F3 Knoxville

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Downtown Potluck

THE SCENE: Temps in the 30s. Dark and mysterious
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x20

BAC x10 each arm

Squat x20

Merkins x20

Mary Catherines x20

Monkey Humpers x20
THA-THANG:
Numbered off and moved as unit throughout Market Square and Gay St. Made several stops along the way and did 3 different exercises at each stop in cadence for 10 reps (4ct). First exercise at each stop was led by Q. 2nd and 3rd exercise at each station were led by a different PAX

  • Stop 1 (TVA): Merkins (led by Q), Monkey Humpers (led by PAX 1), Hello Dollys (led by PAX 2), 10 burpees on your own
  • Stop 2 (Market Square stage): Single leg squat (Q), Incline Merkins (PAX 3), Carolina DD (PAX 4)
  • Stop 3: (Tupelo Honey): Bobby Hurley (Q), Mary Catherines (PAX 5), Flutterkicks (PAX 6)
  • Stop 4 (Union Ave.): Tuck Jumps (Q), Diamond Merkins (PAX 7), Squats (PAX 8)
  • Union Ave Hill: 2 groups: Group 1 does 10 Mary Catherines at bottom of hill in cadence (led by PAX 9), then Bernie Sanders to top of hill where Group 2 is doing flutter kicks in cadence (led by PAX 10). Groups switch and Group 1 does flutter kicks at top until they are tagged by Group 2.
    • 2 Rounds
  • Gay Street: Partner Wheelbarrow to first lamp post. Switch and go to 2nd lamp post. Lunge to third lamp post, Sideways monster walk to 4th lamp post, Sideways monster walk to 5th lamp post facing other direction.
  • Stop 5 (Market Sq. Parking Garage): Monkey Humpers (Q), Squats (PAX 11) Merkins (PAX 12),
  • Stop 5 (Convention Center): Merkins (PAX 13), Carolina DD (PAX 14), Merkins (PAX 15)
  • Return to AO

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
17 PAX; 1 FNG–>Tinkle
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Bless 3 people this week. Bless=to add strength to one’s arm. How: relieve someone of a burden in their life

The Beer is the Carrot

THE SCENE: Cloudy, good weather for fellowship after the beat down to sip beer together at Abridged Beer Garden.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
20 Side Straddle Hops, 15 Mountain Climbers, 10 Windmills, 10 Cherry Pickers

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Ballpark Parking Lot Across the Street from AO

Buddy up on end of parking lot closest to street.  There will be sets of bricks there.  One buddy runs with bricks to other end of parking lot and does 10 mini-manmakers, then runs back.  Meanwhile the other buddy is working on the exercises listed below.  Buddies take turns running and doing the manmakers until the team has finished the exercises.  The exercises are:

  • 100 Merkens
  • 100 Big Boy Situps
  • 100 Squats
  • 200 Baby Crunches

Mosey to Flag Pole by the Pavillion

We will be running to different posts.  The posts and exercises we will do there are as follows:

  • Flag Pole:  20 Box Cutters
  • Benches:  20 Bench Jumps
  • Dug Outs:  As many pull ups as possible in 20 seconds, hanging for the remaining time
  • Picnic Tables:  20 Decline Merkens
  • Repeat Above

Mosey to Sidewalk Between Playground and Chapel

Bear Crawl to First Light, Run four more light.  Then repeat this pattern every five lights until one gets to end of sidewalk where it hits the park perimeter trail.  Do baby crunches until everyone finishes.  Mosey back to start.

Next, lunge to first light, run four more lights.  Repeat until at end of sidewalk.  Plank until everyone finishes.

Mosey back to AO

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Seven attended.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Reading from Bible:  Luke 8:  40-48.  Story of woman who has been having hemorrhages for many years who grasped for the cloak of Jesus and was healed when she touched his cloak.
What are each of us grasping for?  We may grasp for money, popularity, fame, power, for the answer to life in the love of another person.  Are we grasping for God?  Are we placing our relationship with God as a priority?  Are we seeking Him?  Grasping for worldly things leaves us empty or wanting for more.  Grasp for God – in Him, find fulfillment.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
3rd F on December 11.  The workout for those who meet at the Asylum or Big Ball will be a joint session at the Big Ball.  We will end the workout at the Outlook where 3rd F event will be held.

