F3 Knoxville

Tag: Rooney (Carl Whipple)

Aluminum PAX

AO: asylum-pm
Q: Drum Major
PAX: Lizzy, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Lilydipper, Switchhitter (Tony), Brick, Steam, Rooney (Carl Whipple), Welch’s, Pusher, MD Hammer, Dain Bramage (Will Olson), Curveball, Abacus
FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
WARMUP:

10 Side Straddle Hops

10 rockettes

10 baby arm circles each way + overhead claps

10 cherry pickers

THE THANG:

Mosey to traffic circle – 20 flutter kicks together

Mosey to new parking lot by new baseball fields

Aluminum PAX modified workout

Set Tabata timer for 1 minute, rotating

When 1 minute timer sounds every time do 5 burpees. Then start in on the rotation of exercises.

100 squats

100 LBCs

100 SSHs

When you complete 100 of your exercise run loop mapped out around full outside of parking lot.

If you get through all 3, rinse and repeat.

 

Mosey to small turf baseball field and lineup up at home plate.

“Diamond of Fire”

1 man goes around bases forward. When he hits 1st base the next man goes. Everyone else does merkins until their turn comes.

After home lineup on other side as you come in and start doing box cutters until last man comes in then do the same thing going backwards (3rd, 2nd 1st, home).

 

Mosey back to flag, via Pickett’s Charge

MARY:

Ended with some stretching at the flag

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

Loneliness Epidemic article

Between 1990 and 2024, the percentage of college graduates who reported having zero close friends rose to 10 percent from 2 percent, which is upsetting enough. Among high school graduates, the percentage rose to a heartbreaking 24 percent from 3 percent.

For context about 55% in America are college graduates, so that leaves 45% who have a high school diploma or less.

In 1990, an impressive 49 percent of high school graduates reported having at least six close friends. By 2024, that percentage had been cut by more than half — to 17 percent. The percentage of college graduates with that many friends declined also, but only to 33 percent from 45 percent.

Causes? You may think politics, but I would say that may be more a symptom than a cause. Surely COVID and everything being online and the ease it is to isolate yourself, surely cannot help. We as a collective group need to worry less about the cause…

 

Article in NYT is quoted:

 

What is the most important single thing that you can do to heal our national divides and to improve the social and economic mobility of your struggling neighbors?

I’d submit that it’s not voting for the right candidate (though you should certainly do that), nor is it engaging in activism to raise visibility for a worthy cause (though I endorse that as well). Instead, it’s something that is at once much simpler but also much more difficult.

Make a new friend.

 

Maybe you could even make a new friend outdoors, away from your phone, spending zero dollars, while getting some exercise and hanging out with other guys where politics, education and economic levels are not a factor? If only such a thing existed, wow what a cool thing that could be. I reiterate Crash Dummies challenge from Tuesday. In the next month try and convince a FNG to come out, you may be helping them more than you realize.

Coach Dunn kicks off football season!

AO: asylum-pm
Q: F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom)
PAX: MD Hammer, Lilydipper, Drum Major, Tenderfoot, Brick, High Heels, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Rooney (Carl Whipple), Switchhitter (Tony), Pusher, Curveball, Crash Dummy
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
WARMUP: Coach Dunn had ‘em hit the ground for 20 merkins followed by a dedicated focus on loose groins

THE THANG:
First and foremost, this workout is dedicated to Coach Wayne Dunn, who worked as hard and inspired us to be ready for the start of football season. Actual quotes and insights provided from Coach Dunn to the innocent Pluto when he was a freshman in high school were shared with the Pax to help them mature and understand the ways of the world. We also played some football because it’s an American game and America is the oldest and greatest country in the world. Per coach Dunn.
– First set was a set of 11s featuring picnic table box jump Burpee’s and big boys
– Second exercise was an experiment to ensure we had football players. The PAX was divided into group of threes where a 5 minute monkey roll drill was completed.
– Next exercise was two laps around the back side of the asylum building with five Burpee sets split between each loop.
– Next exercise was of vital importance and was inspired by one of the Tennessee Vols away games this year the Pax was divided into groups of two that opposed another group of two in a modified version of the Oklahoma drill.
– After a 30 second break the Pax ran to the bottom of the hill completed 20 Merkins and ran back to the playing field.
– The final exercise was a game of touch football

Took a t
MARY: No Mary needed

ANNOUNCEMENTS: excitement about the new AO’s opening was discussed as well as the food Pusher was making.

COT: the queue discussed that he had had lunch with the Nantan today and had discussed with him the importance of F3 in our lives, especially as we all go through transitions in families, work, and life in general. In staying with his theme for the last couple of years, the Q shared the recent James clear newsletter available right here.https://jamesclear.com/3-2-1/august-29-2024

A roll of the dice

AO: asylum-am
Q: Hands
PAX: Cinco (Scott McGuire), Grandslam, Hands, Hot Tub (John Muller), Love’s, Matlock (Bill Maddox), P3, Rainbow, Rooney (Carl Whipple), Woodpecker, Flintstone
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WARMUP: SSH, Hi knees, Butt kickers, froggy squats, circle run, tempo merkins, plank jacks, stretching

THE THANG: Battle buddy up. Roll the dice and do the corresponding workout with your buddy
1 3 rounds of parking lot suicides and 10 CMU thrusters
2 Catch me if you can with 10 Merkins/Bernie around all the paver lots
3 3 rounds of 12 each butt touchers, table rows, step ups and run one lap
4 3 rounds of 20 (D)Irkins, 10 box jumps, 20 4 ct LBC’s
5 Bernie up Baby Everest, jog down, 10 man makers, repeat for 3 rounds total
6 Up the Tail of the Dragon two times, change mode of transport at each light pole – Bear Crawl, lunge, broad jump

MARY: Boat/canoe. Big wheel. Heel touches. Side crunches

ANNOUNCEMENTS: PM group is working out at 9 am on July 4th.

