F3 Knoxville

Nothing Fancy

THE SCENE: Perfect weather 67 degrees
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

10x side straddle hops

10x cherry pickers

10x oyo merkins

Michael Phelps

A little of this and that

THA-THANG:

Burpeecides – Start at 1st cone do 5 burpees, go to 1st cone do 5 burpees then run back to 1st cone and proceed to 2nd cone and do 5 burpees back to first cone then to 3 cone and do 5 burpees.  Rinse and repeat until you get to the 6th cone for a total of 30 burpees.

Continue to the little hill by the docks (not sure the name of hill)   7’s-merkins and BBS (2 bear crawls 2 Bernie sanders 2 run up the hill)

Head to the stairs by the docks start at bottom of steps with 10 Carolina dry docks, then proceed to up the 1st set of steps  and do 20 prisoner squats and then all the way up to the restaurant  and do 30 shoulder taps.  Rinse and repeat

Head back to pee rock pile by the AO.

20-20-20 biceps triceps overhead press run to the end and do the following

20-20-20 hello Dolly’s, baby Crunches, American hammer Rinse and repeat.

Headed back by lunging and stretching out to the AO.

MARY:
Pusher led us in doing 10x flutter kicks then ran out of time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

I took some statistics from https://www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-about-suicide and read this to the group

  1. Nearly 30,000 Americans commit suicide every year.
  2. In the U.S., suicide rates are highest during the spring.
  3. Suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death for 15 to 24-year-olds and 2nd for 24 to 35-year-olds.
  4. On average, 1 person commits suicide every 16.2 minutes.
  5. Each suicide intimately affects at least 6 other people.
  1. About 2/3 of people who complete suicide are depressed at the time of their deaths. Depression that is untreated, undiagnosed, or ineffectively treated is the number 1 cause of suicide.
  2. There is 1 suicide for every 25 attempted suicides.
  3. Males make up 79% of all suicides, while women are more prone to having suicidal thoughts.
  4. 1 in 65,000 children ages 10 to 14 commit suicide each year.
  5. There are 2 times as many deaths due to suicide than HIV/AIDS.
  6. Over 50% of all suicides are completed with a firearm.

It is also the 10th leading cause of Death in the United States.

MOLESKIN:
There are a lot of Men and women who struggle daily with Depression and suicidal thoughts.  Nobody should have to struggle with this alone.  If you are going thru this please contact me or any of the F3 Men.  My contact number is 865-567-6652.  Also, as men of F3 reach out to those who may be struggling or you  have not heard from a while.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Pray for Boulder’s Friend Jassone and that God will guide him to those who can help him.  Pray for Pusher’s Friends family who just recently lost a son to suicide.

Burpicide to the Pavalon

THE SCENE: around 70 – warm & steamy

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Side straddle hops x 20
  • Tempo merkins x 10
  • Tempo squats x 10
  • Cherry pickers x 5
  • this/that stretch

THA-THANG:

  • Indian run to base of Matterhorn – last man drops & performs 2 merkins before running to front of line
  • Suicide run up the Matterhorn
    • 8 cones lined up the hill
    • Burpees at each cone increasing by 2 each time:  2,4,6,8….16.   Had to stop at 14 due to time.
  • Countdown at the pavalon
    • Start at top & work your way down the list.  Rinse & repeat eliminating the lowest rep exercise each time through the list.  Finish each trip down the list by running up the hill to the gate & back.
      • 10 wide grip pullups
      • 9 thrust merkins
      • 8 speed skaters (each leg)
      • 7 dips
      • 6 box jumps
      • 5 decline merkins
  • Indian run back to the AO

MARY:

  • Box cutters x 25
  • Side crunch x 10 (each side)
  • Flutter kicks x 25
  • American Hammers x 20
  • 1 minute plank

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
22:   I-Beam, Snitch, Flute Loop, Waxjob, Driftwood, Wagon Wheel, Side Car, La-Z-Boy, Transfer, Smoker, Mayberry, Junk, Wallball, Pusher, Toto, Butters, Trap Door (FNG), Scooter, Bueller, Booger, Ratchet, Bartman

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
My 11 year-old son is out of town on a trip and called last night with a headache.  He was letting it get to him and making a mountain out of a mole hill…he was losing perspective on the situation and getting overwhelmed.  Funny thing is, we do this as men all the time.  It’s usually not a headache – usually it’s financial stress, work stress, family pressure, health needs.  We let these things grow in our minds until we think they are too big to handle.  God reminds us in the book of Deuteronomy that he is always with us.

