F3 Knoxville

Understanding is the Name of the Game

THE SCENE: 49 degrees and pleasant. A rush of wind as SchoolZone came screaming into the parking lot at 5:31 am.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

Not a professional. Here on your own. Know your injuries, but don’t tell me. Modify. COVID-ish rules? Free99

WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x15

Cherry Pickers x5

Little this. Little That. 

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Tennis Courts for BATTLE BUDDIES!

1 BB does a TC Suicide while the other works on completing the exercises switch after each suicide:

  • 25 Burpees
  • 50 Leg Lifts  
  • 75 Hello Dollies 
  • 100 merkins
  • 150 Squats
  • 200 Big Boys 
  • 250 Imperial Walkers 

Mosey to Dock for some DOCK WORK!

1 BB works through the list with a rock while the other bear crawls up the “S” curve and does 7 burpees at the top, dropping one burpee each time.

  • 15 Dry docks
  • 15 curls 
  • 15 overhead press 
  • 15 tri-extensions
  • 15 rows
  • Hold plank until BB returns 

MARY:

**Don’t call on Aladdin or Tweet-E for Mary ideas (this list will be kept up to date and accurate)**

Cobra Kais and Downward Dog stretching. 6:15 came a little early once the Mumblechatter got off the rails.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Understanding: In understanding, we comprehend how we need to live as a follower of Christ. A person with understanding is not confused by all the conflicting messages in our culture about the right way to live. The gift of understanding perfects a person’s speculative reason in the gaining of Truth. It allows for self-evident principles to be known. 

While wisdom is the desire to contemplate the things of God, understanding allows us to penetrate to the very core of revealed truths. This doesn’t mean we will understand the mysteries of God, the way we would a math problem, but that we become certain of the Truth of God. Such certitude moves beyond faith. 

Understanding moves past natural reason, which is no more than how we perceive the natural world with our senses. Through understanding, we see the world and our life within the larger context of the eternal law and the relation of our souls to God. 

MOLESKIN:

Apparently, the light being messed up “Isn’t a priority” to the Parks and Rec Department. Let’s spam them this week to get it fixed. 

 

 

The Dark Side of the Gloom

THE SCENE: Low 60s and dry with a visible moon
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

118th day of the year – 247 left

SSH x 28 (4 ct)

Rockettes x 10 (4 ct)

Windmills x 10 (4 ct)

Little baby arm circles forward x 10 (4 ct)

Little baby arm circles backward x 10 (4 ct)

Some Michael Phelps

A little bit of this and a little bit of that

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the field near the tennis courts with the lights on (i.e., the light side of the gloom)

On this day in 1973, The Dark Side of the Moon album by Pink Floyd hit No. 1 on the Billboard charts.  It stayed on the chart for a record 741 weeks, which is 14 years and 3 months.  Think about that – it did not drop off of the chart until 1987.

Tempo squats x 14

Run to the other side near the playground where it is dark (i.e., the dark side of the gloom)

Tempo merkins x 14

Run back to the light side

Bernie back to the dark side

Mosey to the rock pile, get a rock, and mosey back to the dark side

Hallelujahs – merkin followed by a shoulder press with the rock.  We went to 10, so we did 1 merkin, 1 shoulder press, 2 merkins, 2 shoulder presses, 3 merkins, 3 shoulder presses, etc., adding a rep each time until we ended with 9 merkins, 9 shoulder presses, 10 merkins, and 10 shoulder presses.

Lunges with rock from the dark side to the light side

Jack Webbs – hallelujahs without the rock.  We did 10 again following the same pattern as before, just without the rock this time.

Lunges with rock from the light side to the dark side

Mosey to the rock pile to return our rocks

Mosey to the bathhouse

Battle buddy up

One buddy hangs from the bathhouse as long as he can.  When he reaches failure, he does merkins as long as he can.  When he reaches failure, he holds plank.

Meanwhile, the other buddy runs around Stonehenge to the picnic tables at the splash pad and does 20 decline merkins, 20 dips, and 20 incline merkins and then bear crawls from the picnic tables to the exit of the splash pad and moseys back to the bathhouse to switch with his buddy.

We only had time to do one round of this exercise, so each buddy ran once and hung/merkined/planked once.

Mosey to the AO for Mary

MARY:
Boat/Canoes to the flashing of our AO light.  When the light was on, we held boat.  When the light went off, we held canoe.  We did this for about 2 minutes, and we only switched 3 times.  The light seems to stay on longer than it stays off.  Maybe someone will get the light fixed now.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 HIMs

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Talked about perspective.  We often focus on what happens without thinking about all of the things that could have happened but didn’t.  There are an infinite number of possibilities of things that could occur each day, good and bad.  Oftentimes, we focus on the good things that happened, the bad things that happened, or the good things that didn’t happen.  We also need to keep perspective and think about the bad things that didn’t happen and be thankful.

As an example, I told a personal story.  My family recently rode the Virginia Creeper.  After 3+ hours of biking, we exited at our bike shop right before the last bridge and cut through the gravel parking lot.  In the parking lot, probably 10 feet from the door (after 18 miles or so of riding), my daughter (7 years old) wrecked behind me, and I wrecked in reacting to her scream.  She was fine as was I, thankfully.  Later that day, I told my daughter that I was sorry that we both wrecked and that we didn’t finish across that last bridge and avoided the gravel parking lot and both of our wrecks.  Without hesitation, she told me that it was okay because the wood planks on the bridge were slanted and that we probably would have wrecked on the bridge and then fallen through the wooden planks and hit the rocks in the river below, which would have been worse.  I told her that she was right.  See, perspective.

