F3 Knoxville

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Old Fashioned Family Beatdown

THE SCENE: 68 Degrees and oddly pleasant
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Little o’ this
  • Little o’ that
  • Little o’ Michael Phelps (exc. Ratchet who hates that stretch)
  • Cherry Picker x 10 IC
  • Imperial Squat Walker x 10 IC

THA-THANG:
I had the PAX count off into three equal groups; one lucky group got to run over and pick up CMUs from the pile.

Group 1 stood shoulder-to-shoulder at Cone A and Group 3 stood should-to-shoulder at Cone B. Groups 1 and 3 began an exercise while Group 2 traveled between them as instructed. When Group 2 reached Group 3, the PAX rotated and ran back to Group 1, where the rotation continued. Exercises are below:

Set 1: World’s Greatest Merkin/CMU Run/Freddie Mercury

Set 2: Squats/Sprints/CMU Curls

Set 3: Burpees/Bernie Sanders/CMU Press

Each set lasted approximately 10 minutes with minimal rest between sets.

MARY:

  • Plank Jacks x 25 IC (4 ct.)
  • LBCs x 25 IC (4 ct.)
  • Mountain Climbers x 25 IC (4 ct.)
  • Oblique crunches x 15 IC (single ct., each side)
  • Flutter Kicks x 25 IC

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
22 PAX including 1 FNG – strong showing!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Gerald Swindle is a professional bass angler that has been on the circuit for quite a while. He competes at the highest level in a stressful sport and yet he almost always seems collected, deliberate, and positive. I shared with PAX a quote that Swindle wrote regarding his personal slogan of “Positive Mental Attitude”:

“That’s the way my personal slogan of PMA (positive mental attitude) works in life. One of the PMA principles is that today’s bad news leads to tomorrow’s good news. You have to believe that today’s bad unexpected will lead you to tomorrow’s good unexpected.”

I really like what he’s getting at here. We will constantly have entropy in our lives, and we have to be intentional about embracing that and moving forward as HIMs.

MOLESKIN:
Felt good to be back with the PAX after several tumultuous weeks off-kilter schedules!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Don’t forget about kickball, Truckin’ to the Pound, and several F3 events coming up in October & November!

What’s at your core?

THE SCENE: low 70’s I think….didn’t check.  It felt good for a mid-August morning.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH x 20
  • Cherry pickers x 5
  • This/that stretch
  • Squats x 10
  • Tempo Merkin x 10
  • 5 Burpees OYO

THA-THANG:

  • One lap around the boat dock parking lot.  Stop at each light pole for 5 Thrusters as you mosey.
  • At the other end of the lot – DORA work.
    • Partner A starts at one end of the lot and runs to the 2nd light pole.  Do 2 Burpees at the halfway mark each way (coming and going).  While Partner A is running, Partner B is doing reps of the following.  Switch when the running partner gets back.
      • 100 Plankjacks (4ct)
      • 100 Shoulder Taps (4ct)
      • 100 Spread Eagle Merkins
      • 100 Raised Arm Big Boy Situps
  • Run back around the parking lot the way we came from.  This time stop at each light pole for 5 Squats as you go.
  • Indian Run back to the AO.

MARY:

  • Roll up, V up x 10
  • Hello Dolly x 25
  • Ring of Fire leg press x 2 rounds
  • Spread Eagle Merkin x 10

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
17 total:  Junk, Mayberry, Frosty, Booger, Barn Door, Barnacle, Shooter, I-Beam, Waxjob, Snitch, High Heels, Wall Ball, Bowflex, Wagon Wheel, Scooter, Sparky, Bartman

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Today was a core workout…in keeping with that theme, I though I’d talk about what’s at my core.

My core starts at Romans 3:23 where the Bible tells us that everyone has sinned and fallen short of the glory (or perfection) of God.  Later on in the 6th chapter of Romans we are told that the wages of sin (the penalty of sin) is death.  Pretty gloomy stuff, but it all gets turned on its head with the life/death/resurrection of Jesus.  Jesus came to this earth, lived a perfect life and died in your place to take the penalty of your sin for you.  Romans 10:9 tells us that if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart, that you will be saved.  It’s the gospel in less than 30 seconds.  That is what’s at my core…what’s at yours?  If you aren’t sure, I encourage you to reach out with questions.  I’d love to tell you more over a cup of coffee sometime.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Guardians for Garrett kickball tournament this weekend

Truckin’ to the Pound

F3 Olympic weekend

Darkness shines on the mosey

THE SCENE: 70’s and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Stretch OYO
THA-THANG:
We ran 4.5 or 5 miles depending on which group you were in.

MARY:
She was busy running
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
We don’t always have time for a sharing but today we did.  What I found interesting is today when we ran up the biggest hill, or when the street lights were out and we could barely see, or when we ran back up the grinder, those were the times when the most jokes and comraderie happened.  It strikes me every time that when the going gets rough, and the struggles are real, that going through things in the gloom with brothers beside you makes it easier.  It doesn’t make the challenge any less, but it sure makes finishing easier.

Your trucks running…

THE SCENE: 60 and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Stretch OYO.
THA-THANG:

We ran the beginning route for TTTP.  It was good.

MARY:
No time for this sweet lady today.

Community Q

THE SCENE: 60 and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Each PAX selected their favorite warm-o-rama exercise and led us through it.

THA-THANG:
We moseyed to the top soccer field where each PAX led their favorite field/movement exercise.  The PAX soon learned that paying attention to what the man before you called was of significant value

We moseyed to the playground and soccer field where we repeated the same process.

We moseyed back to the AO.

MARY:
A couple of PAX led us through their favorite ab-o-rama exercise.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
F3 challenges us to be leaders in our communities, homes, jobs, etc.  But how can we be leaders if we aren’t comfortable calling out stupid exercises with our friends in the dark?  How can we be leaders if we don’t listen and know what has happened in the community, home, job?  We can’t.  We are called to lead and we are called to know what is going around us.  Reaching out of our comfort zone to help others is what we should be doing.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Aug 18. Tank’s kickball tourney

Aug 25 Truckin to the Pound

Nov 3/4 F3 Anniversary weekend