F3 Knoxville

Fitness Time in Tennessee

AO: shamrock
Q: Stitch
PAX: slappy, Eliza, Anchorman, Bed Wetter, Band Camp, Dumpster Dive, Mermaid, LeBling, Haggis, Squatter, Crawlspace, Lightweight
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
WARMUP:
Warm O Rama:
Moroccan Nightclubs
Grady Corns
Tempo Squats
Imperial Walkers
SSH

THE THANG:
Football handoff run to the back parking lot. Ball works it’s way back through the line and last person sprints to the front, hand off starts back down the line.

Blind draw from each category. One on each corner:

CORE
CARDIO
LEGS
UPPER BODY

Reps =
Card # + 10
Royal = 25
Ace = 100

Got at least 24 exercises in, including 25 Burpees.

COT:
Reading through Proverbs recently and it’s humbling. It’s really a manual for everyone and it challenges our thoughts, attitudes, and actions. It really encompasses every aspect of our lives and just how much of it we offer to God.

I was reminded about anger and what that does to a man. What that does to ME! There’s a lot of anger out there and it’s very easy to let that seep into you. I don’t watch the news anymore. I used to watch it religiously and then I just realized that it was making me…angry. And, there was very little, if anything, I could do about any of it. I can feel the tension in the world around me, today.

How do we respond? There are over 900 verses in Proverbs. Here are two:

1. Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses. That’s 10:12.
2. The vexation of a fool is known at once, but the prudent ignores an insult. 12:16

Which one of these do we represent? Are we snapping back at others to expose and tear them down or are we seeking to put them in a better light? Tim Keller said that “anger is energy released to defend something you love. When you are in a dispute, stop releasing your anger against the other person in order to defend your ego. Release your energy against the problem (not the person) that is dividing you.”

So my challenge today is to step away from the tv. Take a breathe! If we claim to be followers of Jesus, then we shouldn’t look like everyone else. You don’t have to compromise your beliefs to bite your tongue, offer kindness and show love to someone you disagree with. And when you do that, who gets the glory? It’s not you.

Nice and Easy Circuit

AO: shamrock
Q: Eliza
PAX: Oscar Meyer, slappy, Nadia (Aaron Jacques), Free Fall (Justin Whitaker), Dumpster Dive, Flower Pot, Crawlspace, Band Camp, Toretto, Honeydew, Stitch, Skidmark, Waxjob
FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
WARMUP: SSH, Hairy Rockettes, Updog, downdog, 5 tempo merks, stretching

THE THANG: mosey to CMU pile and convene in back parking lot

2 sets of exercises in the parking lot and 2 runners. Runners take one short lap around the lot and bump you to the next exercise until it’s your time to run. When done with Set 1, you bump and join set 2 and vice versa.

First set: OH press, V Ups, Curls, Flutter Kicks, CMU Swings, Big boys

Second set: Alternating Rows, Plank Jacks, Bench Press, Side Crunches, Blockees, Heels 2 Heaven

Time for 11’s rocky balboas and curb squats

MARY: built in – 1 minute plan

ANNOUNCEMENTS: disc golf, bonfire, IPC coming up

COT: what are you dedicated to? What gets your focus, energy, time, attention, money?!? Be dedicated to important things whether it’s your M or your 2.0s or your job or quiet time or F3. Evaluate what you’re dedicated to and recalibrate to what’s really important.

2 Forward 1 Back

AO: shamrock
Q: slappy
PAX: Crawlspace, Baby Boomer, Stitch, Honeydew, Eliza, Band Camp, Toretto, slappy, Flower Pot
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP:
– Goofballs
– hairy rockettes
– cat wine mix
– calf & runner stretch
– cherry pickers
– run to a light pole, do 11 SSHs, and run back
– friendship fist bumps all around

THE THANG:
1. HILL WORK – We started at the top of the hill. Run down hill and do 1 burpee at bottom. Run up hill and do 1 burpee at top. Do this 11x.
2. 2 FORWARD 1 BACK – In the big parking lot we started at a station and did 11x of 1st exercise, then moved to another station about 25-30 yards away 11x of a 2nd exercise, went back to 1st spot did it again, and then back to the 2nd spot. We moved forward like this through 6 stations (wide merkins, squats, diamond merkins, bobby hurleys, drydocks, and lunges).
3. CRUNCH ZONE – We broke in the new practice turf by doing 11x of the following: American Hammers, H2H, flutters, LBC, Big Boys, Right Crunch, Left Crunch, Gas Pumpers, Hello Dolly, Freddy Mercs.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Sign Up for Q calendar. IPC is in September.

COT:

Sweat it out

AO: shamrock
Q: Toretto
PAX: Anchorman, Band Camp, Dumpster Dive, Gringo, Mermaid, slappy, Stitch, Tailhook, Voodoo
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
WARMUP:
– Runner’s stretch
– Left, center, right plank
– Cherry pickers
– Solo stretches

THE THANG:
4 corners at the track:
– 10 burpees
– 20 toe touches
– 20 merkins
– 20 2-count mountain climbers
– Sprint the straights, Bernie the bends

MARY:
Assorted

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– 2nd f luncAugust 31sth in Farragut today
– Dad camp starts today
– Whitewater rafting with stitch, link in slack
– Marine mud run August 31st

COT:
Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?
Marcus Aurelius

You Olympics

AO: shamrock
Q: Stitch
PAX: slappy, Swifty, Dumpster Dive (Brad Burnette), LeBling, Crawlspace, Cobbler, Anchorman, Nadia (Aaron Jacques), Oscar Meyer, Skidmark, Stiff Arm
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WARMUP:
SSH
Grady Corns
Fat Guy/Little Coat
Imperial Walkers

THE THANG:
Mosey to the track

25 Merkins
25 Squats
25 Hello Dolly’s
25 SSH
5 Burpees
1 Lap around track
X4

Mosey back to COT

Wiffle Ball at the COT for 15 mins. 2 Teams. 3 pitches for each hitter. Tag, force or hit the runner with the ball = OUT. Batting team does the number of Burpees for each out they have. Defense does a Burpee for every run scored. HR = Hit ball over the parking lot.

COT:
It’s Back to School week! Summer is coming to a close for many and that means schedules and busyness are ramping up. Shopping, supplies, new classes, new activities, new routines, running from here to there. It can be overwhelming not only for our kids but for us.

Often, at times like this, we knuckle down and become uber self reliant. We plot and we plan and grind it out. We fill up our schedules, allowing them to dictate our rhythms or lack thereof. We almost create this sense of pride in our busyness.

“In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.” Isaiah the prophet wrote about Judah wanting to flee from the Assyrians and trust in Egypt for their protection. Egypt! The original oppressor. Instead of trusting in God’s sovereignty and plan, they created their own. “Stubborn children”, “adding sin to sin”, and “suffering shame and humiliation”.

They were unwilling. Isn’t that the human condition? I know I’m guilty of this. But “therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.”

So, a different time, place, people, and set of circumstances for sure! But, the same God still exists, 2700 years later. Do we stop? Do we listen and learn? When life comes at us faster than we are ready for it, do we rush to avoid or control it?

I challenge you today to be quiet. Wait. Breathe! Don’t max out your schedules. Make time for what’s important. For me, that’s time with God. It’s not my strength, but he’s so patient and gracious to me, it doesn’t have to be. What has he already revealed to me and how is that calling me to use wisdom and discernment? Be intentional to spend time with your spouse, kids, and friends. And, like Mermaid said last week, take care of yourself, seek help and reach out when you need it.