F3 Knoxville

Tag: Stitch

Spring Cleanin’

AO: shamrock
Q: slappy
PAX: slappy, Mermaid, Stitch, Waxjob, Honeydew, Crawlspace, Lizzy, Anchorman, Dumpster Dive, Snaggletooth (Elijah Tafao)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
WARMUP:
– mountain climbers
– down dog
– Up dog
– Calf stretch
– Runner stretch
– Extra wide merkins
– Baby arm circles
– Hallelujahs

THE THANG:

The CMU pile looks terrible. Besides the fact that all of our good coupons have been pinched, a big rubble pile has developed. It was time to clean up the house a bit and take stock of our supply.

So today we picked up as many of the broken pieces carried them to and dropped them in my trailer then did an exercise listed on a card. Repeat till all of the debris was cleared and the trailer was full. We then organized the CMUs. These are the exercises.

10 shoulder taps
10 squats
10 extra wide merkins
10 SSH
10 Big Boys
10 Diamond Merks
10 Flutters
10 Iron Mikes
10 mountain climbers
1 burpee

After clean up was over we ran to the pull up bar. We worked on slow pull downs. Start at the top and slowly drop taking about 10 secs each time. Do it about 3x. While waiting hold plank or alternate between 15 merkins and 15 squats.

Finally we ended up at the playground for a mini obstacle course. Start at the bench and do 15 dips, go down the slide, do 3 burpees, go to swings and do 15 reverse rows, then do 15 chuck Norris merkins, and finally mosey across the bridge and back around to the bench where we started. We did this 3x. Held plan for the 6.

MARY:
Nope

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
FORG3 ascent is this weekend

COFFATERIA:
Went to Dunkin after for liars corner. Eliza joined us. It was fantastic.

COT:
I hope everyone had a great Easter weekend. I hope you all have taken a moment to ponder the mystery. Did you ever wonder if Easter wasn’t real? Maybe it is all fake? We can certainly say that the course of Western History was changed for the good because of the events around Easter. Something did happen. But really the point of Easter is that God brings the dead to life. It’s a revolutionary concept that if we believe our lives cannot be the same. The living don’t act like dead things. That’s just not logical. If alive, why act like a corpse?

So do you think Easter happened? Do you live like it did?

Back up plans in the rain

AO: shamrock
Q: slappy
PAX: Waxjob, Crawlspace, Anchorman, Eliza, Stitch, Squatter, Toretto
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WARMUP:

THE THANG:
It was raining so we sheltered at the church entrance. We did a Dora style workout. One partner did flipped back and forth between two exercises doing 10 at a time while the other partner took a lap around the covered areas. We listened to the pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack in anticipation of Escape from Hawaii Ridge.

MARY:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Do your backblast!

COT:
We contemplated the verse affixed to the statue at the front of the school…

““Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.””
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭11‬:‭28‬-‭30‬ ‭NIV‬‬
bible.com/bible/111/mat.11.28-29.NIV

“From Mellow to Jello” – Crawlspace

AO: shamrock
Q: Anchorman
PAX: Crawlspace, slappy, Stitch, Skidmark, Squatter, Honeydew, Anchorman
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WARMUP:
Run in Circles

Baby Arm Circles forward then backwards (IC) 4 CT x 10 each

Side Straddle hop (IC) 4 CT x 15

Cherry Pickers 5

Twinkle Toes (IC) 4 CT x 10

THE THANG:
Mosey around to another parking lot
Spread Out in AO Parking lot
There are 12 parking space lines
Line 1 – 25 Merkins
Line 2 – 25 Big Boys
Line 3 – 25 Squats
Start over at line 4.
We will end up at 100 reps per exercise.
Mosey to rock pile
Pick up 2 small rocks
Baby Arm Circles forward then backwards (IC) 4 CT with rocks X10
Butterfly with rock
American Hammers with rocks
Repeat
Mosey to Weigel’s Hill
Bear Crawl or Lunge to the top.
At the top we all do Monkey Humpers 4ctX10

MARY: We did about 8 minutes of dealer’s choice mary

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Haw Ridge – be there

COT:
“God must do everything for us. Our part is to yield and trust.”