“Be strong and courageous.  Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you”   Deuteronomy 31:6

This verse is taken from the time of Moses, when he was getting ready to hand the reigns over to Joshua.  Moses was reassuring both Joshua and the Israelites that God would take care of them in battle against their enemies.  We still have that same promise today.  Whatever your circumstance, large or small, God’s answer is still “I will not leave you nor forsake you”.  Don’t make mountains out of mole hills – give them over to the Lord in prayer and watch him do the work on your behalf.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Do…don’t offer

THE SCENE: Not raining but soggy like a cheap wet towel on the floor of hotel hot tub area
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH X15, SSIM x15 (side straddle- Iron Mikes), cherry pickers x5, 10 merkins

11s to warm up- merkins and CMU Curl-press-tris. 25yd run between

THA-THANG:
8 stations inside the tennis courts

  • CMU American Swings x20
  • Bear crawl to center and back
  • CMU Curls x20
  • CMU SQUATS X20
  • CMU overhead presses x20
  • CMU Tippy Toe walks to center & back
  • CMU Curls x20
  • CMU Tricep presses x20

After completing each exercise, run around perimeter of courts then grab CMU and move to next station. Repeat x3

Clean up with some balance planks and one lap with CMU above head, two laps without. As well as CMU LBCs x20, CMU Am Hammers x20, CMU Am Swings x25

MARY:
High and low flutter kicks x40
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 attending plus 3 Ruckers (Frosty, Moses and Littlefoot) gettin it done in the Park
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
A lot of times we tell ourselves that we don’t want to do something. Sometimes we just have to do it and not think about it. I did not want to get up this morning and work out, because my legs were so sore from the last few days. I force myself to take the Q so I would get up. I’m much happier because I did.

More importantly than that, there are several times in life when we feel like we should do something but we stop ourselves from doing it. When someone needs help we think to ourselves, I’m not qualified to do that, or I don’t know them that well to help them, that’s not my skill set etc. When people need help they don’t need people saying to them…call me if you need anything, or I’m here if you need me. Step in. Tell them, I’m coming by to help you on Tuesday….is that a good day? Or I’m bringing you a meal, what day is best. Or, let’s go have coffe and talk, how is Mon morning? No one wants to ask for help.

MOLESKIN:
Hard work was achieved by the PAX this morning. Not much chatter but we got it done
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Prayers for scooters mother-in-law, Detention’s friend who suffered a stroke and a coworker who passed away. Prayers for those struggling with addiction and for Tweet-E to be a light for them. Praise for Tank’s coworker Trina, seeing some recovery from life threatening illness.

Cinco Ringo

THE SCENE: Sprinkly, HUMID
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH IC x 20
  • Rockettes IC x 15
  • Toy Soldiers IC x 15
  • Twist your trunks Oyo
  • BA circ oyo
  • Merkins IC x 10
  • Colt 45’s

THA-THANG:
AMRAP – with CMU

  • Tap out Merkins x 5
  • Flamingo x 10
  • Clean and Press x 15
  • Lunge & Curl x 20
  • AM Hammer x 25
  • Hallelujah Run to the gate
  • Squats x 30
  • Rows x 💯
  • MARY:
    Colt 45’s
    COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
    11
    CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
    Strive for failure!!
    MOLESKIN:ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Circuitry

THE SCENE: It was nice!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • BA Cir FWD/REV IC x 6
  • Merkin IC x 10
  • Yoga Stretches – gotta get the hips loose

THA-THANG:
5 stations w/ 3 exercises & 25 reps each – 3x thru -> then move to the next

  • Station 1
    • Merkins
    • Shoulder Taps
    • Thrusters
  • Station 2
    • Squat
    • Lunge
    • Skater
  • Station 3
    • Mtn Climber – Heel Tap
    • BC Merkin
    • Plank Jack
  • Station 4
    • Am Hammer
    • Hello Dolly
    • Flutter Kick
  • Station 5
    • LBC
    • Turkish Get-Up
    • Star Jack

MARY:

  • Mayberry – Floor Wipers
  • Butters – BBS
  • Respect – V-Ups (Had to cut him short!!)

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
24 HIM’s strong
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
When you are feeling angry about a work situation, you may be too close to it. Step back, check your ego, detach yourself and approach with with a different attitude.
MOLESKIN:
I meant for this workout allow the cheetah’s out front. However, when the PAX gets divided into groups we instantly go into TEAM mode. All of the teams stuck together and finished the workout together. That was great to see. I think if I were to do this again, I would start everyone at the same spot and have an order to the stations that didn’t smoke the shoulders 3 straight times.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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