F3 Knoxville

Drifter’s Rigged Carnival Games

THE SCENE: Welcome one and all to Drifters Carnival! We’ll have a parade in the brisk morning air. Then we’ll play some carnival games!

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA: (i.e. the parade)
Run around the park following the ring leader (i.e. Drifter)
we’ll do some side shuffles, high knees, lunges, bear crawls, etc. 

THA-THANG:
Game 1: CMU Ping Pong Toss
Before throwing, do an exercise on the list. If you miss, repeat the exercise. If you make it, pick an exercise to scratch off the list. Remove the CMUs as you make it in. Each removed CMU increases the reps of each exercise (10,20,30…90).

Exercises:

  • Good Morning
  • Single Leg Tow Touch
  • Dips
  • Squats
  • Lunges
  • Mtn Climbers 4ct
  • Wide Merkins
  • Shoulder Taps
  • and one other one

Game 2: Deck of Cards
Diamonds: Star Jacks
Hearts: X-Wings
Spades: Monkey Humpers
Clubs: Burpees
Jokers: Crab Walk, 5 Pull-ups, 10 Box Jumps, Bear Crawl, Flutter Kick for the 6 to get back
use value of card and 10 reps for face cards

MARY:
Used a Joker and did flutter kicks till time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Use the TAGS on right-side to record PAX (BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOURSELF) in attendance. Be sure to select the AO in CATEGORY above TAGS and then delete these notes!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Stories from John O’Leary (probably missed a few details)

Victim Questions
Why Me? Who Cares? What More Can I Do?

Growth Mentality Questions
Why My: what are the things I am grateful for or lucky to have?
Who Cares: I will thrive today because_______
What More Can I Do: Write out a situation that is troubling you, ask the question, then do the thing you can do to help that situation.

MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CSAUP coming up in the beginning of Feb!

Tour De Springbrook

THE SCENE:

Fabulous January morning in the mid 30s with rain, wind and then a little snow to cap the fun off.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH X 10

Arm Circles Front/Back X 10 each

Cherry Pickers X 5

Mosey around lower half of Springbrook Park

THA-THANG:

At the upper half of Springbrook and starting at the 1st light pole

Complete 10 Burpees

Sprint to the 3rd light pole

Complete 20 Air Squats

Sprint to the 5th light pole

Complete 20 Merkins

Sprint to the 7th light pole

Complete 20 BBS.

REPEAT this rotation at every other light pole until we reach Mt. Crumpet.

At Crumpet

20 Merkins

Sprint up to the tree and jog back

20 BBS

Burnee up to the tree jog back

Repeat until Q says stop.

Mosey Back to AO.

MARY:

Box Cutters X 15

LBCs Cash out

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
15 Strong one FNG who was dubbed Saki
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Today’s word was all about the gloom this time of year and what amazing men come out for F3 experience.

The Rules for Being Amazing

By Robin Sharma

Risk more than is required. Learn more than is normal. Breath. Excel. Love. Lead. Speak your truth. Live your values. Laugh. Cry. Innovate. Simplify. Adore mastery. Release mediocrity. Aim for genius. Stay humble. Be kinder than expected. Deliver more than is needed. Exude passion. Shatter your limits. Transcend your fears. Inspire others by your bigness. Dream big but start small. Act now. Don’t Stop. Change the world.

Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

The Beatdown That Keeps on Giving

THE SCENE: Mid 40’s.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA – ACTIVE BASELINE:
Walking Lunges With a Twist (100ft)
Carolina Dry Docks (IC x 10)
Burnie Sanders Back (100ft)
Inchworms (50ft)
SSH (IC x 20)
Broad Jumps (50ft)
T-Merkins (OYO x 10)
Burnie Sanders Back (100ft)
High Kick Forward and Back (100ft)
Rockette Line in lieu of Woodshack (IC x 10)
Burnie Sanders Back (100ft)

THA-THANG:
Starting with 3 balls to the wall you have completed round 1. Add the next movement for round 2 – 3 balls to the wall, 5 pull-ups, run back to beginning. Round 3 begins with balls to the wall, pull-ups, adding merkins, then run back to start….
Round 10:
3 Balls to the Wall
5 Pull-ups
10 Merkins
15 V-Ups
20 Iron Mikes
25 Dips
30 Shoulder Taps
40 Rotating BBS
50 CMU Overhead Press
CMU Farmer Carry Back to Start

MARY:
LBC (oyo x20)
Ankle Touches (oyo x25)
Hello Dolly (4ct x20)
Slutter Kick (4ct x15)
Mountain Climbers (4ct x20)
Bycycle (4ct x10)

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 Pax out for TOUGH beatdown!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Finding myself struggling daily to find and hang on to the intensity and motivation to stay fit; I find myself searching and looking for motivational quotes, stories, and videos.  In my most recent search I found a list of 10 reasons to stay fit:
1. Get confident in your own abilities
2. Extend life expectancy
3. raise quality of life
4. Look and feel better
5. Be in a better mood
6. Have a stress-free life
7. Be more energetic
8. Become more productive
9. Discover who you are
10. Become Harder to kill
Though this list may not be the most motivating list to get fit or re-find the motivation it did sit on my mind heavily from another perspective. I couldn’t help but to reflect on God while reading this list, and finding that the list is almost a perfect reason to be a Christ follower. I found a way to incorporate following God into each of these 10 items and how this list served me more as a reason to follow Him!

