F3 Knoxville

Giving of Our Hearts This Valentine’s

THE SCENE: Windchill makes it feel colder than it is.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Done and Done 

WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH IC x14 | LBAC IC x10 each way | Windmills IC x10 | Little bit of This; LIttle bit of That | Tempo Squats IC x10

THA-THANG:

Mosey to the field to find 6 stations. We will make a loop for 5 rounds. Cardboard has exercises, reps, and methods of traveling to the next station written on them

1st round= 5 reps; Total of 5 rounds, add 5 reps each round 

  • Station 1: 4ct SSH → Mosey to 2
  • Station 2: Monkey Humpers → Bear Crawl to 2
  • Station 3: 4ct Hello Dolly → Lunge to 4
  • Station 4: Jump Squats → Lunge to 5 
  • Station 5: Box Cutters → Bear Crawl to 6
  • Station 6: Merkins → Mosey back to 1 

Repeat 5 times, adding 5 reps each round 

Mosey around outside of cones for the SIX 

(Stations made a Heart shape for those who use STRAVA)

Bathhouse for a Cindy AMRAP (7 mins)

5 pull-ups; 10 merkins; 15 BBS 

MARY:

Ring of Fire = 3, 2, 1 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

10 HIMs; 0 FNGs 

Blindside, Choir Boy, Ribbed, Aladdin, Snitch, Submarine, Mouth Wash, Tonka, Headgear, School Zone (Snitch & Tonka missed the picture) 

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

WE made a heart in the field today. Give your heart to your M this Valentine’s Day. My M and I have been having problems communicating and I am using this Valentine’s Day to reinvigorate our marriage, our communication, and our love. Having the PAX around me allows me to see incredible examples of good husbands, fathers, and men. 

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

2/26 CSAUP at the Asylum 6:30-9:00 am Check Slack for sign up link

THE TRUCK STOP FUNERAL

THE SCENE: Cool but Nice!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER✔
WARM-O-RAMA:

LBACF, LBACB, Tempo Squats, Tempo Merkins, Mountain Climbers, Cherry Pickers
THA-THANG:
Divide up into 4 teams, one team at each corner of the main parking lot.  At each corner is a cone with 5 exercises and reps written in chalk.  Round 1: Perform all exercises and reps at each corner of the parking lot, recovery mosey in between each corner.  Round 2: Perform just the bottom 4 exercises and reps at each corner, recovery mosey in between each corner. Round 3: the bottom 3.  Round 4: the bottom 2. Round 5: just the last exercise and reps.  Exercises were as follows:

Corner 1: 10 Merkins, 9 Jump Squats, 8 Burpees, 7 Mountain Climbers, 6 Monkey Humpers

Corner 2: 10 SSH (4ct), 9 Windmills (4ct), 8 Body Builders (8ct), 7 Seal Claps, 6 Plank Jacks

Corner 3: 10 Squats, 9 BBS, 8 Diamond Merkins, 7 Werkins, 6 Calve Raises

Corner 4: 10 Flutters (4ct), 9 Hello Dolly (4ct), 8 Box Cutters, 7 Heals to Heaven, 6 4x4s

Mosey to Concrete Stadium Bleachers for EMOM.  We did about 10 rounds of x10 Box Jumps/ x10 Squats and another 5 rounds of x15 Dips/ x15 Calve Raises.

Long Recovery Mosey back to Flag

MARY:
No time but had planned something with a frozen ham that Tail Pipe had brought for Cosmo.  Too bad, so sad.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 Strong
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Luke 12:16-20

16 And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. 17 He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’

18 “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. 19 And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’

20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

I had the honor of attending Sgt. Chris Jenkins’ funeral this week.  He was tragically killed on the highway while trying to remove a ladder from the roadway.  The funeral was extremely sad and unfortunately I’ve been to one too many law enforcement funerals.  Not only was his life taken too soon but his son (also an officer), gave a heart-felt eulogy that I will never forget.

Funerals can give one alot of wisdom.  They make you contemplate your own funeral.  I wanted the men at truck stop to pause today and think about their own funeral – who would be there? what would be said about them? would they have any regrets?

After thinking that through, I encouraged them to contemplate their own funeral today and whatever you would regret – whether that’s where your treasure is (like the rich fool in Jesus’ parable), or someone you need to forgive, or telling your children you love them more often, or telling your wife how appreciative you are of her friendship and love – DO IT TODAY.  Life can be taken from us at any moment.

MOLESKIN:
Mayberry was a few minutes late rescuing and cuddling with his new cat.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CSAUP – February 26. REGISTER NOW.

Friday @ The Equalizer 2-11-22

THE SCENE: 31 degrees with a forecasted 39.  Clear skies.  Crisp.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Feet together touch toes – 20 count; feet apart right, left, middle – 20 count each; Grady Corn IC x 5; LBAC IC x 5 both ways; Tempo Merkin IC x 5; Down Dog – 20 count; Tempo Squat; mosey to the Smokehouse for a CMU then line up on the bigger basketball court
THA-THANG:
Phase 1 – Cardio Tabata – 20 work, 10 rest, 3 sets of each exercise before moving to the next, 20 seconds intermission between exercises

Exercises: (1) Side Straddle Hops; (2) High Knees in place; (3) Front Jacks; (4) Jump Squats

Phase 2 – Neapolitan Merkin EMOM – 3 rounds, each consisting of 10 reps of each of 3 merkin varieties (total – 9 min EMOM).  Run to the other side of the court and Bernie back to position after each set of 10 reps.