MOLESKIN:
Praise for good news following Ribbed’s wife’s scan and continued prayers for her recovery.  Prayers for Stripped’s wife, her recovery, and her follow-up visit today.  Prayers for Doubtfire’s mouth issue, his surgery on Friday, and his recovery.  Prayers for Brenden’s family in light of his passing.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
None mentioned

Quantity over Quality

THE SCENE: 44 and cool
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

5 merkins

butterflies stretch

5 cherry pickers

20 SSH

THA-THANG:
Mosey over to the Triangle. One Thing then run to the next corner repeat until you have done all three corners and wait for the 6.

  • 20 4 count BBS and bear crawl up to the next corner and repeat
  • 20 squat press with a rock we got from the rock pile. Dung Beatle to the next corner and repeat
  • 20 Squats and lung to the next corner and repeat
  • 20 OHP and Bernie sanders to the next corner and repeat
  • 20 curls and Bernie sanders to the next corner and repeat
  • 20 SSH and run all around the triangle to the next corner and repeat
  • Walk to the OA with some fellowship time.

MARY:
Spend quality and quantity time with your kids and loved ones. No amount of “quality” time will replace you being in their lives. 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

Taking a tour of The Equalizer for a VQ

THE SCENE: Little chilly, probably the last day for Action Slacks for a while. 

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

Not a professional, here on your own, COVID rules still going, got my phone, et cetera et cetera et cetera…

Also, this is my VQ…

WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x25, Little Baby Arm Circles (

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Flagpole: 7 downs → Drop top exercise each round 

  • 7 Merkins
  • 6 Squats
  • 5 Dry Docks
  • 4 Squat Jumps 
  • 3 Shoulder taps (4 count)
  • 2 Burpees 
  • 1 Trip to the Bleachers 

Rabbits: Hold Squat 

Mosey to Dock: 20s → Grab a coupon

  • 20 Curls 
  • 20 Shoulder Presses
  • 20 Tri-extensions 
  • 20 Imperial Walkers 
  • 20 Squat-Press 
  • 20 Merkins 
  • 20 Rows 

Rabbits: Hold Beast Plank

Mosey to Splash Pad: 10s → Run and touch the fence after each exercise 

  • 10 Box Cutters 
  • 10 Leg Lifts 
  • 10 Hello Dolly’s 
  • 10 Freddie Mercurys 
  • 10 Flutter Kicks 
  • 10 Big Boys 
  • 10 Dips 

Rabbits: Hold wall sit until the 6 finishes

Mosey to Playground: 15s 

How long will it take Blindside’s cardboard? 10 seconds? 10 burpees.

  • 15 Pull-ups or knee-ups
  • 15 Big Boys
  • 15 Lunges each leg
  • 15 Monkey Humpers 
  • 15 SSHs (4 count)
  • 15 Plank Jacks 
  • 15 Pickle Pounders 

Rabbits: Rocky Balboas (IN PLACE)

Fellowship Mosey back to AO 

MARY:

*Note to self* Do not ask Aladdin for ideas (Peter Parker’s)

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA 

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

WISDOM → Wisdom is not the quoting of facts. It is a gift that allows a person to understand things from God’s point of view. Wisdom allows us to recognize Truth (That’s Truth with a capital T). It is the perfection of Faith. Someone with the gift of wisdom is able to take this truth and use it to glorify God by choosing Godly solutions to problems. 

Also, the gift of wisdom, we see God at work in our lives and in the world. For the wise person, the wonders of nature, historical events, and the ups and downs of our lives take on a deeper meaning. The matters of judgment about the truth, and being able to see the whole image of God. We see God as our Father and other people with dignity. Lastly being able to see God in everyone and everything everywhere.

“Where faith is a simple knowledge of the articles of Christian belief, wisdom goes on to a certain divine penetration of the truths themselves.” The better we understand those truths, the more we value them properly. Thus wisdom makes us relish and love only the things of heaven. 

MOLESKIN:

Thank you ALL for supporting me through my VQ. I was nervous jumping in so quickly after starting F3, but you all have made me feel so welcome that I had to join in on the fun! Also, this workout was a mix/tribute to some of my very first times in the Gloom! 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Donations for Safe Haven are still needed. 

Been a while

THE SCENE: It was threatening rain all morning but we stayed dry. It was around 50° when we started and dropped down to about 45.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

warmup basics
THA-THANG:

Mosey to the splash pad
3 stations
1) “Jump rope” x100
Imperial Burpees x10 (5 Ct IW between)
CMU squats x30
Bear crawl splash pad and mosey around outhouse, rocks and back then move to next station
2)Merkins-10 wide, 10 reg, 10 diamond, 10 shoulder taps
Bobby Hurley’s x20
Bear crawl up snake
Bear crawl splash pad and mosey around outhouse, rocks and back move to next station
3)Toe touch Merkins x20
LBCs x50
Cobra Kai Merkins x 20
Bear crawl splash pad and mosey around outhouse, rocks and back.

mosey to the intersection and repeat first two stations (minus toe touch Merkins) crawling up the snake and moseying around the island.

Mosey to the flag and to get in the toe touch Merkins, flutters x32

mosey to tennis courts for some suicides and head back to the AO
MARY:
Freddy Mercurys, box cutters and Merkins
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
5 pax
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,”
‭‭Philippians‬ ‭2:3‬ ‭NIV‬‬
Put other people first
MOLESKIN:
It was my first time back in a long time to the equalizer aside from the anniversary. I miss the guys here and need to get out more often.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Kickball tournament