F3 Knoxville

Tag: Roadshow

Runnin and a workin

THE SCENE: Sunny and windy, temp close to 70 degrees
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
20 Side-Straddle Hops, 10 Burpees, 10 Tempo Merkins, Arm and Leg Raises from Merkin Position, 10 Tempo Squats, 10 Cherry Pickers
THA-THANG:
Mosey to Roadshow Run.  At top of Roadshow Run we will do 20 Merkins.  Run down stairs.  At first grassy area we do 20 Big Boys.  Run down next two flight of stairs all the way to perimeter trail.  At grassy area we will do 40 Baby Crunches.  Run all the way back up Roadshow Run.  Rinse and repeat two more times but end at perimeter trail instead of running up Roadshow Run the last time.

Mosey to trail that extends from road near North Entryway to Park and which goes all the way to the beginning of the Perimeter Trail.  We will do the following every ten lights on the trail:  Bear Crawl to first light, run next four lights, lunge to 6th light, run the next four.  Repeat until end of trail.

Mosey to Outdoor Chapel.  Elevens with Decline Merkins at Stage and Mountain Climbers at other end of chapel.

Mosey on Road going south and then east past soccer fields.  Twenty Hello Dollies before stop sign.

Mosey to Stop Sign at Southeast corner of Admin Bldg.  Twenty American Hammers

Mosey to Boulder Pile.  20 Overhead Presses.  20 Curls.

Mosey to AO.

MARY:

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Six men.  No FNG’s.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Remember Cap’n Crunches words about the Redwood Trees.  As tall as they are, one would think their roots go down at least 100 ft into the ground.  Yet, their roots may only go down 6 to 12 feet.  Yet these trees are sturdy and strong.  What makes them so strong?  Their roots connect to the roots of other Redwoods.  These trees stand mighty because they hold each other up.  Men, let us be mighty in the same way.  We cannot do these workouts without each other. We are HIM’s because we have each other’s backs.  Iron Sharpens Iron!!!!
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Hard At It

THE SCENE: Cloudy and windy, temps in 50’s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
20 Side-straddle-hops, 10 Burpees, 15 Imperial Walkers, 10 Windmills, 10 Tempo Merkins, Planks with arm and leg raises
THA-THANG:

Mosey to the Dragon Tail.  We did Route 66 up the Dragon Tail with rabbits sweeping slower brothers back to starting point after each exercise.  The following were the exercises:

  • Squat Jumps
  • Big Boy Sit Ups
  • Shoulder Taps (each shoulder)

Mosey to Playground.  We did four corners with the following corners and exercises.  We rinsed and repeated after the first round:

  • 20 Bench Jumps at playground
  • 20 seconds of pull ups at baseball bullpen
  • 20 picnic table pull-ups in pavilion
  • 20 Star Jumps at Flag

Mosey to Pavilion.  We did totem pole with 30 seconds of each exercise, starting with first exercise, then restarting but adding next exercise on totem pole.  The following were the exercises:

  • Hello Dollies
  • American Hammers
  • Carolina Dry Docks
  • Picnic Table Pull-ups

Mosey to AO.

MARY:
20 Box Cutters
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Eight men.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
One of the inspiring F3 sayings is “I have your six.”  G-6 talked about the isolated man at our last 3rd F event.  As a psychologist, I have met many isolated men who do not feel anyone has their back.  Their confidence and zest for life are low because of it.  As humans, we need to feel support from others, know that others are there for us.  That knowledge gives us the courage to take chances, to fail, get back up, push on and finally succeed.  You see toddlers needing that support from parents when they explore.  The toddlers explore with pleasure but also look back to make sure their parents are there, are looking on, have their sixes.  As F3 brothers, lets take the “I have your six” saying as a model to commit to others, to build them up, give them courage.  We are HIMs in our workouts and out in the world.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
3rd F this Saturday at Outlook!

TCOB

THE SCENE: 40ish, windy
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Hillbillies x 15 IC
  • Tempo Diamond Merks x 10
  • Cherry Pickers x 8
  • Little this/that

THA-THANG:

Line up on the curb.

