F3 Knoxville

Tag: Snitch

Timed Rounds at the Splash Pad

THE SCENE: Fiftyish. Sprinklyish. Breezyish.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Choir Boy led us in a number of pleasantries, including 50 4-count side straddle hops.
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the splash pad and do timed sets of various exercises—typically 30-40 secs.—with three rounds of each exercise & a lap or other method of locomotion (bear crawl, crab walk, bernie, etc.) every few rounds. Exercises included:

  • Dips
  • Big Boy Situps
  • Squats
  • Pull-ups
  • Imperial Walkers
  • Lunges
  • Incline Merkins
  • Flutter Kicks

 

MARY:
Freddie Mercurys. 0 LBCs.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 PAX including FNG Hans
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Prov. 18:24, or some mutilation thereof.
MOLESKIN:
Great work from the PAX this morning. Good mumble chatter. And great to have Hans out.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Big Ball Convergence. Dog Pound CSAUP. And The Equalizer’s first shirt.

Saturday Morning BOGO

Clear, cool, and Qless was the forecast Friday afternoon. In a perfect world, that Q would have belonged to Lilydipper, but an uncooperative hip has other ideas. Crawdad won’t stand for an open Saturday Q. He made some decisions. He placed some calls. Continue reading if you’d like the details, but the summary is that it takes two men to do what one Lily does.
WARM-O-RAMA:
We took em to 100. Tie Fighters, The Junk Science, some stretching, and 10 burpees for Snitch, who I’ve never seen come in late, ever, so he must have had some serious business to do this morning. I didn’t ask but I’m betting Cheet Sheet was similarly relieved when he arrived.
THA-THANG:
The first part of this BOGO was to discover that our Non Privately Owned Naturally Occurring Mineral Formations (NOPO-NOMIFs) were just laying there beneath the trees, as nature presumably left them. Partner AMRAPs as some stragglers caught up, curls, presses, rows, more curls. All I know is that a lot of you have way more reps in you than I do.

Catch Me If You Can w/5 burpees up baby Everest and down the Dragon. Deposit the NOPOs and begin the second part of the BOGO.

We built pyramids on the Cloud, with Crawdad bringing out his famous Louisiana Whistle. Box Jumps, Irkins, Dips, Derkins, Merkins. Unless you cut your reps, your arms were jelly.

Recovering on our feet, we made our way to the dustbowl and some Doras. 200 reps and then another 100 of whatever you wanted.

Back to AO for Mary AND a visit to the ATM.

Welcome Scott W, Billy Goat!

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Your F3 friends are a deep and wide pool of help and challenge. You’d be nuts not to lean on them when you need to. It would be a waste to not be challenged by them. You’d be foolish not to step in and try to lead.

Active Recovery

THE SCENE: 63 cool and cloudy
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

4 PAX Pre-rucked

10 arm baby arm circles in cadence

10 reverse baby arm circles in cadence

10 cherry pickers in cadence

10 imperial walkers in cadence

25 SSH in cadence

mosey to tennis court
THA-THANG:
Tabata work: 8 exercises :20 work :10 rest 8 rounds 1 minute shuttle run for active recovery in between exercises

  • Burpees
  • Squats
  • Skater hops
  • reverse lunges
  • Mountain climbers
  • flutter kicks
  •  Merkins
  • Hello Dollies

MARY:
N/A
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 pax 0 FNGs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
There will be days when the struggles and burdens placed on our shoulders seem to much and yet you feel something more ominous looming. You will hear a voice pushing you to keep fighting for what you believe in and who believes in you! God called you to be a warrior! When you draw your sword, you will be helpful that you had your brothers helping to keep it sharp. Now to fight! AYE!
MOLESKIN:
Lots of prayers and intention s
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Lunch today at Pokeworks

Weighty Words & A Kraken

SCENE: Great weather for standing around. Mid 60s. Breezy. Some PAX actually missed the cold weather.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Windmills IC | Grady Corns IC
  • SSH IC | Cherry Pickers IC

