F3 Knoxville

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Sorta like hot yoga

THE SCENE: Felt kinda warm. Sauna-ish. Lot of moisture.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
All 4ct in Cadence: 20 SSH, 15 Knee Taps, 10 Imp Walkers, 5 cherry pickers. 

THA-THANG:
Slingshot to Mount Suckmore: Partner 1 carries 2 CMUs toward mount suckmore. Partner 2 does 10 burpees and then runs to catch partner 1. Switch jobs then rinse and repeat.

At Suckmore: reps are 5, 10, 15, 20, 15, 10, 5 (if you can make it that far). Curls and CMU swings at the bottom. Big Boy Sit-ups and 2ct Knee taps at the top.

MARY:
Run back to AO. At AO Block overhead for 20 4ct Flutter kicks, 20 4ct hello dolly, 20 4ct superman, 20 4ct squats. 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 PAX

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
3 seemingly unrelated things: My Dad, My Mailbox, and Aristotle.

My Dad. My Dad is a really hard worker, and there were many a day where he was working long hours at a labor intensive job and would come home and put in even more hours of back breaking work on various things around the house to make it so we could live a good life. I’m super grateful and learned more from him and internalized those lessons probably even more than he realizes. For example, I worked all day on a dang mailbox this weekend.

My Mailbox. It seemed like every single step of putting this mailbox together was thwarted in one way or another. Even stuff that used to work kept breaking down and I don’t know why. So I had to problem solve almost every step. And even though I didn’t do it exactly the way my dad would do it, upon reflection, I see a lot of his lessons helping me get the job done and sticking with it until it was finally done.

Aristotle. For all the virtue of my Dad’s work ethic, there were some points where he takes it too far. He still has a hard time turning it off. He often has literal beaver instincts and cannot rest until he’s fix this thing or other and often over fixes it to the Nth degree. That’s why Aristotle comes to mind. He said that ever virtue lies between two vices. There is the vice of slothfulness and then the vice of overworking yourself. There were many times that my Dad lost out on really good family opportunities because he simply couldn’t set aside his work. I find myself slipping into that too. Letting projects so consume me and frustrate me that everyone in the family feels my frustration and can’t have a good time.

I think we all need to take a lesson from these 3 things. 1) perseverance is needed and best learned from those willing to endure suffering with us and for us. 2) use the lessons our parents gave us and pass them down to the benefit of the next generation, even if that means they are simply able to put a mailbox together. 3) find the amount of work and the amount of rest that is appropriate for you, your situation, and your family. Work is important, but it isn’t everything.

MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Don’t forget about the July 2 convergence and the 2.0 workout on June 25 at 8:15am at the Bombshelter.

Circle of Death

THE SCENE: ~72 degrees – warm and humid !
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Cherry Pickers – x10 (IC)
  • Windmills – x10 (IC)
  • Tempo Squats – x15 (IC)
  • Mosey around the grindstone.

THA-THANG:

There were 5 exercises marked around the grindstone:

  1. CMU Curls
  2. Dips on bench
  3. CMU OH Press
  4. Decline push-ups
  5. Step-ups on bench

The 6th exercise was the “circle of death (COD)” –> The PAX in the middle had to complete the following exercises below:

  1. 10 burpees
  2. 15 SSH
  3. 20 squats

The other PAX completed their respective exercises and couldn’t move on to the next exercise until the COD PAX finished. Once completed, then each PAX rotated clockwise to the next station.

After each PAX completed one round in the circle, then the group took a mosey & completed two rounds of the Bataan Death March (3 burpees per round).

Returned back to the grindstone and completed another round of the exercises above. The COD was revised for round 2:

  1. 5 burpees
  2. 10 SSG
  3. 15 squats

MARY:

  • ABCs (stopped at K)
  • LBCs
  • OH claps x25 (IC)

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Philippians 2:5 – Adopt the same attitude as Christ Jesus.