“O God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more. I am painfully conscious of my need for further grace. I am ashamed of my lack of desire. O God, the Triune God, I want to want Thee; I long to be filled with longing; I thirst to be made more thirsty still. Show me Thy glory, I pray Thee, so that I may know Thee indeed. Begin in mercy a new work of love within me. Say to my soul, ‘Rise up my love, my fair one, and come away.’ Then give me grace to rise and follow Thee up from this misty lowland where I have wandered so long.” – A.W. Tozer

Shamrockoly

AO: shamrock
Q: slappy
PAX: Waxjob, Stitch, Lizzy, Squatter, Crawlspace, slappy, Band Camp, Smoked Pickle, McGruber
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP:
Welcome to the best day of your life.
-cherry pickers
-twistys with little baby arm circles forward and backward
-shoulder taps
-calf stretches
-runner stretch with the noodle
-mountain climbers
-1 burpee – from slappy cause I say so
-1 burpee – from Waxjob cause he didn’t get enough
-1 burpee – from Squatter cause he loves them
-1 burpee – from @McGruber cause he’s missed all week
-1 burpee – from Band Camp cause he’s a Fla St fan and loves torture
-1 burpee – Crawlspace imposed a penalty on the car parked on in our warm up space
-1 burpee – from Stitch cause he wanted to reach 100 today
-1 manmaker burpee – from Lizzy because he’s a contrarian

THE THANG:
We ran like the wind to Jesus where the gameboard was set up. Think Monopoly with a F3 / Shamrock AO flavor. There were three teams. Each team gets three hotels (coupons), two big dice, and one colored chalk. The team with the most property squares win. Roll the dice, move to a square, and do the exercise on the card. If the card isn’t owned you can claim it by marking the pavement with the team number beside the card. You can put a hotel on your property and make everyone else do double of the exercise. If you land on your own property, dealers choice. This ended up being a burpee heavy workout for some teams because some of the players (Stitch) are terrible rollers. It was fun, we listened to a sweet playlist. The workout flew by.

MARY:
After we racked the coupons we went back to the flag. We decided to do AMRAP burpees until time was up. 100 was reached by a couple dudes.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
-Clinton AO will launch soon next Friday I think.
-Escape from Haw Ridge is the best party of the year and you don’t want to miss. If you do you should feel shame and cry yourself to sleep. It occurs on 3/28/25. I will doing a shirt order if you want to jump on mine to save on shipping. Just let me know what you want. I will order next week.

COT:
I missed this on Valentines day, but here’s my advice to dudes in regards to the lady…
– Acknowledge me (is what she’s thinking, don’t let her down)
– Make space when it’s busy. It’s not always about the kids.
– Watch out for “Roommate Mode”
– Study God’s grace. Figure out to forgive. Don’t sweat the small stuff.
– Encourage her interests
– Be friends. Figure out how to connect regularly.
– Learn to like the same stuff.
– Don’t get nice things (this was a joke)

Seriously it was an honor to lead this workout and I hope you all had fun. I needed it.

The Dirty Dozens

AO: shamrock
Q: slappy
PAX: Mermaid, Anchorman, Stitch, Squatter, Crawlspace, Honeydew, Waxjob, slappy
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WARMUP:
– SSH
– Seal Claps
– Moroccan Nightclubs
– Overhead Claps
– Reach-for-the-sky-cherry-pickers

THE THANG:
First – we did a defensive basketball slide drill moving forward from side to side in a zig zag.
Second – We moved to the football field end zone.

Round 1
-12 burpees in the end zone to start
-alternate between 12 merkins and 12 big boys on every 5 yrd line across the field.
-12 burpees in the end zone to finish
-run back to start end zone via the bleacher steps
-hold plank till 6 is up

Round 2
-12 iron mikes in the end zone to start
alternate between 12 squats and 12 flutter kicks on every 5 yrd line across the field
-12 iron mikes in the end zone to finish
-run back to start end zone via the bleacher steps
-hold plank till 6 is up

MARY:
– 12 monkey humpers
– 12 v ups
– 12 freddy mercs
– 12 pickle pointers

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– HAW RIDGE IS 3/28. Sign up. Get a shirt.
– Lunch is gonna happen this week. Check with Eliza.
– Clinton is launching
– Hardship Hill

COT:
Hebrews – 3:7-8

Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says,
“Today, if you hear his voice,
do not harden your hearts…”

Guys, if you hear God speaking to you DO NOT harden your hearts. Pay attention. Listen. Obey. Hardening can be unbelief, laziness, or busyness. Don’t push God away if he’s knocking.