MOLESKIN:
There’s rumor of a CSAUP headed this way….
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Ruck Like An Egyptian

THE SCENE
44 and Foggy

 

WARM UP
1 Loop around West Hills Park, end with 20 merkins & 20 squats (ruck on).

 

THA THANG
1-2-3 Pyramid (all exercises done with ruck)
Ruck to Walkers Springs Park Pavilion (2.0 miles one way), stopping at each mile to do the following pyramid routine:

Mile 1:
1 Curl, 2 Merkins, 3 Squats
2 Curls, 4 Merkins, 6 Squats
3 Curls, 6 Merkins, 9 Squats
4 Curls, 8 Merkins, 12 Squats
5 Curls, 10 Merkins, 15 Squats

Mile 2:
6 Curl, 12 Merkins, 18 Squats
7 Curls, 14 Merkins, 21 Squats
8 Curls, 16 Merkins, 24 Squats
9 Curls, 18 Merkins, 27 Squats
10 Curls, 20 Merkins, 30 Squats

Mile 2 is at the pavilion.  After doing the routine, head back to SP and do the following:

Mile 3:
9 Curl, 18 Merkins, 27 Squats
8 Curls, 16 Merkins, 24 Squats
7 Curls, 14 Merkins, 21 Squats
6 Curls, 12 Merkins, 18 Squats

Mile 4:
5 Curl, 10 Merkins, 15 Squats
4 Curls, 8 Merkins, 12 Squats
3 Curls, 6 Merkins, 9 Squats
2 Curls, 4 Merkins, 6 Squats
1 Curls, 2 Merkins, 3 Squats

Once back at SP, head up Lover’s Lane and around the parking lot.

 

MARY
4ct Proton Parkers x15
4ct Flutter Kicks x30

 

Total Numbers = 5.5 miles, 100 Curls, 200 Merkins and 300 Squats.

Where Do You Want to Go

THE SCENE: 33 degrees F, 97% humidity, overcast skies
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH, Cherry Pickers, Little Baby Arm Circles, Overhead/Forward Hand Claps

Run to Dalton Street and then down to the base of Waxjob Hill for a set of 7’s.  Started with one BBS at the base and 6 Burpees at the top.  Each time was Bear Crawl up and Mosey down.
THA-THANG:

Three stations using CMU’s

Station 1 (Touch It)

  • Incline Merkins – x17
  • Toe touches – x17/foot
  • Decline Merkins – x17
  • Dips – x17
  • Crossover Planks – x17
  • Bobby Hurleys – x17
  • Shoulder Taps – x17

Run length of the Grinder and return to Station 1.  Bear Crawl with CMU to Station 2.

Station 2 (Lift It)

  • Bent Rows – x12
  • CMU Swings – x12
  • Squat to OH Press – x12
  • Dead Lifts – x12/arm
  • Triceps Extension – x12
  • Curls – x12
  • Goblet Squat – x12

Run length of Grinder and return to Station 2.  Overhead carry CMU to Station 3.

Station 3 (Throw It)

  • Two hand CMU push throws toward West direction.  Throw six times.  Retrieve and OH carry back to Station 1 then run length of the Grinder.

Return to Station 1 and repeat stations 1 through 3.

MARY:
Flutter kicks, box cutters, LBC’s, ABC’s (capital letters), LBC’s
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Total of 18.  No FNG’s.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I try to read two books a year.  I just made it under the wire in 2018 when I finished “Everybody Always” by Bob Goff on December 30th.  In the book Bob mentions that he recognized each of his 4 children’s 10th birthday in a special way.  His question to them was, “where do you want to go?”  His 4th child is an adopted boy from Uganda who had been mutilated by a witch doctor in that country.  His genitals had been cut off when he was 8 years old and left to die.  Charlie at age 10 wanted to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro.  After a few days they made it to 16,400 feet when Charlie decided he could not go any further.  At that point Bob holds a ceremony and gives Charlie medals for his efforts.  Medals for bravery, for effort, for strength.  He proclaimed him a Mountain Climber.  Bob Goff finishes Chapter 23 with this encouragement:

The most important part of our ceremony wasn’t what I said or all the medals.  It was what I didn’t say.  You see, I didn’t tell Charlie how far he had to go.  I said, “Charlie, look how far you’ve come.”  People who are becoming love celebrate how far the people around them have come.  They’re constantly asking the question, “Where do you want to go?”  Then they help the people around them get there.

Go do that with the people you love, including your enemies.  Don’t talk to them about their failures and the dark places they’ve been.  Talk to them about who they’re becoming and the bright hope that is their future.  Speak truthful and wise words over them.  Bring a few medals too.  As you put the last one on their chest, look them in the eye and tell them, “Look how far you’ve come.”  Knowing that the journey you and I are on never really ends, we can ask the people we love one of the most important questions ever conceived.

“Where do you want to go?”

I personally want to add that I see a lot of this going around with the Bomb Shelter HIM’s.  Sometimes we even intuitively know where our partners in the gloom are going.  We are there for them and we help them get there.

MOLESKIN:
Continued to lift Derrick up in prayer as he endures a long recovery from an auto accident  We added Tony for surgery recovery and also Rainman from F3 Knoxville.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Partnership construction with Blount County Habitat for Humanity has been cancelled for this Saturday.  A reschedule for late February is anticipated.