Oh The Humanity

THE SCENE: Clear, 36 degrees
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Baby arm circles x 10 each direction
  • SSH x 25 IC
  • 10 Tempo Squat IC
  • 10 Merkin IC
  • Happy Jacks x 4 IC

THA-THANG:
Mosey around field to start point

Burpee Dan across field (1B: 4 lunge run back to start, 2B: 4 lunge run back to start, 3B: 4 lunge run back to start, 4B: 4 lunge run back to start)

Hindenburg Blimps: Four stations around field. Conduct exercise at each cone, sprint between each cone until back at start, begin next round. (Modified…it doesn’t spell blimp)

  • Round 1: 20 Lunges
  • Round 2: 30 BBS
  • Round 3: 40 Merkin
  • Round 4: 50 Squat

MARY:
Mosey to fountains. Flutter Kicks x 60
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
18 PAX: Frank, Pfeiffer, Steam, Tooth Fairy, Quarantine, Uncle Rico, Heisenberg, Savannah, Abort, Plunder, Swanson, G-6, Singlet, Quickbooks, Passport, Hang Tight, Manwich
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
F3 is a place to learn about leadership and we are encouraged by each other to lead. Take advantage of the opportunity to lead/Q. The brothers around you will support you. F3 is the lowest stress leadership opportunity  you will find.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Big Ball will be open on Saturdays starting 12/2/17!

Fun Facts & Strong Backs

THE SCENE: A Character-Building 32 degrees; Cold hands, warm hearts, can’t lose.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Welcome to F3: Fitness – Fellowship – & Faith. My name is Steam and for the next 45 minutes I will be in charge and serve as your Q. I am not a professional – you are here on your own volition and I don’y know any injuries you may or may not have so if you need to modify any of the exercises we do this morning feel free to do so for your own safety but always give 100%. This morning we will sound off loud and we will not accept anything less than 100% from ourselves and our PAX. Aye? This is the standard this morning – we will meet and exceed it for all 45 minutes.

WARM-O-RAMA:
*** “G-6: What is your favorite Thanksgiving food?” –> Ask 1 member of PAX what G-6’s favorite Thanksgiving food is.

I. Side-Straddle Hop (SSH): 20 x 4 in cadence

Repeat *** with different PAX member(s)

II. Cherry Picker: 20 x 4 in cadence

Repeat *** with different PAX member(s)

III. Baby Arm Circles: 12 x 4 forward in cadence & 12 x 4 backward in cadence

The Merkin: 15 x 10 in cadence

THA-THANG:
Mosey to WFP (World’s Fair Park) amphitheater with Flag out front (FNG Caleb carried flag)

  • PT –> take a lap around amphitheater with a battle buddy –> PT –> take a lap with a NEW battle buddy
  • Each lap –> each battle buddy shares an interesting fact about themselves
  • 4 laps & 100 reps
    • (1) The Incline Merkin: 25 x 4
      • Take a lap w/Battle Buddy around the amphitheater
      • Back to amphitheater –> ask 1 member of PAX to share the interesting fact they learned on the lap
    • (2) The Squat: 25 x 4
      • Take a lap w/new battle buddy
      • Back to amphitheater –> ask another member of PAX to share the interesting fact they learned on the lap
    • (3) The Ground Pounder: 25 x 4 (Forearm plank –> up to push up plank 1 hand @ a time –> back to elbow plank 1 hand @ a time)
      • Take a lap w/new battle buddy
      • Back to amphitheater –> ask new member of PAX to share interesting fact they learned on the lap
    • (4) The Little Baby Crunch: 25 x 4
      • Take a lap (all PAX together) –> hold @ top of amphitheater
    • BOM (Pt. 1)
      • Q asked PAX: “Why have I been asking questions all morning?
      • 3 things: Ask – Listen – Remember
        • If you know and remember who’s on your team – you’ll find that coming out here and doing this crazy thing called F3 becomes a lot more meaningful but a ton more fun. Aye? Know your PAX, the man to your left and right, they’re out here, locked and loaded at 5:30 just like you.
    • Run up by Big Ball (flag out front – Caleb) to Bridge across WFP
      • 2 columns facing across the bridge
      • Mosey across bridge –> every rectangular concrete plant holder = 10 x 4 squats
        • have different member of PAX call it in cadence each time
      • Form up in 1 line @ end of bridge (flag out front -Caleb)
    • Motivational Cadence Call Mosey Back to AO
      • (1) F3! –> PAX repeats –> Good For You! –> PAX repeats –> Good For Me! –> PAX repeats
      • (2) All Day! –> PAX repeats –> Everyday! –> PAX repeats
      • (3) 1, 2, 3! –> PAX repeats –> I Love F3! –> PAX repeats –> 4, 5, 6! –> PAX repeats –> Pickin Up Sticks! –> PAX repeats –> 7 and 8! –> PAX repeats –> F3 is Great! –> PAX repeats –> 9 and 10! –> PAX repeats –> Let’s Do It All Again! –> PAX repeats
      • Repeat # 1 – 3 at Q’s discretion
    • Arrive @ Field Across from AO –> Take The Field!
      • 150% –> your 100% is not good enough because you are better than your 100%, aye? You can do better than 100%, you have what it takes! TAKE. THIS. FIELD.
      • All out 150% sprint across the field to AO

