F3 Knoxville

Tag: Stitch

You VS You #3

AO: juco
Q: Commission
PAX: Commission, MC Fraud (Chris Trice), Booster, Stye (Hal Phillips), Guardrail, Stitch, Hallmark, Windex, Wanderer
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP: 15 SSH (4 count), 5 Cherry pickers (4 count), 10 tempo merkins, 10 tempo squats, one lap around the parking lot

THE THANG: Line up at 1st line Start the timer.  We used 1 parking spaces as the lines. All PAX perform each exercise for 1 full minute (no rest interval between sets).
After each 50 reps, move forward one line. Immediately following the 10th set (no rest), perform 5 minutes of CMU Thrusters (keep counting toward your total # of reps). Total duration: 15 minutes
1-minute of CMU OHP
1-minute of CMU Goblet Squats
1-minute of CMU Bent Over Rows
1-minute of CMU BBS
1-minute of CMU Biceps curls
1-minute of CMU Lunges
1-minute of Derkins (feet elevated on CMU)
1-minute of CMU LBCs
1-minute of CMU Triceps extension
1-minute of CMU Deadlifts
5-minutes of CMU Thrusters

Record 1st Round # of reps Rest 3 minutes  

Now…REPEAT the full routine – starting over with your rep count

COT: Isaiah 53:2 For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, And like a root out of parched ground; He has no stately form or majesty That we should look upon Him, Nor appearance that we should be attracted to Him.
What if there was nothing remarkable about you EXCEPT…except for your faith?
You didn’t go to a fancy college, maybe you didn’t even graduate high school.
Your job, well, it only pays for your daily bread. Retirement…you are going to work the rest of your life
Sports, you are the kid that they pick last.
You’re ugly, your spouse is ugly, even your dog is ugly

What if there was nothing remarkable about you…except for your faith?
Are you the person people come to with their Bible questions or ask for your prayers on their behalf?
Maybe you pause a conversation with a church friend or a family member to chase down a visitor before they sneak out.
Maybe you’re the type to spend a couple of hours in the parking lot with a brother or sister who just needs to get something off of their chest.
Perhaps you are the one who serves without being asked. You recognize a need and you take care of it because you know how hard it is for some people to accept help.
What if there was nothing remarkable about you…except for your faith?

Continued below…

The 5:15 Triple Shot

AO: juco
Q: Waffles
PAX: 5K, (Tooth Fairy) Dana Rust, Breadstixx (Sam Tucker), Butterknife, Commission, Dart Gun, Fetch (Joel Moran), Guardrail, HallPass, Noodles (Brian Solmonson), Plaque (John Baxter), Stitch, Survivor (Jared Tharpe), Wanderer, Jonathan Desai, Curveball P (Dave Purcell)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 17
Warm-up:
> 10 Freddie Mercuries
> 10 tempo merkins
> 10 burpees
> 10 big boys on your own

The Thang:
Mosey to square where pax will team up. While the partner runs a lap around the square, the other will perform the exercise. Partners alternate after 1 lap.
> 100 elevated merkins
> 150 dips
> 200 Baby crunches

Mosey to a different spot

The 5 fifteen triple shot
> 15 Side Straddle Hops
> 1 burpee
> 15 merkins
> 1 burpee
> 15 squats
> 1 burpee
> 15 big boys
> 1 burpee
> 15 shoulder taps
> 1 lap around building

Repeat all 3 times

Mary: ask members of the pax for exercise until 6:15.

COT:
1 Corinthians 4:6-9

Even though we have trials and hardship in life, we are not forsake by God. Temporal trials ate nothing compared to eternal glory.

