F3 Knoxville

Dog Biscuit

THE SCENE: 57 degrees, windy
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: ✅
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x 25 IC

Merkins x 10 IC

BBSU x 10 OYO

Burpees x 5 OYO

THA-THANG:
The Dog Biscuit:

PAX moseyed to the starting line and completed the interval work-out that consisted of running/merkins/BBSU/burpees. PAX ran to each cone (3 cones set-up around the “track”) and completed 30 merkins, 20 BBSU, and 10 burpees at each cone.

We covered 2.5+ miles, 200+ merkins, 175+ BBSU, and 90+ burpees.

MARY:
25 Hello Dolly’s IC

10ish SSH IC

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Buy-in vs Pour-in. When you buy-in to something it is about you, what can you get. When you pour yourself into something, it’s not about you, it’s about what you can give. PAX was encouraged to pour themselves into today!

MOLESKIN:
9 strong this morning at the Dog Pound. Nowhere to hide and everybody ate the Biscuit!!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

Masters of the Blockee!

THE SCENE: 50s w a bit of chill in the air
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Bear crawl in line to the tennis court, Line up for jog across courts, high knee skips, crawl bear, and jog.

Mosey back to the AO for Monkey Humpers x20, SSh x20, Merkins x10 all IC. Rows for bros with the CMU x20 IC, Blockees x5, CMU curls x20 ic, 5 more Blockees OYO.
THA-THANG:

Mosey down to the base of the parking lot next to the pee rocks with CMU for DORACIDES

  • 75 blockees, 150 curls, 200 CMU goblet squats
  • P1 does said exercise while P2 does suicides. first cone 1 burp, 2nd cone 2 burps, and 3rd cone, 3 burps, run back to your partner and switch, keeping cumulative count of reps between partners
  • If you finish early, P1 Planks while P2 does 20 flutters IC, switch, rinse and repeat until all pax complete the Doracides
  • Blocklee dan back to the AO. 4 lunges w CMU, 2 Blockees. Continue this until half way. I cut it short to get in some mary

MARY:
5 more blockees, Dead head led us in Flutters IC, Hello dollys x10 ic, Slutters x10 IC, Supermans x10 IC, pickle pounders x10 IC, and J-LOs x10 IC
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
29 including 1 FNG, PINK EYE. Welcome!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Chase the Lion Manifesto!. Instead of me typing it up here, google it and it will come up. Capn Crunch read this to us at one of his Q’s for his BOM one morning. It has stuck with me and I try to read it every so often to get a life check. Its short and sweet but means so much to me. Thank you for sharing Capn! I love to share it with others.
MOLESKIN:
I miss seeing my bros at the Dog Pound. So many AOs and so many great HIMS out there that I look up to at all the different AOs. I encourage more Pax to go visit other AOs to meet others and grow our community. Not saying to stop going to the one closest to you, but one morning every once and while, wake up a little earlier and drive a little further to visit other AOs and meet the HIMs that make their particular AO special. Thanks to all the HIMS at all the AOs for being who you are, leaders!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

Propitiation (Jesus is our substitute)

Weather was PERFECT at the Asylum
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH, Imperial Squats, Back Lunge W Kick, The Annie, The John Travolta, Tempo Squats
THA-THANG:

Mosey to Lil Everest and Sprint up w 5 Burpees at the top

Mosey to top of Cardiac then alternate 10 wide and diamond merkins every light pole to the bottom and LBCs

mosey to steep hill perform 7s w Burpees and Star jumps

mosey to new parking lot and participate in Grocery buggy race, 15 Burpees to the loser

mosey to dug outs and perform 11s w pull ups and dips

back to AO TO DO 4 Corners w 20 Mtn climbers   Lunge to next corner 20 star jacks bear crawl to next corner 20 box cutters run backwards to next corner 30 LBCs side bear crawl to the next

curls w coupons while partner runs to end of parking lot and back

  • Finish w leg lifts, merkin rt/left leg lift, table saw, modified table saw, hands around the world, lateral hops
  • are
  • handy.

MARY:
Insert information about any additional post-THANG work (if applicable).
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:
Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die (Propitiation)
MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

Let’s Just Get After It!

THE SCENE
57 and Clear

 

Welcome and Disclaimer

 

WARM UP
COP

  • SSH x30 IC
  • 4ct Mountain Climbers x10 IC
  • 4ct Merkins x10 IC
  • Imperial Squat Walkers x10 IC
  • Little Arm Circles x10 each Forward and Back IC
  • Cherry Pickers x10 IC
  • 5 Burpees

Mosey to side of the parking lot and get a battle buddy.

 

THA THANG
Partner Burpee Suicides
Both men stand along the curb at the orange cones.  Then they perform the following sequence:

  1. Battle Buddy 1 performs 10 BBS while Battle Buddy 2 holds their feet in a plank position.
  2. Battle Buddy 2 switches to alternating between 10 Merkins and 10 Squats while Battle Buddy 1 sprints to the first cone and performs 2 Burpees, sprints back, sprints to second cone and does 4 Burpees, then sprints to where they started.
  3. Switch, Battle Buddy 2 then performs the progression.