MARY:
Caleb was the only FNG Big Ball had this morning. Putting the new guy in charge of something so sacred – the American Flag that always stays out front when we mosey and goes with us wherever we go – (I believe) helped him become more comfortable and integrated @ his first time @ F3.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
PAX Count: 14 + 1 FNG
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM: (Pt.2)
Proverbs 11:14 –> “For lack of guidance a nation falls, but victory is won through many advisors.”

This is a call to action. When you look around at our world today – our nation is falling and it’s sad. Because there is a clear lack of guidance. we, men in F3, are called to be HIM = High Impact Men. Your nation needs you, your family needs you, your community needs you, F3 needs you. Take charge and be a leader. You are all leaders in some capacity whether you realize it or not. We found out earlier that when you know who’s on your team it’s a lot easier to embrace the suck knowing who’s beside you going through the same thing. Along with that – we are all cops. A cop is someone who upholds the law and holds others accountable to the law. Who’s the cop in your life? Who holds you accountable and helps you uphold who you were created to be? Are you a cop in anyone else’s life? I need that, we all need that. Men, great work this morning, I cannot begin to tell you what an honor it is to be out here and have the opportunity to lead and serve as your Q. You are free to lead. Take charge and make it happen.

Pray it out.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Big Ball Saturday Qs will be officially (re)starting in 2 weeks –>  3 December 2017

10 15 20

THE SCENE: Dark and Kind of chilly
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Roxanne by the police. Everytime the song says Roxanne -Merican. Everytime the song says “put on the red light” jump your feet up to your hands while remaining in plank
THA-THANG:

10,15,20

AO parking lot beginning on baseline, PAX would do 10 reps of an exercise at the starting side, sprint to the other side doing 10 reps of that same exercise. go through all the exercises. Rinse and repeat rounds of 15, and 20

  • Merican
  • Squat
  • Dry Dock
  • Squat Jump
  • Burpee

Mosey in two lines to the Chapel for some leg work

  • Parrell Squats: 10 reps on a 4 count
  • Staggered Leg Squat, left leg out – 10 reps on a 4 count
  • Split Leg Squat, left leg out – 10 reps on a 4 count
  • Parrell Squats: 10 reps on a 4 count
  • Staggered Leg Squat, right leg out – 10 reps on a 4 count
  • Split Leg Squat, right leg out – 10 reps on a 4 count

Mosey in two lines to the AO

Crabwalk suicides. Crabwalk from the baseline to the first parking line and back to start. Crabwalk from the baseline to the second parking line and back to start.Crabwalk from the baseline to the thrid parking line and back to start.

MARY:
15 American Hammers on a 4 count

15 flutter Kicks on a 4 count

20 Big Boys on your own
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
34 no FNGs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
People are always watching, especially our kinds. Our actions and our reactions speak louder than words. They are watching and listening even when we don’t think they are or we wish they weren’t.

John 13:34-35