MOLESKIN:
None
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • 2.0 Workout at Bomb Shelter at 8:15am on 6.25
  • Convergence on 7.2 at JUCO

Speedway Launch

THE SCENE: Upper 50s, a beautiful morning to launch

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x 20; Windmill x10; Toe Merkins x10; Tie Fighter x10 (F/B); Tempo Squat x10; Dancing Bear x10

THA-THANG:

Bear Crawl Inch Worm: Partner up and form two lines holding plank, partners at end Bear Crawl to front of line, when both make it to the front the next pair starts.

Bear Brawl: 5 Burpees on each side of small soccer field. Partners take turns putting pressure on shoulders while the other Bear Crawls. Go back and forth 3 times.

Mosey to next field

Squat Totem: Lunge from cone to cone, increase reps by 5 at each cone, 6 total cones

Mosey to another field

Wheelbarrow with partner halfway then switch positions to go the other half. Partner carry halfway then switch for other half. Did this twice.

Mosey to hill at back of fields

11s with Merkins and Big Boys, Bear Crawl up the hill, Mosey down

Mosey to shovel flag

Afterburner:
Overhead Claps IC x50

Seal Claps IC x25

Grady Corn IC x25

MARY:
F3 is not about any one person so we did PAX Roulette

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
21 HIM

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Whenever I talk to someone about F3, I always say that it is so much more than a workout. It is truly about all three Fs, Fitness, Fellowship, and Faith.

That first F is the magnet. Every man standing here started coming because they had some fitness goal in mind. Some of us may be elite athletes but most are just men that want to be healthy for our families. My goal when I started was being able to do simple things, like walking up the stairs, without being winded.

That second F is the glue. I knew that I needed others to hold me accountable for me to actually work out. What I didn’t know or expect, is that I needed manly friendships. I thought I was good on friends, but those relationships, for the most part, were only surface deep. Now I have so many men that I can go to when I need help, a listening ear, or just someone to vent my frustration with. The value of the second F is immeasurable.

That third F is the dynamite. F3 defines faith as believing in something greater than yourself. Full disclosure, for me, that is my belief in Jesus Christ. I believe that He lived a sinless life, died on the cross to save us from sin, and rose from the grave to sit at the right hand of God. The thing is though, that those are just words if my actions don’t line up with them. My belief must change the way I treat others, it must influence my decisions, and it should guide my actions. So whatever your faith is make sure it is doing those same things for you because we all are meant to be putting others in front of ourselves.

MOLESKIN:
Excited to see where Speedway goes from here! Thank you to all those that came from other AOs to the launch!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence on 7/2 at JUCO, there will be no beatdown at Speedway that day.

June EMOM Kraken

THE SCENE: 68 and Wet
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH’s 15, Tempo Merkins x 10, Windmills 4ct x 10, 3 Burpees, 3 Burpees

THA-THANG: Kraken EMOM

Every minute on the minute work move to the next exercise.  After completing all 8 exercises run 1 lap and begin the Kraken again. (We made it through 4 rounds)

  • 1- Rope Throws
  • 2- Power Clean 50 lb sandbag
  • 3- Turkish Getups 20 lb kettlebell (Switch arms each round)
  • 4- Burpees
  • 5- Rope Waves
  • 6- Kettlebell Two Arm Swings 35 lbs
  • 7- Kettlebell Squat Push Pull 20lbs
  • 8- Box Jumps
  • Run a lap and start back at the beginning

MARY:
Bring Sally Up Bring Sally Down – Fragmented Burpees

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Baby Weight, Butterfingers, Belding, Smuggler, Scoutmaster, Swerve, Walt
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Over the last couple of weeks I made my tour of Sweden and Germany. It was a work trip and definitely not a vacation.  Over the 8 days we stayed in 6 different hotels and caught just as many flights.  However, we were fortunate to have a friend and business acquaintance take us on a weekend tour of Stockholm.  One thing really stuck out from my conversation with Andreas.  He had once owned a gym and had competed in several triathlon type events in the past.  He brought up this idea of getting a group of men together and having a workout out at local park.  So of course I began to tell him about F3 and what we do.  Not sure if we are going to have a Sweden launch anytime soon, but I think this speaks volumes to the mission of F3.

