F3 Knoxville

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Merkin Mayhem and Mayberry Macarena

Scene: 57 and clear

Welcome and Disclaimer

Warm-o-Rama

IC 4ct BAC, forwards and backwards
IC 4ct Michael Phelps
IC 4ct Confused Penguin
Little bit o’this and o’that

The THANG

Strollin – walk across the parking lot, no Mosey due to sore legs

5 rounds rounds of Merkin Mayhem slowly
– 10 diamond
– 10 normal
– 10 wide
– Rest with a shakeout and Deadbug x 10 IC 4ct

5 rounds
– 10 IC SSH
– 10 IC Merkins
– 30 second rest between

5 rounds slowly
– 10 Turkish getups
– 10 Love machines (BBS with tabletop)
– 10 Spider-Man push ups

5 rounds of
– 10 x 4ct Freddie Mercury
– 10 steps Lizard walk
– 10 x 4ct V up

Ab-o-Rama

Mayberry Macarena (named by I-Beam)
– assume plank position and hold while you
– Tap ears
– Tap shoulders
– Tap hips
– Tap knees
– Tap toes
Floor wipers
Reverse crunch

Name-o-Rama

BOM

These shoes.
These are my Ragnar shoes.
Bought on sale at Academy sports.
Took me farther than I ever ran before.
And still my feet hurt.
Because it was not the shoes that took me through the race, it was the group of men I ran with that pushed me to finish the race. It was not only their strength and encouragement but their faith and belief in me that I wouldn’t let them down. For example, I was waiting to get started on my 3rd leg, the longest leg I ran in the race, and the leg I was the most worried about going into the race. As I was getting ready to leave I looked over and all 3 of my teammates were on the phone talking to their wives. And what struck me is not that they were on the phone, or not pumping me up, but that they had the confidence in me to finish this leg without problem. They didn’t need to cheer me know because they already knew I was going to do it, even though I didn’t know it.  But they knew I wouldn’t let them down. As I was midway through the leg and realizingI hated running, and at that point life and everything else, their confidence in me kicked in and helped me through. In turn it was the same confidence and faith I had in them to finish their legs of the race.

Well I tell you this, it is the same faith and belief that God wants us to have in Him. Unfailing, unwavering belief that He is behind us pushing us to go forward, arms out to catch us when we fall, and  also in front of us leading the way. He has a plan for us, and when we put our faith in Him, He will do great things.

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all ways submit to him and he will make your paths straight” Proverbs 3:5

With vs. For

The Scene: 41 Degrees, crisp and cool

F3 Intro and Disclaimer

Warm-O-Rama

Cherry Picker, Baby Arm Circles, 10 Burpees, High Knees (short and sweet)

The Thang:

Mosey to tennis court:

DORAS-
100 Burpees
200 LBC
300 Merkins

50 “fence jumps”/bear crawls across pone tennis court/spring to end/50 “fence jumps” x2

Mosey to “pee rocks”:

50 curls/2 overhead runs in 2 lines

Mosey to Lake Trail:

30 Merkins OYO
Group Mosey on Lake Trail
30 BBSU

Mosey back to AO

Finished with 10 Merkins

Ab-O-Rama

Name-o-Rama

The Share (BOM):

Love with vs Love for. Too often we want to do FOR our family/friends/co-workers instead of doing things WITH them. “WITH” love encourages, models, walks beside, and holds people accountable. In F3 we have a model of what it looks like when others love us, hold us accountable, and encourage us through the tough times.

It was a great morning and the 25 strong pushed it and got better!

No Time for Daylight Savings

The Scene:  32 Degrees.  Clear.

Welcome and Disclaimer

 The Thang: “No time for daylight savings”

 COP

  • Little Baby Arm Circles each way X 4 (IC)
  • Side Straddle Hops x 10 (IC)
  • Merkins x 10 (OYO)

 Mosey to Storage Containers and pair up.

  • Bear crawl and 15 Merkins while partner does Easy Chair, then swap
  • Bear crawl and 20 Squats while partner does Easy Chair, then swap
  • Bear crawl and 25 Merkins while partner does Easy Chair, then swap
  • Bear crawl and 30 Squats while partner does Easy Chair, then swap
  • Suicides while partner does:
    • Plank Shoulder taps, then swap
    • Flutter Kicks, then swap
    • Table Top, then swap
    • Mountain Climber, then swap
  • Repeat suicides drill.

Mosey back to start

  • Ring of Fire: 10, 9, 8, 7,
  • Sled Relay for 8 minutes!

Abs:

    • Pickle Pounders (Mayberry) x 20 (IC)
    • Box Cutters (Proton) x 20 (IC) 

COT

Name-O-Rama: 10 PAX

BOM: Ephesians 5:22-33

Gentleman, treat your wives in such a way that your grandchildren will remember it as one of your greatest acts.

Moleskin:  What a great morning with Swirlie’s VQ!!  It’s like he’s done this a dozen times!  He brought some homemade sleds to push around and make our legs burn!  And, teased us with some weights and tires.  Next time, fellas.  Next time.  This is how a HIM starts the week!!  Mondays at the JUCO!!

Heart of a Warrior

The Scene:  50 Degrees.  Drizzly.  Gloomy.