Partner up

Man carry Route 66. Alternate carrying each other between cones. Stop at every cone for increasing reps starting with 5 of:

  • Merkins
  • Thruster Merks
  • Burpees

Decrease reps by 1 on way back

Mosey to greenway hill

11’s

Iron Mike’s 4 count

Bernie up hill

Bicycles 4 count

Bear Crawl down

Mosey to AO

Global Warming

Everyone Al Gore in circle

AGT x 5 2 man at a time going in opposite directions.

2 passes

MARY:

  • Peter Parkers x 12 IC
  • ABCs on Q
  • Captain Thor 6:24 IC
  • Scissors for 1 min on Q

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
44 including 1 FNG – BVD. Also there was Kentucky but couldn’t tag him.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Your beliefs become your thoughts,
Your thoughts become your words,
Your words become your actions,
Your actions become your habits,
Your habits become your values,
Your values become your destiny.

-Ghandi

I can sometimes lose sight of what I’m working towards. Throughout the year I have to refocus myself because I’ve strayed from the path I wanted to be on. Whether because of some new shiney thing distracting me off to the side or because I backslid on my habits. I don’t have trouble making fitness and fun thing habits. Where I struggle to find my destiny is in work. Sometimes I just feel like I’m on cruise control and not actively thinking, acting and making habits. I think the hardest place to make habits and form our destiny is in the things that we like to do the least. Take some time this week to think of some place in your life you know you need to be taking care of business but haven’t been able to shape that destiny by making good habits toward that end. Make a gameplan to get it done.
MOLESKIN:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

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:

Slopping Through the FakeGloom

THE SCENE: Raining and cool
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
10 Burpees, 10 Cherry Pickers, 10 Windmills, 10 Baby Arm Circles Forward, 10 Baby Arm Circles Backward

THA-THANG:

Mosey to parking lot by South Ball Fields.

We will exercise in the four corners of this parking lot, sprinting between each exercise.  The exercises are:

  • Northwest Corner:  20 Merkens
  • Southwest Corner:  20 Imperial Walkers
  • Southeast Corner:  20 High Step Kicks
  • Northeast Corner:  20 Carolina Drydocks
  • Rinse and Repeat

Mosey to the Pavilion by South Ball Fields.

Elevens at the picnic tables.  Start with 10 Decline Merkens off bench of table and 1 Table Pull Up laying down on ground.  End with 1 Decline Merken and 10 Pull Ups.  Then do one minute squat with back to wall of pavilion.

Mosey to Dugout Area of Baseball Field

Do as many pull-ups as possible on one hang.  Hang for another 20 seconds when done.

Mosey to Park Perimeter Trail and Head East.  Then Go North as Trail Turns That Direction.  Go about 30 Yards North.

20 Squats

Mosey North Again to Serpentine Sidewalk that Heads West Back to Roadway

Lunge to first light.  Sprint next four lights.  Lunge to sixth light.  Sprint next four lights.  Keep doing this in increments of five lights until we get to roadway.

Mosey North on Roadway to Road Block Sign.

20 Ice Skaters by road sign block.  Then run up hill to gate at top of roadway.  20 Calf Raises.  Repeat.

Mosey The Very Short Distance Back to AO

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Seven men.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Many men claim they want to be Men of Honor.  We almost intuitively know what it means.  But as humans we fall short.  Authors of novels often create heroes that are incredible examples of Honorable Men.  Yet, these same authors fall way short in terms of being the heroes they created in their stories.  We could all write a story about an honorable man – we need to try to be the hero that we would create in our own story.  Wake up each day giving effort to become the Honorable Man that you yourself have created in your own mind.  We begin to do that by:

  • Making the effort to go to F3 Beat Downs.
  • Enriching our minds and hearts by attending worship services.
  • Smiling when we come home to family, even after a hard day when we do not feel like smiling.
  • Giving credence to the unique wonder of each person we see and talk to.
  • Place love above money and power.
  • Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

MOLESKIN:
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
3rd F this Saturday, 8:30 AM at Outlook.  Do not meet at Asylum for Saturday morning workout.  Go to Big Ball instead.