In 2015 right after the birth of my second child I was running the greenways on my own, doing merkins, lifting rocks, and other stuff.  I thought, wouldn’t it be great to get some other guys out here and do this same kinda thing.  Anyway, my experience and Andreas experience aren’t unique.  The reason F3 has been successful is because it speaks to something in every man.  What ever that thing is might be hard to describe, but rest assured we’ve found it.

Remembering and Cultivating

THE SCENE: Partly cloudy, 61 degrees F.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, Overhead claps, Windmills

3 Stop Suicides

Run to Stop 1

@Stop 1 – 1 Burpee

@ Start – 2 Burpees

@Stop 2 – 3 Burpees

@ Start – 4 Burpees

@ Stop 3 – 5 Burpees

@ Start – 6 Burpees

Repeat suicides with Flutter Kicks (4 Count)

THA-THANG:

Ol’ 69s (Perform 69 of each of the following)

  1. Merkins
  2. American Swings
  3. Step Ups
  4. Triceps Extensions
  5. Box Cutters
  6. Gobblet Squats
  7. Bobby Hurley’s
  8. Bent Rows
  9. WWII Sit ups
  10. Curls
  11. Lunges
  12. Lawn Mowers

Run a lap after each odd number exercise.  ( Approx. 0.22 miles/lap.)

Bear crawl 25 yards after each even number exercise.

Note: We cut the reps to 40 after the American Swings.  It may come back in a modified form with a partner 70s beatdown.

MARY:
Tabata with plank, right side plank, and left side plank (20 seconds on, 10 second rest for two rounds)

Box Cutters and cashed out with LBC’s

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 HIM’s including FNG Hydrant (Rich Carnes) plus Webelo
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Each Memorial Day observance for me since 2010 has included remembrances of SSG Jason Dahlke, 1st Ranger Battalion.  He was killed in action on September 29, 2009 in Afghanistan at the age of 29.  He was the best friend of my daughter, Emily, and my son-in-law, Travis.  Travis was with him the day he was killed instantly by enemy fire.  It was Jason’s 6th tour and Travis’ 8th tour to either Afghanistan or Iraq.  Uncle Jason, as three of my grandchildren refer to him, was a warrior and seemingly invincible.  Only one of those attributes was true.

While Memorial Day initially brings to mind Jason’s ultimate sacrifice, my thoughts fairly quickly turn to the friendship he shared with Travis.  It was special and one of mutual respect, one in which a competitive spirit made each other better (Iron Sharpens Iron), and one that fostered undying loyalty.

It brings to mind men who have been “Jasons” in my life.  Ron, my best friend of well over 50 years until his death at age 62, seven years ago.  Gig, my soccer coaching partner and hiking buddy, who passed away 20 years ago at age 52.  It also brings Chip to mind.  He could have been a “Jason” according to his own admission had he not committed to move away from bad habits in the late 1990’s.  While great friends in the 1970’s and 1980’s, overseas work assignments for him separated us and we lost contact.  Only in the early 2000’s did we reconnect and pick up where we left off.  Our bond is strong and, although living 200 miles away, we stay closely in touch.

HIMs need strong connections with other men.  F3 recognizes that and strives to foster it.  For those of us with spouses, there is no better friend or confidant.  But there is something to be said about the special bond between a small group of men.  Those relationships can be tougher to form and they may be shattered by tragedy as in the case of Jason or Ron or Gig.  The challenge is to find that Chip in your life and not let things get in the way of maintaining a strong connection.  We all will be better for it.

MOLESKIN:
Travel mercies for Drifter and healing for ESPY’s ankle.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
AO kickoff for Rockwood is Monday, May 30th.  AO kickoff for Speedway is June 4th.  Convergence at JUCO on July 2nd.  No other AO beatdowns that Saturday.