COT: Being a good example is not good enough these days, you gotta use words to lead.

P3’s Obstacle Tester

AO: asylum-am
Q: P3
PAX: Hands, Sawdust, Snitch (Cory Beilharz ), Rooney (Carl Whipple), Grandslam, Tropicana
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WARMUP:

Quick set of SSH, Tie fighters, Cherry Pickers, Shoulder/Tri stretches, Downward/Upward Dog

THE THANG:

Set up a figure 8 course around the asylum. Underestimated the set-up time and came into the parking lot on two wheels at 5:28am.

5 Stations creating a figure 8 around the coliseum and Everest

Station 1:
One partner works while second partner Holds BOTTOM of a plank, then switch

2 sets
10 Heavy Lawnmowers (each side)
10 Iron Mikes (each side = 20 total)

Station 2:
One partner works while second partner performs AMRAP of Air Squats, then switch

2 sets
20 Merkins
50 Single count LBCs

Station 3:
One partner works while second partner performs AMRAP of Flutterkicks, then switch

2 sets
20 Jump Squats
20 Carolina Dry Docks

Station 4:
One partner works while second partner holds a Plank, then switch

2 Sets
30 Big Bois
10 Lt Dans

Station 5:
One partner works while second partner performs AMRAP of Supermans, then switch

2 Sets
10 Man Makers
15 Alternating Lunges (each side = 30 Total)

MARY:

Race Hands back to the AO (not important who won)

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Get your new Asylum Shirts!!

COT:

One day an old Cherokee man sits down with his grandson to teach him about life.
“A fight is going on inside of me,” he says to the boy. “It’s a terrible fight between two wolves. One is evil – he is full of rage, jealousy, arrogance, greed, sorrow, regret, lies, laziness, and self-pity.”
He continues, “The other is good – he is filled with love, joy, peace, generosity, truth, empathy, courage, humility, and faith. This same fight is going on inside the hearts of everyone, including you.”
The grandson thinks about this for a few minutes, and then asks his grandfather, “Which wolf will win?”
The old Cherokee simply replies, “The one you feed.”

Finished by picking up the course supplies while Hands yelled words of encouragement from the intersection at Northshore

Lots of Blasters

AO: asylum-pm
Q: Pele (Jon Lindberg)
PAX: MD Hammer, Mayberry, Tenderfoot, Mr Jinxy, Jeevan Kypa (Scrubs), High Heels (Henry Ritchie), Rooney (Carl Whipple), Lilydipper, Brick, Kung Blue, Title IX (Christian Prescott), Switchhitter (Tony), Pusher, Steam, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Lizzy, Colonel (Alex Wallace), Dr. Phil
FNGs: None
COUNT: 18
WARMUP: SSH, Tempo Squats, Grady Corns, Windmills, Steve Earles, leg stretches

THE THANG:
MOSEY to parking lot below Coliseum.
Pyramid laps! Partner up with like speed. Run opposite directions, every time you meet (top and bottom), do the following exercises in REPS of 10
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LAP 1 CDDs

LAP 2 CDDs, LBCs
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LAP 3 CDDs, LBCs, Mtn Climbers (2-ct)

LAP 4 CDDs, LBCs, Mtn Climbers (2-ct), Bobby Hurleys

LAP 5 LBCs, Mtn Climbers (2-ct), Bobby Hurleys

LAP 6 Mtn Climbers (2-ct), Bobby Hurley s
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LAP 7 Bobby Hurleys
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MOSEY to a Hill on Pickett’s charge or on side of Bermuda Triangle
Goal is to do each group of exercises, going up to top of hill after each group is completed, for a total of 5 times up the hill. Can be done in any order. Exercise groups are:

AB BLASTER:
20x: LBCs, BBSs, American Hammers (4-ct), Bicycle Kicks (4-ct)
ARM BLASTER:
20x: Merkins, Carolina Dry Docks, Bottle Taps (4-ct), Diamond Merkins
LEG BLASTER:
20x: Bobby Hurleys, Iron Mikes (2-ct), Froggie Jumps, Squats.
CARDIO BLASTER:
20x: SSH (2-ct), High Knees (2-ct), Butt Kickers (2-ct), Mountain Climbers (2-ct), Smurf Jacks

MARY:
Hello Dollies, stretching with Pele
ANNOUNCEMENTS: New AOs launching at West Hills (Monday morning, heavy ruck) and Bluegrass Elementary (Wednesday evenings at 6 pm)

COT:Albert Schweitzer, was a German philosopher that lived in the late 1800s through early 1900s. He is attributed with this quotation: “The Purpose of Human Life is to SERVE, and to show the compassion and the Will to Help Others.” We discussed this quote and how it applies to F3, and ended with another quote: “In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.”. I am thankful that the men of F3 have been that spark for me.