Welcome and Disclaimer

The Thang: “Heart of a Warrior”

 COP

  • Side Straddle Hop X 50 (IC)
  • Imperial Walkers x 20 (IC)
  • Squats x 20 (IC)
  • Mountain Climbers x 20 (IC)
  • Lunge across parking lot.

 Mosey to Staff Parking

  • 11’s with calf-raises and squats, both in a 4 count.

Mosey to the Stairs and grab a coupon.

  • Run the stairs with coupon x 3
  • Squats with coupons x 10

Mosey to the Sophomore.

  • Bobby Hurley’s x 10
  • Burnie Sanders up
  • Bobby Hurley’s x 10

Mosey back to Start.

Abs: No time for Mary.

COT

Name-O-Rama: 9 PAX

BOM: Heart of a Warrior.

From the book, “Fight: Winning the Battles That Matter Most”, by Craig Groeschel, God has given us each a heart of a warrior. An inward, natural desire to stand up for what’s pure and true.  A warrior must have a cause to fight for or he will find the wrong thing to fight against.  You may not think of yourself as a warrior. You’re laid back. Everything is cool, no worries.  You may think you don’t even have a reason to fight.  Well, consider this.  “You’re already in a fight, whether you know it or not. Your spiritual enemy wants to take you out.  He’s a master at making strong men weak.  Sometimes he does that by making us comfortable, secure, and safe, resigned to a mediocre life because it’s familiar and doesn’t require much from us.  Is that really how you want to live.”  –Craig Groeschel

Remember this… God is in the business of making weak men strong.  If we call on HIm, He will equip his warriors with strength and purpose.

Moleskin:  The PAX showed up strong and mostly on time.  Pushed hard, encouraged one another.  Great morning at the JUCO!

 

Conquer the Kraken!

THE SCENE
44 and Clear

Welcome & Disclaimer

THE THANG
COP
SSH x25 (IC)

Form two lines and mosey to Everest.  Stop at front parking lot
– Windmill Merkins x10 (IC)
– Squats x20 each leg (IC)
– Arm Circles Forward x15 (IC)
– Arm Circles Backward x15 (IC)
– 10 Burpees

Warm-up at Everest
Start at the base of Everest.  Perform the following:
– Rd 1: 10 Count, 10 Merkins, run up Everest, 2 Froggie Squats
– Rd 2: 20 Count, 20 Merkins, run up Everest, 4 Froggie Squats
– Rd 3: 30 Count, 30 Merkins, run up Everest, 6 Froggie Squats
– Rd 4: 40 Count, 40 Merkins, run up Everest, 8 Froggie Squats

Mosey to field on Northshore side of the Asylum.  Once there, form two groups.

The Kraken
Group 1
Spread out to 8 cones.  Complete exercise at that cone and run around the cones counter-clockwise to the next cone (make the whole loop + one cone). Rinse and repeat until you complete the whole loop or until tie is up.
– Cone 1 – Dry Docks x30
– Cone 2 – Narrow Squats x30
– Cone 3 – 4ct Flutter Kicks x20
– Cone 4 – Star Jumps x30
– Cone 5 – 4ct Shoulder Taps x20
– Cone 6 – Reverse Lunges (each leg counts as 1) x30
– Cone 7 – 4ct Hello Dollys x20
– Cone 8 – Smurf Jacks x30

Group 2
Start at cones.  Complete 30 reps of the exercise then shuttle run.  Repeat, each round subtract 5 reps and add one shuttle run each time.
– Rd 1 = Superman Swims
– Rd 2 = BBS

Switch after 8 minutes.

Mosey to SP.  Stop at half-way, circle up and do the following:
– 10 Burpees, 10 BBS
– 8 Burpees, 8 BBS
– 6 Burpees, 6 BBS
– 4 Burpees, 4 BBS
– 2 Burpees, 2 BBS

MARY
4ct Flutter Kicks x25 (IC)
ATMs

 

COT
Number off and Name-O-Rama (43 PAX, 4 FNGs – Baby Face, Curves, Putt-putt, Sk8town)

BOM
One of the reoccurring themes of Western civilization is the pursuit of comfort and convenience. Down time isn’t bad, everyone needs time to recharge, recalibrate and refocus, and there is no sense in making something harder than it needs to be.  But when we seek to eliminate all discomfort and struggle we loose something…the growth that comes from overcoming adversity.  There is a reason that most champions have notoriously difficult training regimes, without challenge there is no growth.

Fredrick Douglass (1818-1895) was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York.  Rather than allowing those evil circumstances to define him, he allowed them to strengthen him and gave himself to a higher cause. Read the strength in his words, “If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle.”

Challenges change us.  As former Navy SEAL Eric Greitens says in his book Resilience, “The magnitude of the challenge × the intensity of your attack = your rate of growth.”  This is true not only physically, but mentally and spiritually.  HIMs are men that push against the status quo, both externally and internally.  They wake each day looking for ways to get better and make their world a better place.  They recognize it requires sacrifice, but count the cost and move forward.  HIMs are able to see past the immediate challenge to the greater purpose that guides them.

MOLESKIN
This PAX was pumped and ready this morning!  Mummblechatter was high and everyone gave 100% the whole time.  For YHC, this was a special one.  The men of F3 Knoxville have been inspiring me for a little over a year now, and show absolutely no sign of letting up.  Everyone once in a while you get to be a part of something special…F3 Knoxville is one of those times.