Do as many repetitions as you can in 7 minutes.

Mosey to new parking lot.

 

Triple Man Sprints
2 men at Cone 1 (near side orange cone) and 1 man at Cone 2 (far side orange cone).  One man at Cone 1 runs to Cone 2 while other two men do exercises at the cone (x10 or x15 reps), stopping in the middle at the yellow cone to do 2 burpees.  Then man at Cone 2 runs to Cone 1 while other men do exercises (either x10 or x15 reps).  First man now runs to Cone 2.  Rinse and repeat for 7 minutes, 3 rounds.

Rd 1: Upper Body
Cone 1 = Diamond Merkins / Carolina Dry Docks
Cone 2 = Shoulder Taps / Superman Swims

Rd 2: Abs
Cone 1 = American Hammers / Lance Armstrongs
Cone 2 = Flutter Kick / Hello Dollys

Rd 3: Lower Body
Cone 1 = Prison Squats / Skaters
Cone 2 = Lunges / Side Lunges

Mosey back to SP.

 

MARY

  • 4ct LBCs x20 IC
  • Side Crunches Rt x20 IC
  • Sdie Crunches Lf x20 IC

 

COT
37 PAX including 3 FNGs – 8 Track, AAA and Downhill

 

BOM
“Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.”

Kings Solomon, Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

The sequoia redwood trees located in California, are some of the biggest trees in the world. The General Sherman is, in fact, noted as THE largest known living single stem tree on Earth! It is 275 ft tall, 25 feet in diameter, and is approximately 2,500 years old.

 Something that huge must have an incredible root system that goes down deep in order to stand that tall. Not the case at all. The sequoia redwood trees have a unique root system that is a marvel, compared to their mammoth size.

Their roots are relatively shallow. There is no tap root to anchor them deep into the earth. The roots actually only go down 6-12 feet, and yet, these trees rarely fall over. They withstand strong winds, earthquakes, fires, storms, and prolonged flooding. How can something up to 500 tons, reaching over 350 feet in height, and live for many centuries remain standing with roots only going down about 10 feet?

The interesting thing about the redwood tree is that their root system is intertwined with the other redwood trees, literally holding each other up. The trees grow very close together and are dependent on each other for nutrients, as well. Only redwoods have the strength and ability to support other redwoods.

So, beneath the surface of these humongous, tall, statuesque trees are roots like a army of men who have their arms interlocked, standing and supporting each other. They are preventing the adversaries of life from knocking each other down. They are also making sure there is plenty of nutrients for growth to continue.

To me, the PAX is like a forest of redwoods. We are stronger TOGETHER.  We grow, challenge and support each other as we each strive to reach our potential physically, mentally, relationally and spiritually.

Circuits of Courage

THE SCENE: Just about perfect weather – 50 degrees, no wind

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH IC x 25
  • Cherry Pickers IC x 10
  • Tempo Squats IC x 12
  • Merkins IC (4 ct) x 15
  • 2 sets of 5 burpees OYO as we toured the circuit

THA-THANG:

We did a circuit on the grinder (1 station at each corner) with 1 station at the flag pole, and another at the pavalon. Each station has 2 exercises listed. Pretty simple – pair up with a battle buddy and do 20 reps of both exercises listed and move to the next station until time is called. Ended up making it through 3 rounds.

  • Station 1: Mountain Climbers (4 ct.) and Squat Jumps
  • Station 2 (flag pole): Dry Docks and Flutter Kicks (4 ct.)
  • Station 3 (pavalon): Bench Rows and Derkins
  • Station 4: Supermans and Hello Dollies (4 ct.)
  • Station 5: Shoulder Press and Bicep Curls (both exercises with the supplied rocks)
  • Station 6: Merkins and Lunges

Mosey to base of Little Baby Hill. One partner runs the hill and does 2 burpees at the top, while the other does squats at the bottom. Rinse & repeat – 3 times up the hill each.

MARY:

Did a little plank work, 20 American Hammers (4 ct) IC, and finished with AMRAP LBC’s for the last minute.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

38 strong this morning – No FNG’s

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

When one man acts courageously, it strengthens the spines of other men. It took courage for Peaches and Food Truck to share their testimonies with us at the 3rd F event on Saturday. By doing so, they allowed our small group time to be more open and allowed us as men to be more vulnerable with each other because they had the courage to be open themselves.

When we come out each morning to the gloom, we can either choose to push through the suck and make our brothers push themselves harder and farther than they imagined, or we can choose to half ass it and settle for mediocrity. When I see a brother pushing himself to his max, something stirs inside me that makes me want to push myself harder as well. Don’t be the guy who waits for someone else to step up before stepping up yourself. We’re called as HIMs to be the guy that strengthens the spines of other men through our actions.