Copycat Workout

Backblast! Copy Cat of Blindside’s 7/19/23 Workout
DATE: 2023-07-21
AO: #shamrock
Q: @Mermaid (Bradley Roberts)
PAX: @Mermaid (Bradley Roberts) @8 seconds (Paul Richardson) @Base Salary @Nadia (Aaron Jacques) @Voodoo (Eric A) @Caveman @Stitch (Brad Ware) @KickFlip (David Greer) @Eliza (Kevin Parrott) @Honeydew (Jason Childers) @Daniel Callis – Anchorman @Skidmark (Brad Coulter) @Dumpster Dive (Brad Burnette) @Glamper @Brick (Chris Tittle) @Fabio (Joe Hamilton) , Twitch
FNGs: None
COUNT: 17
WARMUP:
Tempo Squats x 10
Tempo Merkins x 10
Cherry Pickers x 3
THE THANG:
Two decks of cards.  Find a battle buddy, draw a card and multiply the card value by 10, and split the exercises with you battle buddy, each doing half of the total.  Once you complete the exercises, take a lap, draw a card and repeat.
The suit of the card determined the exercises.
Spades: Big Boys & Hello Dollies
Hearts: Merkins & Dips
Diamonds: Squats & Lunges
Clubs: Bench Press & Curls
Joker: 25 Thrusters eachCollect as many cards as you can and build your best poker hand.  Caveman and Twitch managed a royal flush with one wild card, which was the winner and it wasn’t close.
MARY:
We went arounf the group calling an ab exercise, and followed each with 10 merkins until time ran out.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 in the Nude 7/29/2023
COT:
The importance of using a back blast.  With Pax miner rolling out next week, we discussed the highlights and reasons for back blasts.  I was able to share information from my first workout 4 years ago and recognized the members in attendance and even could even recall the message from that workout.Prayer Requests
Dumpster Dive’s attorney friend struggling with a forced retirement due to kidney failure.
Anchorman’s daughter who is recovering from a successful tonsillectomy.

The Impossible Mile

Shamrock 7/14/2023
See picture above
THE SCENE: 80 degrees at 0530 with humidity around 96%, some would call it terrible
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
3 very slow cherry pickers
SSH to around 15
THA-THANG:
The workout was simple, but due to the Ghostflag, we had two well represented groups from Juco & F3 Smokies vying to take it home.  We chose to host a competition, and the first group with 3 to finish the workout below took home the flag.
The workout was as follows:
The Impossible Mile
400 M Run
100 Merkins
400 M Run
100 Squats
400 M Run
100 BURPEES
400 M Run

Following that sweat fest, we moved over to the Jesus statue and found a battle buddy.  One partner held a wall squat while the other partner did 50 dips.  After both partners completed the exercises, we switched one partner held a balls to the wall while the other partner did 50 step ups.  Once both partners completed both exercises, we moseyed back to the flag for a Mary.

MARY:
The Mary was very popular today.
10 snow angels in cadence followed by 10 merkins
20 Flutters in cadence followed by 10 merkins
13 Shoulder taps in cadence followed by 10 merkins
finally 7 more burpees
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Today we talked about the Golden rule and simply treating others the way that we want to be treated.  Especially making a hard workout for those trying to steal the Ghost Flag because I expect a hard workout if I want to steal it back!!
MOLESKIN:
Prayer requests:
Mailbox’s mom in the ER
Cheat Sheet as a caregiver and for prayer regarding his ongoing parenting plan.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 in the Nude on 7/29
A workout with no shoes, shirt or gloves required that will take place in and out of the water at the Cove with breakfast provided by the Dog Pound boys.

Heavy day

THE SCENE:

Unseasonably cool

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Cherry Pickers
  • Tie Fighters
  • Tempo Squats
  • Tempo Merkins
  • Down Dog

THA-THANG:

Grab a CMU and rifle carry to big parking lot. We setup with the following list.

  1. 40 Tricep Extensions
  2. 35 Goblet Squats
  3. 30 Curls
  4. 25 Rows
  5. 20 Derkins
  6. 15 Thrusters
  7. 10 CMU Swings
  8. 5 Blockees

After completing the list, suitcase carry your CMU to the first parking lot line, return with it in opposite hand.
Repeat the list dropping the first row (start with #2). After all is complete, carry to second line.
Rinse and repeat dropping an exercise and carrying to a further line.
Last cycle would be 5 Blockees and carry 8 lines.

Workout credit: kick-flip

MARY:
20 flutter kicks

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

I’ve been memorizing verses recently using an app called fighter verses. https://www.fighterverses.com/ Check it out if interested.

One of those verses is Deut 10:12-13:

12 And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13 and to observe the Lord’s commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good?

— Deut 10:12-13

Two things I’d like to share.

  1. One is a reminder to obey God. These verses do a good job of fleshing out what that looks like.
  2. Two is a reminder it’s for our good. It’s amazing that God would set it up that obeying him is not just for him but also for us. Obey! and rest assured it’s the best thing to do.