THA-THANG:

Mosey to the top of the Equalizer. Kraken. Pick station, complete 25 reps of the prescribed exercise, then run a full lap around the course to the next station. Rinse and repeat. On each subsequent round, drop 5 reps from each exercise. Push yourself & push each other. Try to catch the guy in front of you. Stations included:

  • Lunges
  • BBS
  • Dips
  • Box jumps
  • Diamond Merks
  • Flutter Kicks
  • Burpees
  • Squats

MARY & STRETCHES:

  • Fellowship Mosey ™️
  • 40secs of OYO Stretching

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Been thinking about words lately. I’ve got relatively young kids, so the past six years have been a lesson in how my words can affect another human being. As a dad & as a husband, I am a leader in my household; as a leader, my words have weight. Usually I see this when I let out a sarcastic comment at breakfast that manages to set an awful tone for the whole day, but every once in a while it works the other way too.

In my work, I’ve been with the same organization for years, but after joining the leadership team last year, I have learned that as a leader, my words have more weight.

F3 is a peer-led workout. Out here, we’re all leaders. Whether your the AO Q, the Q in charge that day, or just a guy posting to a workout—you are a leader; because even if you’ve only been around for a couple weeks, once the next FNG shows up you are a leader setting an example. And your words have weight.

One thing I really appreciate about Doubtfire is his positivity and his ability to make everyone feel welcome, even while pushing us to be better.

That tone that Doubtfire has set here at The Equalizer ⚖️ is the reason I can count on my hands the number of times I’ve missed; it’s the reason that I keep coming back and it’s what I want The Equalizer ⚖️ to continue to be known for. And I’ve come to realize that means I’m going to need to work on that; I need to be more positive, I need to be more encouraging, push more of the guys around me to be better—and I need y’all to not just join me in that pursuit, but hold me accountable to it.

 

MOLESKIN: Great PAX this morning

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check out the upcoming kickball tourney & grab a Q

Understanding is the Name of the Game

THE SCENE: 49 degrees and pleasant. A rush of wind as SchoolZone came screaming into the parking lot at 5:31 am.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

Not a professional. Here on your own. Know your injuries, but don’t tell me. Modify. COVID-ish rules? Free99

WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x15

Cherry Pickers x5

Little this. Little That. 

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Tennis Courts for BATTLE BUDDIES!

1 BB does a TC Suicide while the other works on completing the exercises switch after each suicide:

  • 25 Burpees
  • 50 Leg Lifts  
  • 75 Hello Dollies 
  • 100 merkins
  • 150 Squats
  • 200 Big Boys 
  • 250 Imperial Walkers 

Mosey to Dock for some DOCK WORK!

1 BB works through the list with a rock while the other bear crawls up the “S” curve and does 7 burpees at the top, dropping one burpee each time.

  • 15 Dry docks
  • 15 curls 
  • 15 overhead press 
  • 15 tri-extensions
  • 15 rows
  • Hold plank until BB returns 

MARY:

**Don’t call on Aladdin or Tweet-E for Mary ideas (this list will be kept up to date and accurate)**

Cobra Kais and Downward Dog stretching. 6:15 came a little early once the Mumblechatter got off the rails.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Understanding: In understanding, we comprehend how we need to live as a follower of Christ. A person with understanding is not confused by all the conflicting messages in our culture about the right way to live. The gift of understanding perfects a person’s speculative reason in the gaining of Truth. It allows for self-evident principles to be known. 

While wisdom is the desire to contemplate the things of God, understanding allows us to penetrate to the very core of revealed truths. This doesn’t mean we will understand the mysteries of God, the way we would a math problem, but that we become certain of the Truth of God. Such certitude moves beyond faith. 

Understanding moves past natural reason, which is no more than how we perceive the natural world with our senses. Through understanding, we see the world and our life within the larger context of the eternal law and the relation of our souls to God. 

MOLESKIN:

Apparently, the light being messed up “Isn’t a priority” to the Parks and Rec Department. Let’s spam them this week to get it fixed.