention that in my closeout prayer.  Flash, I have lifted them up several times since this morning.  Sorry for my oversight.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.