Merkin Varieties: Dip Merkin (hands placed on separate CMUs, chest dips into the space between the blocks before pushing back up); Standard Merkin; Derkin (feet on CMU, hands on the ground)

Example – PAX performs 10 Dip Merkins, runs to the other side of the court, Bernies back to position, and then rests.  When the next minute starts he performs 10 Standard Merkins, runs, Bernies, rests…

At the end, 90 Merkins have been completed – 30 of each variety

Phase 3 – Descending Ladder – the number listed before each exercise indicates the rep count.  Perform 10 all the way down to 1, then run across the court and through Smokehouse Gap before returning to position.  Once back begin again, only starting one step lower than before.

Ladder

10 – Windmills (2=1)

9 – Over Head Press

8 – Deadlift

7 – 21’s (7 low, 7 high, 7 full)

6 – Leg Hammers (2=1)

5 – Blockees

4 – Iron Mikes (2=1)

3 – Switch Climbers (2=1)

2 – Front Raises

1 – Burpee

MARY:
three quarters of a lap around the track followed by flutter kicks IC x 20 and 60 seconds of stretching at the AO
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 – Aladdin, School Zone, Subarine, Choir Boy, Snitch, Swimmies, Stripped, Mouthwash, Trunk
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Psalm 27:13 – I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
MOLESKIN:
You don’t have to wait until Heaven to experience God and all his glory, love, and care.  He’s all around us.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CSAUP at Asylum on Saturday 2/26 – 6:30a start and 8:45a finish with food to follow.  This event is 2.0 friendly, as long as they’re cool.

Lappin It Up @ Dog Pound – 2-10-22

THE SCENE: Colder than the forecast indicated.  Clear skies showcasing a few planets and more than one shooting star
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Feet together – touch toes – 20 count; feet apart – rigth, left, middle – 20 count for each; Grady Corns IC x 5; Cuckoo Clocks OYO x 10; Neck Rolls x 5 each way; Grady Corns IC x 5; LBAC IC x 5 each way; Tempo Merkin IC x 5; Down Dog – 20 count; Tempo Squat IC x 5
THA-THANG:

Mosey across Northshore to the Dog Track for a Seabiscuit-style workout where all PAX performed each of 4 exercises according to the prescribed rep count for each round, and then followed that with the prescribed number of laps around the track for each round.  

Exercises – Merkins – Air Squats – Windmills – Dead Bugs

Round 1 – 25 reps, 1 lap

Round 2 – 20 reps, 2 laps

Round 3 – 15 reps, 3 laps

Round 4 – 10 reps, 4 laps

Time was called with PAX spread out all over the track at various stages of the challenge.  All were accounted for and then moved back to the AO

MARY:
Flutter Kicks back at the AO – 4-count to 30
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 – Frosty, Mayberry, Earmuffs, La-Z-Boy, Goat Dish, Ribbed, Submarine, Snitch, Trunk
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
A lyric from the 1994 Soundgarden song, “Fell On Black Days”

“So don’t you lock up something that you wanted to see fly”
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Asylum CSAUP Saturday 2/26

Smiling Through 2019 IPC at The Equalizer

THE SCENE: Clear, low 30s, frost on the field, CMU storage heater broken 

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Done and Done 

WARM-O-RAMA:

Touch toes stretch; spread legs stretch (Middle, Left, Right)

LBAC IC x10 each way

A Little bit of This, little bit of That

Week 0 – “Loredo” at the AO 

  • 24 Squats
  • 24 Merkins
  • 24 Walking Lunge Steps towards the field

THA-THANG:

Week 1 – “Killers B’s” 2x on the Field 

  • Broad jump 10 yards, 10 burpees
  •  Broad jump 10 yards, 10 Bonnie Blair’s 
  •  Broad jump 10 yards, 10 BigBoi SitUps
  •    *Bearcrawl 30 yards back to “Starting Line” 
  • Mosey to the Smokehouse to pick up a CMU

 

Week 2 – “Meatloaf’s Massacre” at the BathHouse

  • 10 Manmakers/20 Overhead Presses
  • 30 KB Swings/40 Goblet Squats
  • 50 Incline Block Merkins
  • 1 Lap around Stonehenge, pick up the SIX 

 

Week 3 – “Meters 43” at the BathHouse 

  • 10 Pull-ups 
  • 15 Burpee Coupon Jump Overs
  • 20 Coupon Curls
  • 25 Coupon Squat Thrusters 
  • 30 Gas Pumps (reverse crunches)

 

Week 4 – “Sugar’s Pick Your Poison” on the Field 

  • 50 cumulative merkins and/or air squats (the easy way)
  • 50 yard coupon run
  • 50 cumulative KB swings/Iron Mike (the easy way)
  • 50 yard coupon run
  • 50 cumulative thrusters/ lunge steps (the easy way)
  • 50 yard coupon run

 

MARY:

There just wasn’t time. 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

9 HIMs; 0 FNGs

Stripped, Snitch, Mouthwash, Aladdin, Choir Boy, Inspector Gadget, Submarine, School Zone, & Blindside

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

The Apostolate of Smiling:

Just a Little Smile on Your Lips 

Cheers your heart

Keeps you in good humor

Preserves peace in your soul

Promotes your Health

Beautifies your face

Induces kindly thoughts 

Inspires kindly deeds.

SMILE TO YOURSELF…

…until you notice that your constant seriousness, or even severity, has vanished.

SMILE TO YOURSELF…

…until you have warmed your own heart with the sunshine of your cheery countenance. Then…

Go out – and radiate your smile.

THAT SMILE…

…has work to do – work to do for God. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

2/26 CSAUP at the Asylum. 6:30-9:00 am. Food and beverages after